simone
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En dash advocate & union member 💜 TTRPGs, language, nature, dogs, books, art, &etc 🍄 N95s save lives 😷 PNW 🌿 she/they 🌈
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we're going to win
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
we're going to win
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I simply hope to live my life in such a way that Isaac Chotiner will never have a reason to ask me a single question
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I simply hope to live my life in such a way that Isaac Chotiner will never have a reason to ask me a single question
Shout-out to @mollyrookwood.bsky.social and @brennabaileybooks.bsky.social, who I learn so much from regularly! And to my fellow editors @paizo.com, who are a delight to work with and some of the funniest and most creative people I know 💜
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Shout-out to @mollyrookwood.bsky.social and @brennabaileybooks.bsky.social, who I learn so much from regularly! And to my fellow editors @paizo.com, who are a delight to work with and some of the funniest and most creative people I know 💜
I finished Winter Burrow 🥹 Now I need expansions for all the other seasons
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Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I finished Winter Burrow 🥹 Now I need expansions for all the other seasons
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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I know the war is already lost, but I believe we should attempt to do something about branding with days of the week. "Black Friday deals starting this Sunday." Unacceptable. "It's a Thursday edition of Sunday Night Football" no it's not, that isn't true.
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I know the war is already lost, but I believe we should attempt to do something about branding with days of the week. "Black Friday deals starting this Sunday." Unacceptable. "It's a Thursday edition of Sunday Night Football" no it's not, that isn't true.
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The thing where every retail outlet in the country has started having "Black Friday" sales in Mid-November in a desperate bid to get people to spend money does not fill me with confidence for the state of the economy.
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The thing where every retail outlet in the country has started having "Black Friday" sales in Mid-November in a desperate bid to get people to spend money does not fill me with confidence for the state of the economy.
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Can we also talk about how a bunch of jobs that are mostly dominated by women now have had their eligibility for student loans for their education removed in the US, mostly education, therapists and other medical roles #politics
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Can we also talk about how a bunch of jobs that are mostly dominated by women now have had their eligibility for student loans for their education removed in the US, mostly education, therapists and other medical roles #politics
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I am an Indigenous journalist working in Indian Country on beats for energy, business, landback, and more.
I realize I've spent quite a lot of time on BlueSky asking for money, and I apologize, but my already strained finances will become immeasurably worse if I cannot work.
I realize I've spent quite a lot of time on BlueSky asking for money, and I apologize, but my already strained finances will become immeasurably worse if I cannot work.
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I am an Indigenous journalist working in Indian Country on beats for energy, business, landback, and more.
I realize I've spent quite a lot of time on BlueSky asking for money, and I apologize, but my already strained finances will become immeasurably worse if I cannot work.
I realize I've spent quite a lot of time on BlueSky asking for money, and I apologize, but my already strained finances will become immeasurably worse if I cannot work.
Please help my friend if you can!!
Hey, all. I woke up this morning to discover that a lot of my things were stolen during a break-in.
Several things were crucial to my day job, and renter insurance will take time to pay out, if at all. I need to quickly replace a laptop and tablet.
Please share if you can.
paypal.me/coxendine
Several things were crucial to my day job, and renter insurance will take time to pay out, if at all. I need to quickly replace a laptop and tablet.
Please share if you can.
paypal.me/coxendine
Pay Chesley Oxendine using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/COxendine and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Please help my friend if you can!!
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Turkey tail mushrooms in grey-blue.
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Turkey tail mushrooms in grey-blue.
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
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November 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
Following the recent election, leadership will be changing in many districts where conservative values previously dominated school board meetings and community actions.
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Voters shift school boards toward LGBTQ+ inclusion across PA and N.J. - Philadelphia Gay News
School boards in PA and NJ are shifting fast—LGBTQ+ leaders are winning, conservatives are losing, and policy battles are heating up.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
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The best description I ever read of copy editors is this, from Lawrence Downes in 2008:
“The copy editor’s job, to the extent possible under deadline, is to slow down, think things through, do the math and ask the irritating question.”
“The copy editor’s job, to the extent possible under deadline, is to slow down, think things through, do the math and ask the irritating question.”
Opinion | In a Changing World of News, an Elegy for Copy Editors (Published 2008)
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The best description I ever read of copy editors is this, from Lawrence Downes in 2008:
“The copy editor’s job, to the extent possible under deadline, is to slow down, think things through, do the math and ask the irritating question.”
“The copy editor’s job, to the extent possible under deadline, is to slow down, think things through, do the math and ask the irritating question.”
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The winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction is ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad. #NBAwards
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction is ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad. #NBAwards
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It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
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Everything is awful but the earth is still so magical.
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Everything is awful but the earth is still so magical.
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Last dahlias still giving some lovely color in the cottage garden. 🌱 #dailydahlia #bloomscrolling #flowerreport
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Last dahlias still giving some lovely color in the cottage garden. 🌱 #dailydahlia #bloomscrolling #flowerreport
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Best time of year. The dogs get bored waiting for me to take eleventy jillion photos of all the mushrooms, slimes and lichens that suddenly appear.
#fungifriday
#fungifriday
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Best time of year. The dogs get bored waiting for me to take eleventy jillion photos of all the mushrooms, slimes and lichens that suddenly appear.
#fungifriday
#fungifriday
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DEMOCRATS: we have to win by playing by the rules!
SUPREME COURT: [shuffling papers] uhhh the rules say here you're not allowed to play at all
SUPREME COURT: [shuffling papers] uhhh the rules say here you're not allowed to play at all
March 19, 2024 at 6:47 PM
DEMOCRATS: we have to win by playing by the rules!
SUPREME COURT: [shuffling papers] uhhh the rules say here you're not allowed to play at all
SUPREME COURT: [shuffling papers] uhhh the rules say here you're not allowed to play at all
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"Are Women the Problem?"
By A Man
By A Man
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
"Are Women the Problem?"
By A Man
By A Man
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One thing I love about @prismreports.org is that they work so closely with incarcerated writers, and surface things I had never thought about before. This piece on how extended incarceration is a violation of reproductive rights by functionally serving as involuntary sterilization is fantastic.
Long prison sentences function as involuntary sterilization of incarcerated people
By keeping me imprisoned through the years when I might have become a parent, the prison system reproduces eugenicist logic
prismreports.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
One thing I love about @prismreports.org is that they work so closely with incarcerated writers, and surface things I had never thought about before. This piece on how extended incarceration is a violation of reproductive rights by functionally serving as involuntary sterilization is fantastic.
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I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race