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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Last one... this time with just-out-of-the-oven hermit bar vibes! 🧚‍♀️ 💜

A photo of a baking sheet - lined with parchment paper - with two loaves of freshly-baked hermit bars cut and cooling on it.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not so much longer now... here's another mini-spell... 🪄🐝

A bumble bee on a New England aster blossom.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🪄 This one is a holding spell... should result in some of your anxiety flowing to me so that I can hold it for you.

Photo of a bumblebee on a smooth blue aster blossom.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am casting small calming spells on you. With bonus photos.

A photo of a bumblebee with its face pressed against a calico aster.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Lawrenceville, NJ #VisibilityBrigade salutes you! (Also, please consider including alt-text with your images going forward; every community includes folks who are blind and/or low vision and who use screen readers to access content here and elsewhere on the internet.)

A photo taken from a car on the on-ramp to I-295 near Lawrenceville, NJ, where some democracy defenders have formed a visibility brigade on the Route 206 South overpass. The activists have used large individual letter signs with white letters against black backgrounds to spell out the message, "END GOVT CORRUPTION. VOTE." You can make out a few activists standing on the overpass minding the sign; a few are holding small American flags. The sky above the overpass is a beautiful blue, overlaid with white cumulus clouds.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

@jesscraven101.bsky.social Thought you'd appreciate this photo of our #VisibilityBrigade action this past Friday, 9/4. We were on the Route 206 overpass over route I-295. An estimated 4,000 people saw our sign in real time. Lots more honks than middle fingers. And truckers *really* liked it.

A photo taken on Sept. 4, 2026 in Lawrenceville, NJ, where Route 206 crosses over Route I-295. Democracy defenders from a local activist group have hung individual letters in white against black card stock from the safety fencing along the overpass, in a message that spells out WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES. You can make out a few of the activists standing on the overpass near the letter boards. Beneath the overpass / bridge's green metal span you can see the tops of a few cars as well as trees lining the edge of the road. Overhead are some white clouds against a bright, sunny blue sky.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This was us in Lawrenceville, NJ this afternoon, above I-295. We estimate that ~4,000 drivers saw us and our message. We got lots more honks than middle fingers. And truckers were *really* digging it. #VisibilityBrigade

A photo taken in Lawrenceville, NJ, where Route 206 crosses over Route I-295. Democracy defenders from a local activist group have hung individual letters in white against black card stock from the bridge, in a message that spells out WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES. You can make out a few of the activists standing on the bridge near the letter boards. Beneath the overpass / bridge's green metal span you can see the tops of a few cars as well as trees lining the edge of the road. Overhead are some white clouds against a bright, sunny blue sky.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This was us in Lawrenceville, NJ this afternoon, above I-295. We estimate that about 4,000 drivers saw our message. We got lots more honks than middle fingers. And truckers were *really* digging it. #VisibilityBrigade

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This was us in Lawrenceville, NJ today, above 295 today. We estimate that about 4,000 drivers saw it. Lots more honks than middle fingers. Truckers were really digging it. #VisibilityBrigade

A large Visibility Brigade sign made out of white individual letters against a black background. The letters spell out the message WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES. Below the green steel of the overpass you can see some cars on the highway and some trees lining the road; amidst the letters you can make out some individual protesters, and overhead the sky is bright blue with some white clouds.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

@andreagstewart.bsky.social Good morning! I thought you might like to start your week with this bit of good news... my excellent @princetonpl.bsky.social will be adding the Bone Shard Daughter to their collection soon!

A screenshot of an email from the circulation department at Princeton Public Library, indicating that a recommended purchase by library fan Shelley Krause of the Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart has been approved.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Delaware River Valley folks, come sing with us on Sunday!

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Looking forward to this book's appearance in the world... and also, in my library!

A screenshot of an email from the circulation department of the Princeton Public Library with the following text:

The following recommendation(s) have been approved for acquisition by the library:

# Selector Title
KRAUSE, SHELLEY 911, What's Your Emergency?

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#History peeps, please help me get the word out about what is sure to be a great talk by my friend Prof. Walter Greason... tomorrow in #RedBank #NJ and online! (FREE) Sign up to receive Zoom link here: www.redbanklibrary.org/calendar/fre...

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Check out this great chance to be in community and make some music on Sunday! #Trenton

A mostly white (and therefore probably NOT AI-generated) flyer featuring a central photo of a small group of young people sitting around several guitar players and making music, decorated with graphics of musical notes as well as red, white & blue fireworks.

The text reads:
120 EAST STATE
SUMMER 2026 EVENTS
SINGING FREEDOM:
SING-ALONG FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

SUNDAY, JULY 19 | 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Free event - all welcome!

Join 120 East State and friends as we sing your all time favorites and learn new songs of hope and community - in the spirit of building our nation.

Come early and explore the Visitor Zone -- doors open 1:00pm!

Free parking - enter at GPS 109 E. Hanover Street, Trenton, NJ 08608

www.120eaststate.org TRENTON, NJ
@120eaststate

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Too many to choose from (we're in our 33rd year!), so not sure if this qualifies as THE fave, but it's certainly A fave... just hanging out in a few autumns ago.

A photo of two older white lesbians grinning up at the camera. They both wear glasses and are dressed in layers, with one wearing an orange visor and bright pink pullover that includes the words "Wildlife Refuge," while the other sports a rainbow striped hat.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Who's in the mood for some awesome #trans #creativity on Sunday? Moorestown is close to a lot of #PHL & #NJ folks... please help ensure that the folks who are supposed to see this DO see it!

A colorful graphic showing, on the right-hand side, multiple young-ish and visually distinct/diverse members of the human community interacting with the winding stem of a large flower also pictured in the image. At the bottom right is a small banner that reads, "GARDEN STATE EQUALITY" and includes a symbol of the outline of the state of New Jersey with an = sign superimposed over it.

To the left is the main text:

NEW JERSEY
QUEER
& TRANS
MAKERS MARKET

SUNDAY
APRIL 26
12-5pm

COMMUNITY HOUSE
OF MOORESTOWN
16 E. Main St.
Moorestown, NJ 08057

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

If you see this quote with a pic of you in glasses

A head and shoulders post-run selfie photo of an older white lesbian lying on her back on the grass. She has silvery grey hair and is wearing a black t-shirt, wired ear buds, and a pair of glasses with lenses that have darkened in the slanted afternoon sun. Her mouth is open in an almost-smile; she looks tired and happy.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Hightstown, NJ Biggest gathering yet, despite starting temps in the 30's. Kids' table, fundraising bake sale for the people of Cuba, sidewalk chalk, wall-to-wall homemade signs, lots of solidarity honks and thumbs-up from the cars going by. Plus me and my sistie leading the singing! NoKings#

A photo showing an older white lesbian wearing a Norwegian anti-fascist hat with a Latvian-inspired rainbow braid and her slightly younger sister standing on a sidewalk while holding a microphone. They are holding a sheet of paper with song lyrics on it and standing next to a portable loudspeaker, turning a large No Kings 3 rally group in Hightstown, NJ into an impromptu choir. Behind them is a large hand-lettered sign that reads, "TRUMP POLICIES HURT PEOPLE" while other older mostly white folks nearby also hold signs. Three visible signs read:

"NO" with a graphic of a crown immediately below it
BOOTS UP HIS ASS FOR TRUMP
and a printed, three-color sign with a crossed-out crown graphic and NO THRONES, NO CROWNS, NO KINGS in black lettering highlighted in gold.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

@jesscraven101.bsky.social Thanks for everything you do to help keep us educated and energized!

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

milestone birthday — I give my Bitmoji bushier eyebrows Friends, today is my #haikuversary! Wanna help me celebrate? Lots of ways to play here: butwait.blogspot.com/2026/03/mile...

A Bitmoji graphic showing text in purple & blue "bubble" style letters next to the chest & head image of a smiling older cis white lesbian with grey hair and slightly bushy eyebrows wearing glasses and a white t-shirt with a pride-striped heart on it.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Up & @ 'em, Skeeple! Today is my haikuversary! More about that later, but in the meantime, the friends involved in pulling this Quaker Trans Day of Visibility together have already given my timeline a boost today: For more information and to register, see qtdov.com 1/3

A graphic including images at the top left and right, respectively, of a hand-stitched banner reading SWARTHMORE FRIENDS MEETING and a photo of Swarthmore Meetinghouse superimposed over a progressive pride flag image.

Just below the banner image is a large QR code and the text More info & registration at qtdov.com.

In the center of the graphic is black informational text against a white background about the event which reads:

A Quaker Day of Trans Visibility
Sunday March 29, 9:30-5:30pm ET
Swarthmore Friends Meeting & Swarthmore College
hybrid: in-person and online
Free event, Lunch in Swarthmore Dining Center $13.50

Friends are invited to a day of worship, witness, and discernment centered on transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Quaker lives This gathering receives the lived witness of trans, nonbinary, and intersex Friends with respect, not as debate but as testimony. We come in good faith, with pastoral care available, trusting continuing revelation and remaining open to being changed.

All are welcome, however you can participate, Opening and closing in worship. Musical interludes. Witnessed commitments.

To the right of the graphic, below the image of Swarthmore Friend Meetinghouse, is text that reads: Ten authors from the March 2026 Friends Journal special issue on 'gender and sexual identities' join trans and nonbinary moderators for facilitated conversation.
Not presentations, but deep engagement with what their stories ask of our meetings, our witness, and each other. Read more: friendsjournal.org

The icons of supporting organizations along the bottom of the graphic include the logos of Peace and Conflict Studies at Swarthmore College, Friends Journal, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Pendle Hill, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and Swarthmore College. (more alt-text in following post)

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

A photo taken from a second-story window, looking down on a driveway with two cars in it and a maple tree at the foot of the driveway. Eighteen inches of snow has fallen, so everything is completely socked in by snow.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Friends, I just found out there's a FREE performance of Sarah Ruhl's #ORLANDO next weekend at Swarthmore College in Philly. What a great opportunity to simultaneously treat yourself to a night out and an interrogation of the binary! Deets here: swatcentral.swarthmore.edu?trumbaEmbed=...

A promotional graphic featuring a magenta outline of a tree with a heart in the negative space where the trunks diverge, against a green background. White text reads:
Acting Capstone Presents:
ORLANDO by Sarah Ruhl

Directed by K. Elizabeth Stevens
Frear Ensemble Theater

Adapted from the Novel by Virginia Woolf

February 20th 8PM
February 21st 2PM + 8PM
February 2nd 2PM

Below the graphic is a white strip with black block-letter text that reads:
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT LHOGAN1@SWARTHMORE.EDU

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Post a tree you photographed. (Add some alt text, too!) A fun back story on this particular tree is here: butwait.blogspot.com/2010/05/home...

This is a photo of a columnar hornbeam in winter, taken from a second floor window after a snowfall that has resulted in every branch being outlined in snow. You can make out the hint the next door house and a street, but the only faintly... the tree's branches are dense.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Call your reps (202-224-3122) and tell them NOT to support the so-called SAVE Act... it's voter suppression, plain and simple.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Up & @ 'em, Skeeple! It should be a gorgeous snow day in central NJ today. Instead, a mom reports that 6 🧊 vehicles were creeping down a street in Cranbury surveilling the folks shoveling sidewalks. If you are not able to serve as a rapid responder, do you know who to call to report 🧊? PLS SHARE

A flyer that reads:

NJ Rapid Response
If You See ICE

At the top left of the image, three bullet points provide instructions:
* Call the Rapid Response number
* Give an exact location, time, and what you are seeing
* Take photos and videos if possible

The rest of the flyer includes a map of New Jersey, with counties shaded in four different colors, each one associated with a different rapid response group:

Hudson County: Spirit of Liberation (201) 616-2816 (call or text)
Mercer County: Resistencia en Accion NJ (640-466-2386) (call or text)
Atlantic County: El Pueblo Unido (609) 200-1030
All other counties: DIRE Cosecha New Labor (888) 347-3767 (call or dm Cosecha New Jersey on FB/IG)

At the bottom of the flyer is a small circular graphic showing a feisty little brown dog against a green background. The graphic is outlined with a gold ring of text that reads WE WILL NOT PUT UP WITH ICE - NJ RAPID RESPONSE

At the bottom left of the flyer is a statement reading We need volunteers! Join today ICEoutofNJ@proton.me

At the bottom right of the flyer is a black and white graphic showing another outline of New Jersey and reading "ICE out of NEW JERSEY - Deport la migrants NOT the people"

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

🔥 “I don’t want my taxes paying for ICE—masked thugs roaming our streets, terrorizing communities, ripping families apart.” Dave Matthews calls out the Trump administration’s crackdown & foreign ops, reminding us that peaceful resistance is patriotic. #ChoosePeaceNotChaos

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Also? Happy weekend from my favorite dino, who I got a nice long look at during my run this am.

A photo of a pileated woodpecker scrounging for grubs beneath the bark of an older tree that stands at the edge of the Delaware-Raritan Canal in Lenapehoking, near what is now known as Princeton. The sky is overcast, and the canal water is smooth and reflecting grey-green.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Alice Wong was a goddamn treasure. #DisabilityVisabilty and @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's ongoing advocacy changed my life, and I know I'm in good company.

Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing.
Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin.
We need more stories about us and our culture.
You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

@sarasheridan.bsky.social Friendly greetings... a copy of your excellent book is on track to be added to my beloved @princetonpl.bsky.social's collection!

A screenshot of an email from the acquisitions team at the Princeton Public Library indicating that Shelley Krause's request for the acquisition of Sara Sheridan's THE FAIR BOTANISTS has been approved.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Happy to be able to help. And also? I love beets.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Republicans and their billionaire donors thought they could buy the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Pennsylvanians made it clear: Their state is not for sale! I have family members living in PA, so this victory is feeling a little extra sweet...

A graphic with the headline "DEMOCRATS RETAIN PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT" features illustrations of the three white judges, each wearing black robes and smiling, under their names:
CHRISTINE DONOHUE
KEVIN DOUGHERTY
DAVID WECHT

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

It’s Election Day, and your voice matters! 🗳️💪 Remember: voters have rights — no one can stop you from casting your ballot. Save this post for when you head to the polls and share it to spread the word. Democracy is strongest when we all show up. 🔁🗣️ #VoteDemToday

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Prop 50 is how Californians take back their voice. It stops partisan games that let politicians choose their voters instead of voters choosing them. CA friends, protect our power. Vote YES on Prop 50 TODAY. #CAVoteYesProp50

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

nokings.org Come rally with your friends and neighbors!

A graphic w/ a yellow background and a black, thick-lined outline of a crown, which is crossed out by a big red X. The symbol for No Kings.

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Let folks know that they are loved, that the world needs their light, and that there are still resources out here for people who are struggling. There is one boat. We are all in it. (2/3)

A photo of a rainbow flag taken from inside a room, looking out through a mullioned window from which is hanging a classic rainbow flag. The bottom portion of the window has translucent, multi-faceted privacy screen.

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