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Ledamesassenach
@ledamesassenach.bsky.social
Rhetorician by Day; Artist by Night. I make street photos, flash fiction, and odd little portraits of the world. Sonder Dream Press is my way of mailing them to yours.
Big things are in the making for me. My Patreon following is growing, I’ve been invited to write for an amazing research project called Unearthing the Suffragette Spirit, I’ve set up my Etsy shop!

Damn the man and support small businesses this season.

www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Sond...
www.etsy.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Art is the heart and soul of who I am. And while my work isn’t perfect or profound, the act of creating whether it’s photography, watercolor portraits, writing, or my sad attempts at learning a musical instrument brings me real joy.
June 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My Patreon is live! Please subscribe at patreon.com/SonderDreamPress for your monthly mailer!
Get more from Sonder Dream Press on Patreon
One Postcard. One Story. Every Month.
patreon.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The streets speak in stillness.
Something analog is coming.
Sonder Dream Press launches soon; a monthly postcard subscription pairing original photography, artwork and storytelling.
✉️ Watch this space.
#sonderdreampress #patreoncreator #mailart #streetphotography #flashfiction
June 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Escape the Inferno — Your Ticket Out of Red State Hell!

Tired of dodging book bans, side-eyeing every “Don’t Tread on Me” bumper sticker, and suppressing the urge to scream during your neighbor’s latest rant about “the woke agenda”? Fear not. Deliverance awaits.
1307 Pleasant Knoll Ct, Joliet, IL 60435 | MLS #12319897 | Zillow
This 5364 square feet Single Family home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. It is located at 1307 Pleasant Knoll Ct, Joliet, IL.
www.zillow.com
March 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
When a clown moves into a palace the clown doesn’t become king, the palace becomes a circus
a man is dressed as a clown with a rainbow wig
ALT: a man is dressed as a clown with a rainbow wig
media.tenor.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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When exchanging your @signal.org contact info over an insecure channel (like a text message or DM), it's a good idea to generate a Signal link (URL) from the app, then you should RESET that link after you connect with the other person on Signal.

Thanks to @micahflee.com for reporting.
Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Data
Ephemeral usernames instead of phone numbers safeguard privacy — and makes the Signal messenger app even harder to subpoena.
theintercept.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Had an awesome time chatting with Jon Stewart & @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social talking about how to fight the dumpster fire.

Gear up. It’s time to brawl.
. @aoc.bsky.social on the dangers of a newly normalized Trump and his billionaire feeding frenzy.

New pod out now! #JonStewart #TheWeeklyShow
January 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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January 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Teehee my husband made this meme after he found me practicing Mandarin…😂😂😂

#littleredbook #Xiǎohóngshū #parksandrec #funny #meme
January 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Welp, I’ve deleted all my Meta Accounts and now Tiktok.
But you can find me here and on Xiǎohóngshū.
January 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Now I like Red Note.
January 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Oop!
December 19, 2024 at 5:13 PM
My aunt sent me boxes of slides and negatives from my grandpas and great grandmas photography

#oldschoolcool #film #photography #vintage
December 17, 2024 at 9:30 PM
If we want to make a statement, and be true allies then we need to be physically present and physically active within our local communities.

We have to earn the right to be united with black women. We aren’t owed unity in any kind of way especially now.

open.substack.com/pub/iammarie...
Nah, Black Women Ain’t Marching With Ya’ll Stop Asking
An Open Letter to White Women
open.substack.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Perhaps our capitalist culture has become so toxic that it has triggered a trauma response in us.
We’ve lost the third space, the ability to own homes, afford children or even healthcare.

Sex sells is no longer true here, what sells now is the illusion of peace.

open.substack.com/pub/telltheb...
The Mainstreaming of Loserdom
On staying home v. going out, brat summer, and the ethics of rotting
open.substack.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:26 PM
That feeling when you complete your next article in your first independent project! I would love any feedback.

open.substack.com/pub/jhyams/p...

#Memeculture #richarddawkins #RhetoricalMusings #rhetoric
a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a white polo shirt and saying yes .
ALT: a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a white polo shirt and saying yes .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:21 AM
In 2014 my first research paper as a graduate student analyzed astroturfing through Dawkins’ definition: A unit of cultural transmission that evolves through imitation. This laid the groundwork for understanding memes as cultural genes. (1/4)
December 4, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.

They run them bc people react to them the most.

If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.

It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
As I work through René Girard’s I See Satan Fall Like Lighting for my memetic pathos project, I find myself grappling between the tension between his emphasis on forgiveness and the harsh realities of the paradox of intolerance.
December 2, 2024 at 7:11 PM
My street photography isn’t about documenting, its interpretation. These spots could have easily been missed or passed over as mundane, but when you stop to frame them, you see the poetry in the ordinary.

#chitownvibes #streetphotography #streetdreams #reflectedworlds #gritandglow #cinematicatreets
December 2, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Memetic Pathos is my theory about how viral memes become emotional weapons in political rhetoric. It’s about imitation, rivalry, and scapegoating—why we laugh, cry, or rage over the same images. Dive into the chaos here:

#medialiteracy #politicalrhetoric #substackwriters #memetic-pathos
November 28, 2024 at 4:11 PM
I’m new here but I can’t imagine that I’m the only one wondering why Bluesky posts are called skeets.

That was…….

A choice

#comedy #davechapelle #funny
#skeetskeet #bluesky
a man is standing on a stage holding a microphone and saying skeet skeet skeet skeet
Alt: Comedian Dave Chapelle is standing on a stage holding a microphone and saying skeet skeet skeet skeet
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:03 PM