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Renewal: It is the breath or the pause between breaths. It is the step or the poised, gathered energy between steps. It is never an ending: it is a beginning, or… | anniemueller.com/posts/bef…

When I was 16 or 17 years old, I stood with a group of people outside an abortion clinic. I was holding a sign that said, “Choose Life.” I was… | anniemueller.com/posts/peo…

I’m sitting on the floor in a convention center. Lily and her friend are wandering around nearby in their Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun cosplay.

The cosplays here are amazing. I don’t recognize most of… | anniemueller.com/posts/eve…

You’re whatever color, ethnicity, ability, physicality, gender, sexuality, neuro-ness you are: Cool, welcome, come on in!

You’re carrying whatever heritage (or burden) of history, class, culture, connection, lineage, background you’ve… | anniemueller.com/posts/see…

“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!)  and I… | anniemueller.com/posts/how…

“Many see that in this nightmared land, language has no  meaning and the work of the writer is ruined. Many see that the triumph of authoritarian consciousness is its ability… | anniemueller.com/posts/it-…

I made a small informative zine about tacos to help! It is made out of Taco Bell wrappers because why not?

We begin with the essential questions: Who? What? When?… | anniemueller.com/posts/do-…

Sometimes you just don’t get to feel good about things. 

Anyway a good rule I read somewhere long ago is something like Never trust how you feel about your life… | anniemueller.com/posts/tom…

There was simply no other way to make our voices heard.

“I spoke up today because after learning that my org was powering the genocide of my people in Palestine, I saw no other moral choice. …For the past year and a half, our Arab, Palestinian, and Muslim community at Microsoft has been silenced, intimidated, harassed, and doxxed, with impunity from Microsoft. Attempts at speaking up at best fell on deaf ears, and at worst, led to the firing of two employees for simply holding a vigil.”

“Rules are not valid because the Senate passed them, or because heroes once played by them, or because God pronounced them through Moses or Muhammed. They are valid only if… | anniemueller.com/posts/bre…

This Is Just To Say

I have issued

the tariffs

that were not

meant for this

and which

we will definitely

regret

for ever

I don’t get

economics

or life

or groceries

What I read about last month: Mysteries in the woods! Stories! Kind-of-not-really pirates! Ireland! Friendship! And saying no!

In the Woods by Tana French Gorgeous writing. Good plotting. It unraveled slowly,… | anniemueller.com/posts/rea…

Let’s make a list. I’ll start. 

I’m eating a really good sandwich. Soft roll, rotisserie chicken, crisp lettuce, a little mayo, gruyere cheese, candied jalapeños. Yes and amen. 

Also, what… | anniemueller.com/posts/sma…