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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿

@musicalgal123.bsky.social
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Teacher (M.Ed) and Advocate. Disabled, Polyam, Queer, Jewish. Religious abuse survivor. She/he/they. Quick to block. Deal with it.

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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am attempting to build a habit of going to the gym. It's not easy because I HATE it with a firey passion. But my roomie prefers going with someone and I'm more likely to go if I'm going with someone. So we're going together.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I've only lost about 5 lbs since starting my GLP1 journey. And I'm very happy with the progress. It's a healthy rate of weight loss. However, what made my day today... Someone who didn't know I was fighting to lose weight or on a GLP1 saw me and immediately went "you've lost weight! I can see it!"
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you cannot fast for #YomKippur due to health reasons (even if it's mental health reasons), then don't. It's important to take care of your body and the mitzvot takes that into account. But, if you still WANT to fast when you can't, here are some ways to honor both your body's need and still fast
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Okay so I've figured out one definite negative side effect of taking Mounjaro. I have full body aches the two days after the injection. Luckily, they're not too bad and I can work through them but it's definitely related to the injection.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I don't weigh myself often. The scale and I have a rough history. It's a quick way to trigger my intense body hatred. But I also need to track progress now that I'm on a GLP1. So I weighed myself when I started and I'm gonna aim for every two weeks. Enough to track but not mess with my head.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Got a massive apple from a local farm stand and local honey. Apples and honey for breakfast. I'll snack on my pomegranate later today. Heard the Shofar yesterday. It's starting off as a pretty good year.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This morning I had the honor of opening the Rosh Hashanah service for my Shul by singing with the Rabbi and the Cantor.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My first week with a GLP1 and I notice the following. - It's way easier to determine if my snacking is actually my being hungry or just bored/seeking sensory input. And it's much easier to stop myself from snacking. - I don't want bigger meals. I notice myself feeling full / sated faster.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I just did my first injection of Mounjaro. Fingers crossed for manageable side effects. But I did it.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Part of my PMOS is weight gain. Even when I have eaten super well and exercised a lot, I gain weight. My insulin and sugar levels are very good. But I still gain weight. So my doc wants to try me on a GLP1 to see if we can control the weight gain symptom of my PMOS.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I am excited and humbled and just blown away. I am singing for my shul's Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. I'm doing a reading at one of the Yom Kippur services. This is a huge honor and I'm just blown away by this wonderful chance.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The itchy stage of tattoo healing has started already. I wanna claw my leg off. I always forget how awful the tattoo healing process can be. Don't get me wrong, it's not stopping me. I have 7 pieces and will get more. But it sucks till it's healed.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Today was a very good day. I finally got to celebrate my conversion in ink. I'm gonna be hurting for a bit but it was worth it. I deeply love how it looks. I'm very very happy.
Tattoo of an earth with the blue and green colors in watercolor. Above the earth, in Hebrew letters, is the phrase "Tikkun Olam."
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My Amethyst just had her yearly vet appointment. She's a healthy baby. She's angry with me and scared out of her mind, but she's a healthy baby.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
That's my first dentist related panic attack since I first started going to this dentist. And it affirms that this practice really is trauma informed. I go non verbal when I'm panicking. Combine that with this hygienist was new to me and doesn't know how terrified I get at the dentist. (+)
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
On one hand, I'm having a lot of fun in my live action role playing game cause I'm using the character to explore themes of stereotypes vs reality. (The character looks like a stereotype physically but she dresses very differently and she acts very differently). (+)
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
So glad I read the comic Punk Rock Jesus. Incredible story. Had me hooked. Definitely leaves you questioning but it was fantastic. And the part of me that desperately hates Xtian Fundamentalism and Xtian Nationalism, it was amazing reading a story that shared how bad the extremism is.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Meet the teacher night is on my birthday... I'll be working from 8 am to 6:30 pm on my birthday. Uggghhhh Good thing I had already planned for other activities on other nights
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
My niece just came out to me through her mom. She told her mom that she now has a girlfriend and has had one for two months but they didn't know how to say it (not for fear, just first crush reasons). She told her mom and asked her mom to tell me. I practically squealed. My niece is a baby queer!
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I'm allowed to ask for help. It's not weakness when I ask for help. It's not a bad thing when I ask for help.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Playing D&D tonight and the party is fighting a Keg-Golem. Only my brain went "Golem? Can I stop it by finding which letter to remove?" Not gonna lie, it made me happy to realize my first thought was to see it as a very Jewish Golem and not just a D&D creature.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I've always wondered what to do with my wedding ring and engagement ring now that I'm not married. My mom had suggested I get them remade into something I like. I think I know what I'm getting them remade into... A Magen David for a necklace. In the center of the star, my London Blue Topaz
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I'm listening to the influencer, Rebecca Rogers, tell the story of her ex husband and the abuse he put her through. And while my ex wasn't as bad as he, too much is resonating and there are too many parallels between her story and my own.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I try very hard not to yell at other staff in the building, especially in front of students. But if the iPad is the student's voice, you DO NOT EVER take it away from them. And I will yell at you for it, no matter who else is in the room to see it happen.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I finally have a crew to play Betrayal at the House on the Hill Legacy with
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Today I have tickets to see Hadestown in theatre. I'm going with my roommate and my sister in law. My roommate and I both saw it on Broadway and are very aware of how heart wrenchingly beautiful this show is. My sister in law has no idea what she's in for. I cannot wait.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I finally have the appointment for the tattoo that celebrates my being fully Jewish. (Yes I'm a Jew with tattoos. If you've got a problem with that, deal with it in your own space.)
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Well just had a wild series of crazy related coincidences that lead to suck. - It's been really hot out - The heat is finally breaking with a huge thunderstorm - My roomie's dog can't handle thunderstorms so had massive accidents in the kitchen - I mopped up the kitchen floor, obviously (+)
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Today I hung out with my friends from college, specifically my karate club friends. I met them as a freshman and a white belt. They were both black belts. They've since both gotten far better in their fighting skills and abilities. I consider both of them some of the best fighters I know.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I fucking love my partner more than I have words for. Part of my ADHD is that I'm very passionate and boisterous and big with my emotions/reactions. I regularly have people hate that part of me. I've lost friends over it. My ex told me my emotions weren't real because of it. I'm usually okay (+)
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Proof my partner is amazing - we can logically and casually discuss the why's behind our kinks. And still remember that the important part is we love sharing those moments together and how safe we feel together.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It's still very early, considering it hasn't even been 24 hours since the clot was removed, but my grandma is doing remarkably well. She's not at 100% but already better than she was when she was showing signs of her stroke. She's probably getting discharged to a stroke rehab facility in a few days.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hey #Jewtok - can y'all say a Mi Sheberach for my grandma? She's currently being rushed to the ER for a probable stroke. Her name is Bev.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I had a really rough nightmare last night. I had been moved from special education reading teaching to 6th grade general education math teaching. I found out on the first day of school. My union could do nothing to help. I'm so glad it was just a dream.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Tonight is my first time attempting to watch Lilo and Stitch since my divorce. It was a movie I loved but it was also one of my ex-husband's favorite movies. I'm hoping my SIL's love of it will help my brain override the pain caused by my ex.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I don't feel well today. I'm having a bad IBS flare and I believe some trapped gas. I'm miserable. I don't have the spoons for making food so I ordered some. I also ordered ginger ale, hoping it'll help me feel better. I HATE carbonated beverages. Even my roomie went "you really don't feel well"
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I had an iced tea with some 🍃 mixed in. I had it at the beginning of tonight's D&D season. It usually takes about 2 hours to kick in. It's been an hour. We're in the middle of combat. This is gonna be so much harder for me now. Lol
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
One of my favorite parts of teaching at an Intermediate School and working with all 3 grades of students is the relationships I get to build. I meet kids in 4th grade who hate reading and avoid it like the plague. We work together for 3 years. At the end of 6th grade, I have readers. (+)
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A weird experience of no longer eating wheat is testing out different gluten free versions of my go to comfort foods. Tonight I'm trying gluten free blue box Mac and cheese.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I gave my first ever D'var Torah today for Pride. It was how our labels tell our story and help us honor each other. I was terrified but I did it and it resonated with a lot of people (going just based on their responses during the Oneg). #Jewish #Pride #Queer
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If you need a good laugh, Dimension 20: On a Bus (Season 2) has been making my morning. So far my favorite moment has been, Katie the Dragon Master saying "Roll to see if the kiss is good" and Matt Mercer answering with "actually, that's legit"
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Played some D&D tonight. DM planned for us to be fighting in a tower and working our way up to the big bad. Instead we used a combination of giant goats and thaumaturgy to convince the mooks that a demon goat was knocking down the tower. They ran out frightened and we destroyed them in a (+)
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
My brother's birthday celebration is today. His kids picked out a meal I can't have (chicken pot pie and cheese cake) because I can't eat wheat anymore. But it's fine cause I wanted an excuse to make cottage pie and I have gluten free cheese cake. It's gonna be a tasty birthday celebration.
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Genel Jumalon 🍉 @geneljumalon.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.
CBS MORNINGS ON YOUTUBE (JUNE 4, 2026)

Interviewer: I read that you do not want to embrace Al.

Kane: Absolutely not.

For me the whole point of doing what I'm doing-art is a way of processing life. I don't see the value in outsourcing any element of that.

When I'm looking at someone else's project, if I see an element of the environment [where] they use generative fill or whatever to change something about the scene, it just shuts off the part of my brain that wants to know more about that world. Because I would assume if they're willing to make an arbitrary choice there, they could make an arbitrary choice with literally anything.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My nephew is 6 years old. His best friend is a 5 year old girl in his class at school. She had an accident this weekend and passed away. Any suggestions for how to best support my nephew as he manages this big and new feelings about death? I'm good to help but I know this one is gonna be tough.
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💀VØ1D ==> CCE 2026🚫👑🍉🏳️‍🌈 @v01dwalker.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A reminder to all those on the line right now starving and fighting in the Chemical Row. We are stronger together Now and for forever
A red background image with a brick being hurled at a block of ice. The ice is carved into the shape of a jail cell with icicles as the bars and the name Delaney Hall above them. Above the ice block is a brick with the Iron Front logo on the front and the side with the numbers 07105 on the brick. 
Text above the ice reads "BRICKS ARE STRONGER" with text below reading "THAN ICE"
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
There's something very cool about planning my first D'var Torah. My Rabbi even commented that she's excited to see the message I have to share and that she's so happy I'm helping to plan that Shabbat.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I decided to watch The Pitt cause I tend to like medical dramas. There's a sense of relief I get watching them and believing that doctors will actually care. I've reached the end of season 1. I'm a school teacher. I know this isn't even at a school but it's really hard to watch.
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Kris / Shira 🏳️‍🌈 ♿ @musicalgal123.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
My synagogue did a Facebook ad for a concert they're hosting. I'm now watching their Facebook page fill with antisemitic comments. I'm so saddened by the world sometimes.
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