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Me-TRICK-OR-TREAT-ula
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Entertainer, horticulturist, musician, bird person, clown, atheist, Lady Three Names of the Neon-Haired Harpies, member of band The Salacious Crumbles (she/her)
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Raleigh, NC
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I just threw up in my mouth
Picture of Dr Oz with this quote appearing in Newsweek: "We've dropped [the price of] infertility drugs to make lots of Trump babies, I'm hoping, by the midterms," Dr. Oz said during a press conference at the White House on Thursday.
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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So excited to go to my first class of this songwriting workshop in Carrboro! It’s hosted by GrrrlBands NC, an org that focuses on classes/music lessons and bands for adult women and non-binary folk.

www.grrrlbands.org
GRRRLbands logo with text “A space for women and non-binary adults to create, collaborate & make music “
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Not kidding:
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Quote from print book, John Bolton’s THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED: “Was Trump looking only for people from "central casting"? Much was made of his purported dislike of my moustache. For what its worth, he told me it was never a factor, noting that his father also had one. Other than shrinks and those deeply interested in Sigmund Freud, which I assuredly am not, I don't really believe my looks played a role in Trump's thinking. And if they did, God help the country. Attractive women, however, fall into a different category when it comes to Trump. Loyalty was the key factor, which Giuliani had proved beyond…”
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula
Screen shot of Cuthbert Beckett from video game Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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(Her daughter wanted to be Nezuko for Halloween)
“But nothing was going to stop me from helping Ellie prepare for Halloween 2021. For months she’d been talking about going as Nezuko Kamado, the girl demon in her Demon Slayer manga series. At first, I’d been surprised that my daughter wanted to be a character that had crossed over to the dark side. But Ellie corrected me, saying Nezuko was actually a force for good.” — Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre https://a.co/2jEJgGX
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Virginia Giuffre’s memoir also includes a sweet anecdote about her daughter explaining Nezuko from Demon Slayer to her mother (that Nezuko was a good demon and warrior, etc)
“You know, Mama,” she said, “eventually, Nezuko and her brother vanquish the evil around them and then they live a peaceful life.” She was beaming at me as if she’d stumbled upon a secret code for contentment. I hugged her long and hard that day. I’d been trying to protect my daughter from the world’s ugliness, but she was developing her own ways of protecting herself—and passing strength to me in the process.” — Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre https://a.co/9RCBwNI
October 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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My closet cosplay of Emily from Stardew Valley turned out great! Can’t wait for Symphony of Seasons tonight!
Two pictures side by side. Left, me smiling with a short blue wig and red collared sweater in cosplay as Emily from Stardew Valley Right, Emily from Stardew Valley. Pixel art woman with short blue hair, red lipstick, red collared shirt
October 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Remember that the gathering place for the Raleigh No Kings protest tomorrow is on Capital Blvd near Triangle Town Center, NOT downtown.

Please share!

From the N&O, hear are some times and locations in pic and alt text:
-Apex: 9 a.m.-12 p.m. at 73 Hunter St. -Carrboro: 3-4:30 p.m. at 301 W. Main St. -Cary: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at 110 SE Maynard Road -Clayton: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at 100 W. Main St. -Durham: 2-4 p.m. at 501 Foster St. -Hillsborough: 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at 104 E. King St. -Pittsboro: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at 40 E. Chatham St. -Raleigh: 12-3 p.m. at 6200 Capital Blvd. between Oak Forest Road and Old Wake Forest Road -Wake Forest: 2-4 p.m. at 221 Brooks St.
October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Just read @josie.zone’s EXCELLENT biography/reporting RINGMASTER about Vince McMahon and his re-making of the professional wrestling industry and it’s so conversational, biting, well-documented and so clearly lovingly written as someone who grew up during that 90s neokayfabe zeitgeist
Cover of RINGMASTER VINCE MCMAHON AND THE UNMAKING OF AMERICA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ABRAHAM JOSEPHINE RIESMAN Black and white figure of McMahon in front of red and yellow tinted wrestling ring photo
October 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Photo of songwriter in black and white from the Wall Street Journal. Text: Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman. Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?
October 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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TITS OUT FOR KENNY ROGERS
Picture of me in an orange shirt with a Kenny Rogers portrait in the background
October 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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It’s recycle day so I cut a hole in the cardboard box that’s gonna go out and dumped a bunch of catnip inside
A brown an blue box from the Chewy retailer with a square hole cut in the top; two cats (one a brown tabby and one a tortie) with their heads stuck in the hole.
October 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Without downloading anything, where are you at mentally right now?
Frog figurine on a thrift store shelf; it looks like it’s staring into the void
October 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Hey! Who wants to take this songwriting workshop for women/non-binary folk in Carrboro this winter?

www.grrrlbands.org/product-page...
SIX-WEEK SONGWRITING COURSE WITH CRYSTAL BRIGHT @GRRRLBANDS THURSDAYS NOV. 6TH - DEC. 18TH 5:30PM-7PM SKIPPING THANKSGIVING IJCONNECT WITH A SUPPORTIVE GROUP OF WOMEN AND NON-BINARY MUSICIANS JJJGAIN PRACTICAL SONGWRITING TOOLS YOU CAN USE FOR A LIFETIME JJJDEVELOP CONFIDENCE IN YOUR UNIQUE CREATIVE VOICE JJSHARE YOUR WORK IN A SAFE. ENCOURAGING ENVIRONMENT SIGNUP TODAY @ WWW.GRRRLBANDS.ORG
September 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Reeci is a SLEEPER. So warm, so soft
Fluffy calico cat with white belly curled into a pink cat bed
September 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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No new pictures, where are you mentally?
Frog statue on a shelf with eyes that stare into the future
September 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Once again I had to give Reeci her own decoy book so I can read without her laying on my book
Fluffy calico cat with white paws on a copy of “Sleeping Giants,” the decoy book, while a copy of John Green’s “Everything is Tuberculosis” is open beside it
September 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I caramelized a few onions to freeze into 2-Tbs portions; I hope they reheat well!

I’m using the Souper Cubes trays but freezing is freezing, lol. About four larger-end-of-medium onions yielded about 1.25 cups finished
Caramelized onions in an ice cube tray Caramelized onions on a plate
September 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Lol amazing. This one swoops in to call me a clown (even though I’m literally a clown in my profile pic) and then has a hissy about not engaging in discourse 🤣
Series of posts from earlier in thread: Madison It bothers me to see Charlie Kirk lionized as a "good Christian" when skimming the last couple week's worth of his Tweets and public comments is a disturbing laundry list of racism and hate. > ••• sot-bs.bsky.social @sot-bs.bsky.social Follow Funny how you clowns keep saying this. Yet no one provides any proof. Unless it's taken out of context. September 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM Madison Metricula @metricula.com • 7m Also damn, looks like there's an influx of right-wing trolls coming to the site to argue. Guess they're mad so many of us left Twitter lol They can stay mad 1 10 ... Madison Metricula @metricula.com • 5m Got @sot-bs.bsky.social for your block lists 1 企 ••• sot-bs.bsky.social @sot-bs.bsky.social Follow Yet again block those you disagree with instead of holding discourse.
September 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Nail polish in three kinds of light
September 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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It’s this magnetic polish!!
Nail polish advertisement from the brand Mooncat, color 404: Soul Not Found. Polish shows green and purple flashes in a black base
September 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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I’m reading Owls of The Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl by ornithologist Jonathan Slaught and it’s one of the most riveting things I’ve ever read.

It covers about five years of fieldwork for a fish owl telemetry project in remote Russian riparian forests
Cover of Owls of The Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest owl
September 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Was just thinking about how in the 90s Ginger Spice was called “the fat one”
Picture of 90s music group The Spice Girls against a white photodrop
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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It’s rainy today so Juniper is refusing to get out of her pink princess bed
Brown and gray archetypical tabby cat curled in a fluffy pink cat bed
September 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Absolutely obsessed with this beautiful magnetic polish from Mooncat. Color is “404: Soul Not Found”
Three side-by-side panels of the same nail polish on a thumb in different lighting. Base is green with purple highlights.
September 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM