Gina
@sheelanagig22.bsky.social
Former adjunct lecturer. Now, I work a regular 9 to 5 office job. Avid reader. Film buff. Mom to Benji, the smartest and cuddliest poodle mix ever.
Banner pic: Kilgallen, Margaret. Money to Loan, 2000. Hammer museum, Los Angeles.
Banner pic: Kilgallen, Margaret. Money to Loan, 2000. Hammer museum, Los Angeles.
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Gina
@sheelanagig22.bsky.social
· Dec 3
Pinning these pictures of Benji—my sweet poodle-Yorkie mix—so that her adorable floofy baby face is the first thing I see when perusing my profile. Such a mood booster! 🐩😍❤️
#dogs
#poodles
#dogsofbluesky
#dogs
#poodles
#dogsofbluesky
Settling in to watch Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams (2025). How is it that this film flew under my radar?
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Settling in to watch Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams (2025). How is it that this film flew under my radar?
Cleaning out the pantry and freezer today. Happened to have all of the ingredients handy for a quick lasagna. Plan to share half of the lasagna with my parents! 🍽️
November 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Cleaning out the pantry and freezer today. Happened to have all of the ingredients handy for a quick lasagna. Plan to share half of the lasagna with my parents! 🍽️
I took Benji on a long exploratory walk. She got to choose the way and sniff to her heart’s content. To keep her nice and warm during her olfactory adventure, I bundled her up in a snazzy coat. 😍
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I took Benji on a long exploratory walk. She got to choose the way and sniff to her heart’s content. To keep her nice and warm during her olfactory adventure, I bundled her up in a snazzy coat. 😍
Just seeing this scum’s stupid face makes my blood boil
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Just seeing this scum’s stupid face makes my blood boil
Caught a chill from yesterday’s rainstorm, so left work a bit early today. Going to nurse my sore throat. This is basically how I felt returning home to Benji. Dogs are just the best
a cartoon of homer simpson holding a dog 's paw
Alt: Homer Simpson dancing with Santa’s Little Helper
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November 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Caught a chill from yesterday’s rainstorm, so left work a bit early today. Going to nurse my sore throat. This is basically how I felt returning home to Benji. Dogs are just the best
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In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Trump’s “Quiet, piggy” remark joins a preponderance of evidence suggesting “how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings,” @sophiegilbert.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/vIXNotVd
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Trump’s “Quiet, piggy” remark joins a preponderance of evidence suggesting “how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings,” @sophiegilbert.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/vIXNotVd
Picked up a new squeaky toy for Benji after work today. I think it’s safe to say that she loves it!
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Picked up a new squeaky toy for Benji after work today. I think it’s safe to say that she loves it!
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Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication | Scientific American share.google/KhygkknztV0v...
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
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November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication | Scientific American share.google/KhygkknztV0v...
More arrests, please. News like this is the only thing that is giving me hope at the moment
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
More arrests, please. News like this is the only thing that is giving me hope at the moment
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Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
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If you can't stand on facts and science, you don't belong anywhere near the Department of Health and Human Services. RFK Jr. has got to go.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Trump just called Mohammed bin Salman a "very good friend" and added, "we've always been on the same side of every issue."
This is the first time MBS has been on U.S. soil since Saudi agents murdered and dismembered Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump praised MBS's record on human rights.
This is the first time MBS has been on U.S. soil since Saudi agents murdered and dismembered Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump praised MBS's record on human rights.
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump just called Mohammed bin Salman a "very good friend" and added, "we've always been on the same side of every issue."
This is the first time MBS has been on U.S. soil since Saudi agents murdered and dismembered Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump praised MBS's record on human rights.
This is the first time MBS has been on U.S. soil since Saudi agents murdered and dismembered Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump praised MBS's record on human rights.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Another overcast and rainy day calls for a baking adventure. Decided to give Dorie Greenspan’s recipe for apple bundt cake a whirl today. 🍽️
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Another overcast and rainy day calls for a baking adventure. Decided to give Dorie Greenspan’s recipe for apple bundt cake a whirl today. 🍽️
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Can we just stop with the Donica Lewinsky jokes? They’re super gross. While we’re at it, the gay memes about Trump and Clinton are not cute at all 🤦🏻♀️
November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Can we just stop with the Donica Lewinsky jokes? They’re super gross. While we’re at it, the gay memes about Trump and Clinton are not cute at all 🤦🏻♀️
Revisiting an old favorite tonight. Now watching Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Revisiting an old favorite tonight. Now watching Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004).
A rainy day calls for homemade Korean food: dubu-jorim (braised tofu), steamed egg, and kimchi-jjigae. It took me a while to prepare this spread, so this will be a combination lunch/supper. #KoreanFood 🍽️
November 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A rainy day calls for homemade Korean food: dubu-jorim (braised tofu), steamed egg, and kimchi-jjigae. It took me a while to prepare this spread, so this will be a combination lunch/supper. #KoreanFood 🍽️
Benji’s new raincoat definitely exceeded my expectations. It kept her super long body & tail bone-dry. I only had to dry off her face & wipe her toe beans after our walk this morning. Now, she’s back in her favorite sweater. 😍
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Benji’s new raincoat definitely exceeded my expectations. It kept her super long body & tail bone-dry. I only had to dry off her face & wipe her toe beans after our walk this morning. Now, she’s back in her favorite sweater. 😍
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Been thinking a lot abt James Baldwin’s excellent Report from Occupied Territory in the context of ICE abuses & military deployments to our communities. Couldn’t be clearer that “occupied territory” is the form of governance pursued by this lawless regime.
A Report from Occupied Territory
www.thenation.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Been thinking a lot abt James Baldwin’s excellent Report from Occupied Territory in the context of ICE abuses & military deployments to our communities. Couldn’t be clearer that “occupied territory” is the form of governance pursued by this lawless regime.
One thing I love about Benji is how much she enjoys having things. She gets so riled up whenever I give her a new toy or sweater. In this case, I gave her a raincoat after work today. Benji licked my face in excitement and got a major case of the zoomies. 😍
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
One thing I love about Benji is how much she enjoys having things. She gets so riled up whenever I give her a new toy or sweater. In this case, I gave her a raincoat after work today. Benji licked my face in excitement and got a major case of the zoomies. 😍
Because I took Monday off, guess I have the Tuesday night scaries. Maybe listening to some Nick Cave will help 😬
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=T0sp...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Ship Song
YouTube video by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
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November 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Because I took Monday off, guess I have the Tuesday night scaries. Maybe listening to some Nick Cave will help 😬
m.youtube.com/watch?v=T0sp...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=T0sp...
We are supposed to be getting a lot of rain in Southern California soon. I have prepared for the winter storm by ordering Benji a wee little raincoat
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We are supposed to be getting a lot of rain in Southern California soon. I have prepared for the winter storm by ordering Benji a wee little raincoat