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Andrea BoBandrea

@abobandrea.bsky.social

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she/her. queer, neurodivergent, chronically ill, disabled human. realist. nice is different than good.

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · Dec 4

It is going to continue becoming increasingly important for you to understand and internalize that nice is different than good.

The sooner you get there, the better for us all.

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 10h

Tired of trying to build connections with people who are primarily if not entirely interested in building an audience, both online and off

Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 12h

Every outfit that you think matches perfectly will be glaringly mismatched under the lighting of your destination

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 13h

Mutual aid should be a threat to the state, not a substitute for its “failures.” It is saying “the state does not do this & will not do this because it is built to oppress & exploit.” Mutual aid is a radical act of caring for each other outside of those systems of oppression.

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 12h

Whoppers.

Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 13h

Burgers, malted milk balls, or big fat lies?

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 13h

The only system needed is users being able to mute, block, and hide posts as we see fit. I haven't needed a babysitter monitoring my comms since I was, like, eight years old thanks, and you're actually making things worse and potentially endangering people by hiding replies without our consent.

Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 13h

I almost posted Fiona Apple's cover of this from the "Pleasantville" soundtrack as mine!

Fiona Apple - Across the Universe (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by fionaappleVEVO

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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 22d

Many things are being destroyed & the news of it is a psychological & political onslaught.

So it’s important that you create things.

It can be art, cookies, a community pantry, a garden, a mask bloc. It can be beautiful, practical, silly. Just create & share.

It’ll do your brain & the world good.

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LymeDisease.org @lymenews.bsky.social · 16h

The 2025 MyLymeData Research Chartbook is a powerful testament to what happens when patients lead the way.
More than 19,000 Lyme patients stepped up to share their experiences, kickstarting a decade of groundbreaking research, and progress.

DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY: www.lymedisease.org/mylymedata-2...

2025 Research Chart Book Released | LymeDisease.org

This year marks a major milestone for the MyLymeData patient registry—our 10th anniversary. To celebrate, we’re publishing the MyLymeData 2025 Research Chartbook—a visual summary of a decade of ground...

www.lymedisease.org

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 16h

I really wish more publications would run opinion pieces/analysis of what's happening with the state of disability education by adults who had IEPs and 504s, not just parents of disabled kids.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 17h

Be kind.
Be helpful.
Be generous.
Be wrathful when you need to.
Be the benevolent swamp creature or shambling forest horror with a heart of gold that you wish to see in the world.

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 18h

😆😆😬

a cartoon llama wearing a hat with a flower on it says " caaaaaaarl that kills people "

Alt: A cartoon llama wearing a hat with a flower on it, saying "Caaaaaaarl! That kills people!!"

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 18h

Why?? Weight and balance matter, people! 😫

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 18h

1. What
2. Flattest flatware ever
3. What.
4. The bottle opener is the only acceptable variation on the butterfly knife (which is mysteriously not included in the set?)
5. WHAT.

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 20h

Quote with your fire art 🔥

(Old pic and I don't have the painting anymore to take a better one 🤷‍♀️)

Acrylic painting of a woman in grayscale with her head thrown back, abstract flames bursting from behind her in color. On burned vellum, a poem reads:

seconds tick like water torture
and it occurs to me i may have misunderstood
misconstrued
mis...miss...missing
always missing out on you
tick tick drip drop drip
in the distance of my mind the trains collide
and i think if i ever get out of here
i want to collide like that with you
messy and hot and shrapnel flying

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 20h

Day 1: Nothing #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Nothing - Depeche Mode

Nothing

YouTube video by Depeche Mode - Topic

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3d

I need to figure out either why tf I bother trying or how to stop

Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, I know I've said "gag me with a spoon" plenty of times in my life (child of the 80s and all), but damn if whoever designed this mess didn't take it to heart

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3d

Ok, not broken. Those are fucking awful. Whew.

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, that explains it. I kind of like them because they're kind of like me 🙃

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3d

(I think you've broken me. I actually kind of like these 😬)

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3d

My sweet girl was diagnosed with canine cognitive dysfunction (dementia) last week and, while it's a bit of a relief to know why certain things are happening (like this little confused face 😞), she is my everything (not remotely hyperbolic) and I'm having a really rough go of it right now.

My sweet little pup laying on a gray blanket, wearing a purple sweatshirt and staring in confusion at nothing

Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3d

Wait, I'm not good at social conventions so I have to ask: Would it be bad form for me to request to be added to that list?

Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3d

If your seafood is green, you're doing it very wrong 😬

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

"You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be, and you do choose how you want to think." –

Grace Lee Boggs

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