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@kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social
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Writer, historian, Muse, and Magician. Mama bear of all the weird kids. Rainbow witch 🌈 AuDHD, cPTSD. N95 enthusiast. My husband looks fantastic in a dress. CA and Venmo: KellySMcGonigal
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IT GETS WORSE
From the Wendy’s website: “WHAT’S NEW” superimposed over a box of Wendy’s new chicken tenders. But they’re called “Tendy’s.” Presumably to agree with the possessive of Wendy’s, but even if you accept the pluralization of chicken tenders, it should be “Tendies,” or maybe “Tendys,” but certainly no apostrophe.
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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And here’s the most vivid color of last night! Even with the naked eye, this was a pretty bright red.
A large red, streaky blob of aurora with a tree in the foreground. Some stars are also visible in the sky above.
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Since tonight doesn’t seem to be panning out here in NE Kansas, I’m going through my camera roll and enjoying the pics from last night. This one’s neat, almost looks like a nighttime rainbow.
Mostly red aurora, with green on the horizon. A vertical streak in the red is nearly prismatic.
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Our city doesn’t have massive light pollution, but it is a city so there is some. But our complex has a super bright “security” light so it’s bad in our immediate area. Still:
Red aurora surrounded by bands of green
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I’m so friggin excited for tonight. We have terrible light pollution in our complex (in NE Kansas) AND YET
Red aurora sandwiched between two green bands. A brightly-lit tree in the foreground illustrates the light pollution.
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Man, I’m still flying high from being able to see the spectacular light show last night.

I hope everyone who missed out gets to see them tonight!
Red aurora sandwiched between two bands of green.
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Lawrence, Kansas, 10:44 pm (there was also a dramatic light show around 9:10-9:30 too)
To the left, a bright red aurora. In the middle, a tree. To the right, swirls of reds and greens abound.
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Thinking about the time my mom and I watched Frequency (2000) and she was mad bc “The northern lights are never as far south as New York!” and well…here we are.

I wish she could’ve been here to see this. She always wanted to.
To the left, a bright red flare of aurora. In the middle, a tree. To the right, swirls of red and green aurorae.
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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There was an encore! I’ve been positively giddy about this all night.
Red aurora sandwiched between two bands of green.
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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But…but…did you look outside, man? There was such a cool show about an hour ago! Might still be some, but it was super dramatic then.
Red aurorae with a long streak of green.
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Got lots of pics but this is probably the best one where I could also crop out the identifying surroundings. Eastern Kansas!
Broad swath of red aurorae in the sky, with a long green band below.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Aaaahhhh we finally got to see some aurorae!
Red aurorae with a green band in the lower right hand corner.
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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We wound up with a heck of a light show! Got some pretty dramatic reds and some shoots of green. Yeah the colors came through better on camera, but we were able to see some great colors even with the naked eye.
Red aurorae with a band of green in the lower right hand corner.
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Tried to get a pic of @ashmcgonigal.com and Doc à la the “Follow me if you like cats, I guess” guy and— i’m scared
Ash holding Doc upside down, but her eyes are a glowing void.
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Well he seems charming.
Paraphrased: The Outspoken Observer calls people cunts and bitches when they add him to blocklists. To the surprise of no one, he has an AI profile pic and a “Joined Nov ‘24” badge.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Also the default alt text was ridiculous lmao
“A woman is drinking shrimp from a drink machine”
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Have you heard of The Inspectors? Apparently seasons 3 and 4 are on Prime.
Promo photo for The Inspectors, a 2015-2019 series about, you guessed it, USPS postal inspectors.
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Lmao

Also wow that auto-alt text is awful 😂
The alt text on the gif reads “a man is singing into a microphone while wearing a jacket with the letter r on it” It is in fact Kendrick Lamar from his Super Bowl performance when he says “Hey Drake” and turns to grin at the camera at the beginning of Not Like Us.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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They’re the same picture dot gif
Two masked people from one of the Purge movies. The shorter one on the right is a dead ringer for Jeannine Pirro.
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Aha, behold!
The coffee table as we found it, in front of a dumpster. The top is scuffed to hell and back. The finish is a lighter color, kind of orange in hue, and likely covered with polyurethane, judging by how hard it was to strip.
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Well you’re wrong about the style but right about the vintage of the coffee table, lol
A 70s-era solid wood coffee table. There’s enclosed storage in the middle, and shelves on either side. The ends are bolstered by carved pillars. It’s been stripped of its original 70s finish, and sanded and stained with a nice provincial finish.
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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It is a truly excellent napping couch. The corduroy is SO SOFT!
The armrest and side pillow of the couch. A can of ginger beer rests in the cupholder. The orange upholstery is extremely soft.
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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It’s SO SOFT!! It is an excellent napping couch. Also, the cats love making biscuits with the pillows. It’s funny, the pics on Wayfair do not convey just how soft it is.
Wayfair’s image of our orange couch. You can see it’s corduroy, but it doesn’t look particularly soft.
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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On Doc’s birthday we learned she was not down for that lol
“Doc” Doctor Sam Beckett the brown tabby with a pink birthday hat on her head. She’s blurry because she was attempting to shake the hat off her head—five seconds later, she would succeed in her quest.
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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That’s how it’ll work, TechCrunch just didn’t include that in their article. From Bluesky’s blog about it:
Bluesky’s description of the Dislikes Beta, with the following text highlighted by me: “Dislikes are private and the signal isn’t global — it mainly affects your own experience and, to an extent, others in your social neighborhood.”
November 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM