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Urban gardener, Bjj player, wine enthusiast, foodie, craft beer and spirits admirer, book reader, music lover
Background picture is Michael Birawer
Background picture is Michael Birawer
Just finished The Tizard Mission by Stephen Phelps — a wild piece of WWII history most people have never heard of.
#booksky
#WWII #History #AmReading #HistoryBooks #Nonfiction #TheTizardMission
#booksky
#WWII #History #AmReading #HistoryBooks #Nonfiction #TheTizardMission
October 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Just finished The Tizard Mission by Stephen Phelps — a wild piece of WWII history most people have never heard of.
#booksky
#WWII #History #AmReading #HistoryBooks #Nonfiction #TheTizardMission
#booksky
#WWII #History #AmReading #HistoryBooks #Nonfiction #TheTizardMission
Caught Gem in the garden a viceroy butterfly coming off a zinnia flower. #urbangarden #pollinatorgarden #urbanoasis
October 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Caught Gem in the garden a viceroy butterfly coming off a zinnia flower. #urbangarden #pollinatorgarden #urbanoasis
October 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
By Hands Now Known by Margaret A. Burnham isn’t just history — it’s evidence.
Jim Crow’s violence wasn’t “extra-legal.” It was the law.
Burnham exposes how courts, cops, and lawmakers built a system that made racial terror routine — and how its legacy still underpins American power
#booksky
Jim Crow’s violence wasn’t “extra-legal.” It was the law.
Burnham exposes how courts, cops, and lawmakers built a system that made racial terror routine — and how its legacy still underpins American power
#booksky
October 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
By Hands Now Known by Margaret A. Burnham isn’t just history — it’s evidence.
Jim Crow’s violence wasn’t “extra-legal.” It was the law.
Burnham exposes how courts, cops, and lawmakers built a system that made racial terror routine — and how its legacy still underpins American power
#booksky
Jim Crow’s violence wasn’t “extra-legal.” It was the law.
Burnham exposes how courts, cops, and lawmakers built a system that made racial terror routine — and how its legacy still underpins American power
#booksky
#booksky book number 14 2025Brotherhood of the Bomb by Gregg Herken. A fascinating look at the tangled lives of Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, & Edward Teller—and how their loyalties shaped the nuclear age.
History, science, and power collide.
#History #Oppenheimer #NuclearAge
History, science, and power collide.
#History #Oppenheimer #NuclearAge
October 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#booksky book number 14 2025Brotherhood of the Bomb by Gregg Herken. A fascinating look at the tangled lives of Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, & Edward Teller—and how their loyalties shaped the nuclear age.
History, science, and power collide.
#History #Oppenheimer #NuclearAge
History, science, and power collide.
#History #Oppenheimer #NuclearAge
When Crack Was King by Donovan X. Ramsey.
It reframes the crack era through the voices of those who lived it—shedding light on resilience, struggle, and survival in America. Essential reading if you care about truth in history. #booksky #booknumber132025
It reframes the crack era through the voices of those who lived it—shedding light on resilience, struggle, and survival in America. Essential reading if you care about truth in history. #booksky #booknumber132025
September 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
When Crack Was King by Donovan X. Ramsey.
It reframes the crack era through the voices of those who lived it—shedding light on resilience, struggle, and survival in America. Essential reading if you care about truth in history. #booksky #booknumber132025
It reframes the crack era through the voices of those who lived it—shedding light on resilience, struggle, and survival in America. Essential reading if you care about truth in history. #booksky #booknumber132025
📘 Just finished Redistricting: The Most Political Activity in America by Charles S. Bullock.
Bullock unpacks how drawing district lines shapes elections, representation, and power itself—showing why this quiet process is one of the most consequential in U.S. democracy.
#booksky #booknumber122025
Bullock unpacks how drawing district lines shapes elections, representation, and power itself—showing why this quiet process is one of the most consequential in U.S. democracy.
#booksky #booknumber122025
August 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
📘 Just finished Redistricting: The Most Political Activity in America by Charles S. Bullock.
