Visibly Bookish

Voting day!! #Ohio #election #votelocal

The trick, padwans, is knowing what's popular.
*hands them Outlander*
"No, I'm pretty sure it had a blue dress, not a blue cover."
*flips the book so they can read the blurb*
"Oh yes I guess this is it haha!"

Do not mess with librarians. The inner strength required to meticulously care for history's greatest works of literature and then just let total strangers borrow them willy-nilly is Jedi level stuff.

#Booksky

Not sure indie subscription boxes will survive the oncoming economy storm so I wanted to share my favorite, the Bien Faire box from Chez Lapin Goods. Never fails to brighten my day when this box arrives in the mail! www.chezlapingoods.com/pages/subscr... #unboxing #Pittsburgh #bunnies #treatyoself

Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.

Endorse.

Court Orders in the Trump v 2.0 era still are enforced. Dispelling the myths of "he's going to ignore the courts!"

Rob Palmer wrote an amazing Substack yesterday all about how the court orders work. Now, I think he might be a little bit optimistic about what the Admin will do, but I think this is a fantastic read to alleviate some of your fears and understand the system better 

Always grateful for the fact that I get to be on the planet at the same time as @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social. Take a look at her new newsletter, with today’s column featuring an interview with yours truly.

So, it turns out federal employees take their oath, their job & their duty to serve dead serious. Retirees (like me) understand the oath doesn’t expire just because you’ve left. This whole thread is giving me life, but especially this:

How to Drink from a Firehose A former Obama speechwriter on Trump’s week-one rhetorical strategy—and how you can help beat it

We are all capable of controlling the conversation right now. Each, and every one of us plays a role in making it harder for this administration to do what they want to do.

@davidlitt.bsky.social wrote an incredible article in The Contrarian yesterday with three basic rules for doing just that

Anakin and Padme meme, with Anakin labeled as Brain and Padme labeled as writer, for the sake of the joke and definitely not a reflection of their characters Brain: I have new ideas. Writer, smiling: For the current work in progress, right? Brain: silent Writer, not smiling: For the current work in progress. Right?

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A fully decorated Christmas tree with multi colored lights.

Merry Christmas, Bluesky! Spending my morning watching Palmstreet live shows in my pjs... how are you celebrating (or not!) today?

#Hoya 🌱 of the day: H. Ghost Fairy, a recent purchase from Palmstreet. Just got her transferred to pon and trellised... those aerial roots are wild! #houseplants #hoyaheads #bloomscrolling

A variegated Hoya heuschkeliana has creamy leaves outlined in green, but some of them also have purple blush.

Look at these colors on my Hoya, I need to put this thing on a trellis and show it off better! Instead I'm going to work. 🌱

Photo of framed cassette tape, tape pulled out and pencil inserted to fix it

On Sunday the Moon will see a "Major Lunar Standstill." The Full Moon will rise and set at its northernmost points. 🔭 🧪

Democrats, advocates urge Biden to sign ERA before end of term Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) led a coalition of fellow legislators and advocates Tuesday in calling on President Biden to certify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) before his term ends in January. Citing …

thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Please President Biden

AFFIRM THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT NOW

The ERA has satisfied article 5 of the Constitution for ratification

AFFIRM THE ERA JOE

a poster that says equal protection for everyone with colorful hands ALT: a poster that says equal protection for everyone with colorful hands

If you agree, let’s be friends! 💙

#Hoya 🌱 of the day: sold to me as a publicalyx 'Royal Hawaiian Purple' but I've never seen one splash pink like this. As always, waiting on blooms to confirm! #houseplants #hoyaheads #bloomscrolling

If you want to actually understand the current wave of book banning you need to read this. Please don’t come at me with “getting your book banned is a badge of honor.” It is NOT. You also don’t solve book banning by buying banned books, but sure, please do buy my books too, banned or not. Because…

#Hoya of the day: H. Chelsea. One of my free-range hoyas (outside the cabinets 😆) who seems very happy with the filtered morning sun she gets. I love her dimpled leaves! 🥰 🌱 #bloomscrolling #hoyaheads #houseplants

I just think Johnson is such a little ass kisser…

Text of Theodore Roosevelt's famous "Man in the Arena" quote from his speech "Citizenship is a Republic" delivered in 1920.

Announcing Project 2029 The Progressive Blueprint for a Fairer, Stronger Future.

they would NEVER let anyone see this 👇 www.thegodpodcast.com/p/announcing...