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@peterman37.bsky.social I grabbed mine this morning also. Ticketmaster fees suck I did not know that you could. MAFA.

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@alejandrahope.bsky.social Iā€™ve never been to the kite museum there, but need to make a point to go.

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@elainehowlin.bsky.social Ha! I just finished the Irish Readathon 2026 and came back to Bsky to see if anybody else was talking about it. I saw you on the Discord :)

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@peterman37.bsky.social At the beginning of the season, I was saying that Davis should red shirt. Iā€™m an idiot.

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@annemont.bsky.social Well poop, if Iā€™d known you were there Iā€™d have said ā€˜hiā€™ šŸ˜…

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@peterman37.bsky.social We were sitting next to the Broncos bench last night. The overwhelming joy from team and staff was super fun to watch. Also, FSMC.

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@rloyola.bsky.social I hate the Gaels as much as the next Zag, but this is a step too far :-)

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@patloughery.me Starting!

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@patloughery.me WAY better view. I can see the while court now. Gonna be the guy high-5ing Diagne Monday šŸ¤£

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@alejandrahope.bsky.social This is like a crossover of stars from my two favorite sitcoms

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@patloughery.me Well, turns out they pointed us to the wrong seats on night one and we found out today. Weā€™re at the other end of the row - not quite as close to the hoop, but not a blocking view and sitting right next to the team bench. So look for us next to 15th man/woman on each team :-)

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@patloughery.me We have never been to the tournament and decided this is the year to do it. Things are pretty empty first couple days but I expect Monday or Tuesday to be packed

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@patloughery.me Portland v WSU. Both on Zags side of the bracket

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@patloughery.me We are seated here for all games, women and men. Attending as many games as we can.

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@patloughery.me I was one of three people chosen for tickets, plus travel and hotel. My wife hasnā€™t been feeling well so my daughter joined me on the weekend and we had a fantastic time.

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@patloughery.me Long story short, I work for Levis. They did a contest inside the company for giveaway tickets and travel. We were supposed to tell a moBuy about our favorite piece of Levis clothing. I talked about my dadā€˜s jacket which Iā€™ve had for 30+ years, inherited from him after he passed away from cancer.

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@alejandrahope.bsky.social He makes voting
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@cascadiarevolting.bsky.social Yes! And Jon Tester is one of the great public servants today.

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@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social ā€œSomeday.ā€ šŸ”„

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@ziibiing.com Also good that, unlike Facebook and Instagram and others, the system isnā€™t tracking your key strokes even if you choose not to publish your thoughts

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@patloughery.me Itā€™s a cool model! I LOVE that airplane and itā€™s fun that my son noticed and found a cool gift, so even if it doesnā€™t snap tightly or I scratch my head on what part goes where .. still a cool experience

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@patloughery.me Not great, itā€™s a struggle to get good fits and the instruction images are sometimes confusing. But my son gave it to me as a present and I can go to him for second opinions and set of hands so heā€™s implicated too.

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@patloughery.me Iā€™m on step A99.. A goes to 107 and then I do assemblies B through E. I
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@patloughery.me Progress (though 9 steps back and redo several times)

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@patloughery.me Everything Iā€™ve heard when Iā€™ve talked to staff says that phone calls are weighted far far far more heavily than emails. even if those phone calls happen after hours and go to their voicemail, still good. Sometimes I do that because I donā€™t want to dump my anger on a human being. :-)

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Signs of the apocalypse, CNN front page today:

\n\"Backyard\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/03/10/signs-of-the-apocalypse-cnn.html","date_published":"2025-03-11T00:14:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-11 00:14","date_timestamp":1741652059,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/114140909944686152","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lk2rwijvck2b"]}},{"id":"57405007","content_html":"

Newsletter Episode 17: The revolution will be televised

\n

Kendrick Lamar at Halftime; Let This Radicalize You; social activism; how to watch live basketball while blind; when ICE comes to church; rewilding videos with beavers and Scotland

\n\"\"\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/02/12/newsletter-episode-the-revolution-will.html","date_published":"2025-02-12T15:58:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-12 15:58","date_timestamp":1739375887,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113991738460100017","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lhyk37ucnv2v"]}},{"id":"57128738","content_html":"

Camera phone #timelapse at #sunset, Ocean Shores, WA. I need to get it fixed so my wider lens isnā€™t busted, because I missed the actual sun in the clouds.. aimed too far north. Such are the challenges of photographing sunsets in Feb in the PNW USA.. you donā€™t know where the sun actually is šŸ¤£

\n

\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/02/08/camera-phone-timelapse-at-sunset.html","date_published":"2025-02-09T06:22:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-09 06:22","date_timestamp":1739082156,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113972488746374074"]}},{"id":"56975694","content_html":"

5\nRemember professional ethics.

