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Sloane Spencer

@sloanespencer.bsky.social

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At least we can still SleepWithRockStars.com. The Gen X sleep podcast OUT NOW. Subscribe/follow on Apple, Spotify, YouTube. CountryFriedRock.com returns. Great music taste. Runner. She/Her Jesus rides beside me He never buys any smokes

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · Jan 31

@nucisspace.bsky.social is a remarkable resource for musicians in Athens, GA, with a mission to prevent suicide. 2025 is their 25th year of saving lives. Happy to be part of their $25 for 25 years campaign. 💙
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25th Anniversary Giving Campaign

Help us grow our monthly recurring donations!

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 3h

Terrifying!

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 3h

I haven't done ringtones since I had a flip phone, except for my kid and husband. Gotta fix this.

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 5h

I'm working on a project with a group of people ranging from social media acquaintances to dear friends of mine, but none of them know each other. The side notes to me are heart-warming and genuinely hilarious.

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 6h

I have somehow set my phone's alarm to the B-52's. I have no idea how this happened. Not mad, just did not expect to awake to:
youtu.be/Kq2NH8Yinl8?...

Devil in My Car

YouTube video by The B-52's - Topic

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 7h

Lately I've been listening to Lene Lovich, Meat Puppets, and Frank Black. Excited to see LL soon. Never intentionally listened to the FB catalog, so delving in on purpose. #dbmc

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 17h

Pre-pandemic, I was supposed to interview @thestormydaniels.bsky.social live in our studio (not about 🍄), but the evening before, Major Breaking News surfaced, and instead I watched her on national news.
Anyway, she's on a limited run comedy tour right now.
And, yes, she is quite funny.

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 20h

Joan Benoit Samuelson is 68 and about an hour faster than I am in a marathon. Wow!

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robynhitchcock.bsky.social @robynhitchcock.bsky.social · 1d

LONDON! Next Monday October 20th at the Troubadour, Earl’s Court, I’ll be opening the show for the glorious @emmaswiftsings and joining her for some classic Dylan at the end. Tickets here: www.ticketweb.uk/event/emma-s...

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 1d

If you're going to be stuck on 75/85 for 25 minutes, at least it was just by the Peachtree Street bridge as the Atlanta Pride parade passed over!

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 1d

So, did the candied sweet potatoes with marshmallows arrive for y'all? @brittlestar.com Happy Thanksgiving!

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 1d

Kidnapping children

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 2d

Always wish we could see more of the women's race at major marathons, but enjoyed what I could see of Chicago online today. I picked top American in my running gp pool, but I thought she might have a slightly less tough day. Congrats, Rogers!

Congrats to Mantz for a new American record for the men!

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Hourly R.E.M. Lyrics @remlyricshourly.bsky.social · 2d

And it's so far, it's so dark, i'm so lost
And it's so far, it's so far, it's so far

Song: Letter Never Sent
Album: Reckoning

Letter Never Sent at Youtube

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louderthanwar.com @louderthanwar.bsky.social · 2d

This afternoon, tune into @iainkey.bsky.social 'In Conversation' with @billybragg.bsky.social exclusively on Louder Than War Radio and Mixcloud from 1pm

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 4d

The horrific South Carolina abortion ban that lawmakers held a hearing on last week would also consider it “aiding and abetting” an abortion to host or maintain a website that informs women and pregnant people how to obtain an abortion. First Amendment attacks on abortion are coming

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 4d

Plan C will keep publishing information in the face of free speech threats, cofounder Amy Merrill said. “I don't believe that people in those states want to be uniquely blocked from accessing all dimensions of the internet...We still get to talk about abortion, and we're going to keep doing that.”

Exclusive: Plan C Doubles Down on Abortion Pill Info Amid Political Attacks

The online abortion pill guide has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost.

www.autonomynews.co

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 2d

IDEA is probably why aged rwnj and homeschoolers think autism has proliferated; bc before IDEA, kids were often hidden at home or sent away to "care homes" or "special schools."

I know bc this is what happened to my aunt. Hidden away and literally never spoken of again, as if she never existed.

Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 3d

This is staggering. “The staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the journal that reports on health trends and emerging infectious threats, was also laid off.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 3d

Omg me. It's a dang miracle I ever end up where I am supposed to be.
Never ask me directions anywhere...

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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 4d

The online abortion pill guide @plancpills.bsky.social has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost. The redesign comes as state officials have threatened investigations and potential lawsuits against the organization.

An Autonomy News exclusive:

Exclusive: Plan C Doubles Down on Abortion Pill Info Amid Political Attacks

The online abortion pill guide has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost.

www.autonomynews.co

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Alfred Soto @sotoalfred.bsky.social · 4d

The death of Kirsty MacColl hit hard b/c she had recorded some of the most thrilling music of her life. She would've celebrated a birthday this morning. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2021/10/10/i...

I could leave you but I don’t know how: The best of Kirsty MacColl

When the world learned Kirsty MacColl had died in a boating accident more than twenty years ago, we mourned the snuffing of a singer of warmth and humor, a songwriting of increasingly varied appeti…

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 4d

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

So much for the lawsuit

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 4d

Fun fact: I saw Fishbone at the Atlanta Civic Center in 1987, where they were so much better than the headliner, that I had a permanent Major Disagreement with a couple guy friends who were megafans of the main act.

Sloane Spencer @sloanespencer.bsky.social · 4d

Just discovered @fishboneband.bsky.social are here!
youtu.be/P9F4YnZS_qQ?...

Fishbone - Racist Piece Of Shit (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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James E. Clyburn @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social · 5d

Republicans say “Obamacare doesn’t work.”

That’s ridiculous—the ACA has cut the number of uninsured Americans by 20 million.

Yes, costs are still too high. But if Republicans get their way, average marketplace premiums will double and millions will become uninsured again.

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