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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 04/09/2026

Nearly 30 years in the PNW. I only lived in New Jersey for 7 years.

US heatmap of areas when people most talk like I do, showing most similarities with someone from New Jersey and least similar with the very midwest.

Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 25/07/2026

Good news, everyone! We have decided to name the new kitten Rev. I hope it's not too late and she hasn't decided that her name is "No, Kitty."

Brown tabby kitten drinking from the fountain part of a pet water fountain.

Brown tabby kitten and adult tuxedo cat adorable white feets both looking outside through the glass of a storm door.

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 20/07/2026

We've had our new kitten for a week and we still haven't figured out a name for her.

Photo of a brown striped tabby (AKA Stndard-issue Cat) kitten sleeping in my lap. She is cradled in a fabric with a light gray background and red, yellow, white, dark gray, and black floral pattern.

She is very cute and fuzzy and you want to pet her.

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 22/05/2026

Got this with "disregard:" They seem to have fixed the issue for some other words though. "Stop," "forget," and "ignore" seem to be working now.

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 15/05/2026

Hi, Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia area! My choir is celebrating our 25th anniversary this Sunday, May 17 at University of Puget Sound's Schneebeck Concert Hall with a performance of the choral pieces from Carmina Burana and favorites from the last 25 years. Visit nwrs.org for more info and tickets!

Concert flyer for Northwest Repertory Singers. The flyer features color blocks varying from burgundy, magenta, and dusty pink. Photographs of the choir and the special guests artists are included across the center of the flyer.

Northwest Repertory Singers
Kyle Haugen, Artistic Director
Marjorie Skreen, Collaborative Pianist

25th Anniversary Concert and Celebration featuring selections from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana

with special guest artists Robert McPherson, tenor; Jieun Yun, piano; Percussion Artist Ensemble; NWRS Festival Orchestra

May 17, 3:00 PM
Schneebeck Concert Hall
University of Puget Sound

Tickets at NWRS.org

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 13/05/2026

#withalttext Boy, I can't wait until we find out what consequences we've foisted on the children who've had COVID.

Memories of those days, among the most vivid of my early life, still evoke tremors in the bottom of my stomach. There was widespread fear of measles causing blindness, which had indeed happened to a young family acquaintance. So for several days at the height of her illness, Jane was quarantined in one bedroom while Helen moved in with Mimi and me. The shades were drawn and curtains closed in Jane's room, and the door was opened only after the hallway was darkened. She survived--and later went on to become a wife, mother, and well-regarded artist. But that was just the luck of the draw. Measles killed some 10,000 American children in the 1930s and '40s--roughly 500 kids died every year. In my generation, we were the guinea pigs for what science would soon discover: This pesky childhood sickness increases the risk of stroke, chronic lung problems, and impaired neurodevelopment.

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 07/04/2026

If you see this I implore you to quote skeet with an unusual image from your posting device without explanation. Still definitely use alt text, though.

A lone gray and white pigeon standing in the waiting area of an airport terminal.

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 31/01/2026

The template email response reminds me of when my now-husband was on his first deployment to Iraq and he was so busy he'd just update his loved ones via mass email once every few weeks or so.

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 01/12/2025

On Wednesday. Of course it's Thanksgiving weekend. What was to be an overnight shipment isn't coming until today. Me all weekend (and worse now, since I know it's on the truck):

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 10/11/2025

Hrm. Must be at least one reason why this article exists.

Screenshot of an article headline asking, "Hang on, when did reading become so performative?" Six photos are in the background, each showing a man reading a printed book. At least two readers are in a situation where a person would be spending some time waiting (airport, public transit).

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 30/10/2025

I don't think I heard that Canva had purchased Serif last year. I'm glad I updated to V2 already. I guess that's the last purchase I'm making of it 'cause you KNOW they're gonna go subscription eventually, even if they say it'll be "free forever."

The older versions of standalone Affinity apps will still work for anyone who has previously purchased them, and those users won’t be forcibly moved to the new platform. The V2 editions of Designer, Photo, and Publisher were all pulled from the Affinity website several weeks ago, however, and Canva hasn’t mentioned if existing users will continue receiving support updates.

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 28/10/2025

What a disappointment to learn this. Off my playlists.

Marty O’Donnell, the composer of the original Halo theme hasn’t worked on the series in years and had finished fourth in the Republican primary last year for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional seat. He and is running for it again in 2026, yesterday reacted to the DHS ICE ad. On Monday, he posted that, when he wins, he will “work with the Trump administration to destroy the Flood once and for all!”

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 23/11/2024

I'm sorry for interrupting here but I wasn't sure how you want folks reporting accounts to add to your lists. Got one for your MAGA list. Thanks for your work!

Screenshot of account bluesky4life.bsky.social, whose display name is MAGA.

Post says: "I came to dis platform to relax instead of seeing relaxing post all I see is trump hate everywhere let not forget the reason for this platform"

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 05/11/2024

Meanwhile, this and your other comment about women being furious brought this to mind

Painting, Judith Slaying Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi, c. 1620

The painting depicts a determined-looking woman using a sword to behead a bearded man on a bed. Next to her, another woman, her maid, is assisting by holding the man down. He is pushing an arm up against the maid as he struggles. Blood is spurting out from his neck and pools under his back. For background on the painting, go to: https://artincontext.org/judith-slaying-holofernes-by-artemisia-gentileschi/

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 03/11/2024

It's this interaction between Gimli and Legolas in "The Return of the King." It has been memed a lot, with people changing "elf" with whatever unlikely partner is being talked about.

Screenshots of Gimli and Legolas in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, in three stacked panels.

The top panel shows Gimli, a dwarf. The caption reads: Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Elf.

The second panel below shows Legolas, an elf, smiling and asking "What about side by side with a friend?"

The third and last panel below that shows Gimli looking up at Legolas (because he is a short dwarf man), saying, "Aye. I could do that."

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 30/10/2024

Some people really need to watch Doom Patrol for some were-butts.

A crowd of butt monsters (butts with arms, legs, and sharp teeth) known as were-butts running down a dim hallway. Photo is a screenshot from the TV series, Doom Patrol.

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 25/10/2024

It was an education subscription so they're not really losing much from me but I hope to be a raindrop in a hurricane.

Washington Post confirmation of subscription cancellation.
I will apparently, ironically, have access until November 5, election day but really, what's the point?

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 22/10/2024

If you see something (a cat on a dashboard) say something (there was a cat on someone's dashboard in the Safeway parking lot).

a cat sitting on the dashboard of a white car, just chilling.

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Objective Rodeo⁷ - put alt text on your images @objectiverodeo.com · 21/10/2024

Why do you go by your handle? Misreading the UI in Dead Space. I've had several handles over the years but I finally started sticking to this one sometime in the last 6? years.