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Rebekah 🍉

@grrrl.bsky.social

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teacher + doctoral candidate + mama to a teen & cat • reader of good books • watcher of bad TV • brokenhearted ex-pat • recovering loudly • she/her/y’all used to be @grrrlmeetsworld over on the bad place words here: https://grrrlmeets.substack.com/

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · Jan 30

Everything may be terrible, but I bet you can find one good thing for today.

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 44m

The whole Katie Porter news stories are so sadly predictable

Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 22h

I’m an atheist and even I’m tempted to pray. Such an icon and gift to the world.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 1d

anyone who was ever really into music has had at least one hot person condescend to them about the smiths. this doesn't work on me

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 1d

Julia Roberts explains we should listen to the Smiths even if Morrissey's problematic

Julia Roberts Explains We Should Listen To The Smiths Even If Morrissey’s Problematic

Morrissey and the Smiths come up in After The Hunt, director Luca Guadagnino’s new movie starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Chloë Sevigny. As Time’s review ex...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 1d

that supposed bailout that's coming won't help, and more farmers are going to suffer -- and I know that the suicide rate is already high enough as it is.

This is shameful governing.

Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 1d

this is a must-see interview -- this US farmer lays out the stakes in such a compelling way: youtu.be/FcuiJSKonqE?...

All I could hear are my Ag students, & it breaks my heart to think of the pain that these farmers and their families are going through -- for a job that is already hard & thankless.

Soybean farmer on Trump's tariff war: 'I mean, where do they want me to market this stuff?'

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 1d

Josh Johnson is hilarious and needed.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

Trump Dodges Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Q as Bondi Stonewalls Senate

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Trump Dodges Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Q as Bondi Stonewalls Senate | The Daily Show

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 1d

In the Canadian province where I live, we call hoodies “bunny hugs”

Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 1d

I really hate bullies.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 2d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 2d

11:30pm. Finally time for me to take care of myself, woo 🎉

Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 3d

she persists

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new ink, old lessons

a lasting reminder to keep living inside the paradox, not outside of it

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 5d

the institution broke my heart again today, but it didn't break me.

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 6d

I am already looking forward to the month of May, when I will finally be able to take a breath.

just don’t remind me that it’s only Oct 2

Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 7d

see for yourself:

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Trump & Hegseth Lecture Generals About Being Fat and a Visit from Gov Gavin Newsom & Seth Meyers!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 7d

well, I guess I’m a Kimmel fan now — because he is bringing it and is relentless.

a man in a yellow shirt is standing in front of a pink background and a blue star .

Alt: a man in a yellow shirt is standing in front of a pink background and a blue star, and is giving snaps

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 7d

Putting this up there with Nutlick

Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 7d

Someone called Pete Hegseth, Pete Keg’s Breath and I’m dying 🤣

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 8d

new quotable for my list: www.mediaite.com/media/stop-a...

'Stop Attacking Pedophiles!' Ted Cruz Lampooned for Awkward Gaffe in Senate Hearing

Sen. Ted Cruz was the butt of jokes on Tuesday after he said Democrats and Republicans should come together to "stop attacking pedophiles" during a Senate hearing on Tuesday

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 9d

so many good and engaging things in my life right now that are helping to drown out the bad.

yet at the same time, it's all so exhausting to maintain it all -- and I am realizing how it's only 4 weeks into the term.

What can I do, but keep going? And hope nothing falls down in the meantime

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 12d

Some big implications for journalism, too, where reporters often mistake trending posts as a reasonable reflection of public opinion.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12d

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Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say

Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

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Alison Birch @irishali13.bsky.social · 9d

Her heart was a secret garden,
and the walls were very high.

~ William Goldman
The Princess Bride

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 10d

“Out of the three mass shootings TODAY” is one of the most tragic uniquely-American sentences out there.

Most developed countries average zero per year. We have single days where you have to ask “which” when someone talks about a mass shooting.

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 10d

Iraq War veteran Thomas Sanford has been identified as the gunman who attacked Grand Blanc Mormon church, killing 2 people and setting it ablaze. Out of the three mass shootings today, two of them have been carried out by Iraq war veterans.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 10d

Be brave. Be empathetic. Be ethical. Protect the people, protect the animals, and protect the planet.

Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 12d

This young woman is as badass as it gets, FULL STOP. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👇

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Rebekah 🍉 @grrrl.bsky.social · 10d

Abortion is healthcare, period.

And anyone who thinks this procedure can be banned is only interested in making this procedure less safe and accessible -- which isn't very pro-life at all

WHO @who.int · 10d

Today is International #SafeAbortion Day.

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.

As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.

Abortion should be regulated like other health services so that women and girls can access safe, timely and respectful care.