Clare
@lccoftheisland.bsky.social
Poodle mom. Seahawks fan. Mariners forever. Nice guys wind up in the middle, and the middle never goes viral.
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Clare
@lccoftheisland.bsky.social
· Sep 19
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,839,342!
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🎵 “We need to abolish DST. Keep Standard Time! It’s a practice so harmful and obsolete. Keep Standard Time! No more debating. Keep Standard Time!” 🎶
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎵 “We need to abolish DST. Keep Standard Time! It’s a practice so harmful and obsolete. Keep Standard Time! No more debating. Keep Standard Time!” 🎶
lol - that’s what I love about it! Proof at last that I’m not alone in hating Christmas and being disappointed by fellow humans
I’m watching Love, Actually and it’s a depressing indictment about how disappointing Christmas is and what utter shits people can be. Has Emma Thompson ever recovered?
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
lol - that’s what I love about it! Proof at last that I’m not alone in hating Christmas and being disappointed by fellow humans
I’m curious to see what others say about this because I feel like this is hard enough to pull off well that I can’t think of one I liked #bookvember
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 24!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and discuss the tropes we love and hate.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and discuss the tropes we love and hate.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I’m curious to see what others say about this because I feel like this is hard enough to pull off well that I can’t think of one I liked #bookvember
Honestly, nothing was left but the name.
I fell down a hole of "people who love wicked and picked up the book thinking it was going to be a fluffy fantasy romance story"
😂😂😂😂
I adored that book for a long time and was shocked when they made it into a family friendly musical.
It's dark and satirical and wonderful.
😂😂😂😂
I adored that book for a long time and was shocked when they made it into a family friendly musical.
It's dark and satirical and wonderful.
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Honestly, nothing was left but the name.
Holy crap! What is up with this Eagles Cowboys football game? I almost turned it off an hour ago.
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Holy crap! What is up with this Eagles Cowboys football game? I almost turned it off an hour ago.
I picked this up when one of my kids left it lying around the house. Loved the story of the girl who didn’t want to be a hero but became one anyway. #bookvember
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I picked this up when one of my kids left it lying around the house. Loved the story of the girl who didn’t want to be a hero but became one anyway. #bookvember
That’s Kraken Hockey, Baby!!!!
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
That’s Kraken Hockey, Baby!!!!
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What happened to lowering costs on Day One?
Right, we almost forgot you lie about everything.
Right, we almost forgot you lie about everything.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
What happened to lowering costs on Day One?
Right, we almost forgot you lie about everything.
Right, we almost forgot you lie about everything.
True story: friend’s son habitually refused to return to kindergarten for a number of increasingly hilarious reasons that culminated in “kindergarten makes black hairs grow on my toes.”
Turned out his new socks were shedding on his feet.
Turned out his new socks were shedding on his feet.
operator: toddler 9-1-1, what's your emergency?
toddler: MY SOCKS!
operator: you can't find them or you don't like how they fit?
toddler: THEY'RE ITCHY!
operator: who made you wear them?
toddler: I DID!
operator: we'll get through this together--do you know how to scream?
toddler: MY SOCKS!
operator: you can't find them or you don't like how they fit?
toddler: THEY'RE ITCHY!
operator: who made you wear them?
toddler: I DID!
operator: we'll get through this together--do you know how to scream?
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
True story: friend’s son habitually refused to return to kindergarten for a number of increasingly hilarious reasons that culminated in “kindergarten makes black hairs grow on my toes.”
Turned out his new socks were shedding on his feet.
Turned out his new socks were shedding on his feet.
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Workers from @sbworkersunited.org on the picket line today outside a Lancaster County store. Join a picket if you can, and don’t cross the picket line — DON’T BUY STARBUCKS until the workers win their strike. #NoContractNoCoffee @lancastersbwu.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Workers from @sbworkersunited.org on the picket line today outside a Lancaster County store. Join a picket if you can, and don’t cross the picket line — DON’T BUY STARBUCKS until the workers win their strike. #NoContractNoCoffee @lancastersbwu.bsky.social
Horror and true crime. For basically the same reasons I avoid them on the screen: I am easily startled/upset and I like that about myself. I want evil to upset me - #bookvember
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 21!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and explore the many genres readers love.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and explore the many genres readers love.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Horror and true crime. For basically the same reasons I avoid them on the screen: I am easily startled/upset and I like that about myself. I want evil to upset me - #bookvember
There's a whole novel in the question, "Which one of these is best?"
I was the weirdo kid stuck in a normy family and now my daughter is a normy kid stuck in a weirdo family.
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
There's a whole novel in the question, "Which one of these is best?"
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The DHS blamed immigrants for a number of problems known to be caused by outside economic factors.
Department Of Homeland Security Blames Immigrants For Grocery Prices And Healthcare Costs
The DHS blamed immigrants for a number of problems known to be caused by outside economic factors.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The DHS blamed immigrants for a number of problems known to be caused by outside economic factors.
Y’all. Walmart is not better than Amazon.
