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valerie gritsch
@valderie.bsky.social
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loud disabled academic who’s obsessed with her dog. MA in celebrity & fan studies, currently a MLIS student. creator of spottedhounddesign. suffering mets and destiel fan. she/her.
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · Oct 3
Might as well share my MA thesis on this platform, too!
I’m so proud of ‘“Something Happened on the Day He Died”: How David Bowie Fans Transformed Brixton.’ It won an award from my department⚡️
Click through to read/download for free from CUNY academic works.
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“Something Happened on the Day He Died”: How David Bowie Fans Transformed Brixton
Following the death of David Bowie on January 10, 2016, his hometown of Brixton, South London, has become a pilgrimage and tourist destination for fans. On the 11th of January, the world discovered Bo...
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 4h
JUST BECAUSE I'M SAD, DON'T MEAN THAT I'M UNHAPPY
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 1d
Bark box is no longer a box and Davey for one is furious about it
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 1d
Excited for a con I’m not working at
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Misha Collins @mishacollins.bsky.social · 1d
I’m interrogating the cat.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 3d
AI is like a Trolley Problem for media CEOs, except they don't realize the options are actually "stop the trolley" or "the trolley runs me over six months after I let it run over my employees."
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 4d
“What’s more punk rock than living despite all that which has tried to make you not?” Neil Hilborn
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 4d
The October slide has got me today with a wild amount of back stiffness. Shout out to my heating pad ❤️
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 5d
@abnormalamanda.bsky.social Said it and it’s true: I have the sweetest regulars. So many people came by to check on me throughout spnphilly and make sure I was ok and came back to say goodbye at the end of Sunday.
a raccoon is standing in the grass with its arms outstretched and says " sending you a big hug " .
ALT: a raccoon is standing in the grass with its arms outstretched and says " sending you a big hug " .
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Barry (Non Canon/Oxygen Thief) @dolanthology.bsky.social · 8d
My new single "Wimmelbilderbuch" is out today! Check out the interactive music video @mattround.com and I made for it. Can you get a perfect score?

wheresbarry.noncanon.co.uk

Video shot at @atgfestival.bsky.social 2025 by Joseph Singh (SnapRockandPop)
Where’s Barry? 🧔🏻❓
Featuring the song Wimmelbilderbuch by Non Canon.
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 7d
Me and @abnormalamanda.bsky.social repping @seperis.bsky.social at #spnphilly #downtoagincourt
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 8d
I just watched but couldn’t listen atm but I am CACKLING at the idea for the video. I lost instantly lmaooooo
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Barry (Non Canon/Oxygen Thief) @dolanthology.bsky.social · 8d
Late night revellers/Americans, one little release-day bump for y’all:
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Barry (Non Canon/Oxygen Thief) @dolanthology.bsky.social · 8d
My new single "Wimmelbilderbuch" is out today! Check out the interactive music video @mattround.com and I made for it. Can you get a perfect score?

wheresbarry.noncanon.co.uk

Video shot at @atgfestival.bsky.social 2025 by Joseph Singh (SnapRockandPop)
Where’s Barry? 🧔🏻❓
Featuring the song Wimmelbilderbuch by Non Canon.
wheresbarry.noncanon.co.uk
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 8d
This is my favorite thing jus has written
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⛧ jus 🪽 @chaoticdean.bsky.social · 8d
Hello! My 14th book (and 72th story up on Ao3) is coming out on Oct 22, and available to preorder through my Ko-Fi starting today ❤️

It features art by Nethergloss, has been beta’d by @fluffyells.bsky.social, and will be released as part of the @deancasbigbang.bsky.social ✨

ko-fi.com/s/ba841b0f62
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 8d
#spnphilly… protests are *supposed* to be disruptive.

Go unions!!
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 8d
I have the theme song from Doug stuck in my head
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 9d
📢 The #InternetArchive is celebrating an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved by the #WaybackMachine. 🎉

Join us!
📆 Weds, Oct 22

🎟️ IN-PERSON: 5–10 PM PT (SF) ⤵️
www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...

💻 ONLINE: 7–8 PM PT ⤵️
www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011...

#Wayback1T
Poster with a gradient blue background. Large text reads “the web we’ve built.” Smaller text says “Celebrating 1 trillion web pages archived.” Pixelated 3D icons of a floppy disk, magnifying glass, cursor arrow, computer window, and others radiate outward from a bright starburst in the center. On the right, text lists event details: “Wednesday, October 22, 5–10PM PT. Live stream: 7–8PM PT. 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco.” The Internet Archive logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 9d
The Amtrak employee in the waiting area is a riot. He’s hassling these business bitches for not saying thank you and he’s like AINT YOU TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN YOUR BOARD ROOMS AND TED TALKS?? IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME OUTSIDE??? Lord I’m dying
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 9d
It’s an Everclear kinda trip
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 10d
Off to a matinee and it’s cool enough to wear the crew exclusive hoodie I picked up at Broadway flea!!
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 11d
Return of the King on TV aw yis just in time for the ride of the rohirrim
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 11d
shrek from shrek is making a funny face while wearing a brown vest .
ALT: shrek from shrek is making a funny face while wearing a brown vest .
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 11d
Or that we should worship anyone for being better than average when average is such a joke
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 11d
He does. Doesn’t mean his choices for lost evenings 9 suck any less though
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 11d
Ope
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Patches and Pins @patchesandpins.bsky.social · 11d
Will every opener for four days be 90% white men like every other Lost Evenings lineup I've seen?
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valerie gritsch @valderie.bsky.social · 11d
“Well MY queer friends said it’s okay” isn’t quite the defense you think it is
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