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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 1h

have you listened to There Is A Tavern In The Town?

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 2h

yes I also learned a French version too, but to London Bridge as well!

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Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 3h

Science (and Brianne) demands an answer! Also for the UK based, I would add that “There is a Tavern in the Town” is what I would call the Head, shoulders, knees and toes tune.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 3h

I wish this place had polls, that is something I miss about twitter. but if you want to vote in my ig poll, FOR SCIENCE, it is here: www.instagram.com/stories/benn...

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 3h

I learned to sing it to London Bridge abs I only learned THIS YEAR that there were other versions and I’m trying to figure out who else learned my version! I also did an IG poll where one person from my hometown has already voted for London Bridge so at least I haven’t been Mandela Effected.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 7h

very important question: what tune did you learn to sing the song Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes to? (and where did you learn it?) some options: London Bridge There Is A Tavern In The Town Frère Jacques Round The Mulberry Bus (other?)

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

i think they’re really onto something

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

well my happy Greenfield, Massachusetts news is that I just signed up for a Greenfield soup CSA. which I don’t know if soup is really agriculture but I still feel good about it. monthly soup!

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Lee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What was this, the second time in a month that leftists gleefully joined in on a harassment campaign initiated by reactionaries against covid cautious people? Seems like that indicates a critical absence in awareness and analysis. Maybe y’all should fix that. And your hearts too.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

it has been SO WEIRD to watch this hyperlocal local queer/disability conflict escalate and escalate over the last few weeks.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 25/09/2026

If you're not from Western Mass, you will completely miss the dynamic that the Greater Boston area has been exploiting the western part of the state since literally the founding of the country. The Globe writes these stories about WM and the Pioneer Valley on a regular basis.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

yes! their info was so good! but I think it pulled from the state’s biobot data for Greenfield, Deerfield & possibly Montague. :(

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

and I tried to search for more info, like can I find the info somewhere else? is the info coming? etc. only greenfield + covid as search terms are totally flooded with Last Ditch blog posts etc (Last Ditchcourse?) so that’s that.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the really shitty western ma / covid news is that there is no longer any wastewater data available. the state canceled their contract with biobot a few months ago and the new wastewater dashboard doesn’t have any sites in the western part of the state.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

(Last Ditch is the name of the western Mass masked lesbian bar I am realizing a lot of people probably don’t actually know that)

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

truly wild time to live in Franklin County MA with all the Last Ditch stuff blowing up. last time they were at the center of controversy it was for being anti-cop. reader.recorder.com/story/gr-grr...

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Last Ditch venue: Police not welcome

In social media post, bar references ‘unwelcome visit’ from law enforcement

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

just wrapping up for this week, now an hour into the three-hour ep I’m currently working on. rejoice! join me next week if you can handle zoom and want to body double through some Tasks.

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D is tired, but there is coffee @grrlintersect.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

$120/$750 toward leaving here and getting two weeks without verbal abuse before I can move.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

ok my first month of zoom coworking has been relatively successful in the I have actually made progress on transcript editing for the first time in a looooomg time. so that’s fun! starting in a little over an hour if you want to join: www.shutupwrite.com/series/id2w2...

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

fun update: in order to get anything done at all (maybe), I’m starting a weekly zoom coworking habit on Tuesday afternoons through Shut Up & Write. join me! www.shutupwrite.com/series/id2w2...

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I have been seeing a new PT and he gave me instructions for troubleshooting my pelvic alignment at home and this is a true game changer for my SI joints. I wish EDS came with a manual.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I do remember and I’m so excited it’s out in the world! (with another on the way!!)

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

(also I had a baby that’s why I had temporarily un-downloaded social media. just to bury the lede a little.)

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Prof. Bethan Evans @drbevans.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Join us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social

Image of a person buried under a pile of marking, grant deadlines and meeting requests. Logos of University of Liverpool and Independent Social Research Foundation. Text reads: Creating more inclusive workplaces for academics with energy limiting conditions. Webinar and guidance for academics with ELC, line managers & HR professionals, EDI & union representatives, funders, publishers & conference organisers. Monday 24th November 2-3pm.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I received some mylar balloons last weekend that I have festively tied to my ipad stand and my dog Charlie does NOT approve. he is *extremely* disturbed by their ominous floating presence.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

like if you have lived the kind of life that has you ideologically invested in rehabbing violent white people (which many white people have, it is our work to do after all) then like! stop excusing the violent behavior and learn about what exit work actually requires! the resources are out there.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I just keep thinking about how there are actual existing orgs working to rehabilitate nazis & white right wing men, and they are focused on teaching accountability & compassion not condemning purity tests & further enabling / normalizing extremism. www.lifeafterhate.org

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botanical barbie @hemingwaymuse.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

just an update, I had hoped to pay this down by now but we've finally reached the home stretch dropping under $1000 to go So I mostly wanted to say thanks for everyone who has shared and for ever donation this far. I appreciate you 💸💕 www.gofundme.com/f/help-alexa...

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

it’s a weird middle zone, compared to some earlier stages of other-people-relating-to-precautions. I’m getting more enthused about the card idea! there are also shirts & stickers that I’ve known about for a while, but this was the first time where I was like oooh this is the context for that tool.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

ooh that’s nice! yeah it’s like… tacit acceptance of me masking is better than outright hostility by still not really a great feeling.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

ooh that is good to know! I’m maxed out right now but will keep that in minds next year.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

there WERE other masked people at the march, but certainly not a majority of people. and I have reached out to the organizers before about precautions at their meetings and gotten no response. I don’t really have a point here, just reflecting on a future opportunity I guess.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I find that a lot of people I know now are able to accept/respect that I wear a mask bc of my disability & risk profile, but there is a real dissonance around the idea that they may be at risk too, or that they may be putting other people at risk through choosing not to think about precautions.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

and I’m in a lot of online covid conscious & disability spaces that have really saved my sanity these last five years. but I want to know more local people who are still masking too, to maybe build some power and new norms around precautions to counteract that alienation idk.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

it’s hard because I do find it really alienating how prevalent covid denial or at least covid disinterest is in a lot of leftist spaces, including these marches. I’m so fucking tired of raising awareness about precautions & fighting for precautions & the trademark glazed over looks this inspires.

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Brianne Benness @bennessb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I was able to go to a local No Kings rally this weekend and I’m glad I went because the energy really is contagious and the opposite of doom scrolling. we wore N95s. next time I want to buy & bring these cards to start connecting with other masked folks. www.mollymcleod.com/shop/p/mask-...

a stack of business cards that say “Thank you for wearing a mask! Want to be friends?” with a graphic of two anthropomorphized smiling respirators high fiving each other.

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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

REMINDER REMINDER REMINDER: If you are protesting, wear a mask. If you are organizing a protest, encourage attendees to mask. Disable people are among those most at risk from these fascist fuckers & they deserve your inclusion & consideration. And use alt text on your digital flyers!

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