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@phetch.bsky.social
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Tampa or away somewhere. Dog mom to Mateo, who I bring with whenever I can. Go Mateo go!

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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After dinner lazy Monday toy-maxxing
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@mlb.com Hands off our National Parks- they are NOT a place for a ballpark. Do you want to see how many ppl NEVER buy a dime more merch or game tix with you?
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy birthday Bytown & Ottawa 🥳
A hanging sculpture that looks like a cloud seeded with people and food. It hangs over the stalls at Bytown Market.  A woman in white ice skates, black pants, & gray puffer jacket and faux fur hat standing on frozen Rideau Canal pointing up at the sign that reads Km 7.8 End/Fin. Other skaters are seen in the distance
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF. (I always answer these types w Indiana Jones Last Crusade, which is also true but giving up my guilty pleasure here)
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Van Helsing 2004
Alt: Van Helsing 2004 Hugh Jackman as Van Helsing saying “I am sorry”
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Timeline cleanse for this week- the puppycam is live. Look at those chonks ❤️ canine.org/puppy/?utm_s...
A screen grab of the Canine future service dog puppies. 4 black and 2 blond pups are visible. 3 are on one bed, one under it, and 2 pups are playing in a yellow disc (ine isn’t seen) while another comes to see what’s going on. The list of names on the bottom shows there are 7 total. Nautilis, Nabuki, Natasha, Navigator, Nathaniel, Noir & Nebula
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mateo has got the right Monday idea 🥱
Mateo the blond cocker spaniel lying on the white pillowcase at the head of the bed, only his head and ears in frame. He’s lying on his left side and looking at the window which is out of frame.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Will embarrass myself here & admit I only know this is French territory thanks to an episode of Hudson& Rex 📺🫢
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Seasonal Bucs football ice cream at the scoop shop in my ‘hood. I’m a goner!!! Yuuummmmmm I love red velvet.
Red Zone velvet ice cream special for the Bucs season. A delicious vanilla red velvet scoop is pictured  Description in a red box under it: Vanilla cream cheese ice cream w/red velvet cake clusters and crispy black cocoa cake crumbs.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Mateo was all settled in to watch The Emmys. We only stayed up enough to watch Kate O’Flynn win & Harrison Ford not win.
Mateo the blond cocker spaniel is behind my head on the brown sofa pillows whilst lying on the arm of the sofa. A white painted brick fireplace is in the background with a clock and some photo frames on the mantel.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I know there are a lot of people who want to make the world better but don’t know where to start so just…don’t. I also know every group I work with that is making the world better is kept afloat by exhausted people who desperately need help. If you’re in group A, please find an org to help group B
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Yippee, the new Novavax came online for scheduling at Costco. Publix & the drugstores near me only have the Pfizer & Moderna.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Despite knowing Gander Airport from its 9/11 days, I never knew its modern design & fueling stop glamour history. “You’d be looking at Mick Jagger because they’d had to stop for gas.” links.cntraveler.com/z/c/977/664d...
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An Ode to Gander Airport, 25 Years After 9/11
Gander famously became a refuge for stranded passengers on 9/11, but its reputation as the “crossroads of the world” began long before.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Indiana Jones: You Must Choose Wisely
Alt: Indiana Jones: You Must Choose Wisely The old guardian knight Templar stands in front of flames and chalices and says you must choose wisely
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Inspiring & thought provoking 3 minutes.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
After work errands today: Put the library acquisition request in eons ago & got the email this week that @ziibiing.com new book was here! Checked out all shiny & new. Happy to support her after she did so much good for Mpls folk this year ❤️
My left hand holding Ashley Fairbanks’ new book Boarding Schools and the Indigenous Story up in front of the library kiosk. 
The book cover is in bright colors & has an illustration of a dark haired Indigeous girl sitting in a green chair with an adult’s hands holding her hair from behind.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Spent all morning w/my demented mom explaining how the old man 4 doors down messed up her iPad wo touching it. In process of starting guardianship procedures since she won’t accept help. There are SO MANY ppl in the US govt w/more resources than I have who need to do something w/this cuckoo man!
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Let the Blue Sky record show that I was over at my mom’s fixing disasters till noon today & did not start day drinking until 2:35pm 🍹 #LittleVictories
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Good morning Sunday! Mateo crawled under the covers at daybreak.
