Monique
@its-monique.bsky.social
Former Monique Reads on the other app. I'm a woman of many hobbies. You can find me reading and doom scrolling.
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If Vallas were Mayor, the Tribune Editorial board would be petitioning that he be declared a saint on this alone. Instead they continue their copaganda crusades against Brandon.
Despite some headline-grabbing mayhem, Chicago’s gun violence fell to levels not seen in a decade in 2025.
Chicago violence continued to plummet in 2025 despite high-profile crimes
Despite some headline-grabbing mayhem, Chicago’s gun violence fell to levels not seen in a decade in 2025, with a homicide total roughly half what it was just four years ago.
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December 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If Vallas were Mayor, the Tribune Editorial board would be petitioning that he be declared a saint on this alone. Instead they continue their copaganda crusades against Brandon.
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Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.
COVID really opened my eyes.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
We had two paths ahead of us, and as soon as we took a single step towards THINKING about an equitable world, the rich put their full force into stopping it.
They loath humanity.
December 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.
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There’s hostile architecture and then there’s pennywise the clown lives in our bathroom
Y’all ever walk into a public restroom and immediately whisper “Jesus Christ”
December 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
There’s hostile architecture and then there’s pennywise the clown lives in our bathroom
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idk. being "yourself" doesn't work well for a lot of people.
some folks need to steal a better personality because the original sucks.
some folks need to steal a better personality because the original sucks.
December 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
idk. being "yourself" doesn't work well for a lot of people.
some folks need to steal a better personality because the original sucks.
some folks need to steal a better personality because the original sucks.
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seatbelts?
Yall remember when the inside of cars used to look like this
December 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
seatbelts?
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Many men. Including Moses, who we are supposed to believe:
- wrote both creation stories (which contradict each other),
- said light and vegetation came before the sun
- seems to love incest (present in every OT main character’s narrative)
- and wrote a historical account of his own death.
Ok 👌🏾
- wrote both creation stories (which contradict each other),
- said light and vegetation came before the sun
- seems to love incest (present in every OT main character’s narrative)
- and wrote a historical account of his own death.
Ok 👌🏾
December 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Many men. Including Moses, who we are supposed to believe:
- wrote both creation stories (which contradict each other),
- said light and vegetation came before the sun
- seems to love incest (present in every OT main character’s narrative)
- and wrote a historical account of his own death.
Ok 👌🏾
- wrote both creation stories (which contradict each other),
- said light and vegetation came before the sun
- seems to love incest (present in every OT main character’s narrative)
- and wrote a historical account of his own death.
Ok 👌🏾
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I feel the same way alot of times.
i know it's not too late to indulge in my passions and hobbies but sometimes i wish i didn't waste so much time.
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I feel the same way alot of times.
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It's only “DEI” if it comes from liberal coastal cities. Otherwise it's just sparkling white supremacy.
December 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's only “DEI” if it comes from liberal coastal cities. Otherwise it's just sparkling white supremacy.
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for the readers:
Any books that use AI will have the narrator listed as either a 'synthesized voice' or 'digital voice.' If you're looking to avoid AI, don't borrow these books.
#BlackBookSky
Any books that use AI will have the narrator listed as either a 'synthesized voice' or 'digital voice.' If you're looking to avoid AI, don't borrow these books.
#BlackBookSky
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
for the readers:
Any books that use AI will have the narrator listed as either a 'synthesized voice' or 'digital voice.' If you're looking to avoid AI, don't borrow these books.
#BlackBookSky
Any books that use AI will have the narrator listed as either a 'synthesized voice' or 'digital voice.' If you're looking to avoid AI, don't borrow these books.
#BlackBookSky
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so excited for 2026! #booksky #blackbooksky
December 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
so excited for 2026! #booksky #blackbooksky
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Musk Weighs Return To Politics After 60th Death On ‘Elden Ring Nightreign’ Tutorial https://theonion.com/musk-weighs-return-to-politics-after-60th-death-on-elden-ring-nightreign-tutorial/
December 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Musk Weighs Return To Politics After 60th Death On ‘Elden Ring Nightreign’ Tutorial https://theonion.com/musk-weighs-return-to-politics-after-60th-death-on-elden-ring-nightreign-tutorial/
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If you missed out on the limited edition hardcover of A MAN FOR MRS CLAUS, Cover Snob, you can buy your copy here, without a subscription, while supplies last! 🎄❤️
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December 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If you missed out on the limited edition hardcover of A MAN FOR MRS CLAUS, Cover Snob, you can buy your copy here, without a subscription, while supplies last! 🎄❤️
www.coversnob.com/sh...
