SonomaLass ⚾ 🍺 🌮
@sonomalass.bsky.social
She/her. Co-author of Mercury Rising, an alternate historical romance. Reader, proud mom/grandma, retired actress & college professor, Dodgers fan, unabashed progressive. Black lives matter, trans rights=human rights, health care & bodily autonomy for all.
My resolution not to even click on Substack links has really made a different. I spend a lot less time reading things others have quote-posted, and so far I don't feel like I've really missed much. The world is FULL of news and opinions, and many of them are from people who refuse to support Nazis.
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My resolution not to even click on Substack links has really made a different. I spend a lot less time reading things others have quote-posted, and so far I don't feel like I've really missed much. The world is FULL of news and opinions, and many of them are from people who refuse to support Nazis.
Post your warning label.
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Post your warning label.
"You will be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"You will be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
For #TacoTuesday, grandbug & I went out for ice cream at Salt & Straw. Coffee & Love Nuts; Salted, Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough; Parker House Rolls with Salted Buttercream. And THIS. FINALLY. @tuphlos.bsky.social @bookjawns.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
For #TacoTuesday, grandbug & I went out for ice cream at Salt & Straw. Coffee & Love Nuts; Salted, Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough; Parker House Rolls with Salted Buttercream. And THIS. FINALLY. @tuphlos.bsky.social @bookjawns.bsky.social
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
Happy release day to one of my favorite contemporary romance authors!! It's taking ALL my resolve not to spend the day reading this; I make no promises about tonight. Baked goods and second chances? That's PERFECT.
SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE is warm, cozy, & out today. I hope you love it! 💗
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
The story: A cranky baker's erroneous obituary brings the woman who got away back into his life--& now he needs to convince her to stay.
The heat level: steamy!
The baked goods: plentiful!
www.harpercollins.com/products/sec...
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Happy release day to one of my favorite contemporary romance authors!! It's taking ALL my resolve not to spend the day reading this; I make no promises about tonight. Baked goods and second chances? That's PERFECT.
I believe I have reconnected the dryer vent. I have cleaned out everything that was behind the washer & dryer -- the cats have been BUSY back there, apparently -- and put them back in place. I scratched the flooring and cracked the transition strip, but I think I can use the dryer again.
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I believe I have reconnected the dryer vent. I have cleaned out everything that was behind the washer & dryer -- the cats have been BUSY back there, apparently -- and put them back in place. I scratched the flooring and cracked the transition strip, but I think I can use the dryer again.
Went to the grocery store this afternoon and dropped $107 on three bags of groceries. No booze, no meat. Veggies, bread, cheese, mostly. Ingredients, not ready-to-eat foods. I am glad I'm no longer trying to feed a family of 6 on 1.5 teacher salaries.
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Went to the grocery store this afternoon and dropped $107 on three bags of groceries. No booze, no meat. Veggies, bread, cheese, mostly. Ingredients, not ready-to-eat foods. I am glad I'm no longer trying to feed a family of 6 on 1.5 teacher salaries.
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
Ouch. I feel seen, and not completely in a good way....
YOU COME FOR ME LIKE THIS ON MY OWN FEED?!? *attempts to close cupboard over mountain of rustic pottery*
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Ouch. I feel seen, and not completely in a good way....
Today I learned that in Scotland and several cities in the USA, there are snow plows named Clearapathra. Suddenly the world is a little bit better.
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today I learned that in Scotland and several cities in the USA, there are snow plows named Clearapathra. Suddenly the world is a little bit better.
@tuphlos.bsky.social Emotional Support Taco sent from the post office this afternoon!!!
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
@tuphlos.bsky.social Emotional Support Taco sent from the post office this afternoon!!!
We’ve arrived at the designated venue and there is no one here. Trying to figure out what’s up. I do not want to have to eat 30 deviled eggs.
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
We’ve arrived at the designated venue and there is no one here. Trying to figure out what’s up. I do not want to have to eat 30 deviled eggs.
