heather hughes
@birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
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birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
when do we officially rename the Department of Homeland Insecurity
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
it’s reprinting right now - get it!!!
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
spooky season is here, Sept is my birth month (when i like to reread a fave), & that del Toro film looks incredible. time to revisit a book i’m still so proud to have worked on - The Annotated Frankenstein from @harvardpress.bsky.social
The Annotated Frankenstein from Harvard University Press, on shelf with dead roses and a wine bottle candle holder
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
This, because there are so many books always coming out! Also a clear indicator that that bookstore’s readers are seeking the title, so they look again at a book on their radar they may not have stocked for space (ha) reasons
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
Yes! Indies have only so much shelf/storage space & an immense number of books always coming out. Orders matter!!!
zoeconomy.bsky.social
I don't know how this all works at indie book shops but I noticed recently when I ordered a book that my indie didn't already have, they soon added a few copies to the shelf. Correlation isn't causation, but I like to think that my ordering maybe helped beyond just my own purchase.
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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Please, for the love of god, stop. making. news. for. five. minutes.
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
not really, Tilde still gives him a lot of smackdown. but more coexisting!
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
pro-sunbeam anti-genocide coalition
two cats relaxing, one in a sunbeam on a sofa and the other in a sunbeam on a rug
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
Al Gore did not invent the internet for this
samlmontano.bsky.social
Do not get on this internet on the 20th anniversary of Katrina and rehabilitate George Bush I swear to god.
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erikahall.bsky.social
We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
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nws.noaa.gov
On average, 86% of all named tropical systems in the Atlantic occur after August 2, and the first hurricane doesn't form until August 11.
We have a long season to go. Prepare now – Learn how at weather.gov/safety/hurricane
Chart showing average Atlantic hurricane and tropical storm activity from May to December based on data from 1944 to 2020. Activity increases sharply in August, peaking in mid-September. A marker indicates the current date as July 28, just before activity begins to rise.
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birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
one great thing about being a poet is you can spend time with friends whenever @towheegordon.bsky.social
Boston Gordon’s chapbook Glory Holes on a cafe table with plant and Pride flag
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
this terrifies me
airplaneian.com
hard to overstate how the immigration crackdown changed disaster response overnight

the most vulnerable people were already hesitant to accept help from large orgs like red cross, they are now terrified fearing delivery sites/shelters will be targets for ICE or that info will be shared to fed LE
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
in fairness, humans have always disappointed cats 🙃
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
heat will be a problem every day
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
Ticks all the boxes:
-extreme cruelty to people
-death camp test run
-environmental destruction
-misappropriation of taxpayer $
-illegal seizure of land

Floridians are protesting, but this is bigger than Florida.

Abolish ICE. FEMA out of DHS. Safety for all immigrants and our wild spaces.
johnki7yra.bsky.social
On Monday, Kristi Noem said that FEMA will fund “in large part” the construction an immigration detention center (aka “Alligator Alcatraz”) in a remote part of the Everglades.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Ron DeSantis used emergency powers to seize the land from Miami-Dade County.
Forget hurricane season—FEMA funds are going to new prisons
The Trump administration is finally going to spend a decent chunk of Federal Emergency Management Agency funds—but it’s going to be used to build an immigration detention center in Florida. And ...
www.dailykos.com
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
she is sick of the heat and imperialist bullshit
a gray and white cat looks up with a quietly sassy expression
birdmaddgirl.bsky.social
fuck every military industrial complex
-me, and probably also banyan trees
Two impressive banyan trees
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wxmanms1.bsky.social
This excellent article from NBC News is a must read to show what administration cuts have done to my NWS colleagues. Further evidence of what I said in my Substack article, no way is NWS fully staffed or fully mission ready.

open.substack.com/pub/balanced...