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Stephanie Allen

@stephallen.bsky.social
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Fantasy writer and tired millennial who works in special education. Former gen ed teacher, school library assistant. Completed three degrees before being diagnosed with ADHD. Probably trying to find coffee right now. She/her. linktr.ee/stephallen

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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He got really into gardening this summer and it really is the perfect hobby for him. He gets to play with as much dirt as he wants!
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
(To be clear, the hole is for a garden bed. But also my child does genuinely love digging holes for no reason.)
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
13yo showed me the chat (he ended up just muting it) and mostly it’s been his brother sharing progress updates on the hole he’s digging in the backyard and their friends complimenting said hole, as well as his “prize dirt pile.” No one has asked questions about why my child is digging a hole.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We put our AC away last week. I refuse to pull it back out.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'd hope that all the math teachers using 67 as answers to problems would kill that particular trend, but so far, no luck!
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So the thing is...none of us hired the ice cream truck. It was just there. Idling. Playing its jaunty tune over all of the instructions being given. All of us will be forever haunted by its song.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I forgot to share this gem from this week. Student: "It's so embarrassing." Me: "What's so embarrassing?" Student: "YOU ARE, Stephanie!" If you have any ego at all, working in a high school is not for you.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 02/10/2026
So former NFL kicker Jay Feely is running for Congress as a MAGA guy and his opponent just put out an ad with a bunch of his missed kicks lol
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This seems relevant
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Executions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've never played Minecraft, but I do dissociate for an hour after work every day by trying to rebuild community in a strangely wholesome post-apocalyptic hellscape (Pokopia), so I really do respect his craft.
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Star @star.telstarcat.xyz · 29/09/2026
why is jason kelce dressed like he's getting to the bottom of this
Screenshot of an ESPN halftime segment with Jason Kelce wearing a flat cap and a beige-patterned overcoat with a black tie and white undershirt. Chiron below reads "Jalen Hurts (PHI): Rush TD at end of half, ball was snapped with 1 second left"
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I recently found out she’d been regularly emailing me for a few weeks but all of the messages went to my spam folder so I never saw them.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My kids are in middle school and last year one of their friends was selling pencils that he'd picked up off the floor in classrooms and hallways back to their classmates. It sounds like he made good money doing it. He ended up paying my kids to help collect said pencils.
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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ANNUAL HALLOWEEN REMINDER THAT ANYTHING WITH ACTIVATED CHARCOAL *WILL* FUCK WITH YOUR MEDICATIONS
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
But honestly, I feel like anyone who has that much money and has decided to spend it on bullying children instead of getting an actual hobby is a deeply weird person, so. There's that.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And then the trans girls in sports initiative would make it harder for ALL girls to participate in sports by making them prove they're "biologically female" (whatever that means), and yes, this is the one that includes female genital inspection, which is weird! There's just no other way to say it!
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To be clear, based on both professional and personal experience, if a child doesn't want their parent(s) to know something, there is usually a very good reason for that. So approving this initiative would put a lot of vulnerable children at risk.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
State law transfers control over mental and reproductive healthcare to the child when the child turns 13. Unless the child consents to information being shared with parents or anyone else, parents don't have access to that information. So anyway, certain people don't like this.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I read through the text of the parental rights initiative and most of the rights that parents would supposedly gain over school records are already rights that we have. The thing that would actually be expanded is removing the right for teens to decide who can access their counseling records.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They also have a throwaway reference to Heywood's two other initiatives: "expand parental rights over school records and ban transgender girls from playing scholastic sports". That also needs A LOT of clarification.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They mention the revenue would help and/or solve our state's "fiscal woes". Specifically, that money is supposed to be used for families and education -- school funding, early learning, etc. So Heywood et al want to take money from children. Cool.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Washington hasn't taxed its millionaires yet. The law doesn't go into effect until 2028. This gets mentioned in the article, but not until closer to the end, when it's also mentioned that the state supreme court is supposed to hear a challenge to the law soon.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My favorite quote in this article is Brian Heywood asking "Who do you trust?" and well, Brian, it's certainly not you! But also I wouldn't trust the NYT on this because this headline is misleading and they're missing some information!
nytimes.com
Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed. (Gift Article)
Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My 12yos got added to a group chat by a classmate. One of them was actively participating, trying to put names to the numbers that weren't already in his phone. His brother looked at his phone, saw how many messages there were, and said "This is terrible, I'm leaving."
