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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they)

@artsavvyval.bsky.social

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Artistic & creative. Animal & nature lover. Leo. AuDHD. HoH. "It takes courage to be kind" - Maya Angelou https://bio.link/artsavvyval

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 1d

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta love when the caller ID says 'Potential Spam'. Yeah, that's going to make me pick up 😆

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 1d

So complete opposite end of the country. My family was from the Palermo region (Corleone). So northwestern Sicily.

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 2d

Where in Italy is your family from? My family is southern Italian (Sicilian) and Greek. People ask me where I go tanning because they see me in winter & summer. I'm like "Outside". 15 min in the sun and I get a nice base. Only time I'd consider going tanning is to even out the tan (tan lines).

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 2d

Final result. Winter vs summer. No tanning unless you count going out under the sun tanning. 😄 And this is from 3 beach days (one this past weekend).

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 3d

I have 1 & 3 too!!

Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 4d

My nonna (grandma) used to make these every Christmas Eve. They were delicious. Glad you enjoyed yours.

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 4d

Check out the Owyhee Canyonlands and support efforts to get this beautiful and vital area designated as a national monument!
www.protecttheowyhee.org

Protect the Owyhee

www.protecttheowyhee.org

Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 4d

That's amazing. Enjoy yourselves!!

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 4d

Remembering that history helps me honor their resilience while standing in solidarity with anyone who’s ever been treated as 'less'.

Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 4d

I tell this story not to compare struggles, but to remember that prejudice has many forms. Also, that courage can grow anywhere.

This is why I say Sicilian-American rather than Italian-American. Even though Sicily is part of Italy, my family was never fully accepted.

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 4d

PT 2: My great-grandma was turned away from Ellis Island 3 times. She was 14 when she started & was 17 when she was finally 'accepted into America'.

Mainland Italians treated Sicilians as less-than & in the US they were mocked, excluded & called slurs. Still, she persevered & built a new life.

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 4d

In honor of Italian-American Heritage Month, I want to share something. My family came from Sicily. They faced discrimination both there & here. Because of their darker, olive skin they were seen as 'other'.

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 5d

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 5d

Of course. Thanks again for sharing this.

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! 💜🥰

Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you and yes it is. There's one about 45 minutes from where I live; it's seasonal though.

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 5d

Let's just pretend I'm on Betazed 😆

A woman with long straight brown hair is wearing a purple dress with short puffy sleeves. She is seated on a wooden bench with lavender fields behind her.

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 5d

I absolutely will! Thanks again!!

Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks so much. Do you want me to credit you or do you prefer to stay anonymous? I'll do whichever you're most comfortable with.

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks so much. Do you want me to credit you or do you prefer to stay anonymous? I'll do whichever you're most comfortable with.

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 5d

I’m creating a fan tribute for Deanna Troi Day on Oct 28. What do you love most about Deanna Troi or Marina Sirtis? It could be a favorite moment, a quote/scene from the show, a picture or piece of art that you created. Please try to keep your responses to 1–2 sentences. Submissions close Oct 21.

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Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 6d

October on Long Island is where it can be a high of 80 degrees (Fahrenheit) and sunny one day and a high of 63 degree and rain the next day. I never know what to wear 😆

Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 7d

I'm thinking it's like medical monitors like peaks and valleys for heart rate, maybe line graphs. You put in what you're checking (blood pressure, oxygen saturation, etc) and it graphs it out. That's my guess.

Val N 🇮🇹🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 (she/they) @artsavvyval.bsky.social · 7d

I agree. I wish it was just so we could see it. I know apple has great security against hackers but:

1. Not infallible

2. Forgetting about hackers, how is Apple using it and who are they selling this to?

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