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JustABat

@susansays.bsky.social
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She/Her Progressive stuck in the South. Accidental cat person. Clumsy as F*ck. I don’t social media much but read like I could possibly finish my TBR (I cannot). On StoryGraph as justabat.

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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Wicked History series has a book on him geared for that age but it appears to be hard to find. ThriftBooks has it sometimes.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They were also fairly wary of allowing their pictures on social media for advertising. Kids are figuring it out, man.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just spent several hours being adult supervision at a teen theater night. They had a great time, nobody was excluded, and not a single kid took a phone out the entire time. They were encouraging each other and did large group karaoke specifically so the introverts could get on stage comfortably.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 27/07/2026
Hey folks! Rent is due again and the lawyers need more money to try to get us back our original money, we live in a society. (lol) (cry) Welcome to ETSY THREAD!!! Everything in the shop is 20% off for the next 48 hours, enjoy the nerdy shopping! thebrokencircle.etsy...
20% off every order
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Got the first of our @romancingthevote.com auction items in the mail today and teen GASPED in delight at the extra tiny turtle happy. We still have a couple of hand-painted items to come but those are still being made. I love this for us and for democracy.
Picture of a small trinket box with a democracy-loving mockingbird design on top and a tiny turtle of freedom swimming alongside, our prizes from the Romancing the Vote auction. Because we live in the US Deep South where voting rights are a general suggestion but every little bit helps.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
My husband has been stuck in a NYC airport ALL DAY because of storms and is now on his way to a hotel in NJ because there is nothing left near the airport. He MIGHT get home Monday. Maybe. Happy birthday, love! We need to break this airline curse.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Broke up with my gyn of 25 years today. I am no longer giving people any benefit of the doubt and I’m damn sure not accepting gaslighting from medical professionals. Fuck that.
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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 15/07/2026
Hello, friends! Today is the day. We're begging everyone to get their payments in before tonight! Only 77 people are left out there, and I suspect many aren't seeing these posts because they are new to the auction this year! Please repost this reminder to contact us if you haven't gotten an email!
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 04/07/2026
On this Fourth of July, celebrate by getting yourself or a loved one a $20 ticket to learn about all the ways in which Samuel Alito is a whiny pissbaby. www.32auctions.com/organization...
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Samuel Alito is a whiny pissbaby
Auction item 'Samuel Alito is a whiny pissbaby' hosted online at 32auctions.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 04/07/2026
But don't stop there! You can ALSO get your loved one a ticket to Claire's event, so you can learn about how badly JD Vance's book sucks! www.32auctions.com/organization...
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Zoom Bookclub for Haters (Recorded)
Auction item 'Zoom Bookclub for Haters (Recorded)' hosted online at 32auctions.
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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 04/07/2026
Did you miss the writing cat familiar the first time around? Well, don't miss this--writing familiar duos!
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Writing Familiar Enamel Pin Duo
Auction item 'Writing Familiar Enamel Pin Duo' hosted online at 32auctions.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
In honor of Independence Day I will repair some of my favorite auction items I can’t afford to continue bidding on! I did get my budget limit in But It Nows but left things behind I wanted. So many incredible items.
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Sally Sultzman @sallysultzman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Guys, this art set by @rafinley.bsky.social for @romancingthevote.com is just gorgeous and a BARGAIN. I love her work! GO GO GO! www.32auctions.com/organization...
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Gesture Art Set
Auction item 'Gesture Art Set' hosted online at 32auctions.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I have been outbid beyond my budget on every auction item I was watching and have purchased all the Buy It Now’s I was wanting… except this one. Ohhhh. I want it. It’s educational… for the teens!