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today a student saw me dancing and started laughing. Me: Oh, is my dancing funny? Student: Yes. Never do it again.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is me when I do sheet pan meals 🙃
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Remember how far you le gom not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be. Says Skeletor always doing what he can to move forward, even if in the tiniest steps.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
12yo, on some long tangent: "...and then a box will show up in the mail, and in it will be a demon that wants to eat your SOUL." Me: "Dude, that's just my Ulta order."
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
the talking fox pondering the mysterious sight of not one but three hobbits sleeping out of doors under a tree
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I agree with you on all of this except Cailliou. I will take my hatred of that show to the grave.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The ancient Egyptians loved to go on picnics with their friends and family into the mountains/ gebels around Luxor 3500 years ago. We know this because they left inscriptions where they started "Spending the day..." Hiking and enjoying the outdoors is as old as we are.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Food safety
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
School started last week so I’m back to my job in a high school. Hoping to get back to my WIP research once my schedule settles down and I’m less tired from work 😅 #WeeknightWriters
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you think that you can’t properly insult someone without involving ableism, you have never been in a room with a nun, a Scottish mother, or Shakespearean actor.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A student called me a “mortifying bagel” last year. Creative, not ableist, really just an A+ insult.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"you're gonna get left behind if you don't start using ai" oh thank god, please leave me behind, i'm good over here, i do not want to go to there
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
QTP with your favorite Fairy-Type Pokemon. My feral queen 🥺
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Screaming Tail
Alt: A gif of Scream Tail screaming. She looks a lot like Jigglypuff in that she's pink and round, but she also looks distinctly feral, has fabulous winged pink eyeliner, and a long, pink ponytail-type thing sprouting from the top of her head.
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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
⸙࿔*:・༄˖°
A drawing of a crow standing in the rain. The caption reads, "It's okay to just muddle through right now. "Good enough" is, in fact, good enough."
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
He has never done a single thing wrong in his life
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 09/08/2026
Going through my parents' stuff and found this weird little gal. She's a transistor radio. Her right eyeball is tuner and her left eyeball is power/volume.
A tan plastic with gold mechanical owl. Very cute.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Housecleaning by Nikki Giovanni
TEXT: Housecleaning
i always liked house cleaning
even as a child
i dug straightening
the cabinets
posting new paper on
the shelves
washing the refrigerator
inside out
and unfortunately this habit
has carried over and i find
i must remove you
from my life
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Omg Biscuit is such an adorable name 🥺
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Seattle Times comes out against I-638. It s terrible law, based in bigotry, that hurts all girls who want to compete in school sports, requiring invasive sex testing. If you’re in WA state or know someone who is, please spread the word: Vote NO on I-638. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...
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Seattle Times recommends 'No' on I-638, ban on trans girls in sports | Editorial
If this were a “Washington problem“ it would be worth studying as a pressing issue to be resolved by the electorate, informed with science. But it is not.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I informed Husband that he’s in charge of bedtime tonight because I’m going to go to bed SO EARLY.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It’s the first week of school and I’m so tired that it took me a full two minutes to realize that the grilled cheese wasn’t actually cooking because I never turned the burner on 🙃
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
FIL: "How was the first day of school?" 12yo: "TERRIBLE." This was not the conversation my FIL was expecting.
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I love that he considered safety as part of this plan!
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Stephanie Allen @stephallen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I do, however, have some questions about what the plan was with the laser and glass.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
amazing stuff
"This government hates us and wants us dead," Kathleen Hanna remarked during Bikini
Kill's set. "They don't give a shit about anybody's healthcare. They don't care if we're dying in parking lots of curable illnesses.
They don't give a shit. They don't care if our rights are taken away. They're ripping people off the streets. I'm not gonna tell you all the bad things! But I am gonna say it makes it hard for me in my body sometimes to have a good time. 'Cause it's hard to turn it off. And I was thinking that on the way here. I was like,
'What a gift.' What a gift we have to be able to play for you. What a gift Olivia has given all of us to do this festival.
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