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Justine O-S

@justineodashs.bsky.social

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writer (mostly with Lilith magazine). MA. folklorist, hobby baker, באָבעלע. repro worker, covered in cat hair. AN AMERICAN GIRL ANTHOLOGY out now from University Press of Mississippi 📕 https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/An-American-Girl-Anthology

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · May 15

An American Girl Anthology is out today! 🚨
much more to say soon (and so excited for our launch tonight + tour kicking off!) but thank you to every contributor, everyone who has ordered, everyone reading along (and every reader to come). this book has been such a joy to work on. I am insanely proud💖

A copy of AN AMERICAN GIRL ANTHOLOGY in front of a wall of jasmine

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · 2h

!! will do so now!

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Can I share on our book account? 💕

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 5h

The MMR vaccine is one of the most stunningly effective medical therapeutics in existence. It’s also safer than most of your everyday activities. This is simply an attempt to stop people from vaccinating.

HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 5h

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 1d

Po, an apple tree fairy with an apple balanced on his head, is the mascot for the annual Iida Puppet Festival in Nagano.

A round yellow mascot with a red apple balanced on its head stands in front of some tents.

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · 1d

might I suggest….our book? 🤲🏻

bookshop.org/p/books/an-a...

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · 1d

might I suggest….our book? 🤲🏻

bookshop.org/p/books/an-a...

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: Saul Zabar, who over seven decades made the Upper West Side food emporium Zabar’s a New York institution, is dead at 97. nyti.ms/42qGl2n

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 2d

What a lovely message from @bookshop.org. Glad to see them growing and growing. We CAN claim back what has been taken from us by these monstrous corporations, and it starts with things like this. Grab some books these next couple days!

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Nancy Drew: Girl Detective @sonjajacobsen.bsky.social · 2d

Republican Congressman offers bold statement defending the government shutdown.

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 2d

This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · 2d

rolling right into Sukkot-posting

A bright yellow etrog (citron) and a lulav (palm fronds/branches) in front of a green door; I’m standing on a fire escape in bright sunlight

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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 2d

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · 2d

rolling right into Sukkot-posting

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In geveb @ingeveb.bsky.social · 2d

We’re back! 🦚

ingeveb.org/blog/welcome...

A green and gold graphic with the text “Welcome Back!” and the image of a sukkah. Our golden peacock mascot is inside the sukkah, with a lulav and an etrog.

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · 3d

sweet potato snacking cake with brown butter and cardamom buttercream caught the light ✨

A brown snacking cake with warm vanilla-colored buttercream and rainbow spineless on a yellow glass cake stand in front of a calendar image with muted orange and yellow flowers by Gustave Baumann

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · 3d

sweet potato snacking cake with brown butter and cardamom buttercream caught the light ✨

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · 4d

a very merry Giant Soft Pretzel season to you all

A huge soft pretzel twist on a wooden plate, in the sun

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Joan Miró @joanmiro.bsky.social · 5d

Nude https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/nude

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · 6d

a lot of things are bad right now (including the new Taylor album) but I did just get my first real royalty check and that feels really really cool ⛰️

Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · 6d

deeply deeply want to see this piece written!

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𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙠 @winterk.bsky.social · 7d

this is what life should be about. the other horse shit shouldn't be happening.

Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 8d

let the gourd times roll

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Justine O-S @justineodashs.bsky.social · 8d

break fast babka dough is rising 🕵🏻‍♀️

A ball of warm yellow dough in a stainless steel bowl

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