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Tess Fowler Gutierrez @tessfowler.bsky.social · 1d

Hey gang weekend update. We now only have 7 digital bundles left in the shop, thanks to you awesome people! Also the new digital Tess Ladies will be added to the bundle, that's a total of 11 digital books.

Tess Fowler Gutierrez @tessfowler.bsky.social · 5d

WHAT!!! You all are amazing we only have 10 Digital Bundles left!!! This will be the last time to get the Book Bundle once its gone its gone.
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Digital Book Bundle

Digital Book Bundle You will be receiving all 10 digital books that have been released in the shop. Dirty Girlies 4x4 Coven Vol. 1-2 Death Lily...

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Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing better.

Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · 1d

Respect.

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Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · 8d

I just taught the 15YO about the guitar guy at the party. I have given her full permission to destroy these dipshits with her musical knowlege. She has accepted this duty with cold determination.

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Gabe @cwgabriel.bsky.social · 9d

Great post from @tychobrahe.bsky.social yesterday.

"Gen X is the equivalent of pre-war steel. … having a formed identity prior to the ambient radiation of social media is like having been administered a vaccine they don't make anymore. Because they can't."

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Ghost Recon - Penny Arcade

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 11d

Doomscrolling break. Especially for everyone facing deadlines and challenges, I offer you this small, persevering hedgehog by way of encouragement and inspiration. #TinyJoys

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Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · 11d

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 13d

Hi! Did you know that you aren’t pronouncing axolotl correctly?

Suppression of indigenous languages by the Spanish is one of the Four Wounds of Colonization. This is a small subversion of colonial power you can use!

Axolotl is a Nahuatl word, and it sounds like this:

Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · 12d

I saw this in real time. Good frustrating read.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 12d

The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.

The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security

DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...

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Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · 13d

Freedom!
#Corgi #corgisky #corgicrew

Penny, the tricolor Pembroke Welsh Corgi, had an adventure outside the house yesterday. She did not go far. Penny is very food centric, so I found her on the front porch waiting for supper. The picture is from our door camera. She was searching the side porch, near the blue recycling bin with the US and Pride flags in the background.

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Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · 13d

I could go on and on and on, but no one cares. All this admin wants is for the agency to fail, and then they can privatize the SSA trust fund. Then we can all have hedge fund managers handle our tax money. *sigh* I'm so tired.

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Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · 13d

I worked for Social Security for 27 years. I retired this past May. I knew this admin was going to be detrimental to SSA. The Agency was already at a 50-year low of staffing before this admin came into power. Why, because Congress never provided enough budget for staffing.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 13d

DOGE’s effects are even worse than we initially realized. Months after Elon Musk departed, Social Security is suffering extensive damage, with the cuts hitting local field offices the hardest.
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Social Security Workers Are in Shambles Due to Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts

DOGE’s effects are even worse than we initially realized.

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Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · 14d

Tater tot!
#Corgi #corgicrew #corgisky

Penny, a tricolor Pembroke Welsh Corgi, is being held by the 15YO at a kitchen table above a green placemat. She is reaching for a tater-tot being held by her mother.

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Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · 15d

I'm getting @mizbetsyh.bsky.social car washed right now. There is a train crossing just down the street. I've seen 2 passenger trains in the last 15 minutes. One is going to Raleigh and the other to Charlotte.

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Steve Will Shan @stevewillshan.bsky.social · 27d

Got to attend a "dogs jumping into water" competition yesterday.

...Mika is my hero!

#Corgi
#dockdogs

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K the Tremendous Autistic Horror Show 🔪🎃 @dropoutninja.bsky.social · 19d

can more of y'all point out: they want to find out the "cause" of autism because they do not want us to exist

finding out the "cause" is rooted in a deep hatred of autistic folks

if they cared about us, they would offer us supports instead of impotently daydreaming about our eradication

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 20d

Today is #HobbitDay because both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway come and boromir #Tolkien books.

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Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · 20d

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Wildwood

YouTube video by Joono The Ghost

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Dr. Shannon Cofield 🪨🗺️🌊 @geoshanz.bsky.social · 28d

I can’t believe I caught this 🦋

Just before noon, I figured I better check again… the hangar bay was opening!

Little out of focus for a few seconds, but I got the focus back- apologies- I was so excited & shooting w/ the sun on my viewer.

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Thread Reader by Skywriter @unroll.skywriter.blue · 29d

The thread as a shareable webpage: https://skywriter.blue/pages/did:plc:dgnvlsiinly3i2waxoltdbyl/post/3lynns5iuu22f.

Page by J. C. Cantwell 🌻 | @segfaultvicta.bsky.social - skywriter.blue

last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper" anyways, great news! (1/X)...

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Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · Sep 10

Cut the tip of my left index finger while making dinner. Then I crushed my left pinky finger under my coffee grinder. Fuck my left hand...I guess.

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Westley Graham-Paige @wesnotfewer.bsky.social · Sep 6

We interrupt *gesticulates wildly at everything* to bring you my cat and my corgi nuzzling.

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Oregon Humanities @oregonhumanities.org · Sep 5

Theater artist and educator Paul Susi spends his evenings and weekends helping people recover lost driver’s licenses and birth certificates.

In the "Real" issue, he writes about what it takes to navigate the bureaucratic maze of legal documentation.
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Who We Really Are

Paul Susi writes about the challenges of recovering lost legal ID and what it takes to prove you are who you say you are.

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Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · Sep 4

The world is a dumpster fire, and there is a hummingbird trapped in our covered deck with a massive thunderstorm rolling through the area.

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Quinten Lee @quintenlee.bsky.social · Aug 30

Today is my birthday! I'm 50! I can kick! I can stretch! I'm 50 and LOVING IT!

a woman in a red jumpsuit is dancing on a pole while people watch

ALT: a woman in a red jumpsuit is dancing on a pole while people watch

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