Maureen Gibbon
@maureengibbon.bsky.social
Novelist: Lost Notebook of Edouard Manet, Paris Red, Thief, Swimming Sweet Arrow. Poet: Magdalena.
Rep'd by Nicole Aragi.
www.maureengibbon.com
Rep'd by Nicole Aragi.
www.maureengibbon.com
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Maureen Gibbon
@maureengibbon.bsky.social
· Dec 11
Two of my muses: Maria Schneider & Victorine Meurent.
Listen to this "croaker"!
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Listen to this "croaker"!
Writing a novel is a love affair.
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I'm at that point in writing where I need to remember why I'm in love with the characters, and why I want to tell their stories.
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Staying IN LOVE is part of it.
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I'm at that point in writing where I need to remember why I'm in love with the characters, and why I want to tell their stories.
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Staying IN LOVE is part of it.
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Writing a novel is a love affair.
~
I'm at that point in writing where I need to remember why I'm in love with the characters, and why I want to tell their stories.
~
Staying IN LOVE is part of it.
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I'm at that point in writing where I need to remember why I'm in love with the characters, and why I want to tell their stories.
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Staying IN LOVE is part of it.
Operation Beluga
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Operation Beluga
💙🩵💜
Ilyoplax dentimerosa, a beautiful specimen, found in Korea. It's funky dance is coming soon!
チゴガニの仲間、Ilyoplax dentimerosa の美個体です。韓国にて。本種の面白いダンスは後日アップ予定です、乞うご期待。
🦀🦑🧪
#crab #カニ #invertebrate
チゴガニの仲間、Ilyoplax dentimerosa の美個体です。韓国にて。本種の面白いダンスは後日アップ予定です、乞うご期待。
🦀🦑🧪
#crab #カニ #invertebrate
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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🐝💛🖤
Sonia Romero (USA, b.1980)
#Bee Pile (Found 'em), 2010
Screenprint 37 x 26 in. (94 x 66cm)
McNay Art Museum 2011.3
collection.mcnayart.org/objects/1951...
#ContemporaryArt #WomenArtists
#Bee Pile (Found 'em), 2010
Screenprint 37 x 26 in. (94 x 66cm)
McNay Art Museum 2011.3
collection.mcnayart.org/objects/1951...
#ContemporaryArt #WomenArtists
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
🐝💛🖤
💙💜💚🩷💛
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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❤️
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
❤️
💛
As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Little bit of a painting WIP. Gouache.
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Little bit of a painting WIP. Gouache.
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CPTSD is like someone in your ear, 24/7, listing all the ways you suck, & anyone who says you don't suck doesn't "really" know you, & you may as well not try to not suck, because you just SUCK so much.
And they don't shut up & they don't get tired & they don't stray off message.
And they don't shut up & they don't get tired & they don't stray off message.
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
CPTSD is like someone in your ear, 24/7, listing all the ways you suck, & anyone who says you don't suck doesn't "really" know you, & you may as well not try to not suck, because you just SUCK so much.
And they don't shut up & they don't get tired & they don't stray off message.
And they don't shut up & they don't get tired & they don't stray off message.
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Me as your Bsky therapist:
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Me as your Bsky therapist:
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Outside of Chicago, on the grounds of a former armory, decades ago an alliance of various orgs began restoring the prairie, and at Midewin Tallgrass Prairie they imported bison to roam the prairie once more. I love to visit my very large bi sons 💚🦬
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Outside of Chicago, on the grounds of a former armory, decades ago an alliance of various orgs began restoring the prairie, and at Midewin Tallgrass Prairie they imported bison to roam the prairie once more. I love to visit my very large bi sons 💚🦬
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I can see for miles.
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I can see for miles.
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NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
With @startribune.com
With @startribune.com
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
With @startribune.com
With @startribune.com
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There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.
~P.G. Wodehouse
Hello, dear Bibliophiles! Thrilled to announce that #BookologyThursday & #BookChatWeekly return this week 🎉 with the heartfelt theme:
✨FRIENDSHIPS & COMMUNITIES✨
~P.G. Wodehouse
Hello, dear Bibliophiles! Thrilled to announce that #BookologyThursday & #BookChatWeekly return this week 🎉 with the heartfelt theme:
✨FRIENDSHIPS & COMMUNITIES✨
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.
~P.G. Wodehouse
Hello, dear Bibliophiles! Thrilled to announce that #BookologyThursday & #BookChatWeekly return this week 🎉 with the heartfelt theme:
✨FRIENDSHIPS & COMMUNITIES✨
~P.G. Wodehouse
Hello, dear Bibliophiles! Thrilled to announce that #BookologyThursday & #BookChatWeekly return this week 🎉 with the heartfelt theme:
✨FRIENDSHIPS & COMMUNITIES✨
GOP idea of health care: we all get a free shovel so we can dig our own graves.
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
GOP idea of health care: we all get a free shovel so we can dig our own graves.
Have you ever lost sleep because you were worried about doing a good job? I did many times over my 30-year teaching career. Tim Kaine SHOULD lose sleep over the deal he's making!
So mad I could spit!
So mad I could spit!
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Have you ever lost sleep because you were worried about doing a good job? I did many times over my 30-year teaching career. Tim Kaine SHOULD lose sleep over the deal he's making!
So mad I could spit!
So mad I could spit!
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Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Here is the Newsweek magazine article that led to the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," marked up to show key passages that Lightfoot borrowed. Short thread at quoted post. Thanks to @bikeguy.bsky.social for reminding me about this. #EdmundFitzgerald50
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This.
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This.
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The 'lady' in 'ladybugs' refers to the Virgin Mary.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The 'lady' in 'ladybugs' refers to the Virgin Mary.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
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What a great article. I was saying last night that Metal has always been pretty inclusive, it's a truly outsider genre. Just ignore that frat rock period that nearly destroyed it. It's always been a home for the disaffected, & accepting of people's differences.
Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
November 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
What a great article. I was saying last night that Metal has always been pretty inclusive, it's a truly outsider genre. Just ignore that frat rock period that nearly destroyed it. It's always been a home for the disaffected, & accepting of people's differences.
Ooh! 🎃🎃🎃
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Ooh! 🎃🎃🎃
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[a dimensional portal rips open]
every fictional villain ever: WE'VE ARRIVED TO TAKE OVER YOUR WORLD!!
society at this point: I mean sure, why not?
every fictional villain ever: WE'VE ARRIVED TO TAKE OVER YOUR WORLD!!
society at this point: I mean sure, why not?
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
[a dimensional portal rips open]
every fictional villain ever: WE'VE ARRIVED TO TAKE OVER YOUR WORLD!!
society at this point: I mean sure, why not?
every fictional villain ever: WE'VE ARRIVED TO TAKE OVER YOUR WORLD!!
society at this point: I mean sure, why not?