Mateo the blond cocker under white sheets the edge of the bedcovers. His head and the fur of his front left leg is popped out from underMateo the blond cocker had sat up under white sheets the edge of the bedcovers but the sheet is still  over his head like a shawl.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
📺 I put off watching Five Star Weekend all summer & just now realizing it has TIMOTHY OLYPHANT??! (I know I read the book but remember nothing of the plot, plus all the Nantucket summer books run together for me)
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Long COVID is not a mystery anymore. The field is finally moving from “What is happening?” to “How do we fix it?” 🧬 A must-read Nature feature on where the science is heading: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #LongCovid
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When do infections lead to long COVID? Scientists close in on triggers and treatments for post-viral syndromes
Hundreds of millions of people have long-term conditions as a result of an infection. Researchers are working out how to help them.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It was bathboozle & brushing day here. Mateo may not like it but he sure looks handsome 🥰
Mateo the blond cocker spaniel standing on a beige, gold, red, and sage floral rug in front of a red chair and gray tv cabinet with a red toy ball in front of him. His head is turned to his left and his tail is slightly turned up. He is very clean and fluffy after a bath and brushing out today.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Two hours of yardwork completed at “feels like 103-109” depending on which weather app you believe. All cleaned up & going to veggmaxx 😂 with my Hoopla Hallmark+ binge pass & check out Lacey Chabert’s series Paris Is Always a Good Idea.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#FlashbackFriday Lake Ontario appreciation post. My aunt grew up in a tiny village near the lake & still has a cottage by Fair Haven Beach State Park. So much serenity there & memories of so many good family summer visits. The orange turd can take the L on this.
Sunset under the boughs of a tree on a deck at a cottage along a small bay inlet off Lake Ontario. A few wispy clouds glow pink and orange in the fading light and a large glass decorative ball on a shepherds hook catches the light.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’m the only person on my block outside looking at the lunar eclipse- surprising. Cool to see a total solar eclipse and lunar in the same month 🌘🌞
Grainy iPhone pic of the lunar eclipse about 75%
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Can some Canadians translate on a scale of 1-10 how angry a Premier has to be to call someone “buddy” on main?
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“Floridians deserve a Senator who fights for their survival instead of one who robs sick children to pay for political favors. If Moody refuses to step down, the people of Florida will fire her on November 3rd.”
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
May everyone today have the confidence of the old white dude passenger in a Benz SUV who rolled down his window at the left turn lane🚦to tell me 🚴🏻‍♀️ aren’t allowed in the car lanes only bike lanes. My dude, under FL law 🚴🏻‍♀️ ARE motor vehicles & moreover are explicitly NOT limited to bike lanes.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#ParkChat I know there are some teachers in the gang, so spread the word
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A little payoff for such a stormy, street-flooded stuck at home day. Whoa—
A double rainbow in a cloudy sky. A few power lines cut thru the right side of the pic and trees frame each corner.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22/08/2026
donate your miles! help us add to the list of 100+ families we’ve gotten to reunite with no money changing hands!
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Poor Mateo, I’ve done nothing but get caught up on work since getting home from vacay Saturday. He’s so bored. (I am taking the weekend off tho!) Also I don’t think he quite gets the cooling mat concept.
Mateo the blond cocker lying on his right side on a leopard print fleece pad and a blue cooling pad, partly under a beige upholstered chair.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Dear construction dudes 2 doors down- don’t do this. Clocked out of work this PM to rush out to take my mom to doc appt, had to go down & holler to move right f’ing now. Was like this again when I got home. Everytime they say “Parking in this ‘hood is hard”. I say “I know but that’s a ‘you’ problem”
A truck trailer with a Bobcat on it, parked on a brick street, blocking a third of my driveway
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 19/08/2026
If you have anything less than a green card, do not use US air travel, period. Don’t come on a tourist visa, you are not safe. Students, dreamers, TPS, CAT protections or withholding from removal, asylum seeker, undocumented, do not travel in the US by air.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@baileyandbrawny.bsky.social The West Elm Christmas preview came out today & I daresay they have an #asstomato ornament 😊
A red glass Christmas ornament shaped like a tomato sitting on green moss in a wood box. A green butterfly decoration is behind it.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I showed Mateo why I left him at the pet resort & I think he forgives me 🙏🏼☀️ #eclipse #Mallorca
Plunged into darkness on the Mallorcan cliffside of Punta de el Toro as the eclipse reaches totality. Slight glow of sunset clouds is to the northwest. People’s cell phones taking pictures show in the foreground. Totality has passed and the partial eclipse is still in process as the sun sets into the Mediterranean Sea. Clouds and the sun are Shia sea of orange. Many boats in the water watching nature’s show.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Jail break! Mateo is home and so excited! Me too but I’m trying to calm him down 😂
Blond cocker spaniel Mateo in the backseat of a car in his harness and dog hammock looking forward between the black front seats.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Finally heading home- one final day in Madrid & will get Mateo home Saturday morning ❤️🐾 Such a comfortable night at my free points room at Accor Ibis Prado, with an upgrade woohoo.