The retailer reported a boost in foot traffic, but online shopping emerged as a bright spot ahead of the holidays.
Walmart Shares Soar 6% After Online Shopping Surge Fuels Earnings
The retailer reported a boost in foot traffic, but online shopping emerged as a bright spot ahead of the holidays.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Y’all. Walmart is not better than Amazon.
Also not a big non-fiction reader, but finished this in October and it was eye-opening. It was recommended by someone when I commented that I felt overwhelmed, overworked, and overstressed. #bookvember
November 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Also not a big non-fiction reader, but finished this in October and it was eye-opening. It was recommended by someone when I commented that I felt overwhelmed, overworked, and overstressed. #bookvember
J.R.R. Tolkien
Terry Pratchett
Brandon Sanderson
Robin Hobb
I mean, I could add others (and on another day I might substitute them for one of these), but these are the authors I re-read consistently and envy the folks who are picking them up for the first time. #bookvember
Terry Pratchett
Brandon Sanderson
Robin Hobb
I mean, I could add others (and on another day I might substitute them for one of these), but these are the authors I re-read consistently and envy the folks who are picking them up for the first time. #bookvember
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 19!
Follow the directions on the prompt card and explore the many genres readers love.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Follow the directions on the prompt card and explore the many genres readers love.
#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
J.R.R. Tolkien
Terry Pratchett
Brandon Sanderson
Robin Hobb
I mean, I could add others (and on another day I might substitute them for one of these), but these are the authors I re-read consistently and envy the folks who are picking them up for the first time. #bookvember
Terry Pratchett
Brandon Sanderson
Robin Hobb
I mean, I could add others (and on another day I might substitute them for one of these), but these are the authors I re-read consistently and envy the folks who are picking them up for the first time. #bookvember
Tried to read this book three times. Never finished it. I could not bring myself to care about the characters for some reason. To me, they all felt like cardboard cutouts of people.
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Tried to read this book three times. Never finished it. I could not bring myself to care about the characters for some reason. To me, they all felt like cardboard cutouts of people.
I read this book in one sitting - absolutely devoured it. This is the only book I've ever read that caused an involuntary reaction that included swear words. #bookvember
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I read this book in one sitting - absolutely devoured it. This is the only book I've ever read that caused an involuntary reaction that included swear words. #bookvember
I'm in. Let's find out.
I wonder what would happen if everyone just turned off their cell phones for a day what financial impact it would have on META, Google, Apple and all the rest profiting off our attention?
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I'm in. Let's find out.
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Can we do this to all of the golf courses here as well please? kottke.org/25/11/footba...
Football Stadium Turned Community Garden
As part of a city-wide urban greening program, Taipei turned an abandoned football stadium into a community garden. Here’s
kottke.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Can we do this to all of the golf courses here as well please? kottke.org/25/11/footba...
I had surgery in 1995. When I was just waking up from anesthesia, I had a long, hilarious conversation with Bugs Bunny about my mother. I still feel like he was my friend and was there to make sure I recovered okay.
The hatred towards furries shows me someone's level of degeneracy because we ALL have at least one anthropomorphic two-legged animal character that we like. Bluey is literally a show about anthro two-legged dogs and sells millions of dollars
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I had surgery in 1995. When I was just waking up from anesthesia, I had a long, hilarious conversation with Bugs Bunny about my mother. I still feel like he was my friend and was there to make sure I recovered okay.
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It was a crazy busy in the bookshop today. I took almost four times what I'd expect to take on a normal Weds. I guess the ramp-up to Christmas has started, which is good news. Independent bookshops make around a third of their yearly income over the seasonal period, so remember to shop local!
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It was a crazy busy in the bookshop today. I took almost four times what I'd expect to take on a normal Weds. I guess the ramp-up to Christmas has started, which is good news. Independent bookshops make around a third of their yearly income over the seasonal period, so remember to shop local!
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"Oh nooo, a vegetarian showed up at Thanksgiving! What do I do?" a few ideas off the top of my long-term veghead
1. Don't panic. They expect to see turkey and maybe a ham or whatever. It isn't going to freak them out or they wouldn't have come.
2. Do offer alcohol, if yours is a drinking house.
1. Don't panic. They expect to see turkey and maybe a ham or whatever. It isn't going to freak them out or they wouldn't have come.
2. Do offer alcohol, if yours is a drinking house.
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Oh nooo, a vegetarian showed up at Thanksgiving! What do I do?" a few ideas off the top of my long-term veghead
1. Don't panic. They expect to see turkey and maybe a ham or whatever. It isn't going to freak them out or they wouldn't have come.
2. Do offer alcohol, if yours is a drinking house.
1. Don't panic. They expect to see turkey and maybe a ham or whatever. It isn't going to freak them out or they wouldn't have come.
2. Do offer alcohol, if yours is a drinking house.
This seems likely 🤣
You cannot replace a singularly awful figure like Trump, there is no one like him, which is why replacing his awfulness will be a team effort, so after Trump, The New York Jets will run the country.
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This seems likely 🤣