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Monica
@monicaberry.bsky.social
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Homeschooling mom, AFOL, VP of a local nonprofit that supports and advocates for people with disabilities, disabled person... Idk, me.
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monicaberry.bsky.social
Both of my #LEGO #BuildToGive hearts together! 💕🩵
My two LEGO-built hearts one transparent light blue and clear with a snowflake piece and the other mostly transparent pink with a couple clear pieces. They are both hanging from a suction cup on a window, pushing each other at different angles. Outside is snowy and bright.
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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trickylug.bsky.social
The next #TrickyLugChallenge is to just build a MOC! Anything you want, in any scale, with any theme!

You might consider including a heart for the #LEGO #BuildToGive campaign to spread a little LEGO love! ❤️
A sign made of a blue LEGO baseplate with white tiles spelling out "Free-For-all Build Challenge" along with a decoration of concentric hearts in coral, red, and dark red on a white square. As usual, the whole sign has a rainbow border of quarter-round tiles.
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
monicaberry.bsky.social
Another heart for the #LEGO #BuildToGive campaign! I hope you feel the love this season!
A heart built out of mostly transparent LEGO pieces hanging from a suction cup on the window so it's backlit like stained glass. This one is clear on top and blue on the bottom with a matching transparent blue snowflake piece in the middle. Outside is snowy.
December 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
monicaberry.bsky.social
Clearly the world needs a little more love! Here's a heart for the #LEGO #BuildToGive campaign! Share a little LEGO love this season!
(On Instagram I added the Song "Put a Little Love in Your Heart")
A LEGO heart built with transparent pieces, mostly pink, hanging from a suction cup on a window so it's backlit like stained glass.
December 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
monicaberry.bsky.social
Well, I'm officially a wheelchair user now!
A Pride Mobility Go-Chair Med sits on a rug in my living room in front of the TV.
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
monicaberry.bsky.social
I didn't expect to get to see the northern lights from my own driveway with so much light pollution, but they're stunning!
Looking at the sky between two houses with trees in the foreground. Much of the sky is a bright, diffuse pink dotted with a few stars. Towards the horizon is some green glow. Looking at the sky between two houses with blurry trees in the foreground. Much of the upper sky is a bright, diffuse pink dotted with a few stars. Towards the horizon is more green glow. A selfie of me with the driveway, road, etc. and the pink and green glow in the background. I'm a white lady wearing a brownish coat, turquoise glasses, and a grey hat with a LEGO minifig face. Looking over a couple different houses with trees in the foreground the sky is dominated by bright pink streaks and a diffuse glow.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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trickylug.bsky.social
The next TrickyLUG challenge is a food build!

Many will be celebrating Thanksgiving in a few weeks, so tempt us with something tasty, treat us to something scrumptious, or push the boundaries on what's edible in this month's challenge!
A blue LEGO baseplate with white tiles spelling out "Food Build challenge" with many different LEGO food pieces all around and the usual rainbow border of quarter-round tiles.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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kimberlyratliff.bsky.social
Can't make it in-person to a No Kings protest? Here are 2 alternatives:
1) Write/send letters to voters in consequential elections via @votefwd.bsky.social - votefwd.org/campaigns
2) Attend a virtual #NoKings rally via Zoom, organized by @rubyslippahs.bsky.social - www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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trickylug.bsky.social
Our next Zoom meeting will be Nov. 1st, which is National Bison Day and National Cook for Your Pets Day.

So build an animal-themed MOC* and share it in our Discord or live on the Zoom call! Any animal, any scale, just get building and join in the fun!

*MOC=My Own Creation
A sign made with mostly white LEGO tiles on a blue baseplate that says "Animals Build challenge" with a rainbow border of quarter-round tiles. The letters forming the word "Animals" are on a curved line with teeth pieces making it look like a smiling carnivore. Two 2x2 eye tiles and a pink "tombstone" tile with sprinkles as the dot of the i (looking like an animal's nose) complete the face looking to our left.
October 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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salvaterra.bsky.social
congratulations kyanite! 🏆

(also congratulations tugtupite, you rock).

#MinCup25 #minerals

Here's my version of the bracket with my hand-drawn minerals.
final Mineral Cup 2025 bracket with kyanite as champion. all the minerals are illustrated and the brackets are lined with decorative border in gold.
October 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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autisticadvocacy.org
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is a way to communicate without talking, like using a letter board or typing on an iPad. We want AAC available for anyone who needs it, and for autistic people to be supported to communicate in the way that works best for us.
Watercolor orange background, blue text reads: “October is Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Acceptance month.” There’s a graphic of a blue AAC device that says “Happy AAC Acceptance Month!” Below, text says, “Communication is a human right!” The ASAN logo is below.
October 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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naddiescorner.bsky.social
Und manchmal,
wenn ich allein durch die Straßen gehe,
höre ich dein Lied im Kopf,
und lächle.
Nicht aus Trauer,
sondern weil es schön war.

Du warst kein Anfang
und kein Ende.
Du warst ein Stück Glück,
das bleibt,
weil ich es erinnere.
September 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
monicaberry.bsky.social
Cat approved BrickCon swag!
Our small black and white cat sniffs at the orange transparent minifig bottle costume which is surrounded by many other items from my BrickCon swag bag lying on top of a BrickLink25 reusable bag. Same as previous, but now the cat is looking up and off to the left.
September 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
monicaberry.bsky.social
May, our smallest and oldest cat, who has no claws and few teeth, killed a cricket that somehow got in the house!
I didn't let her eat it, but gave her treats instead.

Dramatic reenactment with the laser-pointer:
Our small black and white cat bats at the red glow of the laser pointer in a crouched, stalking pose - tail straight out behind her - on a mandala-like rug in the living room.
September 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
49% of COVID infections are asymptomatic according to Yale School of Public Health.

Yale advises layered protection: N95 masks, HEPA filters, good ventilation, vaccines, rapid tests and wastewater monitoring.

Source: pdflink.to/yale-covid-1...
The image presents an informative graphic about COVID-19, highlighting that 49% of infections are asymptomatic. It emphasizes the importance of a multilayered approach to protection. The text lists several protective measures: wearing N95 and KN95 masks, using HEPA air filtration, ensuring good ventilation (carbon dioxide levels below 800 parts per million), staying up-to-date with vaccinations, conducting rapid tests before gatherings, and monitoring wastewater levels of COVID-19. The graphic is attributed to Yale School of Public Health, with sources cited at the bottom.
September 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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trickylug.bsky.social
Whether you're participating in our collab, #FriendShipTember, #ShipTember (Is that just space ships or can it be nautical ships?), or none of the above... we want to see you build a boat and fancy it up!
A LEGO mosaic on a blue baseplate with a rainbow of quarter round pieces around the border that says "Bling Your Boat Build Challenge" with various sparkly/blingy pieces on the word "Bling" and the word "Boat" is yellow-orange and has curved pieces on the B and T making it resemble the hull of a boat, shimmery blue quarter rounds to suggest water below it, and a pink life preserver tile inside the O.
September 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
monicaberry.bsky.social
Our kitty-boy is home and doing pretty well, all things considered.
Our grey cat sitting by the cat's water fountain wearing a transparent cone and looking very pitiful.
September 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
monicaberry.bsky.social
Tom is out of surgery & everything went just about as well as can be expected!
He's having some minor signs of Horner's Syndrome, which is not unexpected &, hopefully, temporary. Otherwise he's doing great & should be able to come home tomorrow!
Pic from our trip down yesterday.
Our grey cat's face viewed up close through the mesh of his carrier. His green eyes are wide as he watches the passing scenery and his mouth is slightly open.
September 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
monicaberry.bsky.social
Please send well-wishes to General Tom Foolery as he heads off to the vet specialists at the teaching hospital again. He has surgery again tomorrow on his ear.
Close up of a sideways grey cat face smushed up against green fabric (my shirt) looking lovingly at me with his green eyes. Background is a blurry living room.
September 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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saffronsfloof.bsky.social
Today’s mood.

#cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky
Color photograph. A tan, black and gray tabby cat is perched atop a scratch post and caught mid yawn so she looks incredibly fierce. In fact, bringing this level of fierce and anger to the fight because you won’t take away my rights.
August 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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enikofox.com
even if you don't give a shit about covid you should want clean indoor air in schools/public buildings because getting sick more often is a huge economic hit. it literally costs the economy exponentially more money to *not* filter the air

but maybe that pragmatic argument is too reasonable
August 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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brendonowicz.cryptoanarchy.network
Every time a patient tells me they have to quit their job or they will make slightly more than the medicaid cutoff this year and would then be bankrupted by healthcare costs, a part of me dies. What a fucked up country.

For-profit healthcare is a crime against humanity. #MedicareForAll
August 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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chronicillness.bsky.social
@asymmetricinfo What's your most expensive subscription, and why? @chronicillness.bsky.social Health Insurance
August 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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sarahsophief.bsky.social
I dug into my family history and emerged with an anti fascist blueprint for now. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We
Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism.
www.thenation.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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trickylug.bsky.social
The next TrickyLug meeting will be 9/6, which is "National Read a Book Day" in the US, so we challenge you to build something book-related!

Build a scene from your local library, a pop-up book, a pair of bookends, a mosaic of your favorite book cover, or whatever book-related thing inspires you!
LEGO mosaic on a blue baseplate that says "Read a Book Build challenge" in white tiles with a brick-built bookshelf with several colorful LEGO books and, above that, one brown book with the "Once upon a time..." tile is propped open at an angle. The baseplate is bordered by a rainbow of quarter-round tiles. A close-up view of the LEGO bookshelf and open book.
August 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM