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Kirsten
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Odd duck. Questioner. Nerd. Researcher. GenX. Durham NC. Mostly post about Carolina Hurricanes hockey #RaiseUp #causechaos
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · Feb 12
Wisdom from Tressie McMillan Cottom and Judith Butler. I am guilty of trying to convince others of how bad things are, but totally agree that focusing on connecting and creating is a better use of my time.
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tressiemcphd I talked about vicarious transgressions and racialized emotions before the election. Sharing on the grid because the latest from Judith Butler brought it to mind. Every day I make sure I keep two things in mind when it comes to politics: one group's apocalypse is another group's garden of Eden and it can always get worse. I bring this up because some of us are spending a lot of time trying to convince others how bad it all is. I find it much more humane to myself to remember that some people are having a great time right now. It saves me the trouble of proselytizing. Maybe it's my part-heathen upbringing but I don't feel compelled to convince revelers that they should be depressed instead. It always seems better to focus on the people who share my reality. I just don't think much trumps the racialized dopamine thrill of vicarious (safe) oppression except some kind of trauma that I don't control and can't imagine. But it's been true before and somehow we got here.I try to focus on that. I am also thinking a bit about the difference between a constituency and an audience. Trump made one more powerful than the other. And we are still very confused by the differences. If we continue to be gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day's new proclamation, we will fail to discern what links them. To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance. We are in some ways in its thrall when it captures and paralyzes us. While there is every reason to be outraged, we cannot let that outrage flood us and stop our minds. For this is a moment to grasp the fascist passions that fuel this shameless grab for authoritarian powers. Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage. Perhaps it is time to stand apart from these passions to see how they work, but also to find passions of our own: the desire for a freedom equally shared; for an equality that makes good on democratic promises; to repair and regenerate the earth's living processes; to accept and affirm the complexity of our embodied lives; to imagine a world in which government supports health and education for all, where we all live without fear, knowing that our interconnected lives are equally valuable.
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 23m
Taking 54 and backroads for the win. Also parking in the neighborhood nearby and walking. Grabbing some dinner first!
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 9h
I am taking my teen to the Billie Eilish concert at Lenovo tonight. I could not be more nervous about the traffic. Can't leave earlier than school getting out. I really hope we make it before the roads become parking lots.
a man in a suit and tie is holding his head in his hands and saying `` stressing me out '' .
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 4h
a cartoon monkey is pressing a red button that says shut it down
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 9h
Also WTF were they thinking scheduling these shows during the State Fair? It's SO dumb
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 9h
I am taking my teen to the Billie Eilish concert at Lenovo tonight. I could not be more nervous about the traffic. Can't leave earlier than school getting out. I really hope we make it before the roads become parking lots.
a man in a suit and tie is holding his head in his hands and saying `` stressing me out '' .
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 9h
I am taking my teen to the Billie Eilish concert at Lenovo tonight. I could not be more nervous about the traffic. Can't leave earlier than school getting out. I really hope we make it before the roads become parking lots.
a man in a suit and tie is holding his head in his hands and saying `` stressing me out '' .
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 9h
a hockey game is being played in a stanley cup playoffs game
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Common Cause NC @commoncausenc.bsky.social · 1d
Outrageous: Politicians in the North Carolina legislature are prioritizing rigging our voting maps instead of passing a budget that meets the needs of people in our state.

That is shameful!

🔈Speak up: tell lawmakers to put people over politics and stop gerrymandering our districts - ccnc.me/cd1
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Ruby S. @rubyji.bsky.social · 1d
Great thread of analysis of the NC Republican redistricting scam coming our way (by the author of Anatomy of a Purple State").
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Chris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social · 1d
You may be wondering why the Republicans are being so explicit here. They're saying that they're doing this with the express purpose of getting another Rep seat.

The answer, I believe, is because they believe it may actually benefit them in the inevitable court fight.
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Carolina Hurricanes (Bot) @notcanes.bsky.social · 1d
Nothing tastes as good as a #Canes win 🚨

Celebrate last night's road win with Alpaca Chicken! Redeem your Buy One, Get One FREE entrée in the Alpaca app today only.
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 1d
a red background with mario and the words it 's me mario on it
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 1d
I was startled
a woman in a blue sweatshirt is screaming while a man in a suit says oh god
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Walt Ruff (Bot) @notwaltruff.bsky.social · 1d
Brandon Bussi leads the #Canes to the ice for warmups at SAP Center ahead of his first NHL start!
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 1d
a cartoon cat is holding a camera in his hands and looking at it .
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NHL (Bot) @notnhl.bsky.social · 1d
Our first look at Jack Roslovic as a member of the /EdmontonOilers 🤭 #NHLFaceOff
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 1d
Congrats!
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Rick Tulsky @ricktulsky.bsky.social · 1d
We interrupt the flow of depressing news with a moment of promotion: Advance copies of my book arrived in my mailbox just now! Your neighborhood book store: Feb. 3.
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 1d
I won't complain about the name of the Canes' power play after seeing the Kraken's Muckleshoot Casino Resort Power Play #raiseup
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 2d
a cartoon of a cat pouring coffee into a cup with the caption more more more can never get enough coffee
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 3d
I am hate watching and it is very boring
a black and white drawing of a stick figure with the words `` c mon , do something ... '' .
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 3d
For food recommendations he said Mamie's was the best he had in KY - delicious hot brown sandwiches
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · 3d
If you are looking for recommendations, my husband liked: Angel's Envy (very informative technical tour), Jeptha Creed (women owned), Castle and Key (pretty ground with nice tour & tasting), Four Roses, Peerless, Buffalo Trace, Pursuit United, and Willett
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Kas 🖤🏳️‍⚧️ @lucifader.bsky.social · 4d
I want to create a thread of every teams Post Win Object for 25-26
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Erin H. @erinyaps.bsky.social · 4d
HIM 🤩🥰 #RaiseUp
Seth Jarvis | Carolina Hurricanes
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James @beloitdavisja.bsky.social · 4d
That’s our goal interference call for the season. #RaiseUp
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Laas 🌸 @whatabossislaas.bsky.social · 4d
I know it’s only the 1st period of the 2nd game of the season so it may sound like an overreaction but:

FIRE THE POWERPLAY COACH

How many years are we gonna run it back?!

We had THREE and couldn’t score on ANY of them. Flyers scored within ~10 seconds of being on the PP. Insanity.
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Laas 🌸 @whatabossislaas.bsky.social · Mar 12
Canes Powerplay is the definition of insanity - doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result. It’s been 6 years of this shit falling apart!!!!!!! 🫠 #RaiseUp
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Laas 🌸 @whatabossislaas.bsky.social · 4d
Nikolaj Ehlers wearing a neck guard instantly makes him hotter

Fellas, you know what’s sexy? Caring about your health and safety!
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