Kim Wilson
@kimwilsonauthor.bsky.social
Books:Tea with Jane Austen, At Home with Jane Austen, In the Garden with Jane Austen.Traveling Lecturer 2023 Jane Austen Society of N. America. 18th & 19th century material culture, food history. kimwilsonauthor.com. 🚫👑
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His lies about the whole Pemberley family are endless.
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 AM
His lies about the whole Pemberley family are endless.
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My walking buddy protests with a group on an overpass in Puyallup. Her latest sign is one of her best.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
My walking buddy protests with a group on an overpass in Puyallup. Her latest sign is one of her best.
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They 'lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.' Thank you so much, dear friends, for watching 🙏
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 PM
They 'lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.' Thank you so much, dear friends, for watching 🙏
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:06 AM
they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.
the family is here legally.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Me my whole life: Nothing is black and white. You have to consider nuance
Now: We face a heinous, remorseless evil
Now: We face a heinous, remorseless evil
January 23, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Me my whole life: Nothing is black and white. You have to consider nuance
Now: We face a heinous, remorseless evil
Now: We face a heinous, remorseless evil
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This is who federal agents are ripping out of their communities and shipping across the country. This is the danger we're being protected from.
January 22, 2026 at 3:40 AM
This is who federal agents are ripping out of their communities and shipping across the country. This is the danger we're being protected from.
"I should at present detest his very name, and wish him all manner of evil."
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
January 22, 2026 at 3:47 AM
"I should at present detest his very name, and wish him all manner of evil."
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Just saw on KARE 11 that this boy was sent to a detainment facility in Texas and that his family didn't know his whereabouts for almost 24 hours.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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This comes just after the president publicly demanded that ICE should start showing the public how terrible the people are who they're grabbing and arresting.
In this case, his name is Liam. He's five years old.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
In this case, his name is Liam. He's five years old.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
5-year-old boy among four students detained by ICE, according to school leaders
School district leaders argue ICE agents are following students and their parents while driving to and from school.
www.kare11.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:40 AM
This comes just after the president publicly demanded that ICE should start showing the public how terrible the people are who they're grabbing and arresting.
In this case, his name is Liam. He's five years old.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
In this case, his name is Liam. He's five years old.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
"It was too horrible a confusion of guilt, too gross a complication of evil, for human nature, not in a state of utter barbarism, to be capable of!" - Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
Sharing this report of ICE depravity from Facebook at the request of community member. This is from a suburb north of ICE-occupied Minneapolis.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
January 22, 2026 at 2:19 AM
"It was too horrible a confusion of guilt, too gross a complication of evil, for human nature, not in a state of utter barbarism, to be capable of!" - Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the stagecoach had figured out we are not going to Pemberley.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 21, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the stagecoach had figured out we are not going to Pemberley.
Bright spot for today: the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive.
January 19, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Bright spot for today: the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive.
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the knitters too. this is the top pattern on ravelry right now
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 AM
the knitters too. this is the top pattern on ravelry right now
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aside from work stuff, i mostly use social media to look at funny videos of dogs and subreddits about nail polish. you would not BELIEVE what the lacqueristas are getting up to over there, the anti-ICE nail art is flooding the feed.
January 17, 2026 at 9:13 PM
aside from work stuff, i mostly use social media to look at funny videos of dogs and subreddits about nail polish. you would not BELIEVE what the lacqueristas are getting up to over there, the anti-ICE nail art is flooding the feed.
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✨ 2025
A few clips from a phenomenal year celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen in 2025.
Not featured here are the copious amounts of tea and biscuits consumed, all the friends made and the communities built through our shared love of Jane Austen.
✨ We can’t wait to see what 2026 brings!
A few clips from a phenomenal year celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen in 2025.
Not featured here are the copious amounts of tea and biscuits consumed, all the friends made and the communities built through our shared love of Jane Austen.
✨ We can’t wait to see what 2026 brings!
January 17, 2026 at 10:19 AM
✨ 2025
A few clips from a phenomenal year celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen in 2025.
Not featured here are the copious amounts of tea and biscuits consumed, all the friends made and the communities built through our shared love of Jane Austen.
✨ We can’t wait to see what 2026 brings!
A few clips from a phenomenal year celebrating 250 years of Jane Austen in 2025.
Not featured here are the copious amounts of tea and biscuits consumed, all the friends made and the communities built through our shared love of Jane Austen.
✨ We can’t wait to see what 2026 brings!
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Hey, Boomers: Read this. Your vaccinations may be doing double duty! (Gift article)
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Hey, Boomers: Read this. Your vaccinations may be doing double duty! (Gift article)
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Jane Austen wrote about thankfulness in a prayer she composed: "Give us a thankful sense of the Blessings in which we live, of the many comforts of our lot; that we may not deserve to lose them by Discontent or Indifference." I'm so grateful for the community on this site. Happy Thanksgiving to you!
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Jane Austen wrote about thankfulness in a prayer she composed: "Give us a thankful sense of the Blessings in which we live, of the many comforts of our lot; that we may not deserve to lose them by Discontent or Indifference." I'm so grateful for the community on this site. Happy Thanksgiving to you!
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Today is the anniversary of the British evacuating New York City after the end of the Revolutionary War. Here's how I learned about it: the piece that introduced me to the terrific work of @bencarp.bsky.social
Evacuation Day: Marking the End of the Revolutionary War
We know how to honor the image of soldiers charging forward, but we often forget to cheer the backs of troops as they peaceably depart.
werehistory.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Today is the anniversary of the British evacuating New York City after the end of the Revolutionary War. Here's how I learned about it: the piece that introduced me to the terrific work of @bencarp.bsky.social
"In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you, Charlie Brown."
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you, Charlie Brown."
"Papi! Papi! Papi!" 💗 👨👩👧
Child reunites with their father in Elmore County, after a judge ordered the release of four of the eight detainees released so far following last month's FBI and ICE raid in Wilder Idaho
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
"Papi! Papi! Papi!" 💗 👨👩👧