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SarAAA Habein 🎃

@sarahabein.bsky.social

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Montana person. Writer. Reader. Co-founder Electric City Creative. She/her Books and music stuff here: https://www.instagram.com/glorifiedloveletters/

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SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 9d

Never done a Halloween name before, but I will not be putting an H on the end of my name for the sake of the sound. The H from my last name will have to get the job done. 🐈‍⬛

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Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social · 9h

Middle aged guy think piece:

There is no such thing as monoculture anymore

Every kid across America right now:

Six sevennnn!

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SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 1h

This is extremely relevant to my interests:

Steve Sando and the Rancho Gordo staff @ranchogordo.bsky.social · 4h

We have a huge announcement. We are proud to announce The Lentil Book. It will be a while before it’s available, but it will be the definitive book on lentils. From Norton.

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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 4h

I quoted this already but want to quote it again just because of how much of a failure of empathy this is. If the institution you’re at attempts to quantify pain in this fashion, that means the staff there are too bereft of empathy to treat you properly.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8h

“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”

AI is changing how we quantify pain

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.

www.technologyreview.com

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SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 1h

When I got it, I was like "Hmmm I must have entered some giveaway that put me on this newsletter. Oh well."

But never mind!

SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 1h

They're cool with women in leadership and [mostly, getting there, depends on the individual church] cool with queer people, which is helpful.

SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 1h

I've read both Morgan Talty books shown here, plus The Marrow Thieves and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, and I recommend them all, as long as you know going in they are all quite grim in their own ways.

Ruadán Books @ruadanbooks.bsky.social · 20h

We may have been out of the office yesterday, but that doesn't mean we're going to miss out on bulking up your #TBR stack in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Featuring @sgj.bsky.social, @waub.bsky.social, @reelindian.bsky.social, Morgan Talty, Cherie Dimaline, and Vanessa Lillie.

#BookSky

A deep brown textured background features four book covers subtly outlined in glowing orange. The books are arranged in two rows of two, and an author's name appears above each set. The top row reads "Stephen Graham Jones" and features the book covers for My Heart Is a Chainsaw and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. The bottom row reads "Waubgeshig Rice" and features the book covers for Moon of the Crusted Snow and Moon of the Turning Leaves.

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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 3h

If you don't want to be disliked then don't be a shitty person, idk what to say beyond that.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 5h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Mar 27

Dear “are you SURPRISED” reply guys: please shut the fuck up forever

Mary Annaïse Heglar @maryannaise.bsky.social · Mar 26

“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 15h

Three panel cartoon by Wawa wiwa comics

An octopus, a shark and a jellyfish are talking to each other

Octopus: I once saw a human and peed myself

Shark: a human saw and peed himself

Jellyfish: a human touched me once and his friend peed on him

Octopus: dude…

Shark: what?

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18h

a lot of these blowhard pundits from the op-edigarchy who think they are the thought leaders of the party will never make a fraction of the impact of a Facebook group of white women in their 60s throwing fundraising teas to move the needle on abortion access at the grassroots level

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18h

my Aunt Kathleen, who passed away last February, was a lifelong Crafts Person and a Catholic fundraiser party hostess practically from the cradle. for the last decade she precision-targeted that energy toward pro-choice women Democrats in small-town NC. she was worth 100 dirtbag online leftbros

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SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 16h

Which makes sense, as we know!

SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 16h

Peter Cushing's velvet suit is very familiar

Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor wearing a maroon velvet suit and waistcoat and a white button up shirt.

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SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 16h

This made me look at my stats, and looks like I've only missed 3 days this year. Though I could have been reading print for at least one of those.

SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 17h

By which I mean Peter Cushing is Van Helsing and Christopher Lee is Dracula. The House of Hammer one. www.justwatch.com/us/movie/dra...

Dracula streaming: where to watch movie online?

Find out how and where to watch "Dracula" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ today – including 4K and free options.

www.justwatch.com

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SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 17h

"People thought I wouldn't be cool to hang with for a little while" = worst thing they can imagine

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SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 17h

Watching the Peter Cushing Dracula from 1958, and I am 1000% into the castle set and costumes.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18h

This is why I got so mad about that person telling me what to do with my time and limited capacity before. For one, it's easier to make someone mad when they're in pain. For another, people in chronic pain who are showing up as much as they can don't need to be told to do more or what to prioritize.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 21h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 21h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 21h

I had the same thought. 😱

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 21h

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SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 21h

Finished our first round of #pleasingterror M.R. James stories today. I've really enjoyed dipping into these. The second round starts Oct. 17th. 😱 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

A Pleasing Terror - October 2025

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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SarAAA Habein 🎃 @sarahabein.bsky.social · 22h

That and the boots they like to wear.