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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How do we have nothing like Bulk Barn in the US??

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Its amazing! This was in the NYT feed:

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Are we sleeping on this other ridiculous poster these fools previously held up during this exchange? The font!!

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When the diner menu is so big they’re using 8 and 10-point font. I love Queens!

Image of a ridiculously crowded small font diner menu from Blue Bay Diner.

Image of a ridiculously crowded small font diner menu.

Close-up image of a ridiculously crowded small font diner menu.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

She actually is sleeping with her head in the crook of my arm 🥹 I can hear Caramel snoring. Lol. #Caturday

Image of an orange, black and gray tortoise shell cat (Chocolate) sleeping with her head perched in the crook of an elbow of a person in a magenta colored dress on a tan sofa

Image of a big fluffy orange boy (Caramel) curled up on the towel, covered arm of a sofa. His arm almost in circles his head, and he’s laying with his head almost flat down, so his chin is partially facing the ceiling.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Soooo excited-Judge Ana Reyes is the keynote speaker. She was Women’s Bar Assn of DC’s 2017 Woman Lawyer of the Year! And she is the first Latina and LGBT judge in DC! And is she the only judge with her dog in her official photo?? #RepresentationMatters

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The Honorable Ana C. Reyes
United States Judge for the District of Columbia
Judge Ana C. Reyes was appointed to the United States Distric! Court for the Distnct of Columbia in February 2023, making history as the first openly LGBTQ+ person and first Hispanic woman to serve on the D.C. federal district court. Her confirmation marked an important milestone for LGBTQ+ and Latino representation in the federal judiciary. Before joining the bench, she spent more than two decades at Williams & Connoily LLP, where she co-chaired the firm's International Disputes practice, served on its Executive Committee, and devoted thousands of hours to pro bono advocacy for refugees and asylum seekers.
An openly lesbian Latina and immigrant, Judge Reyes has become a powerful example of LGBTQ+ visibity al the highest levels of the legal profession and public service. Her career reflects the importance of representation, mentorship, and opening doors for those historically underropresented in the law. She has received numerous honors, including the Hispanic Natonal Bar Foundation's Judicial Leadership Award and the Women's Bar Association of D.C.'s Woman Lawyer of the Year Award.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You guys. Is it normal for the ABA president and president elect to attend an affinity bar assn’s annual conference? Happy to see this. We need to all work together now. To fight erasure. To fight attempts to criminalize people for who they are and who they love or where their parents were born.

ABA President-Elect Laura Farber-1st Latina President of the ABA who is very focused on the rule of law.

ANA President Barbara Howard speaking with HNBA LGBT division president-elect Brigit Greeson Alvarez in the background

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Now seeing Maribel Reynoso receive the inaugural Aliado/Aliada Award. #HNBA #RepresentationMatters

Image on a screen of Maribel Reynoso:
HNBA LGBTQ+ Legacy Fund
Impact
Maribel Reynoso, Esq., First Aliado/Aliada Award Recipient.
Mandel Reynoso is a California immigration ottornay and longtime advocate for tho LGBTOIA+.
The daughter of immigrants from Jalisco, Mexico, she darned her B.A. from UCLA and JD. from the University of Kansas School of Law.
For moro than 30 years, Marbel has served LGBTQIA: individuals and people iving with HIVIAIDS through nonprofit service, pro Dono advocacy, mentorship,
and drec! legal
reprosentalion. Her caroer has included work with the HIV & AIDS Loga! Services Alliance and decades of immigration practice before USCIS, the Departmant of State, EOIR, and the BIA. She has operated her own law firm since 2007 and is a frequent speaker on Immigration and LGBTQIA • representation.
Mandel is active in the NBA and numerous legal organizatons, including the Los Angeles County Bar Associaton and Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles. in 2025, sho receivad the LGBTQ Center of Long Beach's Ally Icon Award in recognition of her longstanding service and advocacy.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Watching Katie Cook receive the HNBA LGBTQ+ Legacy Fund Impact Award. She’s a graduate who’s doing immigration work and talking about helping her single mom clean houses. #firstgen #HNBA

Image of a young woman in a pink dress at a podium with a microphone speak.

Image on screen showing:

HNBA LGBTQ+ Legacy Fund
Impact
Katy Cook, Second HNBA LGBTQ+ Legacy Fund
Scholarship Recipient.
Katy C. Cook is a proud first-generation Venezuelan-American and 2026 graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, becoming the first in her family to cam both a college and low degree.
Before low school, she organized for immigrant rights in her hometown of Mami and graduated magna cum laude from Floride Intemational Universily. Dunng lo school, Katy focused her advocacy on Immigrants navigating the immigration and criminal legal systems, particularly those facing detentian and tre disproportionate harms expertenced by LGOTQ, low-income, and communities of color. Through tho UW Immigration Law Clinic and internships ith Al Otro Lado.
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and Uhe Snohomish County Public Defender Assocation, she reprosenfed survivors of trafficking and persecution, delended youth and adults, supported habeas corpus afforts, and mobilized fellow lan students to provide pro bono service lo immigrant communities.
This Taff, Kary joins the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Tacomo as an Equal Justice Works Fellow, providing cuffurally humble, client centered advocacy for immigranis novigating delention.
Her work reflects a commitment lo advancing justico for LGBTO• and omer marginalized Immigrants and safeguarding the dignily, freedom, and rights that ellow every person to tve openly and proudly os their authenlic self.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Amazingly diverse group of speakers today-in ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, segment of the legal industry, role, and more! #HNBA

6 people at a conference panel table-moderator Jeffrey Saavedra, Interlink partner Victor Marquez, Seyfarth Shaw’s Chief DEI officer Mira Dewji, immigration atty Sonia Figueroa, family law atty Liz Schwartz, and Lambda Legal’s Richard Saenz

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Spoke at the Hispanic Natl Bar Assn’s LGBT Division 11th Annual Leadership Summit today on executive presence and how your unique value differentiators drive your leadership style. Such a fun and engaging session with people who have been taught to be quiet & fit in. #ReresentationMatters #HNBA

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

LAST UPDATE: I am finally taking adhd meds today, 18 days after they were prescribed!! I cannot recommend Pill Plus Pharmacy at Van Ness metro enough!! The nicest people. They answer the phone! They deliver! I might be done with CVS forever.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Guess I really am a basic b*tch bec I really love long walks on the beach and sunrises over the ocean. #OceanCity

Blue pink and peach skies over a blue ocean with sand in the foreground, just pre-sunrise

Peach, orange and blue skies with a bit of the sun just peeking up over the horizon of the ocean

A half emerged sunrise over the ocean with blue peach and orange skies And a wave in the for

A fully emerged son just over the horizon of the ocean with some peach glints of sunshine on the water

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Also is my phone reporting my BlueSky posts to my other apps?

Truncated screenshot of an iPhone cover, showing an ATATtwork on the upper left corner with notifications turned off, a 60% battery and 5G in the upper right corner. The sits above the date and time in large letters above the words, notification center, and a pop-up notification from Yelp saying “the pool is calling pick up Sameena and find a pool in Washington“. All that is super imposed over a background photo of blue skies and a palm tree.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

BlueSky….please enjoy this painting in a neurology office’s patient exam room.

Painting showing an undersea landscape with sun shining from above the water down on a centrally-placed patient exam table just in front of equipment that look to be some kind of image scanning equipment. Giant starfish, coral, and fish are all around the medical equipment. The sun shining on the glowing medical table make it look heavenly or blessed

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

DC—who’s watching National Treasure at Cinemetery at Congressional Cemetery tonight? Come say IRL hi if you are! #DClife

Image of an old tall grey tombstone that you can only make out “Our Mother” on next to a smiling me!

A giant inflatable movie screen between trees and tombstones in front of people sitting on blankets and chairs

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Here’s the sushi I just walked down a street to order (out in Reston) because ordering takeout from their website redirects to DoorDash. NOPE-not giving DoorDash any business anywhere! @freedcproject.bsky.social #DeleteDoorDash #HandsOffDC

Plate of sushi I had to come on order instead of picking up bec I won’t give my dollars to a company asking Congress to strip DC of self autonomy

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Couldn’t leave Atlanta without getting some fried okra — or trying Paschal’s! Yes I got off the Atlanta airport shuttle a concourse early and wandered around to find this (FYI it’s *not* at Gate 12 like Google says but waaay at the back of the B concourse food court!) #Atlanta

Image of a divided food container with a lid open, holding a golden crispy piece of fried chicken, golden brown, fried okra, and macaroni and cheese next to a container of brown gravy open, all sitting on an airport gate seat.
All the food is from Pascal’s at Atlanta airport

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Omg! How did I live so much of my life without fried pork chops? Though the bartender saved me by insisting I get the gravy too because “you always need a little gravy.” Amazing! I had to take half home. Soooo good! Run don’t walk here when you’re in Atlanta: marymacs.com #Atlanta