Red four story buildings surround Madrid’s Plaza Major. Statue of King on horseback in the center. The fading afternoon light is on the far building under clear blue sky. Calle Cava en Baja, a narrow street full of tapas restaurants. Multicolor flags hang across the street The terrace at my room on Calle Prado with a view of the city. The small terrace has aluminum chairs and is squeezed into the sloping slate roofline of the building.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Solar eclipse totality success from the west coast of Mallorca 🧡
The Cliff coast at de El Toro Mallorca. Many boats in the cove and people on the cliffside. Full solar eclipse over the Mediterranean Sea. Full eclipse just before sunset from the cliffs of Mallorca.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Missing Mateo on vacay (no news is good news from his pet resort) so of course I noticed this cute souvenir stand in Valdemossa Mallorca today 🐾
A souvenir stand of dog toys that say “Mallorca” on them. There is a gray cobblestone road in the background and. A yellow building.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The afternoon was lunch in Ciutadella then fun swimming/diving at Cala en Brut!
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This morning’s hike on the Cami de Cavalls was to the beach at Cala Mitjana. While on the sand there were some people actually horseback riding on the so-named “way of the horses”!
A lookout off the Cami de Cavalls trail down to a couple limestone coves, second of which is Cala Mitjana. The water is turquoise and the hill slopes are surrounded by olive trees and cypress
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Have left the cool mountains of Andorra behind 🥵 Now on Menorca & hiked a segment of the Cami de Cavalls this morning to nice beaches.
Red Cami de Cavalls signposts along the brown dirt trail. Cypress and pine grow on the uphill side of the trail. View from the trail looking back down at Cala Galdana- a bay with blue water, tall limestone cliffs on all sides, sailboats anchored, and huge houses top of the cliffs. Looking down from the trail to bright blue green water in the small bay of Macarelleta Beach. Cliffs line 2 sides and the end is a sandy beach with trees at the back.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Oops forgot a hike photo amidst all the humiliation.
Estany de Juclar, a blue alpine lake on a 10k rocky hike in Andorra. Mountains and blue sky are behind the lake, huge boulders you hike on on the right.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I was the literal hapless stranger TWICE today at trailhead parking. Machine only took coins, didn’t have, QR for CC didn’t work, kind ppl traded 💵 for 🪙. Back to 🚗 have ticket + gate in front of it! SAME strangers passing try to figure out why (I did what they did 🤷🏼‍♀️) Moved gate & left 😬 1/2
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Arrived to Andorra yesterday after a long travel Tues/Weds & got settled into the village. Set off this AM early for a hike up Casamanya. Only 5mi RT but quite steep.
Small village of Ordino with stone buildings and a square church clock tower. Mountains are in the background and a sunset lit clouds hovers above. A grassy field along the hiking trail up to peak Casamanya, seen in the background under blue skies. A look off the trail to the Pyrenees mountains towards France. A large glacial groove is between the mountain and the next closest. An artistic iron marker at the peak of Casamanya listing the legation of 2740 meters. Many more mountains are in the r Rocky background.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Is everybody else tired of reading headlines & thinking “what a bunch of fucking dumbshits”? It’s exhausting.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Someone is out of control because I’m cooking dinner with bacon tonight 🐾🥓
Blond cocker spaniel Mateo spinning and wagging on a wood floor in front of the white stove as bacon cooks for my dinner.
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Liz @phetch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
As someone who reads thousands of pages of scanned/OCR’d med records every day for work, I have never felt so seen. Except sometimes the records copy/paste as rectangles & other hieroglyphics which is also fun 🙃
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The Jolly Hobos | Brad @jollyhobos.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
We were lucky to get the Titus family group for our gorilla trekking today, and there were only 4 of us as bonus (normally 8 per group). The highlight was this baby gorilla, still less than a year old and who therefore has not yet been named. #Rwanda #Gorillas
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