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rothko

@rothko@beige.party

☕️ :bisexual: :leather_flag: ♏️ lake superior owns my soul so i finally moved to duluth. interfaith/interspiritual with particular fondness for inayati sufism and the episcopal church. trained spiritual director/companion, non-judgmental holder of sacred space. gen-x, fond of single malt scotch, r.e.m., bob mould, doctor who. minnesotan, german speaker, genealogy dork, band geek.
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NunavutBirder, to worldwithoutus
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So, this was released today. My third stamp with Canada Post. Qarlinngua (The pants). And technically my second stamp with a family member in it, as the tiny figure in it is my son Travis. Now for one with Hilary in it.

I’ve very proud of all of these, beyond the cache. They are about my home, and family. And also my family has a long history with the Post Office, 101 years. My grandfather, father, and brother were all postmasters in Roblin.

rothko,
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@NunavutBirder oh COOL!!!

rothko, to random
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Happy birthday@alice !!!

RickiTarr, to random
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Y'all, I'll never get over this still from my husband's Workplace Harassment Seminar. They knew what they were doing, no way they didn't!

rothko,
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@RickiTarr somehow i'm unable to see alt-text on my phone with either a browser OR a client. clue me in?

msquebanh, to random
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Part of our members & us, with our (holding new paddle). We train every Saturday morning, from .

Today, we worked on more race stops, transitions & on improving team timing/synchronization.

I led a good warm-up before we started & was put into front near end of practice. Our coach is also training me on doing drumming/calling out paddle beats so I can go on multiple boats for races. Our first race is May 26th!

Me with 4 other female team mates & our coach (she is on far right, holding black paddle) on upper wharf at Fairway Gorge Paddling Club. The Gorge Waterway is behind us.

rothko,
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@somcak @msquebanh yeah, i'm surprised they listened! maybe because it's canada? :canparrot:

the_etrain, to random
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I'm no scientist, but if a bird transmits the flu to a cow that is now the cow flu.

rothko,
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@the_etrain and apparently also it's the cat flu.

DamnInteresting, to random
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Chicago Removes the World-Famous “Rat Hole” From Its Sidewalk
https://mymodernmet.com/chicago-removes-rat-hole-from-its-sidewalk/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

rothko,
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@DamnInteresting nooooooooo

RickiTarr, to random
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If you get mad when you see employees at a business you are patronizing laughing, enjoying each other's company, and goofing off, you're a dick. Empathize with people working a shitty underpaid job, and let them enjoy what little fun they get.

rothko,
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@kerouac666 @RickiTarr when walmart tried to expand into germany, the workers were like "what do you mean i don't get a chair? how do you expect me to stand all day, this is ridiculous." and the unions in germany don't mess around. ultimately walmart just gave up and pulled out -- we'd rather pay our cashiers super shitty wages and make them stand all day than accommodate you snooty europeans who think you deserve to be treated like humans even though it costs us more. the nerve, honestly!

bryanhansel, to photography
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Sunrise over Lake Superior

rothko,
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@bryanhansel super windy and stormy in duluth today... i live up the hill in the trees now, so i haven't seen the lake, but i bet it's super scary down there. same for GM today?

Alice, (edited ) to random
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I grew up pretty poor and my husband grew up well off, but he's in denial and this conversation just transpired:

Me: Your parents built a brand new house before you were born so you'd have somewhere nice to grow up.

Husband: They didn't build it themselves!

Me: EXACTLY! They paid people like my father to build it.

rothko,
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@Alice oh man, those relationships can be awkward AF. hope y'all can navigate it well.

GrimmReality, (edited ) to random
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Athena would like to take a quick moment of your time to have a discussion about snack frequency.

rothko,
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@GrimmReality omg what a gorgeous baby. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Alice, to random
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Thinking about renting a Cybertruck for a day, buying the rental insurance, and then spending the entire day driving in a loop through a car wash.

rothko,
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@Alice until it breaks down inside the car wash, trapping you there for five hours.

dyani, to random
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Finally published my blog post about sleep!

I have sleep issues. So everything I have to do in order to sleep, I figured out through trial and error over the years.

Hopefully something I wrote helps someone.

https://dyani.bearblog.dev/how-to-sleep-trial-and-error-over-the-years/

rothko,
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@dyani thanks for this. i've been on some heavy-duty pharmaceuticals for many years and i am trying to reduce but it's tough. i got rid of seroquel because it's a terrible drug, but i have trouble sleeping all the way through the night without it. i still take 4mg of lunesta, and 75mg of trazodone (which i increased from 50mg to make up for the absence of seroquel), but i'm afraid i'm gonna have to bump up to 100mg because i am just not sleeping well these days.

my new psychiatrist is not thrilled about my massive drug regimen (i also take 3 antidepressants and a mood stabilizer) and wants me to cut down on things. i'm like, if it worked, i'd be glad to, but... 🙄

rothko,
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@dyani i've never actually tried using antihistamines. my main problem isn't getting to sleep, it's staying asleep through the night without waking up every couple hours. if i don't get the really deep sleep happening, i remain drowsy throughout the daytime.

weighted blanket didn't do that much for me. i'm not great about the basic stuff like no screens before bed or cutting down on caffeine. i do try to avoid caffeine after 2 or 3pm, but that's about the extent of it.

rothko,
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@purplepadma @dyani oh man, that sucks... i am toying with the idea of finding a different psychiatrist, but i suspect they're all gonna tell me the same thing -- i'm on too many meds and i need to reduce. dammit, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!!

Alice, to random
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    rothko,
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    @Alice well hey i just crushed a 16oz can of delta-9 soda so let's get this party started boiiiiiii

    the_etrain, to random
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    Got some iris blooms

    rothko,
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    @the_etrain oh man i love bearded irises. my mom had a bunch in her flowerbeds when i was a kid. all different colors.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    If you could have one new skill starting right now, what would it be?

    rothko,
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    @RickiTarr i would like to somehow be able to keep from cluttering my entire fucking living space in the briefest span of time. i don't know how it happens or how to stop it.

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Truly and honestly, I have a great time here, because you all make it great. You boost, you reply, you encourage, and inspire! It is crazy to me that I get to talk to people from all over the world every day. I get to be friends with people I'll probably never actually get to physically meet. I was born into a pre-internet world, and this still feels a little like a miracle to me.

    rothko,
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    @Uair @RickiTarr omg i love mc frontalot. "i can't talk to goth girls" is my favorite.

    rothko,
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    @RickiTarr @Uair i had ICQ too, but i didn't use it very much. most of my friends just used IRC.

    rothko,
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    @RickiTarr @EVDHmn wow, same as me -- next month is our 25th anniversary -- met each other probably 4 years or so before that on IRC...

    RickiTarr, to random
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    What embarrasses you the most?

    rothko,
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    @RickiTarr wish there were a way to answer anonymously 😁

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. I was 10 years old. Put in perspective the fact that until I was 10, abortion was illegal. So, I began my life without bodily autonomy. I had it from ages 10 - 60, and now I’m back at square one, without any. This RIGHT didn’t even exist for one person’s entire lifetime.

    rothko,
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    @StillIRise1963 @Aviva_Gary too true -- and this probably has something to do with the way people of different generations mix so much less frequently than in the old days when families and neighbors were tighter and people would tell stories for entertainment instead of isolating in their phones yadda yadda get off my lawn... seriously though, societies than are more collectivist than individualist tend to know and understand their own histories better because they are tended to and handed down, oral transmission and all of that...

    arstechnica, to random
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    Renovation relic: Man finds hominin jawbone in parents’ travertine kitchen tile

    Yes, travertine often has embedded fossils. But not usually hominin ones.

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/renovation-relic-man-finds-hominin-jawbone-in-parents-travertine-kitchen-tile/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    rothko,
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    @ottaross @arstechnica i was under the impression it had already been installed...??

    Alice, to random
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    I’m in a fight with my husband because he somehow doesn't understand that me stomping around the house and dramatically putting in my earbuds to drown out the sound of him eating is CLEARLY an act of passive aggression on my part.

    rothko,
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    @Alice @RowinSpeez it's the smacking, saliva-heavy noises while chewing with the mouth closed that make me OFF THE CHARTS INSANE, i can't even. i have resorted to turning the radio, tv, something, anything on to drown it out. i'm pretty sure i don't make that kind of noise while eating; how is it even necessary?! dear god.

    purplepadma, to random
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    Just cried to my psychiatrist for 1/2 an hour. He says that he thinks there is something more than just bipolar going on for me to be having such significant mood shifts within a day. IDK, it’s happened before. He was concerned by how much I have deteriorated since we last spoke.

    I told him that living on this rollercoaster is untenable, and that although I don’t have any active plans to end my life, I feel that I can’t be expected to live like this. I’m in a hopeless place right now. He agrees I need more support and is going to raise my case in the community MH team’s multidisciplinary team meeting and with psychological therapies. I told him I really miss having a CPN/therapist to check in with/offload to. He doesn’t want to tweak my meds but will get me some more diazepam. He was sorry to hear my condition, I’m usually so stable when we speak.

    rothko,
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    @purplepadma @RolloTreadway WHAT?! oooohhhh, that makes me so angry. because guess what gender gets that diagnosis with a HUGE percentage over any other? yup. women. borderline is the new "hysteria."

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