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Red Writing Cat
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Currently in a bog witch training program.
I write and do nerd labor for money.
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can’t today as i must solve a murder in my seaside hamlet
December 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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the customer service person i spoke to on the phone today thanked me for not yelling at her; she said most people are understandably upset when they call. be kind to customer service people- they probably didn’t cause your problem, but they’re most likely the the person who’s going to fix it.
December 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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“There are levels of drama that should never be explored” is an intense thing to say to someone
Sorry but I am Team Aunt
December 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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A non-typical #Christmas poem, based on a Norwegian custom…

Beware of #witches on #ChristmasEve! 🧙🧙🧙

#poetry #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoets #skypoets #traditions
December 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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20,000 words, 150 footnotes, 100+ timeline events = our attempt at documenting and synthesizing all the ways that the federal government has attempted to destroy access to gender-affirming care since January unbreaking.org/issues/trans...
Transgender Healthcare: Explainer — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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40 YO BOOMERS: oh god i have a slight pain, im not ready to die

40 YO MILLENNIALS: haha yesssssss
December 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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even among really smart folks, i think ppl have greatly underestimated just how much resources the ultra-wealthy have put into culture war bullshit to get us to fight each other instead of them
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.
We can do even more.
December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A damn fine seal.
#seal #cat
Going seal mode 🦭
December 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Initially included a “fuck you, David Sedaris” here but I took it out because the truth is he still maintains a special place in my heart, even though he sucks now. Thx @christenmccurdy.bsky.social for the recap of the Sedaris New Yorker piece on Portland.
www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning...
December 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.
December 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Just really awesome how our financial elite just spent the last several decades admonishing people for pursing the humanities and creative fields, and are now suddenly pedaling the idea that "there are no good ideas anymore" after spending the last 5 years laying off everybody with a brain
December 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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I hate that every week there's something stupid like an Everyone Has To Drink Pee Now Bill and the alert sounds to CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THIS IS NOT A DRILL and you really wish you could just trust them to not go for the pee drinking bill
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
utterly incapable of grace
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Yeah. The next time I talk to my students about AI, I'm showing them this. 🤦

Critical thinking skills and building knowledge for yourself is still kind of important because Hal the Computer screws you sometimes.

Whoda thunk it?

#Teaching #TeachingLife #HigherEd
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Line of all time god damn
I will burn all the calendars that counted the years down to such a worthless day
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”

*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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✨🕯️ Here in our dark house, walking with lit candles in her hair, comes Santa Lucia 🕯️✨
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Burned out.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM