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The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster

@simplyrain.bsky.social

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The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster @simplyrain.bsky.social · Apr 23

Standard Disclaimer: This is my PERSONAL account.

I dump my life here--work, home, brain, politics--good, bad, & ugly.

I am happy to have you here, but I get it if I too much!

The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster @simplyrain.bsky.social · Apr 23

I love when new people follow me after I do a chat & then they are like, "WOAH! I didn't sign-up for THIS much Rain!" 🤣🤣🤣

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The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster @simplyrain.bsky.social · 4m

I also associate them with warm clothes, so I would have never thought, "...should put on blast for peeps in Texas!"

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IF we have a free and fair election this next go round, VOTE THEM ALL OUT.

EVERY.
SINGLE.
ONE.

Ghoul Patrick @gpatrick.bsky.social · 1h

Soldiers lined up at the food bank.

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Ghoul Patrick @gpatrick.bsky.social · 1h

Soldiers lined up at the food bank.

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Annie, MLIS, Big NPC Energy 🍄🎮🥌 @dharmascholar.bsky.social · 1h

Explosion at a military explosives manufacturing plant in Tennessee
www.reuters.com/world/us/bla...

www.reuters.com

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Mirror Indy @mirrorindy.org · 1h

For 15 years, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office has hosted an annual event for community members to learn about the law.

Check out this year’s schedule: https://bit.ly/4h5DFxe

Indy’s prosecutor will host three informational sessions this month

Topics include the Blue Envelope program, grand juries and a serial killer

bit.ly

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1h

Fuck yeah you should.

Using a swearword in your Google search can stop the AI answer. But should you?

Artificial intelligence is more than Trump deepfakes of Tilly the actor. It’s used in smartphones, customer service, healthcare – even legal cases. Is it possible to avoid?

www.theguardian.com

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 3h

We were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois.

WHAT is the Trump Administration hiding?

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 6h

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Mary Bannister (MaryB) @maryb2004.bsky.social · 3h

We need to start referring to tariffs as Trump Taxes.

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 1h

The interior designer took a moment to admire their work.

A squirrel sits inside a hole it has gnawed in the side of a pumpkin.

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The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster @simplyrain.bsky.social · 9m

Not with intention...

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 1h

Dear ⚪️ friends:

You guys been gatekeeping Duluth Trading Company?!?

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Jenn Burke @readbooker.bsky.social · 1h

Today in flabbergasted, a parent complained to teacher and our spelling bee coordinator that the 6th grade words were inappropriate and her child would not be learning them. Reader, it’s the official Scripps National Spelling Bee list we purchased.

Photo of a list of spelling bee words and definitions.

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KT L☀️ Anderson @kelsonanderson.bsky.social · 32m

at kids back to school night and I just need to say how freaking amazing High School teachers are. in awe really.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1h

“The Librarians” examines the experiences of school librarians who have found themselves on the front lines of a battle against censorship. https://to.pbs.org/46TqfiW

The fight against book bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary

According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of sc...

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National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social · 4h

Every child deserves to see themselves in the stories they read. Teachers and librarians are facing harassment and for defending the #freedomtoread. But they aren’t backing down—they’re standing up for truth, empathy, and every student’s right to learn.

Book bans are being 'normalized.' What does that mean for classrooms?

PEN America is warning against "normalized" book bans. Educators from around the United States tell us what that means in public school classrooms.

eu.usatoday.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 47m

Trump launched the TrumpRX website today.

It has a photo of Trump and an AI-generated family with too many fingers and mangled toes.

TrumpRx Is a Narcissistic, AI-Generated Nightmare

AI art really has become the aesthetic of grifters and fascists.

gizmodo.com

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 16m

On “It Hurts Like Hell,” Aretha Franklin says “there’s nothing funny if it’s killing you” and I think about that lyric once a week.

Whew. #BlackSky

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The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster @simplyrain.bsky.social · 35m

Dad decided spontaneously after dinner I needed to take him to Target to obtain more Halloween.

I dunno.who abducted my Dad, but this is AWESOME.

The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster @simplyrain.bsky.social · 37m

3 of us live about 12 miles apart!

The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster @simplyrain.bsky.social · 38m

It is HILAR

The Bride (aka Rain) I ❤️ the Monster @simplyrain.bsky.social · 38m

Awww. We didnt meet. We all know each other!

Far L is the current Chair of AISLE. Next is my dear friend & MS partner. Then the current past president of ILF & a friend. Then me!

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👻 Eerie Erin the Librarian 🧟‍♀️ @oracleatbluesky.bsky.social · 53m

Goodnight Bsky

Tweet from Meg (@megannn_lynne)
"do you know where you parked your car?" no. but i know love. and friendship.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 3h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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🏳️‍🌈 Mr. French 🏳️‍🌈 @monsieurmiami11.bsky.social · 2h

It’s time for “Hocus Pocus!”

three witches are standing next to each other with the words happy halloween written below them

ALT: three witches are standing next to each other with the words happy halloween written below them

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