Sheila Allen
sheilatronica.bsky.social
Sheila Allen
@sheilatronica.bsky.social
She/her, fan of many sf books and authors esp queer & progressive books.

Distrust oligarchic narratives when they divide us. Solidarity is survival. Nonviolent resistance works best. Keep hope alive!
Pet oligarch’s cloud infra, ie AWS, etc
December 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I feel we need more books in that universe
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I’ve noticed that behavior as well, usually among hard-liners who don’t see the value in leaders who compromise.

I’m not sure if anti-liberals have thought about how compromise is a pre-requisite to pluralistic democratic society.

Though liberalism doesn’t require compromise when opposing bigotry!
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Reposted by Sheila Allen
You noticed US defence policy is now openly and officially pro-Russian and anti-EU, since yesterday?
December 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
So how are trans people supposed to get info about DIY?

I’ve never heard it mentioned in my local trans communities where I lived.
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reposted by Sheila Allen
When people say they want an “American Franco,” we need to be crystal clear about what that means: grinding poverty, widespread misery, & unmarked graves of summarily-executed opponents in every town & village.
‘We’ve Got to Kill and Kill and Kill’ | Dan Kaufman
As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence toward Jews.
www.nybooks.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
People have a right to their feelings, so have a right to feel anger that they can’t have an illiberally uncompromising POTUS who meets their all their personal criterial for perfection of ideals.

But democratic systems require incremental consensus-building, to “form a more perfect union”.
democrati.is
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I want to read this soon…maybe this weekend.
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll give it a
try in audiobook form, available from my favorite audiobook site:

libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
The House of Shattered Wings Audiobook on Libro.fm
Multi-award-winning author Aliette de Bodard brings her story of the War in Heaven to Paris, igniting the City of Light in a fantasy of divine power and deep conspiracy.In the late twentieth century, ...
libro.fm
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I learned this garlic trick from @beebirdmoth.bsky.social who described the process for making frozen roast garlic bombs

- buy fresh garlic in bulk
- mince and roast the entire batch
- roll into balls
- freeze
- drop a garlic bomb into whatever you’re cooking
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM