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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How many ways can Amazon say her blood is actually tea. Also jokes on them I just only buy Yorkshire Tea from them and I get all my other teas elsewhere.

Amazon about me that shows almost all it knows about me is an extreme tea drinking habit and that I’m “exclusively loyal to Yorkshire Tea” which is a lie

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Redeemed myself after yesterday and the animation is so cute! #8 · 3,000/3,000 🟩🟩🟩 1. 1000 pts · 20 ft off 2. 1000 pts · 0 ft off 3. 1000 pts · 0 ft off alxwhere.com

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How well do you know Alexandria, VA? Three spots a day, 1000 points each.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This lightening is crazy! We’re AWAKE!

Silhouette of a cat in a window, its night time but there is so much lightening from a storm the whole window is illuminated.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Explained to a friend what a concrete (ice cream) is and now I yearn for a Ted Drewes frozen custard/concrete (St. Louis people know what this magical place is). And for all the ice cream around Alexandria…are we missing a concrete place!?

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Trying to book a veterinary dermatologist appointment for my cat (she's got ALLERGIES), can't make the first available appointment because we have an appointment for human allergies scheduled at that exact time.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Literally walking to the library to pick up my copy now!

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

On my last three tasks to finish sewing my baby sister‘s wedding dress, and I’m so excited and also anxious I may puke. The afternoon iced coffee was not my best call in retrospect.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Thrilled with this news! And happily paying!

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 09/06/2026

I’m just gonna watch them booing Trump over and over again for the rest of the first half

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

How does one balance being respectful of one’s fellow patio diners when one of said fellows has brought their cat to lounge at lunch?

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We’re back from two weeks in Scotland with my in-laws and my husband and I both are bemoaning daily our sudden lack of afternoon tea and cake. Needless to say all the walking was countered by an ungodly amount of victoria sponges.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Voting precinct was bumping at 11:15 when I wandered over to vote, voting experience number 4 (is that right??? the firehouses felt like I was voting every other week for a while) of 2026 done.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This warm weather is luring me into pulling out all my summer clothes and starting the great sweater washing and putting away process. But then it looks quite cool next week?! also snow?! No way do I believe THAT

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

THAT‘S MY MAYOR!!! 👀 watching this city council/school board Work session. Why is the cut list primarily student facing and not administrative??

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I’m fighting my impulses and logging off, not going to doomscroll another crisis. Going to make some crepes for breakfast and work on some craft projects.

A tabby cat with green eyes sits in a box, she is wearing a soft cone that looks like a sun.

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

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Maria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 28/02/2026

How about Operation U.S. Congress FFS Impeach And Remove These Mongrels

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This is one of those things that feels obvious to me? And yet…

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

the pope telling jd vance to fuck off must be a religion unto itself because i’m devout

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This is a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone.

A brown tabby cat is sitting in a yellow trader joes insulated bag, no thoughts behind her eyes.

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eeby @tired-noises.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

My last two brain cells processing what just happened.... #figureskating #milanocortina2026

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

And this is part of the reason I am truly obsessed with the Olympics.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

All of us watching the men’s free skate results:

Gold medalist Shaidorov being hugged in congratulations but his face shows he is in pure shock.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

🫣 this men’s free skate is just too much to watch

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I KNEW IT! Couldn’t hear it on the NBC stream but the way his face looked I just knew. 😊 I hope he knows no peace.

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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I fear I accidentally guffawed at them with an absolutely not this evening.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Encountered almost no line at all just now! Volunteers directing us very efficiently, there was a short delay while some folks were confused about signing the pledge.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

A brunch #ALXcaffeinary submission! finally??? trying Continues for brunch, and I fear I may be here too often.

A slightly milky cup of coffee sitting atop a decoupage table of vintage video game magazines with the Continues “Brunch Beta” menu in the background

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Federal immigration agents have now shot and killed multiple people since Trump took office a year ago. Today alone marks the second deadly ICE shooting IN A WEEK. An off-duty shot and killed a 43-year-old father in CA on Dec. 31.

latimes.com

Emotional vigil held for man killed by off-duty ICE agent on New Year's Eve

Sunday evening, a crowd of about 50 gathered at the Village Pointe apartment complex in Northridge to grieve Keith Porter Jr., who was fatally shot on New Year's Eve by an off-duty ICE agent.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I’m working today and therefore cannot start drinking yet nor like abscond into creative hobbies, jokes on me for thinking Jan. 3rd would be a chill day to get work done.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 03/01/2026

[wakes up] “I’m sorry, what”

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

First block of my second quilt is done! I fear I’ve escalated in difficulty, and this is going to take a lot longer than I thought. Though hopefully not the almost seven years it took me to finish the first quilt.

A blue and white quilt block with alternating blue and white quarter square triangle blocks on either end of a long blue rectangle

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Y’all my Singaporean in-laws are about to arrive for their first joint visit to us in years and years and we were thinking of taking them to Tortas Y Tacos La Chiquita as it’s close and it’s definitely outside what they can usually get in terms of cuisine but looking for suggestions!

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Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

It’s worth thinking today of all the elections you *aren’t* hearing about because they were unopposed. In so many sheriff and prosecutor offices in particular, including in blue-ish or even solidly blue areas, “tough-on-crime” folks often reign for many years without ever being challenged.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

So so good to see. More than I even expected, more emotional to see this win than I thought!

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

My dentist is retiring (sobbing still) but my hygienist is staying with the new merged practice, this is the best news I’ve had all week.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Still sick, but seeing my cats enjoying sun spots is cheering me up.

A tabby cat lounges in a sunny spot in the window, her little white chin facing up to the sun. Her behind is spread out onto the plastic cover of a record player.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I’ve been really sick all week (still in bed 🤒 in fact) but seeing all these photos from the No Kings protests are so cheering me up!!

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Not both me and my husband filling out the near miss survey within a month of each other for the same intersection (both drivers trying to turn right on red and not checking for pedestrians/stopping at all) Link here for NOVA folks:

survey123.arcgis.com

Near Miss Survey

NoVA FSS Near Miss and Dangerous Location Survey

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Y’all I fixed my broken floor lamp (thank you Girl Scouts!) and ordered Jets pizza and I’m going to have a lillet spritz and pretend it’s not cold and wet and sad outside.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Saw this very good Newfie enjoying the cold weather on my walk to a friend’s place in DC. Meanwhile my fingers are so cold I can barely type.

A very large and very good brown Newfoundland dog leans against an iron fence in front of DC row houses with signs of spring in the background.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

My one tariff-panic purchase was an entire gallon of my family’s favorite vanilla. And I did get it for less than $1 an ounce, soooo not feeling too bad.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Bought an expensive microchip feeder to try to keep one cat away from non-prescription food, only to realize the US has not standardized pet microchips and so her type of chip is not compatible with this feeder (which is from a UK company). I know this is my fault for not checking but I'm so mad.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I used to joke my in-laws got a great deal by sending their son to the US for school, cause they got me! And the real truth is I got a full ride to my university, exactly in part because my husband chose to come to the US and his parents paid an astonishingly high price for him to do so.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I call my senators most mornings (usually to complain at them these days)! 5calls.org has scripts if you need them and all the offices and numbers.

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Moira MacDougal @moiramacdougal.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Instead of the SOTU, I’ve finally entered all (ok not technically all but basically all) my fabric into my threadloop account. @threadloop.bsky.social I both love and am horrified by the automatic calculation of total yards.

A screenshot from the threadloop site showing 46 fabrics ‘stashed’ totalling 126.29 yards. The yards is highlighted for effect.

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