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Erin Griggs

@wordslingeuse.bsky.social
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Too old to be clever in bios or patient with abject willful hateful stupidity. She/her. Kansas. Former English prof & medievalist, current empty-nester housefrau.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026
"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMY
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Announcing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101
“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh...
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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 25/09/2026
arstechnica.com
Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What gets you booted from Substack? Andrew Tate still seems to have a newsletter there while charged with: 10 counts of rape, 3 of trafficking for sexual exploitation, 3 of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, & making/distributing indecent images of a child. possessing extreme pornography.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This from a man who has asked his son to monitor his on-line porn consumption.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The price for a gallon of regular spiked 25 cents between Wednesday and Thursday in Iowa, according to AAA. In Wisconsin, it was up 23 cents. In Michigan, it was up 22 cents..." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Gas prices are about to take a big jump, analysts say, with the worst still to come
The forecast of economic impacts beyond November’s midterms contrast with the Trump administration’s optimistic messaging.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Okay so @defector.com has had an odd glitch since the site redesign a couple of weeks back where the wrong photo and headline are often put together on the main page and I was going to ask them about fixing it but this just happened and as far as I'm concerned they have to leave it as is.
Screenshot for a Defector podcast episode with the headline "Consider the Emotional Lives of Scallops" only the accompanying photo is a white gormless stubbled red-headed UK singer of recent notoriety giving a flat smile to the camera while wearing a washed out peach top as beige as he is against a flat background. So, actually, probably a scallop anyway.
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I keep seeing videos of a guy who catches crabs and lobsters, cracks all the barnacles off them, puts a shrimp in their claws and throws them back. can you imagine. abducted by aliens but they just give you a spa day and hand you two hot dogs and let you go
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am using my new front loader washer for the first time. ...it's so QUIET!!!!
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 31/08/2026
NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
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‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American Prospect
On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Tree law
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 30/08/2026
I really wish the CDC hadn't laid off all but one of its rabies staff because I bet there are going to be some clinician questions
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It frustrates me to no end that people attempt to pigeonhole autistics. Because of this, I wasn't diagnosed until I was 35. Enter: the hyperverbal autistic. My big vocabulary contributed to misdiagnosis and years of improper treatments. attuned-therapy.com/blog/what-is...
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What Is Hyperverbal Autism? Understanding This Unique Autistic Trait
Discover what hyperverbal autism is, how it shows up in daily life, and why it's time to embrace this expressive, passionate trait of the autistic experience.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Sooooo, if this y'all-using gal also uses British-isms affectionately kept from her study abroad, is my "y'all" or my "innit" performative? ...it's just because I just like neat words, ye wee gobshite.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 28/08/2026
"For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer." www.notus.org/agencies/tru...
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Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer
The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Welp, turns out I got pneumonia for my bday. I hit my deductible with Le Appendectomy so the 4 Rxs I got were free to me, so that's nice? Ngl, I'm eyeing my bottle of Rx cough syrup ("take at bedtime") with anticipation of NOT COUGHING MYSELF INTO PETECHIAE every 20 minutes tonight.
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Emma @emmalabizarre.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
First thought : FUCK, Tim Curry on the same day FUCK Second thought which made me crack up (as Tim and Dolly would surely have liked): “Someone go check on Miss Piggy, she just lost her frenemy and her ex lover”
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I slept 11 hours and only woke up for a killer coughing jag once. Thanks, giant nighttime cold meds! I am no longer an open faucet of snot!
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A friend found this clipping in some old files. Haven't seen this before. Mind blown.
Color political cartoon by Danny Hellman from the New York Press dated October 6-12, 1999. In it, Donald Trump and his then wife Marla Maples being shown a model of the White House with many added stories and a shiny gold T on the top, with Taj Mahal towers on the side and flags flying with a T. It is labeled "Proposed White House Renovation." A ghoulish Philip Johnson says, "Granted, It's in violation of several of Washington D.C.'s landmark and zoning codes. But of course as president of the United States..." Trump, licking his lips, says, "It's tremendous, Philip, when do I move in?" The caption beneath is Spectacularly unqualified egomaniac Donald Trump contemplates a White House run"
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 24/08/2026
Hummingbirds.
