Classicista
@classicista.bsky.social
Proud Black member of the Global Majority, ARO💚🖤🤍, 👓🖖🏾🧶📚🤟🏾
No matter what else I'm doing I'm internally railing against the current epistemicide and the kakistocracy.
Blerd from birth. Lover and slinger of Spreadsheets.
No matter what else I'm doing I'm internally railing against the current epistemicide and the kakistocracy.
Blerd from birth. Lover and slinger of Spreadsheets.
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Classicista
@classicista.bsky.social
· Dec 26
Hello all. I am a lady identified person, quite fond of books, my family (blood kin and chosen), cleverness, craftiness, cusswords, true kindness and those who value the same.
On the bird site I operated under my oldest online handle, Imaget.
May the skies here never darken as they did there.
On the bird site I operated under my oldest online handle, Imaget.
May the skies here never darken as they did there.
It's the shortest day before the longest night and winter's official arrival here in the northern hemisphere.
May you and yours find warmth, safety, and brighter days as the natural year turns toward them.
May you and yours find warmth, safety, and brighter days as the natural year turns toward them.
a happy winter solstice greeting card with a tree
Alt: A Happy Winter Solstice greeting card with a tree wrapped in lights against a dark night sky background.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It's the shortest day before the longest night and winter's official arrival here in the northern hemisphere.
May you and yours find warmth, safety, and brighter days as the natural year turns toward them.
May you and yours find warmth, safety, and brighter days as the natural year turns toward them.
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
![Screenshot of the Wikipedia page on inulins featuring the text an image of the cabin structure, and the AST table for the chemical.
The definition text is as follows.
"Inulins are a group of naturally occurring polysaccharides produced by many types of plants,[1] industrially most often extracted from chicory.[2] Inulin is used by some plants as a means of storing energy and is typically found in roots or rhizomes. Most plants that synthesize and store inulin do not store other forms of carbohydrate such as starch."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:we5blyalrcsallr57e5tdufq/bafkreihjel5nhbxsyr6ls22itruphtsp5u4w6dagchuf3ijuti2ilqjceq@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I have never been able to get cilantro to grow without it bolting or withering the next day.
What's the one plant you can't seem to keep alive? 😩🪴 I succ at succulents, I want to water them 20x a day 😆
December 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I have never been able to get cilantro to grow without it bolting or withering the next day.
If only I believed this mattered to the folks who bought the coins solely to illegally curry favor.
December 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If only I believed this mattered to the folks who bought the coins solely to illegally curry favor.
I am truly already so tired of the winter that hasn't even properly started yet.
#CountdownToSolstice Boo to the short days, and boo to this meat sack chemically conspiring to prevent me from every being truly warm apart from in the shower.
#CountdownToSolstice Boo to the short days, and boo to this meat sack chemically conspiring to prevent me from every being truly warm apart from in the shower.
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I am truly already so tired of the winter that hasn't even properly started yet.
#CountdownToSolstice Boo to the short days, and boo to this meat sack chemically conspiring to prevent me from every being truly warm apart from in the shower.
#CountdownToSolstice Boo to the short days, and boo to this meat sack chemically conspiring to prevent me from every being truly warm apart from in the shower.
The woods are lovely dark and deep, but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The woods are lovely dark and deep, but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep
Not the biggest James Cameron fan, but kudos to him for tesponsible world building. This should be everybody who's generated any kind of fandom's plan in the unsure media future we find ourselves in. Authors/Creators we love you.
What happens if Avatar: Fire and Ash doesn’t make enough profit to convince Disney to bankroll Avatar 4 and 5? Creator James Cameron has said he’s ready to walk away from the franchise, adding he’ll write a book to resolve the one thread Avatar 3 leaves open. bit.ly/48QdDdN
December 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Not the biggest James Cameron fan, but kudos to him for tesponsible world building. This should be everybody who's generated any kind of fandom's plan in the unsure media future we find ourselves in. Authors/Creators we love you.
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Coming VERY SOON (tuesday)! WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about activism that @cxorlando.bsky.social called "An incredibly important book" - pre-order now!
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Coming VERY SOON (tuesday)! WE WILL RISE AGAIN, an anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about activism that @cxorlando.bsky.social called "An incredibly important book" - pre-order now!
Green been casserole has always and will heretofore be replaced by garlic roasted brussel sprouts on any Thanksgiving menu I have a hand in setting.
Good riddance to bad rubbish. ಠ_ಠ
Good riddance to bad rubbish. ಠ_ಠ
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Green been casserole has always and will heretofore be replaced by garlic roasted brussel sprouts on any Thanksgiving menu I have a hand in setting.
Good riddance to bad rubbish. ಠ_ಠ
Good riddance to bad rubbish. ಠ_ಠ
There's someone promoting Roald Dahl's adult horror work. It brought up all my rage about his bigotry ruining my childhood favorite stories.
Charlie taught me honesty and humility.
Matilda was a childhood best friend.
I always wanted a witches' purple eyes.
Dahl taught me adults are awful.
Charlie taught me honesty and humility.
Matilda was a childhood best friend.
I always wanted a witches' purple eyes.
Dahl taught me adults are awful.
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
There's someone promoting Roald Dahl's adult horror work. It brought up all my rage about his bigotry ruining my childhood favorite stories.
Charlie taught me honesty and humility.
Matilda was a childhood best friend.
I always wanted a witches' purple eyes.
Dahl taught me adults are awful.
Charlie taught me honesty and humility.
Matilda was a childhood best friend.
I always wanted a witches' purple eyes.
Dahl taught me adults are awful.
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Follow the quoted thread all the way down to the little girl who saw through all the things between her & space & said, "Eh, no biggie."
I aim to be like her today.
May all that stands between her & all her best dreams crumble.
#FreeTrekFromThePaywall for little Black girl astronauts to be.
I aim to be like her today.
May all that stands between her & all her best dreams crumble.
#FreeTrekFromThePaywall for little Black girl astronauts to be.
I watched reruns of #StarTrek as a little Black girl in the 70s. I wanted to be like Uhura/Nichelle Nichols when I grew up (but a lawyer, not an astronaut😂). Mae Jemison & I are both Cornelians and President’s Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) alums. I hope I get to meet her someday! #BlackSky #LLAP 🖖🏾
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Follow the quoted thread all the way down to the little girl who saw through all the things between her & space & said, "Eh, no biggie."
I aim to be like her today.
May all that stands between her & all her best dreams crumble.
#FreeTrekFromThePaywall for little Black girl astronauts to be.
I aim to be like her today.
May all that stands between her & all her best dreams crumble.
#FreeTrekFromThePaywall for little Black girl astronauts to be.
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Community organizers are calling for a mass boycott of big box stores and online shopping on Black Friday through Cyber Monday. Read more: wordinblack.com/2025/11/acti...
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Community organizers are calling for a mass boycott of big box stores and online shopping on Black Friday through Cyber Monday. Read more: wordinblack.com/2025/11/acti...
I want everyone to post their hometown slop (if you don't have a cuisine that qualifies then your town has zero culture).
This is the sandwich that I want when l return to the DSM. Usually from Bebops double drive through on the way home from the airport.
This is the sandwich that I want when l return to the DSM. Usually from Bebops double drive through on the way home from the airport.
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I want everyone to post their hometown slop (if you don't have a cuisine that qualifies then your town has zero culture).
This is the sandwich that I want when l return to the DSM. Usually from Bebops double drive through on the way home from the airport.
This is the sandwich that I want when l return to the DSM. Usually from Bebops double drive through on the way home from the airport.
#BelieveWomen
#ConvictThemAll
These women should bear not a drop of shame. All of it lives with the monsters who hurt them, and those who stand in the way of them being brought to justice.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ConvictThemAll
These women should bear not a drop of shame. All of it lives with the monsters who hurt them, and those who stand in the way of them being brought to justice.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
#BelieveWomen
#ConvictThemAll
These women should bear not a drop of shame. All of it lives with the monsters who hurt them, and those who stand in the way of them being brought to justice.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ConvictThemAll
These women should bear not a drop of shame. All of it lives with the monsters who hurt them, and those who stand in the way of them being brought to justice.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
My ride share driver is blasting and tone deaf singing to Christian Contemporary Caucasian Mega Church music.
I am not pleased.
Trying not to take it as punishment for the unkind thoughts I just had about the liar in chief.
youtu.be/sR1MoY3DCu8?...
I am not pleased.
Trying not to take it as punishment for the unkind thoughts I just had about the liar in chief.
youtu.be/sR1MoY3DCu8?...
Liz Vice - Empty Me Out
YouTube video by LizViceVEVO
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
My ride share driver is blasting and tone deaf singing to Christian Contemporary Caucasian Mega Church music.
I am not pleased.
Trying not to take it as punishment for the unkind thoughts I just had about the liar in chief.
youtu.be/sR1MoY3DCu8?...
I am not pleased.
Trying not to take it as punishment for the unkind thoughts I just had about the liar in chief.
youtu.be/sR1MoY3DCu8?...
I just had to walk a half a block out of my way to exit Union Station, & the rage that has filled my spirit as a result...
That child molesting monster who is destroying this city is doing Lord knows what to my favorite architecture in the city. May I live to see him shamed and justice triumphant.
That child molesting monster who is destroying this city is doing Lord knows what to my favorite architecture in the city. May I live to see him shamed and justice triumphant.
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I just had to walk a half a block out of my way to exit Union Station, & the rage that has filled my spirit as a result...
That child molesting monster who is destroying this city is doing Lord knows what to my favorite architecture in the city. May I live to see him shamed and justice triumphant.
That child molesting monster who is destroying this city is doing Lord knows what to my favorite architecture in the city. May I live to see him shamed and justice triumphant.
There are some musicians that qualify as a musicians' favorite musician. Jacob Collier is one such musician. Watching recordings of his concerts and the way pulls from the audience to make joyful walls of sound... It's beautiful, but I could never.
youtu.be/TURkB9zqxa0?...
youtu.be/TURkB9zqxa0?...
Jacob Collier Improvises the National Symphony Orchestra (Live from the Kennedy Center)
YouTube video by Jacob Collier
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
There are some musicians that qualify as a musicians' favorite musician. Jacob Collier is one such musician. Watching recordings of his concerts and the way pulls from the audience to make joyful walls of sound... It's beautiful, but I could never.
youtu.be/TURkB9zqxa0?...
youtu.be/TURkB9zqxa0?...
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SFF author Nia Davenport has tragically lost her husband; please consider contributing to her GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Donate to Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Lindsey Hart
Our hearts are with Nia, a beloved friend, author and advocate who has pou… Lindsey Hart needs your support for Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss
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November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
SFF author Nia Davenport has tragically lost her husband; please consider contributing to her GoFundMe www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
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ice is targeting schools in north portland
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
ice is targeting schools in north portland
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
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If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it - Zora Neale Hurston
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it - Zora Neale Hurston