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W. A. Whipple

@wawhipple.bsky.social

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artist, author, mother, poet, wife (in alpha order, as it should be) • adhd is my superpower – my therapist said so • inclusive feminist killjoy • angry voter • furious af

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W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 8h

Finally

A greyscale image of faux tombstones and skeleton parts in front of a house in suburbia.

W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 2d

Hey #Romancelandia? I am losing my mind trying to find a book I saw online a month or so ago and now can't relocate. It was about a barista (possibly café owner) spiking the MMC's coffee with something spicy to see if he could take the heat. If you have clues about this book, it's appreciated! TIA!!

W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 6d

You know, I just realized... in all the years I worked in the uni library, I never came across anything inappropriate. 'Course, I mostly worked the photocopy desk, but still.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 11d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 15d

This belongs in the @thelouvreof.bsky.social 👏

W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 17d

That library is essential not only to Danville, but to the rural communities around it that don't have large libraries. That was my go-to place for research when I was in middle and high school – this is horrible news for Vermilion County.

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W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 20d

To be fair, if your inbox had an email from him with The Warrior Ethos as the subject, would you read it? This way he *knew* they had to listen to his drivel.

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W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 20d

#art
Excellent composition and use of contrast. 🏆

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▲▼▲▼▲▼ @arajay.com · 21d

what if we kissed on the pretty freight machine

a boxcar with graffiti parody of the nine inch nails album cover art for "pretty hate machine" but it says "nine inch rails pretty freight machine"

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W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 21d

Omg

W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 25d

When Regretsy was still a thing, it was full of sketchy (pun not intended) memorial merch that came so fast after the news.

W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 27d

Well look at you! You're terrifying-- like the mafia and an LA gang all rolled into one thin woman! 🤣

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W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 27d

It only took seven of them to arrest you, being civilly disobedient? /s

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W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 28d

I do not recommend Mountain River. ISTG, I have not had anything so horribly sweet since that glucose test 29 years ago. 🤢 Straight sugar cubes aren't that sweet!

W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 28d

Yesterday, my husband asked me to taste the Casey's version of Mountain Dew, he wanted to know what flavor I thought it was. One horrifying sip later, I informed him it was a lemon version of the gestational diabetes drink they force pregnant people to consume (mine was "orange").

W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 28d

Water balloons full of India ink and deer urine, and a slingshot.

W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 28d

Like an oversize holiday blow mold – there has to be a seam somewhere.

W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 29d

Everything is terrible, but how cute is this???
www.etsy.com/listing/1799...

You probably didn't know you needed it in your life, either, right?
Surly-Ramics® has talent and skill, babes. (Seriously, I love Amy's work so much.)

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W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 29d

That's so cute!

Realized I hadn't visited your shop in a while and took a peek. OMG, the cactus trees! 😍

Glad your mister is mending, hope everything is normalish for y'all soon.

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W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · 29d

We got flu, covid, rsv, and measles (we're in the cohort that got the less effective vaccine) on Friday. ALL the science! 😁

W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · Sep 16

Everything is terrible. Take two dogs, but please don't call me in the morning.

Circe, a brown Malinois mutt, looks up from a beige chair. She's 3.

Penelope, a Dalmatian mutt, rests comfortably in her snow leopard beanbag throne. She just turned 15. 👑

W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · Sep 16

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W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · Sep 16

The tragedy is that someone was pushed past the breaking point to do what Mangione allegedly (hasn't been convicted yet) did. The tragedy is that healthcare/insurance CEOs routinely push for higher profits, even when it means denying legitimate claims, and have faced zero consequences.

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W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · Sep 15

And when it does, he will 100% yank that power core so fast...

W. A. Whipple @wawhipple.bsky.social · Sep 7

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