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Kristy
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Fantasy Writer | Fiber Artist | Earth Activist

Substack: https://substack.com/@dryadblue
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dryadblue.bsky.social
This is excellent. What truth in media would look like, if they ever reported it on the topic of #climatechange and #overshoot.

Thank you,
@thejuicemedia.bsky.social

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Honest Government Ad | Net Zero (feat. Greta Thunberg)
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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June 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
On March 15th, mail Donald Trump a postcard that publicly expresses our opposition, let's overwhelm him with his unpopularity and failure. We will bury the White House post office in pink slips, all informing Donnie that he’s fired.

March 15th, 2025, a day hereafter to be known as #TheIdesOfTrump
February 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
dryadblue.bsky.social
According to the AP, Trump and Musk are terminating leases on 7500 federal office buildings. A quick Google search tells me there are 8,397 federal office buildings out there.

If correct, that's like 90% of all federal office buildings.

Anyone know more about this?
February 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Dear members of congress:
@robinkelly.house.gov @amyklobuchar.com @susielee.house.gov @fernandez.house.gov @dorismatsui.bsky.social @repgwenmoore.bsky.social @kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social @pattymurray.bsky.social @joeneguse.bsky.social @ocasio-cortez.house.gov @repilhan.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Dear members of Congress:
@johnfetterman.com @joshgottheimer.bsky.social @algreen.house.gov @hirono.senate.gov @houlahan.house.gov @hoyer.house.gov @sarajacobs.house.gov @jayapal.house.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @repkamlagerdove.bsky.social @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Dear members of congress:
@gregcasar.bsky.social @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social @jamesclyburn.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social @davids.house.gov @repdean.bsky.social @repdingell.bsky.social @doggett.house.gov @repescobar.bsky.social @repespaillat.bsky.social @repdwightevans.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Dear members of congress:
@warren.senate.gov @adams.house.gov @gabeamo.bsky.social @repyassansari.bsky.social @balint.house.gov @repbarragan.bsky.social @michaelbennet.bsky.social @donaldbeyer.bsky.social @corybooker.com @repshontelbrown.bsky.social @juliabrownley.house.gov @carbajal.house.gov
February 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Thank you @warren.senate.gov, for calling more attention to this. I'd love to see a more aggressive response from congress on this.

thehill.com/policy/techn...
thehill.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Democratic leaders, please take Musk, an unelected civilian, gaining access to multiple government computer systems, access to the PII of all US taxpayers, much more seriously. This is criminal!

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @whipkclark.bsky.social @tedlieu.bsky.social @joeneguse.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Elon Musk taking over government computer systems, gaining unauthorized access to the PII of all US taxpayers, and making unilateral decisions about who gets paid is criminal. This is a coup, let's act like it!
@amyklobuchar.com @corybooker.com @markwarner.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
February 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Why are Democrats acting as if this is all business as usual? We have an unelected civilian gaining control of government computer systems across several departments, and unilaterally deciding which congressional orders are funded and which are not. This is a coup.

@schumer.senate.gov
February 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Musk and his DOGE is gaining access to a wide range of government computer systems, giving him access to huge amounts of personally identifying information. #trumpcoup2025 #resist

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team (Gift Article)
Workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are bracing for a loss of its independent status and sweeping layoffs as President Trump continues slashing foreign aid.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
dryadblue.bsky.social
The Trump administration is erasing an untold amount of data regarding all manner of topics, from veteran's care, to climate change, to health research, and of course, any mention of diversity or trans people. #trumpcoup2025

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday (Gift Article)
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
dryadblue.bsky.social
The public side of the GOP may still claim #climatechange isn't real, but the truth is, they know.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s ironic’: how climate crisis is driving Trump push on Greenland and Panama
What the president-elect calls a ‘giant hoax’ is changing the strategic calculus in the Arctic and for the Panama canal
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
dryadblue.bsky.social
This is some excellent 'show don't tell' advice right here.

#amwriting #fantasy
A quote from Chuck Palahniuk: In six seconds, you'll hate me. But in six months, you'll be a better writer. From this point forward-at least for the next half year-you may not use "thought" verbs. These include: Thinks, Knows, Understands, realizes, Believes, Wants, Remembers, Imagines, Desires, and a hundred others you love to use. The list should also include: Loves and Hates. And it should include: Is and Has, but we'll get to those later. Until some time around Christmas, you can't write: Kenny. wondered if Monica didn't like him going out at night..." Instead, you have to unpack that to something like: "The mornings after Kenny had stayed out, beyond the last bus, until he'd had to bum a ride or pay for a cab and got home to find Monica faking sleep, faking because she never slept that quiet, those mornings, she'd only put her own cup of coffee in the microwave. Never his." Instead of characters knowing anything.
December 25, 2024 at 3:15 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
I am a strong proponent of. #degrowth for many reasons, this being one of them.

oilprice.com/Energy/Crude...
The American Shale Patch Is All About Depletion Now | OilPrice.com
Goehring & Rozencwajg: U.S. shale production peaked in late 2023 and is now declining, with geological depletion rather than market dynamics posing the biggest challenge.
oilprice.com
December 23, 2024 at 2:55 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
It's me.
A comic, two dinosaurs, one a patient laying on a couch, one a Dr. taking notes. Dr: Do you see yourself as a glass half-full or glass half-empty person? Patient: Half-full definitely. Patient: Half-full and constantly rising. Patient: Soon the water will escape its container and consume us all.
December 21, 2024 at 2:16 AM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Well this cartoon hits the nail on the head!
Image is of a comic, a family sitting around the kitchen table, talking. Young Child: This cinnamon tastes weird. Older Child: Daddy got expensive FANCY cinnamon. He threw all the OLD cinnamon out. Young Child: Aww, I HATE fancy cinnamon! Dad: It's not FANCY! It just isn't cut with lead dust. Older Child: Yea Liz, lead is super bad for you. It's poison. Younger Child: Oh. Younger Child: Dad, how come you have to buy fancy things to not get poisoned? Dad: Because there is no war but class war.
December 19, 2024 at 2:41 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Handwoven napkins cut and ready for use. I wove with Gist Yarn's 8/2 Duet cotton/linen yarn. It was a delight to weave with, but as expected with linen, definitely needs ironing after a wash!

Fast and easy weave, perfect as a break between more complex projects.

#handweaving #fabricnotpaper
Image is of a handwoven fabric napkin. The primary color is a light silvery blue, with stripes of dark blue along the top and one side.
December 18, 2024 at 7:53 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
A recent #handweaving project. I wove this with alpaca fiber, the alpacas are raised (and spoiled!) at a farm near me, and they have a small fiber mill on site and spin their own yarn as well. The drape and thickness of this scarf is luxurious!

#fiberart
Image of a handwoven scarf, the scarf is a deep cocoa brown overall, with variations of dark and light brown throughout. It has dark brown fringe.
December 12, 2024 at 4:52 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
I love this quote. Though I would argue that he, and those of us like him, are not traitors to our species, but a hero fighting for it. Those parasites exploiting our home beyond it's ability to regenerate are the traitors.
Image of Paul Watson with a cat on a ship with Fund For Animals written on it. Quote is: As for myself, I do not believe in loggers, I believe in trees. I do not believe in fishermen, I believe in fish. I do not believe in miners, I believe in the rocks beneath my feet. I do not believe in pie in the sky spirituality, I believe in rainbows, rivers, mountains, and moss. I do not believe in environmentalists, I believe in the environment. I am a proud traitor to my species in alliance with my mother the Earth in opposition to those who would destroy her, those parasites who believe the Earth is here to serve human interests."
December 5, 2024 at 1:21 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Excellent read from The Honest Sorcerer on the reality of our predicament (ie: Ecological Overshoot), what we might do to address, but also the likelihood we won't.

#climatecrisis
#overshoot
#degrowth

thehonestsorcerer.medium.com/the-civiliza...
The Civilizational Hospice Protocol
I’m writing this knowing that none of the following suggestions will be implemented — and certainly not voluntarily. Not least because we…
thehonestsorcerer.medium.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:29 AM
dryadblue.bsky.social
I love this! Such an inspiration.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘You have to find your own recipe’: Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property
In the suburb of Oosterwold, a living experiment in urban agriculture, the 5,000 inhabitants find different creative ways to fulfil the unique stipulation
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:11 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Today's meditation - what does it mean, in our day to day lives, to express responsibility to non-human forms of life?

#climatecrisis
An image of elephants walking together across grassland, with a quote from the Dalai Lama. Text reads: Today more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal Responsibility, not only Nation to Nation and human to human, but also human to all other forms of life.
December 1, 2024 at 3:50 PM
dryadblue.bsky.social
Many years ago now, my family and I decided to stop exchanging Christmas presents. That first year was a little awkward, gifts had been such a central focus of the day we felt a little adrift, it took us awhile to find new ways of celebrating our love for one another. Now, we love it.
An image of a butterfly emerging from a cocoon and a quote from the 2024 WWF Living Planet Report that says: "It is no exaggeration to say that what happens in the next five years will determine the future of life on Earth. We have five years to place the world on a sustainable trajectory before negative feedbacks of combined nature degradation and climate change place us on the downhill slope of runaway tipping points. The risk of failure is real - and the consequences almost unthinkable."
November 28, 2024 at 2:48 PM