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Z
@gratefulzed.bsky.social
PhD in American Religion | Resist and be kind | Proud liberal, socialist, feminist, hippie | Here for horror movies and constant existential issues | Death-positive | Probably thinking/writing about grief right now.
Happy New Year and happy spring!
March 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Health care providers: stop telling patients with traumatic medical histories that they're "lucky to be alive," and for the love of god don't refer to it as a "time bomb."

#chronicillness #medicaltrauma #anxiety
February 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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For those of you desperately in need of distraction from today's headlines, here's a photo of a bunny & a chick who are friends.
February 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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On the days I am about to give up, this Gwendolyn Brooks poem gives me an anchor.
February 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Great point.
February 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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February 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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One of the best hand-drawn protest signs I've seen in a while.
February 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
January 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Morning Bluesky ☕️ ✌️
Mood🫤:
January 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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January 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Deserves repeating.
A timely poem. From Steven Willis's book, A Peculiar People: bookshop.org/a/862/978163...

#poem #poetry #stevenwillis #books
January 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The accessibility page of the White House website is offline for no reason besides the exclusion of people with disabilities from public discourse. It's only been four days. Document. Remember. Read history. We are not overreacting.

www.whitehouse.gov/accessibility
www.whitehouse.gov
January 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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As best you can, ignore him.
January 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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People with eyes: "Elon Musk make a Nazi salute."

Historians who have studied the rise of fascism: "Elon Musk made a Nazi salute."

Mainstream Media: "Elon Musk made a heartfelt gesture that was misconstrued as a Nazi salute."
January 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The Band has left the stage.
January 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Thank you President Joe Biden for affirming the Equal Rights Amendment has overcome the hurdles to become the 28th Amendment. Please ratify it for the millions of Americans who need their rights protected.
Biden affirms Equal Rights Amendment is part of Constitution
President Biden asserted the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, is part of the Constitution, arguing Friday it had met the criteria to be added as the…
thehill.com
January 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is part of the dumbing down that started with Forrest Gump. I'll never forgive that movie.
Donald Trump thinks Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone, and Mel Gibson represent Hollywood because he thinks “Cats” represents Broadway, “The Art of the Deal” represents literature, and Yanni represents classical music. The man has such dated, low-brow taste in EVERYTHING.
January 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Bowie says what's up.
December 18, 2024 at 3:14 AM
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Accurate.
December 13, 2024 at 6:08 AM
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people say “you need to start living in the real world” but they forget that the real world includes lupines and lightning bugs and ginger beer and starlight and sea coasts and Renoir paintings and Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos and fog banks and foxes playing in snow.
December 6, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Join us in strengthening our community of resisters on this platform! Like this post, comment #MakeAmericaSmartAgain, and don’t forget to hit the REPOST button. Be sure to follow each other back. A fast way to build our network is to follow everyone who reposts.
#Resist
November 26, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Just remembering that Spencer and Hank are walking together forever on the sidewalk in front of our old house. #ghostsonstreetview
November 23, 2024 at 10:26 PM
We absolutely don't deserve dogs, but I'm glad they don't care.
November 23, 2024 at 9:08 AM
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November 21, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Good morning from Bowie.
November 22, 2024 at 9:27 AM