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A background of speculative fiction books with the following text: Sirens, March 18-22, 2026 - New Haven, CT. Read. Discuss. Learn. Join us if you love speculative fiction, if you want to study with expert faculty, or you simply want to connect with other voracious readers. sirensconference.org

Join us, one year from today!

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Just wanted to say hello:). New to Blue Sky. I can also be found at Chad’s Silversmithing on YouTube!
#silversmithing #jewelry #jewellery #sterling #artjewelry

I tried binge-watching The Office before its move to 🦚. Having worked in offices most of my adult life, I appreciated the satire. But then I started having awful nightmares and had to give it up.

Opinion | The missing context from the Elon Musk salute We can’t have a functioning democracy if we think our opponents are evil.

tired of these people who think we’re too stupid to understand what’s in front of us www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you’re doomscrolling right now for no reason and you’re ignoring a good book you’ve been reading, you can just stop doomscrolling and read the book instead.

I’m sure gonna.

I was usually on a school bus, returning from a band trip, or a speech & debate trip, or a DECA trip. And listening to Tears for Fears on my little cassette player from Radio Shack. Y'know, I think I still have that thing.

Two of my SAI sisters lost everything in that fire. The speed at which everything happened was incomprehensible. They barely managed to escape with their lives.

Granted, it's just a hypothesis, but I truly believe that a key to happiness in 2025 for each and every one of us is to befriend more cats.

I have an ex-in law who lived in Iran in the 70s. She wore short skirts to school and a two piece swimsuit to the pool. She fled before the revolution.

Religious extremism boosted into government can lead to the imposition of terror on women and girls and allies. It can happen anywhere.

Got my copy Monday and hope to get started soon!

Ringing in the New Year hits differently this year.

Let's make "Ma'am this is a map store" into the positive counterpart to "Sir this is a Wendy's"

That's circumstantial AF. I'd wager most Americans have at least one such notebook.

Life and Teachings of Jesus. I majored in French and minored in music, but it was a Christian university and required a religion class. I'm no longer religious, but oddly enough, I feel like that makes me a better Christian.

I first perform a complete assessment of the elephant. For example, is it a 3-inch tall ceramic figurine suitable for display on my bookshelf?

Then I demand the reliability and validity data for all of the interview questions.

::glares in validity and reliability::

He's saying that now because it got leaked that he doesn't plan to stop UHC from continuing its denial-fest in the name of profits. CEOs aren't stupid, they know how to make quasi-reasonable mouth sounds in public. What matters is their policies and their lobbying.

Simpsons meme. Homer, oblivious, sits in a bath. He says "Today, I'm going to get my disaster of a house clear for Christmas". Sneaking up behind him is Bart, with a chair raised to hit Homer with. He is labelled "chronic pain".

Aw, man, makes me wish I were still working for the MSO!

I have 214.6K followers, and I figure at least some of them are looking to gift books this holiday season, so:

HEY AUTHORS OF BLUESKY: In the comments to this post, tell us (briefly!) about your most recent book, and put in a link to where people can learn more and/or buy the book in question.

Go!

As far as I'm concerned, a new day requires new dice.

That reminds me, @rantipoles.bsky.social and I haven't been to Hobby Lobby lately. I wonder if they've missed our little notes.

Every resistance act matters.

they say bluesky’s an echo chamber but i’m only half joking when i point out that there’s been some really vigorous debate on here today as to whether it is good or bad that the CEO of a major health insurance conglomerate was murdered in cold blood in the street

A torso wearing a black t shirt with a white design featuring a center tiger face, snarling. Above it reads "abortion access for all on demand" and below is reads "no question, no apology" and "we won't back down"

An older lady complimented my "abortion access for all, no question, no apology" shirt. I blushed and said, "I saw this shirt and realized... I apologize for a lot of things."

She leveled her gaze at me and smiled small but steady. "Not this one, honey. NEVER this one."

A party board with an assortment of cheeses, meats, veggies, and snack foods, with fall-themed decorations and owl-themed bowls and plates.

Happy Thanksgiving!

🎴 #tarot #tarotsky #witch #witchcraft #witchsky #occultsky #occult

Today I searched in vain for mimolette for the charcuterie board. I'm debating whether or not to attempt Whole Foods or just give up. We're roasting pepitas now, and tonight I'll do the first steps of my krautsalat.

Black Friday Kindle edition $1.99 Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis Nov 25- Dec 1 Amazon.com

Yelling into the Black Friday wind - DREADFUL is on sale for Kindle for $1.99 through Dec 1!

Susan Wolber will be greatly missed. We've belonged to the same small local book club for something like ten years, and I am proud to call her my friend. My heart goes out to her family, friends, and everyone whose life she has touched. RIP, Sue.