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Alessandra Giampaolo Keener
@alessandrak.bsky.social
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education policy - educational consultant - amateur historian - social justice - wannabe artist - secular homeschool - queer femme - cat foster mom - Quaker - caregiver
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That'll be an easy investigation because you know darn well everyone including the janitors know who the sheriff was poking during business hours. What I want to know is what did the sheriff do to piss his ex-wife off so bad that she's going scorched earth on his thin blue line? #police #LEO #iykyk
Text: The Carroll County Sherriff's Office has asked the state prosecutor's office to investigate claims that Sheriff Jim DeWees had sexual relations with deputies and staff. Photo of the side panel of a police SUV that has "Sheriff Carroll County" printed on the side
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Can we please NOT normalize forcing children to go door to door and beg for food because the government is trying to starve them.
#resist #Halloween #JustSayNo #MutualAid
Picture of a 30-something white woman talking on a TikTok video. Text reads: Ramen is cheaper than Halloween Candy ... and with the lost of SNAP ... just an idea ... Trick or Treaters
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Final Call for LGBTQ+ Artists: More Joy, Less Guilt. Submit your 2D artwork that shows the world what it means to live your life unapologetically. Honoraria for accepted, emerging, established & elder artists. #Baltimore #CallForArt

Apply Here: dcsisters.org/2025-call-fo...
September 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Judgment Kitty wants to know how you've been fighting against corporate greed AND for fair wages

#CatsOfBluesky #CatSky #FightFascism
1 year old white cat with 2 black eye patches is lounging on a cat tree and looking directly at the camera with a slightly judgmental face
September 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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The stages of leash training a kitten

#CatsOfBluesky #CatsOnLeashes #cats #SpreadJoy
August 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Lazy day Monday.

#CatsOfBluesky #cats #ToeBeans
White cat peacefully sleeping on her side. She has one rear leg extended up, showing her black toe beans.
August 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Call for Art: More Joy, Less Guilt
DC Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the Baltimore County Arts Guild are hosting an art show in October, full of all kinds of flirtatious fun. Submit your 2D art by 9/5. Free to apply.

#Baltimore #Maryland #CallForArt #LGBTQ #art #QueerArt
Call for LGBTQ+ Artists More joy, less guilt Exhibition dates: October 1 - 25, 2025 Deadline to apply: September 5, 2025 www.DCSisters.org/2025-Call-For-Art The DC Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Baltimore County Arts Guild
August 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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The Reisterstown Community Fridge has been gifted 2 food pantries. One is freestanding and the other will require a post to be installed. Who has a site in Baltimore County that can host these and foster mutual aid to combat hunger?
2 food pantry structures laying on top of a pallet, waiting to be installed
August 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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What happens when you're trying to give positive press about Community Fridges but your filter is set to "off". The reporter was lovely, but I suspect she'll have different parameters for what can actually be aired.

#FoodNotBombs #MutualAid #Baltimore #ActuallyAutistic #FightFascism #FreePalestine
Facebook post from Alessandra Giampaolo. Text reads: The TV reporter was here for 1.5hrs today. I doubt she'll air anything I said that **I** thought was important to share about community fridges. i talked about how food shouldn't be politicized and yet our current administration is doing just that. I spoke about the enormous food waste that happens at all levels of American society. I spoke about starving children in Gaza and how Egyptians are creating their own food "rescues" by throwing plastic bottles filled with food into the Mediterranean Sea so that Palestinians can fish them out of the water to eat. | talked about the "good old days" of being able to work a minimum wage job and being able to buy a home and support a family and how that dream is gone because the minimum wage has never kept pace with inflation and how now a minimum wage job cannot even afford rent let alone groceries. | spoke about the large number of seniors who stop by our fridge because after decades of working FT, their social security doesn't allow for them to live with dignity and they cant afford to buy lettuce and eat a simple salad. Today was not a particularly good day for me, in terms of using a filter and speaking in a way that others want to hear. But, I spoke my truth and I have no regrets.
August 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Starting a new lap quilt project using 3 generations of flannel shirts. Going to use a yellow fabric for the backing but still undecided about the border.

#quilting #quilt #sewing #ColorScheme
Flannel quilt squares laid out in a pattern, waiting to be sewn together 2 rows of flannel quilts squares sewn together with white muslin. The flannel is a red, white, and blue plaid; a green and blue plaid; and a dark blue and black plaid.
July 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Time to stretch, get up, and fight more fascism today.

#cats #CatsOfBluesky
July 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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I cannot fathom ever having been that brave at the age of 6. At the same time, it makes me so angry that 6 year olds have to be that fiercely brave.

#feminism #SA #wtf
Screenshot of an IG reel. Shows a 30 something male nurse biting his lip. Text: POV you have to go clean up the patient's bleeding ear who had it bitten off by the 6yo girl he just sexually assaulted. But he is still your patient
July 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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#Reisterstown Community Fridge is soft launching today. We will be ramping up our volunteers to keep the fridge stocked, so please be patient as we get ourselves into a good routine. Want to help not? Feel free to DM me.

#MutualAid #CommunityFridge #Baltimore
An large outdoor mini fridge sitting on top of a wooden table. Text: Reisterstown Community Fridge. Take what you need for today. Enjoy the food at home return tomorrow if you're still hungry. No questions asked. 303 Shirley Manor Rd.
July 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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The Baltimore Sun fired its editorial cartoonist KAL – Kevin Kallaugher, 2-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - because the media no longer likes publishing the truth.
KAL editorial cartoon
July 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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We are less than 2 weeks away from our #CommunityFridge and #PeriodPantry launch in #Reisterstown. The shelter pantry should be delivered within the week. Starting to think about how we'll decorate it. Paint? Mural? Mosaics?

#MutualAid #Baltimore #FoodNotBombs
Wooden structure in the process of being built. It measures about 5 feet tall by 4 feet wide and 3 feet deep. It will hold a large mini fridge and has shelves for pantry food items.
June 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Tomorrow night at Blue Pit BBQ in Baltimore: #BARCS annual PWYC Poorly Drawn Pet Portraits fundraiser. You'll find 80+ #watercolor paintings, like the one in the upper left corner of the poster.

#AnimalRescue #AdoptDontShop
Invitation poster for BARCS Poorly Drawn Pet Portrait fundraiser at Blue Pit BBQ in Baltimore. Silent auction and pay what you can. Friday June 27th from 6-9pm
June 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Morning mood

#CatsOfBluesky #ProofOfCat #cats #DailyCat
White cat with one black eye patch, laying half awake on a bed. Her head is near the edge and her paws are dangling off the side of the bed.
June 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Happy Juneteenth!

#cats #CatsOfBluesky #WhiteCat #BatmanCat
White cat laying on a bed looking directly at the camera
June 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Couldnt resist a stitch of George Clooney in Catch-22 and his need for a perfect military parade.

#funny #resist #resistance #FightFascism
June 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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You know times are bad when the terminally ill, retired law enforcement officer wakes up and says, "It's a good day to go fight fascism."

We've been at the Reisterstown overpass #NoKings protest since 10am. Brought a chair since stamina requires it. But we are here with flags and signs.

#resist
Two Middle aged white dykes posing for the camera. The older butch is looking tired and sitting in a chair. The femme looking one is leaning into the photo shot
June 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Today, the senior editor showed up and wants to know why that chapter is still not done, yet.

#ProofOfCat #SkyCat #CatsOfBluesky #WhiteCat #IAmWriting #manuscript
2 year old white cat with a single black eye patch is sitting in a open window, looking at the camera
June 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Good morning and welcome to WWIII livestreaming on a social media channel near you.
Screenshot from al Jazeera website Breaking Iran sends 100 drones towards Israel in early response. Israel, Jordan intercept. Iran president pledges ‘powerful’ response, urges Iranians to remain united Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran will not remain silent following Israel’s brazen attacks, warning that a “powerful” response by the Islamic Republic will make “the enemy regret its foolish act”. Addressing the nation, the president urged Iranians to remain united and to rally behind the government.
June 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Junior editor stopped by to see how the manuscript is going.

#writing #IAmWriting #ProofOfCat #SkyCat #CatsOfBluesky
White cat with batman-like black eyes and ears is sitting in an open window and staring at the camera. The cat has a slightly judgmental look on her face
June 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Oh, look! I see an opportunity to fight fascism today.

#CatsOfBluesky #cats #resist
1-year old White cat with a black tail and two black spots around her blue eyes that make her look like batman
June 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Had fun experimenting with a tattoo inspired photo.

#watercolor #painting #art #ArtTherapy
Watercolor painting of a basic cat outline that uses stems, leaves, and pink flowers to give the sense of body and form.
June 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM