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Rebecca Rubenstein
@rrrubenstein.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 Freelance Editor & Writer | Fiction Editor at The Offing | EIC at Midnight Breakfast | Tin House Summer Workshop '20 & '23 | she/her | Scrabble + coffee + cross-stitch

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Can’t wait until Congress confirms all these absolute dickweeds and then, when shit inevitably hits the fan, is like
A still from I Think You Should Leave, with a man dressed in a hot dog costume yelling “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this”—even though he’s just crashed his weinermobile and it’s clearly him, he’s the culprit, there can be no one else at fault
November 14, 2024 at 1:41 AM
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Blue art blue art post your blue #art.
An un-ironed and slightly creased but finished cross-stitch, featuring a quartet of cross-stitched spiky succulents in colorful pots on navy blue cloth. On the top left, there is a succulent with green leaves in a blue and fuchsia pot. On the top right, there is a succulent with pink and purple leaves, in an orange and green pot. On the bottom left, there is a succulent with orange leaves (that look like flames), in a green and blue pot. And on the bottom right, there is a succulent with blue leaves, in a pink, purple, and orange pot. The succulents are giving Andy Warhol vibes.
October 22, 2023 at 5:18 AM
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I also forgot that Bluesky changed their design and you can ALSO access My Feeds by clicking the weird circle icon at the bottom of your screen (again, phone app specific). Here’s what it looks like:
An example of the Bluesky phone app navigation menu at the bottom of the phone screen, with the My Feeds icon circled in red
September 25, 2023 at 12:22 AM
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Roman Roy, in a still from the Succession finale, cradling a block of cheese in his hands and making a face while threatening to lick said cheese. He is a white, brown-haired man in his 30s, wearing a baby blue t-shirt, with dark blue and yellow stripes on the sleeves, from Wal-Mart, even though he’s also part of a billionaire family. This is perhaps one of his finest moments.
September 8, 2023 at 1:28 AM
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The fact that I forgot Magnolia is a testament to how late it is. A misstep for sure. Honorable mention. I mean, this fucking performance alone:
A still from Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia. In it, a close-up of Philip Seymour Hoffman as Phil Parma, world’s greatest nurse/home aide. He is wearing pale blue scrubs and resting his fist beneath his chin and smiling knowingly.
August 13, 2023 at 8:17 AM
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Thank you! I’ve added a lot more and I’m thrilled with it so far. Definitely a great artist to follow and get patterns from.
A cross-stitch pattern on navy blue Aida cloth, featuring a half slice of lemon, a full slice of grapefruit, tiny purple flowers, small white flowers with gold centers, two-toned leaves in light and dark shades of green, and a ghost with orange spots. The pattern is circular and the cloth is tensioned in a bamboo hoop.
August 12, 2023 at 6:48 PM
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This is so amazing! And so cool to see their patterns in the wild. I’m working on one of theirs for a friend’s bday present right now, and I’m really enjoying it!
The beginnings of a cross-stitch pattern involving citrus, flowers, leaves, and ghosts. The pattern is currently being stitched on navy Aida cloth, and you can see 4 small white and gold flowers, 4 small purple flowers, a half slice of lemon, a full slice of grapefruit, and 2 tiny green leaves.
August 7, 2023 at 6:48 PM
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Found some ghosts.
The front exterior of my apartment building, with pale, creamy white, deteriorating siding. Visible are the sooty outlines of several handprints, which appear ghostly in nature. You can see a dimly-lit doorframe and a mail slot, as well as the numbers 9 and 1, which denote part of the address.
July 27, 2023 at 10:37 PM
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This is happening right now and the kids are going NUTS. I love it.
A giant red fire truck sits in front of a firehouse and raises its ladder high in the sky. Off-camera, children are chattering and in awe of the spectacle.
June 22, 2023 at 5:11 PM
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About a year ago, the city cut down the tree outside my window that was bringing me so much joy (and also shaded my apartment). They left a stump that looked like a dick, and the whole thing made me incredibly sad. But then, the other day, I discovered they’d planted a new tree! Couldn’t be happier.
A city street. The image contains a lot of things—a street cleaning NO PARKING sign, a fire station in the background—but the focus of the photo is a sapling that has just been planted. It is surrounded by incredibly green grass and is just starting to bud.
May 24, 2023 at 8:56 AM
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Heyyy, so if we’re mutuals on other forms of social media and I haven’t followed you here yet, please know I’m slowly finding people and I’m not ignoring you, promise. Following me here will make that process quicker.

Also, here is a cross-stitch project I’m working on!
A photo of a cross-stitch project in progress. The cross-stitch pattern is rainbow chard leaves, but so far you can only make out a few stems in gold, lavender, and coral, and the beginnings of a leafy green. The cross-stitch is on white Aida fabric, inside a bamboo hoop.
May 15, 2023 at 10:33 PM
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Okay, okay, here are my hands!
The hot dog hands from Everything Everywhere All At Once, tenderly touching. They are disembodied from their human host and on a white background.
May 12, 2023 at 3:54 AM