\n

ā€¦ It is hard to subvert a rule-of-law state without lawyers, or to hold show trials without judges. Authoritarians need obedient civil servants, and concentration camp directors seek businessmen interested in cheap labor.

\n\"A\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/02/06/remember-professional-ethics-it-is.html","date_published":"2025-02-07T05:24:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-07 05:24","date_timestamp":1738905858,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113960934808668747","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lhkudgl3ag2t"]}},{"id":"56769726","content_html":"

Worthwhile reading: The Seattle #GeneralStrike: \nOn February 6, 1919, Seattle stopped working. 25,000 other union members had joined 35,000 shipyard workers already on strike. The cityā€™s AFL unions, 101 of them, had voted to walk out

\n

depts.washington.edu/labhist/sā€¦

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I was going to build Wayfarers character wiki while reading book 4 (The Galaxy, and the Ground Within). Pei showed up again and wanting to remember how I knew them), but then I realized the Internet would have something.

\n

wayfarers.fandom.com/wiki/Charā€¦

\n

(Hooray for shared knowledge)

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An aspect of aging, that is a slow transition rather than an abrupt realization:

\n

When you realize that you used to go to the movie theater every week or two, and now you go a couple times a year because none of the new movies look all that good

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I (needed to)/decided to write 31 ways to replace doomscrolling

\n

patloughery.me/2025/01/3ā€¦

\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/01/30/i-needed-todecided-to-write.html","date_published":"2025-01-31T04:10:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-31 04:10","date_timestamp":1738296637,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113921008619018329","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lgz4wwmavf2h"]}},{"id":"56268763","content_html":"

Newsletter ep 15: Butte, ecology and Irish; Hopepunk, Annalee Newitz and Becky Chambers; Media Primer; who benefits from DEI; why the Mariners' stadium is unhittable; Colter Wall; bell hooks; hummingbirds and ferrets

\n

patloughery.substack.com/p/episodeā€¦

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Usually I love the Concert Archives app because I can look up who Iā€™ve seen and when, but sometimes it feeds me harsh reality like this.

\n

(Apparently I saw Bon Jovi three times over the years, this being two years after they opened for Ratt.)

\n\"Screenshot\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/01/27/usually-i-love-the-concert.html","date_published":"2025-01-27T20:11:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-27 20:11","date_timestamp":1738008662,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113902136182201320","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lgqqqr7ue52d"]}},{"id":"55955649","content_html":"

Hey @pixelfed pals! pixelfed.social/patl

\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/01/25/hey-pixelfed-pals-httpspixelfedsocialpatl.html","date_published":"2025-01-25T23:21:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-25 23:21","date_timestamp":1737847314,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113891561753147744","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lgm2i2b6li2d"]}},{"id":"55772857","content_html":"

Small, surprising moments that make a dad all teary-eyed: Helping your 22yo daughter pick out her employer health insurance

\n

(This whole parenting thing? By far the hardest, and the best thing Iā€™ve ever done.)

\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/01/23/small-surprising-moments-that-make.html","date_published":"2025-01-23T19:26:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-23 19:26","date_timestamp":1737660362,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113879309763033088","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lggmeiiqxc2a"]}},{"id":"55692876","content_html":"

Newsletter Ep 14: Return from Portland, and another trip soon. Powells calls. \"A : patl.micro.blog

","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/01/22/newsletter-ep-return-from-portland.html","date_published":"2025-01-22T21:55:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-22 21:55","date_timestamp":1737582914,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113874233944974019","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lgeeaccjcg22"]}},{"id":"55312457","content_html":"

Another successful visit to Powellā€™s City of Books: 6 more books for my ā€œRead the 32 counties of Irelandā€ project; a few nature books; a book about the history/anthropology of notebooks; a surprising book by a guy whose name is very similar to my dadā€™s.

