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Aimee
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Last five books read:
Sula, Toni Morrison
The Book of Guilt, Catherine Chidgey
Gather, Kenneth M. Cadow
The Movement Made Us, David J. Dennis, Jr., David J. Dennis, Sr.
Home Grown Magic, Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos
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oldenoughtosay.com
As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:

A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
ladyblanchester.bsky.social
When I realized that my old new priorities weren't really working for me anymore, I set some new new priorities. One of them is taking better care of myself physically and I'm actually doing it and (you're never going to believe this) I feel better when I do!
jbf1755.bsky.social Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 9h
At this time of “LOOK WHAT I DID LAST YEAR,” let’s do something different.

Not: I WROTE A BOOK; I BOUGHT A HOUSE; I WON AN AWARD

Rather: something small you’re proud of.

I’ll start
I’m better at having “no f*cks left to give”
I stopped owning other people’s judgements of me
Most of the time

You?
December 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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julie.alady.top
"cuties patootie" is the correct plural form of "cutie patootie"
December 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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theferocity.bsky.social
Let’s take care of each other today.
December 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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isamclaren.bsky.social
New gender dropped, just in time for Christmas.
Two images. The top has three mugs on a store shelf with designs. From left to right: She Her, They Them, Cool Hat The bottom is Jessie, James, and Ash Ketchum from Pokémon.
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
ladyblanchester.bsky.social
Quote with your favorite pic of you from 2025
A festively dressed person - there are sequin pants, there is a crop top with slashed bishop sleeves, there are heart shaped sunglasses, there is a sash that reads “Slay Queen”
December 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social
Shout out to all the folks donning gay apparel and whatnot.
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
ladyblanchester.bsky.social
Keep being unapologetically myself because it feels great and the people around me seem to really enjoy it!
rebeccarhelm.bsky.social Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 3d
It’s almost New Years Resolution Time! Here’s mine:

1) Every month, I will purchase at least one piece of original artwork. If I don’t find anything I like/can afford, I’ll donate to an artist on Patreon.

What are yours?
December 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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ricksteves.bsky.social
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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assignedmale.bsky.social
There is no trend or epidemic of kids being trans or non-binary.
2 frames comic. in the first frame, Stephie says : There is no trend or epidemic of kids being trans or non-binary. in the second frame, Ciel says : It's simply that more kids have the words to describe who they are and feel safer to come out.
December 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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samthielman.com
As told by the late dancer and choreographer Agnes DeMille.
The greatest thing she ever said to me was in 1943 after the opening of Oklahoma!, when I suddenly had unexpected, flamboyant success for a work I thought was only fairly good, after years of neglect for work I thought was fine. I was bewildered and worried that my entire scale of values was untrustworthy. I talked to Martha. I remember the conversation well. It was in a Schrafft's restaurant over a soda. I confessed that I had a burning desire to be excellent, but no faith that I could be. Martha said to me, very quietly: "There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. As for you, Agnes, you have so far used about one-third of your talent."
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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kjshepherd.bsky.social
It's your birthday, Duane.
Duane Kearns Puryear, holding his panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt. It reads, in block letters: "My name is Duane Kearns Puryear. I was born on December 20, 1964. I was diagnosed with AIDS on September 7, 1987 at 4:45 PM. I was 22 old. Sometimes, it makes me very sad. I made this panel myself. If you are reading it, I am dead..." There are several great resources to learn about Duane, his advocacy, his family, his panel, and the politics of memory and re-creation, especially this one by The Dallas Way: http://www.thedallasway.org/stories/written/2021/9/19/duane-puryears-and-the-quilt-panel Duane Puryear died in 1991.
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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elienyc.bsky.social
I wrote about how the Trump administration won’t let Black people use MATH to prove racism exists.
Apparently, only white self-reporting their own racism now counts as evidence of racism.
The DOJ Just Made It Almost Impossible to Prove Racism Exists
By rolling back “disparate impact" claims, the Trump administration is reducing courts to mere rubber stamps for the white supremacy written into the laws.
www.contrabandcamp.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
ladyblanchester.bsky.social
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
A skeleton holding a magic wand and wearing glittery pink fairy wing and a matching tutu. The text reads “‘It is what it is’ I sat as I almost keel over from anxiety.
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
ladyblanchester.bsky.social
A reminder from a high school history teacher that you do not ever, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to Hitler.
joelhs.bsky.social Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 5d
From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...)

Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.
"Moderator: What do you think of Adolf Hitler? Ashley: I think he was a great leader, to be honest. I think what he was going for was terrible, but I think he showed very strong leadership values. Andrew: I’m in favor of a strong executive. I think we should have a stronger executive branch. I don’t think we should be killing people or doing mass genocide, obviously, but I do think we should have a strong executive. I feel like one of the biggest problems Trump is running into right now is all these little courts, they want to throw up little blockages against everything he’s trying to do, whether it be his tariffs or deporting people. So I’m very pro-strong executive, strong leader, strong man. I support national sovereignty, and Hitler was a nationalist. He was like, we have to take Germany back for Germans. And I feel like we should do that in America. We should take America back for our native population. So, I’m not an expert on Hitler by any means, but as far as nationalism is concerned, I’m all that. Brice: I myself am actually Jewish, ancestrally. I’m Christian by faith, but Jewish by blood. I’ve actually read Mein Kampf. The end conclusions that he came to: absolutely abominable. But I strangely understood where he was coming from as far as wanting to improve the national state of Germany."
December 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
ladyblanchester.bsky.social
Let's! Call! Our! Senators! Regardless!
erininthemorning.com Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 7d
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.

3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.

4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.

It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.

Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
ladyblanchester.bsky.social
My friend’s production of Something Rotten. The first time I saw “A Musical,” joy filled my entire body.
pintsncupcakes.bsky.social Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 8d
2025 has been a rough year. What's one piece of art that's brought you absolute joy despite everything?
December 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
ladyblanchester.bsky.social
I went to two different Christmas shows at two different community theaters and had a marvelous time at both. I laughed, I gasped, I was in awe at the depth and breadth of creativity.
clairewillett.bsky.social Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 9d
this was a weekend of unrelenting horrors, but if you had a small nice thing happen I would like to hear about it

maybe you read a great book or saw a cute dog walking down the street or your soup turned out really good? please share
December 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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karidru.bsky.social
I'm going to do my best to alt text this because holy crap, everyone should know.
It's a map focused on Central America, much of the US at top, part of Brazil at bottom. The murder strikes are marked in red. There's a cluster by Venezuela, and a line of three headed up to Haiti and DR. There's one to the North of Panama in the center of the Caribbean. Here's where it gets even more shocking: there's a line of 14 strikes in the Pacific stretching across the coastlines of Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Nowhere near Venezuela or the US.
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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wpri12.bsky.social
The Rhode Island Blood Center is seeking donors after a shooting at Brown University killed two students and injured nine others Saturday afternoon.

More details: https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/ri-blood-center-seeking-donations-to-bolster-supply-after-deadly-brown-shooting/ 
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December 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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jvp.bsky.social
We grieve the loss of life in Sydney, Australia, where gunmen attacked a celebration of the first night of Hanukkah, killing at least 11 people. This was a terrifying incident of hate-fueled violence that no community should face.
December 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
ladyblanchester.bsky.social
I haven't been a regular church-goer in over a decade and still, these words keep echoing through my head: "...with those who work, or watch, or weep this night..." Thinking of Brown and Providence 💔
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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jayrosen.bsky.social
In case you have never seen this.
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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iridescentdreams.bsky.social
friendly reminder that you didn't waste your year. any moments of happiness or comfort. any small accomplishments, they all matter. this has been a really hard year, and simply surviving is something to be proud of.
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
ladyblanchester.bsky.social
#AdventCalendar Day 5 - Like an Austrian 3 Musketeers (complimentary). Just right for getting into Bridesmaid Mode. 8/10
A mini Zotter chocolate bar. The label features a pink pig wearing sunglasses and relaxing. The text says “Glücks-Bringer,” which translates to “Lucky Charm”
December 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM