Rachel Manija Brown
LightNews LightNews
rachelmanija.bsky.social
Rachel Manija Brown
@rachelmanija.bsky.social
1.8K followers 800 following 450 posts
Writer, bookshop owner, life coach, gardener, rewilder, cat and chicken keeper, crafter, first responder, potter. AKA Zoe Chant & Lia Silver.

My bookshop is Paper & Clay, in Crestline, CA

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/175143.Rachel_Manija_Bro
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
truthout.org
A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday
The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
rachelmanija.bsky.social
Dad's friend brought pot, which was then illegal. He had a box of multiple types, including weed-infused honey. Dad demanded that he get it off his property. Friend walked to the edge of the property and wedged the box in the fork of a tree.

This was in rural, forested NorCal. We have bears.
clairewillett.bsky.social Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore

I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
clairewillett.bsky.social
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore

I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
scalzi.com
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
POND RULES: No swimming, jumping or gallivanting. Do not disturb the pond witch. No fishing with dynamite. Sacrifices to water gods on alternate Wednesdays only - NO EXCEPTIONS! Taunt the crows at your own risk. If a hand comes out of the water to beckon you, turn and walk away. Do not feed the weretrout. Is the water burning with cold unholy fire? Report it to the ranger! They’re not ducks. Run. Have fun!
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
charles.littlegreenfootballs.com
i’m not crying you’re crying

xkcd: Fifteen Years

Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
paulmwall.bsky.social
I 💛 swamp lemons #birdoftheday #warblers #birds
Prothonotary warbler perched on a diagonal branch. Super bright yellow all over, this bird’s body faces the camera but his head is turn up and to the right for a handsome profile shot. The wings are folded to the sides but are mostly not visible. The undertail is white. The jet black eye and beak set off the yellow and the green which constitutes part of the background. The rest of the background is unfocused gray-brown bark of a tree trunk.
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
littlebadger.bsky.social
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
forest foot
tree trunk shaped like a foot
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
pamnashes.bsky.social
Nothing beats this from Australia’s Morning Bulletin 🤣
Screenshot of a page: Correction THERE was an error printed in a story titled Pigs float down the Dawson" on Page 11 of yesterday's Bully. The story, by reporter Daniel Burdon, said "more than 30,000 pigs were floating down the Dawson River™ What Baralaba piggery owner Sid Everingham actually said was "30 sows and pigs", not "30,000 pigs": The Morning Bulletin would like to apologise for this error, which was also reprinted in today's Rural Weekly CQ before the mistake was known.
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
rachelmanija.bsky.social
I want to do a taste test of every single one of these. Ideally, blueberry.
catacalypto.bsky.social Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · Oct 20
okay. so there are often a few dessert recipes that share things (type of dish; fruit) in common but this is really kicked up for fall. just about everything that isn’t pumpkin is apple or pear & one of the variety of “baked fruit w/ starch on top”, to the point where they offer a guide to the types
guide to fruit dessert types part 1, featuring Brown Betty, buckle, and cobbler guide to fruit dessert types part 2, featuring crumble, crisp, slump / grunt, pandowdy, and sonker. apparently all of these are real words
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
rachelmanija.bsky.social
Harlequin but make the covers boring.
lindaholmes.bsky.social Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 12d
I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
Publishers don't usually offer such ways to extend the story, leaving readers with what Mazur called "a book hangover," only partially cured via online discussion groups and fan fiction. 831 Stories wants to build in that kind of obsessiveness from the start. "We really want romance readers to want to collect all the books, to want to have an understanding of the entire set of characters, to understand the Easter egg in Book No. 8 that references Book No. 2," Cerulo said.
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
arealmofwonder.bsky.social
Storm Claudia raging outside, so hunkering down for the evening in this illustration (taken from an edition of 'The Wind in the Willows') by Chris Dunn 🙂
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
realironhand.bsky.social
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Standing By The Perimeter Fence And Screaming For Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing Day today all who celebrate
A panel from a comic book: ""November 14th: A partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing"
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
rachelmanija.bsky.social
Winter is coming.
Me smiling and wearing a gray sweatshirt; the head of my gray tabby cat pokes out from the neck of the sweatshirt, wide eyed.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
kerstinhall.bsky.social
It‘s been out in North America for a while, and is shortly coming to the UK/Commonwealth market.

US: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

UK:
geni.us/asunder
Asunder
"There is no doubt in my mind that Kerstin Hall is one of the great imaginative minds writing fantasy today."—Isabel Cañas, USA Today Bestselling author o...
us.macmillan.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
tomtomorrow.bsky.social
some years, Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day just completely sneaks up on you
that panel from Watchmen
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
rachelmanija.bsky.social
AI continues to be very accurate:

AI Overview
Yes, today, November 11, 2025, is Veterans Day
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
rachelmanija.bsky.social
"I like to be chic. I go to school like this."
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
thenoraheffect.bsky.social
Good morning and happy Sunday 🐴 🥰
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
royalpratt.bsky.social
Bovino went into popular Carniceria Aguascalientes in heart of Little Village.
“They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say
Community members once again confronted a convoy of Border Patrol agents led by Cmdr. Gregory Bovino as it moved through Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
amyraehill.bsky.social
Shop opens in about 30 minutes!

Commission spots available for the holidays!!

Angled cups with cats surviving the hardships of space!!!

Amyraehill.com
Angled cup featuring weathered spacecraft design with sleeping cat in round window. Angled cup featuring weathered spacecraft design with cat sitting in round window. Angled cup featuring weathered spacecraft design with cat jumping in round window.
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
secondatbest.bsky.social
Some Over the Garden Wall for this month’s riso print subscription, because I would love to have a frog sing to me
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
zooboise.bsky.social
Introducing Ozzy! This prehensile-tailed porcupine, Zoo Boise's newest resident, is already becoming a star. 🌠

Settling into the renovated Small Animal Kingdom's Rainforest Building, Ozzy likes to nimbly climb and flip around his habitat’s canopy.

📷: Lead zookeeper Taylor S
A male prehensile-tailed porcupine stands on rocks and a stream inside a zoo habitat.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
justducky.bsky.social
Attention BlueSky

Show me the X-Men
The “Outback Era” X-Men as drawn by Alan Davis
November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reposted by Rachel Manija Brown
mollyroberts.bsky.social
Agent Lairmore is done with his testimony. Prosecution asked further about the condiments and he said there was mustard on his uniform and an onion hanging on his radio antenna. Don’t think defense was going for a pun when she called him a “seasoned officer,” but you never know…
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM