Blackbird Spring Farm
@blackbirdspring.bsky.social
She/her. Uppity farmer. Starting from scratch with no budget. Not a trad wife. Flowers and fiber, and following the ND dopamine.
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Now, my “Sears Christmas Catalogue” is basically the seed wholesaler catalog.
I LOVE the ritual of combing through the listings, looking up unfamiliar scientific names, and deciding if it’s worth the money to try them out in my rows.
I just wish I still had a Santa budget.
I LOVE the ritual of combing through the listings, looking up unfamiliar scientific names, and deciding if it’s worth the money to try them out in my rows.
I just wish I still had a Santa budget.
October 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Now, my “Sears Christmas Catalogue” is basically the seed wholesaler catalog.
I LOVE the ritual of combing through the listings, looking up unfamiliar scientific names, and deciding if it’s worth the money to try them out in my rows.
I just wish I still had a Santa budget.
I LOVE the ritual of combing through the listings, looking up unfamiliar scientific names, and deciding if it’s worth the money to try them out in my rows.
I just wish I still had a Santa budget.
When I was a kid, the Sears Christmas Catalogue was a joyful ritual.
I combed through the pages, circling favorites and making notes for my list. In my ND family, Santa had a budget, and we could get whatever we wanted within that budget. It was an extra layer of fun, since I love the process!
I combed through the pages, circling favorites and making notes for my list. In my ND family, Santa had a budget, and we could get whatever we wanted within that budget. It was an extra layer of fun, since I love the process!
October 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
When I was a kid, the Sears Christmas Catalogue was a joyful ritual.
I combed through the pages, circling favorites and making notes for my list. In my ND family, Santa had a budget, and we could get whatever we wanted within that budget. It was an extra layer of fun, since I love the process!
I combed through the pages, circling favorites and making notes for my list. In my ND family, Santa had a budget, and we could get whatever we wanted within that budget. It was an extra layer of fun, since I love the process!
At time when I've had to avoid the news or read it as superficially as possible to stay informed but not spiral, @hcrichardson.bsky.social daily updates (in my FB feed lately) have been an absolute balm.
Clear-eyed, accurate, and sourced. It's everything I ever wanted from a news source.
Thank you
Clear-eyed, accurate, and sourced. It's everything I ever wanted from a news source.
Thank you
October 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
At time when I've had to avoid the news or read it as superficially as possible to stay informed but not spiral, @hcrichardson.bsky.social daily updates (in my FB feed lately) have been an absolute balm.
Clear-eyed, accurate, and sourced. It's everything I ever wanted from a news source.
Thank you
Clear-eyed, accurate, and sourced. It's everything I ever wanted from a news source.
Thank you
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Tim Curry on the set of The Three Musketeers (1993), in costume as Cardinal Richelieu, holding an original GameBoy.
August 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Tim Curry on the set of The Three Musketeers (1993), in costume as Cardinal Richelieu, holding an original GameBoy.
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This is my grandchild. Her story of her reclamation of the dance. For her great grandmother who attended Delmas residential school until the age of 13. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
MSN
www.msn.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is my grandchild. Her story of her reclamation of the dance. For her great grandmother who attended Delmas residential school until the age of 13. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
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A TRC Day listicle for CBC. Enough books here to keep you going through the winter.
"These books helped me understand the willfulness of that not knowing and peoples' willingness to believe other stories about those schools."
www.cbc.ca/books/patty-...
"These books helped me understand the willfulness of that not knowing and peoples' willingness to believe other stories about those schools."
www.cbc.ca/books/patty-...
Patty Krawec's 'must-read' books to reflect on the Indigenous experience in North America | CBC Books
Sept. 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. The Anishinaabe Ukrainian author and activist recommends 18 titles to read today and beyond.
www.cbc.ca
September 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A TRC Day listicle for CBC. Enough books here to keep you going through the winter.
"These books helped me understand the willfulness of that not knowing and peoples' willingness to believe other stories about those schools."
www.cbc.ca/books/patty-...
"These books helped me understand the willfulness of that not knowing and peoples' willingness to believe other stories about those schools."
www.cbc.ca/books/patty-...
In times like these, remember that the library helps authors, too!
And it's a public good for your community. The more you use it, the more they can offer.
I routinely request books by authors I want to support when I don't find them in the stacks.
And it's a public good for your community. The more you use it, the more they can offer.
I routinely request books by authors I want to support when I don't find them in the stacks.
Getting Paid: How Do Authors Make Money from Library Books? - Public Libraries Online
Much has been said about the battle between publishers and libraries. Libraries objected to high prices, especially for e-books, and publishers moaned about decreasing profits. Discussions center arou...
publiclibrariesonline.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In times like these, remember that the library helps authors, too!
And it's a public good for your community. The more you use it, the more they can offer.
I routinely request books by authors I want to support when I don't find them in the stacks.
And it's a public good for your community. The more you use it, the more they can offer.
I routinely request books by authors I want to support when I don't find them in the stacks.
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This passage nearly broke me.
September 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This passage nearly broke me.
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On #climate action, "it's not the U.S. against the world, there are also three other countries: Yemen, Libya and Iran," Sir Andrew Steer told me.
"So, it's the company that you keep, isn't it?" www.newsweek.com/what-we-lear...
"So, it's the company that you keep, isn't it?" www.newsweek.com/what-we-lear...
What we learned from a Climate Week full of conflicting messages
At the U.N. and Climate Week events it was often the U.S. versus the world on climate action. The evolving economics of clean energy might get the final word.
www.newsweek.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
On #climate action, "it's not the U.S. against the world, there are also three other countries: Yemen, Libya and Iran," Sir Andrew Steer told me.
"So, it's the company that you keep, isn't it?" www.newsweek.com/what-we-lear...
"So, it's the company that you keep, isn't it?" www.newsweek.com/what-we-lear...
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“I am unlucky” - woe is me, let me place you a song on the world’s tiniest violin, etc
“My luck was needed elsewhere” - gives a sense of cosmic awareness, a sense of peace, what does he know that I don’t?
“My luck was needed elsewhere” - gives a sense of cosmic awareness, a sense of peace, what does he know that I don’t?
September 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
“I am unlucky” - woe is me, let me place you a song on the world’s tiniest violin, etc
“My luck was needed elsewhere” - gives a sense of cosmic awareness, a sense of peace, what does he know that I don’t?
“My luck was needed elsewhere” - gives a sense of cosmic awareness, a sense of peace, what does he know that I don’t?
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Under authoritarian rule there's no such thing as activism, it's being treated as terrorism, everything you say and do, everywhere, is being recorded, correlated, scored, and turned into "targeting opportunities", every digital footprint that can be used against you, will be used against you.
September 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Under authoritarian rule there's no such thing as activism, it's being treated as terrorism, everything you say and do, everywhere, is being recorded, correlated, scored, and turned into "targeting opportunities", every digital footprint that can be used against you, will be used against you.
Shopping with a fussy baby isn’t just hard, it’s almost impossible.
Today, I watched a mom with a baby doing that thing where you soothe them down, get them situated in their carrier, and then get through as much of your list as you can until their crying becomes unavoidable. Rinse and Repeat.
Today, I watched a mom with a baby doing that thing where you soothe them down, get them situated in their carrier, and then get through as much of your list as you can until their crying becomes unavoidable. Rinse and Repeat.
September 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Shopping with a fussy baby isn’t just hard, it’s almost impossible.
Today, I watched a mom with a baby doing that thing where you soothe them down, get them situated in their carrier, and then get through as much of your list as you can until their crying becomes unavoidable. Rinse and Repeat.
Today, I watched a mom with a baby doing that thing where you soothe them down, get them situated in their carrier, and then get through as much of your list as you can until their crying becomes unavoidable. Rinse and Repeat.
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My window prisms throwing little rainbows at some prehistoric beasts on the drying shelf 💕
September 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My window prisms throwing little rainbows at some prehistoric beasts on the drying shelf 💕
Blockety block block…..
Just a reminder to block at will and deprive this sort of account of air in this space.
Do not engage.
Just a reminder to block at will and deprive this sort of account of air in this space.
Do not engage.
September 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Blockety block block…..
Just a reminder to block at will and deprive this sort of account of air in this space.
Do not engage.
Just a reminder to block at will and deprive this sort of account of air in this space.
Do not engage.
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a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
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i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
I struggle with mirrors.
If I look into a mirror for long, or if I find myself looking into one unexpectedly, I get this feeling of sort of deep seated anxiety or mortal dread. It’s like, my brain can be convinced that I’m looking into a window into a parallel dimension and a slightly different me
If I look into a mirror for long, or if I find myself looking into one unexpectedly, I get this feeling of sort of deep seated anxiety or mortal dread. It’s like, my brain can be convinced that I’m looking into a window into a parallel dimension and a slightly different me
September 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I struggle with mirrors.
If I look into a mirror for long, or if I find myself looking into one unexpectedly, I get this feeling of sort of deep seated anxiety or mortal dread. It’s like, my brain can be convinced that I’m looking into a window into a parallel dimension and a slightly different me
If I look into a mirror for long, or if I find myself looking into one unexpectedly, I get this feeling of sort of deep seated anxiety or mortal dread. It’s like, my brain can be convinced that I’m looking into a window into a parallel dimension and a slightly different me
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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TT and Gabby…listen….. 🔥
September 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
TT and Gabby…listen….. 🔥
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Autism is a natural divergence from neurotypicality. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Just deal with people being different than you.
Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Just deal with people being different than you.
September 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Autism is a natural divergence from neurotypicality. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Just deal with people being different than you.
Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.
Just deal with people being different than you.
I’m always really disappointed at the end of rapture day.
Like, “Why are y’all still here?!”
Like, “Why are y’all still here?!”
September 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I’m always really disappointed at the end of rapture day.
Like, “Why are y’all still here?!”
Like, “Why are y’all still here?!”
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It's like glitter...it's been hundreds of years and we're STILL finding Vikings everywhere 😆
September 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
It's like glitter...it's been hundreds of years and we're STILL finding Vikings everywhere 😆
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timeline cleanse: franky watches the garbage truck pick up the trash this morning
September 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
timeline cleanse: franky watches the garbage truck pick up the trash this morning
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The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) urgent appealing to children’s authors, writers and publishers to donate stories to its new bedtime stories app.
The charity relies on stories in the public domain but are running out of books.
Anyone willing to donate should contact media@rsbc.org.
The charity relies on stories in the public domain but are running out of books.
Anyone willing to donate should contact media@rsbc.org.
September 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) urgent appealing to children’s authors, writers and publishers to donate stories to its new bedtime stories app.
The charity relies on stories in the public domain but are running out of books.
Anyone willing to donate should contact media@rsbc.org.
The charity relies on stories in the public domain but are running out of books.
Anyone willing to donate should contact media@rsbc.org.
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the rare uplifting nation article (no shade to the nation) www.thenation.com/article/acti...
On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance
At a moment when large-scale resistance can feel futile,
there are other ways to oppose, engage, and fight back.
www.thenation.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
the rare uplifting nation article (no shade to the nation) www.thenation.com/article/acti...