A four panel comic. In panel 1, a rufous hummingbird flies down toward a large hummingbird feeder with as many as 6 holes on top. He thinks "The humans put up a new feeder!" In panel 2, he lands on the feeder and gazes down at it. He thinks "It's huge. Many of us could feed here at once." In panel 3, we see a close up view of the hummingbird, and he's thinking "This could end the ancient rivalries. Usher in an era of peace. Interesting." In panel 4, an Anna's hummingbird hovers over the feeder and says "Hey, can I have some necta-" and the rufous hummingbird says "No."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Trump/Republicans' "big beautiful bill" has so far cut one million american kids off food stamps: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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‘Mom, are we OK?’ Children worry their families can’t afford food after Trump’s SNAP cuts
The Trump administration’s “big, beautiful bill” slashed spending on food stamps. Now, more than 1 million fewer children receive benefits.
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
My BFF gave me TAROT SPONGES as part of my bday present, which combines my love for tidying *and* hexing a motherfucker. Spite & tidying -- she knows my Virgo heart🤣

Black and gold kitchen sponges that look like the Tower, the Ace of Cups, and the Death Tarot cards.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Flock cameras are a domestic violence issue. Of the four police officers noted in this article, at least two were stalking partners. The other two were disciplined for “concerning behavior”. In my years safety planning with victims of domestic violence… 1/ www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/21/b...
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Flock license plate cameras under fire as Mass. police misconduct cases mount - The Boston Globe
At least four police officers in the state are under investigation for misusing the technology, and a wave of towns continue to opt out.
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terrible towelie @terribletowelie.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Steroid shot for tendinitis Monday apparently fucked my system up so much I'm postponing my birthday Sat. I've been EXHAUSTED and just really off since Tuesday.
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Stan Pham @thisisspiffy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Your first look at the #Murderbot season 2 cast. Aka, what I did on my summer non-vacation. #PremiumQualityEntertainment
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/08/2026
I’d feel extremely safe on this flight because I already know they had to work twice as hard, be twice as good and make half as many mistakes just to get into those seats. Black women make up less than 1% of professional pilots. Yeah, I’d sleep good on this flight. ✈️
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Me when my adult son asks for my brownies. 😭🥰
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“Six current and former Forest Service officials said the response was greater than what is typical for a fire of that scale that did not pose a significant threat to life or property.”
In total, about nine aircraft, including helicopters, air tankers and tactical planes, responded to the blaze on July 12, according to a Post analysis of flight paths, part of an effort that lasted a few hours and cost nearly $115,000 in federal money. The Post analysis found these assets traveled from across the West to Idaho's Alturas Lake, pear where the Cabin Creek Fire was burning.
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of the aircraft were diverted from efforts to contain fires elsewhere in the state, according to two agency officials and the Post analysis of the flight paths.
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
There are places in the Ozarks older than the Appalachians. I live, land-locked, on the grave of an ocean.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Perfect community note. 👌
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
54 years of assidiously never feeding a dog chicken bones, then my dumbass beagle CATCHES AND EATS a whole fucking robin.
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A cicada just landed on my titty. We were both, I think, equally startled.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 30/07/2026
"Put through the mattress by my sentient basket husband" sounds like the premise of a @chucktingle.bsky.social novel www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjVM...
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WICKER Trailer (2026) Olivia Colman
YouTube video by ONE Media Coverage
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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I think it’s nice that The Odyssey has brought back not only middlebrow blockbusters but old-fashioned literary snobbery
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I am very tough when it comes to therapeutic massage and pressure at PT -- dig into my sciatic! Deeper! -- but today I have to get my leg muscle by my wonky knee worked on, and I'm girding my mental loins. It is EXQUISITELY painful.
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Hillbilly Highlander @hillhighlander.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
He laid down that boogie and played that funky music til he died...
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
My son is visiting London for the first time, and I'm giving him recs, but realizing I sound like a Victorian matron reminiscing about her Grand Tour at the fin de siecle. "In '93, I found the British Museum superior to the V&A, and I attended many dances at The Limelight...oh, it's gone? Zounds!"
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Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂
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Erin Griggs @wordslingeuse.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Mine was "Porky's." Dad let us watch it with him while Mom was at church choir practice when I was 9 and my sister 7.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/07/2026
NEWS: Epstein survivors just gave Todd Blanche a failing grade after their meeting. "Condescending." "Gaslighting." No plan to go after anyone beyond Epstein and Maxwell. And Sen. Tillis's reaction? Somehow worse.
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Epstein Survivors Give Todd Blanche A Failing Grade After Meeting In New Statement
Lara Blume McGee says the AG nominee was "condescending" and tried to gaslight survivors instead of answering for the DOJ's failures. Sen. Thom Tillis praised him anyway.
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