Jeannine should be writing
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From @yesikastarr.bsky.social's book, Corazón: bookshop.org/a/862/9781945649134
#poetry #books #writing
#poetry #books #writing
June 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
From @yesikastarr.bsky.social's book, Corazón: bookshop.org/a/862/9781945649134
#poetry #books #writing
#poetry #books #writing
I'm back. I don't know how long I'll stay, but I want to be able to use this while on vacation later this week.
So hi again. What's new?
So hi again. What's new?
May 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm back. I don't know how long I'll stay, but I want to be able to use this while on vacation later this week.
So hi again. What's new?
So hi again. What's new?
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January 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’ve taken social media and news off my phone, and I’m surprised how good it feels. Having it on my iPad means I control the onslaught.
January 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’ve taken social media and news off my phone, and I’m surprised how good it feels. Having it on my iPad means I control the onslaught.
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A short thread with some tips about Trump fatigue and the next few years:
1. Be prepared to pace yourself. Had too much for one day? Shut it down. Dig into work and hobbies. Find enjoyment.
1. Be prepared to pace yourself. Had too much for one day? Shut it down. Dig into work and hobbies. Find enjoyment.
I just… I’m too fucking OLD for another four years of Trump. You know?
I’m already so fucking tired.
I’m already so fucking tired.
BREAKING: Donald Trump to sign 200+ executive orders tomorrow.
Per FOX and Eric Daugherty, they include:
- Declare emergency at the border + issue proclamation closing the border
- Designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
- Remain in Mexico, Catch and Release will be reinstated
Per FOX and Eric Daugherty, they include:
- Declare emergency at the border + issue proclamation closing the border
- Designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
- Remain in Mexico, Catch and Release will be reinstated
January 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
A short thread with some tips about Trump fatigue and the next few years:
1. Be prepared to pace yourself. Had too much for one day? Shut it down. Dig into work and hobbies. Find enjoyment.
1. Be prepared to pace yourself. Had too much for one day? Shut it down. Dig into work and hobbies. Find enjoyment.
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Is Trump suggesting state owned media? I can’t stress how dangerous this is. I’m also concerned no one will care because they’ll get to keep their TikTok
January 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Is Trump suggesting state owned media? I can’t stress how dangerous this is. I’m also concerned no one will care because they’ll get to keep their TikTok
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This TikTok stunt sounds like someone setting your house on fire and the coming with a bucket of water to help fight the fire.
Trump pulled this stunt to „look good“ for „saving TikTok“.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNeEeKj33/
Trump pulled this stunt to „look good“ for „saving TikTok“.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNeEeKj33/
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
January 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This TikTok stunt sounds like someone setting your house on fire and the coming with a bucket of water to help fight the fire.
Trump pulled this stunt to „look good“ for „saving TikTok“.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNeEeKj33/
Trump pulled this stunt to „look good“ for „saving TikTok“.
vm.tiktok.com/ZNeEeKj33/
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One of my favorite things we do at @runforsomething.bsky.social is work with library board candidates. As one library board member explained to me, libraries are where govt touches *everyone* from kids for story time to teens studying to new citizens learning English to seniors in knitting groups.
I have been pleading for folks to run for their local public library boards, because LIBRARIANS NEED THE SUPPORT OF THEIR BOARDS to stand up to censorship and defunding and “parental rights” fascism. Good on you!! 📚
Dogs, bikes, and community involvement. I'll be running for a library board position, in addition to already being a town meeting member. Even though I have little control over what will happen federally, it will feel empowering to at least have a voice in how my town is run. Plus, libraries rock!
January 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
One of my favorite things we do at @runforsomething.bsky.social is work with library board candidates. As one library board member explained to me, libraries are where govt touches *everyone* from kids for story time to teens studying to new citizens learning English to seniors in knitting groups.
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Ok #booksky, let’s talk.
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
January 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ok #booksky, let’s talk.
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.
👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!
I have inadvertently curated a feed that is so politics-heavy that I don't enjoy coming here. He's not even inaugurated yet, and I'm finding myself shrugging and turning away. I'm rapidly going from being unable to look away to so tired that I can't care.
January 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I have inadvertently curated a feed that is so politics-heavy that I don't enjoy coming here. He's not even inaugurated yet, and I'm finding myself shrugging and turning away. I'm rapidly going from being unable to look away to so tired that I can't care.
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“Is the Trump administration running a DEI program for incompetent, unqualified, and/or ethically compromised Whites?”
So funny and so true. @jenrubin.bsky.social woulda never got this thru at the Post! Right at home @contrariannews.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
So funny and so true. @jenrubin.bsky.social woulda never got this thru at the Post! Right at home @contrariannews.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The Greatest DEI Disaster Ever
Democratic Senators--especially the women--shed a glaring light on a sketchy, uninformed nominee who has no business lording over the Pentagon
open.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“Is the Trump administration running a DEI program for incompetent, unqualified, and/or ethically compromised Whites?”
