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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
In a capitalist hellscape, I don't take for granted that I found a job that feels meaningful and gives me energy rather than saps me of it. As a lifelong music lover, that I carved out a corner to thrive in, in a world I only thought I would dream of - still overwhelms me.
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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 · 10/06/2026
i was slinging merch !
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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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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Yes, it was their final show in Seattle. I was 14, so first year my folks felt it was okay to go to a concert solo. Feel lucky every day i got to see 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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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
media.tenor.com
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ALT: a woman covering her face with her hand and the website gif-finder.com is visible below her
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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
and he has spoken delightedly about it to nearly every person he encounters. he still has a long way to go before he is better, but I know music will be somewhere near the heart of it all. (2/2)
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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 · 21/03/2026
i'm a fraternal twin and my sister and i called identical twins "scary twins" when we were kiddos and this is why
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I rolled my eyes as a kid & doubted the value then, but I am forever grateful for the insistence about politeness and manners from my parents.
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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 · 18/03/2026
confirmed as a mariners fan
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I turned it off before tears completely made it impossible to drive.
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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
ah the feed did good 🤌
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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
It can be deadly. I am lucky that my infection responded to antibiotics and that surgical intervention (a year later, at my insistence) has removed the issue (18 inches of my colon that kept getting reinfected). Listen to your body as you would ask a friend to listen to theirs. You are needed.
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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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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Hope you enjoy them, they've been balms and much needed distractions.
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Jeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The peak of civilization
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Also like the "Wildcard Kitchen" which is like a poker game where the cards are ingredients, styles, etc. and both Tournament of Champions and Wildcard Kitchen have blind judging which is fascinating to watch.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
wheel of doom
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
we stream it through Hulu I think and it's on Discovery Plus, though a new season just started on the food network (2 episodes in). There's a Voltagio on it and Stephanie Izzard and a lot of old favorites. Plus a Price is Right style wheel of doom that truly causes havoc. It's a joy.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Couldn't have come at a better time. Do you watch Tournament of Champions? That's my other US cooking comfort show
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
thank you.
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Abbey Simmons @abbeysimmons.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
that podcast? serialized - one episode a week. 8 episodes, tuesday is the 3rd. my dread has dread.
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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
amidst - the world - my father told me today he has alzheimer's and my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer on Thursday. This all the same week when a podcast about my favorite high school teacher started on my local NPR station and turns out he was a predator. SO YEAH.
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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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