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Chris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is both Colorado’s and Denver’s hottest start to a year on record (Jan-Sept), and it’s not even close. Statewide temps so far in 2026 are 1.6° warmer than 2012, a blowout for warmest year-to-date on record. The influence of a warming climate is clear on the chart below.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Who knew the Canyon de Chelley National Monument was spelled Canyon de Chelly? Anybody? Beuller? Well I sure as hell didn't. Neither, apparently, did every archivist what came before me. I love proof reading, but sometimes it leads to a VERY long course correction.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's just been a super bizarre day. From things not working, to things working unexpectedly to just, bizarre! Yes, I fully expect a fire drill today. At the worst possible moment.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Every day I learn something about myself. You'd think I'd know myself better by now! 🙂

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just had the freakiest time slip. Looked at the clock-10a. Just looked again and it's 12:45. Missed lunch. Just a SHOCKING passage of time. My brain is still adjusting. It feels so weird! Wtf did I do for nearly 3 hours??

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Domestic abuse is so widespread an issue that a major employer is incorporating employees' need to deal with it into their employee benefits. Union rep: "said domestic violence and abuse affected the lives of at least one in five women, and he urged other employers to introduce similar support."

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's shocking this is not shocking: "The UK’s largest private-sector employer is offering up to three days of paid leave which can be taken flexibly for activities such as attending court hearings, arranging emergency accommodation, changing locks, securing childcare or separating finances."

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Tesco is first supermarket to offer paid ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuse

Exclusive: Britain’s largest private-sector employer has also trained managers to spot signs of domestic abuse

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ok serious question. Why has October morphed into scary season? Only horror movies playing. Horror themed everything. Why can't October be autumn themed? Changing leaves. Ideas to prep for winter. Not everything has to be scary. Halloween gets to be horror. Not all of October.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Welp, I've gotten SO MUCH done this morning. But my neighbour has decided to crank up his music, so it may be time for me to hit the road.

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justinhelmer.bsky.social @justinhelmer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Good morning! Frets is back for another morning of folk, bluegrass, and traditional music on @kvsc.org 6-11 AM CST on KVSC.org or 88.1 FM local to St. Cloud!

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wish I could describe to y'all what a perfect day it was today. Not too hot, blue skies. Everything I tried on at the thrift shop fit! Now home for supper and all I can hear is my neighbour's loud-BAD-music.😡 Can't leave my windows open on this gorgeous night. 😡

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justinhelmer.bsky.social @justinhelmer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good morning! Frets is back for another morning of folk, bluegrass, and traditional music on @kvsc.org 6-11 AM CST on KVSC.org or 88.1 FM local to St. Cloud!

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 26/09/2026

Doorknocking or phone banking or volunteering is gonna be critical between now & a post-Election Day future where state Republicans may get to control our schools, our local funds, our civil liberties, and our democracy. Please do what you can!

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Went for my Covid vax. I didn't want my flu shot until next month. But the pharmacist bullied me into it. He said the whole crew gave one another theirs today and then just looked at me...... And looked at me..... So I got the flu and Covid Vax. And some cupcakes.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I told a joke about Larry and his brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl, and my young coworker had no idea what I was talking about. Man do I feel old. ⌛💀

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Omg I hate him sooooooooo much😡

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just donated a bucket o' cash to Wikipedia. I friggin' love having no ads.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hand painting ribbon. Hey, if you can't find what you need, you make it.

Image shows a black ribbon with painted white squares on it, to look like a film reel.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the elevator of a GIANT medical campus. Everyone's looking at their phones because there's literally an app that helps you find your way. Lady gets on, looks around, says condescendingly, what did we do before phones? We got lost, lady! Specific elevators that lead to specific floors! Not clearly

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yes, it's cool season now. Which I love. But it is also BUGS GETTING INTO MY HOUSE season. Which I HATE.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Anybody use Fossify instead of Google?

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justinhelmer.bsky.social @justinhelmer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Good morning! Saturday once again and I am back in the @kvsc.org studios for another Frets. Today is the beginning of our fall membership drive and if you enjoy what we do you can help us stay on the air. Listen and pledge at 88.1 FM or KVSC.org! 🎙️📻

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Advice needed: neighbour across the street plays music SO LOUD but turns it down when he's supposed to-9-10pm. But I still don't want to hear his music all day! He's across the street and down a few and I can STILL hear it! Do I ask him to turn it down?

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Pain so bad I thought I'd go to ER. But snagged 8a appt. Vague symptoms, but when doc read them back, they are textbook ovarian cancer. But part of me doesn't buy that. Nurse was TRULY WONDERFUL. Gave me a big hug. When I mentioned cancer, she blurted out, "no it's not!" I love her.

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Chris Bianchi @bianchiweather.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This was Colorado's hottest summer on record, and it wasn't even close. Average statewide temp of 69.4° beat the old record (2012) by 0.7°, a wide margin. It was also Colorado's hottest August on record, and it's our hottest start to a calendar year on record as well. #COwx

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Does anyone know where I can buy perfume that isn't Amazon? I never shop Amazon.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Felt like garbage all day. Soonest I can see my doc is October 9th. But yeah. Healthcare is awesome in this country.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Everyone have a nice two days and get it out of your system, because between Tuesday and Election Day, we are not doing the Bsky "You have to EARN my vote" and "I live in a blue state so my protest vote is fine" and "The two parties are the same" thing. Take all that look-at-me shit somewhere else.>

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Vaccine conspiracism is overwhelmingly clustered among the religious, white and affluent. It’s a function of conservative ideology and bad faith media. Being nicer to MAHA types will not ‘bring them into the fold,’ it will only increase their sense of entitlement.

Objective: Strengthening of antivaccination movements in recent decades has coincided with unprecedented increases in the incidence of some communicable diseases. Many intervention programs work from a deficit model of science communication, presuming that vaccination skeptics lack the ability to access or understand evidence. However, interventions focusing on evidence and the debunking of vaccine-related myths have proven to be either nonproductive or counterproductive. Working from a motivated reasoning perspective, we examine the psychological factors that might motivate people to reject scientific consensus around vaccination. To assist with international generalizability, we examine this question in 24 countries. Methods: We sampled 5,323 participants in 24 countries, and measured their antivaccination attitudes. We also measured their belief in conspiracy theories, reactance (the tendency for people to have a low tolerance for impingements on their freedoms), disgust sensitivity toward blood and needles, and individualistic/hierarchical worldviews (i.e., people's beliefs about how much control soci hould have over individuals, and whether hierarchies are desirable). Results: In
order of magnitude,
antivaccination attitudes were highest among those who (a) were high in conspir-
atorial thinking, (b) were high in reactance, (c) reported high levels of disgust toward blood and needles, and (d) had strong individualistic/hierarchical worldviews
. In contrast, demographic variables (including
education) accounted for nonsignificant or trivial lev
f variance. Conclusions: These data help
identify the "attitude roots" that may motivate and sustain vaccine skepticism. In so doing, they help shed light on why repetition of evidence can be nonproductive, and suggest communication solutions to that problem.
Keywords: vaccination, conspiracy beliefs, health communication,

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We talk a lot about the importance of voting but in doing so, we romanticize it, and I've come to believe that's a mistake. It's not romantic, it's not glorious, it's not an expression of your ideals or your identity. It's selecting the best outcome for the most people. That's all it is. Do that.

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justinhelmer.bsky.social @justinhelmer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Good morning! It's Saturday once again and that means another episode of the Frets program is coming your way on @kvsc881fm.bsky.social ! Join me at 88.1 FM or KVSC.org for all the folk, bluegrass, and traditional music for your weekend needs.

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Writers: check your anthropic claim! Some publishers have registered claims for up to 50% of your paltry pay-off. Will anything be left for us? Does anyone fucking care?

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The whole fam piled into a minivan & drove to Nebraska & back for the funeral. Yes, my cousins were bald w/beer bellies. They didn't mention how fat I am & we picked up right where we left off 25 years ago as if no time had passed.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Welp. Unlikely I'll lose 50 lbs in the next 5 hours, so will get dressed in my funeral best and hide in the back.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

When I tell you I am giddy-GIDDY-about getting the new MRNa flu/Covid shots?! Come on hurry up!!

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I have to go to a funeral. I will be seeing my cousins. When we were little, we were great friends. I haven't seen any of them in nearly 2 decades. I am mortified at the way I look and desperately hoping they have all got beer bellies and bald heads.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

So now that putrid orange pustule has chopped down all the cherry trees? Is that what I heard?

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I have visitors tomorrow and I am SO not ready. When you live alone, you don't realize how much stuff you put aside thinking you'll get to it later because it isn't in anybody's way. Also, one of my cats is far sicker than I realized. Pretty sure it's kidney disease.😢

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Absolutely incredible that all of this is being done under the narrative of "independent review of studies." The studies find significant benefits and no harms! Children are not being rushed into irreversible procedures! An entire government and media apparatus buying in an urban legend

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Cleaned my spare tire pocket after my flat bc I found evidence of mice. Disinfected the whole thing. Found shattered glass? Window could have been broken before I bought it used. Nothing was disclosed to me.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I've discovered if I'm on data, BlueSky says I need to verify my age because I'm in Texas. WiFi---no such restriction. And the lists are back. After being "under age" all day, I've got over 30 notifications. Bullshite to that I say. I've been cleaning like mad for visitors.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Not even kidding when I say I am giddy-GIDDY-about getting the new MRNa flu/COVID shot when it's available. The thought of not getting the flu or COVID again brings me so much comfort and joy. (Yes, I know it isn't 100% and all it's other limitations.) STILL GIDDY

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I hate this kind of thing, because just beneath its surface is a smug piety that treats "politics" as nothing but mess and rancor rather than as something with a direct connection to people's lives, and argues for being "above politics" as a kind of virtue. It's so dishonest. Anyway, good morning.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Ok @mspraxis.bsky.social I finished The Life Impossible and I friggin' loved it. You were right! Mine was read by Joanna Lumley and she was fantastic. 1st time I've heard her narrate a book. 😀

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

THERE'S ANOTHER 80 YEAR OLD WHO NEEDS TO GO, GRIM REAPER. You'll recognize him by the sticky wig, the orange paint and the black, putrid ash-like substance in his "soul." Get on it!

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Now Tim Curry? FUCK ALL Y'ALL JEEESUS

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I just have this overwhelming feeling of dread. Like everything's going to break at once. My car. My body. My bank account. The planet. And I hate that feeling. I blame Dolly dying and sucking so much love and light out of the world.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Started my day with a flat tire. Things can only get better right? RIGHT?

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We got a new employee today and she seems great! A big part of me says she doesn't stay long. Not sure why I feel that way, but I'll bet she won't make it a month. She'll move on to something much better.

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Victorian Slang @victorianslang.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

My daughter and bf are coming for a visit and I am NOT prepared. 3 people and 3 cats in a 750sqft flat. Plus I don't have a "normal" place. No couch. No TV. I have a dining table. And a giant craft table. That's kinda it.

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