Rachel Tobie
@racheltobie.bsky.social
Reader of YA, MG & Romance. Probably cuddling a small dog or staring at a bird in a tree. Definitely wearing a respirator. Pacific Northwest. She/her.
Amazing deal on Murderbot and more by Martha Wells! I’m so excited to read the most recent books in this series without the long wait at my library while also supporting an excellent charity. :D
On Humble Bundle:
Martha Wells' Murderbot & More
Any Device, ePUB, $155 Value but "pay what you want"
A portion of your purchase supports @wck.org World Central Kitchen.
Use the "adjust donation" setting to INCREASE the amout going to World Kitchen!
Martha Wells' Murderbot & More
Any Device, ePUB, $155 Value but "pay what you want"
A portion of your purchase supports @wck.org World Central Kitchen.
Use the "adjust donation" setting to INCREASE the amout going to World Kitchen!
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Amazing deal on Murderbot and more by Martha Wells! I’m so excited to read the most recent books in this series without the long wait at my library while also supporting an excellent charity. :D
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"[It's] as if we’ve collectively agreed that fiscal responsibility is best taught through the ritual humiliation of second graders."
This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.
This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.
I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened.
“I immediately wondered if this was real.”
www.huffpost.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"[It's] as if we’ve collectively agreed that fiscal responsibility is best taught through the ritual humiliation of second graders."
This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.
This is an excellent piece, not just about school lunch debt, but how we manage the relationship between working for systemic change and mitigating immediate harm.
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To celebrate the completion of The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
April 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
To celebrate the completion of The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
This Pieris japonica “Flaming Silver” is blooming wildly this year. I love that the bright red new foliage makes it look like the plant has two different types of flowers. 🌱
April 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This Pieris japonica “Flaming Silver” is blooming wildly this year. I love that the bright red new foliage makes it look like the plant has two different types of flowers. 🌱
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Ronan is my shadow, my writing buddy, and my best friend. Right now, he’s paralyzed and fighting for his life.
He needs life-saving surgery (that I can’t afford) to survive. Anything you can do — donations, shares — would be a gift.
gofund.me/036f9754
gofund.me/036f9754
Donate to Help Save Ronan: My Best Friend Desperately Needs Emergency, organized by Aiden Thomas
Hi everyone,
I’m reaching out today with a heavy hear… Aiden Thomas needs your support for Help Save Ronan: My Best Friend Desperately Needs Emergency
gofund.me
March 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Ronan is my shadow, my writing buddy, and my best friend. Right now, he’s paralyzed and fighting for his life.
He needs life-saving surgery (that I can’t afford) to survive. Anything you can do — donations, shares — would be a gift.
gofund.me/036f9754
gofund.me/036f9754
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Free Covid tests!
My understanding is this is still happening and anyone can order—just spoke to someone who ordered 3000 tests as an individual and was able to very quickly distribute them out to interested groups!
And let me emphasize: for free!!
My understanding is this is still happening and anyone can order—just spoke to someone who ordered 3000 tests as an individual and was able to very quickly distribute them out to interested groups!
And let me emphasize: for free!!
If you or your mutual aid group want to get some of that federal stockpile of COVID tests, you can order them for free. Minimum is 300, unclear what the max is! my local clean air group just did this and they arrived quickly:
docs.google.com/document/u/0...
docs.google.com/document/u/0...
free RATs ordering guide (HHS)
How to bulk order free rapid tests from the government & FAQs: You do NOT have to be an official organization (no requirement to be a 501c3, school, or anything else). You don’t even have to be a mut...
docs.google.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Free Covid tests!
My understanding is this is still happening and anyone can order—just spoke to someone who ordered 3000 tests as an individual and was able to very quickly distribute them out to interested groups!
And let me emphasize: for free!!
My understanding is this is still happening and anyone can order—just spoke to someone who ordered 3000 tests as an individual and was able to very quickly distribute them out to interested groups!
And let me emphasize: for free!!
Every line in this is so good, but I think that “I definitely hadn’t drunk enough electrolytes to be getting into a street fight” might be my favorite.
