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Sigrid Ellis

@sigridellis.bsky.social

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Retired air traffic controller. Big fan of the First Amendment. Intersectionality or GTFO. Opposed to the current governments of both the U.S. and Israel.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 11h

Hey, I call it like I see it!

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 16h

SAME

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 17h

glensheen.org

But the official records don't tell you ABOUT THE MURDERS.

Glensheen Mansion | Historic Congdon Estate | Take A Tour

Glensheen is a 39-room mansion on a 12-acre estate along the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth, MN. Take a tour today!

glensheen.org

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 17h

I dunno, I thought mine is pretty unhinged!

(Love yours, though!!!!)

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 20h

Well. Things are pretty bad for the current regime. Look who they've pissed off NOW. (Watch to the end, it's not just footage from Portland. Surprise musical guest!)

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 20h

I thought, clearly as a voice in my head, "ohhhh, shiiiiit, the MUPPETS are mad at y'all!"

Like, like this is some ultimate tipping point. They done pissed off *Kermit*.

(The current regime, not the Colbert folks.)

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Most problems in the world derive from the importance of hero-protagonists in literature.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Saaaaaaame

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

So I'm at the ED (with somebody, not for me) and WEIRDLY ENOUGH, I find all the beeping and dinging and alarms and people being super calm while other people are yelling/sobbing to be *really soothing*.

Kids, this is what 25 years in a high-stakes/high-stress job can do to you!

I keep dozing off.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Never stop being you, Portland!

youtu.be/eCfoVI0TYp4

Portland’s Mascot March: Protesters Turn ICE ‘War Zone’ Into Spectacle | APT

YouTube video by APT

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh!!!!!

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Woke up this morning with a dog-shaped hole in my household.

We are looking at photos and crying over our tea.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Happiest of birthdays to @edidin.bsky.social!

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 2d

We have fulfilled the last act of the contract made thousands of years ago between humans and dogs. The last promise: I will end your suffering.

Our household has one less dog in it.

Jamie was a very good dog.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 2d

That movie is a regular rewatch for me. Fuckin' love it.

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“all comms are down"

Skeletal Viking Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“We’re changing the scope”

MsPraxis @mspraxis.bsky.social · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"Transcribed 100% verbatim"

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3d

More photos! chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Religious leaders denied request to deliver communion to detainees at Broadview facility

Hundreds of people joined a delegation of Catholic priests and nuns marching to the Broadview detention site to hold communion, but they were turned away with no reason given. A total of 15 protesters...

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3d

And the exact moment they're turned away: bsky.app/profile/unra...

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Request denied/unanswered.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 3d

Every surgery I have I wonder if it's worth it to take narcotic pain medication - digestive distress, sleep disruption, ITCHINESS, loopiness - and I try to go without.

And then I remember that the inside of my throat has been sliced into and stretched apart, and I take the fucking oxy.

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 3d

Meeeeeee tooooooo

I scrupulously followed it for 25 years!

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 3d

I am covered in lotion and taking Benadryl

:whine:

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 3d

oh dear sweet fucking gods i forgot how oxycodone makes me itchy oh god oh god oh god

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 3d

Hatch Act.

The current regime gives zero fucks about the Hatch Act.

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 3d

Samesies