TayFoNay, Pet Detective

Tis the season! #aurora This is a screen grab from the Lake Superior Live webcam, I can claim zero credit for this.

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Ok, we don't need to put reactions on outlook emails. I'm glad you "loved" my reply on a thread. Maybe tighten your standards a little.

RE: https://beige.party/@maxleibman/116965367300703261 This is the most amazing poll I’ve ever seen

IT’S LAKE AMERICA NOW! Ok buddy, here’s a juice box. Drink it up like a big boy then it’s nap time.

Ever since I got a new phone, my photos are synced with 11’s and shit like this just shows up

Good morning, Europe peeps! Here’s a pretty picture I took off a boat today

I’ve only seen a couple of people in my career with true narcissistic personality disorder. And I think it’s only because they came to me for a chronic medical problem, not to gain insight into other issues. People with NPD don’t go to therapy because there’s nothing to fix, in their minds. Therapy is generally contraindicated for NPD because they use it to air grievances about how others have wronged them. It becomes apparent very quickly when you have someone with NPD sitting across from you. And they will quickly fire you if you don’t go along with their greatness. After declaring he was done with treatment after maybe 4 visits, one guy I saw gave me a jar of mustard. I clearly still think about that from time to time 15 years later.

Midwest observations: In June 2021, we had an EF3 tornado pass just to the south of our house in the Chicago suburbs, by about a mile or so. It was at night, and the National Weather Service (NWS) warnings were non-stop. Sirens going off. Phone blowing up, TV blue screen of death, etc. I'd never seen anything like it in terms of alerts, so I knew we should actually go into the basement versus go on the porch with a beer, as one does. Fast forward to today, July 2026. One tornado warning alert came across our phones from NWS. Sirens going off. Something that's happened 100 times in my lifetime living here. My reaction to that is eh, let's see what happens. Perhaps go on the porch with that beer. Except today shit got real "tornadic." Hail, green tint to the sky. But here's the kicker - I could see rotation in the sky literally above my yard, the "radar indicated rotation" that kicked off the tornado warning was above my house. The storms came from the north/northwest but I couldn't open my east facing front door due to the winds. No real damage, though I haven't been outside to look around. I'm sure my tomato plants are fucked. One alert from NWS. I'm not sayin' but I'm just sayin' 2021 versus 2026 administration. I think this reflects the DOGE cuts to the weather service. And I can't rely on "how many times has my phone gone off" as my benchmark of severity any more.

Whenever I see a “PBR” event on TV I always think Pabst Blue Ribbon before realizing it’s professional bull riding

Our friend made Thor into a sticker #Caturday

Meanwhile... (this is real)

Ice cream sandwiches for dinner.

Who’s a pretty girl? #Caturday

Morning thoughts: Imagine being on the medical staff keeping McConnell alive, watching the blatant lies happening in real time and you can’t say a word because of HIPPO

If I turn this sideways it’s either Norway or a penis

Americans about to get hella constipated. Gonna be a run on MiraLAX in August. Someone put that on Polymarket.

Went to Kuma’s Corner last night for their ridiculously large but also ridiculously delicious burgers per the request of a friend passing through town. Great place to check out if you’re ever in Chicago. Or Schaumburg for some reason. I don’t know maybe you need to go to the mall. https://kumascorner.com/menu/ Granted, they name their burgers after heavy metal/rock bands but 👇 🤟

Kinda glad Shitler ruined the U.S. vibe for the World Cup, makes it easier to stomach whatever [gestures wildly] this is 😂

@blogdiva@mastodon.social My former university employer has a multi-billion dollar endowment. During the uncertainty of COVID on enrollment, they canceled employer matching on our retirement accounts for a year and laid off a bunch of staff because they expected big financial losses. The next year the then president casually announced the university made a multi-million dollar profit during the faculty senate meeting. We demanded they correct the retirement dollars and instead they gave us a $3000 one time bonus for our “dedication.” They never brought staff back to pre-pandemic levels. I left in 2023.

Bruh

Trying to delicately explain period shits on a Teams meeting discussion about abdominal pain versus menstrual pain with my male colleagues and an industry partner this morning...

So @M_illy89@beige.party and I did too many reps of the stairs on Tuesday and I’ve been walking like Donald Trump since yesterday.

For the non US folks, this is a real drug name in a real commercial

@kimlockhartga@beige.party Yeah damn you’re 100% correct on that

@Wallflower@beige.party Mitch is still in question but he’s not having 20 minute conversations

A Japanese company is pitching liquified natural gas to replace the oil Hawaii uses to generate electricity because… it’s better…

On the positive side Hawai’i house geckos aren’t poisonous. And only a sip was had before I poured it out into the sink in the plane bathroom. The gecko is still in the water bottle so am I in violation of Hawaii’s agricultural laws when I bring it back in? I guess I was when I took it out with me but their scanner didn’t pick it up. #GeckoCrime

@blogdiva@mastodon.social The university rhymes with borthfestern

Considering incorporating flopping into my daily life

@EdCates@mastodon.social In a place with near constant tradewinds and sunshine….

Some guy on the news last night ran some data of historical highs for the air quality index in the Chicago area and made this graph. He chose the suburb Northbrook because they’ve been measuring AQI since the 1980s.

Tell me about your mother? Fuck that, tell me about your diarrhea

If you haven't heard, John Oliver finagled his way onto TWO U.S. soap operas - General Hospital (this month) and Days of Our Lives in August. Every scene from General Hospital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtpHIGVjl-k

@DocAtCDI@mastodon.social @LRRRonEarth@beige.party do you have any tips?

@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party I have so many questions

@maxleibman@beige.party Amazing

Woohoo we’re up 200! Oh wait.

When Harry Met Sealy #TooSleepyAMovieOrPlay #HashTagGames

@greem@cyberplace.social I think we should ask the very important question: what should be on the official burger of the Fediverse?

Turns out if you want your clothes to dry you need to actually turn on the dryer follow me for more trad wife living tips

With few exceptions, my entire academic career has been having things I really think are cool and/or important getting a lukewarm response from reviewers and things that I’m lukewarm about but sure why not give it a try getting a holy shit this is great! response.

Opportunity to be part of a research study on medical trauma:

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Here are the details:

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