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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 1d

I think maybe I'm too old for 2 cups of decaf coffee after 7 p.m.

a black and white photo of a cat with very big eyes .

Alt: a black and white photo of a cat with very big eyes .

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 1d

kendrick lamar flashes a smile after a brutal takedown of drake aka dj cries-a-lot

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 1d

Just Dx'd at 53. It's Iike I went through life til now as "anxious depressed chronic insomnia gifted-but-fucked-up kid who burnt out at 36 OH WOE my POTENTIAL" and so the Dx was like, "Oh, SNAP, my sweet summer child, you actually rocked the casbah for 50 years with 0 support, you ND QUEEN!"

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 2d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 2d

Like, isn't a pretty girl baking cookies the tradwife dream?! It's like he can't even misogynopatriarch right?

"UNLESS U BAKE COOKIES 4 MAN, GTFO THE KITCHEN!!"

a close up of a man 's face with the words sherlock speare tumblr written below

Alt: Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, giving 4 different types of sideeye without moving a facial muscle

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 2d

Trolled the hinterlands of the Internet high on Vicodin after my hysterectomy, found a guy, lured him in with my knowledge of escrima & high nerdery, got married 10 months later.

Still married, still both way too on-line

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 2d

My therapist is (slowly) breaking me of the habit of calling myself a POS whenever I'm not *pROdUcInG* so I will leave you with this, whichhas been useful for me, might be for you: "rest IS resistance."

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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 2d

Y'all, this is a white supremacist regime intent on re-segregating the United States and removing Black people from positions of authority and access to opportunity. This must be stated as a simple 'matter of fact' and condemned at every turn.

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 2d

Hating for Godot

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

doomscroll break

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 3d

Even if Democrats end up back in the White House they will start babbling about unity and moving forward and no one will go to jail for any of this shit. So yeah. She doesn't fear any consequences because Democrats have given her no reason to

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 3d

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 3d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 3d

🤣🤣🤣

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 3d

53 y.o. just Dx'd. former Lit prof and DV case manager who runs crises like a quartermaster in the Roman army and crowds like a tiny benevolent dictator who will WIN that stare-down

...bc my Au is high-masking but FULLY present AF, lol.

...the inaccurate stereotypes are WIIIIILLLD.

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 3d

...you should have!!

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 3d

a man with a beard is wearing a hat and talking to another man .

ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a hat and talking to another man .

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4d

I’m a career prosecutor who took a $25,000 check from an affiliated entity of Donald Trump’s while investigating Trump University and later left my lobbying firm to become Donald Trump’s personal impeachment lawyer, White House aide, and Attorney General. So don’t you DARE question my integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 4d

I use "tharn" occasionally in everyday conversation.

( I'm autistic, so often: it me.😄)

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 4d

I read King's "The Green Mile" when it was released as a serial in the earlier days of the www.

Dickensian fun.

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 4d

I saw her perform it live this summer!! My 13 y.o. self was GAGGED.

... great live performer, lively raconteuse.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 4d

Black people in Chicago had their apartment building raided in the middle of the night, were detained for hours, and had their Fourth Amendment rights violated during an ICE operation that had nothing to do with them. Nah, they are not thrilled.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Stephen Miller: "The Black people in Chicago are thrilled that we're getting the illegal aliens out of their communities who are stealing their housing, jobs, and resources."

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 4d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 5d

jaja, la sangre de vida ♥️

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 5d

Pretty bueno -- loving the weather in KS today!

Y tu?

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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 5d

Bonjour, cutie!

A coffee cup with a green owl on it is held up in front of the back of a house at dawn. The sky is light blue with fluffy clouds; the kitchen window is a square of warm yellow light, and a mirror hung on the house reflects the light of the sunrise from the east.

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