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Think twice before letting your #cat lick your head - especially if you use Rogaine! In honor of Poison Prevention Week, we want to remind you that even in small amounts, minoxidil, the active ingredient in Rogaine and other hair loss treatments, can be fatal to #cats. Secure the bottle after application, and wash your hands thoroughly before giving Fluffy a pat!

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A teammate has been fasting for Ramadan, and as I joined the team meeting she was in the middle of saying something like "all of you have turned into food items for me."

I chuckled at this, in what I hope is a sympathetic way, acknowledging these last few hours of her fast. And having called myself to her attention this way, she immediately (immediately! she really is thinking we're food) said "Erik's a pineapple."

I am delighted at this.

🍍 Eid mubarak! 🍍

An orphaned line that I remember about roughly once a day, but have never had a badass scifi action story to wedge it into:

"...and his neurokinetics are so jacked that he can dodge bullets."
"You've seen his neurokinetics?"
"I've shot at him."

"Whatcha doing?"

Making snow angles

Diabetics need to be aware that certain lots of Abbott's FreeStyle Libre 3 and Libre 3 Plus continuous glucose monitors have been found to give incorrectly low readings. At least 7 deaths and 860 injuries have been tied to the devices thus far.

If you use one of these devices, Abbott will replace it with a fixed one for free. But you have to apply to get a replacement.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/diabetes-abbott-glucose-monitors-alarmed-recall-linked-deaths-rcna260615

the fuckknobs at the california DMV have disabled pasting into the "re-enter your email" field on signing up for a new account.

I don't play their stupid games:

document.getElementById('reenter_email-address').value='[email protected]'