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@sirensplight.bsky.social

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“The plight of the siren is no one believes her.” Multiply-disabled former high school teacher of drama, spec ed, alt ed, English, & more. 🍁 settler in Tkaronto 🧶 crochet artist ✨Sicilian witch My gender is hoodies (she/they/whatever)

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persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 6d

I would really appreciate it if you could take a moment to read about my friend whose journey with triple-negative breast cancer has rocked our world this year. I am so proud of her for her continued courage & appreciate any engagement or amplification 💕

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persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 9m

Limited replies but just in case a mutual decides to be a dick: I’m extremely sick & disabled & a parent who has to maintain a baseline functioning so don’t you dare say a damned thing about this being a privileged take unless you want to get blocked to hell.

persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 11m

I may need to join the uninformed masses in the interest of my health. Other than checking in w my loved ones in the USA to make sure they are personally safe, I think the time has come for me to stop knowing what is happening across the border.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1h

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

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persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 15m

I’m not able to travel at all rn due to health so this is just my understanding from my family who go back & forth regularly

persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 17m

From what I understand, the entire airport is considered to be on Canadian soil, including US customs. Legally speaking no one has any authority whatsoever to detain you there unless it is someone representing the Canadian government.

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 6h

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

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persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 6h

Had the audacity to grab 3 items at a tiny local grocery store yesterday & now my legs are rubber wtf #NEISvoid

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 8h

i think it is time for me to read some classic gothic novels. for spooky season and also because no matter how many creepy monks/sinister staircases/murderous revenants are swanning around it's still better than the news

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 8h

No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Just here to chill @garbagearsonist.bsky.social · 7h

"Stop being weird" is such a short and valuable phrase

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persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 6h

Co-signing as an English teacher.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 7h

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 6h

I actually only know one person in Seattle so let’s play a fun game:

Which city in the USA would be most likely to “send in the emos”?

persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 8h

(Autocorrect wanted me to say “send in the emos” but I think that’s already the plan for Seattle)

persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah that’s what I’ve heard too from fam coming in from Chicago. I think it’s the Niagara bridges that are the worst.

persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 8h

My partner used to tease me about being an anarchist but now each day it becomes a little less of a joke.

persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 8h

(Autocorrect wanted me to say “send in the emos” but I think that’s already the plan for Seattle)

persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 8h

Send in the emus!

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 17h

Never forget that Australia went to war with emus in 1932 and the emus won

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 15h

They're gonna perp walk a 120-year-old Italian woman who had dinner with Antonio Gramsci

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 15h

this really is what I imagine life in New York is like

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 17h

just met a woman at a party & asked her what she did for work. could barely understand her because she was so soft spoken & had an accent so i just nodded a bunch.

“she’s in culture,” her friend said.

i finally realised that i was talking to
ANNA DELVEY

I ASKED ANNA DELVEY WHAT SHE DID FOR WORK

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persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 8h

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Sir Thinksalot @sirthinksalot.bsky.social · 8h

Afaik Hamilton also has no USA pre-clearance presence. The American cousins come up here now, they're addicted to all-dressed so not hard to convince lol.

persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah but then they have to go thru Hamilton 😅 (used to live in St. Catharines so it’s my duty to make fun of Hamilton lol)

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Sir Thinksalot @sirthinksalot.bsky.social · 8h

Afaik Hamilton also has no USA pre-clearance presence. The American cousins come up here now, they're addicted to all-dressed so not hard to convince lol.

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persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 8h

PSA: cannot confirm but word on the street in GTA region of Ontario is that land crossing from NY into Canada is riskier than flying. If possible & heading to Toronto, fly into Billy Bishop (YTZ)

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persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 8h

Land crossing into Canada can be more risky than flying, that is what I’m hearing from friends & fam in TO, Niagara Region of Ontario, & NY

persephone @sirensplight.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah my fam has stopped land crossing now bc it’s actually seen as more risky re detention than flying. We are in TO & have fam in NY but only one safe airport to fly in & out of where customs is entirely on Canadian soil & therefore fully safe (Billy Bishop)

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