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La Donna Pietra

@ladonnapietra.bsky.social
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Freelancer writer for Complex.com, The Toast, Lewton Bus, Birth.Movies.Death, /Film, and NTRSCTN.com. Drop, not rolled.

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Ann LeBlanc @robotleblanc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
friday is for kafkaposting
tumblr post poem by kleinergeist

I don't care if Monday's stressed
Tuesday, Wednesday, Kafkaesque
Thursday, feeling like a pest
It's Friday, I'm a bug
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cara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me:
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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Antelope canyon
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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately
Hello Bone Colleagues, 
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans. 

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine 
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Suong Yangchareon (Thai-American, b.1952) "Crossing Kern County," 2017 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 40 in The Hilbert Collection of California art at Chapman University, California #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Your periodic reminder that the decision to pursue a professional ballet career happens at similar or earlier age to most youth gender affirming care and has significantly more lifetime impact on peer socialization, how the body looks and overall health than social transition and puberty blockers.
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a great ride, must be in want of a race.
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Nick Alm (Swedish, b.1985) - Paolo and Francesca, 2013 #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Lainey Williams @endless-swords.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The Hearth (1/21) A sapphic horror comic about witchcraft and hunger in the dead of winter.
An illustrated cover for a short comic called The Hearth by lainey williams. A cabin sits in a clearing in a snowy forest. The small windows in the log cabin are lit yellow and there is a trail of blood through the snow leading to the door. Smoke rises from the cabin’s chimney to surround the title. On either side of the smoke are illustrations in the style of Karelian embroidery, showing stylized geometric patterns in red thread. On the left side embroidery section, there is a depiction of a woman kneeling. her hands are stained red and she wears a headscarf. Opposite her is a woman standing. Instead of a left arm she has a wing. Over the top of the image, two geese shaded in red fly over the cabin and smoke. The trees all around the cabin are shaded in dark blue.
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.
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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
A painting of fat blobby bears
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@travisjj.bsky.social
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Quality nerditude right here:
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I had the brilliant idea of requesting Judy Cuevas' Bliss and Dance from my university's interlibrary loan and man, you people were not kidding. These books are fantastic. They need to be back in print IMMEDIATELY.
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I have an ongoing fantasy about a certain billionaire waking up one night with a gun in his face while someone patiently explains that she's the only member of her family left due to entirely preventable deaths caused by USAID's demolition, and does he have any last words??
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I have seen Coyote vs. Acme! It was delightful and everyone should go check it out, which I don't just say because it features the Biopark, among other excellent shooting locales.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
by Rene Vincent
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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
sry i fridgemogged u or w/e i fw them tho frfr plummaxxing
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Albasoup @albasoup.itch.io · 29/08/2026
Was walking past this building and through the window saw this backrooms-ass room, so I accidentally took the coolest picture ever due to the window's reflection
A backrooms-ass room with a twilight sky and trees seemingly imposed over it in a dream-like fashion (it's the reflection of the window)
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𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗟 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗡 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Still thinking about Jane Schoenbrun's TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA. I'm not qualified to write much about its trans allegory, but it has plenty more to offer. Here I argue that even without being horror it's a deeper exploration of slasher movies than most of those meta ones.
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA
TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA is the third movie from writer/director Jane Schoenbrun. I haven’t seen WE’RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD’S FAIR (2021), but I
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Lorna @florilegia.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I think everyone should see this incredible picture of Dolly Parton: it’s by Stacie Williams (asterosperma on Instagram) and it’s called The Queen of Appalachia
A stunning screenprint image in a style which is part folk art, part religious icon. Dolly Parton sits on a throne-like wooden chair, surrounded by garlands of flowers and leaves. Orange butterflies (I think they are monarchs?) hover around her head. Her hair is huge and golden, and she is wearing a long, sweeping orange gown, which is turned up over her knee to show off her brown knee length high heeled boots. Two black bear cubs play around her, one on the floor and one in her lap. Dolly stares calmly at the viewer. Her right hand is raised in benediction, and in her left she holds a ripe strawberry which she is feeding to one of the bear cubs. 

