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Kirsten
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Odd duck. Questioner. Nerd. Researcher. GenX. Durham NC. hockey fan.
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Kirsten @rewriteable.bsky.social · Feb 12
Wisdom from Tressie McMillan Cottom and Judith Butler. I am guilty of trying to convince others of how bad things are, but totally agree that focusing on connecting and creating is a better use of my time.
Link to article Tressie is referencing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
tressiemcphd I talked about vicarious transgressions and racialized emotions before the election. Sharing on the grid because the latest from Judith Butler brought it to mind. Every day I make sure I keep two things in mind when it comes to politics: one group's apocalypse is another group's garden of Eden and it can always get worse. I bring this up because some of us are spending a lot of time trying to convince others how bad it all is. I find it much more humane to myself to remember that some people are having a great time right now. It saves me the trouble of proselytizing. Maybe it's my part-heathen upbringing but I don't feel compelled to convince revelers that they should be depressed instead. It always seems better to focus on the people who share my reality. I just don't think much trumps the racialized dopamine thrill of vicarious (safe) oppression except some kind of trauma that I don't control and can't imagine. But it's been true before and somehow we got here.I try to focus on that. I am also thinking a bit about the difference between a constituency and an audience. Trump made one more powerful than the other. And we are still very confused by the differences. If we continue to be gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day's new proclamation, we will fail to discern what links them. To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance. We are in some ways in its thrall when it captures and paralyzes us. While there is every reason to be outraged, we cannot let that outrage flood us and stop our minds. For this is a moment to grasp the fascist passions that fuel this shameless grab for authoritarian powers. Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage. Perhaps it is time to stand apart from these passions to see how they work, but also to find passions of our own: the desire for a freedom equally shared; for an equality that makes good on democratic promises; to repair and regenerate the earth's living processes; to accept and affirm the complexity of our embodied lives; to imagine a world in which government supports health and education for all, where we all live without fear, knowing that our interconnected lives are equally valuable.
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Went for a Xmas day walk in our 70 degree weather and spotted a hawk! #Durham
Hawk Hawk
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Awkward? Skinner and Jarry before they got traded
Tristan Jarry and Stuart Skinner before they got traded
December 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Kiddo is opening hockey cards from Xmas and she is so excited she got Jarvy #raiseup
Seth Jarvis hockey card 2024-2025 upper deck
December 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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This is fun! #Durham #durhambulls
Durham bulls bobblehead of hit bull win steak
December 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Well, at least we kept the #CanesCulture and didn't fight back and answered by winning, right?
December 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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No regrets in getting eyeball decorations for the sugar cookies
Frosted and decorated sugar cookies
December 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Ready for tonight’s game. #LetsGoCanes
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Using my adult money to buy whole pies from bean traders for our holiday feast! Yum! #Durham
Bean Traders oreo peppermint bark pie Box for Bean Traders oreo peppermint bark pie with a fun sticker saying enjoy your pie heart BT Bean Traders key lime pie Box for Bean Traders key lime pie with a fun sticker saying enjoy your pie heart BT
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Ready for decorating today!
Unfrosted sugar cookies
December 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Digging through all my old technology while I was looking for something and found my old slide cell phone. Show my teen and she loved it. She says bring it back. Not allowed to throw it away now.
Old Samsung slide cell phone
December 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Got Mad Popper (flavors: hot cocoa, maple) as a reward for surviving holiday shopping #Durham
December 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Orange cat says I'm the present 🎁
Orange cat in a barnes and nobles bag
December 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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How are there so many Tim Lincecum edits? Who is making these? Have we traveled back in time?
December 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Almost ballet time
The Nutcracker performed by the Carolina Ballet
December 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Getting Char-Grill before seeing the Nutcracker - we're not fancy
Original Char-grill sign 1/2 lb Cheeseburger
December 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Big weekend on deck, as I'll be making my ECHL debut as the fill-in PA Announcer for the Greensboro Gargoyles tonight (Friday) and Saturday! So if you're looking for a little different hockey action, and want to see how I handle a much less rigid script, come on out! #CarolinaCulture
December 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Kooch is looking confident - love how he is playing #causechaos #raiseup
December 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Aho finally breaks his dry spell! #raiseup
December 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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for my fellow #HeatedRivalry lovers who are interested in getting into hockey, @saracivian.bsky.social just put out a great primer answering questions for those who are new to the sport!

thecivreport.substack.com/p/heated-riv...
Heated Rivalry Mailbag: Answering New Hockey Fans' Questions
How does the draft work? Why are they always bumping into each other? How do they know how to come on and off the ice?
thecivreport.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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This has been running through my head for days
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yRqGDE/
Ready for winter? We're. #grammar #funny #fyp
TikTok video by saber
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December 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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15 degrees is too cold for NC #Durham
a man is carrying a woman on his back while wearing a helmet .
ALT: a man is carrying a woman on his back while wearing a helmet .
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December 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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How are we one of top teams and also embarrassing at the same time? #raiseup
December 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Thank you Tripp - I am also sick of these posts and crossbars #raiseup
December 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Done for the day. Still another session to finish up! #tattoo #beach
December 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Prep almost done - I love it so much!
Tattoo prepped on my leg
December 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM