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@theletteress.bsky.social
librarian, kitchen attemptress, wildflower admirer
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· Feb 22
hello from the jewel city of west virginia
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Bruce and Mildred in their berry eating dome 🍓
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Bruce and Mildred in their berry eating dome 🍓
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"If I had set boundaries early on, I could have stepped out with grace."
The mantra of self-recrimination that women incant bc it's more acceptable to accuse the agency we think we could have exercised than acknowledge we never had that latitude to begin with. sohla.substack.com/p/sorry-abou...
The mantra of self-recrimination that women incant bc it's more acceptable to accuse the agency we think we could have exercised than acknowledge we never had that latitude to begin with. sohla.substack.com/p/sorry-abou...
sorry about your cookies
this is probably TMI
sohla.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"If I had set boundaries early on, I could have stepped out with grace."
The mantra of self-recrimination that women incant bc it's more acceptable to accuse the agency we think we could have exercised than acknowledge we never had that latitude to begin with. sohla.substack.com/p/sorry-abou...
The mantra of self-recrimination that women incant bc it's more acceptable to accuse the agency we think we could have exercised than acknowledge we never had that latitude to begin with. sohla.substack.com/p/sorry-abou...
someone please tell me the Ohio river has any semblance of a personality anywhere bc I’m not seeing it here. unless bleak, grim, & soul-destroying is a personality. oh.
this is the beauty of a grand river... it has multiple personalities along the way
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
someone please tell me the Ohio river has any semblance of a personality anywhere bc I’m not seeing it here. unless bleak, grim, & soul-destroying is a personality. oh.
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tell me about your favorite river
December 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
tell me about your favorite river
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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the digital humanities erasure of archival labor walked so that LLMs inventing archival resources could gallop unimpeded
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
the digital humanities erasure of archival labor walked so that LLMs inventing archival resources could gallop unimpeded
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Tonight the Cold Moon rises 🌕❄️
Known too as the Long Night Moon or the Moon Before Yule, it lifts into the deepening dark as we head toward the year’s longest nights.
It will be the last supermoon of 2025.
Moonrise: 14:44*
📷 @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social
Known too as the Long Night Moon or the Moon Before Yule, it lifts into the deepening dark as we head toward the year’s longest nights.
It will be the last supermoon of 2025.
Moonrise: 14:44*
📷 @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Tonight the Cold Moon rises 🌕❄️
Known too as the Long Night Moon or the Moon Before Yule, it lifts into the deepening dark as we head toward the year’s longest nights.
It will be the last supermoon of 2025.
Moonrise: 14:44*
📷 @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social
Known too as the Long Night Moon or the Moon Before Yule, it lifts into the deepening dark as we head toward the year’s longest nights.
It will be the last supermoon of 2025.
Moonrise: 14:44*
📷 @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social
what’s cookin’ now: these coconut curry lentils & my house smells really good rn! www.budgetbytes.com/creamy-cocon...
Creamy Coconut Curry Lentils with Spinach
These rich, creamy, and earthy Coconut Curry Lentils are an easy and delicious vegan option for dinner or weekly meal prep!
www.budgetbytes.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
what’s cookin’ now: these coconut curry lentils & my house smells really good rn! www.budgetbytes.com/creamy-cocon...
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Black Appalachia Coalition with a spot-on, scientifically grounded analysis of data centers which
1) destroy air quality and water
2) seize land
2) target unincorporated Black communities lacking local government
4) = environmental racism dressed in technology
open.substack.com/pub/blackapp...
1) destroy air quality and water
2) seize land
2) target unincorporated Black communities lacking local government
4) = environmental racism dressed in technology
open.substack.com/pub/blackapp...
Environmental Slavery in the AI Era: The Hidden Cost of the Data Economy
Dr. Sacoby Wilson joins BLAC to expose how data centers, deregulation, and political neglect are creating new sacrifice zones—and why community power remains our strongest defense.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Black Appalachia Coalition with a spot-on, scientifically grounded analysis of data centers which
1) destroy air quality and water
2) seize land
2) target unincorporated Black communities lacking local government
4) = environmental racism dressed in technology
open.substack.com/pub/blackapp...
1) destroy air quality and water
2) seize land
2) target unincorporated Black communities lacking local government
4) = environmental racism dressed in technology
open.substack.com/pub/blackapp...
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i got tired of "how to read more" advice from people who are book critics and don't own tvs and live in monasteries with no wifi, so here is some advice from someone with a terminal case of internet brain www.shesabeast.co/how-to-read-...
how to read more
from someone who actually struggles
www.shesabeast.co
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
i got tired of "how to read more" advice from people who are book critics and don't own tvs and live in monasteries with no wifi, so here is some advice from someone with a terminal case of internet brain www.shesabeast.co/how-to-read-...
I’m also reading - and, um, savoring - The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, first published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill in 2010: www.elisabethtovabailey.net
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I’m also reading - and, um, savoring - The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, first published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill in 2010: www.elisabethtovabailey.net
it’s cold & very windy here & a good night for soup I think so I’m off to make minestrone while listening to Raising Hare, which is lovely so far: share.libbyapp.com/title/10971428
Raising Hare
A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman’s unlikely friendship with a wild hare.Imagine you cou...
share.libbyapp.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
it’s cold & very windy here & a good night for soup I think so I’m off to make minestrone while listening to Raising Hare, which is lovely so far: share.libbyapp.com/title/10971428
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The West Virginia governor initially said the troops had died, but later walked back the statement to say his office was “receiving conflicting reports” about their condition. https://to.pbs.org/3M1cKXU
Two National Guard members shot just blocks from the White House
Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital were shot Wednesday just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The West Virginia governor initially said the troops had died, but later walked back the statement to say his office was “receiving conflicting reports” about their condition. https://to.pbs.org/3M1cKXU
we in the mountain state deserve so much better, my god. this man & his dumb fucking podium signs are pathetic.
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
we in the mountain state deserve so much better, my god. this man & his dumb fucking podium signs are pathetic.
I’m not sure I’ve worked for any librarians who can even run a library
I cringe every time someone says "librarians should run the world!" like they're a whimsical moral caste of people instead of just people in a regular job, and who may think your cutesy praise is patronizing, actually.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I’m not sure I’ve worked for any librarians who can even run a library
ugh, turns out this fascination (mild? obsession? more akin to horror, really) is not fleeting.
was weirdly & fleetingly fascinated by my state’s junior U.S. senator’s staggering debt! anyway, carry on!
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
ugh, turns out this fascination (mild? obsession? more akin to horror, really) is not fleeting.
was weirdly & fleetingly fascinated by my state’s junior U.S. senator’s staggering debt! anyway, carry on!
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
was weirdly & fleetingly fascinated by my state’s junior U.S. senator’s staggering debt! anyway, carry on!
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West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice and his wife Cathy Justice immediately settled a new lawsuit seeking more than $5.1 million in unpaid federal income taxes spanning 15 years, reports Amelia Ferrell Knisely.
WV Sen. Jim Justice and his wife say they’ll pay $5.1 million in unpaid federal taxes • West Virginia Watch
West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice and his wife Cathy settled a new lawsuit seeking more than $5.1 million in unpaid federal income taxes.
westvirginiawatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice and his wife Cathy Justice immediately settled a new lawsuit seeking more than $5.1 million in unpaid federal income taxes spanning 15 years, reports Amelia Ferrell Knisely.
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U.S. Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia has agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million in overdue personal taxes, the latest saga for the former billionaire who has been followed by a trail of financial challenges going back well over a decade. https://to.pbs.org/3K98FQW
West Virginia Sen. Justice agrees to pay nearly $5.2 million in overdue taxes
The Internal Revenue Service last month filed liens totaling more than $8 million against Justice and his wife on unpaid personal taxes.
www.pbs.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
U.S. Sen. Jim Justice of West Virginia has agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million in overdue personal taxes, the latest saga for the former billionaire who has been followed by a trail of financial challenges going back well over a decade. https://to.pbs.org/3K98FQW
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A federal judge has ruled that West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice owes over $29 million to a Tennessee company for his family's coal companies' failure to meet collateral and payment obligations for reclaiming his mines.
https://loom.ly/6rBJ7-c
https://loom.ly/6rBJ7-c
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A federal judge has ruled that West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice owes over $29 million to a Tennessee company for his family's coal companies' failure to meet collateral and payment obligations for reclaiming his mines.
https://loom.ly/6rBJ7-c
https://loom.ly/6rBJ7-c
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No email from a library system stirs the imagination like a notice my scan is ready to download through WORLDCAT. The great cat that surrounds the world? That nuzzles the roots of the world-scratching-tree? The great world cat who is and was and shall be? That cat???
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
No email from a library system stirs the imagination like a notice my scan is ready to download through WORLDCAT. The great cat that surrounds the world? That nuzzles the roots of the world-scratching-tree? The great world cat who is and was and shall be? That cat???
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I can reassure the New York Times that networks of mutual protection, and misogynist retaliation efforts that benefit abusive men at the expense of the young women they prey upon, are very much still intact post-Me Too.
This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I can reassure the New York Times that networks of mutual protection, and misogynist retaliation efforts that benefit abusive men at the expense of the young women they prey upon, are very much still intact post-Me Too.
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Everything so stupid but I have faith it can get stupider
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Everything so stupid but I have faith it can get stupider