@autumntreeshaiku.bsky.social
I love to read.
hell yeah Merriam-Webster, dunk on those silicon valley comic book villains and their garbage spicy autocomplete toys
01.10.2025 16:49 — 👍 290 🔁 33 💬 6 📌 0alright i've finished going through my collection of books and it looks like i'm currently at 41 countries (broadly defined)
i've decided that for the sake of feasibility i'm going to count authors who publicly identify themselves as members of a specific diaspora/immigrant community, so...
the weird thing about this is that it's all about human dignity and nobody points out that the real problem is that AI tends to hallucinate bullshit and you don't want your pope avatar telling people to go off and eat poisonous mushrooms or whatever. 1
19.09.2025 03:25 — 👍 91 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 2
Jamaica- Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf
sometimes you read a book where it's all about the plot. other times it's to let the language wash over you. this is the latter- a book where you just kinda got to let the words take you wherever they want and hang on
What are some trad pub SFF/H books that have been out at least a year that you think didn't get enough attention? Adult or YA. Marginalized authors preferred, and small press titles encouraged. Not looking for big bestsellers or award-sweepers.
13.09.2025 19:17 — 👍 125 🔁 72 💬 58 📌 6I have to ask, as I am eternally obsessed with paper and notebooks, what notebook are you using here, & do you tend to use the same type over and over? I am trying all the notebooks over the course of the years, but recently got into fountain pens, so now that's a consideration for my paper choices.
11.09.2025 12:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A yellow fountain pen with a gold nib and the pen's lid lie on top of a lined notebook, with scribbly notes taken in a dark blue ink.
I thoroughly agree with Rob's call to share our practice, especially as geographers for whom many find ourselves working geographically from outside of geography departments, myself included. Lots of food for thought. For now, here's what today's practice looks like (In addition to BlueSky babbling)
11.09.2025 08:25 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A photograph of a hand holding a fountain pen with a chrome and gold nib, in the background is a blurred notebook and an ochre coloured cup. The setting is a cafe
Sometimes the keyboard & screen are obstacles to writing; they’re easy to use, but not to use well.
At those times, pen & paper often allow me to vault or sidestep those obstacles. Things flow, slowly.
'Fine Chinese brush calligraphy written on a tea cup as an overglaze.'
Watch on you tube
www.youtube.com/shorts/JlEcJ...
Amazing readings last night at Fantastic Fiction, which is also my favorite podcast.
💙📚🪐 #booksky #shortstory
www.kgbfantasticfiction.org/category/aud...
Friendly reminder
#writingcommunity #booksky #5amwritersclub
A gathering of six kittens. Two gray, one white with a gray cap, two tuxedos and a sassy gray tabby. All look up eagerly toward the camera.
Timeline cleanse #CatBreak
The latest “class photo“ of a new family of adoptable kitties fostered by the amazing folks at @alley-aristo.org
These are all named after characters in Tad Williams’ TAILCHASER’S SONG #CatSky #BookSky 💙🐈⬛
Finding joy & expressions of creativity in the face of fascism is a radical act of defiance/ resilience. My acts include training teachers on brain science, making jewelry, & living w/ a house full of cats & a husband. Find what keeps you from falling into the despair. 🫂❤️
11.09.2025 03:55 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
A junk journal page with a yellow theme. There are hand drawn flowers, and a koi made out of Lego as the main pcs.
I have a large collection of cutouts from Lego boxes I need to use up. #junkjournal #junkjournaling #scrapbook #sketch #art #collage
11.09.2025 11:57 — 👍 17 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0i wrote this post in july two years ago when blue sky had around 200,000 total users and i thought i would ask again
tell me what u are doing
be proud of what u do and share it here
One of the joys of growing native plants: All the little birds come to feast on the seeds in the fall. 🌱🪶
11.09.2025 11:19 — 👍 23 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Photo of an erect inflorescence bearing yellow, five-petaled flowers, which are darker in the center
Lysimachia punctata is one of ca. 80 spp of Lysimachia (out of 288 spp in the genus) that have oil-secreting hairs in the bowl of the corolla. It is pollinated by oil bees in the genus Macropis (ca. 16 spp; #Melittidae). 📷: Pete CCBY2. #pollination #bees #Primulaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Swooping seeds of forget me not. They are ribbed with nubs and are like velcro
Close up of the seeds, you can see the tiny nubs
A bit zoomed out from the previius
🌱 📸 🌼
Small Forget-Me-Not seeds almost ready to drop!
They drip onto your finger pads like velcro does. Such a satisfying feeling.😊
#nature #garden #gardenreport #flowerreport #photography
When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
11.09.2025 11:46 — 👍 17845 🔁 4684 💬 104 📌 68
If you need some levity in these trying times, here's what's fresh out of Paris....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...
I have two professor colleagues who have faced threats and harassment due to the organization Charlie Kirk built, and they were not alone. We can denounce and loathe political violence without hagiography for its victims. This is dangerous nonsense.
11.09.2025 11:19 — 👍 3447 🔁 756 💬 71 📌 24
Losing my goddamned mind.
We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.
This is the legacy of Charlie Kirk’s politics that is being celebrated as “a love of free debate” or whatever.
apnews.com/article/texa...
Not yet 48 hours and it feels like we'll break $10k today!
Will you be the one that gets us there?
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Things I recommend instead of doomscrolling:
-reaching out to a trusted group chat
-cleaning your home
-eating ice cream
-playing with a pet
-reading a book
-donating to charity
-writing in a journal
-taking a hot shower
-watching a standup comedy special
-going to bed early
The Heritage Foundation released the following words from the organization's president, Kevin Roberts, about the death of Charlie Kirk: “His martyrdom must be a turning point for our country.”
Yes, he said "martyrdom." Remember, we don't even know who killed the man or why.
No arrest. No known motive. And he’s saying this. How can we possibly trust that any investigation into Kirk’s death will be on the level. They’ll make it fit the narrative. They have to after this. Unreal.
11.09.2025 01:17 — 👍 375 🔁 75 💬 35 📌 3
Wild. The political murders of legislators in Minnesota were “killings.” The shooting of Kirk which cause is unknown is an “assassination.”
They bend the knee without even being asked.
