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  My best friend's contractor didn't show for work yesterday. Last night, his brother showed up and knocked on his door. "My brother was picked up by ICE at his immigration hearing. When he called me, he told me to come to your house and finish the job." They gave him money and told him to go home. My friend found a lawyer for the contractor last night, but as he said, "I'm not sure if I'm more shaken as an American or as a Jew." We have to end this nightma...

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  “Dads, come back in. It’s late and we need our treat.” #dogs #DogsOfMastodon

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  Happy Sunday, everyone! Quiet day. Rainy out. Husband is flying back from his trip home to Michigan today. One last weekend chore remains: putting away clean laundry. But maybe I'll run a bath first.... #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon

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  Y'all! A friend from St. Louis just sent me this picture of her new kitten asleep in one of my bowls! 🥰 #Catsofmastodon #Pottery

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  #SilentSunday #WestVirginia

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  My Deaf therapist just shared with me that in the Deaf cultural studies crowd, they joke that "hard of hearing" is actually "soft of deaf" and I love that! 🙌 🤟 #Deaf #DeafCulture #ASL

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  #Silentsunday #bloomscrolling

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  The husband is heading upstairs to call his mom. We just placed bets on how long it will take her to bring up her bowels. #MotherInLaw

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  Attended an open house for a Jewish friend's mom last night. For all sorts of really complicated family dynamics, he's not attending the funeral, so this was his way of saying goodbye. It was such a lovely evening - all of his close friends were there, a rabbi friend of the family was there to say the Kaddish prayer. Watching my friend, standing with his wife, his four year old in his arms, surrounded by 40 of his closest friends, I thought, "THIS is family." ❤️ #FoundFamil...

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  It's a fun culinary weekend! Last night, we made Syracuse salt potatoes with our cod and veggies, this morning we had fresh blackberry syrup made last night in the Zojirushi bread maker, and tonight it will be a Lebanese cucumber salad with yogurt, garlic, and mint, and for dessert, fresh peaches over vanilla ice cream. Potatoes, black berries, peaches, and cucumbers are all thanks to the Saturday morning farmer's market! #Food #FarmersMarket

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  #SilentSunday

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  The Egyptian World Cup team is bringing me joy! 🇪🇬⚽ #WorldCup #Egypt #FIFA

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  Me: What healthy thing should I eat for lunch? Husband, arriving home from grocery store: I brought home chocolate donuts for lunch! 🍩 🍴 🍩 🍴 🍩 🍴 🍩

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  When the Supreme Court announced on June 26, 2015 that Marriage Equality was the law of the land, church bells began to ring in all the churches in our neighborhood. That night, pulled by our gadar, we decided to drive down to the White House - and found this! #LGBTQ #MarriageEquality #WhiteHouse #WashingtonDC

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  Hey #Bookstodon! It's that time again: bookshop.org is offering free shipping in the US during its annual anti-Prime Days event. Go wild! https://bookshop.org/info/anti-prime-day?bsbanner=1 #Books

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  #SilentSunday

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  Went to Trader Joe's in DC today. Parked in a handicapped spot, got out with my cane, found the elevator broken — stairs only. Talked to store manager. No repair date. No alternative access plan. But I did get a "disabled customers are a priority." The ADA passed in 1990. Thirty-six years later and "have you tried the stairs?" is still a thing. 😤 #DC #DMV #Disability #Accessibility #DisabilityRights

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  Woah - this link is gold! If you have access to Libby through your public library, you can type in your local library system and this will tell you all other Libby systems you’re eligible for! Edit: I though this app was available in Canada, but it appears that it currently operates only in the US, with plans to expand to Canada and the UK. Apologies! https://reciprocard.com #Libby #libraries #books #bookstodon

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  It is the perfect weather For a cozy warm sweater. And tea!

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  The husband is back to weaving, and for this moment, all is well in our tiny corner. #Weaving @fiberarts

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  Here's Billy Bragg to help you celebrate May Day! https://youtu.be/3RChSnMxiJE?si=r5jjICYW5uYemUzl #BillyBragg #MayDay #Internationale

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  @madgeface Happy Birthday today! I hope you're having fun at the Sheep and Wool Festival!

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  #SilentSunday #dogs #DogsOfMastodon

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  Countdown to my back surgery on May 29! I put off scheduling the surgery for several weeks - out loud I was all like "I need to find the best time for my clients and my work" but inwardly I was just freaking out and putting it off. Surgery will mean going off lupus meds for 3 weeks and that is something that I'm really not looking forward to, but now that surgery is actually scheduled, I'm actually excited to get it done!

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  It always feels like a major win when I remember to take my morning pills in the morning. The afternoon version is just called "taking my pills." The 10pm version is called "oh god." #lupus #chronicIllness

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  Alfred collected all the toys in the room, and then laid on them. As one does. #dogs #DogsOfMastodon

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  Hey knitters, weavers, and fiber artists, who's going to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival this weekend? https://sheepandwool.org/ @knitting @fiberarts #weaving #Knitting

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  TIL I learned the term Hopepunk: "Hopepunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, conceived of as the opposite of grimdark. Works in the hopepunk subgenre are about characters fighting for positive change, radical kindness, and communal responses to challenges." It appears that I am a hopepunk kinda guy. #hopepunk

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  Resting today after a really wonderful outing yesterday to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival! Unfortunately I got zero pics of the 4 year old nephew, who, viewing live sheep for the first time, pet their heads and noses, waved and yelled hello, and then with his arms up, yelled "I love you sheep!" No major purchases, but did get to talk to the maker of my e-spinner and found out how to get it up and running again, so I'm pretty chuffed about that! #Sheep @fibera...

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  It is amazing and fun to watch as my husband visibly gains more strength every day. Two weeks ago he was admitted with sepsis, a week ago he came home. Every day since then he's slept a little better, stayed up a little longer, and worked a little more. His midline has remained infection free and he's giving himself infusions like he's a pro. Modern medicine is really so cool. 🙌🏻 (And so is he!)