Bullock unpacks how drawing district lines shapes elections, representation, and power itself—showing why this quiet process is one of the most consequential in U.S. democracy.
#booksky #booknumber122025
Bullock unpacks how drawing district lines shapes elections, representation, and power itself—showing why this quiet process is one of the most consequential in U.S. democracy.
#booksky #booknumber122025
#booksky 📘 Just picked up Redistricting: The Most Political Activity in America by Charles S. Bullock.
Bullock unpacks how drawing district lines shapes elections, representation, and power itself—showing why this quiet process is one of the most consequential in U.S. democracy.
Bullock unpacks how drawing district lines shapes elections, representation, and power itself—showing why this quiet process is one of the most consequential in U.S. democracy.
August 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
#booksky 📘 Just picked up Redistricting: The Most Political Activity in America by Charles S. Bullock.
Bullock unpacks how drawing district lines shapes elections, representation, and power itself—showing why this quiet process is one of the most consequential in U.S. democracy.
Bullock unpacks how drawing district lines shapes elections, representation, and power itself—showing why this quiet process is one of the most consequential in U.S. democracy.
#booknumber112025 The American Slave Coast by Ned & Constance Sublette is like pulling back the curtain on one of America’s most calculated atrocities — the slave-breeding industry. It’s both meticulous history and a necessary reckoning. Have you read it? What struck you most? #booksky #ushistory
August 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
#booknumber112025 The American Slave Coast by Ned & Constance Sublette is like pulling back the curtain on one of America’s most calculated atrocities — the slave-breeding industry. It’s both meticulous history and a necessary reckoning. Have you read it? What struck you most? #booksky #ushistory
If you’re even a little interested in cyber warfare, state-sponsored hacking, or how digital tools are changing global power dynamics, grab The Hacker and the State by Ben Buchanan. Fascinating, sharp, and deeply relevant. 🧠💻
#CyberPolitics #DigitalPower #InfosecReads
#booksky
#CyberPolitics #DigitalPower #InfosecReads
#booksky
July 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you’re even a little interested in cyber warfare, state-sponsored hacking, or how digital tools are changing global power dynamics, grab The Hacker and the State by Ben Buchanan. Fascinating, sharp, and deeply relevant. 🧠💻
#CyberPolitics #DigitalPower #InfosecReads
#booksky
#CyberPolitics #DigitalPower #InfosecReads
#booksky
Just finished How the South Won the Civil War by Heather Cox Richardson.
Eye-opening look at how the Confederacy’s ideals didn’t vanish—they evolved.
Essential read for understanding modern inequality in America.
#History #Books #HeatherCoxRichardson #CivilWar #booksky
Eye-opening look at how the Confederacy’s ideals didn’t vanish—they evolved.
Essential read for understanding modern inequality in America.
#History #Books #HeatherCoxRichardson #CivilWar #booksky
July 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Just finished How the South Won the Civil War by Heather Cox Richardson.
Eye-opening look at how the Confederacy’s ideals didn’t vanish—they evolved.
Essential read for understanding modern inequality in America.
#History #Books #HeatherCoxRichardson #CivilWar #booksky
Eye-opening look at how the Confederacy’s ideals didn’t vanish—they evolved.
Essential read for understanding modern inequality in America.
#History #Books #HeatherCoxRichardson #CivilWar #booksky
Patton’s Panthers by Charles W. Sasser.The 761st Tank Battalion—known as Patton’s Panthers—fought 183 days straight in WWII, liberated towns, destroyed enemy forces, and earned hundreds of medals.
#BlackMilitaryHistory #WWII #PattonsPanthers #booksky
#BlackMilitaryHistory #WWII #PattonsPanthers #booksky
July 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Patton’s Panthers by Charles W. Sasser.The 761st Tank Battalion—known as Patton’s Panthers—fought 183 days straight in WWII, liberated towns, destroyed enemy forces, and earned hundreds of medals.
