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keely
@plaintivecuckoo.bsky.social
humble content farmer / currently omaha, previously philadelphia
dedicating my first post in five months to ao tanaka. i love you, ao tanaka
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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October 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
anyone wanna buy three phillies tickets for tonight.. (incentives: harper’s back, wheeler pitching, fireworks, you’d be doing me a big favor)
June 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
huge day for annoying people like me
May 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
*1 minute long close up of cavan sullivan on the sideline while the ball is in play*

commentator: he’s exactly 15 years 8 months 6 hours 23 minutes and 42 seconds old, the youngest american professional soccer player to sit on the team benches built by the home depot
May 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
year after year, ben consistently gets me the best birthday presents
April 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
they could never make me hate you, patrick bamford
April 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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POV: you're a baseball and this is the last thing you see
June 18, 2024 at 12:29 AM
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NEW: Workers at The Union for Contemporary Art publicly announced their union and demanded voluntary recognition.

On the same day, management egregiously fired five longtime staffers. Workers have filed a retaliation charge and are moving to an NLRB election.

newsguild.org/a-supermajor...
A supermajority of staff at The Union for Contemporary Art announces The Union Union | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
newsguild.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
got my first piece published with xray, and i could not be happier 🪶🐇🍽️
we have a fantastic story by Keely Curttright @plaintivecuckoo.bsky.social !! it's about a woman who is being stalked by a hawk while she makes dinner for her neighbors.

this reads to me like one of those great, classic, 5,000 word New Yorker stories -- so good :)

xraylitmag.com/hunting-gath...
HUNTING & GATHERING by Keely Curttright
Margot is a speck of red in her bright winter coat, scurrying up the cracked and litter-strewn sidewalk, her mousy brown hair a sad pinprick at the center of this speck and her breath a puff of vapor ...
xraylitmag.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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we have a fantastic story by Keely Curttright @plaintivecuckoo.bsky.social !! it's about a woman who is being stalked by a hawk while she makes dinner for her neighbors.

this reads to me like one of those great, classic, 5,000 word New Yorker stories -- so good :)

xraylitmag.com/hunting-gath...
HUNTING & GATHERING by Keely Curttright
Margot is a speck of red in her bright winter coat, scurrying up the cracked and litter-strewn sidewalk, her mousy brown hair a sad pinprick at the center of this speck and her breath a puff of vapor ...
xraylitmag.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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day zero of starting a labor union at my workplace and i would appreciate signatures on this statement of support from all my bluesky friends

bit.ly/m/unionunion
Union Union - Landing Page
Email: UCAStaffUnion@gmail.com
bit.ly
February 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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New short story in The End Magazine! I love writing and being alive!
February 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
thinking dangerous thoughts (hoping spurs get relegated and are forced to sell archie back to a promoted leeds)
January 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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got a story and a poem coming out this month 💚
January 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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my wife will be like “ooo what song is this it’s nice” and then mark kozelek’s voice comes in and she just starts laughing at me
December 21, 2024 at 4:20 AM
vet tech let girlcat go in the trash can cabinet
December 16, 2024 at 8:55 PM
i’ve said it before, and i’ll say it again: lorrie moore’s “self-help” is one of the only perfect short story collections
November 29, 2024 at 12:58 AM
really sorry to hear that, man. for sure, i’ll let you know if i see a guy that looks like that
November 24, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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kraus was staring out the window for a solid minute before i spotted him.. if your cat sees something and you don’t, you’re wrong
can i get an ID on this guy #bird
Merlin says red-tailed hawk
November 19, 2024 at 11:54 PM
splash zone
November 8, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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the philadelphia union have had a top-five team with a bottom-five payroll basically since MLS data has been available
November 7, 2024 at 6:21 PM
absolutely heartbroken
Sources confirm The Athletic's shocking scoop: The Philadelphia Union have parted ways with head coach Jim Curtin.

Union feel they need to go in a new direction. Curtin two-time winner of MLS Coach of the Year.
www.givemesport.com/jim-curtin-o...
Jim Curtin out as Philadelphia Union head coach: Sources
The Philadelphia Union have parted ways with head coach Jim Curtin, sources confirm to GIVEMESPORT.
www.givemesport.com
November 7, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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married!
September 29, 2024 at 7:48 PM