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alice lastnamé

@jdvalenzuela.bsky.social

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retired-ish baseball writer, women’s sports enthusiast, and gajillion time marathoner chicago/milwaukee 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇵🇭

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Bradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 14h

we have never been so back (in the pits of Hell!)

First panel: “how I imagined 2025 as a kid” set with futuristic cityscape
Second panel: “how it turned out” with two people arguing whether or not the South won the Civil War

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 16h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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alice lastnamé @jdvalenzuela.bsky.social · 15h

or depending on your generation, Jasmine from Aladdin

alice lastnamé @jdvalenzuela.bsky.social · 15h

paulina is pronounced paw-line-ah, btw

alice lastnamé @jdvalenzuela.bsky.social · 16h

it’s fine to not be a local! someone made these things all up. it’s all arbitrary and meaningless!

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alice lastnamé @jdvalenzuela.bsky.social · 16h

i didn’t know that palestine, texas was pronounced “pal-es-teen.” the guy i was seeing at the time was from the area and he told me “you don’t want people to think you’re not from around here, do you?”

i said “no, i do not want to be from around here”

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19h

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

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Tyrone @thetyrone.bsky.social · 21h

This is one of the rare times in Illinois politics when you could call for the governor to be jailed and be incorrect.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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alice lastnamé @jdvalenzuela.bsky.social · 1d

coffee flavored milk

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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re particularly despairing tonight, remember that you can always choose to show up tomorrow and help people. Narrow your capacity for concern to a specific person or place through volunteering. It feels good. Call your local school or aldercritter’s office to ask about opportunities.