Laura Grace Weldon
@lauragraceweldon.bsky.social
Writer, poet, book editor, hope monger, cranky pacifist, effusive introvert. Author of four books. Braided Way editor. she/her Ohio 6a lauragraceweldon.com
Many things make me happy. Growing and preparing food for people I love is right up there at the top. May all of us, everywhere, have enough to share.
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Painting by Remedios Varo.
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Painting by Remedios Varo.
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Many things make me happy. Growing and preparing food for people I love is right up there at the top. May all of us, everywhere, have enough to share.
~
Painting by Remedios Varo.
~
Painting by Remedios Varo.
Dark triad personalities have traits of psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism--which all involve selfishness and low empathy. They exist on a continuum in the population. Research shows that dark triad personalities tend to possess higher levels of status and wealth.
@theconversation.com
@theconversation.com
Research suggests rich people tend to be more selfish – but why is that?
Research in psychology has found a link between wealth and selfishness
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Dark triad personalities have traits of psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism--which all involve selfishness and low empathy. They exist on a continuum in the population. Research shows that dark triad personalities tend to possess higher levels of status and wealth.
@theconversation.com
@theconversation.com
It seems like morning's news can't get worse, and yet somehow it does day after day after day. Where's my damn elf hat anyway?
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It seems like morning's news can't get worse, and yet somehow it does day after day after day. Where's my damn elf hat anyway?
Mad world indeed
Mad World (Kora Version) by George Smerin
YouTube video by Smerin
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November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Mad world indeed
Reposted by Laura Grace Weldon
The etymology of the feminine word "Hag" suggests its earlier meaning meant "diviner or soothsayer". In N. European paganism *Hægtesse may have meant a "magic woman with prophetic & oracular power".
🪄 * hagatusjon, Hexe, haghetisse, & hagzusa.
🎨 Marie Abrams Lawson, ca 1937
#Witchsky #myth #pagan
🪄 * hagatusjon, Hexe, haghetisse, & hagzusa.
🎨 Marie Abrams Lawson, ca 1937
#Witchsky #myth #pagan
April 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
By the always-remarkable Kim Stafford.
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
By the always-remarkable Kim Stafford.
Reposted by Laura Grace Weldon
Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
Reposted by Laura Grace Weldon
“Stories move in circles. They don’t go in straight lines. So it helps if you listen in circles. There are stories inside stories and stories between stories, and finding your way through them is as easy and hard as finding your way home.” ~ Naomi Newman
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“Stories move in circles. They don’t go in straight lines. So it helps if you listen in circles. There are stories inside stories and stories between stories, and finding your way through them is as easy and hard as finding your way home.” ~ Naomi Newman
"Inside the word ‘emergency’ is ‘emerge;’ from an emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and possibilities are sisters."
~Rebecca Solnit,
~Rebecca Solnit,
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Inside the word ‘emergency’ is ‘emerge;’ from an emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and possibilities are sisters."
~Rebecca Solnit,
~Rebecca Solnit,
Reposted by Laura Grace Weldon
People are rising up and teaching each other how to resist and fight back, and it’s working.
And yeah, we’re seeing a whole lot of stupid ICE agents stumbling around like they own the place.
You cannot occupy a city and expect silence. The people who live there always answer back.
And yeah, we’re seeing a whole lot of stupid ICE agents stumbling around like they own the place.
You cannot occupy a city and expect silence. The people who live there always answer back.
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
People are rising up and teaching each other how to resist and fight back, and it’s working.
And yeah, we’re seeing a whole lot of stupid ICE agents stumbling around like they own the place.
You cannot occupy a city and expect silence. The people who live there always answer back.
And yeah, we’re seeing a whole lot of stupid ICE agents stumbling around like they own the place.
You cannot occupy a city and expect silence. The people who live there always answer back.
Reposted by Laura Grace Weldon
🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Examining news on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)Low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE - even BlueSky!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Society evolves not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other."
~Lewis Thomas
~Lewis Thomas
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Society evolves not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other."
~Lewis Thomas
~Lewis Thomas
Art by Natasha Smoke Santiago
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Art by Natasha Smoke Santiago
Reposted by Laura Grace Weldon
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social here’s some cool art!
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social here’s some cool art!