#BlackMilitaryHistory #WWII #PattonsPanthers #booksky
#BlackMilitaryHistory #WWII #PattonsPanthers #booksky
Just read Flash Boys by Michael Lewis. Wild how Wall Street built a $300 million fiber optic line just to shave milliseconds off trades—meanwhile I’m still waiting 20 minutes for my lunch order.
Capitalism, but make it fast.
📉📈⚡️
#FlashBoys #MichaelLewis #HighFrequencyTrading #booksky
Capitalism, but make it fast.
📉📈⚡️
#FlashBoys #MichaelLewis #HighFrequencyTrading #booksky
June 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just read Flash Boys by Michael Lewis. Wild how Wall Street built a $300 million fiber optic line just to shave milliseconds off trades—meanwhile I’m still waiting 20 minutes for my lunch order.
Capitalism, but make it fast.
📉📈⚡️
#FlashBoys #MichaelLewis #HighFrequencyTrading #booksky
Capitalism, but make it fast.
📉📈⚡️
#FlashBoys #MichaelLewis #HighFrequencyTrading #booksky
#booksky #booknumber62025 Just finished Standing Tall by Jake Sloan — the incredible story of Willie Long, a Black welder who challenged systemic racism at Mare Island and took the U.S. government to court… and won. Civil rights history that should be more widely known. #LaborJustice #BlackHistory
June 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#booksky #booknumber62025 Just finished Standing Tall by Jake Sloan — the incredible story of Willie Long, a Black welder who challenged systemic racism at Mare Island and took the U.S. government to court… and won. Civil rights history that should be more widely known. #LaborJustice #BlackHistory
Major props and respect to grandpa Louis. A true American hero. He stormed Normandy and liberated two Nazi death camps
June 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Major props and respect to grandpa Louis. A true American hero. He stormed Normandy and liberated two Nazi death camps
#booksky and #booknumber52025 “A Problem from Hell” America and the age of age Genocide by Samantha Power. A compelling read about the United States response to genocide in the twentieth century
June 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
#booksky and #booknumber52025 “A Problem from Hell” America and the age of age Genocide by Samantha Power. A compelling read about the United States response to genocide in the twentieth century
#gardensky #permaculturegarden the bees love these papavers and they are quite striking in pictures 😍
May 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#gardensky #permaculturegarden the bees love these papavers and they are quite striking in pictures 😍
#booksky and #booknumber42025 When the Pentagon was for Sale by Andy Pastzor. A very timely read about the pentagon corruption and during Reagan administration. Highly recommended
May 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
#booksky and #booknumber42025 When the Pentagon was for Sale by Andy Pastzor. A very timely read about the pentagon corruption and during Reagan administration. Highly recommended
#booksky #booknumber32025
Spy fail by James Bamford- foreign spies, Miles, saboteurs and the collapse of America’s counterintelligence
Spy fail by James Bamford- foreign spies, Miles, saboteurs and the collapse of America’s counterintelligence
April 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
#booksky #booknumber32025
Spy fail by James Bamford- foreign spies, Miles, saboteurs and the collapse of America’s counterintelligence
Spy fail by James Bamford- foreign spies, Miles, saboteurs and the collapse of America’s counterintelligence
My spring Anemones are. Definitely on 🔥 this season #permaculturesky #gardensky #permaculturegardensky
March 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
My spring Anemones are. Definitely on 🔥 this season #permaculturesky #gardensky #permaculturegardensky
Asparagus from the asparagus patch starting to pop #gardensky #permaculturesky
March 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Asparagus from the asparagus patch starting to pop #gardensky #permaculturesky
Terminated the cover crop laid down 2,200 lbs of fresh soil for the in ground space. Still more work to do. #gardensky #permacukturesky
March 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Terminated the cover crop laid down 2,200 lbs of fresh soil for the in ground space. Still more work to do. #gardensky #permacukturesky
I’m loving our mixed California poppies #gardensky #permaculturesky
February 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I’m loving our mixed California poppies #gardensky #permaculturesky
I think I finally got my calla Lillies figured out. #gardensky #permaculturesky
February 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I think I finally got my calla Lillies figured out. #gardensky #permaculturesky