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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 8h

Sale's ending tonight, Wednesday Oct 8, at midnight Minnesota time.

www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...

LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 1d

Still happening (and going well, thank you! you are helping SO MUCH and you are all awesome)....

LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 3d

Quick Sunday night (and maybe Monday and Tuesday) sale is happening now, because I have inconvenient bills that could use some convenient sales.

35% off a lot of things.
Done when the bills are covered.
Have fun!

www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...

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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 8h

It very much is. It may become a winter favorite.

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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 1d

(i'm going to mark a few earrings at half price now, because you know how i get, and i keep getting that way here)

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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 1d

Still happening (and going well, thank you! you are helping SO MUCH and you are all awesome)....

LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 3d

Quick Sunday night (and maybe Monday and Tuesday) sale is happening now, because I have inconvenient bills that could use some convenient sales.

35% off a lot of things.
Done when the bills are covered.
Have fun!

www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...

www.etsy.com

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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 3d

Oh heck. I cannot not.

Because you know how I get.

(Yup, just marked down a few things to half price.)

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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 3d

Quick Sunday night (and maybe Monday and Tuesday) sale is happening now, because I have inconvenient bills that could use some convenient sales.

35% off a lot of things.
Done when the bills are covered.
Have fun!

www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness...

www.etsy.com

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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 7d

I remember it as one.

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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 11d

A bunch of different things fighting for the same real estate on the face, yeah.

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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 12d

I put it up or braid it in self-defense these days. Dang stuff is practically prehensile.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 14d

10/ Instead of centering men who missed the boat (and still don't seem to get it), let's lift up the work of Paulina Borsook, who saw it all very clearly and tried to warn us 25 years ago.

Someone should do a profile of her very interesting life. And hey, let's drop some cash into her GoFundme!

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 14d

9/ I had launch with Paulina Borsook last month in Oakland. Her life is hard, but she still has a lot to say! She's trying to raise funds to get a new version of the book reissued on the Internet Archive.

Some of her friends have a running GoFundMe to support her:

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

Donate to Help Paulina Borsook: disabled writer, artist, activist, organized by paul Carter

Paulina's long time friend Steve Rappaport writes, "Support P… paul Carter needs your support for Help Paulina Borsook: disabled writer, artist, activist

www.gofundme.com

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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 12d

THREAD.
(And Paulina Borsook has indeed had a very interesting life.)

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 14d

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

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🦇Miss Hell Batkeeper🦇 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 12d

You buying one thing from the wrong company doesn't wreck the effort. They don't care about you as an individual. If there's no realistic alternative, you're not destroying the whole picture by giving them a few bucks when you have to.

Just know there are often more alternatives than you think.

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🦇Miss Hell Batkeeper🦇 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 12d

A lot of people treat boycotts like dieting. If you "mess up" once you may as well eat a whole cake.

Remember that financial pressure is about large trends. More people spending less money. You're just one part of a larger effort. Do your best; reduce your dependence on the worst of the worst.

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Sasha Ravitch ☄️ @sasharavitch.bsky.social · 13d

read this story after @aijiang.bsky.social recommended it to my residency cohort and immediately started crying

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 14d

If you're tired and need a hug today, I'd like to offer this story of mine. It's about a haunted house so lonely that it promises it'll behave if anyone will just live in it.

DP FICTION #64A: “Open House on Haunted Hill” by John Wiswell – Diabolical Plots

www.diabolicalplots.com

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Christy @ravensymbiont.bsky.social · 12d

@naomikritzer.bsky.social's deeply satisfying take: "Jacob Frey is a deeply performative empty suit who literally runs away from hard questions. He’s also genuinely terrible at working with the City Council, terrible at collective problem solving, and terrible at overseeing the Minneapolis police."

Election 2025: Minneapolis Mayoral Race (the four contenders)

There are fifteen people running for Minneapolis mayor. You only have to worry about four of them, and this post will talk about those four. If you want to know more about all the others, that is i…

naomikritzer.com

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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 12d

LionessElise sends you Friday greetings.

The hairbrush in my hand points to the longest bit of my hair, which is now between my hip and my knee somewhere. Closer to the latter, these days.

A fat white person who looks a bit tired but amiable is taking a mirror selfie documenting their cascade of silvered bronze hair (tending more to grey than bronze in this photo) which is now down well past their hip. They are wearing loose blue gathered trousers with gigantic low pockets, and a light blue gauze tunic with lantern sleeves. The outfit looks to be chosen for comfort, and it is indeed comfortable. Nearby is a turquoise banner that says DO MORE OF WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

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LionessElise @lionesselise.bsky.social · 12d

Is it done already?

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 19d

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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Cynthia Ward @cynthiaward.bsky.social · 15d

Not to mention you want to read the Astreiant series!

Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 20d

#Booksky Buying direct from us is a huge help to our bottom line, plus our authors get paid more! Find your favorite queer reads in ePub and Kindle (Mobi available by request) at our webstore - queenofswordspress.com/product/poin...

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 18d

I can't do millennial complaints, but my most GenX complaint is that cynicism should not be an excuse to roll over or tell others to quit.

It's the armor you need to continue to fight when you know you won't be the one to benefit from it.

Yeah, we're fucked.

Now get your hands dirty.

erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · Jan 13

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20d

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.