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@pennilynnlott.bsky.social
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I never understood Twitter, glad to have a replacement I also don't understand! I have little to offer except general anger at the state of the world and pigeon pictures, you are welcome to both.

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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Here's a little curse I just came up with, feel free to direct it at your enemies: Every night for the rest of your life, may you see the insect you fear most on the ceiling above your bed just before going to sleep, and may it flee when you try to kill it so you can't see it but know it is there.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Combining two things I really like for the new year: tinned fish and art journaling.
A hand is holding open a small journal with "Tinned Fish of 2026" written on the left inner cover and a list of types of fish stamped on the right page.
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Parenting a small child is just constant improv with someone who doesn't know how to improv and takes everything way too seriously. My kid has apparently overheard us sarcastically saying the cats left us a "present" when they have vomited somewhere-
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Oh to be a pigeon painstakingly building a flimsy nest of paper with my true love.
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I will die on the hill of stuffed artichokes being the perfect T-Day side. The secret ingredient for the stuffing is anchovies. Don't ask me to explain, it just works.
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
These birds spent all day carefully and lovingly building their little nest of of paper strips and q tips only to lay their first ever egg right on the floor. Pigeons are terminally silly.
Two pigeons sit in the background, looking at their nest made of strips of paper on a fabric bed, while their single egg sits in the foreground on the cage floor.
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Report their posts and block this nonsense.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
it doesn't really fit the cadence of the song but also additionally TURN YOUR ADVERTISING TRACKING NUMBER THAT U PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW U HAVE OFF 🎶 TURN YOUR ADVERTISING TRACKING NUMBER THAT U PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW U HAVE OFF
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Quick, someone tell Chuck Schumer that the Baileys' parents all fought in WWII and would be rolling over in their graves if they knew a fascist president just declared war on the American people. Also, maybe that they have a trans grandkid or two.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 29/09/2025
I'm so glad you said this, because about 30 seconds ago, I published a newsletter piece detailing how conservatives have dump-trucked through all of the previously established common sense, nuanced, compromise positions on trans rights to get here: burns-notice.ghost.io/what-would-t...
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What Would Trans Compromise Even Look Like? (The Right Won't Accept It)
Conservatives and complicit centrists have obliterated every trans compromise position, so I don't know what we're supposed to do now. How would you react if I said that puberty blockers were once th...
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Real "Lady and the Tramp" energy from my boy Ransom and his new, very fancy girlfriend Fettucine.
One normal looking pigeon with mostly grey feathers and one fancy, mostly white pigeon sitting behind him. They are on a blue sofa looking out of a window.
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
As someone who has been pregnant a bunch, with mostly bad outcomes, fuck anyone trying to make pregnancy scarier than it already is. Tylenol is basically the only safe pain medication for pregnant people, and to try to make them scared to take it is sick.
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I know this places me firmly in "old man yells at cloud" territory, but you should have to actively accept an autocorrect suggestion. It shouldn't just happen. And when it does just happen and it's not what you wanted so you retype what you meant, it should NOT autocorrect again.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
I try to be rly visible & vocal when it comes to masking and it wrecks me every time I get responses from ppl who are thankful bc they feel so isolated and alone bc otherwise caring folks won’t do the bare minimum & wear a mask—reposted this old, but relevant read. Plz read & consider masking again.
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COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775. I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I spent most of yesterday in such a state of anxiety and paralysis that even my "Halloween novelty pop songs" playlist wasn't working its magic on my mental health- thank you Charlotte for the reminder that things are only hopeless when we act like they are!
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d. reed, crisp & juicy enjoyer 🦀🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇾 @justupthepike.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
for years Ada Villatoro’s El Golfo has been an institution in Silver Spring and a place where I’ve made so many fond memories. now, as she fights stage 4 breast cancer, she needs our help www.gofundme.com/f/community-...
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Donate to Community Support for Ada Villatoro, organized by Carlos Guevara
Support Ada Villatoro in Her Fight Against Stage 4 Breast Cancer Ada Villatoro … Carlos Guevara needs your support for Community Support for Ada Villatoro
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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 07/07/2025
everyone will see the initial images of them trying to project force, but they got chased out by a bunch of normal americans bearing fruit and foul language
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Is PAC-MAN a Langolier?
