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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 8h

lots of wisdom here

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 6h

if you see jane doe's name, no you did not. don't dox them. as a survivor of SA, i stand w survivors. #cornell7

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 7h

i look forward to this book, knowing the exparents wd squirm & be enraged by it. fuck em.

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 11h

we do pay for our own therapy & there is no justice. we're alone w our scars. #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

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Lindy Williams @ljdubcan.bsky.social · 15h

Today’s Canadian painting is “Mother and Child” painted by Norval Morrisseau in 2005. This is Truth and Rconciliation Day in Canada, a day to remember the harms done to Canada’s first peoples.

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 11h

it's orange shirt day. i am properly decorated for remembrance. not every child made it home. some did, & the harms stretched out for generations. my abuelo went to the spanish schools & lost his language. i remember him today along w every other child. every child matters.

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 12h

there is no 'before' for me. it happened so early. i am creating a future me from the shards of the now and the past. #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23h

Time for this classic again.

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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

yall, ig is popping off. the girlies are doxxing every single admin they can find at cornell, plus the cornell 7 and their families. women are (correctly) going scorched earth.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Your quality of life is important enough to not spend one more second than necessary tolerating a person or a situation that makes you feel like sh*t. No matter what that voice from your past is whispering in your ear— or screaming in your face— as you read this.

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

finally got thru the necessary steps to write abt the time she said we were italian and not mexicane indij. that was an unexpected grief i didn't know i needed to process. this book is a lot, but i remembered abuela's recipe for rice! #booksky #authorsky #amwriting #childhoodtrauma #books #writers

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No doubt, managing your emotions can sound overwhelming & complicated. Remember that you don't have to perfectly understand or manage anything this second. Just start w/ refusing to beat yourself up for whatever you're feeling now. Reel in the judgment, just sit w/ the feeling.

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

apparently i have some catching up to do!!!! #booksky

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

these books are a fantastic introduction into fantasy and whimsy, while still being a great read. i love them. #booksky

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D.L. Mayfield (they/them) @dlmayfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you want to unpack what it's like to be born into a high control religion and the developmental impacts that can occur - plus listen to someone periodically yell "fuck you, Augustine" - then boy do I have the podcast episode for you: www.strongwilledproject.com/growing-up-i...

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Growing Up in the Fold: Being Born into a High Control Religion

Growing Up in the Fold0:00/3950.05387755102041× What’s the difference between experiencing religious trauma in the church — and being born into it? This episode, we begin to explore what kinds of lon...

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is unbelievably shitty to everyone - the drivers, the union, the people relying on deliveries.

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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 17/09/2026

As WCK teams in Nepal are able to reach more communities affected by the flooding, we’re expanding our efforts & distributing staples like fresh produce, eggs & rice. Restoring access to essentials people rely on empowers communities to cook for themselves & fuel their own recovery. #ChefsForNepal

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

i grew up w charlie kirk christians. i know the difference.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The shame experienced by CPTSD survivors who were victimized as adults, whether or not they were also victimized as children, leads many to not seek support or acknowledge what happened. But you deserve exactly as much sympathy, support & grace as any other trauma survivor.

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

one of the things i love abt macro is coaxing the world to give up its secrets so delicately. fringed gentian - a rare wildflower. <3 <3 #Bloomscrolling #ColorADay #BlueTue #ArtYear #Art #Nature #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #macro

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

plado, the #newfie, wd like everyone to know it's HIS YARD. there are *checks notes* branches FALLING. #dogs #dogsofbluesky

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You are not a burden, you are enough. Friends help friends. “Friends would rather see you messy and alive than not here at all.” 💚

Love my friends, being released from the hospital made me all the more thankful for them. Being home is a relief, but also a lot. It's okay to not okay AND it's mentionable & manageable to say, "I feel like a burden."
Do you ever feel like a burden? Lean on these words by Jazz Thornton: "You are not a burden, because you belong. To you, the person who is reading this right now: you belong. You may have a burden, but you are not a burden."
Friends help friends. Victoriously messy and alive

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

shingles are not for the faint of heart. unfortunately, it was given to me - faint of heart. ouch.

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's hot. After last month's historic heat wave, many CA temps will be in the 100's again. Remember the farm workers out harvesting the chilled snack you're enjoying. #WeFeedYou

Mixed berries close-up above a farm worker harvesting fruit in the sun, text highlights extreme heat in Coachella, CA at 118°F and labor behind fruit harvest during a heat wave.

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

i used to think misled was meyezled. bc i had never heard it said! be kind! we're all readers.

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

this tracks w how i grew up. they all hated her, including dobson at the time. what a hypocrite. lmao. she was better than all of them combined.

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Timmy Jackpots, The $13,250 Diamond Dazzler @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 26/08/2026

my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

i grew up in the church. dolly was forbidden, held up as a reason to stay a christian. being out, i've come to appreciate who she is. she's a better one than all of them put together. fly high <3 <3 #Exvangelical

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/08/2026

I ended up having more extended thoughts on Dolly Parton over on Facebook and I thought I would share them here as well.

When I was much younger, I knew her mostly as a caricature and the object of jokes, because young men are kind of stupid that way and I was no exception, and because she willingly played along with the joke, in part because she knew it would happen anyway, and this way she got to shape some of how that would play out for her, and use it for her own ends. It took me a while to realize how canny that was.

When I got older, I learned that underneath the caricature was a formidable songwriting and business mind. I had an inkling of what a rare combination that was in any person, but how even more rare it was for someone who was who she was, in the field and environment she worked in. Hidden in all those sparkles was a spine of steel.

When I got older than that I learned that in addition to a brilliant mind was a heart of kindness, which directed so much of the good fortune she amassed to herself right back out the door through philanthropic work, helping those in her communities, state and country, and which allowed to see the worth and dignity in those whom so many others treated (and still do treat) with contempt.

She was always all the things she was. What changed was my ability to see and understand who she was. I'm glad I was eventually smart enough to see it all.

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

omg this was healing to read. i'm not disordered. i have real issues that need help being understood! #autistic

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

just a reminder that small town america doesn't do tacos/salsa well. i asked what was in the pineapple salsa? just a little canned pineapple & some pico, he offered. me, i was hoping for some jalapeno, cilantro, some lime? i did not get the tacos! no self respecting xicane wd have. #food #foodsky

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

who's writing a book? it's me! i'm doing that. a book abt the exmother's secrets she told me abt the abuelos. & i'm writing it in my name, not my pen name! tell me i'm brave? #AuthorSky #BookSky #ReadingSky #books #writers #reading #amwriting

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Do you care where your food comes from? Extreme heat advisories keep happening in CA where farm workers harvest our food under the searing sun. Republicans are trying to stop national heat protections from ever being passed. Take action to help these workers. 1/

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

i am not a cost or a burden. <3 <3

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

i'm sure the kids wd have a word or 2 to say abt this...

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

funny how when they told me not to come home (thin word that was for the hells they put me thru) it wasn't called cutting me off - it was called 'love'. but when *i* do it, it is called 'no reason for cutting them off' meh. i've got a book telling on them. #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

bird's foot trefoil was growing in our yard last night & the light just beguiled me into a shot. another one for our porfolio! #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Macro #Art #Nature #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #BackyardBlooms

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

i'm a themsie, but when it happened they thought i was a girl. so. even wrote a book abt it, but they still don't believe me. that's part of the reason the church & exfam aren't part of my life anymore. too bad the mens can't be too. #Exvangelical #religiousabuse #childhoodtrauma #traumasurvivor

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ash blu @ashblu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

today, in keeping w the ancestors' teachings, i will remain inside during the #eclipse sacred times are important.

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