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Renata S Pumpkins

@renatasnacks.bsky.social

Teen services librarian, returned Peace Corps volunteer, The Moth slam winner, Worst Bestsellers co-host, Beebo stan. All opinions belong to my cat. She/her.

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I know my target audience 😌

31.10.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"According to the U.S. Mint, where the medals are produced, a 1.5-inch medal costs $20, and a 3-inch medal costs $160." wait I have $20, I could exchange that for a good

31.10.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Heavy Medal - National Peace Corps Association

if all Peace Corps volunteers collectively get a Congressional Gold Medal, oooh it's gonna look so good on my mantle next to my AO3 Hugo Award

31.10.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

my daughter is very stylish!!!

31.10.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am loving wearing this cape to work, I'm punctuating everything with a dramatic flounce and sweep. I need to investigate a professional cape wardrobe.

31.10.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.

EXCLUSIVE: After Trump took over the Kennedy Center in Feb, he vowed to make it "hot" again. So, how's it doing? @jeremybmerrill.com and I used data from the center's ticketing website to find out. Ticket sales are lowest they've been since the pandemic.

www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

31.10.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 798    πŸ” 274    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 96

"When the country’s noblest values are being torn down with a wrecking ball, Gunn is earnestly telling stories that try to build them up, insisting that in a time of rising despair, hope is still punk rock." Yeah!!!

31.10.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Selfie of me in my vampire Pusheen cloak with my vampire (vampurr) Pusheen plush

Selfie of me in my vampire Pusheen cloak with my vampire (vampurr) Pusheen plush

Don’t talk to me or my daughter ever again

31.10.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

and I was like "what? how did I miss that? and who approved this? Don't you guys know how wack she is???" but it was too late to do anything about it. anyway imagine going from one of the most beloved children's authors to A LITERAL LIBRARIAN NIGHTMARE in a single generation

31.10.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I woke up in the middle of the night after a nightmare that the library where I work (which in dream logic looked like the library where I used to work but in the desert) had invited JK Rowling as an author guest & I was like wtf why is she here & everyone was like lol we've been promoting this

31.10.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.

30.10.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4577    πŸ” 1302    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 59

every couple of days the official white house website says "we want to kill you. we want to destroy everything you love. we are the living incarnation of death and we shall sweep life from this earth like an unstoppable whirlwind" and its like oh. ok. do i still have to pay taxes

30.10.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1640    πŸ” 402    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 9
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HeadStart programs close across southwestern Wisconsin due to federal grant delays HeadStart childhood development programs across southwestern Wisconsin closed this week because of the ongoing government shutdown. The delay in federal grant money, is leaving families below federal ...

Something fairly under-reported–or at least I have not seen across my feeds at all!–is that in addition to SNAP benefits ceasing November 1, so, too, are so many HeadStart programs.

www.wmtv15news.com/2025/10/29/h...

30.10.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shout out to New Bedford's Play Arcade, giving out free kids meals during the Republican SNAP shutdown. And it's no coincidence the next post on their IG page is for a drag show. Community is for ALL or it's not community. cc @sethmoulton.bsky.social.

www.instagram.com/p/DQZuUPokQ4h/

30.10.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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How Chicagoans Are Helping Kids Have A Safe β€” And ICE-Free β€” Halloween This Year Neighbors are organizing indoor trick-or-treat events, candy drives and candy dropoffs to protect vulnerable families. Two Logan Square blocks that attract thousands of trick-or-treaters may shut down...

children no longer being safe trick-or-treating on american streets because of the president is where we're at

30.10.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1880    πŸ” 634    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 17

Racoon: what is this stuff?

Me: it’s our garbage

Racoon: it’s delicious, I understand why you chase me away from it, do you eat it?

Me: no we’re trying to get rid of it

Racoon: ok I guess I don’t fucking understand at all then

04.10.2023 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3831    πŸ” 788    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 23

I am feeling very sulky today, like if I were a horse in a movie I would need the most special girl to gently feed me an apple and brush my hair so carefully

this is not sexual btw

29.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is saying you keep talking . Alt: a man in a suit and tie is saying you keep talking .
29.10.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hahaha apparently!!

28.10.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

no joke: this line of attack is racist.

MANY people from MANY cultural backgrounds use β€œauntie” and β€œuncle” for older relatives and even close family friends.

the NYP knows this. this is just bad faith racist bullshit parading as cultural ignorance.

28.10.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1453    πŸ” 287    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 38

Here are some places to donate $$ to help. In south FL, there are places to donate provisions.

1. American Friends of Jamaica: shorturl.at/HqzGw
2. Americares Hurricane Fund: shorturl.at/dkdqB
3. Direct Relief: shorturl.at/uLeWw
4. WCK: shorturl.at/l6tgj
5. Other vetted charities: shorturl.at/WI4q6

28.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
In This House We Believe
Never make a promise or plan
Take a little love where you can
Never stay too long in your bed
Never lose your heart, use your head
Never take a stranger's advice
Never let a friend fool you twice
Never be the first to believe
Never be the last to deceive
And never leave a moment too soon
Never waste a hot afternoon
Never stay a minute too long
Don't forget the best will go wrong
Nobody's on nobody's side!

In This House We Believe Never make a promise or plan Take a little love where you can Never stay too long in your bed Never lose your heart, use your head Never take a stranger's advice Never let a friend fool you twice Never be the first to believe Never be the last to deceive And never leave a moment too soon Never waste a hot afternoon Never stay a minute too long Don't forget the best will go wrong Nobody's on nobody's side!

In this house we believe: Science is real and the KGB is using it to sabotage the 1984 world chess championship

28.10.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

niche idea: a "In This House We Believe" sign but it's just the lyrics to Nobody's Side from Chess

28.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

😬

28.10.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Inside of me are three turtles. One is chilling on a log in the sun. The other two are on a first date and it’s going really well. I’m so happy

28.10.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 351    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3

I know! From what I understand of the Taylor Sheridan-verse I'm sure he would also like the whole Yellowstone family of products (of which I have seen none.)

28.10.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a Hello Kitty event featuring someone in a Hello Kitty mascot head wearing a stylish black and white dress, black boots, black gloves, very chic. A kpop is with her but I'm so so sorry, whoever this boy belongs to, I don't know who he is.  He looks great! I hope he's having fun and Hello Kitty doesn't black widow him!

Photo of a Hello Kitty event featuring someone in a Hello Kitty mascot head wearing a stylish black and white dress, black boots, black gloves, very chic. A kpop is with her but I'm so so sorry, whoever this boy belongs to, I don't know who he is. He looks great! I hope he's having fun and Hello Kitty doesn't black widow him!

Hello Kitty is entering her "stylish widow who has no idea how her last four husbands died" era and I love that for her.

28.10.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6

anyway I guess I can get my parents a Paramount subscription for Christmas and really blow their fucking minds when they can watch full episodes of LANDMAN

28.10.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

y'all ready for the MOST BOOMER TV take?
my dad: Have you seen LANDMAN?
me: no. it's a Yellowstone spinoff?
dad: IDK but Billy Bob Thornton is in it & he's great
me: ok
my mom: we can't figure out how to watch it tho
me: I think it's on Paramount
dad: we just watch clips on YouTube. it's great!

28.10.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWalmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”

www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...

27.10.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5263    πŸ” 2281    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 64

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