So funny and so true. @jenrubin.bsky.social woulda never got this thru at the Post! Right at home @contrariannews.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
So funny and so true. @jenrubin.bsky.social woulda never got this thru at the Post! Right at home @contrariannews.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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A Contrarian Take on Volume One of Jack Smith’s Report .. we do breaking news! From @normeisen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
A Contrarian Take on Volume One of Jack Smith’s Report
The fact that we are already familiar with almost all of the facts in the first volume of Jack Smith's final report on January 6th and Donald Trump's attempted self-coup, makes them no less horrifying...
open.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A Contrarian Take on Volume One of Jack Smith’s Report .. we do breaking news! From @normeisen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Here's something I found I enjoy. Probably the best thing I've found to get physically active (I'm very out of shape and have never liked exercise or sports): children's dance/exercise videos. Absolutely silly, just wiggle and giggle. Currently my favs are by Danny Go. #embarrassingsecret
January 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Here's something I found I enjoy. Probably the best thing I've found to get physically active (I'm very out of shape and have never liked exercise or sports): children's dance/exercise videos. Absolutely silly, just wiggle and giggle. Currently my favs are by Danny Go. #embarrassingsecret
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ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
www.noaa.gov
January 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Between fires in California, massive snows in the Midwest, people in the Carolinas still suffering from the hurricane, the mess in the middle east, and the upcoming inauguration, I'm fighting turtle mode. If I wait till sunset to curl up under a blanket & comfort watch, the day is a win.
January 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Between fires in California, massive snows in the Midwest, people in the Carolinas still suffering from the hurricane, the mess in the middle east, and the upcoming inauguration, I'm fighting turtle mode. If I wait till sunset to curl up under a blanket & comfort watch, the day is a win.
I have written almost nothing since the election, not prose, poetry, or fiction. Is there a causal relationship, a throttling of creativity bc of the election? I also note that all the media I've consumed since then has been comfort reading & watching. Considering this now. #morningrealization
January 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I have written almost nothing since the election, not prose, poetry, or fiction. Is there a causal relationship, a throttling of creativity bc of the election? I also note that all the media I've consumed since then has been comfort reading & watching. Considering this now. #morningrealization
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I don't like "Your first draft will be shitty" as advice, because it's a really negative framing.
I prefer, "You have the freedom to be messy creating your first draft."
Anyone crafter knows what their room looks like mid-creation. Writers should be as free to be as exhuberent and messy.
I prefer, "You have the freedom to be messy creating your first draft."
Anyone crafter knows what their room looks like mid-creation. Writers should be as free to be as exhuberent and messy.
February 16, 2024 at 3:35 PM
I don't like "Your first draft will be shitty" as advice, because it's a really negative framing.
I prefer, "You have the freedom to be messy creating your first draft."
Anyone crafter knows what their room looks like mid-creation. Writers should be as free to be as exhuberent and messy.
I prefer, "You have the freedom to be messy creating your first draft."
Anyone crafter knows what their room looks like mid-creation. Writers should be as free to be as exhuberent and messy.
Fascinating thread!
Heard of the Rose Parade? I went on a lovely bike ride last Sunday to see two of the six volunteer-built floats, Sierra Madre and South Pasadena. (A thread.)
1/n
1/n
January 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Fascinating thread!
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New York Times Editor’s note: “Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024. Roughly a year before he entered hospice care, he wrote his final New York Times Opinion essay. In it, he looked back on the Capitol riot and explained why he was so worried about American democracy.”
www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/o...
Opinion | Jimmy Carter: I Fear for Our Democracy (Gift Article)
Even established democracies can fall to military juntas and despots. We can’t let that happen here.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 3:56 AM
New York Times Editor’s note: “Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024. Roughly a year before he entered hospice care, he wrote his final New York Times Opinion essay. In it, he looked back on the Capitol riot and explained why he was so worried about American democracy.”
www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/o...
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You're telling me
that Margo Martindale
and Wayne Knight
were once partners
on a team of character actors who moonlit as private investigators
to supplement film/tv income by busting bad guys with their acting skills
and this has never been adapted into the longest-running show on NBC?
that Margo Martindale
and Wayne Knight
were once partners
on a team of character actors who moonlit as private investigators
to supplement film/tv income by busting bad guys with their acting skills
and this has never been adapted into the longest-running show on NBC?
December 29, 2024 at 11:48 PM
You're telling me
that Margo Martindale
and Wayne Knight
were once partners
on a team of character actors who moonlit as private investigators
to supplement film/tv income by busting bad guys with their acting skills
and this has never been adapted into the longest-running show on NBC?
that Margo Martindale
and Wayne Knight
were once partners
on a team of character actors who moonlit as private investigators
to supplement film/tv income by busting bad guys with their acting skills
and this has never been adapted into the longest-running show on NBC?
I'm choosing to believe this was intended to troll us. I'm happier in my innocence.
Oh. My. God.
For the love of God, y’all need to raise these kids better.
For the love of God, y’all need to raise these kids better.
December 30, 2024 at 11:25 AM
I'm choosing to believe this was intended to troll us. I'm happier in my innocence.
Christmas dinner: eggplant parmesan. Last year, we misjudged how quickly eggplant goes bad, so my daughter over-bought, hoping that there would be enough still good for our family gathering.
This is the leftover.
This is the leftover.
December 30, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Christmas dinner: eggplant parmesan. Last year, we misjudged how quickly eggplant goes bad, so my daughter over-bought, hoping that there would be enough still good for our family gathering.
This is the leftover.
This is the leftover.
I'm considering the times that "I statements" don't work and realizing why I don't tend to use them. I feel a blog-type post coming on.
Related, I'm deciding if it's time for me to have a substack and commit to posting regularly and working to grow my readership.
Related, I'm deciding if it's time for me to have a substack and commit to posting regularly and working to grow my readership.
December 28, 2024 at 5:01 PM
I'm considering the times that "I statements" don't work and realizing why I don't tend to use them. I feel a blog-type post coming on.
Related, I'm deciding if it's time for me to have a substack and commit to posting regularly and working to grow my readership.
Related, I'm deciding if it's time for me to have a substack and commit to posting regularly and working to grow my readership.
This seems important.
December 23, 2024 at 2:24 AM
This seems important.