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Coyote Mae (he/they)

@coyotethewitch.bsky.social

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Genderqueer animist Witch. Union activist. Federal worker. Trickster, artist and poet. Ordained Dudeist Priest. Find me at Witches of the Dirt Road. 🌄 "NUTS!" - Gen. Anthony McAuliffe 5 USC 3331 🍄 linktr.ee/CoyoteTheWitch ✨

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · Nov 27

Well hello!

I'm Coyote (or Mae), and I have been practicing witchcraft intentionally for over 30 years, with an animist focus.

I live near PDX with cats, chickens, partner and teen.

My latest project is a new community, started with friends. Join us!

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Witches of the Dirt Road

Welcome to a vibrant gathering of witches who cherish the individual journey of their craft while building a supportive and educational community. Here, we celebrate the diversity of experiences and k...

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Katie Wilkinson @drkwilkinson.bsky.social · 5h

This Lost Science series at @nytimes.com is a depressing look at the incredible science and training lost to grant cancellations and mass federal firings. Here's one about important work to understand how air pollution can lead to infertility.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 3h

Very difficult if not impossible. So even though I had my moments of "what the hell, a kid could be cool" I have never been a person who felt like it was a must for a fulfilling life. I have also had a large part in raising other people's biological children and that is also awesome.

Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 3h

A life without pain and fatigue and many other things that impacted my life despite being told "this is normal for some women" would have been a wonderful trade off for knowing what experience already had showed me, that bio kids were not in the cards. (I had adenomyosis, which makes implantation

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 3h

Can we just ban "normal for some women" from medical practice until we rule out actual issues?

And trust people with uteruses to make decisions about whether or not we want to keep them?

Even if all my things were "normal" (spoiler: they weren't) I still was cool not having bio kids.

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 3h

I was told for YEARS that a cervix that bleeds easily was "normal for some women" and then they discovered that I had endometriosis on my cervix. Which my OB-GYN said was "clinically fascinating".

And I also had all the awful pain and bleeding. "Normal for some women." Iron infusions, all of it.

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 3h

#MedicalMisogyny thread. (TMI incoming lol)

My story is similar but without the forced hormones because no one ever got past "well that is normal for some women" until last year and only because I had inconclusive paps.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5h

I spent years of my life fighting for a medically necessary hysterectomy.

I was denied because I might “meet a man who wants kids some day”.

I was put on strong hormones that I didn’t want.

One of those was Depo Provera, which we now know is linked to brain tumours 🧵

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 16h

Happy #WorldOctopusDay!

Do you have your party hat (anemone) ready?

Drawing of an adorable tiny yellow flapjack octopus with flappy transparent "ears" that is wearing a small striped sea anemone on its head. The stripes are in the pink, blue, and white colors of the trans flag.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 8h

This is the lesson of 2025

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 9h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 3h

And they were really stumped for a while about who was helping themselves to the exhibits each night! Haha

Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 3h

As someone who was raised agnostic, I agree. My only issue is when people aren't honest about what is new and what is actually ancient tradition and practice because they think that newness isn't as valid as ancient things. Like it's ok to follow a path created in the 20th century. Really.

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Charlie Knight [they/them] | Editor / Author 📚 @cknightwrites.bsky.social · 5h

You know the voice in the back of your head that says no one wants to read your book?

Drown it.
Burn it with fire.
Get a bat and start swinging.

Don't let it exist and lie to you. Destroy it and keep writing.

Keep. Writing.

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 3h

Haha yeah I did hear that! They are so incredibly intelligent.

Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 3h

Truth.

Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 3h

This is the best time of year for weather in the PNW, I think.

It can sometimes be a gamble for sun vs. rain, but both are beautiful. And the temps are friendly.

Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 4h

Absolutely sublime fall weather in the PNW today. The trees were a chromatic fire. 🍁

Rows of red autumn trees in Tacoma, WA. Photograph by Rob Sheridan, 08 October 2025.

Evening sun shining through red autumn leaves in Tacoma, WA. Photograph by Rob Sheridan, 08 October 2025.

Details of autumn leaves in a gradient of colors, in Tacoma, WA. Photograph by Rob Sheridan, 08 October 2025.

A vibrantly-colored autumn tree in Tacoma, WA. Photograph by Rob Sheridan, 08 October 2025.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 4h

I spoke your true name. It's not what I thought it would be. And I don't feel easy about it. As if I'd left something unfinished. But it is your name. If it betrays you, then that's the truth of it.

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 3h

Congratulations! 🎉

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GONZO the ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social · 5h

Behaviores Report: 100% goode, obviousey!

Orange and white cat, dainty paws, his behavior report is 100% good

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 4h

a man in a plaid shirt is crying while looking at a cell phone

Alt: Tobey McGuire as Spiderman crying while appearing to look at a phone screen which was photoshopped into the original image.

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 4h

If you have never seen one in real life, let me assure you how awe inspiring and beautiful they are. And maybe a bit unsettling too.

I used to save up when I lived poor in Seattle in the 90s to go watch the one in the underwater dome at the aquarium. So graceful. It soothed me so much.

Alternative View, Pacific Northwest @alt-pnw.bsky.social · 13h

The largest octopus species is the Giant Pacific, which grows to a diameter around 4.3 meters (14 feet).

“Because your radio is to the surface, you take a lot of flak for screaming like a 2-year-old when you run into an octopus.”

World Octopus Day
#WorldOctopusDay
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Is there really a giant octopus under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?

Douglass Brown was 15 when he saw a giant tentacle emerge from Puget Sound. He was in Tacoma, walking down the beach with a girl he liked. Then he...

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 4h

OMG I didn't think isitsnowinginpdx.com could have a run for its money as best PDX conditions website but here we are.

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Lunareflect @lunareflect.bsky.social · 5h

Try meditating with your eyes open today. Let the candle flame be your teacher.
#witchcraft #witchsky #witch #intuitivewitch #intuition #intuitivewitchcraft

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 4h

FEEL THE LOVE 🤣 (But also I can dish it out and refuse to accept it myself lol).

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 4h

Many thanks! I'll give it a listen.

Side note, 733t speak will always make me think of Kingdom of Loathing 🤣 (Which I played a lot in the early 00s).

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Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 4h

There's so many foundational books (not just in relation to the magical community but in general) that are like that for me and I keep giving them a go, but yeah sometimes I have to be "well, that's enough of that" until I am compelled again.

Coyote Mae (he/they) @coyotethewitch.bsky.social · 4h

Same. It's definitely a product of its time and place, but I also had to change my lens from "Foundational Pagan Tome" to "poetry related to myth and myth-making."