Bonnie
@bonnienorman.bsky.social
💙 Adoptee, EV-OG ⚡️ (driving elec since 2011), lover of fabric, retired tech exec, jumper 🪂, wanderer, Pilates, amazing houseguest, IF, can be talked into most anything.
Yes, I'm 70. I'm not dead. So get over that age thing.
Yes, I'm 70. I'm not dead. So get over that age thing.
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When your granddaughter asks you for a climbing wall for her doll (making harness, etc. next), you make it happen
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When your granddaughter asks you for a climbing wall for her doll (making harness, etc. next), you make it happen
❤️💚❤️
December 18, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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When your granddaughter asks you for a climbing wall for her doll (making harness, etc. next), you make it happen
❤️💚❤️
When your granddaughter asks you for a climbing wall for her doll (making harness, etc. next), you make it happen
❤️💚❤️
Unexpected pleasure: I knew I'd love this art gallery opening in Torrance (friend's place, homage to local surf/skate culture), but didn't expect the music.
This band found each other bc they were working on a remodel together & started playing a little during breaks. Holy @# & shades of Nina Simone
This band found each other bc they were working on a remodel together & started playing a little during breaks. Holy @# & shades of Nina Simone
December 16, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Unexpected pleasure: I knew I'd love this art gallery opening in Torrance (friend's place, homage to local surf/skate culture), but didn't expect the music.
This band found each other bc they were working on a remodel together & started playing a little during breaks. Holy @# & shades of Nina Simone
This band found each other bc they were working on a remodel together & started playing a little during breaks. Holy @# & shades of Nina Simone
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This is an opportunity for adoptees and relinquishing mothers to have their voices heard in the academic world.🥚
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December 11, 2024 at 4:36 AM
This is an opportunity for adoptees and relinquishing mothers to have their voices heard in the academic world.🥚
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There is a reason I prefer live music (by far) - notyetonbluesky Rick Beato is brilliant in explaining what has happened to music - how it's made,. how it's valued, what has changed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bZ0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bZ0...
The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse
YouTube video by Rick Beato
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:21 PM
There is a reason I prefer live music (by far) - notyetonbluesky Rick Beato is brilliant in explaining what has happened to music - how it's made,. how it's valued, what has changed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bZ0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bZ0...
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What BS. Folks are leaving Twitter because it is no longer a venue to have a good faith discussion about anything, not because people are scared of encountering different ideas. Elon has made it a 100% RW propaganda machine and the only thing hanging out serves is to give it an air of legitimacy.
December 1, 2024 at 4:44 PM
What BS. Folks are leaving Twitter because it is no longer a venue to have a good faith discussion about anything, not because people are scared of encountering different ideas. Elon has made it a 100% RW propaganda machine and the only thing hanging out serves is to give it an air of legitimacy.
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November 28, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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Drop a 💙 if you'd like a follow back.
I'll FB if I recognize you from the other place...or I'll skim your bio and a few posts to make sure you're not a psychopath.
Also, updated starter pack below to help you find more good folks.
Follow each other. Grow your voices here.
go.bsky.app/QoxQfM5
I'll FB if I recognize you from the other place...or I'll skim your bio and a few posts to make sure you're not a psychopath.
Also, updated starter pack below to help you find more good folks.
Follow each other. Grow your voices here.
go.bsky.app/QoxQfM5
November 27, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Drop a 💙 if you'd like a follow back.
I'll FB if I recognize you from the other place...or I'll skim your bio and a few posts to make sure you're not a psychopath.
Also, updated starter pack below to help you find more good folks.
Follow each other. Grow your voices here.
go.bsky.app/QoxQfM5
I'll FB if I recognize you from the other place...or I'll skim your bio and a few posts to make sure you're not a psychopath.
Also, updated starter pack below to help you find more good folks.
Follow each other. Grow your voices here.
go.bsky.app/QoxQfM5
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I figured out a fast way to follow folks back! If you like this post, I can bring up the list of everyone who liked it and follow back with one click. So like this post, but remember that there’s limits on follow backs. But I’ll do my level best!
