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Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi

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Legal Editor by day, writer by night of Regency low fantasy WIP & historical fiction. Award-winning Austenesque coming-of-age series: Kirkus Reviews Best Books 2018 & 2021; Grand Prize Winner-Novella, 2024 Chanticleer Int'l Book Awards. Linktr.ee/rekwriter

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Let’s do it! Yes on Prop 50.

22.08.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These are desperate times. Yes on Prop 50!

22.08.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had to add the fig leaf to get this image posted; otherwise, it was considered adult content.

15.08.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse, 1903, is the story of a man in love with himself and where the woman infatuated with him can repeat only the last three words he says. Oddly, that's what is happening today in America with all those women who drank the Kool-Aid.
(Fig leaf added by me)

15.08.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
In Gaza, a small child shown in starvation, the body shrunk to nothing with sticks for arms (photo credit New Yorker Magazine), compared to a similar story in a WWII concentration camp, a starving Jewish boy with sticks for arms and legs. All bone, no flesh.

In Gaza, a small child shown in starvation, the body shrunk to nothing with sticks for arms (photo credit New Yorker Magazine), compared to a similar story in a WWII concentration camp, a starving Jewish boy with sticks for arms and legs. All bone, no flesh.

A starving child in Gaza, August 2025. A starving boy in Mauthausen Concentration Camp, May 1945.

#gaza #wwii #starvation #concentrationcamps

13.08.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Painting of a woman at a table looking at another woman who is holding a serving tray. My caption β€œcan I get you anything else?” β€œA new president and another coffee would be great.”

Painting of a woman at a table looking at another woman who is holding a serving tray. My caption β€œcan I get you anything else?” β€œA new president and another coffee would be great.”

back from vacation (a week ago) and about to make it everyone’s problem

23.07.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 17549    πŸ” 2110    πŸ’¬ 202    πŸ“Œ 77

My grandmother gave birth to twin baby girls in the internment camps and they died. Horrible living conditions. Desert winds and dust. Toilets with no doors. Constant fear of being starved to death. She hoarded bread. Moldy bread.

22.07.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The End Of A Wet Day. 16Β°C and mist descending. A Blackbird singing.

The End Of A Wet Day. 16Β°C and mist descending. A Blackbird singing.

The End Of A Wet Day. 16Β°C and mist descending. A Blackbird singing .

19.07.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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18.07.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is how I’ll be sitting and judging people from my balcony now on. #cat #catday #Bluesky πŸ˜…πŸ˜œ

12.07.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 8310    πŸ” 929    πŸ’¬ 196    πŸ“Œ 103
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I love a beautiful piebald horse and often include one in my stories. This is an 1877 watercolor painting of a piebald horse by Isabella Hunter, Scottish Borders.
#horse #19thcenturyart #piebald #watercolor

10.07.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An Evening Rainbow. 16Β°C with sunshine and thundery showers. House Martins.

An Evening Rainbow. 16Β°C with sunshine and thundery showers. House Martins.

An Evening Rainbow. 16Β°C with sunshine and thundery showers. House Martins

07.07.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
Bob Dylan - Masters of War (Official Audio)
YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO Bob Dylan - Masters of War (Official Audio)

Good Morning, Stacie and all.
#Resist the 4th of "You Lie" πŸŠπŸ’©πŸ€‘

"Masters of War" ~ Bob Dylan
youtu.be/JEmI_FT4YHU?...

🎼"You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks"

#EarWormπŸ‘‚πŸͺ±πŸ«±β€οΈ
#OurDailyThread πŸƒπŸ§΅

04.07.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0
An illustration of a young girl in silhouette with a ponytail, standing against a fiery orange and red background. Over her figure is a handwritten quote in white text that reads: β€œThe wicked become even worse when they are tolerated.” – Tolstoy. The intense backdrop and the child's silhouette create a haunting, powerful visual emphasizing the quote's message about the dangers of complacency toward evil.

An illustration of a young girl in silhouette with a ponytail, standing against a fiery orange and red background. Over her figure is a handwritten quote in white text that reads: β€œThe wicked become even worse when they are tolerated.” – Tolstoy. The intense backdrop and the child's silhouette create a haunting, powerful visual emphasizing the quote's message about the dangers of complacency toward evil.

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04.07.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 20324    πŸ” 4947    πŸ’¬ 197    πŸ“Œ 124

This year it feels more like the Farce of July.

04.07.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 21703    πŸ” 4224    πŸ’¬ 585    πŸ“Œ 142
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We need to throw the GOP out. They’ve just handed us the playbook.

03.07.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9460    πŸ” 3845    πŸ’¬ 310    πŸ“Œ 144

Incredible!

03.07.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dennis Hopper Photograph That Caught Los Angeles The actor stopped at an intersection, took out his Nikon, and made history.

Sometime between the fall of 1963 and the late summer of 1964, the actor and photographer Dennis Hopper stopped at an intersection in L.A., took out his Nikon, and made history.

02.07.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1330    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 10

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30.06.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 37704    πŸ” 10120    πŸ’¬ 957    πŸ“Œ 452
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a Finnegan fox, because she loved him

#saveafox
www.saveafox.org/donate

24.06.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1048    πŸ” 310    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jasmine Crockett Calls Out Trump's Hypocrisy By Pointing Out How Melania Got Her Visa That part!

Exactly!

27.06.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5511    πŸ” 1136    πŸ’¬ 204    πŸ“Œ 61
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β€œWhen I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness…”

- C.S. Lewis

26.06.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.

If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

24.06.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 41002    πŸ” 15105    πŸ’¬ 1654    πŸ“Œ 607
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Know your rights before you hit the streets. Peaceful protest is protected β€” but only if you know how to protect yourself legally. Read, share, and stay safe.

14.06.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3005    πŸ” 1116    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 22
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An advance look at β€œOn Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers

13.06.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 25601    πŸ” 6395    πŸ’¬ 879    πŸ“Œ 422
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I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Sound familiar?

13.06.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 17238    πŸ” 7763    πŸ’¬ 422    πŸ“Œ 465
(around an image of a map of No Kings events) NO KINGS JUNE 14 - NATIONWIDE DAY OF DEFIANCE nokings.org

(around an image of a map of No Kings events) NO KINGS JUNE 14 - NATIONWIDE DAY OF DEFIANCE nokings.org

We will not cower, even in the face of Trump’s militarized escalation.

On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.

Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

09.06.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3375    πŸ” 1518    πŸ’¬ 202    πŸ“Œ 168
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.

We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

12.06.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 56430    πŸ” 17988    πŸ’¬ 2229    πŸ“Œ 1195

I can relate. Don’t you just hate it when they give you stuff to do at work that has nothing to do with your job or your skills? It is not what you signed up to do.

12.06.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Gap In The Hedgerow. 18Β°C and warm air returning. Wild Dog-rose.

A Gap In The Hedgerow. 18Β°C and warm air returning. Wild Dog-rose.

A Gap In The Hedgerow. 18Β°C and warm air returning. Wild Dog-rose.

10.06.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

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