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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️

@bexrousse.bsky.social

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Birds & cats & life in Maine. Public health nerd, they/them. Down by the water. Banner: Closeup of ruddy red galaxies drifting in a cat's olive green eye w/narrowed pupil. PFP: Blonde me w/undercut, big glasses, floppy bangs & a certain kind of smile.

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · Jun 17

🚨I IMPLORE YOU to use alt-text when you post any image, screen cap, or post of a screed/tidbit from this or a different site. Otherwise people using screen readers are seeing a steady flow of
"OMG"
"This seems bad"
"👀"
"Well that's not good"
with no context
& that is INCREDIBLY ANXIETY-INDUCING

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 8h

Such a welcoming portal! 🌲☀️🌳

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 8h

He sure does, but I forgive him.

King Of The Road - Roger Miller 4K-HD 1965 {Stereo}

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13h

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

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 8h

Choteau and Gravois. Miss my hometown!

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 9h

I gotta say. This video is a real banger.

Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 10h

Must defer to the pros:

How To Say Bangor, Maine | "We Are Bangor"

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Maine Public @mainepublic.org · 9h

Over 70 people rallied in Scarborough on Wednesday evening to speak out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions both in Maine and around the country.

Protestors rally against ICE in Scarborough, as counterprotestors voice support for the agency

Over 70 people rallied in Scarborough on Wednesday evening to speak out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions both in Maine and around the country.

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 9h

I want it to be Pooch Cove but fear that's not right?

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 9h

Dammit Sanho! 😆

Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 10h

Fabulous thread. We can all come together around how riotous & rambunctious language can be.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13h

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

Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 10h

Two Allen's Coffee Brandys and two lobsters to you! 🥛🥛🦞🦞

Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 10h

This put me in mind of a great song

Bathtime in Clerkenwell

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 10h

If you were saying

BAINgore

and not

BANG-ore

Then your instincts were correct and you are awarded one lobster and an Allen's Coffee Brandy.

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 10h

Must defer to the pros:

How To Say Bangor, Maine | "We Are Bangor"

YouTube video by Sutherland Weston Marketing Communications

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 10h

That rude Torontorian only heightened my sensitivity to the nuances of spoken language! 💖

Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 11h

Reminding me of Nickles' rap in Christmas in Cape Breton...

Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 11h

Ooh, I got condescended to by a Toronto native over that once when I was lost and 17. (I recovered and still love Toronto, Torontians, and Yonge St!)

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 12h

Bangor.

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Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social · 5d

On the anniversary of his murder, when he was hacked to death by mercenaries hired by Saudi Arabia, Jamal Khashoggi is beautifully remembered by another writer they have tried to silence, Karen Attiah. Important reading for us all.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 6d

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

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Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

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Becky DEEEEK!!! 🕷️👻🎃👻🕷️ @bexrousse.bsky.social · 14h

I got a gift for a colleague from @mostlybree.kitrocha.com's shop and

1) now I want my own rainbow fidget cube,
2) the ADORABLE extras were extra super adorable (dragons OMG),
3) shipping was fast & sturdy-yet-cute, &
4) why are you still reading this, go check out their site now!
😍🥰💖

Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 15h

It's CLICKY DUCKIES! This little rainbow duck sits on top of the best kind of clicky keyboard switch. You can tap him and pretend you're just typing away in your office!

thebrokencircle.etsy...

A rainbow colored rubber ducky sitting in some blue water in a rainbow colored bowl. If you bop the ducky on the head, it makes a clicky sound!

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Hellion @ellyzoe.bsky.social · 15h

“Great”? Depends on definitions, but listening to authors and reviewers scream about what they have loved reading means I have *never* had a more consistent list of bangers on my TBR, and constant access to new good books is a *huge* boost to my MH.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

doomscroll break

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.

We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

'Hypocrite!' Pam Bondi's attack notes snapped by photographer during contentious hearing

Attorney General Pam Bondi drew reactions from those watching her appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, when, instead of answering specific questions from Democrats, she turned ...

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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