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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I mean, I'm in my 40s now and am occasionally caught off guard by my reflection (esp when I see it in passing), but GOTTDAM - I'm 100% sure that when I'm 63 (her age this month, I looked it up) I'd much rather look 63 than do whatever she's done to herself to myself.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For the other 5% (or if the instructor you're dealing with is being a real pain), call whichever tech's available &, if it's not something we've seen before, we'll troubleshoot. If you want, stick around and we'll teach you the basic steps - we usually go from "easiest to fix" to "hardest to fix".

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

troubleshooting is to listen. A lot of the time people just want to be heard and not dismissed. After that, power cycle whatever's acting up. That will at least temporarily fix whatever's gone wrong literally 90% of the time. 5% of the time, it'll be that some cable's loose or disconnected.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When I worked as a tech for a University's AV department that also did light, on-the-spot IT support, I fell into hiring & managing the wage staff (part time student workers). They'd do the bulk of tier 1 support, so my day one orientation would explain, "The first, most important part of

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Every so often I get to be re-shocked at Laura Loomer's age. Right now it's 33.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Nah, c'mon, that's a totally normal way to move your hands! /s

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"But yearly checkups are free!" Yeah, and if you mention literally anything that's been bothering you it is then no longer a check up and you're charged.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And (sharing via link b/c I want to give the original commenter credit, dunno if this breaks decorum here because my ignorance knows no bounds) - Yeah, this. Like, this week, though I didn't know that "Choosin' Texas" existed, I was excited about Dungen's new album. bsky.app/profile/lora...

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'd never heard of "Choosin' Texas" until this post, and if someone referenced "Langley" I'd assume they were about to talk about the CIA 😶

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On this rainy #caturday Asami contemplates world domination

A black cat reclining in a heated bed gazes out a window at a rainy day.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You may appreciate what @sylvanaquafarms.bsky.social has been doing with broadsheets.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The original Legend of Zelda was a close second. My little sister tore the paper map into about 200 little pieces because she was mad that I was always playing it on the little TV in our basement rec room. I still haven't forgiven her.

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The Legend of Zelda NES Title Screen

ALT: The Legend of Zelda NES Title Screen

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The OG Metroid. I was like 7 or 8 when I played it & wasn't even remotely good at it, but I enjoyed the hell out of it. And then when I found out that "SAMUS IS A GIRL!!!" (as a few of the outraged boys at school declared) 🤌

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This little spider that I noticed in our volunteer pumpkin plant caught something while I sat to take a rest.

A small red-orange spider with black legs amidst green leaves

The small re-orange spider has caught a small green bug

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I was then going to say that maybe he could bunk with Gérard Depardieu (because that last I'd seen of him involved complaining about France's taxes & storming off to Russia), but it seems that he couldn't hang and is now back to splitting his time between France and Belgium.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I was trying to think of some way that this could be beneficial to Europe as a whole - perhaps giving you all the opportunity to laugh in his face and/or deride him until he cries - but I just can't. He should move to somewhere more in line with expressed views. Like Russia.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This isn't the best video - I only had my phone and didn't want to get closer and risk scaring him - but my son asks, "Why do our #turkeys sound like popping bubbles?"

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I was watching Last Week Tonight when I had a realization.

Two pictures of RFK Jr and one picture of Hoggle from The Labyrinth

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Really, I can't recommend this channel enough. Just this old-coded apparently young man talking about specific animals / animal groups for 10-25 minutes over stock, fair use, and unlicensed artwork - no ad reads, no sensationalism, no drama. youtu.be/puDu8N-0RMs?...

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Phytosaurs: Crocodile Cousins

YouTube video by Dr. Polaris

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I really need to catch up w/ those episodes - have fallen pretty far behind since the commercial free versions moved to Netflix.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

fwiw, medics took my dad's (several days deceased) body when he was found in August of 2020, with the caveat that that was when COVID was hitting our area hard (he had died of a heart attack, but that wasn't immediately apparent) so it's probable that that's not how things normally go.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Just the worst person on earth.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Yeah, this is as much as I see on any of them & it seems to match up.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I love that my watch history's so random that YT's like, "....phhhhh...so....is this what you want, orrrr....?"

A screenshot showing a you tube video reading
"Differential

For Complete Physics in

25 min

इसस े ज्यादा कुछ नही ं पढ़ना"
with a man in glasses holding two thumbs up

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

at least some of his peers to be underhanded, but did genuinely care about governing (at least inasmuch as he would try to find ways to stop rivers from literally catching on fire) rather than fofusing solely on enriching & aggrandizing himself & his cronies.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I'm 100% not an expert, but from what I've read, yeah - he was vaguely authoritarian (to a Thatcheresque degree rather than full-blown fascist), was *incredibly* bigoted (about as much so as many other white guys of his age and place), & was a smidge more willing than

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

And Nixon, for all of his many, many faults, seems like he was about ¼ as bad as Trump. Hell, he established the EPA! And then you have Trump "rolling back" protections that have been in place for longer than I've been alive & that have survived numerous other Rep administrations.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I wasn't alive to see it, but apparently somehow the Republicans of Nixon's time had enough decency + cajones to say (and mean) and he'd be impeached and convicted for Watergate. Now we have Vance out here saying that it's ridiculous that something as minor as Watergate brought down a Presidency.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

www.staples.com/roaring-spri... (For reference)

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

What are the chances of having to go back to only in person (at least for evaluations) and blue books (or the equivalent - I'm not sure where you are/how widespread their use is/was)?

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The crow that I've been making friends with seems to crash out (immediately flies away) any time it sees me carrying my one black chicken. That is all.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Gotta be honest, having grown up in VA he sounds *exactly* as I expected.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

That's seriously just a "not in a bigger city and not affluent" thing in a lot of the US as a whole.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

a credit union that you either have to qualify for independently (through a job, etc) or have had an account opened when you were a minor/dependent? I'm pretty sure I'm still technically still on my (now) young adult kids' USAA accounts because we haven't bothered to go through taking me off.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It's like these people have never had a normal family. Like, my Mom and brother are on our phone plan. They're on our phone plan because of a hefty multi-line discount, not because they're dependent upon us. What do you want to bet that his checking account's through something like USAA or

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

(yeah, yeah, I know, I know, but it's the only version of MonHun I've ever been able to get my husband to actually enjoy playing & - mostly through crossed wires - we each ended up getting a Sw2 at launch) (so I'm hyped)

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

According to my kids, communicating in GIFs is the most Millennial thing I do.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I like it more now than before, actually, as a gender-neutral appellation. "Hey, all you {people who may try to blow up important things in a revolutionary context}!"

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

They remind me of all of the, "Actually, commuting is good for you!" think pieces from a few years back.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Isn't... isn't every scene a nude scene for Yoshi? Or are we taking full frontal being the only acceptable next step?

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

In the DMV in the summer? Maybe for a day or two at a time, but not for long.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

² "I'm really sorry that your life situation is so bad that you need to try to scam old people to make a living. That must be really hard. I hope things get better for you." Apparently there was a beat of silence followed by him saying, "Thank you," and hanging up.

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

fr, though, I have an older (70s) friend who got an obvious, transparent scam call one day about 10 years ago - so not AI, just some dude probably in a call center in South Asia (she said he had a heavy accent). She listened to the guy's spiel, and then said, ¹

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prox @proxieme.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

>>It also begs the question: if Helen of Troy is "the most beautiful woman in the world" and the indirect cause of the 10-year Trojan War, then wouldn't having a twin sister kind of undermine the entire fuss over her?<< I mean...that's not a bad point, tbh.

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