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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 1h

I mentioned to a MAGA uncle that I'd walked all over Portland a few weeks ago & had a lovely time and he said, "Sure, but you can find a few nice places in LA too." To such said, "Yes! I've lived there. Lots of great areas. We don't need troops in LA either." These people are so scared of cities lol

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10h

Portland is ... right there. It's a real place. People live in it. People can go look at it. You could call someone there right now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 5h

It's nice, in a way, knowing I'll never block anyone's view.

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 5h

And there's a song from a mixtape by my second-ever boyfriend back in 2012 🥲

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 5h

At 5'2" I never really see anything at a show but my current experience is being just bodied by 14689553 senior citizens.

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 5h

I am at a Neko Case show and was...unprepared to be among the youngest in the crowd.

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

Many of us with cousins can definitely relate!

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

So much for "they'll have to go through me."

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

ps i am a pacifist and am 100% against all judicial and extra-judicial killings, so do not put me in charge of deciding who gets the wall when the revolution comes.

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

when the revolution comes, anyone with this kind of thing named after them will be the first to get the wall

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7d

An arrest of a person due entirely to the person having dark skin color is now known across the country as a "Kavanaugh stop," based on Justice Kavanaugh's justification of the practice. slate.com/news-and-pol...

There’s a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.” It’s Absolutely Devastating.

These detentions, far from the “brief” inconvenience the justice described, are often lengthy, violent, and dangerous.

slate.com

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

weird cases of widespread amnesia throughout the country on this particular situation.

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

Could totally be any of those things! My 1st (that I know of) was a situation so out of my control where I was surrounded by unmasked plague vectors. My partner tested positive too, but never had ANY symptoms, so idk it's all a mystery. AND first time my N95 has failed me 😭I hope yours is nothing!

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

I recently got my first case of covid despite an N-95 and a month-old covid shot :( it can happen (and obvs other illnesses can get through masks sometimes too).

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

So mysterious! Reminds me of (a FAR slimmer version) of my childhood black cat Spooky.

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

HAHAH! I guffawed. Thank you!

Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks very much❤️ It was a cousin--one of those "close but not close enough to miss work" kinds of losses

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

We had a sudden death in the family and it's wrecking us.

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

Anyway this week was ESPECIALLY rough for my family in addition to...everything, so if you have any pet pics, pls drop them here tysm!

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

No no, I'm fine. Just welling up at the bar watching a woman shower her pitbull with kisses on the head and it's such a nice contrast to the horrors.

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Kelsey Lahr @kelseylahr.bsky.social · 3d

Remember...whenever the French government threatens to raise the retirement age by five minutes, the people are instantly out in the streets lighting shit on fire.

www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/...