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keri
@keristars.bsky.social
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I love museums and history. ★ bed-tethered disabled! AuDHD, POTS, MCAS, and ME/CFS. ★🧑‍🦽★ I miss traveling and being in nature and sewing.

#1 Lizzie W. Champney fan (2025)

location: Jacksonville, Florida
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keristars.bsky.social
as the outside temperature reaches towards freezing tonight, it feels so good in my bedroom. the heat hasn't kicked on, so I'm assuming the rest of the apartment is still about 65°F. but there's a definite chill in here, just delightful.

earlier today, i was uncomfortably warm. at 65°F.
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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bustronaut.bsky.social
Wait, so in the GDT Frankenstein he reanimates the creature by supercharging its lymphatic system and it gains a healing factor?

MY lymphatic system got supercharged by COVID, and we call that mast cell activation syndrome. It certainly is not cool.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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mahtowin1.bsky.social
Jeffrey Gibson on 10 Native Artists to Know.
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
Jeffrey Gibson on 10 Artists to Know this Native American Heritage Month
These are the contemporary Indigenous artists who are making waves in the current landscape, according to Native American artist Jeffrey Gibson.
www.artsy.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
keristars.bsky.social
Here is my beloved casserole, and for comparison my square corning ware and the other one i got at home goods (too high on the shelf for me to reach tonight)
I'm holding the casserole dish on its side to show the pretty, petal pink color. The underside isn't glazed and looks like a strange reverse shadow, what's visible of it. My hand is visible on the far left, my thumb in particular. The pink of the dish isn't very different from my skin tone, at least in this photo. The underside of the casserole dish. One of the rectangular handles can be seen, and it's pink like the sides. But the bottom is unglazed and putty-beige color. In big characters pressed into the surface are 19-41 and below that the LE CREUSET logo. Two small casserole dishes are on the portable induction hob. To the left, and sitting on a grey hot pad, is the rectangular Le Creuset with its glossy pink outside and cream colored inside. On the right is a square Corning Ware dish with the earth-toned veggies design. They're about the same height and probably the same volume, though one is rectangle and one is square. In the background of the photo are other kitchen counter things: electric kettle, knife block, etc. But the focus is on the casserole dishes. This photo looks up into a white cabinet. On the left is a riser, on the right are tall ceramic mugs and drunk powders. On top of the riser is a rectangular, lidded dish. It's white with a design of pink and yellow flowers. About 8 inches wide by 3 inches tall. The perspective is a bit off, but it's definitely taller and wider than the Corning Ware dish under the riser. It's the same vegetable-theme Corning Ware that was compared to the Le Creuset before.
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
keristars.bsky.social
i adore my mini Le Creuset casserole, bought for like $15 at Home Goods in 2020(?) when the stores were mostly empty.

but after reading this, I'm real curious about it! It's got the Le Creuset stamp and whatnot, but i'd swear it's ceramic??

(the size is PERFECT for one person + it's petal pink)
kendrawrites.com Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 7h
My most bougie post

1. Staub is better (if you don't buy the stuff that's like super super on sale which is really just the imperfect stuff under a discount)
2. Even though Le Creuset is known for cast iron, all of my stainless steel is Le Creuset because I got it on a ridic sale
apollo-magazine.com Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 7h
‘Ultimately, it was culinary circumstance backed up by savvy marketing that made Le Creuset a byword for cast-iron cookware’ – Thomas Marks celebrates the centenary of France’s most famous pots and pans
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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natania.bsky.social
For the evening crowd in need of… escape.

A reminder that just before thanksgiving, she was so scared and skinny you could feel her hip bones. She was very spicy.

