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E Mills 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍉
@millbot.bsky.social
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Wisconsin-based writer, reader, nature nerd, DJ, roller derby-er (Hammer Abby), and musician (Damsel Trash, LINE & Little Red Wolf). 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ grist-from-the-mills.ghost.io
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82F today in southern Wisconsin, but it looks like this. 😜🍂
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Seeing signs & stickers around town for the upcoming No Kings Day protests. Wondering what, if any, new theory of change or calls to action beyond gathering might come with this one. Went to their website & saw they listed a core principle of "no civil disobedience." Who does this ultimately serve?
Screenshot shows text from nokings.org stating, "A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action and no civil disobedience."
September 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Ok orders received! Although, to be fair, @reverenceintimates.bsky.social took this particular thirst trap, which is why it's ART, too (and I'm so incredibly grateful, this was part of a very fun shoot that challenged me to try something I've not really done before). 🤠
Black and white photo shows Emily, a white non-binary person with very short hair, standing under a shower. They are topless and holding a straw cowboy hat over their chest.
June 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Jfc 🫠😬
Screenshot of a tweet by Siraj Hashmi shows a commercial aviation flight map of the Middle East. Clusters of yellow airplane icons show basically every airline carefully avoiding airspace over Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria. All except one. That flight is just going balls out directly over the middle of Iran from the UAE.
June 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Terrible day. Great flower in the garden.
Close up picture of a lily in full bloom, with pink-and-white petals dappled with large water droplets.
June 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Grateful to have friends who prioritize queer joy & silliness in the midst of a lot of hard work/times. All credit to @reverenceintimates.bsky.social for the incredible photos. Queer Polyamorous Bridgerton: Season 2
Four people stroll arm-in-arm thru a grassy field. Two are dressed as dapper Regency-era gentlemen, in top hats and tailcoats. The other two are beautiful Femmes in flowy dresses. A gentlethey bites their fist in barely suppressed longing as they feed a cupcake to a buxom woman. Four people sit at a picnic table, toasting with crystal glasses. They are dressed in Regency-era clothing and situated in a grassy meadow between oak trees. The gentlethey in top hats and tailcoat kneels in front of a woman in a flowing dress and holding a parasol.
May 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Look, there's a lot more of substance to talk about & appreciate in @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's "The Last American Road Trip," but right now I just want to shout out this silly little Easter Egg that, for catching it, makes me feel (proudly?) like the Elder Millennial that I am. 😅
Text from the book reads, "Like Cadillac Ranch, the [giant prayer hands] were created in 1974--a big year for big art on Route 66--by a twenty-one-year-old Webb City artist named Jack Dawson, who loaded his titanic creation on a flatbed truck and deposited it on a hilltop that overlooks the town."
May 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Facts on the ground also seem to largely support the judge being innocent of what's being charged and, SURPRISE, both the FBI and ICE lying thru their teeth
Official press release from WI Rep. Ryan Clancy issues support for arrested Judge Hannah Dugan and notes that ICE entered her courtroom looking for the person in question without presenting a warrant.
April 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I aspire to this level of relaxation
A small dog with scruffy white hair lays sprawled on his back, legs open, pink belly on full display. He's lying on top of a pile of cozy blankets and looking very relaxed.
March 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Billie Jean is modeling my own mood/needs right now 💕
A small, scruffy dog with silver and dark gray hair, lies on her side, half covered by a fuzzy blanket. Her little legs and paws are sticking out and it is very cute.
March 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Help me & Billie Jean raise money for GSAFE's work to support #LGBTQ+ students in #Wisconsin! Donate today during the 5pm CT hour & have your contribution TRIPLED, no less! Even $5 helps: bit.ly/hammer2025

Thank you!

#TopDog #GSAFE #CSWBigShare
A very cute, scruffy small dog stares into the camera with big, black eyes.
March 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Now let's do more
An illustration shows a happy red rabbit with black text promoting a call for an economic boycott today against major corporations in particular, including Amazon, Walmart, Target, fast food restaurants, etc. Small business and cash only spending OK.
February 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Help me support queer & trans kids in Wisconsin's schools! I'm fundraising for @gsafewi.bsky.social - an excellent org with a long track record of great work. Every little bit counts. Let's do this: bit.ly/hammer2025
#LGBTQ #transrights
Promotional graphic shows a smiling Emily wearing a shirt that reads "Trans Athletes Belong Here" alongside information about donating to GSAFE.
February 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Love my team, love my league. Great games tonight and even better message (and we raised money for @gsafewi.bsky.social). Proud to be a member of @madisonrollerderby.bsky.social 🤘🏻🏳️‍⚧️💕
Four people pose, smiling, wearing black shirts with white text that reads "Trans Athletes Belong Here." All four people are trans (you can tell because they're all super cute).
February 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Madison, WI: Monday 2/17 protest action, with resources/community building/further organizing opportunities. #Protest
Flier promoting the "Not My President's Day National Day of Protest" on February 17 at noon. Meet at the Forward Statute at the State Capitol.
February 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Another good sign
#BuildTheResistance Madison, WI
A protester in the middle of a large march holds a sign that reads, "Fuck each other, not our constitution."
February 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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#BuildTheResistance Madison, WI

(One of my favs)
A protester holds a large sign that reads, "Wax Ron Johnson's nipples"
February 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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#BuildTheResistance Madison, WI
A group of protesters stand in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. One holds an American flag. Others hold signs decaying Trump, Musk, fascism, etc.
February 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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A protester wearing a shiny iridescent jump suit holds a sign that reads "If you're tired of hearing about inequality, imagine how tired people are of experiencing it."
February 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Protest in Madison, Wisconsin is BIG. We're at city of ~300k, it's currently 13F w/windchill & march looks like 1k at least!
#BuildTheResistance
A large column of protesters marches down State Street in downtown Madison.
February 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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The dumbest people on earth
A New York Times headline reads "Gulf of Mexico is now officially 'Gulf of America,' Interior Department Says"
January 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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This weekend i got to play roller derby with my friends. I've gotten to do this for going on 12 years now & it never ceases to be a gift. The sport, yes, but also (more importantly) the community, friendships, mutual aid networks, and life skillz development. I'm so grateful. #RollerDerby
A group of people dressed in white and blue athletic uniforms and roller derby safety gear smiles into the camera.
January 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Me facing 2025
A still from the animated series, "Arcane," shows the character of Vi with her fists up and ready to fight. One fist is wrapped in white bandages, the other is inside a fuck-off huge steampunk gauntlet.
December 21, 2024 at 4:59 AM
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Morning thoughts
Screen shot of a text message reads "Who called it a place for tenderqueers at the BDSM party and not..." and then shows a photograph of a package of bread labeled "Soft Sub Rolls."
December 18, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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Happy birthday to me, your friendly neighborhood elder Millennial/Xennial (?) bi/queer trans nonbinary polyamorous weirdo. Alive for 43 years, Online since '95, seen some shit, still so so grateful to be here & feeling lucky as heck. Wishing y'all the same. 🙏🏻🤘🏻❤️
Emily stands behind a DJ controller, headphones around their neck, smiling with their eyes closed. They are a white, masc-presenting person with very short salt-and-pepper hair.
November 25, 2024 at 4:59 PM