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Lawyer in Beta dot com

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Jurassic Millennial The Keeper of Records

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“why are there so many allergies now! It must be the GMOs” …no there’s always been a lot of people with a lot of allergies, ppl were just quietly really sick from everything they ate & didn’t know why

I have ordered a truly shocking number of items from Children’s Place, hoping that literally any of it fits my Smöl Boy who is somehow still quite small for a human but also extremely large for a first grader

My child is doing 5-digit addition for funsies. And, he’s doing it in a totally unhinged way: starts on the left (10,000s place first, 1s place last) and mentally holds the numbers and carries the 10s while adding the smaller places—“because that’s the easiest for me.” IS THIS A FORMAL METHOD???

Also, obviously, his answer is correct every time. And also, obviously, no one taught him this, bc he’s in 1st grade and the biggest number they add to is 20. he just figured it out himself, and he just doodles math on a paper at his desk in his bedroom. 🩷🩷🩷

these are my notes based on how he described his process. 16+16=32. (10,000s) Then, 3+3=6 (100s) 80+80=160 (10s, & noted that it’s 80 not just 8) 600+160=760 (solved for 100s) Then, 8+8=16 (1s) So, 760+16=776 w/ the 32 in the 10,000s: 32,776.

…did I bring a small cooler and ice pack on my adventure today so that I can bring back fancy bakery delights (that sell out early) & not have to rush home? ………yes.

The foot surgery I had last year was “minimally invasive” & left a barely visible scar about 8mm long. My mom had the exact same surgery 20 years earlier & has a 3" scar

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Got a new hair iron! Fought with FedEx to even have it delivered at all! opened the box and saw it looked a lot narrower than my current one! …it is only 1", when the box and website say it is 1.25". “oh but beta, is the extra ¼" really necessary?” yes, bc they gave me only 80% of the iron I ordered

u ever get a MTD so bad u wonder if it was counsel or AI that hallucinated the complaint allegations? Defendant’s making an unhinged argument that’s the equivalent of contesting his liability for a truck driver when this isn’t even an auto accident case??? And there’s no defendant even IN THAT ROLE?

SC would love everyone to continue liking it but STOP MOVING THERE. Jfc.

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ppl move to SC & then complain about how the culture sucks so they try to change it, so now there’s no culture bc assholes from the Midwest. (Signed, an asshole from the Midwest who moved to SC & enjoyed local indie restaurants until they were replaced by shitty national chains.)

Would love a BlueSky equivalent of Twitter’s “remove follower” bc I somehow have over 800 followers on here, & I keep blocking bots but they never disappear from my follower count

Relative posted about the incredible food in the distant country they all visited for cousin’s wedding a couple months ago, w/ gorgeous pics of meats, desserts, & everything in between!. MAGA cousin: “I didn’t care for any of it.” …good thing we didn’t expect you to!

an actually cool thing about Florida is that there’s so many dermatologists that you can get like a same-week appt if need, &, even if you’re going for something else, they will screen you for skin cancer in full AND it’s not extra

Every Florida derm: “Oh you’re here for an acute condition? Strip down for the black light, let’s find us some early melanomas. OH HEY do you want that mole removed? I got a lidocaine syringe and a straight razor with your name on it, LFGGGGGG”

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We’re encouraging people to carve #SaveTheAcademy pumpkins and then post them tagging @acadnatsci.bsky.social and Drexel (who isn’t on here), to continue the point that we’re not giving up. Get some templates and take action at save-the-academy.org (scroll down to find templates).

Today in “are you even a real estate attorney”: looking up the little shit in my kid’s class who gets picked up in mom’s Range or dad’s Rolls, which I wouldn’t care about unless said little shit slammed my kid’s face into the desk last year & loosened a tooth that wasn’t ready

Anyway, they live in a legit mansion (though in an HOA neighborhood, rather than On Land), that has an extremely famous former owner. The mom made a really insensitive comment in the class group chat last month, so I’m kinda on high alert re: this family

Me: *refraining from yelling at Smöl Boy for a thing that I know he didn’t intentionally do* Smöl Boy: “mama that’s mean when you smile but say something not nice” Me: “my dude, that was me making an effort to not-yell at you, TAKE THE WIN.”

Re: LRT: in 2011, I wrote my LS Note on some hypothetical changes to election law and contribution disclosures in the wake of Citizens United & repeatedly cited Rick Hasen’s numerous academic articles on political speech. today, 15 years later, I’m RT-ing his memes. “It’s the same picture” dot gif.

Us: “FPL, please fix whatever is causing the constant power outages, i can’t do laundry” FPL: “ok we’ll cut back all the trees, but in the ugliest, most vindictive way possible, and with no regard for proper hurricane hardening or keeping a central trunk. That’ll teach you to even ask.”

(I know about strategically trimming trees to maximize survival in a hurricane bc of a lil municipal government thing I did a couple years ago. TLDR: encourage growth on one main branch & trim back any competing large branches)

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This review of BEASTS OF THE WILD BLACK absolutely slayed me. Just sat here giggling. Well played Amazon reviewer. TBF, pretty much nailed my process. I feel seen.

Revisiting wedding guest list from a decade ago (?!?!?!!!), & I created a column called “Fate” that has entries such as “dead,” “divorced,” “MAGA,” and “Mormon???”

I saw a (kind!) fb post asking about a specific stray cat, & the comments were like “yeah the business owner got her fixed & make sure she gets her shots, but she won’t let anyone touch her or go in a house,” & 🩷🩷🩷