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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 1d

Also and of course:

“Many of the children at Sovann Komar had biological families, some of whom came to see them at the center. They missed their kids, but they knew the orphanage could give them a good education.”

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 1d

🥚 Wealthy US heiress opens an orphanage in Cambodia.

Uncovered years later: rape, abuse, self-injury, fraud.

“Foster parents struggled to connect with their foster children, who felt they were treated differently from biological kids.”

Zero adoptees are surprised. 1/2

apple.news/Ax6kWrBpBQlK...

An American Heiress Just Wanted to Help Children. Things Didn’t Go as Planned. — The Wall Street Journal

Elizabeth Ross Johnson and her collaborator promised Cambodian orphans a ‘golden’ life. After she died, dark allegations came to light.

apple.news

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 1d

i know that i have a long path remaining to moral enlightenment because if i were to receive news that the man in the pickup truck who leaned out to shout BOO while passing me had come to harm, i would be pleased.

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 1d

while it’s true that both motorists and cyclists can compromise the other’s safety for the sake of their own convenience, there is one form of cruelty that belongs exclusively to motorists: using the vehicle to threaten harm against a cyclist purely for the sake of instilling fear.

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 2d

what does this honorific mean?

Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 2d

this was what got me interested in the bass guitar.

The Foxish @thefoxish.bsky.social · 2d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=II71...

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 2d

what do you think of these blazing autumn colors? (i think she likes them)

A dozen roses, in reds and yellows shading into each other, in a vase on my porch.

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 2d

We’re going to a tiki bar with an awesome Asian fusion menu!

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 2d

nor’easter? i would prefer neither’easter

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 2d

3rd wedding anniversary dinner tonight ❤️

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Prison Adoptee @prisonadoptee.bsky.social · 3d

🥚VIRTUAL - Finding Your Voice: From Personal Journey to Shared Experience with Deborah Jiang-Stein
Monday, October 13, 2025
8:00 pm9:00 pm
www.adoptionnetwork.org/news-events/...

Adoption Network Cleveland Calendar of Events and Programs

Don't miss upcoming programs for individuals and families impacted by adoption and foster care, trainings, social events and opportunities to support Adoption Network Cleveland!

www.adoptionnetwork.org

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MangoBOO! 💀🎃 @mangobee.bsky.social · 3d

My only regret in finding out my history is that I didn’t have enough therapy beforehand. I was so desperate at 19.

Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 3d

#adoption made my identity into someone else’s vanity project. i was made to understand that the truth is unknowable, that i have no right to it, and that anyway the truth is what we and the lawyers and the clerks say it is. like every other adoptee, i am expected to be thankful for this.

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Mary Bowers @eatbemary.bsky.social · 3d

Fighting for truth had left me exhausted, depressed, financially strained, and exiled from most of my adoptive family. Would I do it again if given the choice? 💯 YES. Every damn time.

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Brent Snavely @brentasnavely.bsky.social · 3d

once I had facts regarding my origin, the truth became apparent

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 3d

#adoption made my identity into someone else’s vanity project. i was made to understand that the truth is unknowable, that i have no right to it, and that anyway the truth is what we and the lawyers and the clerks say it is. like every other adoptee, i am expected to be thankful for this.

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 3d

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 3d

#adoption made my identity into someone else’s vanity project. i was made to understand that the truth is unknowable, that i have no right to it, and that anyway the truth is what we and the lawyers and the clerks say it is. like every other adoptee, i am expected to be thankful for this.

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Prison Adoptee @prisonadoptee.bsky.social · 3d

🥚Very few adoptees know we were born in prison. I suspect thousands share this history — but it’s hidden behind youth privacy laws worldwide.

Upcoming event with Deborah Jiang-Stein, author of Prison Baby.

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 3d

Indeed. Goes without saying in the adoptee rights world.

Price to adopt an infant = $40,000-80,000.

White babies cost more. 🥚

www.get-carrot.com/blog/adoptio...

Adoption costs: An in-depth guide | Carrot Fertility | Carrot Fertility

Learn the different costs you can expect during the adoption process — including private, independent, and foster-care, and international adoptions.

www.get-carrot.com

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 3d

🥚 Boxes for anyone to dump babies into were legalized by so-called safe-haven laws pushed by anti-abortionists and passed right after traditional welfare was ended in 1996 and women had to work to get benefits.

Now they’re proliferating.

This is an adoption supply chain.

time.com/7299476/baby...

Why Baby Boxes Are Suddenly Everywhere

Devices to help parents anonymously surrender an infant are spreading across the U.S., stirring emotions and debate.

time.com

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 3d

honestly, i deserved to be murdered for this ☠️

instagram post my 15yo sent me, a pastiche of the Bohemian Rhapsody video showing four cat heads against a black background, captioned: MOMMA
I JUST KILLED A MOUSE
SLAPPED HIM RIGHT ACROSS THE HEAD
HIS REMAINS ARE ON YOUR BED

I replied “Do you get the reference?”

Kid replied:
No dad
I've never listened to Bohemian rhapsody in my life

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 4d

i feel i can bond with the Friends of the Library over our shared fondness for capris.

Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 4d

because i’m over 50 and nobody cares how i look (except possibly my boss? will find out!) i’ve been having some of my old trousers and jeans altered into hobbit form. which makes them super convenient and comfortable for cycling.

My lower legs by my office desk. My dark blue trousers are hemmed at mid-calf.

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AGreatSound @agreatsound.bsky.social · 4d

There is a wild adoption sub subplot in the latest season of the Gilded Age. I too felt triggered. But this is pre Georgia Tann so it wasn’t a hero worshipping moment instead it was part of her shameful past. Which, to be honest, I really appreciated.

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 4d

i also learned that she convinced her gentleman friend to learn to drive. so, at 65, he did. then he bought himself a Cadillac, and now they entertain themselves by cruising the streets of their small town.
she deserves all this happiness and more.

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 4d

for weeks i was trying to reach my birth mother on the phone, but it went to voicemail every time. finally i asked her sister if everything was ok, and i learned that her gentleman friend took her on a cruise! it’s something she’s always wanted to do, but she never had the means.

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 4d

See also: "children don't play outside anymore"

Pharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 5d

A play facility that was paid for by community fundraising has been demolished because residents complained about the noise.

They should be ashamed of themselves

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Council demolishes play area after noise complaints - BBC News

Parents in a Derbyshire town say their children are 'devastated' they have lost the facility.

www.bbc.co.uk

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