For @thesicktimes.bsky.social I wrote about clawing back my self-image after living five years with #LongCOVID, and about how going full-on Soft Butch Batman on a racist in my neighborhood helped me figure some things out. bit.ly/3FzULEJ
The sick soft butch who did: How confronting a racist in my neighborhood helped me claim my Long COVID identity - The Sick Times
The last thing I thought before I smashed, face first, into the New York City sidewalk, was, Dang, my wife's going to want me to start taking my cane with me everywhere I go. But mostly, I was worried...
bit.ly
March 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Every line in this is so good, but I think that “I definitely hadn’t drunk enough electrolytes to be getting into a street fight” might be my favorite.
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HI THERE i'd like to draw your dog or your cat!!! 🐶🐱 PET COMMISSIONS $120 USD ✨ includes 4 silly doodles of your beloved pet referenced from photos you send me on a simple colourful background. examples below!
✨ send references & paypal info to laceybrannen AT gmail . com
✨ send references & paypal info to laceybrannen AT gmail . com
March 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
HI THERE i'd like to draw your dog or your cat!!! 🐶🐱 PET COMMISSIONS $120 USD ✨ includes 4 silly doodles of your beloved pet referenced from photos you send me on a simple colourful background. examples below!
✨ send references & paypal info to laceybrannen AT gmail . com
✨ send references & paypal info to laceybrannen AT gmail . com
Great article about tropes. This made me smile: “It’s brilliant to be an experienced enough genre reader to appreciate when the author’s doing a specific trope a specific way because they know what the trope is, and you know what the trope is, and you’re both having some fun with it.”
what if tropes, but too much?
(in my latest for @reactorsff.bsky.social, I wrote about how romantasy publishers are feeding me so many tropes I feel like Bruce Bogtrotter with the chocolate cake.)
(in my latest for @reactorsff.bsky.social, I wrote about how romantasy publishers are feeding me so many tropes I feel like Bruce Bogtrotter with the chocolate cake.)
Let Them Eat Tropes: Why Romantasy Needs to Grow Beyond Trends - Reactor
When does a genre literary trope cross the threshold into marketing trend?
reactormag.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Great article about tropes. This made me smile: “It’s brilliant to be an experienced enough genre reader to appreciate when the author’s doing a specific trope a specific way because they know what the trope is, and you know what the trope is, and you’re both having some fun with it.”
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If you could use a little brightness in your day, I recommend spending some time with sled dog MUPPY. I’m genuinely obsessed with her. She is an icon. She is a legend. Her legs are 4 inches long.
Meet Muppy, the World’s Smallest Sled Dog
Most sled dogs are huskies and pointers, but Muppy didn’t get the memo. With sheer determination and a whole lot of heart, this little dog is rewriting the rules of racing.
www.outsideonline.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If you could use a little brightness in your day, I recommend spending some time with sled dog MUPPY. I’m genuinely obsessed with her. She is an icon. She is a legend. Her legs are 4 inches long.
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Let’s help Celeste the way she’s helped all of us.
Hey all, I have a specific request this AM.
There's an urgent situation involving this (which Martha references in the original description), and the total needs to be doubled.
Martha's OOO so I don't want to bother her to change the amount, but I'm asking for your help.
gofund.me/505857f2
There's an urgent situation involving this (which Martha references in the original description), and the total needs to be doubled.
Martha's OOO so I don't want to bother her to change the amount, but I'm asking for your help.
gofund.me/505857f2
Donate to Back Jess's Path to a Fresh Start in DC, organized by Martha Brockenbrough
You might know Jess Huang as Celeste Pewter—the tireless educator on how … Martha Brockenbrough needs your support for Back Jess's Path to a Fresh Start in DC
gofund.me
February 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Let’s help Celeste the way she’s helped all of us.
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Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.
February 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.
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A hot pink dragonfly has landed in your feed to give you a little doomscrolling break.
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea), Texas
#FridayFlyday #Inverts
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea), Texas
#FridayFlyday #Inverts
February 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
A hot pink dragonfly has landed in your feed to give you a little doomscrolling break.
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea), Texas
#FridayFlyday #Inverts
Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea), Texas
#FridayFlyday #Inverts
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We're going to make it through this 🩷💙
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
January 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're going to make it through this 🩷💙
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
Let's turn our fear and rage into community action.
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Anti-A.I. stamps!
For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital!
You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)
For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital!
You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)
January 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Anti-A.I. stamps!
For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital!
You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)
For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital!
You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)
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“Through the screen, I found something unexpected: the chance for technology to offer a different — and sometimes deeper — interaction with patients.”
—@helenouyang.bsky.social
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/o...
—@helenouyang.bsky.social
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/o...
January 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Through the screen, I found something unexpected: the chance for technology to offer a different — and sometimes deeper — interaction with patients.”
—@helenouyang.bsky.social
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/o...
—@helenouyang.bsky.social
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/o...
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Read books, watch movies, listen to music, go to concerts and plays and lift up those artists who are doing the things that make you happy, because it will help, then, make other people happy too, and fill the internet with things other than just that guy and what he’s doing
January 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Read books, watch movies, listen to music, go to concerts and plays and lift up those artists who are doing the things that make you happy, because it will help, then, make other people happy too, and fill the internet with things other than just that guy and what he’s doing
First bird of 2025: an Anna’s hummingbird, perched at the very top of a tree, surveying its domain and making that wonderful buzzing call that always makes me look up.
January 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
First bird of 2025: an Anna’s hummingbird, perched at the very top of a tree, surveying its domain and making that wonderful buzzing call that always makes me look up.
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No matter how much skill you acquire, drawing reveals something indelible about yourself that maybe even you don't comprehend. You're confessing, not flexing. We're connecting with your vulnerability as much as your talent. Hiring a robot to spackle over those faults is a cosmic goof.
December 27, 2024 at 11:36 PM
No matter how much skill you acquire, drawing reveals something indelible about yourself that maybe even you don't comprehend. You're confessing, not flexing. We're connecting with your vulnerability as much as your talent. Hiring a robot to spackle over those faults is a cosmic goof.
I have to go to a medical appointment next week where I can’t use my usual 3M half-face respirator, so we did some home fit testing with N95s yesterday.
- Tried on: 8 respirators
- Fit tested: 4
- Passed the test: 2 (3M Aura 9210+ and Dräger X-plore 1950)
I’m pleased to have two options!
- Tried on: 8 respirators
- Fit tested: 4
- Passed the test: 2 (3M Aura 9210+ and Dräger X-plore 1950)
I’m pleased to have two options!
December 15, 2024 at 1:06 AM
I have to go to a medical appointment next week where I can’t use my usual 3M half-face respirator, so we did some home fit testing with N95s yesterday.
- Tried on: 8 respirators
- Fit tested: 4
- Passed the test: 2 (3M Aura 9210+ and Dräger X-plore 1950)
I’m pleased to have two options!
- Tried on: 8 respirators
- Fit tested: 4
- Passed the test: 2 (3M Aura 9210+ and Dräger X-plore 1950)
I’m pleased to have two options!
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“Art is here to prove, and to help one bear, the fact that all safety is an illusion.”
—James Baldwin
I think about this quote every day.
—James Baldwin
I think about this quote every day.
November 29, 2024 at 4:44 AM
“Art is here to prove, and to help one bear, the fact that all safety is an illusion.”
—James Baldwin
I think about this quote every day.
—James Baldwin
I think about this quote every day.
This is an excellent article, and I’m looking forward to checking out the free resources available here: www.covidsafetyforschools.org
Thanks @abcnewsbot.bsky.social and @hayleygleeson.bsky.social for covering the important topic of COVID in schools.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09...
Schools don't have to be hotbeds of COVID. One dad is fighting back with facts
A free online course aims to bust COVID misinformation and teach people how to stop the virus spreading in schools. But perhaps its greatest challenge is engaging people in the first place — particula...
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2024 at 11:01 PM
This is an excellent article, and I’m looking forward to checking out the free resources available here: www.covidsafetyforschools.org