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Romancing the Vote @romancingthevote.com · 30/06/2026
Hello everyone! On the day before the auction, we're going to talk about WHY we do this, something that has particular salience on the day that final SCOTUS opinions are released and we once again have to try to remove the knives from our backs.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I feel their pain. Our house is so old it’s hard to keep cool. I’m too far into perimenopause for summer.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It’s also the “If it requires going outside, the answer is no” portion of summer. My teen lumps the J months into one long hell. You know, June, July and Jaugust.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We’ve reached the “I will not do laundry during the daylight hours” portion of summer. I hate it here.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/06/2026
Happy belated birthday to Octavia Estelle Butler, born June 22, 1947
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 23/06/2026
“ I watched my baby take his first breath, and I watched my baby take his last breath,” Vellesiya Wiley said, eight days after a police officer shot and killed her 1-year-old son in her arms in Senatobia. The family is seeking an independent autopsy and demanding the release of video footage.
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‘I Watched My Baby Take His Last Breath’: Kohen Wiley’s Family Demands Video of Baby’s Shooting
The family of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley called for the release of videos of the police shooting that killed him at a Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
My mom was beloved and cooked as a love language. But she was also ADHD. A running joke is her pancake recipe she gave to me which is literally a list of ingredients on a notepad. No measurements. No instructions. The only measurement is “Buttermilk (to taste).” I’m putting that on a sign.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This is brilliant. I’ve been working on fundraising for a local theater thing and was contemplating offering up “the family recipes” to friends for donations. This may be a brilliant way to do some of my late mom’s recipes. Thank you for sharing this idea! I’m off to the slicer!
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
And it’s our big state book festival, of course I want to go. But I’ve never been. Because parking.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Sometimes being a good support person for your WILDLY neurodivergent friend means texting “hey, this event looks like something you’d want to do, want me to figure out the parking situation for you?” Because yes, that’s the only way I’m even going to consider going because it’s downtown.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Today is my mom’s 80th birthday. She’s been gone 7 years. I miss her every single day. Fuck cancer. But we had her 10 years longer than we should have thanks to new treatment discovery every few years. So fuck those rolling back medical research too. We deserve better.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
RTV always has the best, most random auction! They always have inexpensive items and Buy It Now options as well as a random hand made item that ends up selling for a thousand bucks. There will be books and zooms with professionals and 3d printed dragons and jewelry and crochet… it’s amazing.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I am so sorry you’re going through that and can’t find help. I hope you can at least find someone who will listen.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
And if you didn’t know, Suffs is available on PBS and the PBS YouTube channel for a limited time! PBS has several plays available for free on their app, including an outdoor festival version of Hamlet (which my kids just read).
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I swear if our theater doesn’t get this I will revolt. I need this and Six! Love how they are starting to make pro theater more accessible! (We saw both Hadestown and Six touring productions because we could travel to Birmingham. So many can’t do that!)
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I’ve been asking for HRT for six years. My women’s clinic told me no HRT until 51. I was 50 and 3 months last time. My GP just looked panicked, tested for Rheumatoid Arthritis (negative) and gave me a sleeping pill. There has to be relief somewhere. We are all suffering.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I love this for y’all! I still get so excited to see Eastern Bluebirds and I know of 3 that nest in my neighborhood.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Watching this journey has been such a delight. I live in the Southeast US and we have these guys year round. It’s fun to see something so common here being so much joy just a few states away!
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Queer Liberation Library @queerliblib.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
We are 25% toward our Pride Fundraiser goal 🎉📖 That's a great start but there is still so much more to go and still plenty of time! Help fund queer community space & influence the future of the QLL collection 💜✨ givebutter.com/qqlls-pride-campaign…
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
On today’s episode of VIBE CHECK, we interview Epstein survivor Jess Michaels. To be honest, this conversation changed my life. I hope it liberates many other people as well. open.spotify.com/episode/759n...
ON THE FREEZE TRAUMA RESPONSE
As a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, we do not talk enough about the freeze trauma response. That is really normal, and the laws have not caught up with trauma-informed responses.
I tell the really uncomfortable truth:
I took off my own dress. If I said that in a court of law today, that would be viewed as consent.
Jess Michaels
Survivor-Advocate, Founder of 3Joannes
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 29/05/2026
our human rights should not change based on which state we're standing in, or this is not a country. we have never truly gotten there but we were getting close, and now we're backsliding so fast. authoritarian enclaves can't exist at the state levels that threaten democracy locally, either!
