Liz

I think so too! They had a whole basket of quilts, and my kids loved admiring them all and picking out the "best" one for our new kitty.

The local cat shelter sends a lovingly handmade quilt home with every kitty adoption. We brought home a beautiful quilt this weekend! 😸 #cats #cat #catsOfBsky

I remember listening to this as a kid in the US south - they sounded so exotic! I think of it every spring now that I live in the PNW surrounded by rhododendron - never would have imagined all those years ago. :)

I think there's also some benefit to giving people an accessible starting point to form solidarity. The main one I've been seeing for 2-28 is a buy nothing (anywhere) day followed by a schedule of the kinds of boycotts that increase in specificity and duration that take more time to organize well.

There are all KINDS of govdelivery services you can subscribe to should you feel lonely and want to fill your inbox. For instance.
public.govdelivery.com/accounts/usd...

A few weeks ago my inbox was totally slammed b/c scammers signed me up for hundreds of government mailing lists from places like the NIH, DoJ, etc so that they could cover a few accounts they tried to set up using my email. It turns out you don't have to click a "verify this email" link or anything.

Kiddo: if I was one of the dolls, what years would my books be about?
Me, doing math: They'd be about....uh, right now. Oh god.

Me to kiddo: do you want to read the Samantha American Girl Books?

Kiddo: Hmm, it depends. What is the terrible thing she lives through in the books?

...not a wrong way to categorize the books.

Hear me out —

If parents call colleges freaked about their FAFSA data being leaked, schools may have to issue statements — which would reach a whole lot more families about how warped this is.

Organizing isn’t always calling electeds. Sometimes it’s just calling people with a bigger megaphone.

Green wreath with a fluffy red bow hanging on a black door. There are scattered pinecones and the wreath looks a little scruffy in spots but it's made with love.

Here in the PNW we're recovering from a major wind event that knocked out a bunch of trees and a lot of power. Inspired by some other folks, I gathered a bunch of fallen branches from our trees and figured out how to make wreaths. I'm pretty pleased with it! #craftsky

A lone mushroom sits in the center of the frame. It has a fuzzy looking white stalk and a smooth orange cap edged with creamy frills. The lighting is autumnal and warm, and in softer focus around the mushroom we see fallen leaves and brown needles cushioning the ground.

Went for a walk around the neighborhood last week to see what I could see. So many #fungifriends!

Some random Nazi made dozens of accounts to try to harass me today when blocking malfunctioned, & *still* failed because not one single person engaged.

It seems everyone on Bluesky got the memo. React to nothing. Starve them out.

They're so desperate for a crumb of attention. Deny them.

Now the party is really getting started over here! I have missed the wsdot socials since fleeing the other place.

Homework-averse child agreed to listen to my explanation of the math homework as long it was no longer than 45 seconds. As a former high school debater, I have been prepared for this moment for years.

This thread has some great information about how accounts gain a lot of followers and then subtly start introducing bad information into discourse. They also share some tips on finding real people through feeds on threads.

Yet another plea to people who are using or following people off follow-farming hashtags like #NoDemUnder1K, #NoDemUnder5K, #BlueCrew, #FBR, etc etc: please do not do that, it's how disinformation operations work. I'm already seeing accounts in those hashtags that are likely disinformation ops. 1/

Fluffy black cat with big green eyes peers over the edge of a cat tower. Her eyes appear soulful and her nose is very cute.

I heard this is where we bring our cat photos now.