Lynne Baer
@baer.bsky.social
Biker, baker, macro-pic-taker, urbanist, hapa kid, cheesy wiseacre, bibliolatrous soprano heartbreaker, chaotic goodnik and prime mischief maker. OAK-BOS-OAK. 🦣💜
Dear Hayward fault, seriously, a quake the day before the anniversary?
October 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Dear Hayward fault, seriously, a quake the day before the anniversary?
#TIL that @drewscanlon.bsky.social is the blinking white guy and not ice dancer Charlie White 🤣. In my defense, I’m pretty sure I first saw this gif in ice-skating meme circles back in the day.
But hey, he also bikes around the Bay! And is raising money to fight MS.
But hey, he also bikes around the Bay! And is raising money to fight MS.
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
#TIL that @drewscanlon.bsky.social is the blinking white guy and not ice dancer Charlie White 🤣. In my defense, I’m pretty sure I first saw this gif in ice-skating meme circles back in the day.
But hey, he also bikes around the Bay! And is raising money to fight MS.
But hey, he also bikes around the Bay! And is raising money to fight MS.
June 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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I was lucky enough to be at a lunch w CA booksellers in spring 2014. The @greenapplebooks.bsky.social folks were telling me about this cool idea they had for "California Bookstore Day." Fast-forward 11 years and... happy Independent Bookstore Day, everyone! Go show your local indie some love. ❤️📚
Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day! Ever wonder how it all began??? Let me tell you! Thanks to Pete Mulvihill @greenapplebooks.bsky.social for sharing your story! #whatif #booksky🩵📚 #independentbookstoreday2025 #read #books #buyabook #subscribe
open.substack.com/pub/angiegas...
open.substack.com/pub/angiegas...
Got Books?
Celebrating Independent Bookstore Day 2025 with an Origin Story
open.substack.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I was lucky enough to be at a lunch w CA booksellers in spring 2014. The @greenapplebooks.bsky.social folks were telling me about this cool idea they had for "California Bookstore Day." Fast-forward 11 years and... happy Independent Bookstore Day, everyone! Go show your local indie some love. ❤️📚
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I’m the news editor for Chrysalis, and I’d love to get pitches on news stories from trans youth!
Hi friends! A good friend asked me to share this awesome new project— a literary magazine by trans kids, for trans kids, with a little help from trans adults. If you have a trans kid in your life, definitely check out Chrysalis Magazine! www.chrysalismagazine.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I’m the news editor for Chrysalis, and I’d love to get pitches on news stories from trans youth!
Opening Bluesky just now, and the top three trending topics are Pope Francis, WrestleMania, and Pete Hegseth. Please tell me how to watch this epic matchup!
April 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Opening Bluesky just now, and the top three trending topics are Pope Francis, WrestleMania, and Pete Hegseth. Please tell me how to watch this epic matchup!
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Hi... A beloved member of the Trans Nerd Meet Up community in San Francisco is going thru a rough time and urgently needs money to help with rent and bills.
Please help as much as you can — anything helps! <3
And please spread the word!
gofund.me/d7e1484a
Please help as much as you can — anything helps! <3
And please spread the word!
gofund.me/d7e1484a
Donate to Trans women seeking help with rent, living expenses, organized by Izolde Fishman
Hello. I'm Izolde Fishman; I'm a trans woman living in San Francisc… Izolde Fishman needs your support for Trans women seeking help with rent, living expenses
gofund.me
April 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Hi... A beloved member of the Trans Nerd Meet Up community in San Francisco is going thru a rough time and urgently needs money to help with rent and bills.
Please help as much as you can — anything helps! <3
And please spread the word!
gofund.me/d7e1484a
Please help as much as you can — anything helps! <3
And please spread the word!
gofund.me/d7e1484a
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@booker.senate.gov says plainly that he's doing this because he was challenged by his constituents to rise to the moment. Our calls and emails and faxes and protests, they can all matter.
April 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
@booker.senate.gov says plainly that he's doing this because he was challenged by his constituents to rise to the moment. Our calls and emails and faxes and protests, they can all matter.
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Cory Booker has just broken Strom Thurmond's record for longest Senate filibuster ever, which stood for 68 years.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
April 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Cory Booker has just broken Strom Thurmond's record for longest Senate filibuster ever, which stood for 68 years.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
Thurmond set it objecting to the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Booker set it arguing against authoritarianism.
May Strom's name be forgotten and his memory erased.
A poem a day, every day in April, plus 20 years of archives! So glad this is still happening. <3
Starting the month with a #poem that feels particularly apt: Bad New Government, Emily Berry - april-is.tumblr.com/post/7796509...
April 1, 2025: Bad New Government, Emily Berry
Bad New Government
Emily Berry
Love, I woke in an empty flat to a bad new government;
it was cold the fridge was still empty my heart, that...
april-is.tumblr.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A poem a day, every day in April, plus 20 years of archives! So glad this is still happening. <3
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jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️⚧️
March 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️⚧️
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Tufts friends, this is important!
Tufts alumni have organized a list of demands to the Tufts administration regarding protections for international students and workers. Please consider signing on if you're Tufts-affiliated in any way.
Tufts community calls the Tufts administration to action
We, members of the Tufts community, are appalled and enraged by the unlawful abduction on Tufts PhD Fulbright student Rümeysa Öztürk by federal authorities. We call on the Tufts administration to comm...
docs.google.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Tufts friends, this is important!
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Once again, one of the ways to understand what's going on right now is that the Federal government is doing LibsofTikTok stuff, finding individual posts they don't like and deciding that the person who said it needs to be punished.
A stunning assault on the First Amendment
Before Rubio's confirmation, senators and pundits acted as though he was a "sane," "rational," "normal," "moderate" nominee. He's constantly showing himself to be a right-wing extremist.
Before Rubio's confirmation, senators and pundits acted as though he was a "sane," "rational," "normal," "moderate" nominee. He's constantly showing himself to be a right-wing extremist.
March 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Once again, one of the ways to understand what's going on right now is that the Federal government is doing LibsofTikTok stuff, finding individual posts they don't like and deciding that the person who said it needs to be punished.
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If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
March 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
Hey Californians, time to support trans kids here at home; call your assembly members and tell them NO on AB 89.
according to the article, california’s own anti trans sports bill hearing is set for 04/01/2025.
the bill is AB 89.
if you’re in CA, you obviously can’t trust democrats to do the right thing without some persuasion.
& in case you’re wondering, yes, gavin newsom’s podcast *is* mentioned. 🧵
the bill is AB 89.
if you’re in CA, you obviously can’t trust democrats to do the right thing without some persuasion.
& in case you’re wondering, yes, gavin newsom’s podcast *is* mentioned. 🧵
March 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Hey Californians, time to support trans kids here at home; call your assembly members and tell them NO on AB 89.
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I want us to study the history of resistance to slave catchers right now. I want us to study how slave catchers worked, how they were sanctioned, who paid them, and why they did what they did, right now. I want us to study the hyperlocal and networked ways slave catchers were impeded. Right now.
March 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I want us to study the history of resistance to slave catchers right now. I want us to study how slave catchers worked, how they were sanctioned, who paid them, and why they did what they did, right now. I want us to study the hyperlocal and networked ways slave catchers were impeded. Right now.
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This is a better shot of the size of the crowd at Powder House Square for Rumeysa Ozturk. Less than 24 hours notice.
March 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is a better shot of the size of the crowd at Powder House Square for Rumeysa Ozturk. Less than 24 hours notice.
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A President who disregards Congressional appropriations unifying all federal payments under a single department run by his appointees alone would have total control of the federal purse, capable of punishing or rewarding individuals at will.
"Anti-constitutional," as @jamellebouie.net says.
"Anti-constitutional," as @jamellebouie.net says.
Holy shit.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
He's actually doing it. Consolidating all payments under the Tsy.
Not to toot my own horn too much, but this is exactly what my paper is trying to address and oppose.
We need a strong digital fisc vision to counter this.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
He's actually doing it. Consolidating all payments under the Tsy.
Not to toot my own horn too much, but this is exactly what my paper is trying to address and oppose.
We need a strong digital fisc vision to counter this.
Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A President who disregards Congressional appropriations unifying all federal payments under a single department run by his appointees alone would have total control of the federal purse, capable of punishing or rewarding individuals at will.
"Anti-constitutional," as @jamellebouie.net says.
"Anti-constitutional," as @jamellebouie.net says.
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This EO is horrific and unconstitutional and the fact that it does not include a birth certificate as proof of US citizenship is a pretty strong signal about what they think of as the future for birthright citizenship.
March 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This EO is horrific and unconstitutional and the fact that it does not include a birth certificate as proof of US citizenship is a pretty strong signal about what they think of as the future for birthright citizenship.
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WTF. So I've got "AI" stealing my work on one side, and meanwhile it looks like a widely circulated review of my novel was written by a chatbot, featuring COMPLETELY INVENTED SETTINGS, CHARACTERS, and PLOTLINES?
March 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
WTF. So I've got "AI" stealing my work on one side, and meanwhile it looks like a widely circulated review of my novel was written by a chatbot, featuring COMPLETELY INVENTED SETTINGS, CHARACTERS, and PLOTLINES?
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"we take safety very seriously" is the public agency equivalent of "bless your heart"
March 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"we take safety very seriously" is the public agency equivalent of "bless your heart"
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They're going to kill Libby and all your other library book reading apps, programs funded by Congress which the administration (and certainly not Elon or his teen Nazi psychopath goons) has no power to shut down.
Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
March 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
They're going to kill Libby and all your other library book reading apps, programs funded by Congress which the administration (and certainly not Elon or his teen Nazi psychopath goons) has no power to shut down.
Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
Maybe a day to call all your reps again and to demand action
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I'm thinking about how two of my books were stolen to help but creative people out of work. I'm thinking about the publishers that have already signed AI contracts. I'm thinking about all the bookstores & authors that rely on Instagram for marketing.
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm thinking about how two of my books were stolen to help but creative people out of work. I'm thinking about the publishers that have already signed AI contracts. I'm thinking about all the bookstores & authors that rely on Instagram for marketing.
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Whenever you get on a plane in the United States, remember that your life is in the hands of air traffic controllers who are being intentionally traumatized.
This quote is from TWO YEARS AGO, from Project 2025 architect Russel Vought (who is now the White House budget director)
March 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Whenever you get on a plane in the United States, remember that your life is in the hands of air traffic controllers who are being intentionally traumatized.