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Wife/BlindianTeenMom/Nerd/Lawyer turned Recruiter Pgh born/Det raised/Chi now @americanwritersmuseum.org & GirlsIncOfChicago boards #BlackSky #Prince #Prince4Ever #BeyHive #StarTrek #BookSky #LawSky #Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #JaneAusten #Bridgerton

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Sonya Olds Som (she/her/hers) 💜☔️🐝🖖🏾⚖️🎶📚🍿📺 @sonyaoldssom.bsky.social · 2d

Serving as a Girls Inc. of Chicago board member & as co-chair of our Strong Smart Bold gala is near & dear to my heart! Now more than ever our young people need our support. All donations are greatly appreciated. And join us 9 Oct 2025 @msichicago.bsky.social if you can!

GirlsIncOfChicago.org 🧒🏽🙏🏾❤️👧🏾

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 4h

earlier today.

Rico, house father of WAWG & salt shaker CEO 🧂🤸🏾‍♂️✨ @epereza22.blacksky.app · 8h

When was the last time you cried?

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 4h

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 3h

O sleep! O gentle sleep!

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 4h

An here go Governor Cutie Patootie.

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 7h

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 4h

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Paula Edgar @paulaedgar.bsky.social · 14h

What makes you different might be your biggest brand asset. How ADHD is a powerful part of what makes my brand distinct. Reframe: The difference can be your distinction.
🎧 Listen www.paulaedgar.com/podcast/adhd...
#BrandingRoomOnly #PersonalBranding #Neurodiversity #ADHDAwareness #Authenticity #ADHD

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Sonya Olds Som (she/her/hers) 💜☔️🐝🖖🏾⚖️🎶📚🍿📺 @sonyaoldssom.bsky.social · 4h

I could say Kermit, Miss Piggy, etc. but it’s really Angel

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Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 13h

facts thooo

Openly Gray 🇯🇲🌹 @trice10552.bsky.social · 13h

Name a badder bitch than Miss Piggy. You can’t.

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 16h

Happy 50th Anniversary to "Mahogany"

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 16h

"Success is nothing without someone you love to share it with."

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♎ jentrification @jentrification.com · 10h

I am 'area man'

The Onion @theonion.com · 14h

Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree https://theonion.com/area-man-has-far-greater-knowledge-of-marvel-universe-t-1819571080/

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 12h

I knew she wasn’t dying, I would’ve felt a disturbance in the force.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Lamont Price @lpizzle.bsky.social · 2d

Social media has destroyed the urban legend. If social media was around in the 80s Mikey from The Life Cereal commercials would've hopped on here like "Fuck y'all talkin' bout? I'm right here!" and then got endorsement deals from Coke AND Pop Rocks

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 12h

America has single-handedly RUINED new years for me. Like, what are we celebrating??? Another season of American Horror Story?

Gay Dad @gaydad.bsky.social · 12h

2025 is really tiring me OUT

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 11h

I'm definitely IN this tweet

Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 11h

There's a tshirt I've been thinking about a lot lately that reads "It's so weird being the same age as old people."

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🜲 James @jamesskeets.blacksky.app · 11h

17 years ago today, Beyoncé released “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).” 💍

Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (Video Version)

YouTube video by BeyoncéVEVO

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Countess Mora @jedikat71.bsky.social · 11h

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 11h

We needed this kind of energy on Detroit buses 30+ years ago. My nerdy bookworm joke in HS: "The Livernois bus is a myth."

(Transit folks in Michigan: Ask yourself why so many of us who were born and raised here go into debt to keep a personal vehicle... and it's not because we're bad people.)

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13h

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 11h

I know Dolly Parton cussed her sister smooth the fuck out, lol.

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 11h

Dishwasher. It saves time, sanitizes dishes using a higher temperature without dish towel bacteria, and uses less water.

themaninblackfled.bsky.social @themaninblackfled.bsky.social · 11h

Dishwasher or hand wash?

Hand dry or rack dry?

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 11h

In my “Fine, I’ll do it myself” - era.

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 11h

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 1d

This here’s a man of the people.

Former Cubs pitcher Lee Smith on why he always walked so slowly out of the bullpen when he was called - he heard the grounds crew got time and a half of the game stretched past 4:30 pm.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 14h

Just saw a Tootsie Pop commercial...talk about getting full value, they have aired that same owl my entire life

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