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Happy birthday to the one and only DENZEL WASHINGTON! 👑
December 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Happy birthday to the one and only DENZEL WASHINGTON! 👑
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I tell students that one of the crudest mistakes made in public policy is to overlook the fact that people will react to changes in ways that you might not have taken into account. And in retrospect it can look oh so predictable which makes it even more embarrassing.
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I tell students that one of the crudest mistakes made in public policy is to overlook the fact that people will react to changes in ways that you might not have taken into account. And in retrospect it can look oh so predictable which makes it even more embarrassing.
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I don’t think people understand how easy this is to do and it has nothing to do with “porny” books. You could read 120 lit fic books in a year, but people choose not to. Romance readers like to read the same way gamers like to game or crafters like to craft.
I’m usually against this kind of thing but since it’s Twitter the comments have me siding with her. She read 120 porny books and yes that is great and yes she’s better than YOU
December 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I don’t think people understand how easy this is to do and it has nothing to do with “porny” books. You could read 120 lit fic books in a year, but people choose not to. Romance readers like to read the same way gamers like to game or crafters like to craft.
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AI is a lack of consent machine, that is an extension of people’s belief in transactional relationships .
One of the hardest parts of their convo is going to be handling how we communicate around the reality that the desire for control to the point of never hearing no is a maladaption
One of the hardest parts of their convo is going to be handling how we communicate around the reality that the desire for control to the point of never hearing no is a maladaption
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
AI is a lack of consent machine, that is an extension of people’s belief in transactional relationships .
One of the hardest parts of their convo is going to be handling how we communicate around the reality that the desire for control to the point of never hearing no is a maladaption
One of the hardest parts of their convo is going to be handling how we communicate around the reality that the desire for control to the point of never hearing no is a maladaption
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🚨Black folk, post carefully!🚨
Brigitte Bardot, another notorious white nationalist, has died after living a life of wealth and luxury.
So you know the rules: if you post any of her own words or are in any way insufficiently deferential it will be considered very rude! You could lose your account!🤡
Brigitte Bardot, another notorious white nationalist, has died after living a life of wealth and luxury.
So you know the rules: if you post any of her own words or are in any way insufficiently deferential it will be considered very rude! You could lose your account!🤡
December 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🚨Black folk, post carefully!🚨
Brigitte Bardot, another notorious white nationalist, has died after living a life of wealth and luxury.
So you know the rules: if you post any of her own words or are in any way insufficiently deferential it will be considered very rude! You could lose your account!🤡
Brigitte Bardot, another notorious white nationalist, has died after living a life of wealth and luxury.
So you know the rules: if you post any of her own words or are in any way insufficiently deferential it will be considered very rude! You could lose your account!🤡
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ICYMI — “Jared’s the INVESTOR here”
J.D. Vance referred to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “the investor” in Gaza, as he and Witkoff cook up a scheme to enrich their families on the backs of the horrors there
And the Hunter hunters are silent🤔
J.D. Vance referred to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “the investor” in Gaza, as he and Witkoff cook up a scheme to enrich their families on the backs of the horrors there
And the Hunter hunters are silent🤔
December 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
ICYMI — “Jared’s the INVESTOR here”
J.D. Vance referred to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “the investor” in Gaza, as he and Witkoff cook up a scheme to enrich their families on the backs of the horrors there
And the Hunter hunters are silent🤔
J.D. Vance referred to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “the investor” in Gaza, as he and Witkoff cook up a scheme to enrich their families on the backs of the horrors there
And the Hunter hunters are silent🤔
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December 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Guidance through learning emotional intelligence. Some either shut down, are argumentative, or become seriously passive aggressive when big emotions are involved.
For those of us having to raise our parents what’s the current (cause I know it’s multiple) most stressful part of the job?
December 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Guidance through learning emotional intelligence. Some either shut down, are argumentative, or become seriously passive aggressive when big emotions are involved.
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Her overtaking people in conversations because she wants to center herself in situations that have nothing to do with her and me bringing the conversation back to the present
For those of us having to raise our parents what’s the current (cause I know it’s multiple) most stressful part of the job?
December 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Her overtaking people in conversations because she wants to center herself in situations that have nothing to do with her and me bringing the conversation back to the present
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Definitely
December 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Definitely
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I hope the Smurfs have a good IP attorney. I know Smurfberries when I see them.
December 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I hope the Smurfs have a good IP attorney. I know Smurfberries when I see them.
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Technically, ‘should of’ is ‘should have,’ but we’re all about showing grace in the new year.
December 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Technically, ‘should of’ is ‘should have,’ but we’re all about showing grace in the new year.