Monica Stephens is mstephens.bsky.social

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@protchard @TwiterinMachine You can vote for both Larry and Adrianna, as they both fight bigots and are pro-teacher (BTF endorsed)!

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It's the first day of early voting! Friendly reminder that the "non-partisan" Buffalo Board of Education race includes a Trump-loving anti-vax conspiracy theorist who supports police killings and opposes talking to kids about racism

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@elizmegs Have you tried the culinary/hospitality schools?

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@elizmegs Unacceptable. Have you tried contacting the school board?

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I don't love AI normally, but the @MapboxDevs AI Assistant is super helpful and saves a ton of time. Thanks @Mapbox!

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Join me in supporting Adrianna Zullich via @actblue https://t.co/odBgvVMJ8n

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Now we’re being told it is delayed again. My child is sobbing loudly.

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@AmericanAir my 8 year old is having an absolute meltdown after our 10:30pm flight from DFW to SFO was delayed until 5am. Offering only hotels more than 30 min. away is not an acceptable solution. Do better.

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Ikea has so many options for storing cats in small spaces. @IKEACanada

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@29andHungry I find it terrifying when I’m stopped at a red light and someone passes me to go straight. All while honking… if they want to drive dangerously with impunity they should join the Buffalo police.

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@mthrdragns1316 Who are you fighting with?

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@puppymom93 I had a nurse insist I didn’t need any pain relief (even topical) when they were putting in a catheter less than an hour after I gave birth…. It was unbelievably horrible. I had to be held down to stop my natural instinct of kicking.

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@Indiawaltonbflo @MayorByronBrown Ugh. Please anyone but Scanlon.

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If you gotta go, sending your $300,000 Bentley flying through the air and bursting into flames atop a Canada-US border crossing on your way to a Kiss concert is definitely a way

A very Niagara Falls one

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@mthrdragns1316 If the school day were equally long as the work day, and provided adequate snacks/food, parents wouldn’t have to chose between their careers and their children.

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@mamacrat I am just curious about what happened.

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I picked my 7yo up from daycare today and he told me he is planning to “disrupt the library industry with a new idea for making furniture” … #techbros get younger and younger.

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@dominos after receiving an entirely wrong order, and calling 3x to #3520, I’m not driving across town to fix your mistake. Do better… it’s annoying to have to file a refund claim with @AskAmex!

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@AdamBojak Hahaha.. good question. I don’t even know if Delaware Peds is taking on new clients.

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@BlakeRobMills @MuseumModernArt Omg. Thank you for sharing this. I needed a new color palette today!