Chelo might be writing
@chelowrites.bsky.social
AuDHD writer/ former editor who lost my mojo in 2017 after a major concussion. Still chasing it around...
I enjoy and may post about books, writing, photography, food, autism/ADHD, exvangelicalism, pop culture, or my current deep fixation.
I enjoy and may post about books, writing, photography, food, autism/ADHD, exvangelicalism, pop culture, or my current deep fixation.
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February 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
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So the kid who didnt know what version control was is rebuilding the national payment system, the kid from kiwifarms has your SSN, the "kid" with the Twitter account from apartheid South Africa has your address and the kid who wanted an llm to convert a pdf has your tax return, did I get them all?
February 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
So the kid who didnt know what version control was is rebuilding the national payment system, the kid from kiwifarms has your SSN, the "kid" with the Twitter account from apartheid South Africa has your address and the kid who wanted an llm to convert a pdf has your tax return, did I get them all?
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I spent 4 years happily not engaging in politics. This isn't political.
February 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I spent 4 years happily not engaging in politics. This isn't political.
This is one way to express dissent (masterful tbh).
An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
February 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is one way to express dissent (masterful tbh).
If you need your feed to be a safe space, I understand. Please mute me or remove me as a mutual.
To be quiet at this time is to be complicit.
To be quiet at this time is to be complicit.
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If you need your feed to be a safe space, I understand. Please mute me or remove me as a mutual.
To be quiet at this time is to be complicit.
To be quiet at this time is to be complicit.
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Feeling seen, right here.
Remember the thing about the two wolves?
To be honest it's more of two squirrels - one a fastidious clean freak, and the other a hyper-caffeinated monster who wants to do all of the things, right bloody now!
Remember the thing about the two wolves?
To be honest it's more of two squirrels - one a fastidious clean freak, and the other a hyper-caffeinated monster who wants to do all of the things, right bloody now!
January 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Feeling seen, right here.
Remember the thing about the two wolves?
To be honest it's more of two squirrels - one a fastidious clean freak, and the other a hyper-caffeinated monster who wants to do all of the things, right bloody now!
Remember the thing about the two wolves?
To be honest it's more of two squirrels - one a fastidious clean freak, and the other a hyper-caffeinated monster who wants to do all of the things, right bloody now!
The song and dance of AuDHD.
January 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The song and dance of AuDHD.
Useful tips... love the versatility.
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January 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Useful tips... love the versatility.
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LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.
January 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.
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I keep saying this but copyeditors are the most important people you never hear discussed in the publishing world, and if you doubt what I say, go try reading any Harry Potter book post goblet of fire when she got her own way with the edits
January 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I keep saying this but copyeditors are the most important people you never hear discussed in the publishing world, and if you doubt what I say, go try reading any Harry Potter book post goblet of fire when she got her own way with the edits
I'm sorry, but this was too funny to not pass on.
January 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm sorry, but this was too funny to not pass on.
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Happy 25th Anniversary to those who remember...
December 31, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Happy 25th Anniversary to those who remember...
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From Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series, from Silence Fallen...
Bonarata and Adam, at the conclusion of the negotiations.
@mercysgarage.bsky.social
Bonarata and Adam, at the conclusion of the negotiations.
@mercysgarage.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 2:10 AM
From Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series, from Silence Fallen...
Bonarata and Adam, at the conclusion of the negotiations.
@mercysgarage.bsky.social
Bonarata and Adam, at the conclusion of the negotiations.
@mercysgarage.bsky.social
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Libraries are so cute. Please get the Libby and Hoopla app on your phone and the Kanopy app for your TV. It makes the libraries so happy and you can access books, movies, magazines, audiobooks, tv shows, and joy. YOU GET FREE JOY
December 18, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Libraries are so cute. Please get the Libby and Hoopla app on your phone and the Kanopy app for your TV. It makes the libraries so happy and you can access books, movies, magazines, audiobooks, tv shows, and joy. YOU GET FREE JOY
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Today at work I got held over again. I'm usually okay to help out, but it was my third 12-hour shift in a row, and the third Thursday (my Friday night) I was held over, cutting into my limited time off.
It went badly.
(1/6)
It went badly.
(1/6)
a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .
ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Today at work I got held over again. I'm usually okay to help out, but it was my third 12-hour shift in a row, and the third Thursday (my Friday night) I was held over, cutting into my limited time off.
It went badly.
(1/6)
It went badly.
(1/6)
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PSA: A lot of bots are invading Bluesky, so many of us are being cautious in following back.
Please make sure you put something in your bio to tell people who you are! This is how we find each other!
Like and repost other's posts! This is how we build Bluesky!
And helps show you are not a bot!
Please make sure you put something in your bio to tell people who you are! This is how we find each other!
Like and repost other's posts! This is how we build Bluesky!
And helps show you are not a bot!
December 11, 2024 at 1:45 AM
PSA: A lot of bots are invading Bluesky, so many of us are being cautious in following back.
Please make sure you put something in your bio to tell people who you are! This is how we find each other!
Like and repost other's posts! This is how we build Bluesky!
And helps show you are not a bot!
Please make sure you put something in your bio to tell people who you are! This is how we find each other!
Like and repost other's posts! This is how we build Bluesky!
And helps show you are not a bot!
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Your feel good story of the day 🥰
Orphaned (+ unrelated) Amur tiger cubs Boris + Svetlaya were rescued from the wild as cubs + lived together for 18 mo. They were released to the wild in different locations.
1 yr later, Boris traveled 120+ miles to where Svetlaya lived. 6 mo later, they had cubs.
Orphaned (+ unrelated) Amur tiger cubs Boris + Svetlaya were rescued from the wild as cubs + lived together for 18 mo. They were released to the wild in different locations.
1 yr later, Boris traveled 120+ miles to where Svetlaya lived. 6 mo later, they had cubs.
120 Miles of Russian Forest Couldn’t Keep Two Siberian Tigers Apart (Gift Article)
Boris and Svetlaya were raised together as orphaned cubs, and then reintroduced to the wild separately. But Boris went on a trek that surprised the researchers who were monitoring him.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Your feel good story of the day 🥰
Orphaned (+ unrelated) Amur tiger cubs Boris + Svetlaya were rescued from the wild as cubs + lived together for 18 mo. They were released to the wild in different locations.
1 yr later, Boris traveled 120+ miles to where Svetlaya lived. 6 mo later, they had cubs.
Orphaned (+ unrelated) Amur tiger cubs Boris + Svetlaya were rescued from the wild as cubs + lived together for 18 mo. They were released to the wild in different locations.
1 yr later, Boris traveled 120+ miles to where Svetlaya lived. 6 mo later, they had cubs.
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#FoxOfTheDay 🦊
A Red Fox looking thoughtful in a wintry snow fall.
Credit: @annelouiseavery.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Foxes
A Red Fox looking thoughtful in a wintry snow fall.
Credit: @annelouiseavery.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Foxes
December 12, 2024 at 11:04 AM
#FoxOfTheDay 🦊
A Red Fox looking thoughtful in a wintry snow fall.
Credit: @annelouiseavery.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Foxes
A Red Fox looking thoughtful in a wintry snow fall.
Credit: @annelouiseavery.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Foxes
The "no bio" thing is huge for me.
No posts but lots of replies is also a flag.
Nothing but sales.
It's not that hard. I use social media to *gasp* socialize.
No posts but lots of replies is also a flag.
Nothing but sales.
It's not that hard. I use social media to *gasp* socialize.
Developing my criteria for blocking new followers who look like they might be bots or trolls-in-waiting:
- no bio
- no posts while showing hundreds or 1000s of follows and followers
- no pic of self or avatar
- all about Jebus and Bible verses
- only reposts, nothing original
- no bio
- no posts while showing hundreds or 1000s of follows and followers
- no pic of self or avatar
- all about Jebus and Bible verses
- only reposts, nothing original
December 6, 2024 at 1:43 AM
The "no bio" thing is huge for me.
No posts but lots of replies is also a flag.
Nothing but sales.
It's not that hard. I use social media to *gasp* socialize.
No posts but lots of replies is also a flag.
Nothing but sales.
It's not that hard. I use social media to *gasp* socialize.
I am sad to read the comments.
Not because of the death of a man who justified the death of so many others, but because of the loss of empathy reflected in the comments.
I certainly can't hate this CEO's children, and it's the children who are suffering from this man's death.
Not because of the death of a man who justified the death of so many others, but because of the loss of empathy reflected in the comments.
I certainly can't hate this CEO's children, and it's the children who are suffering from this man's death.
December 5, 2024 at 12:54 AM
I am sad to read the comments.
Not because of the death of a man who justified the death of so many others, but because of the loss of empathy reflected in the comments.
I certainly can't hate this CEO's children, and it's the children who are suffering from this man's death.
Not because of the death of a man who justified the death of so many others, but because of the loss of empathy reflected in the comments.
I certainly can't hate this CEO's children, and it's the children who are suffering from this man's death.