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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · 17h

If you don't have days where you hope for more time at traffic lights so you can take pictures of the clouds, we will not truly understand one another.

Pretty clouds as sunset nears in the OKC metro. There's a red stoplight in the frame.

Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Mar 22

Today I learned Liam Neeson is not the person I'm seeing in all of those Conclave memes

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Mar 1

The thing that always confused me about gossip is like... you can just ask.
One time a friend turned to me and said "I bet they've slept together" about someone at the table. So the next time one of them left to smoke I walked with them, and just asked (the answer was yes).

a man standing in front of a white board with the words it 's actually very straightforward on the bottom

Alt: "It's actually very straightforward," I say about one of the very, very few social benefits autism gives me (being aggressively direct).

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Feb 5

I get tired of the rhetoric "well half of the US voted for him."
No, if you actually calculate votes vs census data, only ~23% of the US voted for him. 23%.
Maybe more would have if every person voted, but only 23% actually DID cast votes for him.
To me, that's an important distinction.

Calculator screenshot showing # of votes ÷ # of population, and the result of approx 22.7%

Screenshot of US census data for population estimates in 2024.

Screenshot of the results of the 2024 presidential election, including # of votes recieved per candidate.

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Jan 21

I don't insist on they/them pronouns because my actual preferred pronouns are xe/xyr.
Read those pronouns and look at this picture of my formerly shaved head, and ask yourself if I care if a crusty 78-year-old man approves of my gender identity? 😂

(❤️ Becky Chambers for gender-affirming rep 🪐)

Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Jan 20

This is what she looks like right before she bites my hand as hard as her tiny jaw will allow.

Kitten's face, laying upside down. Very cute.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Jan 20

This? Good. Good. About damn long overdue. Yes.

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier granted clemency by President Biden

The outgoing administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI...

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Jan 16

I guess there's no hiding from bots and spam on the internet! Some of mine are skimpy female accounts, but most are men who write or have a podcast 🫠
Interesting how they decide who their target audiences are!

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Jan 16

It seems like every 10 minutes I get a notification that another account has followed me, and without fail they are following 40k+ other accounts.
Surely this strategy doesn't actually work to gain followers? Do they also hire a bot to unfollow all of those accounts after a certain amount of time?

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Jan 4

Fun fact about me: when I emailed my committee that I would not be finishing my PhD, the subject line of the email was "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish."

in the beginning the universe was created it has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move

Alt: GIF from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, specifically the part that says "in the beginning the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and been widely regarded as a bad move."

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Jan 3

1) this was one of the better things I've written,
2) can't believe it took me so long to realize academia was killing me, and that I was letting it.

Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Feb 27

Arsonist

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Triss Nicole @trissengan.bsky.social · Dec 28

sometimes when i’m reaping i’m like damn wtf did i sow

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Dec 27

This is what it's like being friends with me (my uncle commented tonight that my aunt "drinks water like a fish")

Screenshot of a Snapchat message wherein I explain that freshwater fish do not "drink" water, though saltwater fish do.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Dec 20

Every day we face challenges that the Founders could not have dreamed.

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Dec 8

Sophia and Kaylee Save Christmas. But they will inevitably have to make sequels or a spinoff show because we would be so loved by the fans.
If the fame goes to my head, I'm truly sorry 😞💔

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Dec 8

I should live in one of those Hallmark cities where it's Christmas all year long

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Dec 4

There are a few people I'm connected with here that won't see the Facebook and Twitter posts.

I am mastering out of my PhD program! I finally love myself enough to stop torturing myself! I will NOT be Dr. Swenson, and it is a joyous relief ❤️🎉

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Nov 26

Matt. 2:9-10: "...and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy."

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Nov 24

:( no. You just have to full-send block people. Hoping this feature changes though because I've gotten fond of the soft block!

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Nov 18

I like drawing hands but they will definitely push me to the edge of my sanity every time haha

a black and white drawing of a hand with the fingers spread out

ALT: a black and white drawing of a hand with the fingers spread out

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Nov 18

Thanks, gorgeous! Your feedback means more than you know ❤️

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Nov 18

I saw this quote from Suzanne Rivecca, and decided to make art that wasn't guaranteed to be impressive. Every few years I convince myself to make something just because I want to, even if it ends up ugly, and I would like for that to be the norm going forward.

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Nov 17

Unfortunately this was not enough to tip the scale

Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Jan 3

New phone background is going to help me finish this degree

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Jul 18

I honestly believe some part of me chooses the fantasy book that will cause me the most emotional pain possible.
There's no way it's a coincidence I'm sobbing during each of these books.

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Kaylee Swenson @kayleeswenson.bsky.social · Apr 29

If exercise is good then why hurt?

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