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Reina (she/her)
@reinamwilliams.bsky.social
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Hobbit fury. We ride, after elevenses.
Reading & writing HEAs & KidLit.
For peace, trans rights, and reparations.
Luddite. Support human creators.

Linktree: https://t.co/tIOvhhKZat

On stolen Ohlone land. Supporting https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/
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Reina (she/her) @reinamwilliams.bsky.social · 9d
It's my birthday month, and if you can, please join me in giving to:
Sogorea Te' Land Trust sogoreate-landtrust.org
Radical Monarchs radicalmonarchs.org
Trans Lifeline translifeline.org

And especially to fellow November birthday people, hope the month is full of joy and whatever you need! 💖
Homepage - The Sogorea Te Land Trust
sogoreate-landtrust.org
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cynleitichsmith.bsky.social
Sending gratitude to Native veterans on Veterans Day.
One of my most popular characters is Grampa Halfmoon, a U.S. Army veteran from a Cherokee-Seminole family, who appears in INDIAN SHOES and ON A WING AND A TEAR (both from Heartdrum). #VeteransDay
My character Grampa Halfmoon is a U.S. Army veteran. Native veterans are honored on Veterans Day (Nov. 11th) in the U.S. and National Indigenous Veterans Day (Nov. 8th) in Canada. Book covers INDIAN SHOES (cover art: grandfather and grandson with Chicago in the background) and ON A WING AND A TEAR (cover art: grandfather driving two kids in the back seat down the highway in a blue truck).
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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cmdrsue.bsky.social
Recommend signing up if you like some periodic and thoughtful climate and politics journalism in your mailbox.
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
reinamwilliams.bsky.social
The endless stress is terrible, yet Amy's art brings me joy everyday! I have some postcard prints and stickers up in my room. Check it out! linktr.ee/amythyst_art
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
reinamwilliams.bsky.social
Half my week off is already gone. 😢 When I have time off from work, I'm not as productive as I want to be and I'm also not really resting because I'm stressing about getting things done around the house and all.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
reinamwilliams.bsky.social
Made a blueberry buckle crumb cake to use up some oldish blueberries and it's very tasty.
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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5calls.org
🚨 With a 60-40 vote (the same breakdown as yesterday’s vote), the Senate has PASSED their negotiated federal budget deal.

The deal now goes to the House. Floor vote is expected on **WEDNESDAY**

Call your House Rep 🔥📞🔥
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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soapoperanews.bsky.social
Vernee Watson scores role on Matlock on CBS! #GeneralHospital #GH

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General Hospital's Vernee Watson Gets Role on Matlock on CBS
Vernee Watson, who plays Sella Henry on General Hospital, is set to guest star in an upcoming episode of Matlock on CBS.
soapoperanews.net
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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slmwrite.bsky.social
I’ve read Kim Kelly’s work on labor for years. She’s treated her readers, teenagers and professors, with respect, while breaking it all down so it made sense. Thank you. A travesty to end the very thing, writing on politics and labor, that set Teen Vogue apart from all the others.
kimkelly.bsky.social Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 3d
“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...
Teen Vogue's Closure and the Quiet Defunding of Worker Consciousness
Teen Vogue’s shutdown marks more than a media loss. This is a warning about how profit-driven consolidation quietly dismantles worker awareness and voice.
thisislaborwise.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
reinamwilliams.bsky.social
Gonna be that person: please remember that some of us have sensitivities/allergies to scents. If you're going into work or indoor spaces, please reconsider putting on cologne or perfume. Worse are "air fresheners" and the like. Is an artificial scent worth endangering someone else's breathing?
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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jackielaubooks.bsky.social
Magically Generated is now available in paperback!

A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.

jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...
Paperback of Magically Generated by Jackie Lau. Illustrated cover wtih Asian man and white woman outside in winter.
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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tumblesweed.bsky.social
This looks amazing!!
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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crustnews.com
We've identified over 200 ICE Agents, employees and collaborators. None have been assaulted, as the US government claims.

