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Jeffrey Westhoff

@jeffreywesthoff.bsky.social

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I sing. I dance. I write. I've won awards for two of those things. Author of "From Wonderland, With Love" and "The Boy Who Knew Too Much."

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Jeffrey Westhoff @jeffreywesthoff.bsky.social · Feb 10

Bluesky, I'm here!

Please buy my book: bookshop.org/p/books/from...

From Wonderland, With Love

Check out From Wonderland, With Love - Once again Alice gets swept away into the world of whimsy known as Wonderland. This time as a spy! She is...Code Name: ALICE When the n...

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Marcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 1d

No one knows how many people ICE has kidnapped, how many have been shipped overseas or how many are still detained. Many have no contact with family or any lawyers, and no one who knows them knows where they are. Many are being held indefinitely in facilities that refuse oversight

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 3d

A lot of people don’t know that Ashley Furniture is named after Bruce Campbell’s character in the Evil Dead franchise.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

CHICAGO — WGN News editor/producer Debbie Brockman grabbed by Trump’s ICE goons.. who then intentionally ram a bystander’s car as they peel away.

More: www.fox32chicago.com/news/wgn-new...

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Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social · 7d

I don't want higher insurance prices. I don't want AI. I don't want a ballroom at the White HOuse. I don't want dictatorship. I don't want ICE ar the military rousting people in our streets. I'm so negative.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Jeffrey Westhoff @jeffreywesthoff.bsky.social · 10d

This is a pretty song.

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Buster Keaton @busterkeaton.bsky.social · 13d

This Day In Buster…October 2, 1965
"The Railrodder" is released. The late Gerald Potterton was the director of this short commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada.

#oldhollywood #damfino #busterkeaton

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 13d

A painting of a bird beside the text "what kind of asshole would do this shit?"

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Jeffrey Westhoff @jeffreywesthoff.bsky.social · 14d

This handsome guy moved in with me six years ago today. I think he's starting to warm up to me. 😸

Gray and white tuxedo cat resting on top of a couch cushion.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 14d

Donald Trump shut down the government because he doesn't want you to have healthcare.

But this isn’t just on him. Democrats MUST use their leverage to protect our rights, but it can’t end there.

Schumer and Jeffries can’t just go on TV or write letters, they need clear demands. We need action now.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16d

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

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Jeffrey Westhoff @jeffreywesthoff.bsky.social · 21d

This is masterful.

Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 21d

As I was saying…

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21d

I'm appalled but unfortunately unsurprised to hear that ICE is targeting my neighbors in Rogers Park today. Unidentifiable and unaccountable agents are roaming the streets with their faces covered targeting schools and community centers. It needs to end. Abolish ICE.

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Jeffrey Westhoff @jeffreywesthoff.bsky.social · 21d

Yes. Had my first session last night. Hearing from another reader tonight.

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 22d

Libraries are so cool. Whenever I'm away from home and need a place to hang out between things, I find a library. There's a bathroom, a water fountain, chairs, and I can read, meditate, use the computers, or just be, and no one tries me make me buy anything.

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Jeffrey Westhoff @jeffreywesthoff.bsky.social · 22d

Awaiting feedback from my readers.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Sep 1

I never feel more saintly than when I put a pristine copy of a desirable book in someone’s little library box.

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Jeffrey Westhoff @jeffreywesthoff.bsky.social · 24d

My motto.

Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 26d

A painting of a bird beside the text "i'm getting the fuck out of here before anyone notices"

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The Spy Command @thespycommand.bsky.social · Sep 15

Boyce and Hart wrote a song for Murderers' Row and performed the title song for The Ambushers www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

Bobby Hart, Who Helped Give the Monkees Their Music, Dies at 86

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Lewis Carroll Bot @lewis-carroll-bot.bsky.social · Sep 14

"The next thing was to eat the comfits: this caused some noise and confusion, as the large birds complained that they could not taste theirs, and the small ones choked and had to be patted on the back."

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Milwaukee Record @milwaukeerecord.bsky.social · Sep 14

BREWERS

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itsonlyzach @itsonlyzach.bsky.social · Sep 12

I know RFK Jr is gonna be pissed a got a free bag of popcorn with my flu and COVID vaccines.

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spooky•girl•cassiopeia @sadgirlcassi.bsky.social · Sep 12

i was today years old when i first found out that there was competitive rabbit jumping and now i have new ambitions.

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Marko Silberhand @markosilberhand.bsky.social · Sep 13

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Hello Cats,
big and small . . . Happy Caturday to you all...

💙 🐾 💙

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Sep 13

I’ve never eaten macaroni and cheese in the same room as Heater.

She came over, looked in my bowl, sneezed into it three times, and then stole a single macaroni.

Heater stands on the back of the couch, staring at the phone without shame. She is a little orange cat with littler white mittens.

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