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Thanks for the tag.

"Broken" by Gary Numan

Dark teal

All the yummy flavors and spiciness

Looking through Crunchyroll for something to watch until the latest Kuro season starts; haven't selected anything yet. Probably gonna be Jujutsu Kaisen.

Single and can't be bothered to mingle

Kuroshitsuji, Gary Numan, and apparently Squishables

Checking to see if spiciness is the right spelling. I don't think I've ever actually typed that word before

Tagging no one. Just reblog this if you want.

thank you @andrwminward !! 9 people you’d like to get to know better

last song: kill her freak out by samia 🩵🩵

favorite color: green !!!

currently watching: women’s d1 ncaa swimming and diving champs 🫶

sweet/savory/spicy: SPICY !! yay

relationship status: single but maybe not for much longer !?!

current obsession: honestly not much rn. working on some new ocs and continuing a fic

last thing you googled: how is college diving scored

no pressure tag: @fromjannah @bnsfrailway @grieving4theliving @mildew-dread-mold @speciouspessimism @littlelesbianlegend @declanshole @likeconcorde and anyone else who wants to 💖

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As long as you let it hold power over you.

How many times can the same thing break your heart?

#me irl #me in real life #heartbreak

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I need this here, so I can go back again later....

You guys just have to trust me on this one and click here okay?

#cute #link #happy #fun #stress relief

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A young dude (Ethan) at work in my prep lab does this. Podcasts or videos of some kind, on his phone. He seemed shocked when I said "No one wants to hear whatever you're watching." He looked at me all wide-eyed and eventually said "ok." But he still does it sometimes because he's an inconsiderate fool. Last week I caught him pouring (splashing, really) water directly into strong acid, which is the exact opposite of what you should do.

Don't be like Ethan, y'all.

i'm literally begging people to relearn how to use earbuds and headphones. i don't wanna hear your fucking tiktok while im waiting for my flight.

#grrrr #me irl #me in real life #at work #work stuff #stuff at work #mar 28 2024

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The last of my pics.

I'm going on a tour of a water treatment plant today. Yay, paid field trip!

#water treatment #surface water treatment plant #san marcos #tour #touring the facility #me irl #me in real life #work stuff #a #stuff at work #at work #field trip #mar 22 2024 #reblog #update #mar 25 2024 #saved to off topic

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I'm going on a tour of a water treatment plant today. Yay, paid field trip!

#water treatment #field trip #work stuff #at work #touring the facility #and picking up slack? lol #mar 22 2024 #me irl #me in real life #surface water treatment plant #saved to off topic #mar 25 2024

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I need more content like this.

Roasted chicken, ginger, daikon, shiitake mushroom soup with lime, cilantro, broccoli sprouts, and rice noodles

#food #art #rice noodles #ophelia #mar 14 2024

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I'm white and vote Democrat... but I'm not happy about either party. Biden will have a hard time winning simply because of all the spin surrounding him: his policies and what he's done in office, his political history, Hunter, documents in his home/elsewhere, and his age/mental health. I'm a bit worried about his health, too, and I don't like the Biden/Harris support for Israel. Sure, Hamas has done terrible things to Israelis, but that's no reason to systematically attack Palestine. Genocide is genocide. And a land grab is a land grab. We've been warned about this for decades, before I was even born, and I'm Gen X.

I'll still vote for Biden, but I'm worried about all the people who won't -- either they vote for Trump, some 3rd party, or not at all. Anything except a vote for Biden will end up helping Trump.

And the DNC isn't really helping. They haven't been useful for a long, long time. Despite all the money they raise. The Republicans might be split between pro-Trump and against Trump, but Democrats tend to be all over the place, and that's largely what makes the Democrats so weak when they put up a candidate that has a lot of detractors within their own party.

My only hope is that my fellow Democrats actually get behind Biden's candidacy, regardless of what they personally think about him... and that enough Republicans who don't want Trump actually cross party lines when the election comes.

Otherwise, we are screwed... and for a long time to come.

If and when Joe Biden loses the election this year, the most annoying thing to come from during the first week will be that white liberals will get on the Internet and blame everybody but the Democratic Party. They will blame Black people and Arab people and leftist and literally every single person, except for the failings of a party that has failed all of us For over a century.



#me irl #me in real life #politics #joe biden #donald trump #election 2024 #opinion #mar 13 2024

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Thanks for the tag to my main, but I'm posting it here.

