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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 6h

I'm so glad I chopped off 3 inches if hair today - it's more manageable, healthier, lighter, and is out of my face in a braid again

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 6h

Yes!

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 6h

Normally, the terribleness of the side effects start 15 hours in (I don't know why, it just is). I'm loaded up on antihistamines but am slightly achy, no headache, fever, or chill yet - we'll see what kind of shape I'm in in the morning.

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 9h

Why not start? One of the podcasts I listen to is two sisters discussing popular romantasy books a few chapters at a time. They both do that for a living now and they've only been recording for 2 years.

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 10h

This is a really, really good act of protest that uses a protest language that has a chance of reaching people who would otherwise dismiss the issue. You can tell by how many former Catholics are seeing it here and having like entire full-body shudders despite having left the church decades ago.

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 10h

If the start of the anthem is a sign, this hockey game is going to be brutal

Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 10h

Dinner tonight is a quick sheet pan dinner. It's diced potatoes and carrots, gnocchi, and sliced Polish sausage. Exciting is coated in olive oil, salt, and pepper. Cooked on a cookie sheet 350°f for 25 minutes

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 11h

I've been eating the Tairen Soul series and I've been enjoying it! The writing is a bit awkward in places, but it's a good story. It has a lot of common tropes used by the current big names in romantasy

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18h

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 13h

When I see these in my feed, sometimes I think to myself (conceptually because I don't have an inner monologue): wait, I can ask for these things?

Catieosaurus @catieosaurus.bsky.social · 14h

It’s time for more:
ADHD THIS or THAT? 🧠 ⚡

When you feel insecure in your dynamic, do you:
A) ask for praise or reassurance from your partner the moment you need it? 😶🌫️
B) schedule connection check-ins & wait to talk with them? ⏱️

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 14h

All we are saying is give peas a chance.

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

A little something to take the edge off as you head into the weekend @erinbiba.bsky.social

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 14h

Frank the Cat had a rough evening and morning, but based on his current napping location, he's feeling better now (lots of morning meds to help). He's had accidents, though, which makes keeping up the house to hosting standards is neverending.

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Kate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 14h

In which Ashleigh-ellan Kavanagh and I have a fabulous conversation about the mathematics of knitting, and my upcoming book. (You can read/listen with a free subscription) Podcast and article. ashleighellan.substack.com/p/counting-t...

Counting the Stitches: The Secret Poetry of Knitting Mathematics

What cheese sandwiches can teach us about counting stitches, solving problems, and finding beauty in knitting maths.

ashleighellan.substack.com

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 14h

the way is dark
but look
these potatoes
humble and good
are beautiful

Small fingerling potatoes in yellow, pink, and mottled purple dry on a white towel.

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 14h

I am fun at parties

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 14h

(honestly this is a great example of a scientist play-acting the social science research. There is a ton of actual research on this. I also didn't believe this is a "pandemic" of loneliness)

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 14h

And even in the examples Dr Murthy provides about him finding community are in places/spaces that have welcomed him. That he was invited into through the behavior of others.

So, yes, go out and build community... But also make sure community is a core value in the groups in which you participate

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 14h

In Nunn's book on belonging in higher ed, one of her key takeaways is how campuses must be places where there are offered opportunities to belong. We cannot expect students to just find a sense of belonging, that's not their job. Their responsibility is to *seek out* groups, not create them.

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 14h

In Peter Block's book on building community, he talks about how each of us makes choices and we can choose that inviting others in, is important to us and the communities we're in.

Lave & Wenger also wrote about this for communities of practice.

And higher ed authors write about this too.

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 14h

Been listening to this episode with Dr. Vivek Murthy. I've heard him talk/write before about how we need community and we should go out and make community. But! That is not necessarily what the literature on community or belonging say. Yes, e should be *open* to it...

pca.st/episode/1551...

What If Finding Community Wasn't So Hard?

pca.st

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 15h

Ok, we're trying the "Max all the antihistamines" strategy for the COVID vaccine side effects (which is like a nasty 24 hour flu with fever). 20 mg cetirizine twice per day, 30 mg famotidine twice per day, and 50mg of Benadryl every 4 hours (started immediately after vaccine was administered).

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race scientist jack skellington @jazzpomegranate.com · 16h

don’t fear shortcuts in home cooking, the cottagecore fantasy that you shop at the farmers market and make everything from scratch will have you in the kitchen 24/7

Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 1d

For any who need to hear this:

Most people, throughout history, have not had to cook every day. It's not weird to not always have the energy to do that. And when you have some but not tons of energy, a lot of packaged or frozen foods have gotten good in the past 20 years.

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 16h

You could create a Medium account

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 1d

Digital doodle of the three people in inflatable frog costumes in the quoted post. One has a sign saying, “frogs together strong”

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Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you! He went to a specific men's wear shop and had a very good experience instead of what he tried to do at Kohl's

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