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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"you've got a lot of rules for a theater kid" Lestat reading Armand for filth while creating the biggest bop of a diss track is just living in my head this week.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Please sir, my Bosstones, they are Mighty Mighty, and my Day, it is Green.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

An ad came on during the Mariners game that said, "dads are just kids who grew up and had kids." I was too thrown to notice what the ad was for, but I do know no company anywhere has ever said that about moms. Not once.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Jeopardy really just referred to Rihanna as "a lingerie model." This is how we know none of us are working there.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Has anyone else watched The Vampire Lestat? Did anyone else recoil at the mention of floorboards?

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

You know what's wild? Perimenopausal women and Black women in general, we pretty much run on rage and creative solutions. And we don't go on rampages through public spaces that result in body bags. I think about that fact a lot.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Y'all, I met Mick Foley last. WWE legend Mick Foley. He's kind, funny, and if he and his wife ever came asking, I'd be their unicorn feral housewife in a hot second. Which I also might have kind of blurted out. During the Q&A. In front of God and everybody. And he still hugged me.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Once again on Threds and today, someone implied I look old based on a photo I took last summer. Now keep in mind I wear zero makeup, it was 80odd degrees, and I was at an open air rooftop bar. At 45 years old, and not a filer in sight.

Brown-skinned woman with short curly hair smiles at camera with her cheek resting on one hand. She is outdoors and a city skyline can be seen behind her. She is wearing silver rings and a black tank top.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Y'all, I am so confused right now. Over on Threds, I responded to a guy by pointing out how I have to constantly explain how my uncle is yt-passing to yt people, my cousin is read as ambiguously Arab, and baby cousin has green eyes and freckles. His take away? "We get it. You have a Black friend."

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

@feclad.bsky.social I hope you're able to read this article about Geno showing his ass the other night. Interesting how they ignore the race dynamics and only vaguely The night Geno Auriemma snapped — and Dawn Staley showed the game has changed - The Athletic share.google/61FGbBmlQ1uH...

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The night Geno Auriemma snapped — and Dawn Staley showed the game has changed

The power dynamic is shifting atop the world of women's basketball. And Auriemma knows it.

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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Something I’m tired of? I’m tired of seeing men head coaching woman’s sports and no women head coaching men’s sports. I’m tired of a woman’s place is the kitchen and men being notable chefs. This shit needs fixing.

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please stop forgetting how elections work i beg of you @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

...God DAMN this is good.

You people said both sides were the same. So why does every measurable thing now feel more punitive, more expensive, more cruel?

Kamala was the available off-ramp from catastrophe, and many people rejected that off-ramp because they preferred to feel righteous rather than be responsible. And for an entire year, these dishonest grifters used every available lie in the book.

Kamala was a cop. Kamala was a fraud. Kamala was “basically Trump.” Both sides were the same.

This was repeated, endlessly, with the confidence of people who believed their words existed in a vacuum. As though posting were a private act. As though saying something publicly, over and over again, had no effect on the people who saw it. And now, in the aftermath, those same people retreat into a series of convenient fictions.

“My vote didn’t matter.” Then what, exactly, did your voice matter for?

Why spend months speaking if speech is inert? Why post if posting does nothing? Why argue, persuade, signal, and perform if none of it carries consequence? You do not get to believe in influence when it flatters you and deny it when it implicates you.

“I was taking a stand.” Against what? The available reality?

Elections are not moral thought experiments. You are not grading the candidates on a curve for personal satisfaction. You are selecting between outcomes. Real ones. Material ones. The kind that determine whether people can afford groceries, whether rights are enforced, whether the state is actively hostile to its own citizens.

You did not reject Kamala Harris in favor of a better option. You rejected her in favor of nothing. And “nothing,” as it turns out, votes.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

@feclad.bsky.social I learned today that our least favorite queer singer's real name is Kayleigh. I think this explains absolutely everything.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

What's buried in the article is the $1.5 mil was spread between 1500 stores for a whopping $1000/store. So maybe $50 per employee, but I guarantee managers rewarded themselves first, then regular employees. Five Guys CEO says he gave a $1.5m bonus www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Five Guys CEO says he gave a $1.5m bonus to his workers so he wouldn’t get shot in the back

Jerry Murrell seemingly alluded to healthcare CEO killing when he explained giving bonus to workers after bungled promotion

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Just once, I would like to act out and show my whole backside out of grief while expecting grace and understanding the way my little brother does. Instead, once again, I am supposed to look out for him. And the cousins. And the Adults. Be helpful. Ask how they are. Make the notification calls.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Timothée Shallow-met really needs to recognize there are fiftyleven other generic white boys ready to take his place and stop running his mouth about things he doesn't understand.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

In the middle of the country continuing to be a dumpster fire, I'm clinging to live music. Bourbon & Beyond is one way I'm spending September, if outside is still a place by then.

Image of promo poster for Bourbon and Beyond, showing headliners Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, Chris Stapleton, and Dave Matthews Band in large print, over 100 underbill acts in smaller print

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I overslept and missed my therapy appointment only to wake up and find out the WH is attacking trans kids and adults, and we're about to host The Hunger Games. Neat.

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Geneawac @genwacc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Trump says that affordability is a hoax and a con job. This from a person who has never worried about affording food, healthcare, medicine, clothes for their kids, or even a roof over their head.

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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I’ve modernized two biblical stories about feeding people. Hopefully the nasty Christians who are disparaging SNAP recipients and laughing about them going hungry will learn

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Louis Römer @lromeranth.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

This is a profound insight. Few linguistic and discursive concepts are so profoundly infused with racism and classism as honesty, sincerity, authenticity, and transparency. The lower on the hierarchical ladder, the more likely you are judged to be preternaturally dishonest.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Can someone please explain the point of the No Kings rallies to me? What exactly is the demand being made? Gathering is all well and good, but it's not a movement unless there's a focused, actionable gain being sought and pursued, with contemporaneous, concordant action beyond the event.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 24/08/2025

Sweeps exacerbate homelessness — they can be traumatic, dangerous, and leave people without belongings and vital records. Unhoused people need housing and services, not sweeps.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I come from and have chosen a family of artists. This is some of the most egregious cultural bullshit yet from this WH. Well, since the takeover of the Kennedy Center, anyway. Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art : NPR share.google/ViYwlzBdkNHR...

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Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art

A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I have ZERO sympathy for lonely straight white dudes. I grew up as a Black, queer, bipolar, Wiccan drama nerd, at predominantly white schools and then in predominantly white workplaces, in a Red State. if there was a way NOT to fit in, I was it, just by being myself. I wasn't making ACTIVE choices

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

@alyssonfergison.com look what showed up in my Google news feed! It means the story is getting some statewide traction if not nationally. Disabled Muncie woman, daughter face abrupt eviction from apartment | wthr.com share.google/gaxoZxFRuNII...

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Indianapolis Local News: Weather, Traffic, Sports and more | Indianapolis, Indiana | wthr.com

WTHR.com is the news leader for Indianapolis and Central Indiana. Get the latest news and breaking news from the 13News team.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Screw Colbert's cancellation. Federal funding for the Corporation For Public Broadcasting was just gutted. That should be terrifying to all of us. That's PBS, NPR, and every single local affiliate. Louisville Public Media, which runs my beloved WFPK, is facing nearly $400K in cuts.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Y'all remember when Michelle Obama was called everything but a child of God for wanting to improve school lunches and building a garden? But a white man with fucking brain worms can do this. RFK Jr. promotes a food company that makes ultraprocessed meals | AP News share.google/MuPWS2j0yZag...

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RFK Jr. promoted a food company he says will make Americans healthy. Their meals are ultraprocessed

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raved in social media posts on Monday about the $7-a-pop meals that are delivered directly to the homes of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees.

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Candace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it. They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory. Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human. Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Switched phones and I found out I have priority notifications set up on here, so if I don't follow you, I don't see you replying to me. I'm sorry to anyone engaging in good faith for seeming to ignore you.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

So, okay. People say they want younger Democratic leaders. Lauren Underwood is 38. HOWEVER. Y'all whine and bitch when Underwood shows up and does her job. She gets bills passed-- actually passed, not just proposed-- that make life easier for parents and families. Make it make sense.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Chuck Grassley holding a hearing on anyone's mental acuity is an exercise in irony unlike any I've ever seen.

