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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · 17d

It's my birthday this week, if you'd like to do something to celebrate:

* Write your representatives to tell them that trans lives matter, the genocide needs to end, and fascists shouldn't be welcome anywhere.
* Donate to relief efforts in Gaza
* Be kind to yourself

xo

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · 17d

It's my birthday this week, if you'd like to do something to celebrate:

* Write your representatives to tell them that trans lives matter, the genocide needs to end, and fascists shouldn't be welcome anywhere.
* Donate to relief efforts in Gaza
* Be kind to yourself

xo

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · 17d

If I don't know you, I may not include you on these lists. Please understand I'm not trying to just project stuff into the internet, I'd like to connect with people I know but in other ways than here. :)

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · 17d

In trying to keep away from socials and do more direct communicating, I'm hoping to do a snail mail project and also do some blog posts (pwd protected) for pals going forward. If we know each other but don't keep in touch much because i'd stepped back from social, feel free to sign up here.

Keepin' in touch with paper and pixels

Please pick what works for you to keep in touch outside of the social medias. (My email address is [email protected] if you'd rather just reach out that way)

docs.google.com

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Aug 27

In which I write about aiming for perfect. Ramble, really.

The peril of perfection

I'm not the first person to tell you that perfection is the enemy of .. so much. But I've come to realize that it's really been a burden on me - and not just that, but on those around me. Trying to have perfect politics, perfect ethics and straining to reach a perfect standard of beauty/living expected of me as a white woman of Gen X - it's exhausting.

thewholenicole.wordpress.com

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Aug 21

Quoting for posterity. (Yes, I am the saver.)

Susana Polo 🔜 NYCC @susanapolo.bsky.social · Aug 18

Happy tenth (TENTH) anniversary to maybe my first favorite post I did for Polygon — Ryan North Holestuckgate 2k15. I'd like to thank @ryannorth.ca, the Nicer Era of Twitter, and especially the late Chompsky the dog.

www.polygon.com/2015/8/18/91...

Comic writer gets stuck in a hole and Twitter saves him, point-and-click adventure style

The story of that time Ryan North got stuck in a hole

www.polygon.com

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hahah omg, I had no clue then got @ryannorth.ca's newsletter where he mentioned it was ten years and turned immediately into dust.

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Aug 21

My account is active, but I am rarely logged in. I might cross-post to this platform from Wordpress or something like that in the coming times.

Anyhow, that's all! Be good to each other.

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Aug 21

I can't tell you how much it helps when I am missing Amber to look at cards she's sent me. I may not have kept all the letters, photos and ephemera I've made a whirlwind of in my life, but what I do have - I treasure.

So. Snail mail. Maybe blog posts not just random Instagram stuff. We'll see!!

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Aug 21

I've long enjoyed sending mail to people (postcards usually) but I want to maybe try writing actual letters with updates about me and stuff, I guess? Mostly, in going through my cards and letters recently, I was just glad to have notes from treasured friends in their hand.

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Aug 21

I've just about given up every platform (although I still mostly just send things to group chat on Instagram), and really just turning completely to trying to connect with other people in the ways I can handle.

This means maybe blogging and snail mails in the future for some of you!

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thinking a lot about connection lately. I'm going to leave my profile activated but I'm not going to log in really much, if ever. I just have to accept that my brain cannot be on social media the way I used to be, the way I want to be.

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Jul 14

lol I am outtie haha

Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Mar 17

Welp, I know what happened to the Duolingo owl.

A pair of bright green children's shoes with an owl face on them that looks very much like Duo the owl from Duolingo.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Mar 17

Dear @apnews.com PLEASE start doing headlines like The Corrupt coup leader rapist-run Executive Branch claims...

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Mar 17

“Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Feinman said. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning

“Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world's richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Evan Feinman warned.

www.politico.com

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Indie Diva 🇨🇦🧑‍🦽🕹️🏳️‍⚧️ @indiedivattv.bsky.social · Mar 17

As someone who is disabled and living well under the poverty line, even being boosted to that point would be huge!

I just wrote my worker about *any* opportunities I could try and learn a new skill

Sadly, at my age & disabled there are few true opportunities to recreate one's self

#hopeful #ODSP

Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · Mar 17

Starbucks' CEO Brian Niccol earned $100,000,000 in his first 4 months on the job.

That's a rate of $590 per minute.

It took 33 minutes for him to earn $20,000.

👇👇👇 #UnionsForAll

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · Mar 17

"White heritage" doesn't exist. Whiteness is the attempted eradication of heritage. "White pride" is taking pride in the destruction of your own culture. (This is true for all white people, not just Irish white people.)

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Mar 17

"But I'm a citizen," you say. "This doesn't apply to me." It's a pretty short step from deporting lawful residents without due process to "show me your papers, you don't LOOK like a real American to ME" on the street.

Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Mar 17

Two high profile illegal detainment/deportment cases of *lawful residents* out of Logan Airport in Boston. This is a great thing to call your electeds about TODAY. ☎️ at reps.fyi

Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · Mar 17

Chilling report from Brown University.

Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities.

Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · Mar 17

We have no defence against clogged drains, says plumber.
Come on, @theglobeandmail.com 😡

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

OPINION: Canada's greatest vulnerability is disinformation, and we
have no defence for it

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constant dadthoughts @allwrongthink.bsky.social · Mar 17

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Mar 17

I'm really glad Manitoba elected a premier who did something about finding these women.

It still makes me sick that people were protesting this search. And you KNOW the entire province would be wringing their hands about a white woman gone missing tho.

Jorge Barrera @jorgebarrera.bsky.social · Mar 17

Believe families.

Police have identified a second set of remains found at a Winnipeg-area landfill as those of Marcedes Myran, one of four Indigenous women who were victims of a serial killer in 2022, the province said.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

2nd set of remains found at Manitoba landfill confirmed to be Marcedes Myran | CBC News

A second set of remains found at a Winnipeg-area landfill have been identified by police as those of Marcedes Myran, one of the victims of a serial killer in 2022, the province said.

www.cbc.ca

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Mar 17

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Nicole @iheartmuseums.bsky.social · Mar 17

Honestly those geese are gonna do what they want no matter what. We are too scared of them.

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Michael Eisen @mbeisen.bsky.social · Mar 17

A paywalled article from @nature.com bemoaning the exploitation of scientists' unpaid labour. Chef's kiss. Perfection. No notes.

Nature @nature.com · Mar 17

It can be hard to say no to service requests in academia.

We sought advice on how to ensure researchers don’t get stuck doing unpaid labour
https://go.nature.com/3FsSD1p

I spent two years organizing an international conference. How do I get compensated for my work?

It can be hard to say no to service requests in academia. Nature’s Careers team sought advice on how to ensure researchers don’t get stuck doing unpaid labour.

go.nature.com

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