@kilgoretrout02.bsky.social
“Retired” social scientist, now SAHM
Dog lover and rescuer
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Proud granddaughter of immigrants
Dog lover and rescuer
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Proud granddaughter of immigrants
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🤩 📚 From black hole theory to a butterfly’s “goo” phase: Explore 11 recommended reads from kid lit experts @mahnazdar.bsky.social and @jenswanbooks.bsky.social. Plus, recommendations for picking great STEM books for youth: buff.ly/sLfesi1
December 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
🤩 📚 From black hole theory to a butterfly’s “goo” phase: Explore 11 recommended reads from kid lit experts @mahnazdar.bsky.social and @jenswanbooks.bsky.social. Plus, recommendations for picking great STEM books for youth: buff.ly/sLfesi1
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I'm once again politely asking Bluesky developers to allow us to attach multiple photos and videos in one post.
December 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I'm once again politely asking Bluesky developers to allow us to attach multiple photos and videos in one post.
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Don't need to imagine, Sinatra had something to say about multicultural liberal democracies 🧵
December 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Don't need to imagine, Sinatra had something to say about multicultural liberal democracies 🧵
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A reminder that Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra’s parents emigrated here during a period when Italians were considered to be a genetically inferior and criminal-minded underclass that Stephen Miller’s racist predecessors said should be excluded from America
December 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A reminder that Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra’s parents emigrated here during a period when Italians were considered to be a genetically inferior and criminal-minded underclass that Stephen Miller’s racist predecessors said should be excluded from America
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
If you haven’t followed Tim Mak’s reporting on Ukraine in The Counteroffensive this is a good place to start.
Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
Pokrovsk, birthplace of 'Carol of the Bells', is being destroyed by Russian fire.
That’s where Father Oleksandr built his church while working night shifts in the mines. But today, his city, and his church, are in ruins.
Pokrovsk, birthplace of 'Carol of the Bells', is being destroyed by Russian fire.
That’s where Father Oleksandr built his church while working night shifts in the mines. But today, his city, and his church, are in ruins.
Russia incinerates birthplace of famous Christmas song
While much of the world sings the iconic ‘Carol of the Bells’ melody this holiday season, the tune’s birthplace is slowly being erased by Russia. Oleksandr, a priest, witnessed this destruction firsth
www.counteroffensive.news
December 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you haven’t followed Tim Mak’s reporting on Ukraine in The Counteroffensive this is a good place to start.
Coquito > eggnog
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Coquito > eggnog
What they are doing to trans Americans is heartbreaking, infuriating, dehumanizing, and just fucking wrong. Nothing will change until cis Americans stand up for what’s right. #transrightsarehumanrights
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
What they are doing to trans Americans is heartbreaking, infuriating, dehumanizing, and just fucking wrong. Nothing will change until cis Americans stand up for what’s right. #transrightsarehumanrights
Ladylocks should not be made with buttercream. Too sweet. I will take no dissent on this edict. #Pittsburghweddingcookies
December 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Ladylocks should not be made with buttercream. Too sweet. I will take no dissent on this edict. #Pittsburghweddingcookies
I’m mainlining peanut butter m&m’s rn and I’m not going to feel guilty about it.
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I’m mainlining peanut butter m&m’s rn and I’m not going to feel guilty about it.
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As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
I can’t stop eating baklava
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I can’t stop eating baklava
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Ok, with this year being what it has, we all deserved and needed this today. Do yourself a favor and watch it. You deserve it.
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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December 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Ok, with this year being what it has, we all deserved and needed this today. Do yourself a favor and watch it. You deserve it.
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Someone said that Florida upside down looks like The Grinch, and now I can’t unsee it! 😱🤯
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Someone said that Florida upside down looks like The Grinch, and now I can’t unsee it! 😱🤯
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Why do they keep making new music when the best stuff all came out when I was a teen?
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Why do they keep making new music when the best stuff all came out when I was a teen?
Serbian nut roll is amazing and if you haven’t had it you are missing out.
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Serbian nut roll is amazing and if you haven’t had it you are missing out.
Tea is infinitely better iced. No question about it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tea is infinitely better iced. No question about it.
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Happy 71st birthday to Dexter Weaver.
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Happy 71st birthday to Dexter Weaver.
I don’t eat turkey. So I made spaghetti with red sauce. Happy Thanksgiving to me.
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I don’t eat turkey. So I made spaghetti with red sauce. Happy Thanksgiving to me.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
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On this day 40 years ago, Fables of the Reconstruction was voted Album of the Year at the College Media Journal Awards in New York City. @millsish.bsky.social thanked college radio and the alternative scene, "without which most of the great rock'n'roll of today would never be heard by mortal ears."
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
On this day 40 years ago, Fables of the Reconstruction was voted Album of the Year at the College Media Journal Awards in New York City. @millsish.bsky.social thanked college radio and the alternative scene, "without which most of the great rock'n'roll of today would never be heard by mortal ears."