Maureen Gibbon
@maureengibbon.bsky.social
Novelist: Lost Notebook of Edouard Manet, Paris Red, Thief, Swimming Sweet Arrow. Poet: Magdalena.
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www.maureengibbon.com
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Maureen Gibbon
@maureengibbon.bsky.social
· Dec 11
Two of my muses: Maria Schneider & Victorine Meurent.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Little bit of a painting WIP. Gouache.
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Little bit of a painting WIP. Gouache.
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CPTSD is like someone in your ear, 24/7, listing all the ways you suck, & anyone who says you don't suck doesn't "really" know you, & you may as well not try to not suck, because you just SUCK so much.
And they don't shut up & they don't get tired & they don't stray off message.
And they don't shut up & they don't get tired & they don't stray off message.
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
CPTSD is like someone in your ear, 24/7, listing all the ways you suck, & anyone who says you don't suck doesn't "really" know you, & you may as well not try to not suck, because you just SUCK so much.
And they don't shut up & they don't get tired & they don't stray off message.
And they don't shut up & they don't get tired & they don't stray off message.
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Me as your Bsky therapist:
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Me as your Bsky therapist:
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Outside of Chicago, on the grounds of a former armory, decades ago an alliance of various orgs began restoring the prairie, and at Midewin Tallgrass Prairie they imported bison to roam the prairie once more. I love to visit my very large bi sons 💚🦬
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Outside of Chicago, on the grounds of a former armory, decades ago an alliance of various orgs began restoring the prairie, and at Midewin Tallgrass Prairie they imported bison to roam the prairie once more. I love to visit my very large bi sons 💚🦬
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I can see for miles.
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I can see for miles.
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NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
With @startribune.com
With @startribune.com
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
With @startribune.com
With @startribune.com
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There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.
~P.G. Wodehouse
Hello, dear Bibliophiles! Thrilled to announce that #BookologyThursday & #BookChatWeekly return this week 🎉 with the heartfelt theme:
✨FRIENDSHIPS & COMMUNITIES✨
~P.G. Wodehouse
Hello, dear Bibliophiles! Thrilled to announce that #BookologyThursday & #BookChatWeekly return this week 🎉 with the heartfelt theme:
✨FRIENDSHIPS & COMMUNITIES✨
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.
~P.G. Wodehouse
Hello, dear Bibliophiles! Thrilled to announce that #BookologyThursday & #BookChatWeekly return this week 🎉 with the heartfelt theme:
✨FRIENDSHIPS & COMMUNITIES✨
~P.G. Wodehouse
Hello, dear Bibliophiles! Thrilled to announce that #BookologyThursday & #BookChatWeekly return this week 🎉 with the heartfelt theme:
✨FRIENDSHIPS & COMMUNITIES✨
GOP idea of health care: we all get a free shovel so we can dig our own graves.
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
GOP idea of health care: we all get a free shovel so we can dig our own graves.
Have you ever lost sleep because you were worried about doing a good job? I did many times over my 30-year teaching career. Tim Kaine SHOULD lose sleep over the deal he's making!
So mad I could spit!
So mad I could spit!
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Have you ever lost sleep because you were worried about doing a good job? I did many times over my 30-year teaching career. Tim Kaine SHOULD lose sleep over the deal he's making!
So mad I could spit!
So mad I could spit!
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Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
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This.
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This.
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The 'lady' in 'ladybugs' refers to the Virgin Mary.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The 'lady' in 'ladybugs' refers to the Virgin Mary.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
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What a great article. I was saying last night that Metal has always been pretty inclusive, it's a truly outsider genre. Just ignore that frat rock period that nearly destroyed it. It's always been a home for the disaffected, & accepting of people's differences.
Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
November 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
What a great article. I was saying last night that Metal has always been pretty inclusive, it's a truly outsider genre. Just ignore that frat rock period that nearly destroyed it. It's always been a home for the disaffected, & accepting of people's differences.
Ooh! 🎃🎃🎃
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Ooh! 🎃🎃🎃
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[a dimensional portal rips open]
every fictional villain ever: WE'VE ARRIVED TO TAKE OVER YOUR WORLD!!
society at this point: I mean sure, why not?
every fictional villain ever: WE'VE ARRIVED TO TAKE OVER YOUR WORLD!!
society at this point: I mean sure, why not?
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
[a dimensional portal rips open]
every fictional villain ever: WE'VE ARRIVED TO TAKE OVER YOUR WORLD!!
society at this point: I mean sure, why not?
every fictional villain ever: WE'VE ARRIVED TO TAKE OVER YOUR WORLD!!
society at this point: I mean sure, why not?
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GOOD NEWS! A new cancer vaccine has shown progress in triggering POWERFUL and LASTING immune responses in patients with pancreatic AND colorectal cancer. The vaccine, known as ELI-002 2P, targets mutant KRAS proteins AND had a huge impact on PREVENTING or DELAYING cancer recurrence in patients.
October 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! A new cancer vaccine has shown progress in triggering POWERFUL and LASTING immune responses in patients with pancreatic AND colorectal cancer. The vaccine, known as ELI-002 2P, targets mutant KRAS proteins AND had a huge impact on PREVENTING or DELAYING cancer recurrence in patients.
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I just don't understand how to live amidst this. So angry and bewildered, all the time.
October 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I just don't understand how to live amidst this. So angry and bewildered, all the time.
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These are so beautiful! 💕 #Indigenous
Anishinaabe cultural references with a cottage core vibe! Original stamp designs of a rabbit, flower, and male bison, stamped in a variety of patterns on recycled paper cards and colored in with pencils. Chill repetitive art making on October 9th… #ojibwe #anishinaabe #nativeart
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
These are so beautiful! 💕 #Indigenous
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Good morning all! Up and about. Have a great day.
Oleg Baikoff - French Breakfast
#art #food #breakfast
Oleg Baikoff - French Breakfast
#art #food #breakfast
October 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Good morning all! Up and about. Have a great day.
Oleg Baikoff - French Breakfast
#art #food #breakfast
Oleg Baikoff - French Breakfast
#art #food #breakfast
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A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.
Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.
Tag your post: #whistpr
Word for October 19, 2025: #MEND
#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.
Tag your post: #whistpr
Word for October 19, 2025: #MEND
#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
October 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.
Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.
Tag your post: #whistpr
Word for October 19, 2025: #MEND
#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.
Tag your post: #whistpr
Word for October 19, 2025: #MEND
#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
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We won't make the national news bc our crowds were smaller & the photos aren't as impressive to ppl who aren't from here, but I rly hope that ppl in big cities understand that small cities and towns all over showed out today, too.
Some had their largest protests in living memory. Ppl are pissed.
Some had their largest protests in living memory. Ppl are pissed.
October 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We won't make the national news bc our crowds were smaller & the photos aren't as impressive to ppl who aren't from here, but I rly hope that ppl in big cities understand that small cities and towns all over showed out today, too.
Some had their largest protests in living memory. Ppl are pissed.
Some had their largest protests in living memory. Ppl are pissed.