Patricia Snyder
@patriciasnyder.bsky.social
Curious enjoyer and creator of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, film, photography, solutions, and possibilities. I am fond of connecting with interesting and/or entertaining people, playing board games, exploring speculative fiction, and speculation.
Get some sleep. You may not feel like going to bed, but you will appreciate being rested later.
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Get some sleep. You may not feel like going to bed, but you will appreciate being rested later.
If you subscribe to a newspaper you may not read every day, how do you avoid getting a giant pile of unread newspapers? What is your newspaper reading and/or management strategy? #news #procrastination #WillRecycleEventually
September 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
If you subscribe to a newspaper you may not read every day, how do you avoid getting a giant pile of unread newspapers? What is your newspaper reading and/or management strategy? #news #procrastination #WillRecycleEventually
Long, ongoing ordeal around having a library despite political opposition. bookriot.com/josephine-co...
Why Would a County Evict Its Public Library Over $1?: Behind The Push to Decimate A Josephine County (OR) Library
How a small group of far-right ideologues have tried to decimate Josephine County Library over the course of the last several years–and $1.
bookriot.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Long, ongoing ordeal around having a library despite political opposition. bookriot.com/josephine-co...
Reposted by Patricia Snyder
A couple of days after Trump said ICE wouldn't do this sort of thing anymore:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry
Friends and family of Moises Sotelo ‘disappointed and disgusted’ after respected fixture detained outside church
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
A couple of days after Trump said ICE wouldn't do this sort of thing anymore:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Booker: "We have a president who did nothing as people stormed our Capitol, & then when those people who viciously beat police & led to some of their deaths - therefore cop killers - were convicted, he pardoned them. So for him to be talking about responsive law enforcement is hypocritical at best"
June 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Booker: "We have a president who did nothing as people stormed our Capitol, & then when those people who viciously beat police & led to some of their deaths - therefore cop killers - were convicted, he pardoned them. So for him to be talking about responsive law enforcement is hypocritical at best"
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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
May 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
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“All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not.” Nick Hornby
#5amwritersclub
#5amwritersclub
May 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not.” Nick Hornby
#5amwritersclub
#5amwritersclub
How do you surrender, surrender, without giving yourself away?
May 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
How do you surrender, surrender, without giving yourself away?
I had plans this afternoon,
But a poem dropped by,
So I kept it company.
Then its friend joined us,
I was not rude.
Another crashed our party.
Nobody called the task police
Despite growing noise.
Before I knew it, evening arrived.
Chores were undone,
But my spirit felt cleaner. #poetry
But a poem dropped by,
So I kept it company.
Then its friend joined us,
I was not rude.
Another crashed our party.
Nobody called the task police
Despite growing noise.
Before I knew it, evening arrived.
Chores were undone,
But my spirit felt cleaner. #poetry
May 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I had plans this afternoon,
But a poem dropped by,
So I kept it company.
Then its friend joined us,
I was not rude.
Another crashed our party.
Nobody called the task police
Despite growing noise.
Before I knew it, evening arrived.
Chores were undone,
But my spirit felt cleaner. #poetry
But a poem dropped by,
So I kept it company.
Then its friend joined us,
I was not rude.
Another crashed our party.
Nobody called the task police
Despite growing noise.
Before I knew it, evening arrived.
Chores were undone,
But my spirit felt cleaner. #poetry
Started playing Arydia yesterday and played for hours, until we were all tired and cranky. #MiddleAgedBoardgaming #Arydia
April 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Started playing Arydia yesterday and played for hours, until we were all tired and cranky. #MiddleAgedBoardgaming #Arydia
If patriotic Americans of good humanity and intent cannot discuss and progress toward agreement, then how can the country as a whole hope to thrive in times of coalesced malevolence?
I am for every day all of us turning our first focus on fascism (or, if you prefer, authoritarianism) itself. They are attacking and gaining ground on countless fronts. Time spent arguing with those with whom one could be in coalition is time fascism uses to seize more territory.
April 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If patriotic Americans of good humanity and intent cannot discuss and progress toward agreement, then how can the country as a whole hope to thrive in times of coalesced malevolence?
I oppose terrorism AND I love my country AND I believe in the principles of liberty and justice for all. I believe in the justice concept of "due process," not just "do process," where you do whatever process you want. I remember claims that #AllLivesMatter #LibertyAndJusticeForAll
April 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I oppose terrorism AND I love my country AND I believe in the principles of liberty and justice for all. I believe in the justice concept of "due process," not just "do process," where you do whatever process you want. I remember claims that #AllLivesMatter #LibertyAndJusticeForAll
Medicine for thoughts bouncing around in your head is to let them out, even if you are only writing for yourself. You can decide later if you want to share them, or if you want to share some version of them. #write
April 14, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Medicine for thoughts bouncing around in your head is to let them out, even if you are only writing for yourself. You can decide later if you want to share them, or if you want to share some version of them. #write
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Look it up!
here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
April 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Look it up!
Idea: Nonpartisan aged advisory council. Wisdom of decades of lived experience, no one under 70, no official power. Decision makers request advice and must periodically join them and listen to guidance. Maybe with chocolate chip cookies or other culturally appropriate grandparent-level accessories.
April 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Idea: Nonpartisan aged advisory council. Wisdom of decades of lived experience, no one under 70, no official power. Decision makers request advice and must periodically join them and listen to guidance. Maybe with chocolate chip cookies or other culturally appropriate grandparent-level accessories.
Reposted by Patricia Snyder
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
Wrong penguins.
a man in a top hat says " you don t really think you 'll win do you ? "
ALT: a man in a top hat says " you don t really think you 'll win do you ? "
media.tenor.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Wrong penguins.
Libraries are essential.
March 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Libraries are essential.
More people should sing, hum, or chat loudly for several minutes a day to increase their health by stimulating the vagus nerve.
We need some variety on the timeline. Quote this with a take that has nothing to do with politics
March 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
More people should sing, hum, or chat loudly for several minutes a day to increase their health by stimulating the vagus nerve.
If there would have been "no exit ramp" if the funding bill failed, then what is the exit ramp now? Because I would like my country to get off of the current highway to hell. What I see on the road ahead is people and ideals I care about being run over.
Trump, Musk, and DOGE would use the power of a shutdown to shift into overdrive.
And the courts, one of our best places to fight these autocrats, could quickly run out of money.
We can’t let this happen.
And the courts, one of our best places to fight these autocrats, could quickly run out of money.
We can’t let this happen.
March 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If there would have been "no exit ramp" if the funding bill failed, then what is the exit ramp now? Because I would like my country to get off of the current highway to hell. What I see on the road ahead is people and ideals I care about being run over.
Hold the line, however you are able.
March 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hold the line, however you are able.
From Oregon's senator: What would a Russian asset do? This feels like a movie plot, not reality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibfV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibfV...
'I Don't Think That Was The Question I Asked': Merkley Has Tense Questioning Of NATO Rep Nominee
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
www.youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
From Oregon's senator: What would a Russian asset do? This feels like a movie plot, not reality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibfV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibfV...