bluebelletrist 📘🖌️
@bluebelletrist.bsky.social
Writer, former prof, sometime forest witch. Work in Blue Earth Review, Belletrist, Sierra Nevada Review, Chronicle of Higher Education, AJC. Books, coffee, & dogs.
Democrat, not a felon.
Democrat, not a felon.
Pinned
I think we're all feeling a bit like this little Jesus abandoned in the rec center parking lot.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
Libraries are indispensable. And magical.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Libraries are indispensable. And magical.
Why would anyone read anything by Nuzzi?
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Why would anyone read anything by Nuzzi?
A walk in the country is a balm for the soul.
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A walk in the country is a balm for the soul.
Just enjoy.
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Just enjoy.
It was the worst of times. It was the stupidest of times.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It was the worst of times. It was the stupidest of times.
We all know what's useless here and it ain't the Tylenol.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
We all know what's useless here and it ain't the Tylenol.
Northern Lights over SE Iowa!
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Northern Lights over SE Iowa!
Soooo much of today makes sense to me now.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Soooo much of today makes sense to me now.
Two days without coffee. Clear liquids only. My brain is fuzzy and my body is exhausted. And I haven't even started the fun part yet.
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Two days without coffee. Clear liquids only. My brain is fuzzy and my body is exhausted. And I haven't even started the fun part yet.
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Senator Schumer has failed to lead this party in one of its most critical moments, and Americans will pay the price. It’s time for him to step down from leadership and make way for a new generation willing to fight for the people instead of the powerful.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Senator Schumer has failed to lead this party in one of its most critical moments, and Americans will pay the price. It’s time for him to step down from leadership and make way for a new generation willing to fight for the people instead of the powerful.
Those capitulating fuckers...
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Those capitulating fuckers...
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
Shelob has been found!
Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Shelob has been found!
When all else fails, bake a cake. Preferably chocolate with Bailey's buttercream.
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
When all else fails, bake a cake. Preferably chocolate with Bailey's buttercream.
A gentle reminder that a walk in the woods helps reset your brain. #optoutside
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A gentle reminder that a walk in the woods helps reset your brain. #optoutside
I guess I ruined the workplace when I fought for pay equity at my institution.
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I guess I ruined the workplace when I fought for pay equity at my institution.
So many Americans either don't remember or never learned this to begin with. As the daughter of German and Polish immigrants, I could never forget.
Once upon a time, American soldiers handed out food to Germans because *they* had followed a fascist madman into national ruin.
How times change.
How times change.
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
So many Americans either don't remember or never learned this to begin with. As the daughter of German and Polish immigrants, I could never forget.
And isn't it about fucking time???
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
And isn't it about fucking time???
Best. one. yet.
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Best. one. yet.
Sounds like a plan!
Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"
November 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Sounds like a plan!
Here we go again? How many innings this time?
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Here we go again? How many innings this time?
I swore not to buy another plant, but I'd never seen this color before, soooo... No one really *uses* a desk, right?
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I swore not to buy another plant, but I'd never seen this color before, soooo... No one really *uses* a desk, right?