Rebekah 🍉
@grrrl.bsky.social
teacher + newly PhD'd + mama to a teen & cat • reader of good books • watcher of bad TV • brokenhearted ex-pat • recovering loudly • she/her/y’all used to be @grrrlmeetsworld over on the bad place words here: https://grrrlmeets.substack.com/
Moreno is not brave, or "a good family man." He's a craven piece of shit willing to stay quiet about a political ally literally beating his daughter and grandchild--even throwing boiling water at them!--for as long as he believed it was politically viable to do so. Complete garbage person
icymi this is the kind of talk they unearth after a man annihilates his whole family
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 5d agoRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
senator bernie moreno finally makes a statement about the allegations of abuse by rep. max miller against his daughter and granddaughter after miller went live on X this morning to deny everything.
I wrote this for the Guardian about the Couch to 5k for Reading. You can start today, I have a whole 'read across August' idea in this week's post: naomialderman.substack.com/p/ovids-exil... and here is my Reading Clinic: substack.com/chat/2882751... www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
Could a couch-to-5k for books get you back into reading?
With smartphones stealing our attention, we’re picking up fewer books than ever. A novelist shares her eight-week scheme to get you back into the habit
theguardian.com
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
I love journalists, and Kaitlan is a national treasure. Unflappable, wicked smart, and always asks questions from a place of integrity.
The Daily Show@thedailyshow.com · 2w agoKaitlan Collins on How She Handles Trump’s Verbal Attacks youtu.be/uwzwFiK4hNY?... (@kaitlancollins.bsky.social)
Post-PhD reflections, in which I talk about the dreaded BONK: grrrlmeets.substack.com/p/the-work-a...
the work after the work
making sense of the existential post-PhD BONK
grrrlmeets.substack.com
Thanks for coming out! I love the Equity Unbound community, wherever I find ‘em :)
Ken Bauer@kenbauer.me · 2w ago@grrrl.bsky.social Thank you for an excellent session today for #MyFest26 ! I have been inactive over here on Bluesky but perhaps I will check in more often.
Academic organizations hadde bettir actuallye be brave and protecte each othir or else the last one ther will have no taske besydes turninge out the lightes and leavinge the key yn the envelope for big businesse.
A very kind neighbor texted me today about a "sick" crow laying motionless in the yard with its wings outstretched. Because today is the first really hot day of the summer, I knew right away the bird was fine and what was going on. Here's @corvidresearch.bsky.social on what they're doing and why.
Why crows sunbathe
With its bill agape, I watch as the crow fans out awkwardly across the cedar shingles. Pressing the camera to my face I snap a couple photos, pleased to finally capture on film a moment I so often …
corvidresearch.blog
“Sergio Furnari, originally from Italy, had hoped the statue of the deceased far-right activist, which he intends to display in Times Square, would raise “millions” of dollars. Instead, he said he has been inundated by messages from people saying they intend to urinate on the sculpture.”
MisterJayEm@misterjayem.bsky.social · 3w ago"Furnari is left with a 6ft 4in statue of a renowned racist, which he has spent $100,000 making, and which no one wants to buy."
I hate this timeline
Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 3w agoNew State Department report on foreign "subversion" is a virtual government blacklist that names 43 Americans + domestic orgs, including: - Mamdani - DSA - Hasan Piker - Amy Goodman Full list: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/after-poli...
As the mama of a teen who I think has endo, this is an important news story to read
André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 3w agoA Vancouver Teen’s Mission to Bring Endometriosis Education to Schools. The condition, which associated with the menstrual cycle, is common and painful. Many Canadians know little about it, by @michellegamage.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/07... via @thetyee.ca
A Vancouver Teen’s Mission to Bring Endometriosis Education to Schools. The condition, which associated with the menstrual cycle, is common and painful. Many Canadians know little about it, by @michellegamage.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/07... via @thetyee.ca
A Vancouver Teen’s Mission to Bring Endometriosis Education to Schools | The Tyee
The condition is common and painful. Many Canadians know little about it.
thetyee.ca
Welcome back to the web everyone misses! Waters fine
UncleCrankyPants (verified)@unclecrankypants.bsky.social · 3w agosaw this post last week, remembered my username from The Before Time. i tried to reset password, remembered the email but it was an account i no longer have access to. i contacted fark support, they were incredibly helpful, verified that i am me and i was able to reset. anyway! i'm old!
Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains."
I bought this mug today, and you should too www.shopweirdneighbour.com/shop/p/a5izk...
Fuck Your Fascist Pancakes Mug — Weird Neighbour
It’s brave to call out someone doing something wrong. Thankfully in Alberta we have lots of brave people, including Mikayla . fuck your fascist pancakes mug is 15 oz, microwave and dishwasher s...
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