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Cee

@horationelson.bsky.social

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she/her, 30s, leftist, queer, spouse, writer, historian, video gamer, cosplayer, southerner, cross-stitcher, german speaker, bog body. icon by @mxmorel.

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Cee @horationelson.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hi y'all! I should probably do an intro. I'm Cee (she/her), an independent social historian in the American South. I study medieval Britain, the American colonial period, World War I, and the history of death & mourning. I do living history as an 18th-century cannoneer and needleworker. 🧵

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 6h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 9h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · Dec 1

Her: You better not be cunty western Gary Cooper when I get there

Me:

A black and white very early photo of Gary cooper in western gear, slicked down flapper hair, makeup, and smoking a cigarette

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Cee @horationelson.bsky.social · 15h

It's the first Actually Chilly day in Charleston so my body is like NO breathing, ONLY snot

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 1d

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

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Snazzy 🎷🐛 @snazzynewton.bsky.social · 1d

anyways heres some autumn zosan. zoro's only blushing because its cold. no other reason

#zosan #sanzo

zoro and sanji sitting together, bundled up in warm autumn clothes. sanji is sat behind zoro, hugging him from behind with his legs around him. Zoro's squirming and batting sanji away as sanji puckers his lips and pecks at his neck. zoro's blushing profusely. from the cold obviously.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Cee @horationelson.bsky.social · 1d

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Cee @horationelson.bsky.social · 4d

i haven't been a big critical role fan since halfway through c2. we decided to start c4 just to see if we like it. i'm clicking around in the comments and wow the racism is astounding (i mean, no it isn't, because people suck, but yiiiiikes)

Cee @horationelson.bsky.social · 1d

also, my spouse's family are polish. more immediately polish than my swedish family

Cee @horationelson.bsky.social · 1d

apparently people from northern sweden (where some of my maternal ancestors came from) have higher instances of reynaud's. not saying that's the reason i have it, but it could be a possibility! also i'm just fragile lol

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Cee @horationelson.bsky.social · 1d

he doesn't know that "yearly" and "annual" mean the same thing

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 1d

President Trump is going to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday morning for what the White House says is his "routine yearly checkup," just six months after undergoing what the White House at the time described as his "annual physical examination" at the same facility.

Trump to visit Walter Reed for "routine yearly checkup" 6 months after annual physical exam

President Trump's annual physical examination in April showed his vital statistics were all within normal limits.

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Cee @horationelson.bsky.social · 1d

i also have increasingly-severe reynaud's! do you have scandinavian ancestry?

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🌸 money from the sky 🌸 @carriecmoney.bsky.social · 1d

finally did my part for @aceartcollab.bsky.social 🐦‍🔥🔥❤️‍🔥 #art #onepiece

a digital illustration of Ace in a fun fantasy outfit, surrounded by fireballs

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Cee @horationelson.bsky.social · 1d

l o l i just found the very first time my job was opened for applicants, over 35 years ago. the salary has less than doubled and "employee benefits" have been lost. love that

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

to be clear, the President is bombing civilians in international waters and sending the army into peaceful cities domestically but this fellow thinks he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

FOX: Do you think Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

FETTERMAN: If this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I will be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Prize Peace.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

One reason why we should never believe anything cops say is that it's considered assault when they try, and apparently fail, to carry you

www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

Four officers were hurt and taken to the hospital, with injuries ranging from broken bones to a back injury from carrying a suspect. The officer whose nose was broken will also reportedly require reconstructive surgery.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Cee @horationelson.bsky.social · 2d

my next book deadline is in two weeks so of course working on it feels like pulling teeth :)

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

Chloe Cole: The existence of even one detransitioner dismantles the central lie of transgenderism, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 2d

Trans rights are civil rights. If you aren't willing to die on the hill of trans rights, then you aren't willing to die on the hill of Black rights. Of Jewish rights. Of disabled rights. Of gay rights. Of anyone's rights. Human rights.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 2d

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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🎀 samanthalanetextiles 🎀 @samanthatextiles.bsky.social · 2d

‘Hang on, let me overthink this’ anxiety cross stitch pattern 😵‍💫❓💕

I did, in fact, overthink the design of this pattern 🙃

Pattern available here: samanthalanetextiles.etsy.com/listing/4379...

#crossstitch #stitchsky #craftsky #overthinking #needlework #fiberarts

A picture of a cross stitch artwork featuring the text “hang on let me overthink this’ surrounded by little pixel flowers. The frame is surrounded by lavender flowers on a knitted brown background

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Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · 3d

And if you order from @bookshop.org today/tomorrow, there is free shipping on all orders! 😍

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Curb Your Malthusiasm 2.0 @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 3d

"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Gondor," i holler as i overturn my uncle's funeral pyre and turn the 4th Age of Man into the 4th Age of Shit

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 3d

Hey! Lots more fun here now.

Original versions of the title images from Cheers: UPDATED.

open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...

Where nobody knows your name...

Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.

open.substack.com

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 4d

"but it's everywhere now so we just have to accept it's the new reality" motherfucker we can just stop putting it everywhere! we did it with asbestos and CFCs and lead-based paint or petrol and make-up with arsenic in it! if everyone is using something and it's bad, we can choose to stop!

Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 4d

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

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