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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 21h

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the idea slumlord✨ @mollytanzer.bsky.social · Mar 26

I wrote you a poem this morning.

Everything is Terrible So Here’s a Picture of a Tree

Everything is terrible so here’s a picture of a tree
here’s a picture of a cat
I’m sorry for sending you a picture of a cat when everything is terrible
No, don’t be, please
I want the pictures of cats
of trees
Maybe it’s me who’s irresponsible, wanting those pictures of trees
of cats
when everything is so terrible
No, it’s not
It’s not irresponsible to want to remember the fragility of a leaf
and its power too
the way it buds and grows and changes color and falls. The way it feeds some and shelters others, all while powering something mighty, with such deep roots
It’s not irresponsible to want to look at soft warm fur, and imagine pressing your face into that softness, or to contemplate the miracle of toes spread wide in pleasure, or smile at some small naughtiness captured in pixels
You send me these things because you love me.
And I send them to you because I love you
yes, even if I don’t know you
I am sending you this picture of a tree, this picture of a cat, because I love you and I want you to know that you are loved enough for me to want you to remember trees
and to remember cats
even when it feels wrong to do so.
Let us both remember that trees have roots that dig into the earth
and branches that reach to the sky
even on the worst days.
And cats—
cats especially—
for they are famous for enjoying the soft caress of a friend one moment
and turning into a ferocious ball of claws and teeth and bristling fur and indignation the next
as must we.
So send me your pictures of cats
of trees
And let us both save our apologies for what we cannot do
instead of what we can.

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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 2d

As a trans woman, I love the way my allies treat Harry Potter casting announcements as if those actors died in a plane crash.

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Justine Larbalestier @larbalestier.bsky.social · 11d

Exciting news! If you have a @netgalley.bsky.social account you can request my next novel, The Mortons. Co-written with @scottwesterfeld.bsky.social.

It publishes in Canada/USA & UK, July 2026. (Still waiting on Australia/NZ, Bulgaria, France & German pub dates.)

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The Mortons

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

Food banks need money if you’ve got it. For everything else, contact them and ask—some can take donated meat by hunters or eggs from backyard flocks, some can’t.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 2d

Share if you agree

Fat little brown/white/grey bird with a yellow tummy stands on concrete with flora behind it

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Renata S Pumpkins @renatasnacks.bsky.social · 1d

That’s way better than the opposite direction! You’re closer to Friday than you knew!

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 2d

The West Wing is now just the Wing.

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Renata S Pumpkins @renatasnacks.bsky.social · 3d

A Girl Scout troop in the council where I used to work is taking on a project to renaming a couple of outdated camp property features. They made an online poll to vote on new names--I'd just love to see it get a high turnout to support this great initiative! gsci.wufoo.com/forms/mvrh7r...

Take Action Project at Camp Widjiwagan

Girl Scout Troop 6971 is proud to present their Take Action Project to rename the Gypsy Wagon Campsite and Indian Archery Range at Camp Widjiwagan. The goal of this project is to make camp an inclusiv...

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Renata S Pumpkins @renatasnacks.bsky.social · 3d

yeah I mean she might be into that, I can't say for sure

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Renata S Pumpkins @renatasnacks.bsky.social · 3d

this one is NSFW pls do not play it for my library director

Worst Bestsellers @worstbestsellers.bsky.social · 4d

G'day, mate! We read Ali Hazelwood's latest werewolf romance with Australian cartoonist and author @arielries.bsky.social ! www.frowl.org/worstbestsel...

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Renata S Pumpkins @renatasnacks.bsky.social · 3d

our new-ish library director: Hey, I was at a conference and someone told me they loved your podcast! What's it called?
me, knowing full well that our most recent episode involves me doing a dramatic reading of a werewolf knotting sex scene:

a man wearing headphones is sweating while sitting in an airplane .

ALT: a man wearing headphones is sweating while sitting in an airplane .

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 4d

Hey everyone, the account @authorminjinlee.bsky.social is a scammer impersonating the real (and amazing) Lee Min Jin.

I've reported to BlueSky but if you follow, they'll immediately DM.

The real Lee Min Jin is at @minjinlee.bsky.social.

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wyatt 🍉🎃 @velvetxero.bsky.social · Jul 15

"You need to cut toxic people out of your life, see through the bullshit, and start worrying about the things that really matter."

-Shigeru Miyamoto
On how to unlock Luigi in 'Super Mario Odyssey'

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 5d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

The cast of the magical heist movie NOW YOU SEE ME, Isla Fischer, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, and Dave Franco

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Renata S Pumpkins @renatasnacks.bsky.social · 5d

Anyway the 9:45 (not, I cannot emphasize this enough, 9:30) yoga class should be enough to help me spiritually recover from this shame 🙏

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Renata S Pumpkins @renatasnacks.bsky.social · 5d

I lived it: I mixed up the schedule and arrived for yoga during the end of the previous class and had to awkwardly stand at the front of the room while that class performed their gratitude for the practice and Everyone Was Literally Looking At Me

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 5d

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."

Sen. Ed Markey, a white man with white hair, standing at a lectern with a dark background, and Sen Elizabeth Warren to camera right, in a black top with a red blazer. Markey wears a trans pride flag draped over his shoulders. The closed caption reads "trans people because trans righs are human rights. We" The chiron underneath reads "No Kings Rally Underway In Boston"

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

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daniel s. @self.agency · 6d

@internethippo.bsky.social nice to see you out in the streets

James West @jamespwest.bsky.social · 6d

Trump’s people are calling this a hate rally. Here’s a live shot from the hate rally.

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Renata S Pumpkins @renatasnacks.bsky.social · 6d

anyway, life is a rich tapestry

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Renata S Pumpkins @renatasnacks.bsky.social · 6d

and my dumb, not-on-BookTok-ass was like "hand necklaces? like a hamsa? Why are you warning for that?" and then I was like "oh is that TiKTok for choking?" but I guess it's like...more specific than that www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBoo...

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Renata S Pumpkins @renatasnacks.bsky.social · 6d

A library patron just asked me for a book, which turns out to be self-published and not held by any libraries. Its Amazon description notes that "There is hand necklaces, m*rder/d*ath, extreme violence, harsh language, graphic sexual scenes, and talk of sexual abuse."

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 6d

Caturday meets No Kings day.

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Renata S Pumpkins @renatasnacks.bsky.social · 6d

Sigh I'm stuck at the #SaturdayLibrarian desk all day today but spiritually I stand with Left Shark

Universal Hub @universalhub.com · 6d

Left Shark against fascism at Holy Name rotary in West Roxbury

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