Rachael Levay

Mr (Now-Former) Mayor ran a pretty bare bones, ready-to-step-down kind of campaign. And a huge margin of victory for Mr (Soon-to-Be) Mayor.

I've been alerted that he's technically an Independent, but was endorsed by the Dems and shared platforms and public spaces with all the Dem candidates. Dems were doing his door knocking and phone banking. Mayor and city council are both non-partisan but everybody knows who fell where.

Fwiw, he’s an affordable housing guy.

Kamik! They're pretty affordable and widely available.

I'm back with an update. We've got ourselves a Democratic mayor in Pocatello, Idaho -- and by a landslide!

People want dog pics, Matt.

Please know that so many people say no and for far less magnanimous reasons. Take a lil nap, get a treat.

It's literally painful at this point to see winter weather happening everywhere but here. As my daughter said the other day: "What do we want? Snow! When do we want it? Now!"

Okay, as someone who flew out of Cincinnati just this morning, I’m glad to have missed Turkey Drop 2025.

My 5yo also hates mashed potatoes! As they are also potatoes.

It is not bad!

Veggie burger and fries on Friday nights: 11yo eats only spicy black bean patty with fries; 5yo eats only Bluey sandwich (cheddar cheese with jam on pitas) and fruit, as she refuses all potato products. Cross contamination results in rage.

What’s it like to have kids? Breakfast for dinner and 11yo eats only hashbrowns and fried eggs, hates veggie sausage; 5yo eats only veggie sausage and scrambled eggs, hates hashbrowns. Cross contamination results in rage.

Okay but the upside is you can introduce them to Always Be My Baby, a song that is stuck in my head approximately 75% of the time I’m alive.

Target is one of those things where I very humbly feel I have personally toppled them. Like, me, my family, gave them up 11 months ago, and took down an empire.

The other day my kids asked what I would do for a day with no work, caretaking, or volunteer time, while able to spend a reasonable amount of money, and I immediately described to them a day spa.

This article is absolutely devastating.

My god, the way I could finally getting banking switched over to the local credit union if there was a friend nearby doing something else so tedious.

Yet again: don't threaten me with a good time!

I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott

Just a few days ago Ride Wit Me came out of my memory like smoke and I listened to all the Nelly I could. The songs have still got it, my sixth grader agreed.

Top 5 movie genres are:
-nothing happens but it’s devastatingly sad
-dancing
-road trip
-family at the holidays
-is it comedy? is it drama?

The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.

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Delighted to see Allison Daminger’s What’s On Her Mind? featured in @annehelen.bsky.social’s Culture Study. One of my favorite books that I’ve read (and was lucky enough to edit as it came to publication).

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Putting it on my buy list!

Photo of Alice Wong, an Asian American disabled woman in a power chair. She is wearing an orange and black tiger-striped sweater, black pants, a bold red lip color, and a trach at her neck. In the background is a gray cement wall with greenery. (Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography)

This is Alice’s friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice’s wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.

So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.

I’m reading One Day Everyone Will Have Been Against This, endlessly thinking about it.

Yesterday a small winter bird was on our front porch, injured. We didn’t know what to do but sheltered it in case a cat passed by, brought it water, and let it rest. It eventually flew away and what if we were all of us met with shelter, respite, water, and a caring eye?

As I age, I get more emotional about the passing of people I’ve never met, but who have impacted me so much in ways both small and foundational. Today is one of those days, losing @sfdirewolf.bsky.social.

YOU GUYS this is amazing! ❤️