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It was never just another app.

It was Community.
It was Knowledge and News.
It was Nostalgia.
It was Entertainment.
It was Different.
It was Connection.

And yet we know that #booklovers will always find each other ❤️‍🩹🫶🏻

#booksky #tiktokban

Spoiler: people are gonna say unkind things about us & think inaccurate things about us.

And none of it is our business.

If we're serious about recovery, we cannot skip the work of breaking our addiction to what we imagine-- or know-- others are thinking or saying about us.

Starting clean this morning and having fruit for breakfast.

The fact the fruit was baked in a buttery rich pastry dough casing is irrelevant.

Being grateful “enough.” I remember, when I was young, my dad often told me I wasn’t “grateful” enough for the things I’d been given.  Very often, actually. Often enough that I remember being told it at various ages.  I re…

Blog: "The fact that you have things to be grateful for does not mean you’ll never struggle— or that it’s somehow wrong or distasteful to acknowledge you are struggling.

Gratitude and pain are not mutually exclusive." useyourdamnskills.com/2019/11/27/b...

Cities Say They Store Property Taken From Homeless Encampments. People Rarely Get Their Things Back. Storage programs are meant to protect people’s property rights and allow them to reclaim their possessions. But they rarely accomplish either objective, according to a ProPublica investigation of citi...

Criminalizing homelessness won’t end homelessness, and stealing from homeless people is theft.

Ensuring people have basic necessities to survive, and are treated with dignity shouldn’t be considered “far Left” when it’s morally right.

Trust me, trauma survivors have no problem stepping outside our comfort zone. Many of us have lived outside any recognizable "comfort zone" for years.

But-- feeling forced or pressured or shamed into uncomfortable situations again & again can paralyze & infuriate & trigger us.

The USPS will honor Betty White with her own stamp in 2025 Having received hundreds to thousands of fan mail each week, it's only fitting to honor White with a postage stamp.

Having received hundreds to thousands of fan mail each week, it's only fitting to honor White with a postage stamp.

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YouTube video by Win The Era Video Archive IOP (long form interview) 2024-11-12

youtu.be/cr-T7nkJnbo

I need people I can bitch and complain with about certain topics—people who get it, match my energy, and don’t turn their noses up at it.

Just went to HomeGoods for dog treats and left with pink luggage, gingerbread coffee syrup and crushed candy cane toppings. Because joy. 🎅🏻

Transition from doom scroller on 🐦 to certified yapper on 🦋 >>>

unfortunately i do find everything funny.

Lol

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If you want to preemptively block as I am, here’s a great list. Hit “subscribe” and then choose block. bsky.app/profile/did:...

I really don’t understand this whole ‘stay on Twitter and fight’ thing. You’re jousting with bots and reply guys and wading through ads it’s not Waterloo.

got a sticker

the way we’re all building our algorithm brick by brick

Daily flower 🌱

Idk about yall… but I’m back to living like a person who has flaws & feelings & makes mistakes but is inherently good like everyone else.. and not a monolith for the virtue signal police to shame

the best part about bluesky is that, unlike twitter, it isn’t putting annoying bull shit designed to piss me off in front of me every 3 minutes

English Teacher is actually so funny.

Black and white photo of a medium haired white cat lying in loaf position on a lawn. The photo is pretty striking because it’s fairly dark but the cats’ face is dramatically illuminated by light streaming in from the right. It is reminiscent of how women’s faces were often lit in noir films of the 1940s and 50s. The cats’ eyes look they might be two different colors but it’s unclear if it’s due to heterochromia or just the stark lighting.

Noir goddess. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

If we don’t break this cycle—by demanding transparency, holding people accountable, and focusing on solutions instead of blame—we’re just going to keep spinning in the same dysfunctional mess.

Both sides are so caught up in defending their narratives that they’d rather spin the story than admit fault. It’s exhausting and toxic, and the worst part is, it keeps voters trapped in the same loop of distrust and chaos.

truth. This refusal to acknowledge facts or take accountability just fuels more division, making it impossible to have honest conversations or fix real problems.

Why is it that in politics, anytime something bad happens to one side, it’s immediately dismissed as fake news, a smear campaign, or some elaborate conspiracy? It’s like this constant cycle of mind fuckery where nothing is ever what it seems, and everyone’s too busy pointing fingers to face the