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Lillie Jones Manvel, MPH
@lilliemanvel.bsky.social
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grassroots gun violence prevention • public health policy & advocacy • nonprofit executive director • weight inclusive public health • cats 📍Oregon, USA
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Doing what I can to help out.
Photo at night, 45° parallel, Oregon. Everyone in the us can see aurora borealis tonight and this is our view. There are grey clouds that are a little bright due to city lights. There are dark trees on the bottom half of the photo. A shorter caption for this photo could be “a bummer.”
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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🥹 My hold is ready after 8 weeks because my library acquired 6 more copies. ✨
Excited to finally hear/read this! @swordsjew.bsky.social
Screenshot of my Libby app telling me: the wait is over. Ready to borrow! Wild Faith, How the Christian Right is Taking Over America, by Talia Lavin with options listed to borrow, manage hold or deliver later. There’s a photo of the book cover and it’s an audio book that is 10 hours. Also says: your holdings ready after 8 weeks because the library acquired 6 more copies.
December 23, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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It is right it should be so
This is a screen shot of Jesse Singal’s profile now that I’ve blocked it and my blocklists have labeled and blocked it. On a black background. User blocked by maga/reachionary troll accounts. Also labeled with terf and troll.
December 7, 2024 at 5:08 AM
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Friday PSA: BTMFA
Protect trans kids & BTMFA
This is a screenshot of Jesse Singal’s BlueSky profile header. No banner photo, profile picture is of singal drawn in the style, I swear to god, of beavis & butthead. By some miracle he has 1000 followers, is following 49 and has 10 posts. His bio says “journalist, author of The Quick Fix and an upcoming book on youth gender medicine. More info at his website He left off the detail about being an anti-trans bigot who relies on his own bias and some deep seated hatred of who knows what or why. He’s currently promoting an article he has in a well known, widely available (and I thought respected) magazine leading the rest of us to ask “why are people still publishing this shit?”) All of this is to say: block the mfer already.
December 6, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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Alma is a professional cat. She does catting professionally.
#almaagain Alma Cuddlesweetie is on her favorite throw blankie which is resting on my lap. The photo is in portrait layout with Alma in the center, longwise, on her back with her four white paws and belly showing for the camera. Her eyes are closed because somehow this is the most relaxed she gets. Her back and the top of her head are pokey-dot grey tabby pattern. The blanket she sits on is a jewel-tone blue with geometric shapes. It’s fuzzy-ish. My slippers are barely visible at the top of the photo and there’s some wood floor beyond that.
November 24, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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This is what happens when someone posts that one of the baddies has arrived: you go look for them to block but you’ve already blocked them because of a trusted mod list you’ve subscribed to. Just poof! Not there.
A screenshot of the BlueSky mobile search page. On a white background. The search field has “realbabylonbee” and then below the tabs “top, latest, people, feeds” “No results found for realbabylonbee”. If there was a soundtrack for this screenshot it would be Madonna’s Ray of Light. (There’s no soundtrack)
November 20, 2024 at 1:04 AM
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If you see this, please repost with a favorite photo of the sky you’ve taken recently.

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Evening photo west facing sky with low mountains in the distance and a faint glow above them. The feature of this photo is of comet Tsuchinchan Atlas which can be seen faintly streaking the sky headed toward the sun. This comet was out in October 2024 and photo was taken in Oregon.
November 16, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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Alma today on Caturday (which is every day)
Alma Cuddlesweetie, a grey and white tabby with white feet, legs, chest and chin, is back on her blanket which is blue with white geometric lines. It’s a little fuzzy. Alma’s pose is choice: she’s balled up mostly and she has her left back foot between her two front legs and her right back foot just beneath them, which are stretched out. Her paws are spread out, too, like she’s gonna grab something. But she can’t cause she doesn’t have thumbs! Alma is staring maybe at her finger tips or possibly into space - hard to tell!
November 16, 2024 at 6:44 AM
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A curious BlueSky case!

Brianna Wu is on two opposing (or not??) mod lists I subscribe to. That’s kinda interesting. But also - I have one list blocked and one muted. Is the latter why I can even see her profile?
This is a screenshot of a BlueSky profile belonging to Brianna Wu. Because she’s muted/blocked, her profile photo and banner are blurred. Under her name and handle are three mod labels: 1. Muted by “Blue Anon” 2. User Blocked by “Right wing propaganda and their followers” and 3. BlueSky elder. Below that are the users tabs for Posts, Replies, Media. The screen shot cuts off there.
November 15, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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Cat sitting today this sweet orange tabby head-butting boy. He’s blurry because he head butted my hands when I started to take his picture. He is a very good boy.
Cat sitting Archie, an orange tabby who is not my cat. He is a head-butter in the best way possible. His head and left ear in the extreme foreground - blurry because as I listen my hands to take a photo, he butted them with his head. Assorted food bowls and half a white door can be seen in the background.
November 10, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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And this is me testing the thread feature with Alma, who is my girl.
Alma Cuddlesweetie at it again. Grey tabby cat with white chest, legs, and whiskers. Curled up with paws mixed & stacked up together.
November 9, 2024 at 5:44 AM
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It’s caturday somewhere😻 This is Loomis or Loomie. He likes everyone else in the house more than me but he served up this face for just me today.
Handsome seated grey tabby sitting on a wooden bottom step with facing some (rare) Nov sunlight. Light brown & cream floral wall paper just behind him and slightly chaotic living space beyond that. His eyes are blue-green here but usually green. He is a good boy.
November 9, 2024 at 5:44 AM
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Alma Cuddlesweetie 😻
My cat, Alma, sleeping on her left side Tuesday morning. White paws like commas, grey tabby legs and body with white whiskers, white nose and chin. Alma is resting on a tan blanket that’s resting on my lap.
November 8, 2024 at 5:25 AM
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Welcome! Alma Cuddlesweetie says hi
Alma Cuddlesweetie chilling out with her tongue out (bloop). Grey stripe tabby with white chest whiskers chin & nose. Green eyes on a blue and white soft blanket.
November 7, 2024 at 3:54 AM
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No mine!
Alma Cuddlesweetie doing her signature lap sit on a blue and white blanket. Grey tabby cat with white chin, chest, whiskers and paws. A good girl. Background is windows with books and a plant and some chairs.
November 6, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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Alma Cuddlesweetie!
My cat, Alma, sleeping on her left side this morning. White paws like commas, grey tabby legs and body with white whiskers, white nose and chin. Alma is resting on a tan blanket resting on my lap.
November 6, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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Cat picture for the timeline. #cats
My cat, Alma, sleeping on her left side this morning. White paws like commas, grey tabby legs and body with white whiskers, white nose and chin. Alma is resting on a tan blanket resting on my lap.
November 5, 2024 at 5:22 PM