Kellyann

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writer * indexer * auntie * human-shaped cat * phd in hebrew bible * gender/queer * vermonter in nh

#BlackLivesMatter * #AutisticElders * she/they

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Indexing an amazing memoir while serenaded by a hermit thrush. This is the life.

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"Surprise"? Why? Failed assassination attempts don't normally boost a presidential campaign - esp when the shooter is 1 of your own supporters. Here's something all the many Biden doomers should consider. TIPP, the most accurate pollster in 2020, has had Biden a few percent ahead or tied all year.

"Following the failed assassination attempt on Saturday, former President Donald Trump did not see a polling boost, in the first presidential survey taken since the event....In fact, Trump's lead has narrowed slightly since an earlier poll taken July 12-14" lol. lmao www.rawstory.com/trump-pollin...

Surprise: Trump did not get polling boost after shootingwww.rawstory.com Following the failed assassination attempt on Saturday, former President Donald Trump did not see a polling boost, in the first presidential survey taken since the event.In the national Morning Consul...

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No one has more heart and love for humanity then my friend Kaitlin. She is a picture of giving grace (as I said yesterday something she taught me a lot about). This essay is moving and makes room/holds space for everyone involved with what has happened over the past week. It is an important read.

I'm busy today, so here's my 2000+ word response to everything that happened on this anti-Black platform yesterday. You can read it, or not. www.patreon.com/posts/racism...

Racism, Transphobia, and the Bluesky Brigade | Kaitlin Byrd - GothamGirlBluewww.patreon.com Get more from Kaitlin Byrd - GothamGirlBlue on Patreon

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Raymond Chandler and his tyrannical secretary, Taki. www.dailykos.com/stories/2022...

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Sharing one more time. I know I’ve reached my goal, but I neglected to consider GFM fees. Any additional will be a cushion for me to meet medical bills and buy groceries and pay it forward as I can. Thank you so, so much. www.gofundme.com/please-help-...

Please help me get out from under predatory loan organizada por Quiara Hazlewoodwww.gofundme.com About 2 months ago, I was in desperate need of $1000. I had no … Quiara Hazlewood precisa do seu apoio para Please help me get out from under predatory loan

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I'm working on an explainer for @thesicktimes.bsky.social about the current state of US Covid-19 wastewater data, covering recent changes like Biobot shifting from the dashboard to weekly updates. What questions would you like to see addressed in the story? Reply here or email me!

Oh no, my second-favorite elm in Hanover (after the now-deceased Parkhurst Elm) is coming down: the DeWitt Elm, or as I think of it, the Black Lives Matter Elm, because she stands on the corner where we had our weekly BLM vigils before the pandemic. home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/07...

Century-Old 'DeWitt Elm' Reaches the End of the Roadhome.dartmouth.edu

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I am so grateful. The GFM is less than $400 from funded. Thank you so, so much.

I’m desperate. I hate this so much, but I need the help. gofund.me/e1067e74

Please help me get out from under predatory loan, organized by Quiara Hazlewoodgofund.me About 2 months ago, I was in desperate need of $1000. I had no other… Quiara Hazlewood needs your support for Please help me get out from under predatory loan

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Hi (waves), white disabled woman here. We do this. A lot. It has to stop. White folks, we need to stop excusing our racist and otherwise bad behavior by waving our marginalized identities about like they're UNO Reverse cards. There is no excuse for racist pile-ons. No excuse for bad behavior.

And I say “white” here and not other descriptors because Tressie was not pushed out by a specific marginalized cohort. Not to mention, Black people have had to have this conversation with every white marginalized group ever. White gay men. White women (whew). White disabled people. This isn’t new.

