Briar in Blue
@auroraworeblue.bsky.social
Please don't follow me for my Science of Reading skeets. Please.
She/Her
She/Her
Pinned
a man with a beard and long blonde hair is holding a sword in a forest .
Alt: A tight zoom into Robert Redford's face in the film "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972). Robert has blond shaggy hair and a full beard. He's wearing a brown jacket. As the camera comes in, he slowly nods and a smile crinkles his eyes at the corners.
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That face when Lucy Calkins' name is dropped disparagingly in a local school board meeting.
Look, it's super cool they sang live in Wicked (2024) and it sounded fine in the theaters and on my home screen, but I can *hear* the room/set changes on my noise-canceling headphones.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Look, it's super cool they sang live in Wicked (2024) and it sounded fine in the theaters and on my home screen, but I can *hear* the room/set changes on my noise-canceling headphones.
Help, I'm still at the restaurant.
I don't think I'll ever emotionally recover from this.
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Help, I'm still at the restaurant.
Millions of American parents learning how to bubble braid today. #halloween #KPDH
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Millions of American parents learning how to bubble braid today. #halloween #KPDH
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Up so early that Bluesky is still British
October 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Up so early that Bluesky is still British
I will never forgive any dyslexia "advocate" who tried to pretend it wasn't about politics. It's always been about politics.
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.
America’s children deserve better than this.
America’s children deserve better than this.
October 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I will never forgive any dyslexia "advocate" who tried to pretend it wasn't about politics. It's always been about politics.
I didn't know blasphemy could make me this angry.
“Charlie only had 31 years,” Paxton said in Lubbock. “Even though we’re sad that he’s gone, some of our most impactful people in the history of the world lived about the same amount of years. Matter of fact, Jesus Christ. 33 years…Look at history after Jesus.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...
Ken Paxton Compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus — Then Used Him as an Excuse to Crush Free Speech
Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I didn't know blasphemy could make me this angry.
I swear to god this is like one of those soft rock radio station commercials:
*Amy Grant plays in the background*
"Playing the hits from your childhood to justify our murderous regime with less talk and fewer commercial breaks!"
*Amy Grant plays in the background*
"Playing the hits from your childhood to justify our murderous regime with less talk and fewer commercial breaks!"
October 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I swear to god this is like one of those soft rock radio station commercials:
*Amy Grant plays in the background*
"Playing the hits from your childhood to justify our murderous regime with less talk and fewer commercial breaks!"
*Amy Grant plays in the background*
"Playing the hits from your childhood to justify our murderous regime with less talk and fewer commercial breaks!"
September 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
September 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
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What's your secret to being online all the time without contracting computer madness? For me it's being pure of heart
September 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
What's your secret to being online all the time without contracting computer madness? For me it's being pure of heart
One of the bullets had Italian brainrot engraved on it? Am I understanding this correctly?
September 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One of the bullets had Italian brainrot engraved on it? Am I understanding this correctly?
Every year, a distraught mother comes to TikTok because she's just learned her (insert number) grader isn't reading, and every year this discourse on that app is how that mother is a lazy, uneducated moron.
And every year, I'm glad I didn't have TikTok when that happened to me.
And every year, I'm glad I didn't have TikTok when that happened to me.
September 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Every year, a distraught mother comes to TikTok because she's just learned her (insert number) grader isn't reading, and every year this discourse on that app is how that mother is a lazy, uneducated moron.
And every year, I'm glad I didn't have TikTok when that happened to me.
And every year, I'm glad I didn't have TikTok when that happened to me.
The world is terrible, but Maine exists.
August 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The world is terrible, but Maine exists.
I promise I didn't mean to do this, but the spirits of Merryweather and Flora must have possessed me while I was picking out the fabric for this project. #quilting #quiltingsky #sewingsky #handmade
August 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I promise I didn't mean to do this, but the spirits of Merryweather and Flora must have possessed me while I was picking out the fabric for this project. #quilting #quiltingsky #sewingsky #handmade
I don't think I'll ever get over how Google killed its legacy in the name of AI. Just destroyed itself and for what? The Google search "Kirkland Everything Bagel Seasoning Gluten Free" vs the actual label. Notice how there's *no malodextrin* in it. You have to scroll quite a bit for the real answer.
August 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I don't think I'll ever get over how Google killed its legacy in the name of AI. Just destroyed itself and for what? The Google search "Kirkland Everything Bagel Seasoning Gluten Free" vs the actual label. Notice how there's *no malodextrin* in it. You have to scroll quite a bit for the real answer.
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Everything's terrible but my curtain of tillandsia is so beautiful and healthy 🥰
July 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Everything's terrible but my curtain of tillandsia is so beautiful and healthy 🥰
The world is terrible, but wild blueberries exist.
July 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The world is terrible, but wild blueberries exist.
Thinking of all the SOR rightwingers who 1. Managed to make science unpalatable to a lot of would-be allies and 2. Helped usher in the destruction of the Department of Education. Congrats, IDEA will be gone soon. You got what you wanted.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thinking of all the SOR rightwingers who 1. Managed to make science unpalatable to a lot of would-be allies and 2. Helped usher in the destruction of the Department of Education. Congrats, IDEA will be gone soon. You got what you wanted.
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*marks a book as ‘finished’ on my goodreads*
ooh an email!
(it’s from goodreads saying i finished a book)
ooh an email!
(it’s from goodreads saying i finished a book)
July 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
*marks a book as ‘finished’ on my goodreads*
ooh an email!
(it’s from goodreads saying i finished a book)
ooh an email!
(it’s from goodreads saying i finished a book)
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I'm not telling any of you my tiktok handle, but I have just ascended into a higher plane.
June 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I'm not telling any of you my tiktok handle, but I have just ascended into a higher plane.
Reading a Romance book that doesn't have HEA?
a man in a military uniform is standing in a room with flags and says `` right to jail , right away '' .
Alt: a man in a military uniform is standing in a room with flags and says ``right to jail , right away ''
media.tenor.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reading a Romance book that doesn't have HEA?
Somebody call up Elizabeth Warren to kill this ghoul again, please.
Breaking News: Michael Bloomberg is backing Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York City, giving him a widely coveted endorsement.
Michael Bloomberg Endorses Andrew Cuomo for Mayor
Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is backing former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for mayor of New York City.
trib.al
June 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Somebody call up Elizabeth Warren to kill this ghoul again, please.
I hope whoever made this enjoyed the Tonys last night.
I don't think he's on here, but I need Jonathan Groff to know that Jesse St. James is making an appearance at my local Goodwill.
June 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I hope whoever made this enjoyed the Tonys last night.