Image of a plate laden with two giant pieces of perfectly fried golden delicious fried pork chop, a side of fried green tomatoes with a Parmesan herb dressing, a side of brown gravy for the pork chop and cornbread dressing with a white gravy on top. All from Mary Mac’s tea room

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

You guys! As a first-timer at Mary Mac’s, the bartender (I sat at the bar) gave me a complimentary bread basket (with a yeast roll and cornbread) and cup of “pot likker” (the leftover broth from cooking collard greens). Delicious! #atlanta

Image of a plastic bread basket covered in tissue paper and a small square of cornbread and a yeast roll. Next to it is a plate with a small glass bowl of a light green broth with a few pieces of collard greens in it. At top is a glass the table wine of the South (ie sweetea)

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Soooo excited for fried green tomatoes and a fried pork chop (?? I have never heard of such a thing!) and sweetea (“the table wine of the South”). #Atlanta

A cream-colored menu that says in green cursive “Welcome to ATLANTA’S Dining Room” and has a maroon image of a marquee sign that says Mary Mac’s Tea Room.

Back in 1945, Mary MacKenzie opened Mary Mac’s Tea Room near Peachtree Street on Ponce de Leon Avenue. In those tough days right after the end of World War II, enterprising women in search of a living, some of them mothers widowed by the war, were establishing restaurants all over Atlanta.

At the time, a woman couldn’t just open up a restaurant, so many female proprietors used the more refined Southern name of “Tea Room.” Mary Mac’s Tea Room was one of 16 tearooms in Atlanta and seated 75 guests. Today, Mary Mac’s is the only original tearoom that remains.

Mary Mac’s originally opened with one dining room; today, we have 6 bustling dining rooms and a full service bar. The restaurant has expanded to 13,000 square feet, occupying several storefronts, and is one of the city’s five-largest restaurants.

Though our restaurant has grown over the years, it’s still 1945 in the kitchen. We still do things the way Mary MacKenzie and her successor, renowned owner, Margaret Lupo (1962-1994), did things. We have a few people still serving and cooking at Mary Mac’s who have been employed with us for over forty-five years.

Every morning, we shuck bushels of corn, hand wash our carefully selected greens, and snap fresh green beans by hand. We bake our own scrumptious breads and desserts, like old fashioned banana pudding, coconut cake, and fresh Georgia peach cobbler, and brew up the best sweet tea - “Table Wine of the South”.

We welcome the generations of Atlanta families: Mary MacKenzie served their grandparents; Margaret Lupo served their parents; and now we welcome a new generation to Mary Mac’s.

The location has stayed the same, and the food remains nearly identical to what it was over seventy years ago.

We were recently honored by the State of Georgia and the House of Representatives with a special resolution for providing authentic Southern fare, always served with a side of Southern graciousness, and we were officially named "Atlanta's Dining Room".

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

He did!! She’s a brick…..hooooooouse.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Lol. He just did We Are The World.

Video of Lionel Richie singing We are the world on stage in Atlanta with his band

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I was obsessed with Mikhail Barishynikov and this movie in junior high. #GenX

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

12-year old Sameena would be ecstatic.

Image of Lionel Richie in a yellow jacket playing a white and clear piano and singing.

Image of a stage with Lionel in big block letters in the background. And a man in a yellow jacket at center stage

Image of a great suitcase with a yellow tag bearing a picture of Lionel Richie and the words HELLO? Is it me you’re looking for?

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Went to see SUFFS at Natl Theatre with members of @wlgactionnetwork.bsky.social In Our suffragette white and purple. SO GOOD! Run don’t walk to see it! So inspiring!

Two women wearing white with purple sashes look to each other in conversation.

A small broach says Votes for Women above a purple bow and Deeds Not Words below.

Smiling woman stands in a white dress and purple sash under a sign for SUFFS at National theatre

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Pretty shitty when your feed shows you KNOW you’re posting inaccurate photos. Clearly doing it for clicks. (1st photo posted 8 hours ago, 2nd posted 4 hrs prior) A mild example but truly unconscionable when you consider impact of inaccurate social media posts on our elections & entire democracy.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

That article contains the Best view of removal of his illegally-placed name on a slain American president’s memorial that were going to get (by AP Photo/Cliff Owen):

A worker removing the P in Trump’s name that Trump unlawfully slapped above slain President John F Kennedy’s name on his memorial center for the area. All just glimpsed through a break in the tarps the KenCen hung so thousands of DC residents and viewers around the world couldn’t cheer while watching the name removed.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Btw-here’s the now deleted post made claiming spending 14 hours putting up scaffolding and tarps up to remove the letters was routine/SOP construction.