\nA stack of nine books with various authors and titles, including \"Patchwork\" by Dan Loughry and \"The Secret Scripture\" by Sebastian Barry, organized on a purple upholstered surface.\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/01/17/another-successful-visit-to-powells.html","date_published":"2025-01-18T07:50:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-18 07:50","date_timestamp":1737186605,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113848261645359768","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lfyt5hx7em2h"]}},{"id":"55272708","content_html":"

Newsletter Episode 13: Dad-daughter time; NBA Basketball; Hammock Chairs; Spots; art and problematic artists; The Wild Laughter; Portlandā€™s Folk Fest

\n

patloughery.substack.com/p/episodeā€¦

\n

(I forgot to cross-post this earlier this week. Oh well.)

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LOVE: When a band you like drops a surprise new Tiny Desk Concert video (e.g. the Red Clay Strays at youtu.be/uJ3Pusp6Rā€¦)

\n

DONT LOVE: When Google Ads pop in 5x at random, during-song times to kill the vibe. And that doesnā€™t make me want to pay more $$ for ad-free Google

\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/01/17/love-when-a-band-you.html","date_published":"2025-01-17T18:32:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-17 18:32","date_timestamp":1737138742,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113845124787583308","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lfxgkxoe5n2d"]}},{"id":"55138699","content_html":"

BLOG: On celebrity, influence and fandom: What to do when your hero is a monster\npatloughery.me/2025/01/1ā€¦

\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/01/15/blog-on-celebrity-influence-and.html","date_published":"2025-01-16T04:29:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-16 04:29","date_timestamp":1737001743,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113836146558192344","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lftgy54p5q2m"]}},{"id":"55133083","content_html":"

Hey Seattle-ish folks! Julia Cameron, author of The Artistā€™s Way, is having an event in town on Jan 17: eastwestseattle.org/products/ā€¦

\n

Iā€™ll be out of town and wonā€™t make it :(

\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/01/15/hey-seattleish-folks-julia-cameron.html","date_published":"2025-01-16T02:07:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-16 02:07","date_timestamp":1736993267,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113835591103527991","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lft73lrvbb22"]}},{"id":"55044735","content_html":"

In other parenting news, last night I realized I have raised a teenaged son who could properly (*) use the word ā€˜peckishā€™

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(*) I had to look it up to make sure it meant what I thought it meant

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WOW. 2 days after I had really good conversations with my young adult daughter about some of her memories of me as a dad (and my limitations and screwups), I started reading bell hooks' book the will to change: men, masculinity and love.

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I didnā€™t even make it out of the preface without tearing up

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As of this morning, I have outlasted 4 separate neurologists who have been my migraine treatment specialists.

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The most recent one is leaving patient practice to go into research.

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On one hand, Iā€™m happy theyā€™ve all been able to retire; other hand, it stinks to start new even in the same office

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I was looking at air quality index ratings for cousins in Los Angeles, and saw that both Galway and Cork City have had worse air all day long today. Whatā€™s happening, Irish friends??

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I was looking at air quality index ratings for cousins in Los Angeles, and then saw that both Galway and Cork city have had worse air all day long today. Whatā€™s happening, Irish friends??

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Spotify throwing a bit of shade at me with this afternoonā€™s daylist. Who are you calling a coastal granny???

\nA Spotify playlist titled \"happy folk coastal grandmother tuesday afternoon\" features 50 songs blending coastal, soul, and folk themes.\n","summary":"","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/2025/01/07/spotify-throwing-a-bit-of.html","date_published":"2025-01-08T00:55:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Pat Loughery","url":"https://patl.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fb0165a58fe35f952aea2ae13e0c39cc1%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"patl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-08 00:55","date_timestamp":1736297716,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://Pnw.zone/@patl/113790008424015643","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybdb4pguod77hbcpganwpazb/post/3lf6xcyi3ns2f"]}},{"id":"54508701","content_html":"

Newsletter Episode 12: Tips for supporting serious medical issues, and more forward thinking fun

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Dealing with serious medical issues; 100 Highlights; Irish novelists Colm TĆ³ibĆ­n and Elaine Feeney; looking forward

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patloughery.substack.com/p/episodeā€¦

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