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Proprietor of Al's Pancake World. Cranky reader, overexcited TV viewer. Loves Autumn, romance books & chocolate milk. ace. ADHD. She/Her. MN. Abortion is healthcare Reviews romance bks Treat Yourself with Books http://treatyourselfwithbooks.wordpress.com

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Sarah @whtabtpineapple.bsky.social · Jan 13

First book of 2025 finished! We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer. Horror. Interesting read and I liked the ending.

Sarah @whtabtpineapple.bsky.social · 27m

Oh for sure! But yeah that’s still a lot I think! Tough on the body.

Sarah @whtabtpineapple.bsky.social · 35m

Good for them is all I can say. All of them! With that many games? That is a ton!

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Sarah @whtabtpineapple.bsky.social · 37m

Wow! That is really fascinating to hear. I am 43 and cannot imagine throwing those kinds of speeds! Ever lol.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 2h

Decide whose opinion of you matters because trying to make everyone happy means you're sidling up to some extremely nasty human beings and if they like you, I don't trust you.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 2h

You have to stand for something now or you are complicit in perpetuating it.

Being liked by bad people can't be worth that.

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haunted cabbage patch doll @tallerinperson.bsky.social · 1h

also, just in general do that. Even without the full fascism slide the world is doing.

Being at peace with potentially being unlikeable is extremely freeing.

It's also a great way to use white privilege. Nobody is allowed to get angry the way white women are. Use it to affect some progress.

Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 2h

This is going tp be especially hard for cishet white women who are conditioned to believe their worth is tied into their likability but it's time to put that shit behind you, with therapy, if necessary.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 42m

It’s fucking frustrating and my anger about it is at apoplectic levels. The way the Dem leadership and establishment is just so fucking selfish and self-entitled and really think they do not have to earn their jobs. And the way they’ve convinced us we have no other options. It’s a literal outrage.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 55m

It’s really incredible to me what an enormous reveal it is that the Dem establishment has been fighting tooth and nail against what is legitimately, when you really get down to it, such a MINOR move forward of “I just want to make your life a little easier with some child care and a free bus ride.”

emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1h

better: while not starting off with a roll of duct tape, his “here’s how it could feel better” is achievable even before The Revolution or whatever. doesn’t appear to be simple bluster. i appreciate that.

now. if my *own* mayoral candidate weren’t corrupt & colluding with ice, i’d be set.

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Sarah @whtabtpineapple.bsky.social · 44m

Do baseball players have to quit sports earlier than other athletes?

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 46m

Yesterday, when we were trick-or-treating, there was one house giving out this stuff, and the kids got so excited. My daughter's friend was like, "Look! It's olden-days candy!" I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Hudsonette @hudsonette.bsky.social · 47m

When I was little we would get candy cigarettes, tiny wax coke bottles, candy necklaces, peanut butter logs, root beer barrels, tootsie rolls. Can’t remember what else.

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⚜️not so fancy nancy @fancypants723.bsky.social · 3h

List of places offering food in Baton Rouge. 2/3 of it is for kids (there’s only 3 spots) but adults can get PB&J and water if they can get down to Government St.

Places in, near Baton Rouge offering free food for SNAP recipients

Some Baton Rouge area restaurants and organizations are stepping up to feed people after federal benefits are set to be cut off Nov. 1.

www.louisianafirstnews.com

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Sarah @whtabtpineapple.bsky.social · 50m

Wow! I had no idea!!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

Meanwhile Republicans in Virginia have filed two lawsuits to block Democratic redistricting from moving forward. In both cases, judges have rejected initial efforts to obtain TRO's as the case proceed.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

🚨BREAKING: Conservative Texas federal judge DISMISSES lawsuit by Republican Congressmen Ronny Jackson and Darrell challenging California’s new redistricting law without even waiting for California to respond. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...

🚨 Jackson and Issa v. Weber and Newsom

Learn more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 3h

The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'

A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...

www.pbs.org

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CKJohnsonBK 🇺🇦🇬🇱 @ckjohnsonbk.bsky.social · 8h

My elderly parents (late 80s) are on SNAP. Since they did not receive their benefits today, as scheduled, they are terrified. So I Zelle’d them the amount they usually get. Starving grannies also has downstream economic effects.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

genuinely crazy-making how much the national press is indifferent to the verifiable fact that jd vance is buddy buddy with internet nazis, and the degree to which this is almost certainly a form of solidarity among people with a similar institution pedigree

Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 5h

mainstream media report on jd vance’s twitter mutuals, challenge level: impossible

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 8h

He has already chosen, what the fuck are we doing here
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 5h

Do you live in LA? Do you love supporting reproductive healthcare and also shopping and maybe not in that order! Come to the LA Guild For Reproductive Health holiday boutique on 11/15!

LOS ANGELES GUILD FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH MADE WITH LOVE COMMITTEE INVITES YOU TO OUR
LAGRH ANNUAL HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
VISTA DEL MAR
3321 EDITH STREET
LOS ANGELES 90064
JOIN US FOR A FUN DAY OF SHOPPING AND SOCIALIZING!
THE MADE WITH LOVE COMMITTEE WILL BE SELLING OUR
FABULOUS BAKED GOODS, KNITTED CREATIONS, ONE-OF-A-KIND QUILTS AND OTHER CREATIVE SURPRISES. AS WELL, OUR SPECIALLY CURATED VENDORS WILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL GIFTS TO ENTICE.
GET A START ON YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING. AND INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
STAND UP FOR CHOICE WITH EVERY GIFT YOU PURCHASE!
ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT:
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LA
THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, LAW & POLICY AT UCLA LAW SCHOOL WRRAP
POWER TO DECIDE THE BRIGID ALLIANCE

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 5h

Extremely random question for anyone who has student loans (since I did my degree without them thanks to a fucking miracle): does your servicer allow third party payments to your account?

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 5h

Starting in about 15 minutes! There's still time to snag a spot.

Bookstore Romance Day @bookstoreromanceday.org · 1d

Tomorrow! Only a few spots left in the audience for the virtual event with @oliviawaite.com talking Lost & Found Magic w/@clpolk.blacksky.app, #LeslyePenelope, @kitrocha.com, @evaleigh.bsky.social, @jessiemihalik.com, & @stephanieburgis.bsky.social. 3 PM Eastern on Zoom. bit.ly/4oPcoSp

A pale blue background. Gold text at top reads "Lost & Found Magic" Dark blue text down the center reads "A Virtual Conversation With Olivia Waite, CL Polk, Leslye Penelope, Jessie Mihalik, Eva Leigh, Kit Rocha, Stephanie Burgis:" Lighter blue text at bottom reads "Sat. Nov. 1 at 3 PM Eastern on Zoom" At the upper left is a black silhouette of a hand facing downward with golden sparkles spilling out. At lower right is a black silhouette of a hand facing upward with golden sparkl

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Sinboo [Spooky He/ Spooky His] @sinboy.bsky.social · 5h

If we had media, we could have an awakening where people realized that cops serve white supremacy and wealth, and not communities.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

Outside Chicago—

State police and sheriff's officers at Broadview detention center are out in riot gear.

A large Halloween demo is being prevented from doing a Jericho walk through the intersection.

Arrests of protesters ongoing. Troopers have also assaulted multiple reporters already.

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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 19h

do folks have any idea how much cops cost?!

it would be less expensive to just feed people.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits

www.foxla.com

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Sarah @whtabtpineapple.bsky.social · 5h

Um. @idaolson.bsky.social You need to do this!

Ness 🎃🇨🇦 @vriccithode.bsky.social · 5h

It is once again time to bless your skyline with pics and video of my dogs eating tiny pancakes #PancakesTime

Three large fluffy dogs in bowties with a plate of tiny pancakes.

A shaggy black dog in a black and orange plaid bowtie eating a tiny pancake.

A golden retriever eating a tiny pancake.

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Jessica Zellers @stellagarp.bsky.social · 5h

Last call: Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Twin Cities! Tonight at Fly Freak Studio, 7:30, I'll be taking my clothes off while flying in a giant metal hoop.

If you can't be there, I will settle for admiring comments in the replies. If this sounds like fishing, you bet I am. I worked hard to get here.

Jessica Zellers @stellagarp.bsky.social · 7h

Ooh! An audience member sent me this. Please watch to the end to see upside down tassel twirling. I’m labeling it as adult and you shouldn’t watch it at work but you should watch it.

I’ll post the longer video in the replies, if you’d like to see how I got to this point.

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