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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 5h

It would be super cool if the Venn diagram of loud-opinion-havers and thing-knowers on these here internets had more than a .63% overlap.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 5h

Be Gandalf. Gandalf knows how to deal with despair.

a man with a beard is holding a stick and a sword and says you shall not pass .

Alt: Gandalf “you shall not pass” gif from LOTR

media.tenor.com

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 5h

Don’t be Denethor. Denethor is an asshole and a loser.

a man with long gray hair is making a funny face and says `` flee ! flee for your lives ! ''

Alt: Denethor from LOTR gif: `` flee ! flee for your lives ! ''

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 1d

Trump: "We're not cutting Medicaid."
Also Trump: Signs the largest Medicaid cut in history into law.

There’s no Democratic “wish list.” We just want Trump to keep his promise: repeal the cuts and lower costs.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 8h

Despair will kill you if you let it.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 9h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 9h

Why does everybody always think it’s personal?

An unshaven man in a black knit cap, sunglasses, and dark clothes. Looks like he’s about to hide a body.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 9h

I am old. We did that back in the day.

Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 9h

I sometimes feel like 98% of my peers were not listening in civics classes when Federal/State/Local powers were discussed. Because there are a LOT of folks at worst possible case, and a much smaller group at best possible case, and very very few at actual case. And, it’s giving me hives.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 10h

That sounds delicious. I don’t know what it is, but I am in!

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 10h

Democrats are winning shutdown.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 10h

Look, I’m in Wisconsin, it’s a miracle if I order a toroid of dough and get a bagel instead of a donut! Working with what I’ve got.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 12h

SOME OF YOU ARE EATING YOUR BAGELS DRY WITH NOTHING ON THEM????!!!!!!

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 11h

cats are facing a housing crisis. cat homes are in such short supply that many cats live in houses like this, which can fit only one cat and no possessions or furniture

A gray cat is in a little cat condo house that she basically fills up

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 1d

Meet my newest creation Edith the Moth Phantom! I designed and hand-sewed her. She enjoys singing sea shanties with her cryptid band. They perform primarily for the moon. She also likes appearing to travelers as good or bad omens, depending on her mood.

jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely photo of my fabric art moth phantom. She's a white moth phantom with a gray face, large twinkly black eyes, and a little frown. She has curly white antennae. There are black and gray oval markings on her wings. There's a beautiful galaxy print fabric in the background.

Here's another lovely pic of Edith. In this one, she's resting on my palm.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 15h

Today’s writing ensemble has me looking roughly 34% more like a “cleaner” than usual. The effective generated by the combination of needing to sit in the sun to stay warm and not wanting to get my neck burned.

An unshaven man with sunglasses a black knit cap with a dark, maroon scarf, sticking out of it, covering his neck and the sides of his face. He wears a dark vest with dark sleeves.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 15h

That one makes me feel old. Which is fair, since I am actually getting quite close to old.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 16h

DragonDiaries: Rethinking the idea of becoming an influencer. Any medium that can get people to eat dishwasher pods, can probably convince them to take selfies in the mouths of dragons, and that both save me a ton of work, and probably get me elected to the Draconic Hall of Flame.

Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 16h

Nope, but it might be my great aunt Hattie.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 16h

Morning arrived like a title wave—I knew I shouldn’t have stacked those books that hiaieeeeeee! *huge crash followed by the distinctly slithery noise of paper sliding over paper*

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 16h

Also, not my Dastardly.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 16h

Not my motley, not my bailey.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 16h

Yesterday’s errand-mobile

A red Delta style trike, pulling a trailer with an 8 foot ladder strapped to it. View from front left.

A red Delta style trike, pulling a trailer with an 8 foot ladder strapped to it. View from back left.

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 17h

Proof of cat

A tortoiseshell cat sits in a room at the door, her chin on the threshold.

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Laura McCullough @lauramccphd.bsky.social · 19h

Exciting news: I have been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society!

I am so thrilled, and my citation makes me extremely happy: "For sustained, significant, and impactful research on and service towards promoting gender equity in physics."

www.aps.org/funding-reco...

APS Fellows Archive

The American Physical Society is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance physics by fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and global community dedicated to science and society.

www.aps.org

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 17h

Super proud of my wonderspouse today! She is now a Fellow of the APS!

Laura McCullough @lauramccphd.bsky.social · 19h

Exciting news: I have been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society!

I am so thrilled, and my citation makes me extremely happy: "For sustained, significant, and impactful research on and service towards promoting gender equity in physics."

www.aps.org/funding-reco...

APS Fellows Archive

The American Physical Society is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance physics by fostering a vibrant, inclusive, and global community dedicated to science and society.

www.aps.org

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