Fresh Lens
lensicle.bsky.social
Fresh Lens
@lensicle.bsky.social
Self-soothing through books, TV, movies, flowers and art since 1976
My rally was pretty low budget.
October 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’m too cynical to believe there are that many more like him left to leave.
October 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The pictures and bewilderment on ppl’s faces say everything. Devastating
October 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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If you live in these states, your ACA premiums are about to jump:

SD - Up 235%
LA - Up 150%
WV - Up 387%
WY - Up 382%
TN - Up 320%
MS - Up 314%
AK - Up 346%

Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.
September 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Look who came with
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I’ve read 3. What on his list tops your read and tbr lists?
September 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Quite different from the movie though still quietly harrowing and creative. Alfonso Cuaròn co-wrote & directed the film and it’s an incredible adaptation
August 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🔸Last: Children of Men, PD James
🔸Current: Wild Dark Shores, Charlotte McConaghy
🔸Recent tbr: House of Doors, Tan Twan Eng
🔸Next: Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell
bookish checkpoint 🕯️

🔸 last book you read: On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder.
🔸 your current read: Mayer 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong.
🔸 last book added to your tbr: We Rip the World Apart by Charlene Carr
🔸 next read: What I’d Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma .

quote with yours! #booksky #books
August 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Currently reading. 33% through.
August 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
“These are big massive bullwhips that haven’t been seen since Covid”
What’s happening in Los Angeles’s ports suggests that financial markets have yet to fully price in how much Trump’s tariff war is hurting the economy, @juliettekayyem.bsky.social writes. “The stock market goes up and down. Maritime indicators keep on sinking”:
Don’t Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports.
A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.
bit.ly
May 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Really think they played this wrong. Yes, the action indicates ignorance wrt secure comms, but the actual texts and initial article demonstrated more knowledge and capability than JG or I thought this group had. Should have mea cupla’d vs gaslighting
March 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Really scary
March 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Yes means Yes, Dick
March 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Not enough ppl understand this
March 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Agree. Yes means Yes
March 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Stay Safe. Fight with Everything you Have. Help us to do the same.
March 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Also
January 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thought there would be more! Partly related to money conscious decision to use Libby instead of purchasing books. Many slow reads this yr too. 💙📚
November 27, 2024 at 2:53 PM
📌
November 13, 2024 at 7:59 AM
💙📚 #Day2
November 8, 2024 at 11:27 PM
James and the Giant Peach. Re-read it so many times!
November 8, 2024 at 8:39 AM
#BookSky #LiteratureSky
📚💙 repost with your five favorite reads from this year

1. A History of Burning by Janika Oza
2. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
3. The Wager by David Grann
4. Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis
5. The Fraud by Zadie Smith
#BookSky #LiteratureSky
📚💙 repost with your five favorite reads from this year

1. Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams

2. Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

3. Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen

4. When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

5. The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden
#BookSky #LiteratureSky
📚💙 repost with your five favorite reads from this year

- “Home Is Not a Country” by Safia Elhillo
- “How I’ll Kill You” by Ren DeStefano
- “Of Women and Salt” by Gabriela Garcia
- “Over the Influence” by Joanna ‘JoJo’ Levesque
- “How to Fail at Flirting” by Denise Williams
November 8, 2024 at 8:29 AM
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#BookSky #LiteratureSky
📚💙 repost with your five favorite reads from this year

1. Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams

2. Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

3. Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen

4. When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

5. The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden
#BookSky #LiteratureSky
📚💙 repost with your five favorite reads from this year

- “Home Is Not a Country” by Safia Elhillo
- “How I’ll Kill You” by Ren DeStefano
- “Of Women and Salt” by Gabriela Garcia
- “Over the Influence” by Joanna ‘JoJo’ Levesque
- “How to Fail at Flirting” by Denise Williams
November 8, 2024 at 3:26 AM
💙📚Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 1
#BookSky #BookChallenge
November 8, 2024 at 8:16 AM