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kellymb.bsky.social

@kellymb.bsky.social
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DelCo resident who doesn't post leftistly enough.

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Ruo Shui @ruoshuiresearch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
actually hate this chart because it was so obviously working and every attempt to keep it going was stonewalled
A line graph from Brookings titled "Child poverty hit a record low of 5.2% in 2021," showing the U.S. Supplemental Poverty Measure Child Poverty Rate (%) from 2017 to 2024.

The graph illustrates a gradual decrease from around 14% in 2017 down to under 10% in 2020, followed by a sharp drop to a low of 5.2% in 2021. The line then sharply rebounds to over 12% in 2022 and remains around 13–14% through 2023 and 2024.

Source: US Census Supplemental Poverty Measure via Brookings
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I have this theory that a lot of women projected themselves onto her because they also struggled PP and didn't feel supported by their partners so they need to find a way to make her innocent and punish her husband.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I always forget the bizzaro world of Reddit childfree people when I search kid friendly restaurants in other cities and all the comments are like "Well if your toddler can SIT DOWN and SHUT UP and ORDER THE BEEF TAR TAR like a LOCAL" I suppose you could eat anywhere!
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Really worried my son will cut me off when he's an adult for the trauma of "making him wear a diaper and pajamas to bed". At least based on the level of screaming involved in that bedtime.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I've had 2 babies as well as extensive fertility treatments and never heard a medical professional use the term "pregnant people" but even if they did who care??? I was pregnant and also a person.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
So instead of 2 half days, parents should take 6 half days off work for absolutely no benefit except upsetting your kid 3 times as much. Great. Awesome.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
No one likes to hear this but the American middle and upper middle class pay very very low effective tax rates. It sounds good for politicians to say "middle class tax cuts" but at some point you need a tax base that's not 100 billionaires in NYC and LA.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
*redacted* this man into the sun in Minecraft
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Can't imagine dating in my 30s. What if you really like someone and they have a bad credit score?
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is just a middle aged divorced guy fantasy. They imagine impressing the hot 18 year old driving the snack cart at the club and getting to be the Prince Charming to her Cinderella. The vast majority of Americans marry within their economic class and marry people within 5 years of their own age.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Going to tell my boss the IRS deadlines are actually just social constructs so I'm going to stop taking my meds.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"Build seething resentment toward women" does not seem like an effective solution to "why no gf?" but hey what do I know.
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
lrb.co.uk
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Water ice mentioned!!
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This isn't trans people getting special treatment. It's brining transphobic harassment policies in line with every other type of harassment. It's not harassment to refer to a gay colleague's spouse as their wife if you don't know he's gay. It's harassment to do it repeatedly once you already know.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Orca mom-fluencers have fads too.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"The answer to a crisis of masculinity won’t be found at the bottom of a vial. It’s in the everyday enacting of a meaningful life. Witnessed by those who rely on us. Performed for those we love."
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I actually love the sound of other people's babies crying because it reminds me it's not my baby crying. I'm so desensitized to it I basically can't even hear it any more.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Just got this email from our pediatrician. In alignment with the PA department of health, they're accelerating MMR vaccination among the youngest kids, including my 1.5 year old son, due to outbreaks in Lancaster, Lebanon, and Berks.
screenshot of email that says:
What does this mean for your child?
• Babies 6 through 11 months should get a supplemental "early" dose of the MMR vaccine. This dose is safe and provides some protection during outbreaks.
• All children (including those that got a supplemental dose) will be offered a dose of MMR at 1 year of age and a second dose at 15 months of age.
• Children older than 15 months who have not yet gotten a second dose (formerly given at 4 years of age) should get their second dose now (doses must be 28 days apart).
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
She's down a tooth but got to try ketamine so her day was kind of a wash. Everyone say poor Daisy.
Yellow lab in her bed with a bandage on her paw.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I have had my name on a credit card in some form or another for almost 20 years and have requested 3 chargebacks in my life. All in the last 3 years!
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A doctor who lets someone put themselves through 11 rounds of IVF at 45 and takes $250k of their money without an honest conversation about likelihood of success should probably lose their license idk man.
thecut.com
11 Rounds of IVF, $250,000, and No Baby
Clinics are seeing a wave of women over 45 trying to get pregnant. With so many experimental treatments, it’s hard to know when to stop.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I have the same number of kids as this lady. Where's my NYT soft focus profile?
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
My boss's boss's boss's middle child is an American citizen because he was born in NYC while his father was here on secondment. He pays American taxes despite living in Germany almost his entire life. When his father told me I was like that whips and all your other kids should get citizenship too.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It was really obvious what was between the lines of all the previous articles and it really sucks his victim had to spell it out because a cadre of alleged leftists were too willfully ignorant to realize what was happening.
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Bart Simpson at the chalk board meme. Sorry about creating a schism with the Papal See is written several times on the board
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I know the Vatican can't go around excommunicating every Guy Who Sucks but what if they did just a few? As a treat.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Chicago Bob strikes again. Do Opus Dei next.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Both Biden and Trump have visited my dad's work in the last few years and both times I learned about it on the news lol. My dad said they sent all the employees home so idk who the guys in the yellow vests in the pic are.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
My father caught the tail end of the American manufacturing boom when he graduated high school in the early 80s. He got the job because my nana worked there and he's survived the decline on hard work, luck, and seniority.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
People saw the working conditions of the triangle shirt waist factory and thought "yup, still better than farming." Your ancestors high tailed it for the factories as soon as they opened because farming sucks ass.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Kinda hard for big pharma to argue against antivax conspiracy theories when they're literally doing the "secret better drugs for rich people" conspiracy theory.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust had the lowest rates of caesarean sections in the country between 2012 and 2023. Its rate of stillbirths and newborn baby deaths soared over the same period to become the worst nationally"
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Jesus sped up the launch of his debut miracle to spare a host the humiliation of running out of booze at a celebration. Boston should think on that.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Funny that the assumption here is mass migration and not that white people across the anglosphere have been getting real losey goosey with the baby names in the last decade.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A lot of people write the peptide thing off as just gymbro and bio hackers but this stuff is everywhere. If you thought a magic injection would solve your arthritis or ulcerative colitis, what wouldn't you do to get your hands on it?
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Fennel and its friend anise. Both only good for the garbage.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
My dog has reached middle age which means she has had The Injury which will give her The Back Thing which will never be exactly right again. Same buddy. Everyone say poor Daisy.
Yellow lab in the back yard
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Even my dog has a seatbelt.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
On of the things about being a Catholic priest is you can't just be saying things.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Hey fellas is it gay to want to smooch the homies a little?
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
On the one hand this is nice. On the other kind of bummer that "candidate stands with teen girl, is normal" is notable.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I love this story because the starting rate was like $21 an hour back then. Kid was easily clearing $9,000 a month after taxes adjusted for inflation and it simply wasn't enough.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Not to go all boomer on this but obviously no one ever forced this man to make a budget. Bring back home ec.
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Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/
gcaptain.com
Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect. In this article, Mario explains what drowning really looks like and how to recognize it when its happening.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Why are you ordering DoorDash when your Nona sent you home with basically an entire tray of lasagne? Is something wrong with Nona's lasagna?
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Yesterday for dinner I used a rotisserie chicken to make chicken tostadas. It took 20 minutes and cost probably $15 to serve 2 adults and 2 little kids and I had leftovers for lunch.
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
American cultural hegemony
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Oh yea
My husband checking out the warhammer store
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kellymb.bsky.social @kellymb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Ok I'm done Christ-posting for the day. Time to go to the warhammer store.
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