Val
@253valerie.bsky.social
Equal parts tinkerer, dreamer, hobby hoarder, and accomplished over-thinker.
I take way too many screenshots on my phone. #ADHD means I forget why I took half of them, but I’m too scared to delete them in case I suddenly remember.
#adhdmoment
#adhdmoment
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I take way too many screenshots on my phone. #ADHD means I forget why I took half of them, but I’m too scared to delete them in case I suddenly remember.
#adhdmoment
#adhdmoment
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
Changing my mindset from "writing a whole story", to "writing for 30 minutes a day" has really improved my willingness to just sit down and write.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Changing my mindset from "writing a whole story", to "writing for 30 minutes a day" has really improved my willingness to just sit down and write.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky
While I'm outlining, I realize my stakes aren't high enough. Then someone asks, "What are you writing about?" And suddenly I sound absolutely psychotic.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky
October 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
While I'm outlining, I realize my stakes aren't high enough. Then someone asks, "What are you writing about?" And suddenly I sound absolutely psychotic.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky
October 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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It's important to understand that he singles out Black women because there are few negative consequences for him when he does. It's his most frictionless lane for bullying.
The broader public has shown him few, if any, will step up to defend us, and it's only ramped up since his first term.
The broader public has shown him few, if any, will step up to defend us, and it's only ramped up since his first term.
Trump, in a Move With Little Precedent, Says He Is Firing a Fed Governor
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's important to understand that he singles out Black women because there are few negative consequences for him when he does. It's his most frictionless lane for bullying.
The broader public has shown him few, if any, will step up to defend us, and it's only ramped up since his first term.
The broader public has shown him few, if any, will step up to defend us, and it's only ramped up since his first term.
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YOUNG DEMS: “As different as these politicians are, these winners of the three most important Democratic primary elections of 2025 have something important in common: For a party that is desperate for fresh leadership, they promise it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
July 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
YOUNG DEMS: “As different as these politicians are, these winners of the three most important Democratic primary elections of 2025 have something important in common: For a party that is desperate for fresh leadership, they promise it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
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To every Democratic Party consultant, candidate, staffer, and operative I have ever said “money doesn’t vote” to, I would like to reiterate…MONEY DOESNT VOTE.
June 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
To every Democratic Party consultant, candidate, staffer, and operative I have ever said “money doesn’t vote” to, I would like to reiterate…MONEY DOESNT VOTE.
What a beautiful message on that sign.
Just got back from the Zohran Mamdani election night party. Hundreds of people holding hands and chanting “better things are possible”
June 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
What a beautiful message on that sign.
I think, therefore I am... not going to get much sleep tonight.
June 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I think, therefore I am... not going to get much sleep tonight.
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AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.
April 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.
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If you love your library, listen up…
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you love your library, listen up…
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Humans are very weird and mostly do things because the people around them do them. This is true for me and you and everyone.
Interpreting bland, default human weirdnesses as repugnant, intentional immoralities will 100% make you miserable while alienating people from your ideas.
Interpreting bland, default human weirdnesses as repugnant, intentional immoralities will 100% make you miserable while alienating people from your ideas.
April 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Humans are very weird and mostly do things because the people around them do them. This is true for me and you and everyone.
Interpreting bland, default human weirdnesses as repugnant, intentional immoralities will 100% make you miserable while alienating people from your ideas.
Interpreting bland, default human weirdnesses as repugnant, intentional immoralities will 100% make you miserable while alienating people from your ideas.
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Tell your friends you love them. Just do it.
April 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Tell your friends you love them. Just do it.
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Trumpism is like climate change: it's already here, it has done irreparable damage, and even if we take action now we'll be dealing with it's impact for the rest of our lives.
April 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trumpism is like climate change: it's already here, it has done irreparable damage, and even if we take action now we'll be dealing with it's impact for the rest of our lives.
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Half of America has a chronic illness. I am one of those people.
This is an active and immediate attack on our very lives, as if our medications weren’t expensive enough.
This is an active and immediate attack on our very lives, as if our medications weren’t expensive enough.
Trump: "We're gonna tariff our pharmaceuticals ... we're going to be announcing very shortly a major tariff on pharmaceuticals."
April 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Half of America has a chronic illness. I am one of those people.
This is an active and immediate attack on our very lives, as if our medications weren’t expensive enough.
This is an active and immediate attack on our very lives, as if our medications weren’t expensive enough.
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The world is finding out what happens when the dog catches the car.
April 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The world is finding out what happens when the dog catches the car.
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I joined MSNBC yesterday to talk about this weekend’s protests against the Trump Admin — and what I have been hearing from neighbors across our community.
April 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I joined MSNBC yesterday to talk about this weekend’s protests against the Trump Admin — and what I have been hearing from neighbors across our community.
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At at time when the very idea of content moderation is under assault, I wrote about an effort that gives me hope: a $27 million project to transform trust and safety with open-source tools in the same way that open source transformed cybersecurity www.platformer.news/roost-open-s...
February 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
At at time when the very idea of content moderation is under assault, I wrote about an effort that gives me hope: a $27 million project to transform trust and safety with open-source tools in the same way that open source transformed cybersecurity www.platformer.news/roost-open-s...