1. Organize my stuff/make my apartment look nice and tidy

2. Freaking keep it that way

3. Read at least ten books

4. Improve my self-care and health

5. Be more active in TST 😈

I'll tag @such-a-downer @aroturier @truedarkhunter @princess-adrienne @kuroi-neko @pain-in-the-butler @annoyinglyshinycherryblossom @chainsaw-to-the-heart and anyone who wants to!

new tag gameee, tell me your New Year’s resolutions and tag ten people:)

mine are to read more and be kinder to people!

Npt: @hathorneheiress @nqds @never-enough-novels @sophiesonlinediary @blocked-zombieartist @mqstermindswift @skeelly @urbanflorals @stvrlighhttt @berryzxx

#me irl #me in real life #tagging game #new year resolutions

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I'm with the Texas DSHS (dept of state health services), and my team tests (mostly) drinking water samples for radioactive isotopes. But another team tests for metals, including lead, and another tests for organic compounds like pesticides, herbicides, etc.

Home improvement stores (like Home Depot) sell water and soil testing kits, usually with or near gardening supplies. They won't catch everything that could make water supplies harmful, but they are still useful. Any sample that is soluble in water can be tested with water testing kits. Samples that aren't soluble in water might be tested with soil testing kits, with varying accuracy; but if the results are positive for a target analyte, you can be pretty sure it's actually present in the sample.

you know how all those applesauce packets were recalled for lead?

well. it turns out the cinnamon used in them may have been laced with lead on purpose.

fun times in the united states food industry right now am I right folks

#water safety #food safety

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I clicked the link, and yes.

However, I feel I must point out that rick rolling is still around, it just has to be sneakier.

On the back of my car and on my little locker at work, I have these big QR code stickers. Anyone who looks up the code will go to YouTube's video for the song, just like the link in the reblog before yours in this thread. I give zero context for the QR codes where they are, unless people think anything else on my locker or car has anything to do with that code, and it doesn't.

I know in my heart that some random person out there occasionally checks it out, out of curiosity. I just never know who or when.

The best Rick Roll I've seen/heard lately is from Jack Black, with his song "Peaches". The verses have the same progression as "Never Gonna Give You Up"'s verses. Not everyone notices, so there are a lot of people out there who have heard the song and don't know they've essentially been Rick Rolled. It's an appropriate homage, really, too... since both songs are about an undying but also somewhat obsessive and controlling love.

I don’t think we’re rick rolling each other enough anymore. 1. it CANNOT die out 2. this under saturated market is perfect for unsuspecting victims who’ve been lulled into a false sense of security. be the person you hate. bring back the dastardly link

#rick astley #rick roll #actual paper about it #jack black #peaches #I'm never gonna give this up

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I'm stuck in an odd situation right now. I'm at work and had cereal, oat milk, and some fruit for breakfast a while ago. But I started feeling a little bit tipsy or almost high. I did notice that the blueberries and golden berries (a type of sweet husk tomato called a ground cherry or cape gooseberry) were getting overripe and very sweet -- I even threw out a few that looked too far gone -- but now I'm thinking they might actually be slightly fermented.

It's been a while, and I'm trying to help the situation by eating some leftover tamales from last Thursday's potluck (the tamales are still fine). It seems to be helping a bit, but oof 😅. I work for the state, and you can't drink or use recreationals on site... or even return to campus soon after doing either off-site.

Wish I were home; I probably would have just taken a nap. 😂

Guess I'll be taking the rest of the fruit home... to eat there. 😏

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Unicorn essence

These are bottled in the UK. In the US, they are distributed by a company in Dallas, TX.

This one tastes as first, to me, mostly like an orange soda, but then I get peach, pineapple, and maybe a hint of mango.

I will note that this one and the wizard tears one have titanium dioxide as the last ingredient. The cauldron cola one has iron oxides instead, and caramel color, but both are higher up on the list. Generally, the "sugar free" sweeteners are acesulfame K (Sweet One) and sucralose. They are carbonated but only slightly.

#soda #soda pop #carbonated drinks #carbonated beverage #me irl #me in real life #my stuff #stuff i bought #video #drinks with glitter #edible glitter #glitter

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Today, it's Cauldron Cola.

The A/C HVAC system is loud, even in the break areas. It sounds way louder in the video, though, for whatever reason.

#me irl #me in real life #my stuff #stuff i bought #soda #soda pop #cola #glitter #edible glitter #drinks with glitter

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Been drinking this today.

Probably should have made coffee instead.... 😔

It's tasty, though, and I like the edible glitter stuff that swirls around. I bought five of these at Central Market (H‑E‑B's higher end store chain) a few days ago. Each one is a different color and flavor, but each one has a Halloween theme and the edible glitter.

#my stuff #stuff i bought #soda #soda pop #edible glitter #drinks with glitter #central market #austin texas #austin tx