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Andrea BoBandrea

@abobandrea.bsky.social

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she/her. queer, neurodivergent, chronically ill, disabled human. realist. nice is different than good.

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · Dec 4

It is going to continue becoming increasingly important for you to understand and internalize that nice is different than good.

The sooner you get there, the better for us all.

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LymeDisease.org @lymenews.bsky.social · 1h

The 2025 MyLymeData Research Chartbook is a powerful testament to what happens when patients lead the way.
More than 19,000 Lyme patients stepped up to share their experiences, kickstarting a decade of groundbreaking research, and progress.

DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY: www.lymedisease.org/mylymedata-2...

2025 Research Chart Book Released | LymeDisease.org

This year marks a major milestone for the MyLymeData patient registry—our 10th anniversary. To celebrate, we’re publishing the MyLymeData 2025 Research Chartbook—a visual summary of a decade of ground...

www.lymedisease.org

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 1h

I really wish more publications would run opinion pieces/analysis of what's happening with the state of disability education by adults who had IEPs and 504s, not just parents of disabled kids.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 2h

Be kind.
Be helpful.
Be generous.
Be wrathful when you need to.
Be the benevolent swamp creature or shambling forest horror with a heart of gold that you wish to see in the world.

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 2h

😆😆😬

a cartoon llama wearing a hat with a flower on it says " caaaaaaarl that kills people "

Alt: A cartoon llama wearing a hat with a flower on it, saying "Caaaaaaarl! That kills people!!"

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3h

Why?? Weight and balance matter, people! 😫

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3h

1. What
2. Flattest flatware ever
3. What.
4. The bottle opener is the only acceptable variation on the butterfly knife (which is mysteriously not included in the set?)
5. WHAT.

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 4h

Quote with your fire art 🔥

(Old pic and I don't have the painting anymore to take a better one 🤷‍♀️)

Acrylic painting of a woman in grayscale with her head thrown back, abstract flames bursting from behind her in color. On burned vellum, a poem reads:

seconds tick like water torture
and it occurs to me i may have misunderstood
misconstrued
mis...miss...missing
always missing out on you
tick tick drip drop drip
in the distance of my mind the trains collide
and i think if i ever get out of here
i want to collide like that with you
messy and hot and shrapnel flying

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 5h

Day 1: Nothing #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Nothing - Depeche Mode

Nothing

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 2d

I need to figure out either why tf I bother trying or how to stop

Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, I know I've said "gag me with a spoon" plenty of times in my life (child of the 80s and all), but damn if whoever designed this mess didn't take it to heart

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, not broken. Those are fucking awful. Whew.

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, that explains it. I kind of like them because they're kind of like me 🙃

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 2d

(I think you've broken me. I actually kind of like these 😬)

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 2d

My sweet girl was diagnosed with canine cognitive dysfunction (dementia) last week and, while it's a bit of a relief to know why certain things are happening (like this little confused face 😞), she is my everything (not remotely hyperbolic) and I'm having a really rough go of it right now.

My sweet little pup laying on a gray blanket, wearing a purple sweatshirt and staring in confusion at nothing

Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 2d

Wait, I'm not good at social conventions so I have to ask: Would it be bad form for me to request to be added to that list?

Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3d

If your seafood is green, you're doing it very wrong 😬

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

"You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be, and you do choose how you want to think." –

Grace Lee Boggs

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3d

My fave❣️ I grew up with the most perfect-for-climbing Japanese maple in my front yard and have loved them ever since, especially in autumn

Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 3d

Vibrant Autumn foliage of a Japanese maple 🌱🌳

#RedWed #EastCoastKin #Trees #TreeClub #Foliage #Bloomscrolling #UKGardening

Vibrant red foliage of a Japanese maple tree in Autumn

Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3d

Hello to the most Handsome Taco!

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 3d

Because woman wielding a large dagger with serious intent to destroy, obvs

(Or is that just why it fills *me* with so much joy?)

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 4d

Blankets fresh from the dryer on a chilly autumn day 🧡

Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 4d

Just Like U Said It Would B

YouTube video by Sinead O'Connor - Topic

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 4d

I'm on the other side of the island so I don't know north SD from south, but UCSD's Neurological Institute offers movement disorder care, including for Tourette and other tic disorders.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 4d

Not the cadmium orange!

a sign that says lick art materials (Blick, but missing its B)

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Andrea BoBandrea @abobandrea.bsky.social · 4d

"Don't exercise your rights" just quietly let us trample them