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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · 11h

REMARKABLY BRIGHT X MAAME
At 16 Callie couldn’t wait to leave the chaotic commune where her mother’s incessant activism thwarted any chance of security in their lives. Now 39, Caledonia is dragged back into her mother’s erratic orbit when Susie shows alarming signs of dementia.
#DVpit #A #LGBT #MR

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · 15h

CHICKEN VS. ROAD
As the grumpy daughter of an elderly hippy wages her campaign against her mother’s incessant activism, her mother, in cahoots with an alternate self from a parallel world, organizes a group of nursing home residents for the biggest climate caper of their lives.
#DVPIT #A #LGBT #MR

Two chickens staring in opposite directions

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah, there's a glitch going on.

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · 16h

CHICKEN VS. ROAD
A conscientious fourth-grade teacher races to save her hippy mother’s farm from foreclosure—only to discover her elderly mother, acting on the urging of a voice in her head, is working at cross-purposes to pull off one final over-the-top climate stunt.
#A #MR #WF #JV #LGBT #DVPIT

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · 8d

So slimy!

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CNN @cnn.com · 9d

A state agency revoked the professional license of the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on Monday, days after federal agents arrested him on accusations that he was living and working in the country illegally.

Iowa revokes license of schools superintendent arrested by ICE, saying he is in US illegally | CNN

A state agency revoked the professional license of the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on Monday, days after federal agents arrested him on accusations that he was living and working in the c...

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · 11d

Apple season in New England! My favorite is the Macoun, bred by New York researchers in the 1920s from MacIntosh and Jersey Black stock. Great in pies and greater eaten fresh, crispy and tart (but not too tart).
They don't keep super well, so there's many a pie in our near future.

One perfect dark red Macoun apple hanging on a tree

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you South Korea, with your polite but insistent resistance to the unconscionable.
bbc.com/news/article...

South Korea to probe potential human rights abuses in US Hyundai raid

More than 300 South Korean workers returned home on Friday after being held for a week in the US following the raid.

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · 21d

Just finished this amazing book, True Biz, by @novicsara.bsky.social and it brings home how vicious the new Trump cuts to disability education are. Calling my senator now.

Cover of the book, True Biz, by Sara Novic, showing the ASL sign for 'true biz' meaning 'for real.'

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · 21d

Hi Jared! You liked one of my #PitchDis pitches, but it's for a story you rejected in February. I've revised it since then, but Query Manager won't let me resubmit. Let me know if you'd still like the query and pages, and if so, how I can get them to you. In any case, thanks for liking my pitch!

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · 24d

Posted by Mary Doria Russell, one of my favorite authors, over on FB. I'm not as exhausted as she is, but she's been battling harder than I have. I guess it's up to the rest of us to step it up while she rests and recuperates.

I am not quite exhausted by it all, but the edge of exhaustion is now within spitting distance. My own personal little life is as near to perfect as anyone can sanely hope for, but the state of my country feels so dire that I can't relax into simple enjoyment. This whole catastrophe is self-inflicted. We could have had a joyful, competent, decent, and compassionate government, but we chose a hateful, idiotic, corrupt, and vengeful one.

The disource about Charlie Kirk is so awful that I had to disengage. It was right-wing white boi on right-wing white boi violence, but all the right-wing white boys are blaming leftists for political violence. It's illogical and factually wrong, but you can't get through to them, as you experienced.

It's very tempting to go Full Ostrick. Work in the garden, bake bread, take naps, paint. No news, no social media. Find sand, jam head into it.

I'm trying that strategy, at least temporarily. It feels like a relief, but also like cawardice. It's what MAGA world wants. So. I'm taking some time off. BUT I'LL BE BACK...

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · 28d

Expected, but still, YAY! www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Democrat James Walkinshaw wins race for vacant, deep-blue Virginia House seat

NBC News projects victory for the Fairfax County supervisor, who will bolster Democrats' numbers amid fights over government spending and the Epstein files.

www.nbcnews.com

Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · Sep 7

Exactly. Underdeveloped and petulant.🙎‍♂️

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · Sep 7

Maine? Can we get on this and change that yellow to green?

Map of US showing states that provide Covid vax without prescription and those that require prescription or don't provide vax at all. The latter are: Maine, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada.

Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · Sep 7

Definitely brothers.

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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · Aug 28

Massive walkout underway at CDC.

RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · Aug 19

Sorry, I don't know where this is from, but it's fun.

list of words pronounced differently in US, UK, and Australia.

Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · Aug 15

Sigh.

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Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · Aug 1

I wish this were a family recipe because if it were, it'd be my childhood comfort food. I just know it.

Pictjure of a Recipe for a cheese sandwich casserole using eggs, milk, 5 or 6 sharp cheddar cheese sandwiches, and 'a bit of Worcestershire sauce,' letting it stand for at least an hour before baking at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Esker Park @esker.bsky.social · Jul 17

Can't beat this for cheesiness. Check out the whole thread if you're a word nerd. Really.

Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · Mar 27

A Lithuanian equivalent to “there’s no such thing as a free lunch” is nemokamas sūris tik pelėkautuose. It means “the only free cheese is in a mousetrap”

* read on for more international cheese phrases (this thread may not turn out grate, but hopefully it will be gouda ‘nuff)…