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Allison

@keepreading.bsky.social
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3rd gen DC, GenX. I’m a fan of books, art, and music. Pretty passionate about free speech, science, and the Oxford comma. I was DOGE’d out of my job in public health —all opinions are my own.

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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Accurate-ish Maryland has loads of regional dialects —Eastern Shore, Baltimore, Hagerstown Grew up in DC, now live in MD (can literally walk to DC tho) I guess there wasn’t any impact from my close ties with WV or the many years I lived in SF
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Accurate-ish Maryland has loads of regional dialects —Eastern Shore, Baltimore, Hagerstown Grew up in DC, now live in MD (can literally walk to DC tho) I guess there wasn’t any impact from my close ties with WV or the many years I lived in SF
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Timeline Cleanse When your golden’s best friend stays with you for a week Smiles for days
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hey @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social Here’s the image cropped tight on his left eye No other editing Very very creepy - even out of context
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
🚨🚨🚨 Ya’ll I just tested positive for COVID and Im not happy 🦠🦠🦠 BUT let this be a lesson that #COVID is still a thing, and what you think is a lingering cold or mild flu could be COVID Get tested. If positive tell the folk’s you’ve been in contact with recently
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Too hot to play outside So Ollie must get his ya-ya’s out indoors All. Day. Long.
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
For 2 days a fledgling crow was loitering on our front porch He practiced walking, flapping, & yelling for his parents eBird said let him be - so i did even tho the mom in me wanted to help him Today i found him motionless and, well, dead (No parrot jokes pls) I gave him a little funeral 😢
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Busy evening in the neighborhood!
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Today’s weather was glorious ☀️ Spent the afternoon by the bay and ended up at the dog beach i think Ollie’s brain broke from joy
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A Cave Dweller! (IYKYK) I bet we could play the do-you-know game - despite my fam being newbies
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
No deck detected
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
(i’m just gonna use this photo to comment from now on)
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Man there is NOTHING behind those eyes
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Last weekend i drove to NH to pick up my youngest from college As one does, I found some time to reconnect with myself
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I love them. Colorful, noisy, and busy. A month ago a bluejay was at my feeder eating alongside a cardinal. They got along just fine. Wish I had my own photo to share
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
100% Everyone should visit the FDR memorial when in DC. I’m always deeply moved, and reminded of how far we have fallen from the guiding principles of his presidency www.nps.gov/frde/index.htm
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
And now they have a bigger size! Working my way through the jam, and will have a fabulous large jar to add to my collection
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
She’s a plant - a voter from Arkansas that supported him during his campaign on the no tax on tips issue. But the visuals are compelling and tell a sad story. And reinforce your point that she probably gives zero f*cks about his ‘social’ issues bsky.app/profile/matt...
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I love this so much. Smart people doing brave things. For the benefit of science.
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
#Heroes
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Or perhaps Chick-Fil-a sauce? "Our classic dipping sauce with notes of mustard and a smoky tang."
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Ollie says ‘great work! I’ll share my lamby with you!'
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Goldens are hilarious. Mine (Ollie) hates to be ‘naked’. He must wear at least one bandana (preferably three) and his collar. Yesterday I gave him a good brushing and forgot to put his outfit back on. He brought his bandanas to me, then his collar. He was rather indignant
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
It’s really gorgeous out today. Took a nice long walk with this guy and felt the sun on my face 🌞
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Agree 2020 and BLM in DC brought the city together but it wasn’t enough. Nothing will be enough until we ALL acknowledge this country was built on the backs of the enslaved and we are a fundamentally racist society
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Stakeholders including those fat-cat steak joints (see what I did there?)
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I will NEVER forget the shocking brutality of the insurrection five years ago. I watched it live at home in NW DC, just a couple of miles from the Hill. Worried for my friends who were staffers, scared for all of us. And foolishly believing this would be the end of Trump Yet here we are
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Perfect birthday 🌞💗 * Dinner at home with my two older kids * Facetimed the youngest (away at school) * Promptly devoured Apple Birthday Pie (homemade by kids) It’s been a year for all of us - but I hope I will never be too jaded to appreciate the beauty and love I have
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
#ThrowbackMonday #Allies Love is love
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Seeing these signs pop up around NE DC, Takoma Park, MD we need more of these please
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The text you never want to get. From my daughter, while hiding in the school library during a sniper attack on her school, three years ago. She wasn’t physically hurt, but others were. She still lives with it. We all live with it
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
What a beautiful animal - and lovely to see an Arabian before overbreeding took hold #horse #horsegirl
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I loved both - but the Electric Company was so cool 7 year old me desperately wanted to be just like the girl with the long dark hair and bangs (second from right)
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Finally - a beautiful summery day 🌞 Despite all the bad vibes currently in DC - there is so much beauty to enjoy
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I love this graphic so much I’m reposting (Health and the Economy in the United States, from 1750 to the Present. Author: Dora Costa PMCID: PMC4577070 NIHMSID: NIHMS602626 PMID: 26401057)
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
wut? What’s the ROI on that? Just for fun, take a look at this nifty graph showing the state of public health during the US industrial revolution (Health and the Economy in the United States, from 1750 to the Present. Author: Dora Costa PMCID: PMC4577070 NIHMSID: NIHMS602626 PMID: 26401057)
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I love my DC
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Our happy happy dog in Takoma Park - and the snow is still coming down!
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
❄️❄️❄️
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Beautiful here in Takoma Park ❄️
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
I love my weirdos (And no - we could not get one decent well lit photo but whatever) Merry Christmas!
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Despite the current existential gloom I feel about the state of the world - it is Christmas Eve and it’s snowing!Two things that remind me there is joy and hope!
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Sunday at DC’s Union Market with my youngest - all I need for Christmas 🌲💙
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Grateful for a home filled with books, art, my kids, and food cooking. Grateful for friends near and far. And grateful for a moment of peace to appreciate all of it. Thank you for choosing gratitude and kindness every day 🕊️
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Same!
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Finally picked up this book by my friend Chip Py. I love Busboys and Poets 📚
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Allison @keepreading.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The face of an angel, the personality of a carnival clown
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