rachel b velebny
@hotmushrooms.bsky.social
a staunch woman. s-t-a-u-n-c-h.
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'they are so committed to being a victim that they've completely missed how much agency you have when you buy yarn!'
a real thing i said in a voice memo rant to my sister about knitting tik tok.
i think no more internet for me today.
a real thing i said in a voice memo rant to my sister about knitting tik tok.
i think no more internet for me today.
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
'they are so committed to being a victim that they've completely missed how much agency you have when you buy yarn!'
a real thing i said in a voice memo rant to my sister about knitting tik tok.
i think no more internet for me today.
a real thing i said in a voice memo rant to my sister about knitting tik tok.
i think no more internet for me today.
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A 20 year old woman in Minnesota was murdered at work by a coworker this week. Why? He didn't like the way she looked at him. And people are judging her gender presentation in an effort to justify her murder. America hates women. And children. It hates Black, Indigenous, Latine and Asian people too
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A 20 year old woman in Minnesota was murdered at work by a coworker this week. Why? He didn't like the way she looked at him. And people are judging her gender presentation in an effort to justify her murder. America hates women. And children. It hates Black, Indigenous, Latine and Asian people too
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To be honest I’ve always found the Rupi Kaur hate manufactured and incredibly tired. There are countless writers out there doing a worse job. Sorry if that’s upsetting to the people who have made hating her their whole personality.
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
To be honest I’ve always found the Rupi Kaur hate manufactured and incredibly tired. There are countless writers out there doing a worse job. Sorry if that’s upsetting to the people who have made hating her their whole personality.
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look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists
October 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists
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I find I can’t muster a proper response to either the Tylenol madness or the U.N. appearance. At some point it is just too ridiculous. It would feel insane to offer sane commentary.
September 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I find I can’t muster a proper response to either the Tylenol madness or the U.N. appearance. At some point it is just too ridiculous. It would feel insane to offer sane commentary.
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charlie kirk is MLK. camera is hamas. chair is astronaut. baby is stove. yawn is owl.
September 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
charlie kirk is MLK. camera is hamas. chair is astronaut. baby is stove. yawn is owl.
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I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
September 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
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Please post exactly correctly or the people who declared the ninth crusade against a restaurant chain for changing its logo two weeks ago may act rashly
September 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Please post exactly correctly or the people who declared the ninth crusade against a restaurant chain for changing its logo two weeks ago may act rashly
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Worldwide, about 140 women are murdered each day for their belief that they should not be subjugated to violent domination by the men in their lives. That’s about one murder every 10 minutes. Do these murders of women by men count as “political violence”?
September 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Worldwide, about 140 women are murdered each day for their belief that they should not be subjugated to violent domination by the men in their lives. That’s about one murder every 10 minutes. Do these murders of women by men count as “political violence”?
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i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence
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Life is short and the hour of our death is a mystery, so no, I will not rate my transaction
August 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Life is short and the hour of our death is a mystery, so no, I will not rate my transaction
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Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
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i’m at the domestic doom
i’m at the geopolitical doom
i’m at the combination domestic/geopolitical doom
i’m at the geopolitical doom
i’m at the combination domestic/geopolitical doom
August 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
i’m at the domestic doom
i’m at the geopolitical doom
i’m at the combination domestic/geopolitical doom
i’m at the geopolitical doom
i’m at the combination domestic/geopolitical doom
patti smith always puts the right words in the right order
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because the night has all the right words
my thoughts on Just Kids in honour of my seeing Patti Smith in concert
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July 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
patti smith always puts the right words in the right order
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“I asked Chat GPT” “I asked Grok”
Ok well I asked Sappho and she said
…….
…….
..[b]osom
Ok well I asked Sappho and she said
…….
…….
..[b]osom
July 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“I asked Chat GPT” “I asked Grok”
Ok well I asked Sappho and she said
…….
…….
..[b]osom
Ok well I asked Sappho and she said
…….
…….
..[b]osom
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I knew we were cooked as a society when everyone just sorta decided they were sick of dealing with Covid and everyone just decided to pretend like it wasn't a thing anymore.
July 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I knew we were cooked as a society when everyone just sorta decided they were sick of dealing with Covid and everyone just decided to pretend like it wasn't a thing anymore.
sentences like these are why i read
July 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
sentences like these are why i read
what if I were a gluten free sandwich?
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
what if I were a gluten free sandwich?
seeing that my neighbour left her keys in her door after a night out makes me oddly joyful and hopeful
June 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
seeing that my neighbour left her keys in her door after a night out makes me oddly joyful and hopeful
call me crazy but i don’t think book reviews should start with a photo of the author and a snarky, ‘this is literally what she looks like.’
June 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
call me crazy but i don’t think book reviews should start with a photo of the author and a snarky, ‘this is literally what she looks like.’
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If you see something (a dog), say something (hi to that dog).
June 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If you see something (a dog), say something (hi to that dog).
last august, i picked out I Who Have Never Known Men as my birthday book. i read it immediately and then spent months trying to write about it.
such a brief book to address such an uncatchable question: what does it mean to be human?
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such a brief book to address such an uncatchable question: what does it mean to be human?
hotmushrooms.substack.com/p/what-does-...
what does it mean to be human?
a review/reaction of I Who Have Never Known Men
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May 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
last august, i picked out I Who Have Never Known Men as my birthday book. i read it immediately and then spent months trying to write about it.
such a brief book to address such an uncatchable question: what does it mean to be human?
hotmushrooms.substack.com/p/what-does-...
such a brief book to address such an uncatchable question: what does it mean to be human?
hotmushrooms.substack.com/p/what-does-...
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It might be awhile but JK Rowling's grave will be a gender neutral bathroom.
April 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It might be awhile but JK Rowling's grave will be a gender neutral bathroom.