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velckology.bsky.social
Casey (she/her), M.A.
@velckology.bsky.social
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library middle manager | PhD dropout in musicology | Sesame Street enthusiast | queer, disabled, boring
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If you need anything from me anytime soon,

don’t.

I’m busy marveling.
Photo of a large monstera leaf with many splits, freshly unfurled from a new petiole.
August 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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This is violently American.
Screenshot of Totino’s Ramen Noodles, Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza flavor, in a microwaveable soup cup.
May 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Email reply to a Lunds and Byerlys Employee Experience email requesting strikebreaker support from former employees. The body of the email reads “Absolutely not. I stand with the union. Do not send me further messages of this kind in the future. Worst wishes, Cassandra Velcko”
April 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Oh absolutely the fuck not. Solidarity forever, L&B.
Email from Lunds and Byerlys Employee Experience. Subject: Temporary Store Support. Dear Former L&B Team Member, We hope this message finds you well. As you may be aware, we are currently in contract negotiations with UFCW Local 663. We are in the process of preparing for a potential three-day strike at 23 of our stores, anticipated for Thursday April 17- Saturday April 19. As we prepare to continue providing exceptional service to customers at these stores, we are reaching out to see if you would consider working at one of our stores if a strike were to occur. We understand the decision to cross the picket line is a personal one, and we deeply respect your decision. To provide you with a bit of context with the state of contract negotiations, the union's economic proposals total $43 million in cost additions. Lunds & Byerlys is proud to continue offering industry leading wages like the wages we have proposed, which will allow us to continue charting a path through these tough economic times. We remain committed to doing the right thing for our employees, and our proposals demonstrate our deep commitment to further strengthening our status as a Top Workplace. Should you choose to help us serve our customers, we are offering a pay rate $24/hr. Any assistance you would be willing to offer would be greatly appreciated. If you are interested, please visit the job posting https://www.applicantpro.com/openings/lundsandbyerlys/jobs/3709046-335931 where you can find more information and apply for this temporary position. Thank you for your time and consideration. Appreciatively, Lunds & Byerlys
April 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Minneapolis-St. Paul folks! Tomorrow is the annual Disability Day of Mourning to honor disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. I coordinate the Twin Cities vigil every year; this year we’ll be meeting at the Guthrie Theater at 10:30am. Hope to see you there!
Sponsored by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the Minnesota Autistic Alliance, and Twin Cities Pride. Disability Day of Mourning 2025 vigil. March 1st at 10:30am. In person or online via Zoom. Disabled people are twice as likely as non-disabled people to be victims of violent crime. Too often, the media coverage focuses on sympathy for the murderer, because they had to live with or care for a disabled person. The message to the public is that our lives — not our deaths — are the tragedy. Join us in honoring disabled people who lost their lives at the hands of family members or caregivers. We will gather to remember those we have lost and remind the world that their lives had value. Transcripts and ASL interpretation available. Masks required for the in-person vigil. Visit tiny u r l dot com slash m n d d o m 2025 to check out our event page. Contact d d o m twin cities at gmail dot com for more!
February 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Since I missed my chance to make a surprising confession before Tiktok went dark for like 30 seconds, I do so here and now:

I stopped updating Twitter when Musk bought it so I still have the bird app on my phone. (And it still works just fine!)
Screenshot of an iPhone home screen. A folder of social media apps includes the blue Twitter app icon in the bottom right corner of the 8-app collection.
January 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Mom: How’s job hunting going?
Me: Like this
Screenshot of a post in the Facebook group Minnesota Queers Do Work. The post reads “Is anywhere hiring or is it all ghost jobs and sadness?”
January 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM