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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Me yelling at Cheesetouch Jr. for doing foolish shit: "No!! CHEESE!" Me ordering a vegetarian but not vegan menu item at a restaurant: "No cheese." This is her btw.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Secret Santa but it's just "gifts" from past-you forgetting to cancel various product subscriptions you made just to take advantage of promos.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

One of my snakes took a shit so incredibly rancid that I could smell it through the enclosure, opened the door & jerked back when it hit my senses full blast, & was convinced he had to be dead. He was not and was not amused that I poked him to check, then I finally saw the monstrous shit he took.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I always greet my birds by either shouting "what's up, assholes?" or singing "hey birds" to the tune of Hey Jude. There is no middle ground. Surprisingly no one has picked either up, though Ripley occasionally goes "motherFUCKER" while mauling his toys when he's in a bad mood, and that's my fault.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Because I have treatment-resistant MDD, targeted ads on FB *really* want me to do ketamine. Calm down, I'm not trying to get into politics.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

My spouse & I got on the topic of stampedes & how they generally involve only hoofstock or humans. I started imagining what various non-hoofstock stampedes would be like. I've concluded that a bear stampede, while conceptually terrifying, would also be cute as hell because aw look at all the bears.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Drat, Google's customer support interface doesn't have a menu option for my concern :(

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Baffled when people explain Trumpism as the result of his "charisma." He has the charisma of a rest station piss jug and none of the utility. I think pieces of shit just like to see other pieces of shit being their worst selves with impunity.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Today I got frustrated with a kinked hose, and because the upset wasn't REALLY about the situation at hand, I had a big ol' come-apart, battled the hose, was roundly defeated, and got a whole lot of pig shit water all over me. Then I de-stressed by giving pigs treats and belly rubs.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

With regards to Marko Elez:

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I often think of that one time at work when I was trying to build a positive rapport with a very dudely-dude new hire, & after spotting a cool bug on the building went up to him excitedly & said, "Want to see a HUGE bug?" He just made a face of utter disgust and replied, "Not really." Devastating.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Uhm why aren't you buying American like a true patriot? That $40 fee could have been one whole American-made t-shirt. Put your money where your mouth is. What's that, you don't have money? Womp womp.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Fox saying "Trump is playing a 4-D game of chess." 🙄 Y'all if you challenged him to a game, he'd throw the black pieces off of the table, take a fat shit on the board, declare himself the victor, and pat himself on the back for being the world's best chess player.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I have spent my entire life fighting an ailing body and troubled mind for survival, and NGL I'm kinda pissed that the future I struggled so hard to have is *this.* Like wow damn that was not worth it at all.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

As someone who has worked for companies with DEI training, I can confirm that it is just a how-to guide for showing the bare minimum of respect in the workplace, which is apparently something people specifically need to be told to do because we are just that disappointing as a culture. 🙃

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Would someone please make a bird toy shaped like a Subaru Outback? My lesbian conures need one and I think it would cure my treatment resistant MDD.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Bolt within 5min of finishing a chew: "I've actually never been given a single treat in my entire life, perhaps you will take pity on me and help?"

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I swear, so much of this novel just has my protag going "well fuck, this sure is going to psychologically damage me forever," and then I contemplate real life and I just... Me too, my sad little wolfman, me too.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Me at work today: "Oh hey I remember that scene from Requiem For A Dream."

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Related to my last post: language is fluid and perpetually evolving. Always has been, always will be. Grow the fuck up about it.

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Cee | SFF Editor @ceemtaylor.com · 03/02/2025

"audiobooks aren't reading, only reading is reading" Ok, turns out I don't write books—I type them. Also guess I'm gonna have to mount brackets to every wall in my house so I can actually hang up the phone, since pushing the lil red button on my screen definitely doesn't count.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Run, Meat-Meat is about to launch herself at you.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Watching an anime where the protag is fighting a physical manifestation of APR, and every time he loses, he "accrues interest" and the monster gets bigger and whoops his ass harder. When he effectively retaliates, all he's done is "paid part of the interest," so he can never actually get ahead.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Someone in one of my groups suggested that racism in the animal rescue community is strictly a conservative phenomenon. I have been in rescue for over 20 years & I can confidently assure you it is not. Racism & xenophobia transcend party because it is woven into the very fabric of American culture.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I am sick of people in Congress sitting there wringing their hands & telling us what we already know, which is that this is a coup. Then they ask for donations. No. You have vastly more wealth & power than most of us. You screwed the pooch when you had the majority, so fix shit, then we can talk.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

My spouse tried to comfort me by saying I was just trying to get Alabama's humidity back up where it belongs. Yes, I am balancing our ecosystem one massive absent-minded shit idiot mistake at a time, let's go with that.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Duration of an 8 hour shift: 8 hours Duration of a 9 hour shift: 100 hours I don't make the rules, that's just how it is. 🤷

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Accidentally left the downstairs sink on a steady drip overnight, had a lil meltdown about what it will do to my water bill, then went out front & discovered I also left the hose running for like 40min. At this point all I can do is laugh. Also someone lock me up for water waste crimes, I deserve it

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Newest gender bestowed upon me by a customer: "farm energy." He declined a load-out from a female employee despite having a bad back because he admitted he felt emasculated. I noted that I (AFAB) load him regularly; he said that's different because I have "farm energy." Gender-affirming customers. 😅

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

So uhhh anyone got any tips on how to be a light in the darkness for your friends when you yourself are utterly burned out? I want my social media presence to make people smile and laugh and learn new things, but God damn, I am barely a flicker right now.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The spineless cowering dogs in Congress need to start acting like what they are: our representatives, not the simpering yes-men of a fascist dictator. The absolutely insane abuse of power going utterly unchecked is sickening, a dereliction of their duties, and a bastardization of the Constitution.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

How to destroy a dog breed: Step 1: make it popular/trendy among the general public. There are no other steps, that's all it takes.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Bag of goat feed: 50lbs Same exact bag but it fell behind your passenger seat and settled: 1 ton.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Forever haunted by that time I went to GNC and asked for "skin and coat" supplements because I am so used to dog stuff, when I in fact meant "hair, skin, and nails" supplements for humans.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

A house isn't a home without at least 5 jars of McCormick spices that expired a decade before 9/11.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Don't mock your Amazon's gibberish; you'll get a bird that endlessly repeats "bla bla bla!" in your own shitty voice 🥲

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I swear to God, you get your ribs fractured ONE time by a heavyset leather pup at primal night, and your loved ones will never let you live it down 😒

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

"Why can't every day be like Christmas?" Actually if you have a bad enough memory and do a lot of online ordering, it can be! What's in this box? Obviously a present to current-me from past-me, I wonder what it is?

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Shout-out to the adorable woman in the waiting room at the imaging center who saw my shirt, blurted "BATS!" excitedly, looked very embarrassed, and sheepishly said, "Um, I like your shirt." Never change, you're perfect.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I just want to be the person I think I can be every time I purchase oatmeal with the sincere but misguided optimism that I will actually eat it, instead of opting for a caffeine pill and Tapatio ramen that I've thrown crunched up tostadas & beans into as an affront to breakfast God.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Worst thing as a writer: keeping track of the mundane object your character is holding when it isn't terribly important to the scene. Like please I cannot keep track of REAL objects in my OWN hands, why do I keep doing this to myself? 🥲

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

This Dhole's face is the entire mood for 2025. (Photographer's handle in watermark)

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I love photo sets of the whole process of Bolt grabbing a treat. He always looks like a maniac in every shot.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I am giving zero context for this, I think it speaks for itself.

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

At the end of the day, the only thing keeping you in a job is their willingness to show up for theirs. If you have high turnover & are hated by your employees, it isn't their work ethic/attitude, it's the shitty store culture you created. Do better. Sincerely, a retail manager of 15 years. (End 🧵)

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Ren @renwritesraze.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Do NOT allow your employees to be emotional punching bags for spoiled, mean-spirited customers. You, as a manager, are being paid to handle that shit, not them. Stand up for your employees. Advocate for them. Check in after a hostile exchange and give them a moment to recover if needed. (5 of 🧵)

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