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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 4h

It’s soooo good!!!! I heard Darcy speak recently, and she just really seems like a cool person. Love her work.

Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 4h

Darcy Coates has written some really wonderful stories!

Jess N @roses7184.bsky.social · 4h

Anyway, while I'm waiting to be set free from the confines of work, hit me with your favorite haunted house novels BookSky! 💙📚

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 4h

Is fun the right word here, Joel? 😂

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 4h

Rest in peace, Mary. You’ll always be my zombie queen. The world lost a wonderful writer this week.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12h

Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally.

Print it.

Put it in a frame.

Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy.

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 6h

April?????? 😭

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Boots on the Ground Midwest @bootsonthegroundkc.bsky.social · 16d

Johnson County, Kansas: get ready to say NO KINGS on Saturday, October 18!

When: Saturday, Oct. 18
Rally at 1 ; Sidewalk protest at 1.

Where: JCCC on the lawn at the corner of Quivira and College.

Speakers, music, and protesting. Plus easy parking on campus!

www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 4d

More than 160 people showed up at
9th & Massachusetts in
#Lawrence, #Kansas today, 12 October 2025
"to stand for democracy and against this unconstitutional dismantling of our country."
Pro-democracy Kansans have been showing up here every Saturday since right after the MAGA regime's installation.

In the foreground: "R" (with US Flag) & "D" (with megaphone) led chants throughout the demonstration, their favorite: "There's no excuse for violence! We will not be silenced!"
All around them and on the opposite street corner, others hold hand-made signs rejecting various policies of the MAGA regime. Across and down the street: Lawrence's red brick downtown buildings.

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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · 9h

chatGPT will now fumble with your bra for two to four minutes while Scary Movie 2 plays in the background

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 10h

No Kings might not “do anything” but it boosts morale and puts a bunch of likeminded people in the same place to meet each other and talk about other more useful things they’re doing. A clear net positive!

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Hannah Matthews @hannahmatthews.bsky.social · 1d

about to tell a bunch of undergrad writers that it is simply too late on the clock of the world to worry about being cool, it’s time to love loudly, be earnest and weird and embarrassing, feel the feelings instead of numbing them, tell the truth, and seek out as much art/music/queer sex as it takes

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 1d

20 years ago, I married Jack on my fall break from KU. My professors and relatives all thought I was out of my mind, and maybe I was, but it’s been a good life, and I have been very loved.

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 1d

We all need this

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 2d

Finally earned the green Power Ranger in Fortnite 😭. Grinding works.

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 2d

Still hurts a little but it’s fine

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words `` i 'm fine '' above him .

ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words `` i 'm fine '' above him .

media.tenor.com

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 2d

rude of them

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 2d

were they impressed?

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 2d

I made dinner every night last week, and my 16-year-old finally got so suspicious that he asked, “What’s going on? Did you just wake up this week and decide to be a mom?” 🫠

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wobblerocket 🎲🎮 @wobblerocket.com · 2d

Years from now, I hope some kid finds their grandpa's old inflatable frog costume in a trunk in the attic, in the same way they might find an old military uniform.

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Star @babystar.bsky.social · 2d

When I think of A.I. I think of asbestos. To begin with everyone thought Asbestos was amazing, folk used it in everything. Then they started learning it was dangerous, research was done, they stopped using it, thou for some the damage was already done. Stop using A.I and limit the damage it's doing.

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Jenn🕯️ T🎃lls 👻🕷️🕸️ @jennitolls.bsky.social · 3d

My 11 year old cousin’s parents told her she couldn’t get another American girl doll so she called me to ask if I would send her one in the mail from the nyc American girl doll store 😭😭😭 quickly reaching cool coastal metropolitan gay cousin status

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 2d

!!!!!

Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re thinking about becoming a writer, you should do it.

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 3d

Pls do it and update us.

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 3d

There’s a lot of pressure to be funny at work when you’re the personality hire.

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