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Dr. Manhattan @thenewthinker.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

the same psychic structure where just decades ago white people would string Black people up on trees, mutilate their body and torture them to death while an entire community of white people watched, had barbecues and cut off their extremities for souvenirs still exists. none of that went anywhere.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The context to this post doesn't even matter because it's so fundamentally true.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

This is the stupidest thing I've read so far today. To be fair. I just woke up, there's time for someone to top a journalist who doesn't understand the fundamental role of headlines in journalism.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

While companies are fucking up the assignment on Pride, my local public radio station, WFPK, is using the month to highlight a queer musician each day, all day, with a couple of songs and bits of trivia every hour from 6a-6p. You can stream them from anywhere, along with www.lpm.org/music/2025-0...

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WFPK's Songs In The Key of Pride

WFPK Celebrates Pride with Songs In the Key of Pride

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Class solidarity won’t ever happen without race solidarity. Race solidarity won’t happen without a reckoning. Somebody go tell Bernie Sanders.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

@annegolden.bsky.social we just became mutuals and I noticed you had Antioch in your profile. I'd love to hear more sometime. I only visited briefly in 2000, while I was at Earlham. The whole vibe of the town was amazing and the stories I heard were wild.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Black Panther is still one of the most visually arresting, gorgeous films I've ever seen. Every frame is so full of color, detail, and light. Even on television, it gives me a sense of the same chills I felt in the theater, the same sense of amazement. The same feeling of seeing and being seen.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Living in the Louisville Metro this weekend is so surreal. I just made my first ever real Derby bet thanks to a friend who's at the track today. At the same time, it's impossible not to think about the role immigration plays in keeping the racing industry going. How many people cheering voted

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sjoyner1965.bsky.social @sjoyner1965.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The idea of people refusing to vote bc they don’t want to compromise themselves morally is utterly foreign to Black folks, bc only an extreme amount of privilege makes it possible for people to treat voting as a statement of virtue rather than a tool to improve the material conditions of others.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I almost never repost GFMs but this is Meghan and she nearly lost one of her kids to suicide. If you know her from the other place, you know how dear her family is to her, and how warm, caring, and fierce they all are. Give if you can, share if you can't, please.

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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Sometimes in this fast-moving and complex modern world, it’s hard to know what’s right and what’s wrong. But here’s a handy rule of thumb: If you are ever on one side of an issue, and Sesame Street is on the other, YOU’RE the bad guy.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I'm 45 years old and all trans women have ever done to me in a bathroom is share excitement that her or my dress had pockets, compliment my shoes, and bring more tp. Cis women? Have threatened to get a manager, called me sir, and asked if I was in the right place. Guess who makes me feel safer.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

These were two of my gifts to my mother for her birthday yesterday. Both sets are handmade with a mix of glass and acrylic beads. The tiny (fake) pearls in the red and black set are upcycled from a multi-strand necklace she and I shared back and forth when I was a teenager.

Two jewelry sets of earrings and matched necklaces lie on a black background. On the left, the earrings are off-white rectangles with purple floral print. The necklace has the same bead at the center, on a strand of tiny white crystals. On the right, the earrings are red oval beads. The necklace is a strand of beads in black, hematite, and small pearls, with the larger red ovals and smaller red round beads set off-center.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Butches, mascs, studs, daddies, and dandies have always been present among queer women. Violet is kinder than I am. I just assume you're either too young to take seriously about anything or ignorant AF, most likely by choice because you're holding a whole library in the palm of your hand.

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Mapsandkeys, same as the other place @mapsandkeys.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

@libbityboo.bsky.social Saw this and immediately thought of you. Yes, I'm taking my meds.

Three people wrapped in one coat walk away from the camera. They are on a stone street. Text of the image reads "The reason life works at all is because not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day."

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Queen Thicktoria, Esq. @veeceemurphy76.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

We all need to grow up. Democracy is not a damned reality show. It's slow and boring.

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