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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 20h

I volunteered to help set up for Pride, today. It was refreshing.

Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 11d

This thing where notes and notepad apps have autocorrect is nonsense. Please stop. I said what I said and if I made a mistake, that’s my problem.

Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 13d

I said thank you so hopefully it’s okay.

Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 13d

Omg I just yelled at my upstairs neighbors and they listened! I didn’t think they could actually hear me 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 15d

You can tell she’s not feeling well because she hasn’t followed me to the kitchen once :(

(don’t worry, she’s empty)

A blonde dog lying half on a colorful knit blanket and half on a purple pillow on a grey couch looking a little pathetic

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 16d

This puppy is not feeling well and I am sorry for her… and also wishing she’d waited just one more day, at least. Today is the first day for 2 weeks that I’m the only human in the house, which means the only one with thumbs to open doors and clean up messes.

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 16d

Got an alert from the University and 2 on my phone

Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 16d

www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/u...

Widespread 911 outages affecting Mississippi and Louisiana, officials say | CNN

Louisiana and Mississippi are experiencing widespread outages of 911 emergency calling systems after reporting fiber cable damage, according to officials.

www.cnn.com

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 16d

Feels like the start of a scary movie…

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 16d

Apparently 911 is down in all of Mississippi right now.

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 19d

This year’s fruit is kiwi berries!

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tekla 💜✨ @tekla.bsky.social · 20d

“some guys eating hummus”???

Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 20d

Tucker Carlson compares Kirk and Jesus. Jesus he said, was killed because „some guys eating hummus“ suggested it to shut him up. Just like with Jesus, killing him only advanced his cause, is Carlson‘s message. (The livestream has now been going on for 6 hours)

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 20d

Very cool

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 21d

The first (very small) storm in a minute happened yesterday and this poor dog definitely thought the rainy days were behind her.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 24d

If you know, love, and/or are someone who shouldn't be fasting on Yom Kippur for any reason at all -- and mental health needs are health needs -- then Jewish law says that it's a *requirement* to care for yourself.

This site has tons of great resources, and you can now order care packages, too:

A Mitzvah to Eat Care Packages

A gift to A Mitzvah to Eat has always provided lifesaving peer support and resources. But now when you give, you can also send a care package to individuals and communities who you want to support thi...

give.communityin.org

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 25d

Good job @valorievandieman.bsky.social

Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 25d

Absolutely none of us know what we're doing. Become a writer

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 26d

This

Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 26d

fascism maintains power by making everyone too scared to fight back but the truth is there's only a few of them and most of the stuff they're threatening is logistically impossibly at scale. they'll make examples and count on that to cow the rest. Not fighting back is the only way to lose though.

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 26d

Really, genuinely glad I got to see y’all in concert on earth day some years ago.

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 26d

This dog cannot sit from a down and it’s the funniest thing. She has to like walk away and come back. I’ve heard of this but never seen it in practice and I feel almost bad. She just cannot grasp the concept of sitting up.

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 26d

Always be you, honestly.

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 26d

I always get nervous when he takes certain big risks. He called me to personally warn me. As is often the case, he knows what he’s doing. All the respect to @evanurquhart.bsky.social for following his instincts and calling out hypocrisy.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 27d

Charlie Kirk was a bad person and his death is cause for celebration, writes journalist Evan Urquhart.

Read our very special free speech edition of Assigned Media.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Charlie Kirk is Dead. Here’s Why I’m Celebrating! — Assigned

It’s a wonderful thing to outlive a someone who spent his life working for your elimination. That's why I'm celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 27d

It’s long past time that I take responsibility for what I wrote on Israel/Palestine in ON REPENTANCE AND REPAIR.

& with the Gaza genocide, our thinking about what amends & healing may ever involve is even more urgent.

Even if there may never be “forgiveness” or “atonement.”

Gaza's Annihilation Can Never Be Forgiven

Revisiting On Repentance and Repair

www.lifeisasacredtext.com

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 27d

“Take these words and burn them, if you don’t mind.”

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Cassie @mosquitochaser.bsky.social · 29d

It’s been a pretty intense week here. Check out Val’s latest article.

Valorie Van-Dieman @valorievandieman.bsky.social · 29d

Hell of a piece to have written Tuesday night. My newest piece in @slate.com follows up on my August piece, looking at the right-wing anti-trans ideology and how that leads us into a rapid descent towards out and out fascism.

The Bullets That Killed Charlie Kirk Were Not Engraved With “Trans Ideology.” But That Won’t Stop the Campaign to Brand Trans People as Violent Monsters.

Now is the time to resist this dangerous strategy, before it’s too late.

slate.com

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · Sep 11

Alabama State, Hampton University, and Virginia State (ALL HBCUs) have received threats. Hampton has canceled classes today AND tomorrow because of threats from white racists to these CHILDREN. Children who have nothing to do with any of this man’s death.

Now Southern University in Louisiana.

CAMPUS
ALERT
Southern University and A&M College has received a potential threat to campus safety and is on lockdown.
The lockdown applies to the entire Baton Rouge landmass, which also includes Southern University Law Center, Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, and Southern University Laboratory School. If you are on campus, you should shelter in place until further notice, as the University is working with law enforcement agencies.
More information will be provided as it becomes available. If you see anything suspicious, please call 911.
If you are not already on the landmass, do not travel to the landmass.

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