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Sigrid Ellis

@sigridellis.bsky.social

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Retired air traffic controller. Big fan of the First Amendment. Intersectionality or GTFO. Opposed to the current governments of both the U.S. and Israel.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1h

Samesies

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 15h

A small fluffy white morkie dog lays on a hardwood floor, sploot.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 15h

A six pound terrier sits on the widow's walk (back on an armchair) waiting for the pack leader to return home.

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Nisi Shawl @nisishawl.bsky.social · 16h

Definition of "antifa": An organization so extremely secret it doesn't even exist.

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michiums @ deadlines @michiums.bsky.social · 19h

this old piece went viral on tumblr back in 2023 so here it is again since I don’t think I posted it here before !

A dreamy purple, pink, green and blue sky with a bunch of little ghosts and text in white that reads “your trans dreams,love,rage,existence are enough”

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

A billionaire is a loose nuke.

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Dr Queso De La Muerte @drquesodelamuerte.bsky.social · 1d

Apropos of nothing

youtu.be/KDorKy-13ak

Kendrick Lamar's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show

YouTube video by NFL

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I impulse-buy physical copies of books written by authors who have just fled the country, on the grounds that I do not know how long their works will be legal.

This was not a scenario 25-yr-old me envisioned.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Amen.

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh!!

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

❤️💉🩹

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

I feel SO whiny.

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

I was sick at the other option.

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Insomnia.
Pain.
Up.
Pain meds.
Tea.
Reading the news...

Oh THANK goodness!

apnews.com/article/nobe...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and...

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

The first night after surgery I never sleep well. Bah.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

Best at hanging in there so far:

Megan Thee Stallion
Kylie Minogue

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 1d

All four of the Kpopped episodes I have watched have been "um, I can't dance as well as any of the Kpop idols, is there a way I can just gently bounce along while they dance around me????" from the western tradition of artists.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday!

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 2d

So say we all

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 2d

May the twenty living and their families eventually find a path forward with their lives. Maybe the families of the dead eventually find peace.

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 2d

Edina

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 2d

That was the moment.

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 2d

Sooooo sloooooowly. Thank you!

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 3d

That, to me, is the essence of good character-driven action. The character does things because that is what they must do in order to become congruent with who they can stand to be.

/fin

Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social · 3d

I instead feel that this is exactly what this character would do in this moment.

And I ESPECIALLY appreciate those who think or say, "this is a terrible idea but I obviously have no choice." And that lack of choice is always because the character MUST do this to be able to live with themselves.

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