VickiAddesso
@vickiaddessi.bsky.social
picture-taker, writer-of-words, doodler & dabbler, shy-extrovert, joy-junkie, born-yesterday, and taking it all one moment at a time…
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bell hooks: “Even though writing is a solitary act, when I sit with words that I trust will be read by someone, I know that I can never be truly alone.”
Do You Need a Writer’s Room? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
Do You Need a Writer’s Room? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
The Myth of the Perfect Writer’s Room
For aspiring writers, the rooms of literary figures—Virginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, Joan Didion—are talismanic sites. But the quest to find the ideal creative space is often self-defeating, Joshua Rothm...
www.newyorker.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
bell hooks: “Even though writing is a solitary act, when I sit with words that I trust will be read by someone, I know that I can never be truly alone.”
Do You Need a Writer’s Room? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
Do You Need a Writer’s Room? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
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I have a tiny new micro today in @bulbregion.bsky.social. grateful to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social & any of you who read this story! 🥭 🥃 bulbregion.com/Mangoes-and-...
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I have a tiny new micro today in @bulbregion.bsky.social. grateful to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social & any of you who read this story! 🥭 🥃 bulbregion.com/Mangoes-and-...
Sometimes, like today on day 5 of being sick with a cold virus thing from hell, a sneeze can be as lovely as an orgasm.
Sweet release, just let it go, baby.
Sweet release, just let it go, baby.
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Sometimes, like today on day 5 of being sick with a cold virus thing from hell, a sneeze can be as lovely as an orgasm.
Sweet release, just let it go, baby.
Sweet release, just let it go, baby.
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In a state swirling with cruelty, you can still find love in so many places. All you have to do is look around. ❤️
open.substack.com/pub/pamschmi...
open.substack.com/pub/pamschmi...
In Minnesota, where is the love?
Even in a place swirling with cruelty, it's everywhere, actually.
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
In a state swirling with cruelty, you can still find love in so many places. All you have to do is look around. ❤️
open.substack.com/pub/pamschmi...
open.substack.com/pub/pamschmi...
February 13, 2026 at 10:27 PM
I usually watch the Super Bowl for the half-time show — and this one should be so much fun🎶🕺🎶
February 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
I usually watch the Super Bowl for the half-time show — and this one should be so much fun🎶🕺🎶
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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Give your brain a break from the horrors
I didn’t even realize the Gay Games were still happening!! This makes me verklempt youtu.be/3Qw7gImGn8U?...
Gay Figure Skaters Pave Their Own Way in “Icebreakers” | The New Yorker Documentary
YouTube video by The New Yorker
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February 5, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Give your brain a break from the horrors
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I’m so grateful to @bulbculture.bsky.social for giving this story a beautiful new home.
The light is on for Ann Gelder! @anngelder.bsky.social💡
”Better Than Ever” is an absolutely incredible short story. This is a story about war and marriage. About the tragedies inflicted on us and those we inflict on ourselves.
We’re so lucky to share Ann’s gorgeous writing over at the site!
”Better Than Ever” is an absolutely incredible short story. This is a story about war and marriage. About the tragedies inflicted on us and those we inflict on ourselves.
We’re so lucky to share Ann’s gorgeous writing over at the site!
Better Than Ever - Ann Gelder — Bulb Culture Collective
Her sacrifice, Suzy thought, was already worth it.
www.bulbculturecollective.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I’m so grateful to @bulbculture.bsky.social for giving this story a beautiful new home.
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I have so much respect and admiration for Ms. Levy Armstrong, arrested after leading a protest at a church only blocks from my home. Grateful to the NYT for calling out out the regime's lies and smears against her. 🔥
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
‘They Couldn’t Break Me’: A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I have so much respect and admiration for Ms. Levy Armstrong, arrested after leading a protest at a church only blocks from my home. Grateful to the NYT for calling out out the regime's lies and smears against her. 🔥
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Well, some haters don’t shut up. They just get more hateful.
But yep, we all see it. And we will not let hate — and racism and bigotry and misogyny and cruelty — win.💫
#TrumpIsARacist
But yep, we all see it. And we will not let hate — and racism and bigotry and misogyny and cruelty — win.💫
#TrumpIsARacist
February 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Well, some haters don’t shut up. They just get more hateful.
But yep, we all see it. And we will not let hate — and racism and bigotry and misogyny and cruelty — win.💫
#TrumpIsARacist
But yep, we all see it. And we will not let hate — and racism and bigotry and misogyny and cruelty — win.💫
#TrumpIsARacist
A walk before evening falls… love the bare tree branches silhouetted against the sky, and the hazy golden setting sun…
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 PM
A walk before evening falls… love the bare tree branches silhouetted against the sky, and the hazy golden setting sun…
Today… the sky… our star… clouds… 3:35pm…
February 4, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Today… the sky… our star… clouds… 3:35pm…
He snuck up on me and said “Get dressed, let’s go out for a walk” and I said “Are you nucking futs?!?”🥶
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
He snuck up on me and said “Get dressed, let’s go out for a walk” and I said “Are you nucking futs?!?”🥶
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And there you have it. The feral government’s violent assault on the people of Minnesota will continue.
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 AM
And there you have it. The feral government’s violent assault on the people of Minnesota will continue.
Coming home… getting cozy and warm💫 (That’s some icy frozen-solid serious snow!!! 5 degrees🥶)
January 31, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Coming home… getting cozy and warm💫 (That’s some icy frozen-solid serious snow!!! 5 degrees🥶)
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Too many of these stories to brush off...#SaschaRiley
January 31, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Too many of these stories to brush off...#SaschaRiley
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MINNEAPOLIS: “Thousands and thousands— the people of Minneapolis are not letting up. Despite Tom Homan saying there’s a drawdown, these people don’t believe it. They want ICE OUT COMPLETELY.”
January 31, 2026 at 5:17 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “Thousands and thousands— the people of Minneapolis are not letting up. Despite Tom Homan saying there’s a drawdown, these people don’t believe it. They want ICE OUT COMPLETELY.”
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?...
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?...
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?...