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
What ICE is doing is so massively cruel and immoral, and standing up against it is one of the most important things our politicians (and regular people) can do right now!!!
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 16/06/2025
this argument has at least two readily apparent fucked up implications imo one's silly: Bruenig seems lowkey cool w grave robbing & corpse defilement? but one's v serious: people who are disabled, youth, or otherwise face questions about their capacity to make choices can be forced into childbirth
screenshot from a Liz Bruenig piece in The Atlantic, reading

What is clear is that mapping abortion rights onto her case is difficult, because Smith herself is likely dead in the eyes of the law, a judgment that seems reasonable enough to me but that means there can be no legal weighing of maternal interests against those of the fetus, because the mother no longer has any interests. Nor can there be a violation of Smith's right to choose, because she is no longer making choices. This use of a human body to effectively treat

the text from 'but' to 'choices' is highlighted
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
funniest day online since the billionaire submersible went missing
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
A few weeks ago, Ms Rachel said "silence was never an option for me" and that was the hardest verse I had ever heard until now
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I just now, at 37, learned about the "Stephen King killed John Lennon" guy. What a treat!
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Today: I talked to one of my absolute heroes, @deborahb.bsky.social, about RFK Jr., how the US got food purity laws, the wild west of American food in the 19th century... and how to avoid going back to the days of formaldehyde milk and brick-dust spices. buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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Silver Spring / Takoma Park Mutual Aid @sstpmutualaid.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
TOMORROW: Mutual Aid Spring Fest, Sunday 4/27, 1-3pm in the park next to the Wheaton Library: Seedling share, glue repairs (& more), grief & growth gardens, zine making, darning demo, hygiene drive, mask share, kids clothes swap (including pregnancy clothes!), canned food swap, and potluck snacks.
Silver Spring/Takoma Park Mutual Aid
mutual aid spring fest
Sunday, 4/27, 1-3pm | Wheaton Library Park 
11711 Georgia Ave | near playground | free parking at library 
public transit: 0.7 mi from Wheaton metro, on Y2/Y7/Y8 bus lines
seedling share! 
glue repairs (& more)! 
grief & growth gardens! 
zine making! Darning Demo!
hygeine drive! mask share!
kids clothes swap!
canned food swap! 
Potluck snacks!
Bring:
Seedlings and seeds to swap!
Kids clothes to swap or gift
Broken things! Stuff that needs to be glued back together, electronics, small furniture,  etc.
Unopened/unused hygiene items
A pot to use to make your own grief and growth garden
A hungry tummy to partake in goodies - or bring food to share 
Canned food
Openness/willingness to learn a new thing: Zine making! Darning! What the heck is mutual aid?!
Leave with:
New friends! New community!
Repaired items :)
A full heart and belly!
Seedlings for your garden (veggies)
An honoring of your grief/resilience!
Clothes for growing kids
Masks to help keep everyone well!
Some cool zines!
Canned food
sstpmutualaid.wordpress.com

There are also some images of items like a wrench, glue, soap, a covid mask, and plants growing out of a pot. Silver Spring/Takoma Park Ayuda Mutua
Fiesta de Primavera 
de Ayuda Mutua
Domingo, 4/27, 1-3pm | Parque de la biblioteca de Wheaton
11711 Georgia Ave | circa de zona de juegos | aparcamiento gratuito 
transporte público: 0,7 millas del metro de Wheaton, Y2/Y7/Y8 líneas de autobús
colecta de higiene
intercambio de plantones
intercambio de ropa para niños
reparación de pegamentos (y más) 
Compartida de alimentos enlatados
jardines de dolor y crecimiento 
compartida de máscaras
creación de fanzines
merienda compartida
Traer:
¡Plántulas y semillas para intercambiar o regalar!
Ropa de niños para intercambiar o regalar
Cosas rotas: Cosas que necesiten pegarse, aparatos electrónicos, muebles pequeños, etc.
Artículos de higiene sin abrir/usar
Una maceta para hacer tu propio jardín de duelo y crecimiento
Alimentos enlatados
Una barriga hambrienta para participar en golosinas - o traer meriendas para compartir
Mente abierta/voluntad de aprender algo nuevo: ¡Hacer fanzines! zurcir ¿Qué diablos es la ayuda mutua?
