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Crystal-Lee Howley

@clhowley.bsky.social
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Voracious reader and chronic hobbyist who was somehow shocked when she realized she might have ADHD. Chinga la migra. She/her linktr.ee/clhowley

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As a professor of the wise Brennan Lee Mulligan once said, “…personality predates ideology,” and I think remembering that informs a lot of angst or confusion we might feel about a lot of people.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bears can’t text “free 🐱upstairs.”
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I never thought I’d become such a curmudgeon about gambling, but sports betting is a curse.
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Chris Mueller @chrismuellerpgh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pablo Torre continues to do big-boy sports journalism. Absolutely bodied Tim Tebow for his Life Surge BS.
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It is time 😌
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abby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy bi visibility day. My most viral tweet from back in the day is still going around on Instagram in increasingly grainy quality
Screenshot of a tweet from my old twitter account which says: “Asking a bisexual woman to explain her type like” and then it’s a picture of Stephen Nedoroscik and a picture of Ilona Maher
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With so many tragedies in our time, the one I keep thinking about is how multiple generations of people think eggs are dairy because they couldn’t understand that protein section of the food pyramid.
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Arab Christians pray to Allah. I just thought this was an important thing to remember. I doubt anyone who follows me would even kind of jump on the latest Halal-flavored satanic panic, but fun facts are fun.
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 19/09/2026
Okay, my media-illiterate people with tiny baby brains: Understand that when people mistreat sentient robots and computers in fiction it's a commentary on how we treat other people, usually marginalized groups. It is not and has never been about the possibility machines are or could be people.
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The ending of @scarvesmusic.bsky.social Marrionettes has Cursive’s Ugly Organ vibes, and I cannot overstate how wonderful that is.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
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A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So grapefruit citrus Fresca hits so good. And no, I’m not 70.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/09/2026
All it took was one person to confront Rob Sand at his town hall for his anti-trans statements. There are 26 Democrats that have taken bad votes or made bad statements towards transgender people. Those who disagreed with my article said to talk to the dems instead. So, we are. Go do it!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
This isn’t a “sale”. Israel purchases these weapons with a fund created with U.S. taxpayer dollars. Biden/Harris blocked these 2000-pound bombs from going to Israel. Congress can block this “sale.” VOTE. www.nbcwashington.com/news/nationa...
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Trump administration plans to send powerful bombs to Israel in $2.8B weapons sale
The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026
crypto, car dealerships and MLMs. ripe targets for political and policy reasons.
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
YUP! You don’t get to pit marginalized communities against each other because you’re too chicken shit to stand up for either. Trans people have been at the forefront of protests since day 1!
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Quick, accurate, no wasted breath or dismissal of an entire community. It’s so easy.
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Toby 🇵🇸 @tobestewart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I bet all the people who haven’t been suffering from anxiety for years are feeling pretty stupid now
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I forget that there really are some shitty parents and/or just really shitty kids in this world.
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They Call Me Doctor Mae @dr-maeforrest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Multiple things can be true: 1) the medical establishment has done immeasurable, untold harms to people, especially marginalized people (women, trans people, disabled, non-white, etc) 2) medical expertise is something worth respecting WHEN IT IS MERITED/BACKED UP BY VERIFIABLE DATA
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I’m not ready to lose all of our feminist foremothers😭.
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don’t think it’s absurd. Evidence points towards AI being an unsustainably large economic bubble. People oppose funding large buildings and selling off large tracts of land in their communities for an industry that will most likely severely contract after IPOs are declared and VC money dries up.
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It’s been long enough since we went on our trip that I can share the life lesson my kids learned on our trip to Sequoia National Park that blindsided us: An old man died on the trail and we just had to walk next to him as the rangers performed CPR on his dead body for a very, very long time. 🥲
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Not to be dramatic, but this has been the worst 24-48 hours ever.
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Ross Johnson @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026
Rolling out “academic freedom” as a rallying cry now, after the CRT panic led to a bunch of Black scholars and theory to be literally banned from classrooms, shit is too rich lol
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Gary, Indiana residents have been without power for ten days. Here’s how you can help.
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Gary Residents Have Been Without Power For 10 Days. Here's How You Can Help
A South Side business is offering free laundry service for storm-affected Gary families, while another fundraiser is collecting money for essentials as some residents face a second week without electr...
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Amy Colleen @amycolleen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
ICYMI, @clhowley.bsky.social and I got to interview Leslie Priscilla about her new book, CHANCLA, on sale now! www.the-pom.com/p/gently-dis...
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Gently dismantling protective myths: CHANCLA by Leslie Priscilla (Exclusive Interview)
“Healing our families, ourselves, and our culture through nonviolent parenting”
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Remember when you used to be able fine hair inspo photos that were REAL?
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dua Lipa never said this. Yet this tweet has been up for 16 hours and has thousands of retweets and tens of thousands of likes. And the fact that it was posted by a very famous celebrity lends it credibility in the eyes of some people.
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Hannah Posts @hannahposts.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I really love my kids. I love them so much. But I'm coming up to 7 years of parenting, and I stand firm by my conviction that my kids haven't taught me what love is. I already knew. I love my husband, my parents, siblings, etc. If you don't have kids, you're not missing out on knowing what love is.
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The real impasta @therealimpasta.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
ATTENTION TO ALL DEM TAX CUT SLOPULISTS
The effort to repeal the income tax in Missouri losing 80-20
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Lindsay’s correct. People just out here admitting they have boring movie tastes.
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Appropriate air quotes because the most infuriating part about Americans debating "lockdown" is that it simply never happened. Having to pick up your Applebees and eat it on the sectional does not count. There wasn't even a brief moment where "everything" was closed. That's not real.
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Hannah Posts @hannahposts.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is classic nonsense conspiracy bullshit. The pandemic was somehow faked by every country in the world at the same time for some unnamed but nefarious reason
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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
In the 90s and 00s, churches invested millions in youth group, creating a parallel universe for christian teenagers to grow up in and, eventually, change the world. That was the plan anyway. What happened? My first cover story for @sojo.net.
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Pacific Antifascist Research Collective @pacantifa.is · 01/08/2026
Here is our full list of all 145 sex pests and sexual predators from ICE and Customs & Border Protection in a single image. The entries outlined in red indicate entries involving alleged sex crimes against children.
A full list of 145 sex pests and sexual predators from ICE and Customs & Border Protection in a roughly 12 rows X 12 columns yearbook style grid with booking photos where available. The entries outlined in red indicate entries involving alleged sex crimes against children. Agencies are noted along with latest disposition of criminal cases.
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Some favorite photos from our road trip:
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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I’m just a girl allergic to so many fragrances begging hotels to just clean the room and not spray room freshener shit.
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It was a complex yet memorable day at Sequoia National Park. Nothing prepares you for how tiny you feel.
A close up shot from the ground up to the top of a giant sequoia tree in Sequoia National Park.A photo of the Sentinal tree at Sequoia National Park.A photo of just the bottom of the General Sherman Tree as my 35mm lens could not possibly capture the entirely of the largest tree in the world by volume.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/07/2026
Teams and sports are capitulating to Trump's sports ban threat left and right across the United States. Except for women's rugby teams. Even though they are attempting to ban trans athletes, several teams are not complying. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Defying Trump, Baltimore Rugby Players Refuse To Comply With Trans Sports Ban Demand
The Baltimore Ferals—and rugby players nationwide—are standing with their trans teammates.
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Yay Spain (begrudgingly). Boo Trump ruining yet another cup celebration photo.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
* MEXICO HAS FILED CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS WITH STATE PROSECUTORS IN U.S. OVER DEATHS OF CITIZENS IN IMMIGRATION CUSTODY -- STATEMENT * MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO SENT CEASE-AND-DESIST LETTERS TO U.S. DETENTION CENTERS WHERE NATIONALS HAVE DIED -- STATEMENT @reuters.com
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
So much propaganda is being spread by ICE. They also don’t mention that the 26-year-old man they shot had legal authorization to work in the United States and was not the target of the ICE operation.
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Crystal-Lee Howley @clhowley.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
My kids’ play is this Sunday and I just researched what the record for the longest FIFA World Cup game was to gauge my chances of watching the whole match. Should be fine. This is normal behavior.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This story keeps getting more evil.
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Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities
An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”
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First Touch @firsttouch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We’re not crying, you’re crying Guillermo Ochoa staying behind the final training session at the Azteca to hang up six pairs of gloves Each glove represents a World Cup he has played at for Mexico 🇲🇽 A legend.
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