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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Edutummler, Creampuff, Earper. Grateful to all who "learn out loud". Empowering purposeful networks. Pers. account. White settler, cis & queer. Daily haiku over at butwait.blogspot.com.
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Forever grateful to @nicothepoet.bsky.social for this amazing poem...

#TDoR
NICO WILKINSON TRANS DAY OF I LOVE YOU trans day of rage. trans day of vengeance. trans day of bleeding bigots. trans day of not being the bigger person. trans day of every statistic and gunman shattered by stilettos. trans day of we are going to make our own world. trans day of we are the ones we've been waiting for. trans day of morning coffee in bed. trans day of never having to explain our bodies or language. trans day of eyeliner and glitter and body hair and sweat and flashing lights. trans day of dancing until we can't anymore. trans day of coming home. trans day of no apologies. trans day of fucking forever. trans day of guns melted down to o-rings. trans day of unabashed faggotry. trans day of free surgeries and hormones. trans day of living a long, long life. trans day of i love you. trans day of i love you. trans day of i love you. trans day of get home safe. trans day of i will see you in the morning.
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Alice Wong was a goddamn treasure.

#DisabilityVisabilty and @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's ongoing advocacy changed my life, and I know I'm in good company.
Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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@sarasheridan.bsky.social

Friendly greetings... a copy of your excellent book is on track to be added to my beloved @princetonpl.bsky.social's collection!
A screenshot of an email from the acquisitions team at the Princeton Public Library indicating that Shelley Krause's request for the acquisition of Sara Sheridan's THE FAIR BOTANISTS has been approved.
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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An older cis white lesbian with greying short hair stands in an eyeglasses shop, looking at the camera and smiling as she tries on a new pair.
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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In case you're ever in a beet kind of mood...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Happy to be able to help.

And also? I love beets.
screenshot of my donation
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Republicans and their billionaire donors thought they could buy the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Pennsylvanians made it clear: Their state is not for sale!

I have family members living in PA, so this victory is feeling a little extra sweet...
A graphic with the headline "DEMOCRATS RETAIN PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT" features illustrations of the three white judges, each wearing black robes and smiling, under their names: CHRISTINE DONOHUE KEVIN DOUGHERTY DAVID WECHT
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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It’s Election Day, and your voice matters! 🗳️💪
Remember: voters have rights — no one can stop you from casting your ballot.
Save this post for when you head to the polls and share it to spread the word. Democracy is strongest when we all show up. 🔁🗣️
#VoteDemToday
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Prop 50 is how Californians take back their voice. It stops partisan games that let politicians choose their voters instead of voters choosing them. CA friends, protect our power. Vote YES on Prop 50 TODAY. #CAVoteYesProp50
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Got your whistle?
This graphic from Chicago includes an etching featuring a whistle and crowd of people with the words Form A Crowd Stay Loud Protect Each Other at the top left. The rest of the document consists of blocks of text with subheadings describing the strategy mentioned. WHY A WHISTLE? - A SMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS LOUD. - RECOGNIZABLE. IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. - OUR VOICES ARE STRONGER TOGETHER. ON THE STREETS WHISTLES GUIDE PEOPLE TO - FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS - CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD - ALERT NEIGHBORS TO JOIN IN NOISE = VISIBILITY CODE 1: ICE NEARBY BLOW IN A BROKEN RHYTHM: PRE-PRE-PRE-PRE --> ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA CODE 2: CODE RED BLOW IN A CONTINUOUS, STEADY RHYTHM. - ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE FORM A CROWD. STAY LOUD. STAY NONVIOLENT. DON'T STAY SILENT. WHY IT WORKS - INSTANT ALERT SYSTEM - FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA - TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY ACTION WHAT YOU CAN DO - WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK - TEACH FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS THE CODES - USE WHENEVER ICE IS SPOTTED - PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS. TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD. Pilsen Arts & Community House IG: @PILSENARTSCOMMUNITYHOUSE INFO@PILSENARTSCOMMUNITYHOUSE.ORG
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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nokings.org

Come rally with your friends and neighbors!
A graphic w/ a yellow background and a black, thick-lined outline of a crown, which is crossed out by a big red X. The symbol for No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Let folks know that they are loved, that the world needs their light, and that there are still resources out here for people who are struggling.

There is one boat. We are all in it.

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A photo of a rainbow flag taken from inside a room, looking out through a mullioned window from which is hanging a classic rainbow flag. The bottom portion of the window has translucent, multi-faceted privacy screen.
October 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Make no mistake: Trump is implementing Project 2025 in real time.

#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown social.demcast.com/s/Zql0D79p

What are you doing Oct. 18th? Find a #NoKings rally here: www.mobilize.us/nokings
October 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Rural Americans are staring down a 107% spike in health insurance premiums if ACA tax credits expire. Republicans chose billionaire tax breaks over farmers, ranchers & working families.

Everyone pays the price for #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown. Tell a friend.
October 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Trump's shutdown is a cat's hissy fit on a national scale. He's throwing a fit because he can't get his way... which is kind of a common mode for him.

GOP, it's time to grow up and put the interests of the American people first.

#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown social.demcast.com/s/GNkZuZIo
October 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I'll just leave this here.
A graphic consisting of the text of an obituary for Charles James Kirk. The first letter, the C that begins Charles' name, is white text on a large red square, reminiscent of illustrated manuscript conventions. The remaining text is black, bold, non-seraphed text that reads as follows: Charles James Kirk, 31, died on Wednesday from a gunshot to the neck at a Utah Valley University campus event just as he was trying to deflect a question about mass shootings by suggesting they were largely a function of gang violence. He died with a net worth of $12 million, which he made by espousing horrific and bigoted views in the name of advancing Christian nationalism. The foundation of his empire was the group he cofounded and led, Turning Point USA, which is a key youth-recruitment arm of the MAGA movement. Kirk was able to launch Turning Point at the age of 18 because he received money from Tea Party member Bill Montgomery, right-wing donor Foster Feiss, and his own father, also a prolific right-wing donor. He was an unrepentant racist, transphobe, homophobe, and misogynist who often wrapped his bigotry in Bible verses because there was no other way to pretend that it was morally correct. He had children, as do many vile people.
September 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Thank you again to everyone who is helping to protect our precious natural resources.

The weather for my fundraising Sourland Spectacular ride on Saturday looks like it's going to be perfect. Want to chip in?

www.pledgereg.com/5549/shelley...
A photo of an index card clipped to the handle bars of a black road bike. The card has a hand-drawn map of a seventeen mile route through the Sourlands of New Jersey.
September 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Up & @ 'em, Skeeple!

Will I see you later today in Trenton?

(FYI, one of the main organizers of this event is someone who uses a wheelchair; accessibility has been a priority.)
A graphic announcing one of many protests across the US on Labor Day (Sept. 1). The image is square, with a gold banner running across the top quarter or so that reads, "2025 LABOR DAY #WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES with a black oval highlighting the phrase WORKER LED FUTURE in a gold outline typeface. The bottom 75% of the image is split into two sides. On the left is a black & white photographic cut out of what looks to be a middle-aged white woman holding a bullhorn. She is in three-quarter profile, facing away from the camera, and there are two text blocks in the space beneath the bullhorn. One reads: "HYGIENE DRIVE From deodorant to dignity: donations go to schools to hep care items to students in need." The second reads: "ARTWORKS EARLY ART EVENT Join us & Trenton Artworks 1:30pm for an early art event with chalk art and other works. On the right-hand side of the graphic is a bright red rectangular speech bubble made to look like it's emanating from the bullhorn on the left. The white all caps text in this bubble reads: "50501 NATIONAL PROTEST SEPTEMBER 1ST 2:30 - 4:30PM THE PLAZA, 145 W. STATE STREET TRENTON"
September 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Well, it's official... we're proud and grateful empty nesters! 💜
A photo of a white GTI with its hatch pretty well crammed full, getting ready to be driven by a young white man wearing a t-shirt. He has a big smile on his face, which you can see because he has rolled the window down.
August 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Absolutely.

And sometimes, maybe temporarily put up a sign while you're there?
A photo taken at a No Kings protest in 2025. The main part of the image shows and older white lesbian wearing glasses, a florescent yellow jacket, biking shorts, and rainbow Keens standing with her left foot in the crook of a tree and her right leg bent and stretched up against a main limb of the tree. She is holding a length of rope that is attached to a vinyl sign which she is working to attach to the tree. The sign includes a line drawing of the head of the Statue of Liberty, and reads STOP the CRUELTY & CORRUPTION! Behind her another protestor holds a hand-lettered sign which reads "RESIST. HE WILL FAIL. (HE SUCKS AT THIS.)
August 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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#50501 #WorkerLedFuture #CallForSubmissions
A flyer for an art show in connection with Worker Led Future actions on Labor Day, Sept. 1, 2025. The flyer has a graduated background that goes from an electric blue at the top to black at the bottom. The largest element is a red text box with bold, all-caps white lettering that reads: "CALL FOR ARTISTS WHO BELIEVE IN A LABOR-LED MOVEMENT!" Below that is a horizontal band of additional information that reads, in white text against a blue background: "SUBMIT ART FOR A LABOR DAY PROTEST & ART SHOWCASE The labor movement and art are intrinsically tied together, and we want to celebrate this connection. We invite artists to submit existing or new art and poetry highlighting a strong opposition to the billionaire class's exploitation of labor and their corporate dominance." To the right of this text is a large QR code labeled "- SUBMIT HERE -" in gold-colored lettering. The next horizontal band includes a header in gold-colored lettering that reads: "Art and poetry should demonstrate one or more of the following five themes: 1. Stop the billionaire takeover and rampant corruption of the Trump administration 2. Protect and defend Medicaid, Social Security, and other programs for working people. 3. Fully funded schools, and healthcare and housing for all 4. Stop the attacks on immigrants, Black and Indigenous people, trans people, and all our communities 5. Invest in people not wars" At the bottom of the flyer is one final horizontal band of information which includes a circular 50501 logo, the word mark of ARTWORKS (Trenton's Visual Art Center) and a few details about the event: "Event Timing: September 1st, 2025 | noon - 2pm Event Location: The Plaza, 145 W. State St., Trenton Contact us at NJ50501Info@gmail.com"
August 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Are you in a similar spot?

Thanks for digging in to defend our democracy in whatever ways you can.
A photo of a large (maybe 6' x 4') in the process of being tied up in tree by several white activists at a No Kings rally / protest in New Jersey on June 14, 2025. The background material of the banner is some kind of white vinyl, and in the top right-hand corner of the banner is a graphic of the head of the Statue of Liberty. The first line of the banner says "STOP" in red block letters, with the following lines reading "the CRUELTY & CORRUPTION!" To the left of the tree is another protester with a hand-lettered poster board sign that reads, "RESIST. HE *WILL* FAIL." in red all-caps lettering, followed by "(HE SUCKS AT THIS.)" in black lettering. The top half of the image is mostly taken up by the green leafy branches of the tree that the large banner is being attached to.
August 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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clra.com/learntorow

Registration is OPEN!

Carnegie Lake Rowing Association's annual fall Learn To Row program (in Princeton, NJ) can take you from total newbie to confident sweep rower... and on a lake that was literally BUILT for rowing.

It's the BEST way to start the day.

Ask me anything!
A photo of a crew boat with eight rowers returning to the Princeton University Boathouse on a cloudy day. Overlaid text on the image reads: THIS COULD BE. YOU CLRA.COM
August 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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clra.com/learntorow

Registration is OPEN!

Carnegie Lake Rowing Association's annual fall Learn To Row program (in Princeton, NJ) can take you from total newbie to confident sweep rower... and on a lake that was literally BUILT for rowing.

It's the BEST way to start the day.

Ask me anything!
A graphic that has as its base a photo of Carnegie Lake in Princeton at dawn, with two 8-seat crew boats appearing dark against an orange and purple lake and sky. White lettering over the top of the photo reads: FORGET HITTING SNOOZE. THIS IS YOUR NEW MORNING RITUAL. At the bottom of the image is a crossed-oars logo of the rowing association against a white background with white lettering that reads CARNEGIE LAKE ROWING ASSOCIATION
August 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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My wife has slowly but surely been transitioning the flora of the land on which we live to native plants. Full story w/ pics here: www.sustainableprinceton.org/gardening-on...

Growth has been tremendous, & we see so many happy birds & pollinators! The attached pics are some of the most recent.
A photo of a small New Jersey front yard that has been transformed into a native plant treasure trove.. very happy hoary mountain mint, Joe Pye weed, and button bush are some of the plants near the front of the image. A photo which is a close-up of Joe Pye weed and false sunflowers.
August 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM