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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Understood! I must have walked it in winter, but I try to not remember those days (snow! ice!).

Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I carried my cello (in its soft sided case) on my bicycle. I cringe every time I think about that risk. Of course we also didn't wear helmets back then. In retrospect, I should've just done choir!

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is spot on to what I feel (YMMV) is too prevalent. The litanies of niche litmus tests are bullshit. They divide, don't unify. They're why people stay home vs voting for the "closest fit" candidates, fucking themselves and the test of us.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Anger by proxy. I just don't get how people allowed themselves to be sucked into the "culture wars"

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thank you for this. At this point, these "standards* drive me away from affiliating with things like No Kings and Indivisibles.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

holy unfair advantage, and good on 'em!

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

up next: grandpa shakes fist at clouds for interfering with his golf outing

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

oh. my. goodness. I loved the I'm not a cat lawyer video. Must find and rewatch.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ha! I'm old enough to say that my student ID in university was my ssn, plus various other places. You had to write it on checks at the grocery store, too, maybe? It's still wild to imagine that was the thing. But, as a result I will always know it, even if I don't know my zip code.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

also, isn't Lincoln a little out of range for you? If it's in-range, just be careful crossing the Pike, please...

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

maybe try some field mice or river rats? even squirrels! let the pretty sheep grow so they can go to market....

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The current deal isn't about the art at all. It's about someone demonstrating sound principles. Maybe we could just leave it at that?

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think Lily understands my worries and is here to support me through them. True?

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

just guessing here, but it'd reduce injuries to vets/techs if they're working with a fractious cat, and better than trying to wrap the cat in a towel.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

fascinating, tho. there were zero questions about whether a mid-word or end-of-word "r" is pronounced as an "r" or an "ah," which would both point to boston and parts of maine.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I've removed all evidence of a southeastern wisconsin upbringing from my language. Of course, I've been in new england for about 2/3 of my life now, barring a few years in SF.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I fully expect to hear about a burrito inside a burger soon. Or, does he go the other way and chop up a burger and roll it inside a burrito - bun and everything?

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

If you get "stuff" done, people will remember and always turn to you for those things. Ask me how I know - it's a mixed blessing? Also, good on ya for not being modest about being very good at your job.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

totally understood. your post invoked my memory of my own hunting and guessing. sounds like you have a good job for an intern to do for you???

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I was a PC user at work when that was first a thing, with 8 character filename limits. Oh, how I peeved in '95 about people in our Mac-based side of my company for their long filenames. I will never forget what it was like to guess bc i couldn't see the full name.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I saw it promoted on my Amazon videos page but didn't pay attention. But, you got my attention and we're queueing it up starting tonight!

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

30 years ago, it would've been Pacino. sure isn't Damon.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I'm late to the party on this, but the end of the banister on those ever-so-dangerous stairs also looks bad. Is that raw metal? Even if it were wood, I'd surely shred my hand on the sharp-looking end of it.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

the very idea sends shivers up my spine.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

We're smitten with reliquaries and are trying to figure out how to get back a finger bone to put in one. The cadaver lab that gets our (post-harvest) remains probably won't offer that service, tho. May have to dock a finger while we're still alive?

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I deeply regret finding out more about this shrimp discourse, Darth. In related news, any new potato ideas for us, especially using those very orange sweet potatoes?

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

oops. Not at all what you want or need in this heat.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I have very lucky timing: I just opened trackleaders #TourDivide for the first time today and Victor Bosoni is like 3 miles from the finish at 20mph. Props to everyone else doing this, including Meaghan Hackinen trackleaders.com/tourdivide26

trackleaders.com

Tour Divide 2026 live tracker by trackleaders.com

Live tracking event map for Tour Divide 2026 - The iconic 2700 mile race across the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. Includes leaderboard coverage, race flow, replay and links to individual track his...

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

so, how was it? Refreshing change, perhaps? srsly, how do you know when vents need to be vented?

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

and so what happens if a bird tries to eat an insect that's skimming the surface of that now-polluted water? also, can I start ranting about the single-use 1-gallon plastic jugs?

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The passing of a legend. Abdullah Ibrahim stood out in his music **and his work against apartheid in South Africa.** Too many obits ignore the anti-apartheid work, but IMO it's inseparable from his existence and his music. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

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Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and anti-apartheid champion, dies at 91

Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, whose music buzzed with the bustle of South Africa's townships, resounded to the vastness of its savannah landscapes and was adopted as a rallying cry for the anti-apartheid ...

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

the price for someone to dethatch our tiny yard makes this very appealing...tools I didn't know I could own! And yes, no gas, no oil, no sparkplugs, no smell, and basically no maintenance.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I have you to thank for our EGO tools. We didn't keep our EGO snowblower when we left Maine. Looking at their "snow shovel thrower" to ease the shoveling but storable in our tiny city garage. Also - they have a dethatcher!!! OMG!!!

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

[furiously adding to my husband's shopping list]

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

can't wait to read it. give me walls of text, please! it's so rewarding to wander through them

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Reading these comments is a fabulous reminder that we're more than the sum of our parts. I'm actually smiling and a little wistful about the parts of the US I haven't(yet) explored.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

We dog/house-sat a Jack Russell this week. She'd whine until we threw the tennis ball (in the house - too buggy out). Don't get me started on the 4am "bored" barks. She irrevocably ended any lowkey thoughts about having a dog: we're clearly not cut out for it.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

nah - thinking is truly overrated. if you had "left us," I'm certain you would have said something like "I've gone to a place where I'll never get buttered again."

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

perhaps I misunderstood, but I thought the device was set to the default bluetooth assigned by the manufacturer.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

...and what a crazy default bluetooth name. It matches the product name, but it's all performatively "edgy"

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

that's some real wisdom you're dropping.

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Name, Image, and Likeness, baby. We're coming with a contract, straight from the USA... @sasshole.bsky.social

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Susan @susanstemper.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

that was my first thought

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