Now she is a ball of purrs and love.
natania.bsky.social Natania Barron @natania.bsky.social · 13h
Her little meow kills me so much.
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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english.lemonde.fr
'If I get kidnapped, who will take care of my son?': Crime is thriving in Ethiopia's war-torn Amhara region
'If I get kidnapped, who will take care of my son?': Crime is thriving in Ethiopia's war-torn Amhara region
Since the outbreak of conflict in April 2023 between the Fano, an Amhara nationalist militia, and the Ethiopian army, kidnappings and abuses have become rampant, especially around Bahir Dar, the regional capital.
www.lemonde.fr
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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apollo-magazine.com
‘Ultimately, it was culinary circumstance backed up by savvy marketing that made Le Creuset a byword for cast-iron cookware’ – Thomas Marks celebrates the centenary of France’s most famous pots and pans
A pan for all seasons
The emergence of Le Creuset cookware a century ago sparked a change in how home kitchens both looked and functioned
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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alextomlinson.com
Flat illustration of two House Sparrows amongst fall leaves.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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geekyjules.julessherred.com
Here the story about my ban and why conflating HRT with GAHT is anti-trans and harmful
thetyee.ca The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 12h
There are many misperceptions about taking testosterone — including among trans men — but the small amount Jules Sherred takes does not translate to bulging biceps. Those are the result of many hours of training, he said.
Changed Rules Will Shut a Trans Bodybuilder Out of Competition | The Tyee
The Canadian association that regulates the sport will no longer allow gender-affirming hormone therapy, citing American rules.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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pbsnews.org
We got an exclusive look at a set of original Bob Ross paintings slated to be auctioned on Nov. 11 to support public media funding.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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kaikronfield.bsky.social
Are you a YuoTubeTV subscriber? They're offering a $20 credit for their little pissing match with Disney/ESPN, but you have to be proactive to redeem it according to their email. Simple process, but it's not automatic.
In light of the disruption, we’re offering our subscribers a $20 credit. ‌ "To redeem your credit, please go to the ‘Updates’ tab in Membership Settings using your web browser, and follow the prompts. Once complete, this discount will be applied to your next bill for YouTube TV."
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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msemilyedwards.bsky.social
BTW, every week I publish a newsletter about movie mysteries called #SilverScreenSleuths, but I'm thinking of tossing in some book recommendations at the end of each newsletter. Do you have a mystery series you'd love to have spotlighted? Link me a non-Amazon link:

msemilyedwards.com/blog
Ms Emily Edwards
Mystery Author
msemilyedwards.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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djinnandtonic.bsky.social
I've had an uptick in orders for this print recently, for reasons which are not particularly mysterious to me
COPPERHEADS OUT! WE'RE VOTING FOR A NEW RECONSTRUCTION CAUCUS UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT! PRIMARY THEM ALL 2026
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
keristars.bsky.social
Finished chapter 8 of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic today, mostly about the Supreme Court undermining Reconstruction and the 14th & 15th Amendments. got a bit of whiplash/déjà vu, because really ?? suddenly extremely clear what the "Heritage" Foundation refers to.
Miller claimed that all the rights nationalized by the amendment—what Republican senator John Bingham had called “the nationalization” of the Bill of Rights in 1866—were still granted only by states. The only national rights that the federal government could enforce were limited to access to ports and waterways, travel to the capital, the right to run for federal office, and protection abroad and on the high seas. By this stunning logic, the federal government could ostensibly protect the rights of black citizens abroad but not where they lived, whether in the South or other parts of the nation. The discredited states’ rights argument seemed to have triumphed over the Constitution itself. The judicial retreat from Reconstruction occurred alongside the unraveling of a national political commitment to uphold it. But the Supreme Court was not merely reacting to political developments or public sentiment; it played an active role in destroying the rule of law. The Supreme Court’s intruding into the legislative sphere and upending Congress’s law-making powers went beyond the customary scope of the judicial review of the constitutionality of laws. It simply ignored the plain meaning of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Writing the majority opinion in Cruikshank, Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite, a legal mediocrity appointed by Grant, cited the Slaughter-House Cases, revealing how the court built judicial precedent from one bad decision to another. “The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a State from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; but this adds /nothing to the rights of one citizen against the other,” he opined. According to this “state action” understanding of the amendment, the law would not hold southern terrorists accountable for murder because they were private citizens. The Supreme Court effectively declared open season on African Americans. Racist terrorists could now act with impunity, knowing they would never be punished... The violent and legal counterrevolution against Reconstruction inaugurated in the 1870s would accelerate in the last few decades of the nineteenth century, when racial subjugation rather than racial equality became the watchword of the nation. Democratic decay coincided with the triumph of industrial capitalism, as the government and the courts moved to protect the privileges of capital rather than the rights of citizens. It also coincided with and was connected to, as we shall see, the colonial subjugation of western Indian nations.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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natania.bsky.social
Her little meow kills me so much.
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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amnh.org
The Orange Fruit Dove decorates the treetops with its flame-like plumage. This species lives in forests on the islands of Fiji, where it munches on fruits and berries. Only males display bold orange plumage; females are green.
Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist
A photo of an Orange Dove perched among branches. The bird is orange with a green head.
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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frontlinepbs.bsky.social
FRONTLINE’s upcoming documentary “Drug War in Ecuador” examines how a once-peaceful nation has become gripped by drug cartels, violence and a military crackdown.

Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 11, on PBS and online. to.pbs.org/4nQ8pnM
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
keristars.bsky.social
Thanks Florida Master Gardener Volunteers for warning me that it's going to get down to freezing tonight/tomorrow 😨

i honestly hadn't realized, lol. also i did not know about Ghosts Not Lollipops!

you learn so many things on the internet every day.
floridamgvs.bsky.social Florida Master Gardener Volunteer Program @floridamgvs.bsky.social · 11h
If you are in an area predicted to reach freezing temperatures, don't forget to protect your plants! Remember, ghosts not lollipops: use a cloth to cover the plant all the way down to the soil. buff.ly/ZGWQSCG
Cover the plant with cloth down to the ground to trap radiant heat (ghost); do not use plastic or section off the plant, leaving the trunk or stems exposed (lollipop).
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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floridamgvs.bsky.social
If you are in an area predicted to reach freezing temperatures, don't forget to protect your plants! Remember, ghosts not lollipops: use a cloth to cover the plant all the way down to the soil. buff.ly/ZGWQSCG
Cover the plant with cloth down to the ground to trap radiant heat (ghost); do not use plastic or section off the plant, leaving the trunk or stems exposed (lollipop).
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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lauraillustrates.bsky.social
i will even share my popcorn
illustration of two brown bears on a blue couch, eating popcorn from a red bowl and draped in a yellow polka-dot blanket. the bears are looking at each other while eating popcorn. the one on the right holds a cup with a straw. under the illustration is text that reads "let's watch movies together" they look like they are having a good time
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa met with President Donald Trump today at the White House. In the July documentary “Syria After Assad,” FRONTLINE investigated Syria’s uncertain future, tracing al-Sharaa’s rise to power and investigating emerging threats to the country’s stability.
Syria After Assad | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Watch FRONTLINE's documentary examining Syria’s uncertain future under jihadist-turned-statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa.
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
keristars.bsky.social
fingers crossed that I'm doing much better today. i went to do microwave quesadillas and was able to walk/stand for assembly+nuking, and didn't feel like i was dying when i got back to bed.

of course, that may be false progress.

(my knee hurts to bend much so I'm really avoiding my wheelchair)
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
Fresh off the frame and I decided to adapt a traditional wedding sampler to reflect a different life event. It took me a year to complete and marked the journey pre and post surgery. Excuse the crinkles, must iron!
Close up of a cross stitched sampler featuring traditional floral motifs in different colours, with my name and the date of my new hip A photograph of the completed cross stitched sampler featuring sampler featuring a variety of multicoloured flowers and birds with a floral border
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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floridamgvs.bsky.social
Asteraceae is an enormous family of plants, including asters. Of the 400+ species of asters found in Florida, 41 of them are *only* found here! We've shared a few asters, but visit UF/IFAS Gardening Solutions to learn of a few more surprising members of the family: buff.ly/AttADOm
Echinacea comes in many colors but this one is fuchsia with a red-tinged center being visited by a bee. The flowers of Elliot's aster are small, with thin, spindly, light purple petals and a fuzzy yellow center. Coreopsis is Florida's state wildflower. This one has bright yellow petals with ragged tips and a band of maroon at towards the center which is fuzzy and yellow. A tiny ladybug rests on a petal. Blanket flower is also called gaillardia. This flower has a double layer of salmon-orange petals tipped in bright yellow. Its center is fuzzy and red with a small spot of yellow in the middle.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM