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Kelly Dolan
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Creative director and producer living in Chicago. he/him. Fascinated by almost everything, but especially creativity, neurodiversity, and pit bulls.
Chicago-area friends: May I suggest a few folks to follow right now?

@unraveledpress.com
@thetriibe.com
@mskellymhayes.bsky.social
@moryan.bsky.social
@blockclubchi.bsky.social

There’s so many more, of course. Feeling particularly grateful for each of these today.
October 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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James Dobson is finally dead and I have been trying to besmirch his legacy for the past few years! If you want to understand how he targeted strategic developmental stages in childhood to create people ripe for authoritarian abuse, start here: strongwilled.substack.com/p/chapter-3-...
Chapter 3: The Beginnings of the Religious Authoritarian Parenting Movement
How the 1960s and social progress movements sparked a long-term backlash that continues on to the present day.
strongwilled.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
So grateful for the work @erininthemorning.com has been doing the past few days, breaking down each anti-trans executive order. Please stop and take a few minutes to read this thread and then (at least) a few minutes more to take action to protect trans young people.
1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.

It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.

I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.

Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
January 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
We do a few small things each year to “shop” local, knowing there’s always more to do. One of my favorites: our monthly donation to @blockclubchi.bsky.social. I love knowing we’re helping support neighborhood reporting + a remarkable team of local journalists. blockclubchicago.org/cye2024/
CYE 2024
Keep it going! Block Club has a goal of raising $50,000 before the end of the year and we have less than $14,000 to go! Your today donation ensures that Block Club heads into 2025 equipped to provide ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 29, 2024 at 9:26 PM
As someone who was born in Green Bay and has been a lifelong Packers fan, I am (without any irony) so happy for Bears players and fans today. The Packers/Bears rivalry is most fun to me when both teams are great. This Bears season has been painful to watch + I’m excited for them with this change.
History made in Chicago: for the first time in the team’s 100 year history, the Bears have fired their head coach IN-SEASON. Matt Eberflus is out after a late game meltdown in Detroit.
November 29, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Nuggets #NBACup floor tonight taking me back to Bucks games as a kid at the MECCA in MKE. #NBA www.nba.com/news/milwauk...
MECCA forever holds special memories, time in Milwaukee Bucks' lore | NBA.com
Flood of moments past converge on Bucks as team returns to old arena tonight
www.nba.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:10 AM
This is a fantastic thread with a lot of helpful links. I just called my representative. Took less than two minutes. Thank you @threnody.bsky.social for this!
November 21, 2024 at 7:15 PM
During my first real week on Bluesky, I’ve found so much joy and learned tons from the trans voices that have literally shaped the experience of this place and continue to do so.
November 18, 2024 at 7:07 PM