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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

One of our Christmas cacti always blooms during Lent, so I've named it Paschal. #40DaysofGoodShit

Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I block all the texts and recycle the flyers without looking at them ... In case any candidates are wondering, neither of those methods work for a middle age, white, college-educated mom.

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Visited the National Public Housing Museum today. It's located in a former CHA building, saved from being torn down in the early aughts, renovated into the museum and affordable housing units in the other half.

This view overlooks the courtyard with Edgar Miller animal sculptures original to the development, vacant land that used to have housing, with downtown in the background.

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

My morning tea from Tootsie's Tea, with honey from our neighbors' bee hives, in a mug from a friend, with messages we could all use right now. --- I'm sharing #40DaysofGoodShit as we head into spring, inspired by Nadia Bolz-Weber.

A jar of honey with a drawing of a bee on it is next to a white mug with inspirational phrases written in black letters.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

We just want to say thank you to everyone who keeps resisting even when Trumps goal is to wear everyone down. Tonight, workers began restoring the slavery exhibit at the President’s House Site on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall.

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

We were going through old family photo albums last night, and I found this gem of Susan, Age 6. I loved this terry rainbow striped jumper and these roller skates so much. Rainbo roller rink was a couple blocks away, and I wore these there a few times before outgrowing them. ---

Young girl with brown pixie cut hair, sitting in yard, wearing a pink, yellow, and blue striped jumper, and blue roller skates with yellow wheels.

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Inspired by Nadia Bolz-Weber, I'm going to try and share #40DaysofGoodShit as this Lenten / Ramadan season brings us into spring. I got my first colonoscopy today 💩 and celebrated the all clear with cheesy grits, kale, and bacon bits from one of our local faves Smack Dab.

Susan is a white woman with short brown and white hair held back by her glasses. She's smiling at the camera, holding her fork just above her aluminum food tray.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Spread calm. Tell the truth. Defend vulnerable people who are under attack. Getting stuck in a reactive mode is exhausting, and exhaustion can make us weak.

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

The state of Florida came in overnight and painted over the Pulse Memorial site crosswalk in Orlando. This crosswalk abided by the state’s laws and was originally installed by them. To be clear, the state surreptitiously painted over this memorial at night against the city’s wishes. Cowards.

A before and after photo of a crosswalk with LGTBQ+ colors painted over with white and black at the Pulse memorial site near downtown Orlando, Florida.

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Pope Leo 14 isn't the first "American" pope. First North American, first U.S., first Peruvian - yes. But Pope Francis was the first "American"Pope, being from South America.

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Got to totally geek out at the intersection of photography and science while exploring @leicamicrosystems.bsky.social microscopes at our neighborhood's nonprofit shared biology lab @chitownbio.bsky.social Check out the feather's hooks (barbicels) & the gorgeous way the detail looks like weavings.

White duck with brown & blue markings. She's a Welsh Harlequin.

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Julie M Creates (they/them) @juliemcreates.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

i've been returning to this question from @eveewing.bsky.social as we see increased attacks against education & teachers ( & as extensively traced in her new book!) 💙

$A blue and purple background has digital drawings and text. In white it reads, “when you have that moment of finding out about a devastating piece of history and you realize that you never heard about it before, my question is always: who is invested in your not knowing?” -Eve L. Ewing. At the top, there is a drawing of the US fracturing into pieces with shackles, a grave, forceps, and a test tube. At the bottom, there is a stack of books, a university building, and a police badge.$

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 04/02/2025

from tonight’s protest in Manhattan over NYU Langone’s choice to preemptively comply with Trump’s executive order impacting healthcare for trans youth under 19

Crowd at NYU langone trans healthcare protest holding signs and a flagpole

Back of crowd and signs at NYU langone trans healthcare protest

Crowd at NYU langone trans healthcare protest

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Friendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

If you missed today’s protest at OPM, aka Trump & Elon Musk’s coup headquarters, never fear! We’ll be back out from 3pm-5pm tomorrow. Hope to see you!

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so informed @soinformed.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Protesters shut down the 101 in downtown Los Angeles resisting Trump’s mass deportation plans + ICE arrests.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I'm not saying this is a coup. But if you *were* going to do a coup, how would things look different from recent events -- seizing the federal payments system, federal purging law enforcement, threatening to sic armed US Marshals on civil servants guarding classified data

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It has now officially been confirmed. We have reached the singularity

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Jane Friedman @janefriedman.com · 30/01/2025

Do you have a heap of assorted essays, flash pieces, chapters, ideas, and you think you have enough to turn it into a book? If it seems scattered and overwhelming—and you’re not sure what will fit where—here are ideas for organizing your material and moving forward, from Lara Lillibridge.

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Turn Your Short Pieces Into a Finished Nonfiction Book | Jane Friedman

If you’ve amassed a heap of assorted essays, flash pieces, chapters, and ideas, here’s a step-by-step guide to shaping them into a book.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Stop letting unfunny men tell you there’s something wrong with you for not getting their “jokes”. Stop fake laughing. Let their reality reflect the truth of how fundamentally they misunderstand humor. Neuter their ability to use “it was a joke” for emotional cover. Make them see nobody laugh.

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Bilal Dardai @bilald.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

In the same way I should assume anyone casually walking around with an AR-15 in public is going to commit a mass murder until proven otherwise, I will assume that all actions of this administration are designed to harm vulnerable people until proven otherwise.

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

What brought me joy this week: 1) tiles 2) frog hat 3) precious cousin time 4) sunset & ice on Lake Michigan from a plane #JoyIsResistance #SmallJoys

Tiles intricately patterned in turquoise and gold

Susan smiles with a bucket hat that has frog eyes and frog feet

From an airplane above an icy, steamy Lake Michigan, the sky glows orange just after sunset.

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I just made the best grilled cheese of my life... Low heat with butter in the cast iron, 5 cheeses, 6 grain bread, Tuscan seasoning, and garlic salt. #WeekendLunch #ComfortFood #WinterCooking

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OSINTdefender @handle.invalid · 10/01/2025

Hundreds of Mexican Firefighters arrived both today and yesterday in Southern California, to assist with the ongoing Wildfires in Los Angeles County. Most are with the National Forestry Commission and the Civil Relief Corps, with others coming from the Mexican Army.

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Seagulls in the snow, sitting on frozen Lake Michigan waves. This is in Rogers Park, Chicago.

Two grey and white seagulls sitting on snow at the lake. The water and sky are grey.

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I Don't Want to Wear Pants @xehtfodrol.northsky.social · 03/01/2025

The Speaker having power over the CSPAN cameras is one of the dumbest things we've ever allowed in Congress. So much for being for the "people"

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/01/2025

No joke: it should ALWAYS be like this. No party should have the authority to stop journalists from recording whatever they want on the House floor.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Daniel Perry and Kyle Rittenhouse should be in prison. Travon Martin Jordan Neely Breonna Taylor Travin Martin Tamir Rice Kendrick Johnson Mike Brown Eric Garner And 100s of others should be ALIVE!

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Things to do this weekend in #Chicago 🎄❄️ ... that aren't Christkindlmarket 🥴

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/12/2024

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends: 1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration; 2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you; 3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

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Saadia___m @saadia---m.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Because the children shot today weren’t millionaire CEOs, lawmakers won’t bat an eyelash.

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Guardian US looking for pitches...

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Four things that brought me joy last week: 1) Seeing a dueling pianos version of "Into the Woods" by Kokandy Productions. 2) Leading a photo walk in the woods. 3) Making so much food and enjoying it with family. 4) Nature walk with Mom for her birthday. #FindingJoy #IntoTheWoods #ForestWalk

Foggy blue twinkle light set of Into the Woods

Brown fall leaf with small rain drops on it

Cast iron pan filled with steaming mushrooms & onions

Two people walking on a path in winter woods - trees are bare and tall grass is brown.

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Nefarious Filth Bird 𓅾 @sasquatch.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It's all tied together and don't let them trick you into thinking it's for safety

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

How to increase access to your images here on BlueSky. #photography #AltText #accessibility

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

4 things that brought me joy this week: - Chicago's architecture - I visited the Bean & enjoyed our skyline from 2 beaches - Time with friends - a dance workout & lunch w/ ube pancakes (@ Bayan Ko Diner) - First snow ❄️ - Downtown night out with kiddo

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Gleafer @gleafer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Normalize posting the messy sketches! Normalize sharing your least favorite pieces! Normalize creating art for vengeance by drawing your enemies in compromising positions with various farm equipment! Normalize group critiques!

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Susan Brigid @heysusanbrigid.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

4 things that brought me joy this week: - Soul food at Nafsi South Shore - Tile floor at South Shore Cultural Center - Messages of love - Full Moon

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