The original post is here https://www.instagram.com/p/B8rvBpTlRxZ/?igsi=Z2x5aTB5aHp5NXFp
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
WILLIE NELSON YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF NOW, YOU HEAR??
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh, this is lovely:
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I just remembered, for the first time in a very long time, that when I was very little I was somewhat confused about Dolly Parton and Barbie and thought that they were somehow the same, which I think Dolly would have appreciated.
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I can now say definitively that Dolly Parton never once disappointed me in her entire life, unlike Loretta Lynn.
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Neugin @lostcitymagic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
TV announcer: now back to Samurai for the straight guy, on Bravo! *pervert wearing pervert glasses leering at girl minding her own business* Girl: are you filming me? *Samurai walks in, looks around, points at guy* Girl: *nods* Pervert: hey brah, wha- *Samurai thumb clicks katana from sheath*
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It's RAINING!
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Ah, parenting in the modern age, where you have to have the "if you smash someone's smart glasses when they're recording you, I will take out a second mortgage to pay for our legal bills in two seconds" conversation with your 12-year-old.
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It is much too hot, partly because it's August and partly because I insist on living in deserts and partly because of global warming and partly because I have started having hot flashes en route to becoming an old cat lady.
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Albuquerque has a new romance bookstore (www.vellumandvineabq.com) and I waited in line for a half-hour to get in this morning; it was the place to be.
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Vellum & Vine | A Romance Bookstore | Albuquerque, NM
A new romance focused bookstore & cafe coming to Albuquerque, New Mexico in Summer 2026
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thoughts on S3 HotD: 1) The dragons were absolutely superlative this season; they looked utterly convincing in broad daylight and were worth every penny of HBO's budget. 2) It is always nice to see Tommy Flanagan again. 3) James Norton was fabulous. That's about all I got.
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Relevant to the current conversation about sex and nudity in films: www.complex.com/pop-culture/... (sadly, the images are lost to a presumed Complex file purge)
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Beaver Shots, Bunny Boilers, and Bad HR: Revisiting Michael Douglas' Sex Trilogy
Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct, and Disclosure all reve...
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☀️🌸idspispopd🥀🌙 @bhaalspawn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I was just sorting old books and came across my old university Physics text books. I did get my degree, although you wouldn’t know it judging by what I apparently thought of Quantum Physics at this particular point in time 😂 “WHAT DOES IT MEEEAAAAN?!?!?”
Quantum Mechanics ’Confusing edition’“WHAT DOES IT MEEEAAAAN?!?!?”“BOLLOX”“HOW IS THIS DONE? FIND OUT FOOL!”
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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 08/08/2026
Happy international cat day from the Toms of Atuan! (Ursula drew this on a postcard; you can also find the drawing in the Book of Cats).
A line drawing of four cats, captioned beneath, "The Toms of Atuan (who live on the Fartherest Shore)."

The first cat is curled up, croissant style, and looks disgruntled as he thinks "This is ridiculous." The second sits upright, and his speech bubble says, "Oh Marie! Marie! My own Marie!" The third cat is crouched as if to jump; his speech bubble reads, "Oomeoomeoo-meoomeoo." A fourth cat faces the viewer, standing, and says, "Err, Err, Err, myaaooww, Marie!"
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Tarantino's PULP FICTION (1994) meets Edward Hopper's ‘Nighthawks’ (1942).
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Okay, that's enough summer now.
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joewv.bsky.social @joewv.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
El-Sayed recently said this which is one of the smartest things I’ve read in a long time. It’s straight up Obama economics that’s proven to work in both places.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
By Jenna Smith
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Ah, Targaryen family values.
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Spam email from Michael's: "The newest trend: Bedazzling!" I LIVED THROUGH THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU CAN'T MAKE ME DO IT AGAIN
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Still images really don't do her justice; you have to watch her move in order to properly appreciate the whole effect: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lF4...
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Marilyn in Niagara (1953)
YouTube video by Chief Scheider
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RavenThrax @raventhrax.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Artfight punch for @yitanran.bsky.social Really loved this character since they were created, but was not having enough skills to draw them. But now yes, I have 🫡
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Hayami Gyoshu, Japanese (1894-1935), Village in Shugakuin, 1918, ink and color on silk, 132 x 97 cm, The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It's SO HUMID* in ABQ right now. *36%
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Goddamn this is good: www.instagram.com/p/DbEftFEkma...
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La Donna Pietra @ladonnapietra.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Many things in life may be stressful right now, but I get to go have brunch at my local theater/restaurant joint and watch The Odyssey.
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