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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 14h

#HauntedHotel is very cute and season two was great. I highly recommend it for some cozy October vibes.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The #AnnaPigeon finale gave us a Canadian GIFT and I am suddenly even happier it got renewed for a second season.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Today, Day 4, was short but sweet and mostly involved LL Cool J and Jennifer Beals. #NYCC

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Day 3 was yesterday and was once again so great I forgot to post. It involved the Labyrinth worm, jello shots, Deborah Ann Woll, the cast of Children and Blood and Bone, and a delightful dinner. And more! #NYCC

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Today is my 10-year anniversary at @autostraddle.bsky.social! What's crazy is my very first piece on the site was about Supergirl, and this weekend I finally met Melissa Benoist. Life is strange!

Screenshot of my first post on AS 10 years ago titled "Superqueero Roundup Recap: "Supergirl" is as fun and feminist as ever on its new network"

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

At one point during the panel we're in, I looked over and @clonenic.bsky.social's literal wife was asleep next to her and my platonic life partner @njnic23.bsky.social was asleep next to me, and that's how I know it has been a great #NYCC so far.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yesterday was such a blur, almost forgot to post. #NYCC Day 2. Matthew Lillard panel, met Melissa Benoist (!!!), Blumfest + Mike Flanagan.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#NYCC Day 1, Part 2. Punky & the Nics, Arrowverse (read: Flash) panel, mermaid beer, Helluva Boss panel.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#NYCC Day 1, part one. Badge, Idina Menzel panel, Brooklyn Nine-Nine panel, Vision Quest beer.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The very first thing I did when I heard Goodreads had quarter-star levels now was go back and change my review of my #1 nemesis book from 1 star to 0.25 stars since I could only get it down to 0.5 on Storygraph and I'm petty like that.

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meg jones wall // 3am.tarot @megjoneswall.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

today is the final day to sign up for my collective grief program, RIVER STYX. from a participant in the first cohort: "thank you for granting me the tools to navigate my grief after so many years of flailing aimlessly in it." let's tend your grief for the world together, and let's start tomorrow.

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the river styx: navigating grief & finding your flow

a ten-week community resilience program for navigating the waters of collective grief

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What if I quit all my jobs and go live under the Triboro Bridge so I never have to read client feedback ever again.

Comment that says "Dual Rule makes me think there’s going to be a single rule that summarizes the concept. These seem like two distinct principles."

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Do you ever feel like you've scrolled on TikTok so long the algorithm is really throwing spaghetti at the wall re: what content to serve you? Tonight I have somehow seen almost all of a Brazillian production of Mean Girls the Musical one number at a time. I'm not mad about it.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/09/2026

it is extremely funny every time they try this “look at this malevolent, sinister agent of communism” *smash cut to the most cheerful man alive*

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love finding out I'm even more chaotic than I realized by having a friend say "I just did a very Valerie thing" and then describing something you thought was PERFECTLY NORMAL AND TOTALLY REASONABLE but apparently is...not.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have a list of LGBTQ+ websites I check for news as I'm doing my weekly pop culture link roundup for Autostraddle and so many of them are owned by the same company now it's just a bunch of websites recycling the same exact articles. Bleak!

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was fine during the movie but I'm pretty sure I was IN the backrooms in my dreams that night.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Had a gummy and am gonna watch Backrooms. Either the best or worst idea I've ever had. I'll find out in two hours I guess.

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Carla @carlafowler16.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My half marathon is just a few weeks away! I’m raising money again for the Muscular Dystrophy Association to give help and hope to so many families, including mine. Please donate if you can. Simply sharing the link for others to see helps too! Thank you 💜 mda.donordrive.com/participants...

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I'm supporting Muscular Dystrophy Association

Join MDA and help me fund research for cures for MuscularDystrophy, ALS and related #neuromuscular diseases.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tell me why I just had to shut off AI tools on my BASIC-ASS WINDOWS NOTEPAD. You know, the app on my laptop I use BECAUSE it has no features!!!! It's my digital scrap paper WHY IS AI EVEN HERE. :wail-sings Uninvited into the void:

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I wish LinkedIn had a feature that was the opposite of connections. An "I never want to work with this person again" feature. So a big red warning pops up if this person is ever attached to any projects I'm hired for. I'm fighting for my life in the comments of a SharePoint document and I'm TIRED.

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Nic 🌈 @njnic23.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nolan Xavier Wells.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I really wanted to like the new #LizzieBorden season of the #MonsterNetflix series. Alas. It was very obvious to me that this story about women was made mostly by men. I wrote a review breaking down the few things I liked and everything I didn't about the show. www.autostraddle.com/monster-the-...

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'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story' Maybe Should Have Axed Everything but the Gay Stuff

Let's just say it was not the feminist masterpiece Ian Brennan apparently thought he had on his hands.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Do I NEED a certificate from a pre-pre-med course for prospective medical students? No, no I don't. But I've earned one, damn it!

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think if I'm copy editing/proofreading entire online courses (meaning I'm reading each lesson multiple times, and having to understand it so well that I'm correcting it) I should get whatever certificate or qualification it awards by the time the job is over.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My small but mighty team of #PunkyPlays pals: Things are a bit chaotic over here, so stream might start a little late tonight. Also, I don't think I have the bandwidth to start a new game, so we might play around in Fortnite and collect sprites. We'll start the spooky stuff soon though, promise!

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm so sorry to hear this, Ali. He sounds wonderful. Sending you love. 💜

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Went for a walk. Didn't help. I am VIBRATING. I am the guy from that one Lonely Island song.

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Andy Samberg: Great Day!

ALT: Andy Samberg: Great Day!

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I never learned how to caffeinate in moderation. I forget I can't default to my old coffee order because my tolerance is WAY lower than it used to be. A Diet Coke now does for me what a latte might have done before. Today I had Exedrin migraine and a cold brew and I feel like the damn Roadrunner.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I was a caffeine addict from age 14 to about three years ago. "Caffeinated" started to mean baseline alive and there was no way for me to get my energy levels above baseline. So I quit daily caffeine, got a new baseline, and now, when I DO need an energy boost, caffeine actually works. HOWEVER.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I HATE THE INTERNET'S GENERAL DECISION TO PIVOT TO VIDEO. UNDECIDE IT, WORLD! PLEASE!! I am a stationary medium gay! 😭

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Holy shit. Not even just saying it because you told me to but that is genuinely incredible!! And I've always wanted to do an amnesia arc I'M EXCITED TO LISTEN.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We would be so efficient it would be stupid.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Also I can practically hear my friends laughing at me and my 900 spreadsheets at the first sentence but I STAND BY WHAT I SAID.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I do not consider myself to have a lot of Capricorn tendencies, but I sure do feel my mermaid goat horns rearing their head when everyone on a team I'm working with is being bad at communication and VERY inefficient and I just want to grab the reins and be like PLEASE JUST LET ME HANDLE THIS.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

(I mean I bit my tongue a LITTLE. I did make some wee suggestions so at least *I* didn't have to DOUBLE MY WORKLOAD like some of these fools are doing to themselves.)

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Nothing grinds my gears in a work environment than everyone doing everything in the least efficient way possible. I'm a contracted copywriter so I have to bite my tongue to keep from being like MAY I FIX ALL YOUR PROCESSES BECAUSE GOOD LORD YOU'RE ALL WASTING SO MUCH OF YOUR OWN TIME.

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Valerie Anne @punkystarshine.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just got the gentlest little kiss on the wrist from a dog I walked by who I am confident would be taller than me standing on his hind legs. 🥹

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