Mae A Blaire
@batsncatsnpumpkins.bsky.social
Horror writer, goth, grad student, Halloween lover, animal person, other stuff probably
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New sticky post! If you don't recognize me it's because I removed my name and pictures from this and all my public accounts. I also recently changed my legal name. If you are wondering if you know me please reach out to me privately! I want to stay in touch with friends!
Two more days until my move. I've been splitting my time between Olympia and Seattle, now I'll just be in Seattle full time. I'm very much looking forward to this and to being on the other side of the move
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Two more days until my move. I've been splitting my time between Olympia and Seattle, now I'll just be in Seattle full time. I'm very much looking forward to this and to being on the other side of the move
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Wilson's lead has grown even larger after today's ballot drop, but still not a wide enough gap to avoid recounts!!
There are still plenty of challenged ballots out there to be cured - just check real quick and see if yours is one! It could easily be what pushes us over into a confirmed victory!!
There are still plenty of challenged ballots out there to be cured - just check real quick and see if yours is one! It could easily be what pushes us over into a confirmed victory!!
no joke Seattle: check your fucking ballots to make sure they were counted!! there are a Bunch of incomplete or invalid ballots in our age range right now, and it's a quick check to see if yours went through okay. it's not too late to fix it!
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Wilson's lead has grown even larger after today's ballot drop, but still not a wide enough gap to avoid recounts!!
There are still plenty of challenged ballots out there to be cured - just check real quick and see if yours is one! It could easily be what pushes us over into a confirmed victory!!
There are still plenty of challenged ballots out there to be cured - just check real quick and see if yours is one! It could easily be what pushes us over into a confirmed victory!!
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Five away!!
Let's sweeten the deal- you get me to 10k, I'll do a celebratory stream that will include me playing a scary video game or something!
Let's sweeten the deal- you get me to 10k, I'll do a celebratory stream that will include me playing a scary video game or something!
I am literally only 18 subscribers away from 10k over on YouTube. Hoping for a Christmas miracle 🤞
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Mainely Mandy
A channel for the creative expression and tom-foolery that comes out of the head of one Mainely Mandy. Probably will be an inconsistent mess of topics she enjoys discussing, but mostly focused on nonm...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Five away!!
Let's sweeten the deal- you get me to 10k, I'll do a celebratory stream that will include me playing a scary video game or something!
Let's sweeten the deal- you get me to 10k, I'll do a celebratory stream that will include me playing a scary video game or something!
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chuck schumer was all "the base is energized? Not on my watch!!!"
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
chuck schumer was all "the base is energized? Not on my watch!!!"
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Before ACA, many Americans couldn’t afford insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Insulin's High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing
Alec Raeshawn Smith was 23 when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and 26 when he died. He couldn't afford $1,300 per month for his insulin and other diabetes supplies, so he tried to stretch the doses.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Before ACA, many Americans couldn’t afford insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
Alex Smith was a diabetic who got kicked off his Mom’s insurance at 26
He made 35k a year which was “too much” for Medicaid, but not nearly enough to cover insurance premiums
He had to ration his insulin & died a month after losing insurance
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Where do ransacking homeless encampments, targeting trans people, cozying up to Nazis on a podcast, playing dumb about the genocide lobby, and encouraging people to carry on Charlie Kirk's "work" fall on the leadership scale?
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Where do ransacking homeless encampments, targeting trans people, cozying up to Nazis on a podcast, playing dumb about the genocide lobby, and encouraging people to carry on Charlie Kirk's "work" fall on the leadership scale?
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Every tech company eventually either reinvents the bus or reinvents phrenology
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Every tech company eventually either reinvents the bus or reinvents phrenology
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Here's how to turn off Bluesky's censorship settings, so you can see posts by people you follow, even if Bluesky thinks they're rude.
You can customize the controls on quite a bit more than the Rude label, even.
You can customize the controls on quite a bit more than the Rude label, even.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Here's how to turn off Bluesky's censorship settings, so you can see posts by people you follow, even if Bluesky thinks they're rude.
You can customize the controls on quite a bit more than the Rude label, even.
You can customize the controls on quite a bit more than the Rude label, even.
I'm so excited that Seattle is now home to a professional women's hockey team and now that team has a name! The Seattle Torrent. I haven't gotten tickets to any games yet due to my propensity for migraines but I am hoping to make some games this season
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm so excited that Seattle is now home to a professional women's hockey team and now that team has a name! The Seattle Torrent. I haven't gotten tickets to any games yet due to my propensity for migraines but I am hoping to make some games this season
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Never made me want to vote more.
Dems. VOTE.
Dems. VOTE.
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Never made me want to vote more.
Dems. VOTE.
Dems. VOTE.
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Now that it's November, it's time for me to stop writing horror stories and sewing little creatures and watching horror movies as a celebration of the Halloween season. It's time to start writing horror stories and sewing little creatures and watching horror movies as a celebration of November.
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Now that it's November, it's time for me to stop writing horror stories and sewing little creatures and watching horror movies as a celebration of the Halloween season. It's time to start writing horror stories and sewing little creatures and watching horror movies as a celebration of November.
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Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
October 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle.
www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
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FYI fuck the Satanic Temple they are con artists with ties to white supremacists shit heads
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
FYI fuck the Satanic Temple they are con artists with ties to white supremacists shit heads
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Okay, but the Satanic Temple is specifically a scam.
THE LIES OF THE SATANIC TEMPLE
YouTube video by Dead Domain
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Okay, but the Satanic Temple is specifically a scam.
Happy happy Halloween! It's been a rough week so I'm not doing much but it's Halloween! Hope it's great for you in spite of the horrors 🎃👻🦇🎃
three skulls are displayed on a screen in the dark
Alt: three skulls are displayed on a screen in the dark
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October 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Happy happy Halloween! It's been a rough week so I'm not doing much but it's Halloween! Hope it's great for you in spite of the horrors 🎃👻🦇🎃
If it has to be a film probably The Descent but honestly it'll probably be Over the Garden Wall tomorrow
Without saying Halloween, Name your fav film to watch on Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
If it has to be a film probably The Descent but honestly it'll probably be Over the Garden Wall tomorrow
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PSA: Satanic Temple is led by a reactionary, borderline-fascist grifter.
PLEASE do not amplify the claim that they are magically going to feed a big bunch of the WIC/SNAP folks set to go hungry.
At a minimum, that's doing free PR for bad people.
And it potentially gives the impacted false hope.
PLEASE do not amplify the claim that they are magically going to feed a big bunch of the WIC/SNAP folks set to go hungry.
At a minimum, that's doing free PR for bad people.
And it potentially gives the impacted false hope.
October 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
PSA: Satanic Temple is led by a reactionary, borderline-fascist grifter.
PLEASE do not amplify the claim that they are magically going to feed a big bunch of the WIC/SNAP folks set to go hungry.
At a minimum, that's doing free PR for bad people.
And it potentially gives the impacted false hope.
PLEASE do not amplify the claim that they are magically going to feed a big bunch of the WIC/SNAP folks set to go hungry.
At a minimum, that's doing free PR for bad people.
And it potentially gives the impacted false hope.
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🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business.
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business.
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
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REPUBLICANS: "We're not fascists, we just believe that we should have the right to silence, imprison, or execute anyone who disagrees with us."
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
REPUBLICANS: "We're not fascists, we just believe that we should have the right to silence, imprison, or execute anyone who disagrees with us."