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Jef Poskanzer @jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h

Some generalizations I've come to while eating all these sandwiches: - Sandwich shops in government civic center areas: fast, average price, sometimes crappy - Sandwich shops in financial districts: fast, expensive, usually very good - Sandwich shops near high schools: average price, pretty good […]

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

tl;dr I made it home 😪 Transcript: So here I am on the mountain, on the trail, and I've kind of made a mistake. This is an eight mile loop all the way around which I can do pretty easily if I feel good...but I'm not feeling all that good. And I got to 3 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Here is Cato, a tabby cat, in his favorite spot on the top shelf of the closet. He picked that spot and it is his spot; we put a towel down to make him more comfortable. I bought an actual cat bed that would fit up there, but then Minna stole it for the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Cato, a tabby cat, sitting on a dark grey towel on a high shelf. There are clothes hangers on a rail just below him. He is looking adorable as usual, with one paw hanging over the edge.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

🧵1/ Got my covid and flu vax yesterday at CVS. Clicked the button for "weakened immune system" when they asked me for a medical condition (because I am under 65). This is not a lie! Chemo mucked up my white blood cells. But this is the first time I got called up to the counter and quizzed on it […]

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Today in Master Gardener: this herb demonstration garden in front of the extension office has been essentially abandoned for years now. They put out a call for a new head gardener to take it over. Say hi to the new head gardener. 🤗 #Garden #Gardening #Herbs

An area in between a parking lot and a building with a sign that says "herb garden." It is full of plants and planters and mostly very overgrown weeds.

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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Putting advanced cannabis technology to work for a winter tomato experiment this year. 😏 #Garden #Gardening #Tomatoes (really, it's tomatoes)

A very large black and silver grow tent for cannabis set up in the basement.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Thinking about how for years teenagers and curious nerds were prosecuted and thrown in jail because poking at a web site was a clear sign of being a ☠️ CR1MIN4L H4CK3R ☠️ Now it's all like oh no! the computer did an oopsie! no one is to blame, nothing can be done! ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I have read that in the new climate future apocalypse we will have a lot fewer insects overall but more of the angry stingy kind, and they will be much angrier and stingier. yay 😬 🐝 Anyhow I was thinking of this because I got stung by a yellowjacket in town on Thursday for no reason at all and […]

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Kit Malone @thekitmalone.hoosier.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Your 50s is a special time where, one at a time, you learn that you cannot eat any of your favorite foods ever again.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

You'll never guess who has been sitting in this window by the front door and getting really slobberingly excited about the arrival of delivery drivers.

The view of a black front door and a black entry mat through a glass window, which is very nearly obscured with cat slobber.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Come for the cat photos, stay for the tech industry criticism 😎

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@benroyce/117307005… 🧵 1/ I see there are many people in the replies to this post getting upset and claiming this is an unspoken social requirement in interviews and that it's unfair to the neurodiverse. I did hundreds of interviews during my time in tech […]

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

I was going to put the flour away onto the shelf in the pantry where it belongs but, as you know, cat #Cats #Caturday #CatsOfMastoton

Cato, a tabby cat, up on the shelf on the pantry and looking like he's going to jump onto an even higher shelf. There are bins of flour and grains all around him. He is blocking the one empty space a bin of flour would go.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Finally made it to Grant's Pass, a 45 minute drive, for the only banh mi shop in the entirety of the rogue valley. We have been absolutely dying for a banh mi since we moved. It was not exactly an authentic banh mi, but close enough. 😋 #RogueValley #Food #Banhmi

A fat banh mi sandwich in a paper bowl. It is short and squat and piled high with cilantro and jalaneos. (Inside it is pork.)

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

We spent a few days back in the Bay Area earlier this week. The good: excellent Mexican food, excellent breakfasts, long visit with former neighbors, boba, views of the big mountain The bad: traffic, expensive gasoline, tech bros, traffic

Mount Shasta, the big mountain, from the freeway. There are fluffy clouds and a blue sky above it. It could use more snow.

The bar at Andalé Taqueria in Los Gatos.

A cup of roasted barley milk boba tea from Tea Era in Mountain View.

The prices at the Chevron station in Santa Cruz. Regular is $6.25 a gallon cash price. Diesel is $8.49.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Huuuuuge storm rainbow a bit ago (no sound)

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Kyle @kyle-pegasus.scalie.club.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

what if we kissed in the abandoned sun microsystems van

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@lemay/117248175020… Update: this cat stole a jalapeño right out of a bowl on the counter yesterday. No produce is safe here. #Caturday #CaturdayEveryday #Cats #CatsOfMastodon

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

This is Just to Say (by Cato, a tabby cat): I have stolen the plums that were on the counter and which you probably would have preferred I did not I'm not sorry they were so rolly so fun I put them under the couch #Caturday #CaturdayEveryday #Cags #CatsOfMastodon

A container of small purple plums on the counter. Some of them have tooth marks.

Cato, a tabby cat, looking innocent. (He is not)

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

So, one beam that holds up the porch is about six inches lower than all the other beams. I found this out because I walked into it at high speed. 😵‍💫 Smashed my head so hard it flipped me over backwards and I landed on my shoulder. My bad shoulder, the one I […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A terrible photo of my legs in sweat pants stretched out on the couch. Cato, a tabby cat, is wedged up against my leg with his head tucked under his paw on top of my knee. He looks adorable.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

I was going to get up on this step stool to put stuff away on a shelf but, as you know, cat (I did not put the step stool on top of the cat. The cat crawls into it through the holes in the side because he thinks it is fun) #Caturday #Cats #CatsOfMastodon

This is a black plastic folding step stool with white polka dots all over the top of it. Underneath the stool and inside the open space for a handle there is a tabby cat paw sticking out, and a little pink nose and whiskers next to it.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

every dyson sphere I've ever seen has been full of cat hair how is that the future?

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

The only good thing about going in for dental work is that the generic dentist office playlist nearly always has Pat Benatar on it and that woman was an absolute queen. 👸

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Working on designing quadrant 2 of the new fenced garden. It's triangular because there's a steep hillside on the right. The only settled part of this triangle is the circular herb bed in the middle (10' diameter) and I'm still trying to figure out paths and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Vector drawing of a triangular-shaped garden. There are various brown and black stripes indicating fences and walls, and one circular shape in the middle for an herb garden. A diagonal green stripe along the right side indicates a long narrow bed.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

I was going to fold the laundry and put it away, but, as you know, cat #CaturdayEveryday #Cats #CatsOfMastodon

A white plastic laundry basket with holes in it. There is a tabby paw hanging off the rim of the basket and a small pink tabby nose sticking through one of the holes

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

I love my fancy one-button espresso machine but I was curious if I could actually do latte art with it. The answer is ....ehhh ☹️ I still have my old semi-manual espresso machine and a lot of residual nostalgia for the rocks and sticks approach to making […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Top-down photo of a a latte cup with a small misshapen leaf pattern in the milk skewed off to one side. It's not very pretty.

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Jonathan Douglas PhD CPsych @jonathanconp.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I endorse calling the Welland Canal the “Strait of Our Moose”

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Ahimsa @ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

@lemay Cute! I couldn't resist making it into a meme 😁

Close up of a tabby cat's face with a big pink nose and big green eyes looking directly into the camera. Under the photo it says, "Hi Hi What are you doing? Can I help?"

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

Cato's adoption description: This little kitty is so friendly! He loves people! He wants to help with whatever you're doing at all times! Us: Aww how cute 😻 Cato: HI HI WHAT ARE YOU DOING? CAN I HELP?? #Caturday #Cats #CatsOfMastodon

Cato, a tabby cat, in a tight closeup. He has a big pink nose and big green eyes looking directly into the camera

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

I had to travel every fence line we have to get these so I'm pretty sure this is the last blackberry harvest of the summer. (the strawberries were easy)

A bowl of very ripe blackberries. There are also two strawberries in the top left corner.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Spotted near DC, could it be?

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

I was going to get up off the couch and have lunch but, as you know, cat #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #CaturdayEveryday

Minna, a void cat, curled up on my lap with her paw in front of her face. In that background you can see my arm/hand and the computer that barely fits on the tips of my knees.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

While I'm here grousing, peach season abruptly ended last week in the valley, so I bought some supermarket peaches. Oh my god look at this awful brown thing. 😭 😭 😭

A quarter peach on a black tablecloth with a knife next to it. The flesh of the peach is a yellow-ish streaky brown. The area around the pit is darker brown and has what looks like mold on it. gross

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

I got so caught up in peach season I completely missed Gravenstein apple season. 😭 😭 😭

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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

the chatbot is actually clanker's monster

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

This week I'm working on the design of one quadrant of my new fenced garden area. This is going to be the more formal, close-in and accessible garden that I hope I can still use when I get older and less mobile eg raised beds, wide paths, a patio and a big […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A screen shot of a vector drawing of a square garden area. There are several raised beds in green, a large grey square marked "pergola" and paths marked in brown.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

@jef I have received a critical phone notification that today is PSL day.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

RE: mastodon.art/@ThompsonArt/117140306… Every time I see a photo or an illustration of a Stellers Jay, even one as adorable as this one, I think "that's not right; it's not screaming."

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

Is Cato Still Fetching? Yes, but only with the good toys, when he's in the right mood. #Caturday #Cats #CatsOfMastodon

Cato, a tabby cat, carrying a yellow yarn toy in his mouth onto the bed with a determined expression.

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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

My partner is a grammar nerd, so whenever a worker at a store says “how are we doing today?” And I give a normal “Good!” response. She pauses, then says “Well.” I always let her know that I appreciate her use of proper grammar by saying “Whenever you do that, I love you a little bit fewer.”

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

I found a stand of organically-grown vegan hot dogs on a stick. 😏 #BloomScrolling

A stand of cattails (the plant) against a blue sky with clouds.

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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

the new "fediverse logo" represents the nature of your masto feed, i.e. three or so assholes

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

It occurred to me this morning as I was out on a hike that I might be obsessing over my own fitness because A. I had two surprise cancers in two years so I'm not super confident in my health. B. I am neither employed nor 65 (yet) and I live in the US so I'm not super confident I can afford […]

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Me, looking at last week's nighttime security camera footage: Deer, deer, bird, deer, moth, deer, deer, ... uhhhh 😳

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