persephone
@sirensplight.bsky.social
“The plight of the siren is no one believes her.”
Multiply-disabled former high school teacher of drama, spec ed, alt ed, English, & more.
🍁 settler in Tkaronto
🧶 crochet artist
✨Sicilian witch
My gender is hoodies.
Extremely married.
Multiply-disabled former high school teacher of drama, spec ed, alt ed, English, & more.
🍁 settler in Tkaronto
🧶 crochet artist
✨Sicilian witch
My gender is hoodies.
Extremely married.
Pinned
How It Happens:
Disability & Poverty 🧵
1. You get sick &/ injured & cannot work. You don’t qualify for WSIB, so you go on STD, if you have it, & start pursuing treatment &/ rehab options as soon as you’re physically & mentally able to do so.
Disability & Poverty 🧵
1. You get sick &/ injured & cannot work. You don’t qualify for WSIB, so you go on STD, if you have it, & start pursuing treatment &/ rehab options as soon as you’re physically & mentally able to do so.
Poverty IS a choice.
Not by the individual, but by our society.
Every single step of the way, someone is trying to make sure you do not get access to something you need to survive.
You soon learn that they’d rather pay to keep you poor than help you live.
Not by the individual, but by our society.
Every single step of the way, someone is trying to make sure you do not get access to something you need to survive.
You soon learn that they’d rather pay to keep you poor than help you live.
PSA: scam message going around
Always check handle of sender.
Reported to BlueSky.
Always check handle of sender.
Reported to BlueSky.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
PSA: scam message going around
Always check handle of sender.
Reported to BlueSky.
Always check handle of sender.
Reported to BlueSky.
Today my mind is with my good friend & veteran, GL, who took his own life a few years ago after going offline. No one told me bc I was pregnant & on stress leave. Then the world shut down & it wasn’t until things returned to something like normal that anyone realized. Always reach out. Always.
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today my mind is with my good friend & veteran, GL, who took his own life a few years ago after going offline. No one told me bc I was pregnant & on stress leave. Then the world shut down & it wasn’t until things returned to something like normal that anyone realized. Always reach out. Always.
My generation’s war is one of shame, sorrow, & loss. Boys left for Afghanistan or Iraq in the confused wake of 9/11 to return to a recession. Those boys are now men w masters degrees & a debt they paid w their youth, their health, & their sanity. Yet they still can’t afford to live even here in TO.
On Veterans Day, we honor those who served and commit to serving them in return — not just in words, but in actions.
Affordability and a real commitment to mental health are essential to ensure that every veteran can build a future here in New York City.
Affordability and a real commitment to mental health are essential to ensure that every veteran can build a future here in New York City.
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My generation’s war is one of shame, sorrow, & loss. Boys left for Afghanistan or Iraq in the confused wake of 9/11 to return to a recession. Those boys are now men w masters degrees & a debt they paid w their youth, their health, & their sanity. Yet they still can’t afford to live even here in TO.
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On Veterans Day, we honor those who served and commit to serving them in return — not just in words, but in actions.
Affordability and a real commitment to mental health are essential to ensure that every veteran can build a future here in New York City.
Affordability and a real commitment to mental health are essential to ensure that every veteran can build a future here in New York City.
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
On Veterans Day, we honor those who served and commit to serving them in return — not just in words, but in actions.
Affordability and a real commitment to mental health are essential to ensure that every veteran can build a future here in New York City.
Affordability and a real commitment to mental health are essential to ensure that every veteran can build a future here in New York City.
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
I often post a pic of my Nonno on his horse in his Italian army* uniform on Remembrance Day to remind ppl of the consequences of not resisting fascism & the forces that feed it (hate, greed, intolerance) before it is too late, but I don’t think anyone needs to see that rn. 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I often post a pic of my Nonno on his horse in his Italian army* uniform on Remembrance Day to remind ppl of the consequences of not resisting fascism & the forces that feed it (hate, greed, intolerance) before it is too late, but I don’t think anyone needs to see that rn. 1/2
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I would hire someone to build me an advent calendar where each day you get a new book and a small treat and beverage paired to the book. Also day one comes with incredibly cozy socks.
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I would hire someone to build me an advent calendar where each day you get a new book and a small treat and beverage paired to the book. Also day one comes with incredibly cozy socks.
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From Bertolt Brecht:
“Ja, renn nur nach dem Glück
Doch renne nicht zu sehr
Denn alle rennen nach dem Glück
Das Glück rennt hinterher.”
“Yes, run after happiness,
But don't run too fast,
Because everyone is running after happiness,
And happiness runs behind.”
“Ja, renn nur nach dem Glück
Doch renne nicht zu sehr
Denn alle rennen nach dem Glück
Das Glück rennt hinterher.”
“Yes, run after happiness,
But don't run too fast,
Because everyone is running after happiness,
And happiness runs behind.”
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
From Bertolt Brecht:
“Ja, renn nur nach dem Glück
Doch renne nicht zu sehr
Denn alle rennen nach dem Glück
Das Glück rennt hinterher.”
“Yes, run after happiness,
But don't run too fast,
Because everyone is running after happiness,
And happiness runs behind.”
“Ja, renn nur nach dem Glück
Doch renne nicht zu sehr
Denn alle rennen nach dem Glück
Das Glück rennt hinterher.”
“Yes, run after happiness,
But don't run too fast,
Because everyone is running after happiness,
And happiness runs behind.”
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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The reason why I'm so angry has a lot to do with the lives that will be lost — people are absolutely going to die as a direct result of Senate Democrats folding on health care. It also has a lot to do with the suffering that was endured — people were struggling to get by without food assistance. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The reason why I'm so angry has a lot to do with the lives that will be lost — people are absolutely going to die as a direct result of Senate Democrats folding on health care. It also has a lot to do with the suffering that was endured — people were struggling to get by without food assistance. 🧵
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we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
so joyce carol oates owned elon so hard he's been taking out ads on X saying he has in fact read a book and watched a movie and he's clearly spiraling and unable to recover from such a vicious own i say to my wife as she frantically pulls out of the driveway
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Life is too short to give up the things that make you happy for some broken idea of what “adulthood” and “responsibility” look like. Keep your weird hobbies. Wear what you want to wear. You should never have to minimize yourself for the comfort of boring people. Be weird. Be cringe. Be happy.
October 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Life is too short to give up the things that make you happy for some broken idea of what “adulthood” and “responsibility” look like. Keep your weird hobbies. Wear what you want to wear. You should never have to minimize yourself for the comfort of boring people. Be weird. Be cringe. Be happy.
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I can't remember where I heard this, but I thought it was funny and accurate in my case:
"In your 20s, you care what other people think of you. In your 30s, you don't care what anyone thinks of you. In your 40s, you realize no one was ever thinking about you."
"In your 20s, you care what other people think of you. In your 30s, you don't care what anyone thinks of you. In your 40s, you realize no one was ever thinking about you."
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I can't remember where I heard this, but I thought it was funny and accurate in my case:
"In your 20s, you care what other people think of you. In your 30s, you don't care what anyone thinks of you. In your 40s, you realize no one was ever thinking about you."
"In your 20s, you care what other people think of you. In your 30s, you don't care what anyone thinks of you. In your 40s, you realize no one was ever thinking about you."
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I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
This could very well happen & is another one of those things ppl don’t understand about the past & how things were actually worse not better.
Let’s see if The Witch of November goes undetected next year.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This could very well happen & is another one of those things ppl don’t understand about the past & how things were actually worse not better.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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1) Never get involved in a land war in Asia
2) Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line
3) Never start a flamewar with someone whose occupation on Wikipedia is "novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, literary critic, professor, editor"
2) Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line
3) Never start a flamewar with someone whose occupation on Wikipedia is "novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, literary critic, professor, editor"
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
1) Never get involved in a land war in Asia
2) Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line
3) Never start a flamewar with someone whose occupation on Wikipedia is "novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, literary critic, professor, editor"
2) Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line
3) Never start a flamewar with someone whose occupation on Wikipedia is "novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, literary critic, professor, editor"
Now all we need is for Joyce Carol Oates to post something about how Musk isn’t anywhere near as skilled, powerful, or brave enough as he’d have to be to publish the Epstein files on the World Wide Web.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Now all we need is for Joyce Carol Oates to post something about how Musk isn’t anywhere near as skilled, powerful, or brave enough as he’d have to be to publish the Epstein files on the World Wide Web.
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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The woman I was at the start of October 2020 ceased to exist by the end of that same month. She’s not coming back. She belongs to a completely different world. If she does exist, it is on some alternate timeline or in some parallel universe. But she doesn’t live here anymore.
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The woman I was at the start of October 2020 ceased to exist by the end of that same month. She’s not coming back. She belongs to a completely different world. If she does exist, it is on some alternate timeline or in some parallel universe. But she doesn’t live here anymore.
I now understand why my Nonno never could talk about the war.
Broke down in tears answering our son’s questions about the start of the pandemic & how I became ill.
I don’t want to do that again.
Broke down in tears answering our son’s questions about the start of the pandemic & how I became ill.
I don’t want to do that again.
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I now understand why my Nonno never could talk about the war.
Broke down in tears answering our son’s questions about the start of the pandemic & how I became ill.
I don’t want to do that again.
Broke down in tears answering our son’s questions about the start of the pandemic & how I became ill.
I don’t want to do that again.
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Happy November! I intend to be like this cosy fox for the rest of the year! Speak soon 🦊🧡
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#kidlitart #illustration #cosyfox #book #november
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#kidlitart #illustration #cosyfox #book #november
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happy November! I intend to be like this cosy fox for the rest of the year! Speak soon 🦊🧡
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#kidlitart #illustration #cosyfox #book #november
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#kidlitart #illustration #cosyfox #book #november