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Jen Love ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿธ #NoKings

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Chemistry Prof at UCalgary. Physical Organic/Organometallics. American by chance, Canadian by choice. I vote in CA28 Pasadena. Ruled by dachshunds. My opinions are my own, which should be obvious at this point. #RealTimeChem #ChemSky #ElbowsUp

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Seems relevant,given the timing of posts. @weratedogs.com

bsky.app/profile/jenl...

11.03.2026 16:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Specific to this post:

This is video of my miniature dachshund, named Legolas, thumping her tail whilst dreaming.

She's done much better, but this video (with audio) gives a glimpse into the dreams of a dachshund.

11.03.2026 16:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Full-sized dachshunds were bred to go down into badger burrows to eradicate the badgers, or pull them out.

Miniature dachshunds were bred to hunt smaller vermin.The current German word is dackel. In France, teckel.

They are often called doxies, hot dogs, or sausage dogs.

11.03.2026 16:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

General description of a dachshund:

Dachshund is the German word for badger dog.

Dachs = badger. Hund = dog.

They are terriers, not hounds.

Being terriers explains much more about the breed than the mis-understood categorisation as hounds. (Hund does not mean hound.)

11.03.2026 16:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Timeline cleanse. Sound on.

Totally safe for work.

This is a video of my miniature dachshund, Legolas, thumping her tail whilst dreaming. She has done at least a full minute of thumping; not caught on video. Yet...

Alt text isn't working for me, so I will post replies in lieu of alt text.

11.03.2026 16:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not from today. But, this forever will be amazing!

This guy rocks!

(Sorry, not sot sorry.)

Because everyone needs to see something exceptional and happy.

11.03.2026 00:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not sure that he could admit that to himself, but who knows.

I wish that we'd never heard of the term malignant narcissist, and hope that we only hear of it in the future when discussing this disaster of a person. Plus a few current tech bros.

10.03.2026 12:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Evil.

Threatening to destroy an entire country?

10.03.2026 01:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Totally.

Don Giovanni or Italian girl in Algiers.

Both great, totally,totally different.

Which I am certain that you know.

07.03.2026 23:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Schnappsie absolutely hates Chopin. We have no idea why.

Signing out now. That's my screen time limit.

Happy to continue the conversation tomorrow.

07.03.2026 21:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay, my last post for today. Because of my brain pain.

This took me more time than I'd like to admit before I got it.

07.03.2026 21:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For context from up thread:

Wiggie was a dome head. Best guess is Staffordshire Bull Terrier, plus sausage dog, plus???

He would sit up like a prairie Porg. For at least 15 minutes.

We would boop him, but he was a Weeble.

Our table had a glass top. The nosemarks under the table: epic.

07.03.2026 21:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Awesome.

And I wish you and Mike many awesome bagels.

07.03.2026 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

LA:

We already had Puccini. Starved, abused. He treated me as his saviour. Pierre was still in Bay Area, so just me.

Later that year, we brought home Ludwig (Wiggie), a street dog.

I have much more to say. ๐Ÿ˜ข

We obvs selected those names, and now I'm reminded that we need to get the piano tuned.

07.03.2026 20:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes.

When were in LA, we adopted two doggos, both with a wiener dog chassis, but obviously mutts.

At that time in LA, the estimate was 45k dogs roaming and 45k in shelters.

We adopted ours from a no-kill shelter, which opened up space for other dogs. They prioritised dogs about to be euthanised.

07.03.2026 20:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gah, *any

Not *all

I can't speak for any Iranian. Because I'm not Iranian.

Bad typo.

07.03.2026 19:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not surprisingly, having been Born in the USA (please read the lyrics), I was told that the US never lost a war.

Don't get me started on WWII.

It totally the Americans who won the war. ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ

07.03.2026 19:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was born when the Vietnam war was supposedly over.

Over the years, I've read a lot about that time in history.

There's one song and within it one guitar riff that changed the course of history.

Well, that's just my opinion, man.

youtu.be/3RmQTYLD398?...

07.03.2026 19:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*Which is why anyone reading this should follow @thetnholler.bsky.social

07.03.2026 19:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not telling the Tennessee Holler this. They know.*

But people in Iran have been marching, protesting, not abiding... for months? I mean major protests.

MSM was amazingly quiet.

I obviously can't speak for all Iranians. But another country didn't need to bomb Tehran for change to happen.

07.03.2026 19:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah, yes. Boxers have some resemblance to the dome head breeds.

Also bully dogs are misunderstood.

Dogs, with rare exceptions, are good.

It's the people, but the breeds take the blame.

07.03.2026 19:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Awww. Thank you!

06.03.2026 18:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oddly, it's only my computer that is the biggest problem, even with changing settings.

Phone isn't bad, tablet even less of an issue. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ

Still, I'm minimising reading.

Which is really, really boring.

At least my wiener dogs snuggle.

And the meds make me sleepy af.

06.03.2026 18:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, no. Bully breed? They have seriously thick skulls!

My family doctor signed me out of work for six weeks. I just had an appointment with a concussion specialist.

As much as I wanted to teach and be normal... it was the right call to sign me out.

06.03.2026 18:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really think that you were right.

Someone has a voodoo doll of me.

06.03.2026 18:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

06.03.2026 14:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Slipped on ice. Between my knees and crutches, it could have been worse. But, I hit my head. So... now at a concussion clinic.

๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ

Probably shouldn't actually face palm.

06.03.2026 14:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

30 years and 30 pounds ago, maybe it wouldn't have been so bad. I couldn't weight bare for over 2 months.

And then I had 35 teams meetings in one week. Mostly starting at 7, because the meetings were across all time zone.

Put out the recycling at 6:30, on crutches.

06.03.2026 14:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know what was worse.

Whooping cough. Or trying to be able to digest food, because of the antibiotics.

So, then, just before a trip to USask for a ln external review, I decided to go to my hairdresser. Up a flight of stairs.

Going down the stairs, skipped a single step.

06.03.2026 14:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lordy, it's been quite a year.

Probably better in a call. Going to a concussion specialist now.

April to August:
Five antibiotics, including Cipro

Drs' best guess: whooping cough

There were so many people in Southern AB with respiratory illness. They didn't swab. Thus, five antibiotics.

06.03.2026 14:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0