Susanna Donato
@susannadonato.bsky.social
Writer, editor, communicator, terrier squire | Work in Redivider, Proximity, Entropy, Electric Literature, A HARP IN THE STARS | she/her
I only saw CATS once, but I'm still traumatized. catsthejellicleball.com
CATS The Jellicle Ball | Official Site - catsthejellicleball.com
COME ONE, COME ALL – The Jellicle Cats are having a BALL. Based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber's worldwide phenomenon CATS is reimagined in a production that ...
catsthejellicleball.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I only saw CATS once, but I'm still traumatized. catsthejellicleball.com
To those wondering today, “What the hell is ‘pettifog,’” you are not alone.
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM
To those wondering today, “What the hell is ‘pettifog,’” you are not alone.
If you’re going to have one Fun Size Candy bar, you should probably have several, because it’s better to have more fun!
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you’re going to have one Fun Size Candy bar, you should probably have several, because it’s better to have more fun!
"Bailey’s journey, well-written and highly personal, reveals the complicated self-awareness and self-confidence that she ultimately achieved with her time in the Peace Corps and carried back to her life in the US. ... I highly recommend this memoir and the powerful journey it describes."
Review: Head Strong, by Christy Bailey (Honduras 2002-04)
Robert Thurston (Venezuela, 1968-70) reviews Christy Bailey’s Head Strong. This memoir, published posthumously, is available on Amazon.
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June 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Bailey’s journey, well-written and highly personal, reveals the complicated self-awareness and self-confidence that she ultimately achieved with her time in the Peace Corps and carried back to her life in the US. ... I highly recommend this memoir and the powerful journey it describes."
Anyone else think the Wordle Bot is kind of a smug asshole?
June 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Anyone else think the Wordle Bot is kind of a smug asshole?
I wanna live in the world that ChatGPT is in this morning.
April 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I wanna live in the world that ChatGPT is in this morning.
Reminder to price-check your meds!
February 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Reminder to price-check your meds!
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I'm not a political strategist but I think whoever has the Kamala campaign lists should send out an email and text to all us volunteers and donors, saying this is not normal, possibly illegal and we will fight together. Like, asap.
February 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I'm not a political strategist but I think whoever has the Kamala campaign lists should send out an email and text to all us volunteers and donors, saying this is not normal, possibly illegal and we will fight together. Like, asap.
This is good news! I appreciate Teague Bohlen's and @westword.com's thoroughness in explaining the issue. I can imagine some bullied cisgender folks who would appreciate an all-gender restroom, as the school reps hint at. www.westword.com/news/denver-...
Occupied! East High Debuts an All-Gender Bathroom
"It's something that we're doing in response to what we're hearing from our community and, most importantly, from our students and what they need and want."
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January 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is good news! I appreciate Teague Bohlen's and @westword.com's thoroughness in explaining the issue. I can imagine some bullied cisgender folks who would appreciate an all-gender restroom, as the school reps hint at. www.westword.com/news/denver-...
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January 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I can’t believe I keep disbelieving that so many people get off on making others feel unsafe.
January 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I can’t believe I keep disbelieving that so many people get off on making others feel unsafe.
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If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.
January 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.
A tip of the cowboy hat to @cprnews.bsky.social for following up on @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social’s (arguable) fashion faux pas! www.cpr.org/2025/01/06/t...
Tucking jeans into your cowboy boots, a fashion faux pas or nah?
In time for the stock show, Colorado Wonders answers a key question about western wear.
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January 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A tip of the cowboy hat to @cprnews.bsky.social for following up on @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social’s (arguable) fashion faux pas! www.cpr.org/2025/01/06/t...
Maybe read @laurenhough.bsky.social’s stuff? Subscribe here: laurenhough.substack.com?r=orp9
January 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Maybe read @laurenhough.bsky.social’s stuff? Subscribe here: laurenhough.substack.com?r=orp9
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Editors: Please don't tell your reporters to ask Trump staffers what they thought Musk was doing or let them say, oh, well, it was intended as a wave or whatever. Just report that Musk gave the Nazi salute from the podium.
January 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Editors: Please don't tell your reporters to ask Trump staffers what they thought Musk was doing or let them say, oh, well, it was intended as a wave or whatever. Just report that Musk gave the Nazi salute from the podium.
Crying at our house. Thank God.
With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
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January 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Crying at our house. Thank God.
Well, this sounds great! www.breakingviews.com/considered-v...
January 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Well, this sounds great! www.breakingviews.com/considered-v...
Oh sure, that makes perfect sense! You can TALK to your doctor, but having your doctor receive actual data about your aging physical body isn’t covered. From the Jan/Feb 2025 AARP magazine.
January 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Oh sure, that makes perfect sense! You can TALK to your doctor, but having your doctor receive actual data about your aging physical body isn’t covered. From the Jan/Feb 2025 AARP magazine.
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I’ll say this, we need to protect Wikipedia at all costs&try to help other entities not owned by billionaires (Onion/Propublica etc),try to buy up/expand as much as they can.Boycotting isn’t enough.
January 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I’ll say this, we need to protect Wikipedia at all costs&try to help other entities not owned by billionaires (Onion/Propublica etc),try to buy up/expand as much as they can.Boycotting isn’t enough.
Just finished my last lunch break with TikTok keeping me company. 😢
January 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Just finished my last lunch break with TikTok keeping me company. 😢
Have any novels been published in the last few years that center on parents whose kids are NOT autistic-coded, creating the major conflict? It’s always a boy. It’s not called autism — it’s “the problem,” or “the issue,” or “the assessment.” 🧵
December 31, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Have any novels been published in the last few years that center on parents whose kids are NOT autistic-coded, creating the major conflict? It’s always a boy. It’s not called autism — it’s “the problem,” or “the issue,” or “the assessment.” 🧵
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I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
December 14, 2024 at 2:45 AM
I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
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I wish Warren Zevon were alive to write a song called “Busted At A McDonald’s In Altoona.”
December 10, 2024 at 2:06 AM
I wish Warren Zevon were alive to write a song called “Busted At A McDonald’s In Altoona.”
OK, I saw my Spotify Wrapped, which is static, and then saw my husband’s, which has animations and is overall so much more fun. What gives? Is he the cool parent? Is it because he got a new phone? But I do like my top 5 (although I’m not sure anything but the top 2 are accurate)
December 10, 2024 at 3:40 AM
OK, I saw my Spotify Wrapped, which is static, and then saw my husband’s, which has animations and is overall so much more fun. What gives? Is he the cool parent? Is it because he got a new phone? But I do like my top 5 (although I’m not sure anything but the top 2 are accurate)
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Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no