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Casey

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Out here making friends on the internet like my parents told me not to. she/they 🐈‍⬛🏳️‍🌈📚🌲🧠😷

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · Sep 16

📞 The void is experiencing unusually high call volumes. Please continue to supply treats, and your request will be processed in the order which she feels like. Thank you for your patience and treats, and please know we are proud of you for asking for help.

A black cat with an orange collar looking almost right at the camera

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 9h

Please do not fall for a legislature's pretextual excuse just because they have chosen a pretext you happen to agree with.

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 9h

very cool 😎

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 9h

Mandatory age verification to "protect children" is not to protect children. It is to deanonymize every adult speaker and consumer of speech online so the government can retaliate against speakers and speech they don't approve of. For instance: apnews.com/article/trum...

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

apnews.com

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 9h

Remember: You can't force a site or service to treat minors differently than adults without requiring EVERY USER to establish whether they're an adult. Which is, inherently, a deanonymization mandate, because to verify age, you must verify identity.

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 10h

Yep! And I like songs and get them stuck in my head and everything. I do struggle when people try to point out certain technical details and no one has ever accused me of having rhythm. 😅

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 10h

It’s me! I don’t dislike music, and I understand why people can get really passionate about it, but I clearly don’t have that kind of intensity about it. I can go weeks without opening the music app. If most people go from “music is great” to “music is the best thing ever” and I think it’s fine?

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Snacko Racko @snackoracko.bsky.social · 1d

Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 1d

In eight grade, we finally had a book assigned where a girl around our age was the main character. She was raped in the first chapter.

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 1d

Not expecting boys to read books with girls/women as actual main characters is sexist and harmful to boys.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I think about how many fewer people in Seattle might not own a car if getting to the car rental places by the airport weren’t so horrifically hostile to pedestrians.

Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 1d

While AI MLK explains why this is good actually

The Needling @theneedling.com · 1d

Mayor Harrell Announces Police Officers Will Recite Land Acknowledgement Before Sweeping Homeless Native Americans on Indigenous Peoples’ Day: tinyurl.com/35b9yp9f

Mayor Bruce Harrell speaking at podium with City Attorney Ann Davison behind him next to sign on wall reading "Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day"

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Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 1d

Seattle peeps, the current mayoral incumbent, whom I wasn't going to vote for anyway, has been blathering on about his idea for a 10-ft tall AI simulacrum of MLKJr.

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who thinks it’s okay to give out the Harry Potter themed Halloween candy should get the same harsh, horrified reception from parents as if they’d hung a “I support genital checks for little league! :)” sign on the door.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Hey Colorado residents, particularly people in Fort Collins, but also those who are somewhat near: my sister and brother in law are running a study on an easy, portable method to help maintain indoor air quality during adverse outside events (like smoke or pollution).

Participate in our Clean Air Study | sapphires

humanenvironments.org

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

Sea-Tac Airport won't air Kristi Noem's miserable propaganda, and that's a good thing.

Donald Trump is not a king, and dog killer Kristi Noem can't just force our airports to break the law on her behalf.

Sea-Tac won’t air Noem video blaming shutdown on Democrats

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport won’t broadcast a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying Democrats caused the federal government shutdown.

www.seattletimes.com

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 1d

There’s cake in the fridge

Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 1d

also nobody using it as an insult has any idea how difficult blue is to maintain — that’s dedication

C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 1d

It’s also why having blue hair (the dreaded insult!!!) wouldn’t have made my grandma blink, nor did all the other strange outfits I wore or hardcore punk events I attended. Why would you care — people should just do whatever they want and taking them too seriously makes YOU mockable, not them.

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 2d

HEY LA Area people we’re getting our first big rain of the year Monday/Tuesday so here’s the annual reminder for people new to this region: stay off the highways during the first rain, we have such a long dry season they turn extra slippery from months of oil droplets during the first big rain

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 2d

Question for the hivemind: at the end during a number with a bunch of the classic princesses and their princes some character wearing jeans, a red jacket, and a frankly creepy cartoon face came out and the kids went wild, but none of my group, including the one with the 6yo, knew who he was. Help?

Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday I saw Disney on Ice: Frozen and Encanto and it was 1) Delightful and 2) Damned impressive from both an artistic and skating perspective.

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 2d

This storm is so good. Nice clear, rumbly thunder. I love it.

Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 2d

*toxic American car culture has entered the chat*

imagining and fighting for a better world in one way can be part of fighting for it all 🏳️‍🌈

plus, rainbow gradient bike lanes would be so cool

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 2d

for everyone who says that Texas cities like Austin are all super liberal and will protect queer people, well, turns out they won't do that if the Governor threatens their road funding.

absolutely shameful of these cities to capitulate so brazenly for selfish reasons.

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 2d

I have rounded up everything going on re: rainbow crosswalks in Texas. Galveston became the first city to remove theirs this week. Houston and Austin say they'll get rid of theirs, and San Antonio and Dallas are holding firm: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 2d

What a dichotomy. Chicago Marathon happening while we keep seeing continuous reports of ICE detaining people throughout our immigrant strongholds. A community alert also indicated tear gas deployed in Albany Park.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

Please remember that "that's illegal" is a *description*, not a *conclusion*.

The law PROHIBITS people from doing things. It does not PREVENT people from doing things. "Illegal" does not mean "impossible." "Illegal" means "on a list of actions the government can, but is not required, to punish."

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 2d

of course, science says no such thing: every biologist I know who isn't a bigot knows sex is phenomenally complicated in the non-human world. Human sex is complicated too, but with the added fun of culture, which defines what our sex *means*.

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Casey @thecasey.bsky.social · 2d

Very niche, but the person who sells excellent winter jackets for cats stopped shipping to the U.S. too. 🙃