Pendrift

Polyglot, gadabout, catalyst, bullet dodger. Et puis voilà. She/her.

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Hey @TicketSwap unscrupulous sellers have been reselling 5€ tickets to the Royal Greenhouses in Brussels for more than 50€ in some cases.

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@VOOetvous Y a-t-il des perturbations à 1050 Bruxelles ? Pas de connexion ici depuis une bonne heure.

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@commonscrawl I am. Hope you are well too. A catch-up is long overdue.

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@commonscrawl I said dolphins were mammals and was informed they were fish. Also got my score marked down. I fought it with all the righteous indignation fourth grade me could muster.

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After 4 years. Hello again, land of birth.

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Breakfast!

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I left the apartment yesterday and found a giant skylight.
I came home today and thought I heard someone saying "For the love of God, Montresor."

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@clifton_r Or the Philippines, for that matter. It feels magical that I could just walk in and out of hospital like that. I'm still not used to it after 20+ years in Europe.

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Back home after a 3-day emergency hospital stay. I'm ok and on the mend now.

Pro-tip: if you go to the ER on your own, bring a phone charger even if you don't think they'll keep you more than a couple of hours. (I had a powerbank; friend brought charger the next day.)

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@evilrooster As ER visits go, I prefer the staid versions to the more colorful ones. My socks took care of the colorful part.

Protip 2: have good socks!

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@evilrooster I found it most droll that I needed to go to the ER the day before a scheduled colonoscopy! And thank my lucky stars that I hadn't started with the laxatives for bowel prep yet. Because oh my. That would have been highly inconvenient at the ER.

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More than half the socks in the drawer haven't been used in years because they just feel *wrong*. So I can just go ahead and toss them? Huh. How about that.

[Kingfisher & Wombat @UrsulaV]

…oh. Hmm.

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@evilrooster Congratulations ♥️

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First watercolor assignment, check.

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@evilrooster oh noes.

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Fascinating footage of humpback whales using spiral nets of bubbles to corral fish, a behavior known as bubble-net feeding.

Credit: Richard Sidey

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@evilrooster Solo rocking.