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Abbey Simmons

@abbeysimmons.bsky.social
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touring sass mouth who knows too much about t-shirts. was once told I have an honest forehead. returning to writing. (pronouns: she / her / y'all)

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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
One of those nights where I know I have the best job in the world (for me) & that it is a gift to do something that helps bring joy and music into the world. I've been touring for nearly 15 years now & I feel just as lucky & in awe that this is my career as when I first got in a band van.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The vehemence of Canadians dislike of this shirt is surprising even to someone who GETS IT.
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Paul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 27/05/2026
It's so easy to forget that people, even elected officials, can at any moment simply choose to do the right thing.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
31 years ago today. I stood in line for tickets w/ my Dad at Tower Records. I danced under the Space Needle to Fire on the Mountain. It changed the entire course of my life. After this day, I dreamt of going on tour - little did I know it would be as a crew person, not a Deadhead. Forever Grateful
Ticket for Grateful Dead show - 5/26/95
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
tour claws ready
hand painted finger nails with sunflowers and lavender on the tips Kevin Morby - Little Wide Open
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
me every single day
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
If you ever witnessed pancreatic cancer, god forbid witnessed it in someone you love - you could NEVER be against a potential cure.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I would rather something mildly painful happen than have someone knock on my door with no warning.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
cue the "another disappointing week in men" klaxon.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
one month out from my first tour of 2026 🤞
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
MARINERS!
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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
That's right
Sure! "Cyclists have a right to the road, too, you noisy, polluting, inconsiderate maniacs! I hope gas goes up to eight bucks a gallon!"$8 a gallon for gas???
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Never sure if I should be horrified or flattered when EMT's / ER Docs / Attendings ask what part of health care I work in. My career? Oh no. It's just the trauma of loving ill people in America & having to sound like a PhD to be believed in medical settings as a woman.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
the human brain is a fascinating, terrifying thing. my beloved dad has been in the hospital for over a week. he doesn't remember most of the last week - but he daily remembers listening to Dolly Parton's "Rockstar" record the morning we took him to the ER (1/2)
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
it's wild his full name was entertainment entertainment cummings
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
An anti-suffragette postcard from the early 1900s 'First she gets the vote, then she gets your wife!' #WomensHistoryMonth
Cartoon illustration of two white women kissing wearing hats and jackets with the text above 'Girls are doing all the fellow's jobs now'
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
In the last week my mother was diagnosed with metastatic cancer and my father has been hospitalized with severe delirium - which has not improved for five days. It has been like being hit with a firehose of my worst fears all at once. And it's not getting better.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
made my psychiatrist cry today, how's your week going?
Cinderella's foot being fitted with a grippy sock
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
My stereo shuffle is an emotional terrorist - on the way to a scary medical procedure for my Mom it played "Helplessly Hoping" by CSNY, "Brokedown Palace" by The Grateful Dead, and "Summer's End" by John Prine. 1-2-3 punch of devastation.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
having an existential crisis choosing a shirt for tomorrow, which is sure to be one of the hardest and saddest of my life. i don't want to ruin a favorite by forever associating it with the day, but also want something that brings me comfort on such a day.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
3 years ago I went to the hospital w/ a fever & minor abdominal pain & was admitted for sepsis from a perforated bowel. The pain was no worse than any period I had to go to school or work with. Women downplay health concerns to themselves because they are not believed in clinical settings.
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Jeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The peak of civilization
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chris walla, ,, @calculizer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
man, i click on lots of stuff, new and old, cool and cringe and everything in between. lots of those clicks are inessential and some are good but boy howdy i was not prepared for this performance of 'these days' to hit me between the eyes like a brick
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
ah, the american experience of rushing to the gas station before the barrel increase for the war of the week goes live.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Pay attention when women don't come forward in support of men with shared history. Sometimes speaking out isn't an option, but if someone i've been involved with is called out and I don't publicly have their back - there's a reason.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I have adored Mary Chapin Carpenter's work for decades. One of the great honors of my life to collaborate with her on this single of two covers of songs we love, out today! themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/put-th...
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Put the Message in the Box / Migrations, by Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats
2 track album
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KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
welcome to bluesky, here is your copy of the communist manifesto and a complete world baseball classic schedule for some reason
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Pete Hegseth making me long for this crazy motherfucker.
George C. Scott as General "Buck" Turgidson on the set of "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"George C. Scott as General "Buck" Turgidson on the set of "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"George C. Scott as General "Buck" Turgidson on the set of "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"George C. Scott as General "Buck" Turgidson on the set of "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
American Goldwing is the first album I sold on tour (alongside a lot of copies of Furr). Blitzen Trapper is truly one of america's best live bands & you should go see them since i'll be on tour.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Don't recommend learning the most important adult of your teen years was a predator via podcast. Don't recommend confirming the artist who broke your heart is abusive via substack. Definitely don't recommend doing both in the same week, yet here I am.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Second after the burn on Randy, the giant Steve Keene Wowee Zowee Pavement painting is my favorite. See you at one of the shows this summer @minakimes.bsky.social ?
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MB Brown @mbbrownsf.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We need national broadcasts of the Rick Steves hour on Iran and Anthony Bourdain’s hour on Iran. Back to back, every day on multiple outlets and at different times.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Got in my first band van 14 years ago today and changed the entire course of my life. Grateful.
Guitarist balancing on the connection between a van and a trailer at a NJ gas station We ❤️ DGPW written in dust on a mirror encore of the final show of tour with The Head and the Heart and Drew Grow and the Pastors Wives - St. Louis March 2012
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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
operation blowing up residential buildings because a dozen rich old guys got caught molesting teenagers in the 90s
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Been another real disappointing week in men.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 24/02/2026
Honestly just fire all the men. Into space.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Ah, the modern curse of one of the most tragic events of your life being turned into an investigative podcast.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
grateful for my years of van touring that means i don't think twice about a trip that'll involve 5-6 hours of driving in a day. that's easy!
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Man, he was so good in Tommy Boy.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
tattoo number 30-something
tattoo of a rat standing on its hind legs with a red flower collar
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Legend
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
wild to learn you still know all the words to songs you learned drunk decades ago. also this era of Seattle house shows and Blue Moon Tavern ragers was such fun.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
It's been 14 years since I stopped drinking myself to death. In the 14 years that followed the best & worst days of my life have happened & none would have been made better by booze. Sobriety is possible no matter what you do or who you are.
sober clock reading 14 years / 168 months / 5115 days / 122, 736 hours
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 12/02/2026
I don't know if it's really clear, outside of coverage of Mpls and pockets of organizing elsewhere, that hundreds of thousands of people are actively and at every level of society fighting our government as it abducts and imprisons and torments our neighbors.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Part of the writing residency i'm doing asks us to make a zine on any topic to leave behind - so obviously mine is about what to read next after watching Heated Rivalry. @rachelreidwrites.bsky.social @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
excited to spend five days & nights writing at Sou'wester this week and celebrating 14 years of sobriety from alcohol.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
If I were going to buy my very first hockey tickets to see @pwhltorrent.bsky.social, where's the best place to sit?
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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum. Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
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