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shaaygs.bsky.social
Shaay Gallagher-Starr
@shaaygs.bsky.social
310 followers 250 following 250 posts
Progressive leftist
🏳️‍⚧️&🏳️‍🌈 positive
Supporting the wellbeing of humans and non-humans the best I can.

Substack: https://shaay.substack.com?r=1swi68&utm_medium=ios
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shaaygs.bsky.social
@tkingfisher.com I both love and envy you for this image, in this story. It’s perfect, and I’m glad I got to read it. I 👀 what you did there.
Quote from T. Kingfisher, Jackalope Wives and Other Stories. White text on a blue background with irregular white spots reads, “The moon was the eye of an ink-dark whale overhead, barnacled with stars.”
December 29, 2024 at 1:07 AM
shaaygs.bsky.social
💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 17/20 #booksky #books #bookchallenge
December 14, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16/20 #booksky #books #bookchallenge
December 14, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 15/20
#booksky #books #bookchallenge
December 14, 2024 at 8:48 PM
shaaygs.bsky.social
💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 14/20
#booksky #books #bookchallenge
@tkingfisher.com
Cover: Clockwork Boys; Clocktaur War Book 1; T. Kingfisher Cover: The Wonder Engine; Clocktaur War Book 2; T. Kingfisher
December 14, 2024 at 8:46 PM
shaaygs.bsky.social
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“Almost anything carried to its logical extreme becomes depressing, if not carcinogenic.” — The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
December 14, 2024 at 8:29 PM
shaaygs.bsky.social
The manager said there are signs “right on the doors!” The automatic doors. That hide the signs as you approach them.
Photo of door into Safeway, with various signs on and in front of the automatic doors Close up of partially obscured sign on automatic door Close up of partially obscured sign on automatic door. Sign says “warning” followed by other words too small to read. A different angle, close up of partially obscured sign on automatic door
December 13, 2024 at 4:39 AM
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Let’s talk medical insurance: 1st, reattaching @rahaeli.bsky.social to their work, because I nabbed this on FB
@rahaeli.bsky.social : to everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor’s office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for: 1. The name, board speciality, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary 2. Copies of all materials they relied on to make their determination 3. Proof the doctor making the determination has maintained registration in your specific state and documentation of their meeting all their continuing education requirements 4. The aggregate rate at which similar treatments are denied vs approved by the specific doctor being used for peer review. You are not entitled by law to ALL of these things in most states, but you’re entitled to some of them and you can always ask for them. This is, she says, a wildly successful tactic, because if the insurance company answers honestly, it gives you evidence that the “doctors” making these determinations are practicing medicine out of scope, without proper licensing and qualifications, in areas they are not competent in. Everyone knows this is true; it’s not a secret in any way. But it’s in violation of a number of regulations and a LOT of times the company will just give up and pay the bill rather than handing you proof they’re violating the regs. It’s a tactic that has worked for me many, many times.
December 10, 2024 at 7:45 AM
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I just finished this one - there are some legit scary stories in here! 📚💙 When @datlow.bsky.social is the editor, I know the collection will be extraordinary
December 5, 2024 at 2:33 AM
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💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #books #bookchallenge
13/20
December 5, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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December 5, 2024 at 2:16 AM
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Another fave - and don’t knock it til you’ve tried it! - is Trollhunter
December 4, 2024 at 5:19 AM
shaaygs.bsky.social
This was mine too!
December 4, 2024 at 5:16 AM
shaaygs.bsky.social
Dead Snow (Død Snø)
December 4, 2024 at 5:16 AM
shaaygs.bsky.social
💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #books #bookchallenge
12/20
December 3, 2024 at 6:35 AM
shaaygs.bsky.social
💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #books #bookchallenge
11/20
December 3, 2024 at 6:35 AM
shaaygs.bsky.social
💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #books #bookchallenge
10/20
December 3, 2024 at 6:34 AM
shaaygs.bsky.social
💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #books #bookchallenge
9/20
December 3, 2024 at 6:34 AM
shaaygs.bsky.social
I’m so happy Jingle Jangle is back on Netflix again! This is the best show for the holiday season. Good for kids and grown ups. The story is inspired, the cast is superb, and the costuming and music is joyous. Go watch it!
#Holidaymovie 🎥
December 2, 2024 at 3:48 AM
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December 1, 2024 at 5:21 AM
shaaygs.bsky.social
💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #books #bookchallenge
8/20
@altyellonatpark.org and @altnps.bsky.social
Breaking the rules to include our alt National Parks
Book cover - Image background: young white woman with long dark hair. She’s wearing black, in a redwood tree, embracing the trunk. Vista of mountains behind her. Text reads: The Legacy of Luna, the story of a woman, a tree, and the struggle to save the redwoods. Julia Butterfly Hill
November 25, 2024 at 10:11 PM
shaaygs.bsky.social
💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #books #bookchallenge
7/20
November 25, 2024 at 9:11 PM
shaaygs.bsky.social
💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #books #bookchallenge
6/20
November 25, 2024 at 3:17 AM
shaaygs.bsky.social
💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #books #bookchallenge
5/20
November 24, 2024 at 8:06 AM
shaaygs.bsky.social
💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #booksky #books #bookchallenge
4/20
November 23, 2024 at 4:19 AM