Please help as you're able! 🌸

This past week has been horrible doing gig work and trying to survive, I'm now going to have to focus on rent. I am so sorry to request help again. A little over 2 weeks to find $735. Please help a disabled queer stay housed! 💸💕 #helpsky #rent paypal.me/rookkilljoy CA/VM: foxrook

Pay Brandi Michelle Burnett using PayPal.Mepaypal.me Go to paypal.me/rookkilljoy and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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GFM for anonymous options. #helpsky #MutualAidRequest 💸💕

Help marginalized gigworker survive, organized by Brandi Michelle Burnettwww.gofundme.com Hi everyone! I wanted to make a proper update to explain that I am moving … Brandi Michelle Burnett needs your support for Help marginalized gigworker survive

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I caught this Acmon blue butterfly at the right angle where the natural light has caused the scales to iridesce across the entire spectrum of colors, but still dominated by the indigo-blue the species is named for 📷🌈🦋

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This book is essential reading if you care about incarcerated people and want to know more about what their actual experiences are:

If you haven't yet pre-ordered my forthcoming book Corridors of Contagion from Bookshop.org, you can get free shipping now thru Wed (7/17): bookshop.org/p/books/sent...

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“Your opponents would love you to believe that it's hopeless, that you have no power, that there's no reason to act, that you can't win. Hope is a gift you don't have to surrender, a power you don't have to throw away.” - Rebecca Solnit

I genuinely do not get how people are taking this incident as Evidence That Democrats Are Doomed. This kind of thing does not tend to have clear, linear “always good for the person it allegedly happened to” outcomes, historically

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I have roughly 30 years of work experience. How far back should my résumé go? To make thinks more difficult, I haven’t had a good job in 20 years.

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Okay these are freaking adorable! And for a great cause.

In order to raise money for Postcards to Voters and Fair Fight, I'm offering to make the first 5 takers a little whale in the pride flag of your choice (see photo) (or lesbian pride flag). This would be in exchange for a $30 donation to either FF or PtV. If you're interested, please DM me!

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A little sunset, as a treat.

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Not so well known is that she was a huge booster of Jewish choral music. She was the keynote speaker at the National Jewish Choral Festival some time in the mid-90s and the first thing she said was "I'm not going to talk about THAT." 😄

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let me put this another way: despair, or its new name, doomerism, asserts omniscience--that things cannot be better, that all possibilities of good are already foreclosed, that you can know this as fact. it looks like humility, but it's all ego. it is, in fact, the assumption of godhood.

I joke a lot about my capacity for despair, but there's enough Catholic discipline in my youth to remember that it is in fact a sin, one that absorbs all the best in you more comprehensively than a tar pit. I left the church ages ago, but I held onto that cable: despair is not a long-term good.

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Also, now we know that Pallas cat kittens look and act like stoned muppets.

Thanks to my friend @justanna.bsky.social, I now know that seven kittens were born to Lolo the Pallas cat in Novosibirsk Zoo. And now you do, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1fu...

Seven kittens were born to Lolo the Pallas's cat in Novosibirsk zoo!www.youtube.com YouTube video by Manulization (Pallas's Cats)

Just had a very interesting convo with a Kenyan student worker. She's fascinated by the shooting, but also said (several times) that it's nice to live in a place where things generally work, where there's some order. It was rather humbling, tbh.

Here, have some #Dayenu. #CatsOfBluesky

🌸 the best take, folks 🏵️

We actually aren’t required to spin ourselves up for days over every ridiculous thing someone says tonight. We can make other choices besides the typical left-leaning pattern of declaring defeat and tearing each other to shreds over the details of why we lost when the election hasn’t happened.

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Ash wants you all to know that it's my fault that the lap be demanded be covered in a blanket for Couch Time is Too Warm.

It's 33C out, we don't have an effective A/C, and someone insisted that Couch Time take place with me under the couch blanket.

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hi! Are you doomscrolling? It's easy to lose track of time during breaking news. If you don't have to monitor social media for your job, how about an offline activity like reading a book, cleaning, or cooking a meal? Try not to stay up too late tonight. You still deserve time to rest and recover.

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This insightful comment by @lindaholmes.bsky.social from an interview in late 2020 remains very relevant:

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My dog is so cute

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Max doesn't know anything about US politics at all