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I'm reading these books consecutively, as James is a retelling from the POV of Jim, an enslaved man who is a prominent character in Huck Finn. I'm unfamiliar with the story. Just finished the Clemens. Jesus, this Tom Sawyer lad is insufferable! SMH

A hand with a ring and purple nail polish on top of a book. The Book is Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Next to it is the spine of the book James by Percival Everett.

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lizardbreath 🦎🪦🎃 @spindlypete.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

i had told the lads we were going to visit the monks who are "wise old men, just like the wise old owl that mrs frisby goes to see, and you can ask them any question you like" and iggy asked him "are you an owl?" and he said "yes"

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My public library lets you check out up to 50 books at a time! Amazing! (Not that I need that many books with my current reading habits, but this is especially great for research purposes.)

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's gonna be a long day. Hopefully, the regular d0se of the rescue anxiety med works because it's all I had on me. 😬

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Dropped my dog off for surgery a half hour ago, and I already called them twice. Once to confirm that I didn't accidently check the do not resuscitate box, and once to let them know a vitamin may have fallen out of my pocket in the waiting room, so they should look for it so a dog doesn't get it.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

He has been very open about his depression.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

His name is actually Montagu.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I'm just always looking for opportunities to talk about Monty Don.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

English horticulturist and gardening show host, Monty Don.

Monty Don, a man in his 60s or 70s, sitting on a stone sphere in a floral garden. His hands are folded atop his crossed legs at the knee, and a golden retriever lies in the ground to his right on some brick paving. Monty has a big smile.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I hope we don't find out Jimothy is racist.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It's 15 in Florida, I know. Brutal.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Anything could happen.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Yes. I'm a *former* patron on Patreon, and it was explained in a 2018 email soliciting these items. Just sharing this info to answer your question; not here to defend Amanda Palmer.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I squeezed a lemon on some falafel, bit into it, and cried because it was so joyful. Then, smashing a fresh mint leaf and smelling it made me tear up again. My sense of smell has been off-and-on since surgery, but I didn't realize that I could just barely smell things before.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I guess my sinus surgery has helped me. I'm now annoyed with how much my house reeks of dog. 😳

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

OK, technically, it was Dad's.

A TRS 80. There's a silver and black keyboard, a big, weird monitor, and a little cassette tape player.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

LOL. That was supposed to say OMG not I.G.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I was keeping it together until "so she would know," for some reason.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

OK, but I just literally cried reading this and the comments. I.G

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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

If Rhino Pipeliner 5000 (w custom flag blue tint) is indeed what they're applying, in around 5 years it'll be delaminating and peeling up in massive slimy sheets. So a perfect future metaphor for the Trump years inB4 capitol scum pond liner delamination

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 21/06/2026

"The Americans can't get the slime out of their capital's monument pool and will arrest you for touching it," sounds like the sort of lie they'd tell us in the Soviet Union so we'd stop bitching about bread lines.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I have a friend who is studying entomology in college, and she asked for help collecting specimens for a project. I wasn't quite clear on what I was supposed to do, but I've now gotten clarification. So, if I see this beetle again, I'm going to humanely murder it by freezing. Watch out, ma'am!

A tan beetle with black splotches on it on a dirty garage floor.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It would be cool if my having failed step therapy* for the last 20 years counts. LOL. I'm nervous that I'll have to have a first recurrence before they'll let me do this highly effective drug. *in this instance, I believe it's likely nasal irrigations/flonase, but need to ask insurance co.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Of course, I kind of think this probably means they're going to come back. I passed on the surgery 20 years ago because I was like, why do this if it's likely to just recur? Next appointment, I'm asking about dupixent. I'll probably have to fail step therapy for insurance to cover it.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

My ENT surgeon told my husband my sinus/polyps situation is the worst he's seen in his 20 years of doing this work. So, gold star for this overachiever. 🌟💅

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

When Trump went to war with Iran, I watched every speech anyone in the administration gave and made a chart of every reason given for going to war "Eliminate ballistic capability" was the #1 reason given: more even than preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon

docs.google.com

Iran War Reasons Chart.xlsx

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Welp. I finally did it. I forgot to change from my disgusting "just going outside with the dog" shoes into regular shoes before work. I'll be hiding behind my desk today. 😳

Pants and some dirty, ugly sneakers under a desk against a swirly patterned carpet.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Aw crap! I left something out of alt text. There is a tagline that says something is in the air.

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

John From Cincinnati. (There were only 10 episodes, though, so I get it.)

An ad for the TV show John from Cincinnati, which indicates it is on HBO. The ad is a movie-poster-like style and shows sand, ocean, and horizon with the bottom half of a surfer in a wetsuit levitating and the sun shining between his ankles.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I bought a printer to print pages. It is trying to sell me bread and timeshares. My printer has its own TikTok. My printer is legally registered to vote in Nevada. My printer just flipped a house in Tucson. Yesterday, my printer printed out my novel. It was gibberish I hadn't written.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

“Computer: perform humor for me” is fundamentally anti-human behavior

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pgoat @pgoat.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A sunset is queer, everybody!

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