I made 30 deviled eggs for partner's beer club Friendsgiving. Also volunteered to drive him and a friend, so that they can drink ALL THE BEER. It's better than cleaning the house, although that still needs to happen, I guess.
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I made 30 deviled eggs for partner's beer club Friendsgiving. Also volunteered to drive him and a friend, so that they can drink ALL THE BEER. It's better than cleaning the house, although that still needs to happen, I guess.
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This. Is. F***ing. Terrifying!
Please read the entire article. This is so much worse than the headlines you've seen. Every US resident is being tracked by this.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Please read the entire article. This is so much worse than the headlines you've seen. Every US resident is being tracked by this.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This. Is. F***ing. Terrifying!
Please read the entire article. This is so much worse than the headlines you've seen. Every US resident is being tracked by this.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Please read the entire article. This is so much worse than the headlines you've seen. Every US resident is being tracked by this.
apnews.com/article/immi...
I subscribe to a Substack warning to make sure I don’t accidentally go there.
Listen, I spent years telling you all that Substack was evil. *Now* do you believe me?
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I subscribe to a Substack warning to make sure I don’t accidentally go there.
Spent some time this week helping a friend bottle her homemade wine, and I got to spend some time with her beautiful chickens! I was "paid" in wine and fresh eggs. I will forever think of @isobelcarr.com when I hang out with chickens. Sadly, I am not allowed to keep them where we live, or I would.
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Spent some time this week helping a friend bottle her homemade wine, and I got to spend some time with her beautiful chickens! I was "paid" in wine and fresh eggs. I will forever think of @isobelcarr.com when I hang out with chickens. Sadly, I am not allowed to keep them where we live, or I would.
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Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Just go to the damn official claims site (which currently seems to be down? crap) and do the search and put in your claim.
Nothing will be sorted out for months and months, but authors need to make their claims—your publishers cannot do it for you!
It's a large settlement, but also+
1/2
Nothing will be sorted out for months and months, but authors need to make their claims—your publishers cannot do it for you!
It's a large settlement, but also+
1/2
Authors beware: ClaimsHero is urging authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement in order to file their own separate lawsuit. Except this outfit has no federal or state court experience with class-action suits. And the judge has called them a fraud.
Predatory Opt-Out Scheme ClaimsHero Targets Anthropic Settlement Participants: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
In recent weeks, a third-party law firm, ClaimsHero, has launched an aggressive online campaign urging authors to opt out of the Bartz v. Anthropic copyright settlement. ClaimsHero—which has no litiga...
authorsguild.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Just go to the damn official claims site (which currently seems to be down? crap) and do the search and put in your claim.
Nothing will be sorted out for months and months, but authors need to make their claims—your publishers cannot do it for you!
It's a large settlement, but also+
1/2
Nothing will be sorted out for months and months, but authors need to make their claims—your publishers cannot do it for you!
It's a large settlement, but also+
1/2
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Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
I bought this book to help our grandbug navigate his food aversions. Recommended if you have a “picky eater.” It is a very positive and affirming approach.
I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.
Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I bought this book to help our grandbug navigate his food aversions. Recommended if you have a “picky eater.” It is a very positive and affirming approach.
Le Beaujolias Nouveau est arrivé!
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Le Beaujolias Nouveau est arrivé!
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Consequences are not cancel culture. They're just a new concept for parts of society, who have never actually had to deal with them before.
When the papers start whining about “cancel culture” again, remember that these men are stepping down 1) voluntarily, and 2) because their jobs have no real impact on their wealth and power, and 3) BECAUSE OF THE RAPING.
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Consequences are not cancel culture. They're just a new concept for parts of society, who have never actually had to deal with them before.
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Our trans kin aren't going anywhere. There will always be more; you cannot harass a facet of humanity out of existence. So if we could be kinder to the ones who are here now, I would really appreciate it.
Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.
Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Our trans kin aren't going anywhere. There will always be more; you cannot harass a facet of humanity out of existence. So if we could be kinder to the ones who are here now, I would really appreciate it.
Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.
Be nice to my friends. And to the ones who aren't my friends. Please.