Partir con:
Nueves amigues y nueva comunidad
Artículos reparados :)
¡Corazón lleno y barriga llena!
Semillas para tu jardín (verduras)
¡Un homenaje a tu dolor/resiliencia!
¡Unos fanzines chivos!
Ropa para niños en crecimiento
Alimentos enlatados
¡Máscaras para ayudar a la salud de todo el mundo!
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También hay algunos gráficos de elementos como una llave inglesa, pegamento, jabón, una mascarilla covid y plantas que crecen en una maceta.
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Hey every other dem politician- this is what we want you to be doing. Take notes!
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now
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onion person @junlper.beer · 14/04/2025
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 11/04/2025
Echoing points made by others today, in a country where getting an abortion or gender affirming care or protesting a genocide can be felonies, I am going to need everyone to stop talking about "the rule of law" and "innocent people" and "criminal records."
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Silver Spring / Takoma Park Mutual Aid @sstpmutualaid.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Mutual Aid Spring Fest, April 27 in Wheaton MD. Kids clothing swap, repairs, veggie seedlings, hygiene drive, mask giveaway, zine making, grief & growth garden (mental health), and ofc snacks! See you there! #mutualaid #silverspring #takomapark
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Sitting in the waiting room of a walk in lab, heard a small child screaming and crying (understandable!) while her blood was being drawn. When they said "okay, you're all done!" she WAILED "yaaayyyyy" while still sobbing. Deeply relatable, tbh.
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 23/03/2025
Like this post to be killed instantly by 70s Meiko Kaji. Repost this to be killed instantly by 70s Meiko Kaji
Japanese actress Meiko Kaji
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Excited for some escapist weekend reading! Never have I felt so held and soothed by a pre-book map.
A picture of the book "I Got Abducted By Aliens And Now I'm Trapped In A Rom-Com" by Kimberly Lemming.The map on the inside cover of the book, where most of the locations are named after brunch foods.
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Not a criticism, just a comment, but it would be SUPER if our cats would stop trying to one-up each other on rare and expensive medical conditions!
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Absolutely nothing beats the parenting high of saying "sorry, I don't make the rules" to a toddler for whom I absolutely make all of the rules.
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Okay, everything is awful BUT a kindly internet stranger helped me track down this apparently formative text from my childhood and I am overjoyed.
A picture of the 1977 Starlog magazine photo guidebook to science fiction aliens.A random page from the Starlog alien photo guide.
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
My feed right now is basically 1.) Horrors, 2.) Recommendations for Black authors, and 3.) Cats. I'd like much more of 2 and 3 to help combat 1, so here are my sons to help out. Also go read some Rivers Solomon, why don't you.
The handsomest and least clever orange cat you've ever seen being snuggled by his bestie, a similarly handsome and dimwitted black cat on a blue blanket.
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Happy #NationalSweaterDay 😊 It’s always a great day to see LeVar Burton and Mister Rogers smiling in their sweaters while reading a book 💛
LeVar Burton smiles next to a smiling Mister Rogers, both are wearing sweaters, as they hold a book
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Alise @shereadytoread.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
If you are a BLACK INDIE AUTHOR, reply to this tweet with a blurb about your book and a link of where to purchase it. If you are a reader please repost this! #booksky #blackbooksky #diversebooks #blackhistorymonth
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I cannot recommend highly enough that everyone have at least one librarian/researcher friend. Mine just randomly told me that the word hobby derives from a Middle English nickname for my name (Robin), and it made my whole day.
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The Bookwench 🇨🇦🐱🏳️‍🌈 @shiftercat.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Mothman would be 100% on board.
A picture of the Mothman looming menacingly over a downed man. This picture is inside a circle stamped with, "Good Night Alt-Right". Text below reads, "West Virginia's Legendary Mothman is America's First Urban Legend to Take an Official Position Against Racism."
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
"We know you’re out of power. We understand you’re in the minority. We hear that, loud and clear. What we’re not hearing is your anger. We’re not hearing your outrage. We’re wondering whether or not you actually hear us." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/comms-advi...
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Comms Advice for Democratic Lawmakers
You didn't ask, but I'm offering it anyway.
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pennilynnlott.bsky.social @pennilynnlott.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I guess yesterday was as good as day as any to learn that Cera's dad in The Land Before Time is Daddy Topps.
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