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
My neighbor came over to tell me he saw my smallest cat squaring up to fight a full grown deer behind his house this morning. She is a feral menace and I swear if I have to spend another $3K at the vet because she looses another fight against something bigger than her…
Picture of a small grown cat curled up like a pretzel asleep in my bed with the knowledge she has defended her territory from invaders.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
In an attempt to counteract the current *waves hands around wildly*, I spent the morning teaching kindergartners how to line dance at camp. Much better than doomscrolling. A+. Highly recommend.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
**Adds more books to my holds lists…* I would add, my teens LOVED Nation so much. It’s not one of his better known books but we read it together and found so many layers and themes, from gender to colonialism to grief and legacy… It was just perfect.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Oh, I’ve only ever read 2 of his books, with Nation being my teen’s most favorite book we read together last year. I’ll have to hunt for Monstrous Regiment. That sounds up their alley in a big way.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The Good News Bunny. Used it for Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar. Because The River Has Roots was one of my favorite books last year and I want more.
Close up picture of a happy brown bunny face, mouth open, ears flapping in the wind, clearly hopping to pick up their library hold.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I also have a Good News Bunny picture I sometimes reply with when it’s a book I’ve been DYING to read.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Last week we were traveling and I got SEVEN Bad News Bunnies. Seven. I am now reading 4 books and have 3 holds suspended. And have two more available soon. 😬 please understand, I’m not mad about it! I just need more hours in the day. I’m reading 3 amazing books and I need time to not rush them!
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
My 16yo and I share all our library accounts(3) and I am known for almost maxing out our holds for every account. Every time a hold comes available I get a text from kid that’s just a picture of a rabbit. We call it the Bad News Bunny because I always panic - I’m already reading 3 books! Oh no!
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Welcome to Shrimp City! Teach your friends about a variety of crustaceans with this helpful visual aid - and set the record straight... bugs is shrimp. Shrimp is not bugs These shirts are designed by @the666cat.bsky.social & printed in Philly! Get one at SquidFacts.net (pls RT!)
A cream colored shirt with a red and blue design featuring 9 crustaceans and a fly. A scuba diving Fly Says a”am I shrimp too?” A pistol shrimp wearing a cowboy hat says “bang bang” a mantis shrimp says KO, the title says a”shrimp city and friends” a hermit crab uses a skull
As a shell, a jumbo shrimp is labeled himbo shrimp, and a yeti crab is labeled “snack bacteria cafe”. The fly has an asterisk next to
Him and underneath the whole design it says *the latest research shows that bugs is actually shrimp”
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 23/05/2026
If someone wants to leak me a copy of this app (either .apk or .ipa), please reach out on Signal — my username is zackwhittaker.1337 — and I would be keen to run this app through Burp Suite to see how it works. Happy to grant anonymity.
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The White House is ordering agencies to place its new app on all employees’ government phones
The newly created, often overtly political app places the Trump administration into unprecedented and “dangerous” territory, IT experts say.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
In the middle of watching this on PBS now and it’s a good reminder that this country has been fighting itself FOREVER. Nonstop. Even the Suffs fought against integrating themselves. Also, I knew about Inez Milholland from Sharon McMahon’s book, The Small and the Mighty.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Anyway. Whatever. Showed my 16yo the article about the electoral college thing which was fun and led to a whole convo about constitutional amendments and them pulling out our copy of the constitution to reference something. Nothing makes a homeschool mom more proud than using primary sources.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
My husband is not kicking himself for not putting us in debt to go back and get a degree ten years ago. How? We had two YOUNG kids and were broke. It’s just not reasonable. I don’t know the answers but whatever we’re doing in this country isn’t it.
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JustABat @susansays.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Now I’m firmly in camp education. Get all you can. Everybody should have the option to go to college and revel in learning things. I’d go back for a second degree in a heartbeat. But the cost is so prohibitive. But if you don’t… what happens in 30 years when you top out your opportunities?
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