This is freely available and verifiable information, unlike the wild claims from the Department of Homeland Security.

We are in the process of uploading over 200 more IDs.
ICE List – Put ICE on ice
The ICE List is an open journalistic project, created by Crust News, aimed at collecting and sharing information that can hold ICE members legally accountable.
icelist.is
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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reinamwilliams.bsky.social
It's my birthday month, and if you can, please join me in giving to:
Sogorea Te' Land Trust sogoreate-landtrust.org
Radical Monarchs radicalmonarchs.org
Trans Lifeline translifeline.org

And especially to fellow November birthday people, hope the month is full of joy and whatever you need! 💖
Homepage - The Sogorea Te Land Trust
sogoreate-landtrust.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
reinamwilliams.bsky.social
My fingers can't do this much needlework anymore. Might just finish it as-is as a reminder that however bad I am at sewing now, I had even less skill before. At least it's got cheerful colors and some fabric remnants from my childhood.
reinamwilliams.bsky.social Reina (she/her) @reinamwilliams.bsky.social · 1d
Trying to distract myself by attempting to finish the Christmas crazy throw quilt top I made 20+ years ago with some embroidery. It's not going to be pretty, but I hope it will at least finally be done in time for this Christmas. That's if I can also figure out how to sew and quilt it. lol*sob*
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
reinamwilliams.bsky.social
Lots of beautiful art, including a piece by @raahatkaduji.bsky.social in the three-day (today thru 11/13) Peacetober Art Auction, raising money for Palestinian families in Gaza.
www.32auctions.com/peacetober20...
Peacetober 2025 Art Auction
Silent auction 'Peacetober 2025 Art Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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margieinthed.bsky.social
1. Ned better make it.
2. Sonny and the DA better not. #GH
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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thehornbook.bsky.social
From Nov/Dec #HBMag @melissahung.bsky.social on curating THE ART OF GRACE LIN exhibit at @carlemuseum.bsky.social: " @authorgracelin.bsky.social + I share a hope that visitors to the exhibit will experience joy, but that they will also feel the humanity behind her work" www.hbook.com/story/curati...
Curating The Art of Grace Lin
From the November/December 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
www.hbook.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
reinamwilliams.bsky.social
Of interest to my fellow cozy media/game lovers.
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
> www.preetichhibber.com/fiction2023
a mock up for Zohran Mamdani's iconic font & color combination, but instead of any campaign message it reads BUY MY BOOKS for I so love to live
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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destinytoro.com
If you’ve never read it, you absolutely should. Not a thing happening since 2020 has been a shock to me (Grief inducing? yes. Angering? yes. Shocking? No.), in part because of this book.

Also, in part because of Imani 🖤 please do yourself a favor & follow Imani on all platforms.
imanibarbarin.bsky.social Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 1d
If you don’t get it yet.
Cover of Capitalism and Disability by Marta Russell
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Drew a Least Weasel because the name always makes me chuckle...

"Thou art the very least of weasels!"

Yet ounce per ounce, probably one of the most vicious and terrifying predators on the planet (but also deadly cute!)

#art #SciArt
Digital painting of a Least Weasel standing amidst some purple and white crocus flowers which are nearly as big as it is. The weasel is mostly covered in reddish brown fur with white under its chin and along its chest and belly. It has a bit of black at the very tip of its tail. It looks alert and ready for action.
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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frogandtoadbot.bsky.social
“I will read the seeds a story,” said Toad. “Then they will not be afraid.”

Toad read a long story to his seeds.
Toad sits in the dark by his garden, reading a story to his seeds by candlelight. From "The Garden" In *Frog and Toad Together*
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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ladyjenpool.bsky.social
I don't need a job, I need a gothic manor in which I sit about reading and wandering in ankle length nightgowns
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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newsjennifer.bsky.social
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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authorjessowen.bsky.social
Write that weird little book, make that weird little painting. It was given to you for a reason and someone else needs to see it and if you don’t do it no one will
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM