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Merry-tricula
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Entertainer, horticulturist, musician, bird person, clown, atheist, Lady Three Names of the Neon-Haired Harpies, member of band The Salacious Crumbles (she/her)
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Raleigh, NC
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Triangle music friends! Grrlbands NC Carrboro (collective for classes for women/enby adults) has their Winter 2026 lineup up!! I’m taking the Empire Records class for rhythm guitar! Anyone wanna join me? Classes are ~$200 but a sliding scale is available

www.grrrlbands.org/archive-join...
Soundtrack Round starting on January 19th Showcase March 15th: I Grease - Mondays 7:00-8:30PM (Jan.19th - Mar.9th) I Guardians of the Galaxy - Tuesdays 7:00-8:30PM (Jan.20th - Mar.l0th) s. Stranger Things - Wednesdays 7:00-8:30PM (Jan.2lst - Mar. lIth) $ Empire Records - Thursdays 7:00-8:30PM (Jan.22nd - Mar. 12th) I Donnie Darko - Fridays 7:00-8:30PM (Jan.23rd - Mar. 13th)
December 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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More magnetic nail love
December 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
A picture of me wearing a tie-dye sweatshirt and holding a giant metal mixing bowl
December 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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In other pleasant news my light blue magnetic nails on the left hand continue to delight me
December 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Omg the Smoliv is an amazing pokemon
Picture of a pokemon from Pokemon Go; it’s a light green olive fruit with another, smaller olive on its head
December 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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L’il in-progress mani with a thermo-reactive polish that transitions from hot pink as the “warm” color to burgundy as the “cool” color (swatch on the bottle)
in-progress mani closeup with a thermo-reactive polish that transitions from hot pink as the “warm” color on the nails to burgundy as the “cool” color (swatch on the bottle)
December 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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You will be visited by 3 spirits.
Still from Final Fantasy X-2 with Rikku, Yuna, and Payne brandishing weapons
December 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Once year since my brother died
Man with brown shoulder length hair and mustache cuddling an orange cat
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Never forget
Photo of snowbound Glenwood ave in Raleigh, NC, with abandoned cars (one is on fire) and woman on cell phone in foreground
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Found Dan’s Eagle Scout ceremony invitation from 2006.
I miss my brother.
Front of a home-printed invitation; photo of a teenaged boy in a scout uniform hugging Smokey Bear mascot and giving a thumbs-up
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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You just died, the sixth picture in your camera roll is what killed you.
Kirby’s right arm, the pink one
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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STOP. this is a selfie checkpoint. You must repost with a cute selfie to proceed.
Woman with pink bangs, gray tank top, side angle
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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They won’t what now

“Potentially divisive” Nazi-swastikas?
From the Washington Post: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi-era insignia as "potentially divisive" under its new guidelines. The new policy, set to take effect Dec. 15, similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag, though display of the latter remains banned, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post. A Coast Guard official who had seen the new wording called the policy changes chilling. "We don't deserve the trust of the nation if we're unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas," the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal.
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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I know this looks DISGUSTING now that I’ve partially demolished it but I promise this pumpkin-cheesecake stuffed, cinnamon-sugar covered pretzel from Crofton’s Pretzels on South Saunders is AMAZING. It was huge, too. Easily shareable, made to order
A tangled mass of cheesecake and pumpkin pie filling spilling out of a partially eaten stuffed pretzel
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Things what now
Washington Post push alert reading: “Breaking News 11m ago Trump defends Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over killing of Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying 'things happen'”
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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I just threw up in my mouth
Picture of Dr Oz with this quote appearing in Newsweek: "We've dropped [the price of] infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies, I'm hoping, by the midterms," Dr. Oz said during a press conference at the White House on Thursday.
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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So excited to go to my first class of this songwriting workshop in Carrboro! It’s hosted by GrrrlBands NC, an org that focuses on classes/music lessons and bands for adult women and non-binary folk.

www.grrrlbands.org
GRRRLbands logo with text “A space for women and non-binary adults to create, collaborate & make music “
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Not kidding:
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Quote from print book, John Bolton’s THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED: “Was Trump looking only for people from "central casting"? Much was made of his purported dislike of my moustache. For what its worth, he told me it was never a factor, noting that his father also had one. Other than shrinks and those deeply interested in Sigmund Freud, which I assuredly am not, I don't really believe my looks played a role in Trump's thinking. And if they did, God help the country. Attractive women, however, fall into a different category when it comes to Trump. Loyalty was the key factor, which Giuliani had proved beyond…”
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula
Screen shot of Cuthbert Beckett from video game Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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(Her daughter wanted to be Nezuko for Halloween)
“But nothing was going to stop me from helping Ellie prepare for Halloween 2021. For months she’d been talking about going as Nezuko Kamado, the girl demon in her Demon Slayer manga series. At first, I’d been surprised that my daughter wanted to be a character that had crossed over to the dark side. But Ellie corrected me, saying Nezuko was actually a force for good.” — Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre https://a.co/2jEJgGX
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Virginia Giuffre’s memoir also includes a sweet anecdote about her daughter explaining Nezuko from Demon Slayer to her mother (that Nezuko was a good demon and warrior, etc)
“You know, Mama,” she said, “eventually, Nezuko and her brother vanquish the evil around them and then they live a peaceful life.” She was beaming at me as if she’d stumbled upon a secret code for contentment. I hugged her long and hard that day. I’d been trying to protect my daughter from the world’s ugliness, but she was developing her own ways of protecting herself—and passing strength to me in the process.” — Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre https://a.co/9RCBwNI
October 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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My closet cosplay of Emily from Stardew Valley turned out great! Can’t wait for Symphony of Seasons tonight!
Two pictures side by side. Left, me smiling with a short blue wig and red collared sweater in cosplay as Emily from Stardew Valley Right, Emily from Stardew Valley. Pixel art woman with short blue hair, red lipstick, red collared shirt
October 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Remember that the gathering place for the Raleigh No Kings protest tomorrow is on Capital Blvd near Triangle Town Center, NOT downtown.

Please share!

From the N&O, hear are some times and locations in pic and alt text:
-Apex: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at 73 Hunter St. -Carrboro: 3-4:30 p.m. at 301 W. Main St. -Cary: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at 110 SE Maynard Road -Clayton: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at 100 W. Main St. -Durham: 2-4 p.m. at 501 Foster St. -Hillsborough: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at 104 E. King St. -Pittsboro: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at 40 E. Chatham St. -Raleigh: 12-3 p.m. at 6200 Capital Blvd. between Oak Forest Road and Old Wake Forest Road -Wake Forest: 2-4 p.m. at 221 Brooks St.
October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Just read @josie.zone’s EXCELLENT biography/reporting RINGMASTER about Vince McMahon and his re-making of the professional wrestling industry and it’s so conversational, biting, well-documented and so clearly lovingly written as someone who grew up during that 90s neokayfabe zeitgeist
Cover of RINGMASTER VINCE MCMAHON AND THE UNMAKING OF AMERICA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ABRAHAM JOSEPHINE RIESMAN Black and white figure of McMahon in front of red and yellow tinted wrestling ring photo
October 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Photo of songwriter in black and white from the Wall Street Journal. Text: Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman. Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?
October 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM