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Ellie Saurus

@elliesaur.bsky.social

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She/Her Adorable little trans girl Cargo bike dyke AuDHD Long-COVID'd and grumpy about it I dunno I just want to live in a nice society where people are taken care of. 35yo in body, permatoddler at heart. 18+ Zone

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Ellie Saurus @elliesaur.bsky.social · Nov 22

Hi new followers, I post a lot about:
- Bikes
- Urbanism
- Social Justice
- Disability and Neurodivergence
- Littlespace
- Trans Issues
- Kink and Queer Sexuality
- Sex Work

I do post lewds/NSFW, but tag them so people who don't want to see that can filter it.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 3h

I think the average person does not realize how ableist our entire country is, and relatedy how bad most media outlets are at covering disability issues.

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 5h

People are really asking me why the mainstream news is barely reporting the closing of special ed dept at DoEd like all our big media companies aren't owned and run by absolute psychopaths.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 2d

just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”

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Ellie Saurus @elliesaur.bsky.social · 3h

How likely am I to like an affogato if:

- I do not like the way coffee as a drink tastes

But:

- I do like how coffee smells
- I do like tiramisu

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · May 27

cvit mvy
@gendercoffin.bsky.social
I heard someone pronounce LGBTQ "legebetequois" like it's French and I think this needs to catch on
August 9, 2024 at 10:36 PM

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 6h

The curse of having a dad who wanted me to be well-rounded and self-sufficient is that now I’m too competent at building and fixing things and therefore it’s my responsibility to build and fix things. I’ve been forever cut off from the divine feminine inability to use power tools.

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Ellie Saurus @elliesaur.bsky.social · 6h

I am the tiredest girl in tiredtown, but I have successfully made it through the week of many plans.

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Rust Momster @cambrianera.radical.town · 11h

I think the fact that we allowed cops to lie openly with no real consequences is part of How We Got Here. If the people with the ability to shoot others in the street are allowed to lie about it, you can't expect other officials to abide by a higher standard.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 9h

One of these days we'll do an episode on why the parking lots at Trader Joe's are small. tl;dr: the stores themselves are small compared to other grocery stores which helps them find locations where they don't have to supply massive amounts of parking as mandated by local parking requirements.

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Rey! 🏳️‍⚧️ @reykitty.me · 7h

in the Davis Square. straight up "HONK!ing it". and by "it", haha, well let's justr say. My festival of activist street bands

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 13h

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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Jake Wilson @jake4somerville.bsky.social · 1d

Last night, on the corner of Alewife Brook Parkway and Powderhouse Boulevard, my older daughter was struck by a driver.

She was crossing in the crosswalk – with the WALK signal – and the car ran the red light. Miraculously, she was okay and walked away with nothing worse than a bruise.

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Raddums 🇦🇷 @raddums.bsky.social · 1d

your escherian diaper stash, sire

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CourtWatchMA @courtwatchma.bsky.social · 1d

"OPAT found an officer 'wrongly targeted' a teenager, allegedly punching the teen in the face with his gun. OPAT recommended that Cox fire the officer. ... The officer was issued only a written reprimand ... . He has since been promoted to detective." #bospoli

WBUR @wbur.org.web.brid.gy · 1d

Police oversight board tells commissioner to stop ignoring its discipline recommendations

Boston police officers are refusing to cooperate with the city’s police oversight agency, according to a civilian watchdog group in a new letter sent to the police commissioner. The group also says Commissioner Michael Cox ignores recommendations for officer discipline.

www.wbur.org

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Ellie Saurus @elliesaur.bsky.social · 1d

Lucy, very appropriately, catching a Honk Fest band rehearsing in a park.

A plush goose watching a brass band practice in a park.

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Ellie Saurus @elliesaur.bsky.social · 1d

Artist's rendering of me as a plushie. >.>

A soft doll with pigtail braids and purple glasses.

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Bike to the Sea @b2ctrails.bsky.social · 1d

10/21 7:00 PM - MYSTIC RIVER PED/BIKE BRIDGE 25% DESIGN PUBLIC MEETING (Virtual Meeting). Click on the link below for more information and to register for meeting in advance.

biketothesea.org/save-the-dat...

#mysticriverpedestrianbicyclebridge #somervillema #everettma #northernstrandtrail #MassDOT

Virtual Public Hearing for Mystic River Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge - Bike to the Sea, Inc.

A Live Virtual Design Public Hearing will be hosted on the MassDOT website on Tuesday, October 21st 2025 at 7pm

biketothesea.org

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Ellie Saurus @elliesaur.bsky.social · 1d

There should be a way to TF into a plushie when my body needs rest. :P

Recover as a soft floppy thing that my friends can hug and carry around in a backpack on adventures.

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Ellie Saurus @elliesaur.bsky.social · 1d

Had a friend over last night for a smol playdate, and it was lovely!

Ellie Saurus @elliesaur.bsky.social · 1d

Ooooh, an isopod!

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 4d

A new blood test demonstrates 96% accuracy in diagnosing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, offering a potential advance in reliable identification and management of the condition.

Novel blood test for chronic fatigue achieves 96% accuracy

Scientists at the University of East Anglia and Oxford Biodynamics have developed a high accuracy blood test to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS).

medicalxpress.com

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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 1d

This exactly: ‘To be candid, I want the bubble to burst.’

I don’t look forward to the reckoning any more than I enjoyed the subprime mortgage or dot com recession/depressions … but the longer we keep lying to ourselves, the worse it’s gonna be.

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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Shannon Rosa @shannonrosa.bsky.social · 3d

I am grateful our state pays for aides to work with my autistic son, especially since we've not yet found him a decent adult program. But the impenetrable paperwork for hiring those aides—& the oft-returned versions that then have to be re-submitted—is pure panic attack material. And is gatekeeping.

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Snakes in Sweaters @cozysnakes.bsky.social · 1d

Its time for the spooky season and why not usher it in with an extra spooky Piebald Python done by the amazing @emeowth.bsky.social

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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