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Kestrel Casey

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Author. Activist. Disabled. Queer. Defective manic pixie dream girl.

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · Jan 21

Okay, my follower count and mix on here is now such that I need to say this:

If you know me in real life, no you don't.

If you saw me at a place I can routinely be found, no you didn't.

Thank you for understanding.

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 3h

(Sorry for delete and redraft. I took the pain meds to be comfortable enough to sleep, so of course I'm up and posting poorly instead.)

Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 3h

It's not perfect. My taxes have paid for a fuckton of things I seriously disapprove of. Rich people don't pay in enough. The code is too complicated. But those aren't inherent things; paying and utilizing taxes is, itself, a good idea.

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 3h

People who opposes taxes are people who don't realize they're already benefiting from us acting collectively at scale.

Mostly dudes who can't conceive of their own disabled future and think that roads are facts of life instead of major ongoing human projects.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 4h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 4h

Tweet: before I take a shower: I hate it in there, the wet world is a bad place. While in the shower: I remember now that this is a good place, it is the dry world that is the enemy

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 4h

Let's settle for saying this: When I am talking to people about them moving to Vermont, I tell most at-risk people to avoid certain large sections of the state. Things are improving for queer folks even in the hostile areas, because there are more organizations there now, but not for everyone.

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 4h

I have so much to say about this guy, but at least some of that would mean quoting conversations had in my presence in a capitol city bar, and I'm not about to break the unspoken code on that one.

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 4h

Next time you think Vermont is all hippie utopia, please remember that one of these guys is in our state house because there are still racist & homophobic pockets in our state and they are not small.

Politico @politico.com · 15h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 8h

It's amazing how cheap a cd burner is these days

Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 8h

Just another nudge to delete Spotify.

Do you really want to lose access to all your music if you stop paying them every month? Or make sure the artists you like are paid as little as possible? Or support this bullshit?

Buying and owning music is better in every way.

Neon Chinchilla @neonchinchilla.bsky.social · 8h

From the assholes who gave Joe Rogan hundreds of millions of dollars we now have:

Spotify is running ICE hiring ads boasting wild signing bonuses

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

www.sfgate.com

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 10h

This fucking guy

a group of men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying the worst

Alt: Parks & Rec: The Woooooorst

media.tenor.com

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 1d

I think the biggest clue is that no one else would use the phrase "radical Democrats"

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 1d

This weekend I went to a place and heard a thing.

Huge commercial pseudo-raves are not really my scene, but I did see some truly lovely flow artists in the back.

Massive event with screens and lasers at Under the K. Author's thumb out of focus in the foreground.

Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 1d

I'm not giving Fox the click, but I do love the torn paper transition between photos, like they're a celebrity couple some tabloid claims is getting divorced

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

That’s right! Thanks, Fox News!
www.foxnews.com/politics/squ...

Squad 2.0: Meet America's next wave of radical Democrats shaping the party's future

Progressive Democrats, including Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, have emerged as the new generation of candidates responding to President Donald Trump's second term.

www.foxnews.com

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Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social · 1d

CUOMO: I will work with the Trump Administration to impose a 45% Happiness Tax on all New Yorkers any time you feel happy. So that you won't.

ADAMS: JALAPENO POPPERS GAVE ME THE JESUS POWER I NEEDED TO FIND THE MONEY LAUNDERING IN MY BLOOD

MAMDANI: I like it here and you people deserve nice things

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 1d

...did he serve on the USS Montpelier?

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 2d

I've poked around a handful of the listed word count tools in the past year and would say that Trackbear is the winner so far

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 2d

I saw that, but it wasn't immediately clear to me that the new website has any function. Looks like no word tracker and no forums, so...I guess it's just a central repository for the general idea?

Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 2d

First Draft Fall is such a good idea. It's really too bad that my brain refuses to function on anything but lock-the-world-out sprint mode.

Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 2d

As we approach what used to be #NaNoWriMo, I think I am going to keep working in November each year. Trying to pick a new month myself has been a fail.

Are any of my writer mutuals using Trackbear? There is a writing group type function and I'm thinking of trying it out.

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 3d

If you see this, quote your favorite Pokemon!

(Wrong answers only)

Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 3d

I have to thank @leavittalone.bsky.social for being an inspiration.

This post would usually be about food, but today it's the fine art of folding a pocket square to perfect my partner's going-out fit.

Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 3d

A little disappointed that hotel rooms rarely have bibles anymore. I used to travel with flimsy copies of the Communist Manifesto to swap them out with. Their absence takes all the sport out of it.

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 3d

Given that the whole point is to keep escalating the violence, this is the most effective form of protest. It undermines their narrative of a "violent mob", and every time they try to escalate, they'll just look goofy as hell beating a bunch of inflatable animals.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 4d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 4d

Can vouch

Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 4d

Extremely here for this. Is there a non-Amazon way to get it as an ebook?