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Rebecca von Groote

@beccavongroote.bsky.social
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Writer, Reader, Wife, Cat Mom, HIED Nerd, 🏳️‍🌈🦄, Chronically Ill.

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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also, while we are on the subject, historically, #witchhunts targeted the disenfranchised in history. Women, the very poor, the disabled, the elderly, the social outcast. Vulnerable populations were who, the majority of the time, got accused of witchcraft. 1/
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Adding to my collection of literary turns of phrase that should be band names: The Necrophagic Moths. Now playing at a goth club near you. Thanks, @tkingfisher.com
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hydration is such a vicious cycle. I drink. The water bottle gets empt. The bladder gets full. I have to get up. Bladder gets empty. Water bottle gets full. Repeat ad nauseum.
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Shawn Spencer & Gus: It Was a Vicious Cycle
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Reminder that for the acts who left the Ed Sheeran tour today in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore's stand on it, this was a huge opportunity for them financially and in terms of exposure. Support their stand by streaming their music, buy copies if you can, and sharing their stuff.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My friend loves the Gnoles in @tkingfisher.com 's World of the White Rat books. So I dressed up this little guy for her (I did not make the plush- not that many spoons). But the advantage of being a reenactment nerd is when you ask friends for Wool scraps, they deliver.
A badger plush in a crazy quilt vest. Side view of a badger plush in a crazy quilt vest. Other side view of a badger plush in a crazy quilt vest.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Me: I know I brought back that catalog of Roman grave stele at Acuincum when I came back from Budapest. Where in the 9 hells did I put it? *Looks for an hour across every table and desk in house and most of the floor. Finally, looks at the bookshelf.* Sons of Dis.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's almost like being treated like a human being instead of an object gets you farther with women than how you look. Who knew? (Anyone who has paid the slightest attention to women in the past millenia). 🙄
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our new university President is a mathematician, so I tried Google searching their specialty. What that gave me must be what having a stroke feels like, so I am just going to pretend my first first read of the topic title was correct and it's how many bi-folds there are in Leonard Nemoy geometry.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live: The Hu Dessa A Fine Frenzy Týr Brandi Carlile The Eagles The Indigo Girls Turisas GooGoo Dolls Delta Rae
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Happy Opening Fair Day to All My Minnesotan Friends Celebrating. I am living vicariously through your fair food posts.
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Chris Schweizer @ NCAF & NYCC @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Just a reminder that there's a Will Shakespeare miniseries from the heyday of BBC historicals starring Tim Curry as Shakespeare and Ian McShane as Marlowe, and it's on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpxC...
production stills of Curry and McShane in costume
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Well, I just stepped out of a session with my therapist where we talked about cultural grief. So, yeah. Tim, you were an icon. Give them hell in heaven.
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton invested the royalties she earned for writing ‘I Will Always Love You’ in Nashville’s Black community www.washingtonpost.com/arts-enterta... "This is the house that Whitney built" - DP 🥺🙏
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Fred Rogers told us to look for the helpers. Dolly Parton Dean was the epitome of one of the helpers.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When your timeline is filled with queer folks and brown/Black people singing the praises of and loudly mourning a 1940s-Tennessee-born white Boomer lady, welp. She was pretty goddamn extraordinary, you can assume.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thank you, Dolly. For you music. For your humor. For your kindness. For your activism. May the light you were reflect forever by the example you gave us. And may you and Carl be dancing again in the afterlife.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
People: "I don't know the press scenes in the muscial Chicago feel kind of exagerated..." Me, a trained historian and lawyer, working on writing true crime and reading case coverage from 1919: Well, I mean....
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Moulinquinn Chicago: Renée Zellweger
Alt: Renee Zelleweger as murderess Roxie Hart being "puppeted" by her lawyer Billy Flynn, played by Richard Gere, during a press interview in the number "We Both Reached For the Gun" from the film adaption of the musical Chicago.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Switching to writing non-fiction when most of your writer friends are still fiction writers is weird, because they're like, "Writing sprints?" and I am like, "That isn't really how this works for me anymore?" as I am collating my research and building case timelines.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I want a custom welcome screen on my laptop that pops up and says, "Bitch, put on your glasses!" Can I do that? Is that a thing?
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Grey's Anatomy: Nick Marsh on Reminders
ALT: Grey's Anatomy: Nick Marsh on Reminders
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It's always a lovely mail day when I get a package from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Reminder to self: we have the windows open today and the tiny kids are out in force on the basketball court/play park behind our building. It may not be the best day to scream along with Delilah Bon's Dead Men Don't Rape at the top of our lungs...
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Jim Zub @jimzub.com · 20/08/2026
Same here, baby. Same.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It amuses me to think I probably would have been voted least likely to get a tattoo in HS as I sit here contemplating possible additional tattoos.
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Lets Go Get A Tattoo Barbara
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
One of the things that's wild about working on #HistoricalTrueCrime research is going through your source materials and just getting smacked in the face by how much language use has changed in just a little over 100 years. If someone said a person was overly petted by their parents today.... oof.
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Barbie Doll's 'Yikes!' Reaction
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What's your favorite Bible verse? Wrong answers only.
The old gods may be great, but they are neither kind nor merciful. They are fickle, unsteady as moonlight on water, or shadows in a storm. If you insist on calling them, take heed: be careful what you ask for, be willing to pay the price. And no matter how desperate or dire, never pray to the gods that answer after dark. Estele Magritte 1642–1719
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
True love is when you think your partner has way too many plushies...and you still show them when you find cool new plushie companies because you know they'll adore them. I married a good one, y'all.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@clairewillett.bsky.social Look, a new entry in the #SummerOfSchism! www.osvnews.com/san-antonio-...
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San Antonio priest laicized, excommunicated after calling Popes Francis and Leo ‘usurpers’ - OSV News
Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller announced Aug. 14 that a tribunal of canon lawyers found John Mary Foster guilty of "a crime against the faith for his refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff."
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War-ravaged hellhole Enthusiast @unlawfulassembler.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I hope these proliferate like the Migra Whistles. www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/...
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3D-printing enthusiast creates ‘Flock Sock’ to blind controversial cameras, shares design — slip-on cover attaches to broom handle to make it easy to put on devices placed on traffic and streetlights
"The very least you can do is help protect these valuable civil servants from getting a bad sunburn."
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 15/08/2026
In 100 years, this man’s story will appear in freshman US history textbooks at the top of whatever chapter covers: “How the Not-So-Roaring 2020s Foretold the Billionaire Trials of the 2030s”
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I have seen people using the argument of "they're actors, they need the work" when talking about the likes of John Lithgow, Nicholas Hoult, and others taking roles in the new Harry Potter series. So this is a reminder: John Lithgow has an estimated networth of $50mil. He's fine.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I am Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strain O157:H7! You might also know me by my pennants, Wicked Fucking Riptide, Man! and Benny, the Fucking Traitor Appendix.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Oh, look, it me. In both definitions.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Look, I have a Threads handle because I got one to see something a friend posted. I don't use it. When my first look at my timeline had a targeted porn bot in the first 5 posts, I decided it wasn't worth my time. I actually use Bluesky.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Obligatory reminder that @sarahgailey.bsky.social's American Hippo series is great for putting the destructive power of hippos in perspective.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Parasthesia is so fun! Said no one. Ever. #LongCovidLife #MECFSShit #StupidMeatsuits
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Let's actually look at the supposed "Hero" Mayor of New York, Rudy Guiliani and his actions around 9/11, shall me? Because I am so sick of how far Guiliani got in his career on this tragedy. A Thread
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
My spouse and I are having a sexy Thursday night in this heat wave sharing cold deli food, bitching about Tolkien's shitty, shitty grasp of genetics, and whiteboarding out our respecting smut books to determine if they count as actual Romance genre or not.
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Mawwiage: Peter Cook in The Princess Bride
ALT: Mawwiage: Peter Cook in The Princess Bride
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Like to charge, repost to cast. #TechWitchcraft #BeCarefulTheIntentionsYouPutOutThere
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Look, brain, it is the heat of the day talking. We DO NOT need to go learn medieval church Latin and get a PhD just to have at someone over their shitty, shitty scholarship.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
You know what would slap? A website like #Scarlateen, but for women going through perimenopause, menopause, and shit like hysterectomy. Like, written in easily understandable language about WTAF our bodies are doing, what this changes about how we enjoy sex, how we deal with changes.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"You catch more flies with honey than vinegar..." Darling, in my experience, you catch more flies with bullshit and decomp than anything, but my apple cider vinegar and dish soap traps are working just fine. Thanks. #SaltyToday #ISaidWhatISaid
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hello Musubi!
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Like, I really wish I could just make people live Long Covid for 2 weeks. The isolation. The way the exhaustion and pain and brain fog mean I am not safe to be out and about most days. The way my spouse is as much my handler as my date when we do go out.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Shout out to one of my local Zoos for understanding that there is a segment of adults who love Zoos, but would also like a break from being around kids, and does events like this. zoo.org/allyoucanzoo/
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All You Can Zoo - Woodland Park Zoo
Enjoy an all-inclusive, adults-only day at Woodland Park Zoo! Your ticket includes unlimited food, fountain drinks, zoo admission, Dinosaur Discovery, Zoomersion VR, and more!
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Shout out to my friend Nicolin, who made me these fabulous spiky fidget toys so I can use them to itch my own back like a bear when my spouse isn't home.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Look, Glen Hansard made some good music in his life, but his relationship with Markéta Irglová was weird and probably grooming back before people used that word, and the fact that he's getting a ton of touching tributes is kind of gross.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Hey #UniqueVintage- Doing officially licensed Harry Potter collabs in 2026 puts money in Rowling's pocket, and she will use that to attack and undermine Trans Rights. This isn't a hypothetical- she is using her fortune, which comes from all things Potter, to try to destroy Trans People.
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Just a heads up, spouse and I are home today and not at the Seattle Center. Working through my emergency check ins now for friends and loved ones to see if anyone was there.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 26/07/2026
The ACLU has put together a know your rights guide for people within 100 miles of a border. If you are in that swath of land, please take a look at this and learn your actual rights. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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Know Your Rights | 100 Mile Border Zone | ACLU
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects people from random and arbitrary stops and searches. Although the federal government claims the power to conduct certain kinds of warrantless sto...
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Rebecca von Groote @beccavongroote.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
If you are upset about Lupita Nyongo, one of the most gorgeous women alive, playing Helen, and not about Matthew Paige Damon, whose ancestry is not remotely Greek playing one of the greatest heroes of Greek literature, miss me with your "it's not race, it's about being faithful to the source" BS.
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