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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 14h

Random memory/trauma: many, many times as a teen and young adult, I had my weight policed by my grandma who raised me...always using phrases like "you don't want to get fat," or "you have a good figure if you don't gain weight."

I'm trying to do better as a mom.

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 17h

It costs $0.00 not to be an asshole.

Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 17h

"It's your name!" Sure, legally. However, my coworker Joe never got called "Joseph."

I now use my middle name (Minerva) and say folks can call me "Min" if they like. "Minnie" is reserved for close friends.

It's not hard to use the name someone asks you to use. Whether you like that name or not.

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 17h

Random thought of the day: if you know someone prefers a different name/version of their name, it's hella rude to refuse to call them by that.

My boss at an old job refused to call me "Sam," which I preferred, because she thought it wasn't feminine enough...she insisted on calling me "Samantha."

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 5d

She read it a couple years ago, to be fair. I think it was 5th grade?

Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 6d

My kid's too smart; she does too many crimes.

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 6d

Me (unable to fall/stay asleep, hears my kid awake at 6am)

Me: Hey, baby, you still have two hours...try to get some more rest, okay?

My 12 year old: What are you doing up?? Why were YOU at the Devil's Sacrament??

Me (trying not to laugh): Never you mind, Goody Gale. Get some more rest.

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 7d

Happy #ComingOutDay!

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 8d

You are responsible for your actions (and reactions). We learned in KINDERGARTEN to keep our hands to ourselves. Fuck outta here blaming victims for being assaulted, abused, or harrassed.

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder that when asked what men should do about women being "too sexy," Jesus replied, “So if your right eye causes you to offend, pluck it out and cast it from you. For better it is for you that one of your members perish than that your whole body should be cast into Hell." (Matthew 5:29)

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 8d

As an update, I can open the DMs in my office in Detroit, which is literally an hour north of my home.

I could drive 20 minutes from home and be in Michigan, where I can read my DMs without giving sketchy third parties access to my ID.

Fuck this fascist shit.

Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 14d

Because I won't share my ID with some random unvetted company and I live in Ohio, I can't read the message my friend sent me. @bsky.app is holding my DMs hostage because the state of Ohio hates queer folks.

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 10d

youtube.com/watch?v=80wR...

My brother from another mother is a brilliant speaker, and his TED Talk on mentorship is fantastic!

The Urgency of Mentorship | Chris Fitzpatrick | TEDxMontclair

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

youtube.com

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🎃 Big Dracu-ron 🎃 @littlepaisano.bsky.social · Feb 9

Been thinking about this video a lot

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 12d

You know that fun thing where you saw something coming ages ago, and then you manage to convince yourself you were wrong, and then you were right all along, much to your dismay?

I hate that.

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 14d

Because I won't share my ID with some random unvetted company and I live in Ohio, I can't read the message my friend sent me. @bsky.app is holding my DMs hostage because the state of Ohio hates queer folks.

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 14d

Reposting with Alt Text!

An infographic depicting a cartoonified version of Trump on the left and Obama on the right. The text reads "Trump criticized Obama for writing 147 executive orders in one term. Then he wrote 220.
"Trump criticized Obama for playing 113 rounds of golf in one term. He then played 428.
"Trump criticized Obama when 12,000 died from H1N1. Over 400,000 died from COVID on his watch.
"Trump criticized Obama for his expensive family vacations. Then Trump spent almost as much in a month as Obama had spent in a year.
"Trump called Obama the most ignorant president in history. In POTUS rankings, though, Obama has never ranked lower than 15th from the top, Trump's never ranked higher than 4th from the bottom."

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Mike - Towards a Metric America! @navigatorbr.bsky.social · 20d

No seriously, why are you doing this?

The genius behind the bill is of the option that it doesn't apply to X (nee Twitter), and X has far more offensive content than Bluesky has ever considered allowing.

So again, why the hell are you doing this.

Ohio Republicans pass pornography age verification ID law as part of state budget • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohioans will need to submit their photo ID to watch pornography beginning this fall, with explicit content giant PornHub likely to consider pulling out of providing content to the state.

ohiocapitaljournal.com

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Split-Heart / Alice @splitxheart.bsky.social · 20d

It is very obvious that this is less of a means to protect children and much more a project to collect sensitive user data to sell towards a facist government that wishes to silence opposing voices by all means. You are thus making your platform less safe for everyone.

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 14d

Reposting with alt text!

A set of photos depicting the Supreme Court Justices of the United States. Beneath the photos is a quote from Akili P Nickson which reads "The Supreme Court found Biden didn't have the authority as President to cut student loans without Congress. Out of the other side of their mouths they find that Trump has the authority to cut the WHOLE government and eliminate entire agencies unilaterally.
"This Court's function was to ensure everything Biden did was struck down as an abuse of authority but now there isn't anything Trump doesn't have the power to do. This is the most compromised, partisan, and unethical Supreme Court in generations."

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 18d

I'm a grown-ass woman, 39 years old, and I'm being prevented from accessing my DMs because the @bsky.app folks are cowards who capitulated in advance to the assholes in Columbus who shoehorned a "pRoTeCt ThE cHiLdReN!" addendum into the fucking budget.

I do be hating it here.

I will not comply.

A screenshot of my Chat/DM tab, which is currently off limits to me because Ohio passed legislation to "prevent minors from accessing adult material."

The header reads "Age Assurance" and then the text continues "You must complete age assurance in order to access this screen. The laws in your location require you to verify you're an adult before accessing certain features on Bluesky, like adult content and direct messaging."

There is a button to go to account settings, and then a message beneath which reads "Don't worry! All existing messages and settings are saved and will be available after you verify you're an adult."

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 18d

Please, someone remind me that I don't need to try to become a content creator.

1) I don't have time
2) no one cares what I think about media.

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 19d

Me, watching a great documentary, but cringing each time the presenter mispronounces a Roman name or Latin word.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19d

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 20d

Nothing like taking a short break from productivity and ending up hurting my own feelings in that 2 minutes.

I do be hating it here.

Minerva Victrix @minervavictrix.bsky.social · 20d

Trying to make myself be productive, and ignoring the voice that says "why bother" is SO HARD.

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