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kourtneyjai.bsky.social
Writer, reader, lawyer, toddler mum • purveyor of the off-beat • EIC @the-birdseed.bsky.social • Founder Bitsy & Dot (https://bitsyanddot.com)
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i know it's cringe to post star wars as ~revolution~ or whatever, & that's not what this is, but I do think about this sequence from Andor a lot bc I know how paralyzing it is to feel overwhelmed. So, I'll continue working in the lanes where I feel the most needed/helpful.

submitted 169 days ago • 6 comments

53 dead, including 5 CHILDREN. The "Excellent" and the emojis are gutting me.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

“Elias Law Group will not be deterred from fighting for democracy in court. There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring on their behalf."

submitted 38 days ago • 1369 comments

Speechless. As attorneys, we are officers of the court--of the justice system. We have a legal, ethical, and moral obligation to uphold the rule of law. This is antithetical to everything our profession demands.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Tossing my stories into the void while the void collapses

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

Sometimes, my daughter says something and I'll think: you are the kindest sweetest smartest person on the planet and I don't know why, but I get to experience magic in this moment & for that, I am lucky. For that, good job mama for having the luck to grace the same world as this tiny fairy being.

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things making my 2yo laugh: the tadpoles in Totoro, riding the broom like a magic broomstick, that time I dropped a breadstick and involuntarily said "EEP," her daddy pretending to be Pikachu, the display of Harry Potter books at Barnes & Noble, the raven we saw digging in the dirt with his beak

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before & after. The forever cold coffee is worth it, I've concluded

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does this much love feel so painful because I am human, or in spite of being human?

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It's been clear for a while, but after today, I don't think ANYONE can say with a straight face that the administration isn't enacting project 2025

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From the blog this AM: "Motherhood often feels so big. So overwhelming, so compounded, so multilayered with things to do, things to think, things to account for. And the stakes? You learn that even a lost sock can become a disaster, a logistical nightmare." bitsyanddot.com/2025/01/11/l...

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I would like to thank my toddler for helping me achieve undreamed of global dominance

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I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own! Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚 Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!

submitted 153 days ago • 375 comments

show your pet and what they are named after 🤓

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Aurora Borealis on Saturn captured by Hubble

submitted 154 days ago • 18 comments

today was my favorite version of Las Vegas weather: drizzly and grey, just enough chill to convince you to wear a sweater as you go outside to smell the musky green scent of wet sagebrush; mountains cozied in marshmallow clouds; air crisped free of dust, making the neon lights seem even brighter

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Johannah, I love this! Perfectly plays on the line before, and speaks to my ex-academia heart ❤

submitted 155 days ago • 2 comments

Oh this is gorgeous! Perfectly encapsulates the feeling of having a maybe-too-strong cup of coffee or tea

submitted 155 days ago • 1 comment

#sundaywritingclub want to write a piece of flash together? I'll start with a line, you add! 1: To Marlene's foggy, sleep-deprived mind, the whistle of the kettle sounded like a siren.

submitted 156 days ago • 1 comment

#writing

submitted 159 days ago • 1 comment

“If Adam Picked the Apple” by Danielle Coffyn Love this. Reminds me of “If Men Could Menstruate” by Gloria Steinem

submitted 162 days ago • 282 comments

Overhead from upstairs while I work downstairs: *reading a Halloween book* Toddler: "mummy!" Husband: "a mummy?" Toddler: "yeah!" Husband: "actually, that's an ice cream sundae, but I appreciate the attempt."

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#sundaylines

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this flash & short fiction writers starter pack filled up incredibly quickly (150 is the max, and I guess there are a lot of us). Anyway share if you're into short and flash fiction! go.bsky.app/53R6ziA

submitted 165 days ago • 52 comments