November 23, 2024 at 2:02 AM
I figured out a fast way to follow folks back! If you like this post, I can bring up the list of everyone who liked it and follow back with one click. So like this post, but remember that there’s limits on follow backs. But I’ll do my level best!
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If you are an Asian American Adoptee interested in attending a National Adoption Awareness Month White House event talking to Asian American international adoptees on Nov. 25 from 4-5pm est, please sign up here by end of day Tuesday Nov. 19. #NAAM docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
White House Virtual Event with International Adoptees
Please add your name and email if you are interested in a virtual White House Event with international adoptees to recognize National Adoption Awareness Month. The event will be on November 25 from 4-...
docs.google.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:44 PM
If you are an Asian American Adoptee interested in attending a National Adoption Awareness Month White House event talking to Asian American international adoptees on Nov. 25 from 4-5pm est, please sign up here by end of day Tuesday Nov. 19. #NAAM docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Coming to Bluesky feels like a bunch of people finding themselves ashore after a shipwreck.
Anybody seen Tom? What about Julia? Last I saw her, she was shitposting from the quarterdeck, did she make it?
Anybody seen Tom? What about Julia? Last I saw her, she was shitposting from the quarterdeck, did she make it?
November 16, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Coming to Bluesky feels like a bunch of people finding themselves ashore after a shipwreck.
Anybody seen Tom? What about Julia? Last I saw her, she was shitposting from the quarterdeck, did she make it?
Anybody seen Tom? What about Julia? Last I saw her, she was shitposting from the quarterdeck, did she make it?
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It's up!!!! My Explainer video for BlueSky beginners.
I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.
Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.
Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
BlueSky for Beginners
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:18 AM
It's up!!!! My Explainer video for BlueSky beginners.
I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.
Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.
Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
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I like eccentricity.
What I don't like is hate, corruption, and the spreading of harmful conspiracy theories.
What I don't like is hate, corruption, and the spreading of harmful conspiracy theories.
November 12, 2024 at 10:33 PM
I like eccentricity.
What I don't like is hate, corruption, and the spreading of harmful conspiracy theories.
What I don't like is hate, corruption, and the spreading of harmful conspiracy theories.
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November 14, 2024 at 6:00 AM
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So, I’m putting an #adoptees starter pack into the world! Adopted people: PLEASE reach out if you would like to be added. This is just a list of recommended follows. The feed is a whole nother thing!
go.bsky.app/Ma6pgE4
go.bsky.app/Ma6pgE4
November 11, 2024 at 10:45 PM
So, I’m putting an #adoptees starter pack into the world! Adopted people: PLEASE reach out if you would like to be added. This is just a list of recommended follows. The feed is a whole nother thing!
go.bsky.app/Ma6pgE4
go.bsky.app/Ma6pgE4
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November 13, 2024 at 12:35 AM
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Where are my fellow Chinese adoptees at!? 🥚✨
So, I’m putting an #adoptees starter pack into the world! Adopted people: PLEASE reach out if you would like to be added. This is just a list of recommended follows. The feed is a whole nother thing!
go.bsky.app/Ma6pgE4
go.bsky.app/Ma6pgE4
November 12, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Where are my fellow Chinese adoptees at!? 🥚✨
1/ A few other quilts, personal to friends, that I won't post ... but I completed more quilts in 2024 than ever have previously. Yay me.
I'm going to show you because damn, it was a lot of work. And I'm proud of the fact that I FINISHED them & nothing near completion lingering in a box somewhere.
I'm going to show you because damn, it was a lot of work. And I'm proud of the fact that I FINISHED them & nothing near completion lingering in a box somewhere.
November 12, 2024 at 8:23 PM
1/ A few other quilts, personal to friends, that I won't post ... but I completed more quilts in 2024 than ever have previously. Yay me.
I'm going to show you because damn, it was a lot of work. And I'm proud of the fact that I FINISHED them & nothing near completion lingering in a box somewhere.
I'm going to show you because damn, it was a lot of work. And I'm proud of the fact that I FINISHED them & nothing near completion lingering in a box somewhere.
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With Mark Cuban rejoining Bluesky, just going to note that his Costplus Drugs is one of the legitimately best things to happen to health care in a while. If you have prescriptions, it's worth checking if they're cheaper there. They likely are.
Hello Less Hateful World
November 12, 2024 at 5:59 PM
With Mark Cuban rejoining Bluesky, just going to note that his Costplus Drugs is one of the legitimately best things to happen to health care in a while. If you have prescriptions, it's worth checking if they're cheaper there. They likely are.
I've been driving electric since 2011, before there were public charging networks, before there was much of anything.
Next EV will be a Rivian. :)
Old blog of mine when I took a roadtrip from Sacramento to Portland in 2012 will give you a little bit of an idea what a roadtrip was like back then.
Next EV will be a Rivian. :)
Old blog of mine when I took a roadtrip from Sacramento to Portland in 2012 will give you a little bit of an idea what a roadtrip was like back then.
November 12, 2024 at 6:41 PM
I've been driving electric since 2011, before there were public charging networks, before there was much of anything.
Next EV will be a Rivian. :)
Old blog of mine when I took a roadtrip from Sacramento to Portland in 2012 will give you a little bit of an idea what a roadtrip was like back then.
Next EV will be a Rivian. :)
Old blog of mine when I took a roadtrip from Sacramento to Portland in 2012 will give you a little bit of an idea what a roadtrip was like back then.
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I'm not planning on making cross-posting a habit, but want to thank bluesky & followers for an obvious change in engagement 💙.
I don't feel silenced anymore
I don't feel silenced anymore
November 11, 2024 at 11:56 PM
I'm not planning on making cross-posting a habit, but want to thank bluesky & followers for an obvious change in engagement 💙.
I don't feel silenced anymore
I don't feel silenced anymore
If you've followed me over at that other place, you know how I feel about adoptees being the punchline. Again & again.
Recently at a wedding & a sibling of the bride said something about 'we always thought she was adopted'. Of course. So funny. Hahahaha. So original.
Recently at a wedding & a sibling of the bride said something about 'we always thought she was adopted'. Of course. So funny. Hahahaha. So original.
I'm sure I'm gonna get blocked but it sure is something to see y'all understand family separation is a threat enough to make a "joke".
Fwiw these are the adoption "jokes" I refer to when I say they fuel adoptees' 4x higher suicide rate.
We see you. We hear you.
We know what you think of us.
Fwiw these are the adoption "jokes" I refer to when I say they fuel adoptees' 4x higher suicide rate.
We see you. We hear you.
We know what you think of us.
November 11, 2024 at 10:02 PM
If you've followed me over at that other place, you know how I feel about adoptees being the punchline. Again & again.
Recently at a wedding & a sibling of the bride said something about 'we always thought she was adopted'. Of course. So funny. Hahahaha. So original.
Recently at a wedding & a sibling of the bride said something about 'we always thought she was adopted'. Of course. So funny. Hahahaha. So original.
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I wonder if people understand just how much hate #adoptees get for talking openly about adoption. We are conditioned to stay silent. Adoptees who go on the record for news pieces get attacked. The reporters get attacked. A cloud of hate surrounds the supposedly beneficent institution of adoption.
people who attack or mock #adoptees for speaking openly about adoption, who tell them to “get serious,” will be blocked. If I miss them, lmk.
November 11, 2024 at 5:42 PM
I wonder if people understand just how much hate #adoptees get for talking openly about adoption. We are conditioned to stay silent. Adoptees who go on the record for news pieces get attacked. The reporters get attacked. A cloud of hate surrounds the supposedly beneficent institution of adoption.
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Historic tweet of the week.
November 11, 2024 at 3:46 AM
Historic tweet of the week.