sparrowshift
@sparrowshift.bsky.social
Reylo. Sometimes posts about toys and other nonsense. Sparrowshift on AO3. Mute #beardonkadonkfic if you're not following me for the reylo. 18+ she/her
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@sparrowshift.bsky.social
· Nov 26
I'm getting a lot of followers who may not know me, and I tend to only retweet if there's a concrete political action these days, so...
If you think trans rights are up for debate, or if you voted for Trump, or if you think the US arming Israel is just peachy, I don't want you around.
If you think trans rights are up for debate, or if you voted for Trump, or if you think the US arming Israel is just peachy, I don't want you around.
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Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days:
saintheron.com
saintheron.com
Saint Heron
Saint Heron Community Library; a growing media center dedicated to students, practicing artists and designers, musicians and general literature enthusiasts.
saintheron.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days:
saintheron.com
saintheron.com
There have two digital accessibility near-misses at my job recently and they both happened because of AI and I want to bite anyone who suggests relying on AI for something this important.
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
There have two digital accessibility near-misses at my job recently and they both happened because of AI and I want to bite anyone who suggests relying on AI for something this important.
My dad is visiting my uncle and apparently they watched The Lobster, because now I've gotten two separate texts from them wanting to discuss The Lobster.
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
My dad is visiting my uncle and apparently they watched The Lobster, because now I've gotten two separate texts from them wanting to discuss The Lobster.
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The ICE surge in Minnesota has meant dogs losing homes. If you can foster Murphy, get in touch at the email listed.
February 2, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The ICE surge in Minnesota has meant dogs losing homes. If you can foster Murphy, get in touch at the email listed.
Ate a fancy tasting menu for our anniversary, and the best part is they had to change up the dessert because they ran out of ingredients, so I got to spend the rest of the night making Mr S crack up by whisper-yelling "WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE STRAWBERRIES, CHEF!"
February 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Ate a fancy tasting menu for our anniversary, and the best part is they had to change up the dessert because they ran out of ingredients, so I got to spend the rest of the night making Mr S crack up by whisper-yelling "WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE STRAWBERRIES, CHEF!"
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Little old ladies with walkers going down to the Home Depot to protest because you shall welcome the stranger and also fuck ICE.
“Every worker soon to lose their status is receiving “$2,000 and a hug” from the center; many residents are contributing more out of their own pockets.” 😢
www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
www.jta.org/2026/01/30/u...
'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.
www.jta.org
February 1, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Little old ladies with walkers going down to the Home Depot to protest because you shall welcome the stranger and also fuck ICE.
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We’re obsessed with this Tylosaurus from the Saint-Vrain Zoological Park, South of Paris, that opened in the mid-1970s and closed in 1999.
The site has remained in an abandoned state, and it seems that this and various other prehistoric statues are still there!
The site has remained in an abandoned state, and it seems that this and various other prehistoric statues are still there!
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
We’re obsessed with this Tylosaurus from the Saint-Vrain Zoological Park, South of Paris, that opened in the mid-1970s and closed in 1999.
The site has remained in an abandoned state, and it seems that this and various other prehistoric statues are still there!
The site has remained in an abandoned state, and it seems that this and various other prehistoric statues are still there!
Okay I get word meanings change over time but the sheer density here is excellent. Also til there's a flower called London pride!
February 1, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Okay I get word meanings change over time but the sheer density here is excellent. Also til there's a flower called London pride!
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A small but deeply meaningful local project - digitising issues of 90s Scottish trans magazine The Tartan Skirt so all of us can access them.
It's a really modest fundraising target with a significant outcome, please share or contribute if you can!
It's a really modest fundraising target with a significant outcome, please share or contribute if you can!
Donate to Help The Tartan Skirt Go Digital, organized by Julia Gordon
Hi, I'm Julia Gordon and for several years in the 90s I was involved in working for wide… Julia Gordon needs your support for Help The Tartan Skirt Go Digital
www.gofundme.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:48 PM
A small but deeply meaningful local project - digitising issues of 90s Scottish trans magazine The Tartan Skirt so all of us can access them.
It's a really modest fundraising target with a significant outcome, please share or contribute if you can!
It's a really modest fundraising target with a significant outcome, please share or contribute if you can!
I've read three fiction books so far this year and I'm pretty happy, 2025 was not a good year for fiction for me. Plus they were all excellent. The books:
January 31, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I've read three fiction books so far this year and I'm pretty happy, 2025 was not a good year for fiction for me. Plus they were all excellent. The books:
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Good morning all!
My shop update is live!
Visit www.eclecticclay.com to take home some eels - anxious or joyful - or be the first to own a Gummy Werm Dessert Garden!
My shop update is live!
Visit www.eclecticclay.com to take home some eels - anxious or joyful - or be the first to own a Gummy Werm Dessert Garden!
January 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Good morning all!
My shop update is live!
Visit www.eclecticclay.com to take home some eels - anxious or joyful - or be the first to own a Gummy Werm Dessert Garden!
My shop update is live!
Visit www.eclecticclay.com to take home some eels - anxious or joyful - or be the first to own a Gummy Werm Dessert Garden!
Five classes I took in undergrad:
-From Existentialism to Cyberpunk
- The Historical Imagination
- Ecology of Coral Reefs
- Metaphysics
- Bioinformatics
-From Existentialism to Cyberpunk
- The Historical Imagination
- Ecology of Coral Reefs
- Metaphysics
- Bioinformatics
Five classes I took in undergrad:
-Expressive Culture
-Literary Contests and Contexts
-Sociology of the Indian Epic
-French Literature of the Fantastic
-Technologies of the Book
-Expressive Culture
-Literary Contests and Contexts
-Sociology of the Indian Epic
-French Literature of the Fantastic
-Technologies of the Book
five classes i took in undergrad:
- The Gallipoli campaign of World War One
- War and Society
- Detective Fiction
- Canada Before Confederation
- Canada After Confederation
- The Gallipoli campaign of World War One
- War and Society
- Detective Fiction
- Canada Before Confederation
- Canada After Confederation
January 31, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Five classes I took in undergrad:
-From Existentialism to Cyberpunk
- The Historical Imagination
- Ecology of Coral Reefs
- Metaphysics
- Bioinformatics
-From Existentialism to Cyberpunk
- The Historical Imagination
- Ecology of Coral Reefs
- Metaphysics
- Bioinformatics
#dollsky The Black Doll Symposium is back on March 13 & 14! It's virtual and completely free, all you have to do is register and they'll send you a zoom link.
blackdollsymposium.eventbrite.com
blackdollsymposium.eventbrite.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:14 AM
#dollsky The Black Doll Symposium is back on March 13 & 14! It's virtual and completely free, all you have to do is register and they'll send you a zoom link.
blackdollsymposium.eventbrite.com
blackdollsymposium.eventbrite.com
I have a phone back but in the five days I was phone-less I read two books and knew true peace, became a better person, etc.
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
I have a phone back but in the five days I was phone-less I read two books and knew true peace, became a better person, etc.
I love my husband. His family is also very kind to me and help a lot with my son. But also we have breakfast with them almost every weekend and if there's a special event at their house (birthday, etc.) my husband is like "whelp we still gotta get breakfast, I guess we're going two days in a row!" 😭
January 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I love my husband. His family is also very kind to me and help a lot with my son. But also we have breakfast with them almost every weekend and if there's a special event at their house (birthday, etc.) my husband is like "whelp we still gotta get breakfast, I guess we're going two days in a row!" 😭
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Spent the day making some hats. Used an Addi knitting machine. Finished 4 red and 2 blue. Need to add some details tomorrow. I’ll be handing them out at a protest Saturday.
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Spent the day making some hats. Used an Addi knitting machine. Finished 4 red and 2 blue. Need to add some details tomorrow. I’ll be handing them out at a protest Saturday.
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Have social anxiety and hate being on the phone? 5 Calls lets you look up your reps, click on the issues, provides contact AND a script that you can just read if you don't know exactly how to frame what you want to say. Feel too stilted for you? You can still read the script and reword.
5calls.org
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Have social anxiety and hate being on the phone? 5 Calls lets you look up your reps, click on the issues, provides contact AND a script that you can just read if you don't know exactly how to frame what you want to say. Feel too stilted for you? You can still read the script and reword.
5calls.org
5calls.org
My new phone isn't getting here until tomorrow this is serious I just saw someone in the mom group that's charging $50 for a "Galentine's Mom Social" and I can't text my neighborhood friend about it so I will probably die
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
My new phone isn't getting here until tomorrow this is serious I just saw someone in the mom group that's charging $50 for a "Galentine's Mom Social" and I can't text my neighborhood friend about it so I will probably die
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BREAKING: The Senate just blocked a bill that would have renewed ICE's budget without real, enforceable changes.
This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.
This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.
January 29, 2026 at 6:26 PM
BREAKING: The Senate just blocked a bill that would have renewed ICE's budget without real, enforceable changes.
This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.
This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.
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The idea that success belongs to the toughest people with the fiercest attitude is the same nonsense that animates Hegseth’s DoD. Success belongs to the people who have the best sandwich-distribution system.
I keep seeing posts going "when ICE comes to MY city, we'll be out in the streets even harder" and man, I get that sentiment but I need everyone to understand that the work in Minneapolis is partly confrontational but MORE IMPORTANTLY aaallll the stuff organized in the background to help neighbors
January 29, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The idea that success belongs to the toughest people with the fiercest attitude is the same nonsense that animates Hegseth’s DoD. Success belongs to the people who have the best sandwich-distribution system.
Belatedly catching up on Pluribus. Would a giant hivemind made up of every human currently living truly have nothing new to read?
I think they'd have a lot to read. Manuscripts lost in museum archives? Books of print in the 1930s? How much stuff do we think has not been read by a living human.
I think they'd have a lot to read. Manuscripts lost in museum archives? Books of print in the 1930s? How much stuff do we think has not been read by a living human.
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Belatedly catching up on Pluribus. Would a giant hivemind made up of every human currently living truly have nothing new to read?
I think they'd have a lot to read. Manuscripts lost in museum archives? Books of print in the 1930s? How much stuff do we think has not been read by a living human.
I think they'd have a lot to read. Manuscripts lost in museum archives? Books of print in the 1930s? How much stuff do we think has not been read by a living human.
Generative AI has really revealed to me how much of my thinking is process-driven? I need to get my hands dirty on a little piece of the puzzle to have ideas for the bigger piece of the puzzle. Doing a dumb little piece of code by hand is how I figure out how to improve the bigger structure.
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Generative AI has really revealed to me how much of my thinking is process-driven? I need to get my hands dirty on a little piece of the puzzle to have ideas for the bigger piece of the puzzle. Doing a dumb little piece of code by hand is how I figure out how to improve the bigger structure.
I did not get a foldable phone this time around (toddler, expensive), but those little gimmicky dorks are the only thing in modern tech that make me happy every time I see them, so I will look forward to getting one for my next phone in 3-5 years time.
January 27, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I did not get a foldable phone this time around (toddler, expensive), but those little gimmicky dorks are the only thing in modern tech that make me happy every time I see them, so I will look forward to getting one for my next phone in 3-5 years time.
Asshole behavior: constantly hitting "Also send to # channel" on slack when you're arguing with someone on the thread and the other person is not hitting "Also send to # channel"
...But also kind of funny. When I agree with your argument.
...But also kind of funny. When I agree with your argument.
January 27, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Asshole behavior: constantly hitting "Also send to # channel" on slack when you're arguing with someone on the thread and the other person is not hitting "Also send to # channel"
...But also kind of funny. When I agree with your argument.
...But also kind of funny. When I agree with your argument.
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