Ann Hedonia

Ann Hedonia

@giffyloop.bsky.social

Unemployed do-gooder, helper of refugees. Colorado. Multipotentialite--or is that the ADHD? I'm in my third act, or maybe it's my fourth. Maybe it's the epilogue. I don't have a job.

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Husband & I made a lovely and impressive ofrenda honoring all of our pets who've passed, inviting them to visit this realm tonight when the veil is thin between our worlds. It has photos, collars, plaster casts of paws, favorite toys, water, treats, candles, marigolds and papel picado.

dayofthedeadforpets.comDay of the Dead for Pets 2026: October 27 & Ways to RememberDay of the Dead for pets is October 27, when pets arrive home; Día de Muertos follows on Nov 1–2. Set up a simple ofrenda or make a memorial video from $9.99.

I really wanted the Rays to win the World Series--for my mom. My mom was an insatiable baseball fan. When she retired, she immediately went to Tropicana Field to get work as a fan host. Instead, she ended up working in the press & media department. She was in her glory. (1/2)

Mom became housebound in 2021 but never missed a Rays game on TV. She died in 2022, sad that she hadn't been able to get back to the Trop. Mom's guest bedroom was like a shrine to the Tampa Bay Rays. I kept some of her team shirts and I've been wearing them in her honor during this World Series. 2/2

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ICE thugs are sending immigrants to countries that they have never been to, because there are orders by judges protecting them from being returned to their home country due to persecution. But these third party countries are sending them back to their home country, anyway. #ICELawlessness

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Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

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We are watching a coup d’état attempt unfold in real time in Brazil. I’m consumed by desperation.

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Trump is straight up saying during speeches that he wants white people coming to the country but not black. I don’t know what else people need to see.

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We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

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Still covering Elon Musk as a business mogul and not foregrounding his murderous white nationalist politics is like doing a piece on only the clown career of John Wayne Gacy.

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😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

This was a story element in Margaret Atwood's "MaddAddam" trilogy. Wolvogs.

Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

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📍 𝐀𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐀, 𝐂𝐎: A 78-year-old priest was carried out of ICE detention by fellow detainees after staff reportedly refused to let him use a wheelchair beyond the gate. After 13 months in custody, he had lost over 30 pounds and could no longer walk independently. #AbuseOfPowerWatch

cbsnews.com78-year-old priest carried out of Colorado ICE facility by fellow detainees after judge orders releaseA 78-year-old Ugandan priest who spent more than a year in immigration detention was released from an Aurora facility Tuesday.

@andyknny My two favorite things in Phoenix are MIM, the Musical Instrument Museum and the Desert Botanical Garden. Allow a full day for MIM. The botanic garden is best visited early in the morning. If you have any interest in Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin West is interesting. Also, the Heard Museum!

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Ramaswamy is a sick, morally bankrupt piece of shit exploiting a woman’s rape at age 12 to win an election. He gave her estranged, abusive mother a platform to weaponize her childhood trauma. There is something profoundly fucking wrong with this man. He has no business holding public office. 🤬

Yes, the world is chaos, but please take a second to enjoy one of the group of monarch butterflies that visited my yard for hours today. We had a small flock of goldfinches, too. Planting a pollinator garden is worth it.

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“And with the likes of Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Huckabee at the helm, the federal government has taken a public position that stands as the most explicitly pro-ethnic-cleansing stance that the United States has ever taken toward Gaza…

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

New — Mike Huckabee's family company is offering $5800+ trips to Israel, so tourists can meet "top Israeli officials," even while he is the Ambassador to Israel. Plus: he promised his Huck PAC would go "dormant" if he became ambassador. That didn't happen. Over the past 2 years, it's raised $4.5M.

I stepped on the scale today and saw I've hit my goal weight. I'm down 100 lbs. I've been trying to do this since I was 13 years old--which is probably the last time I was this weight or anywhere close to it. Despite that and the work it took, actually achieving this feels weirdly anticlimactic.

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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you really should watch and share this excellent news story. Ford LIES that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Remember and share this as Ford tears out Toronto bike-lanes.

toronto.citynews.caAnnex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanesStores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes removed.

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Stick up for trans people and immigrants every time, all the time.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social

Crazy idea: Democrats should defend immigration and immigrants, run on the idea that immigrants make America great, and stop Homer Simpsoning themselves into the shrubbery every time Republicans try to demagogue it.

Today's "Thing I could not care less about that's getting far too much media coverage": Kelly Clarkson's shopping experience. Close second: Selma Blair's in-flight meltdown.

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Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.

It has been 24 hours since I got my Covid booster and high-dose flu shot. I'm definitely feeling the post-vaccination malaise today. Every part of me aches. So much for the workout I had planned. It's a good day to lie on the couch and do nothing.

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Man in a gilet stood on platform 12 gives up on reading the display and asks ChatGPT out loud if he is on the right platform for his train. I don’t want to be dramatic about it but Eratosthenes figured out the circumference of the Earth using a stick and knowledge of a distant well.