SonomaLass ⚾ 🍺 🌮
@sonomalass.bsky.social
She/her. Co-author of Mercury Rising, an alternate historical romance. Reader, proud mom/grandma, retired actress & college professor, Dodgers fan, unabashed progressive. Black lives matter, trans rights=human rights, health care & bodily autonomy for all.
And another sort of addition to the family: Rob and I have "adopted" a pair of Great Horned Owls who reside at the Cotswold Falconry Centre, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire. We have a resident pair in our part of town here at home, so it seemed fitting. They are magnificent.
January 30, 2026 at 1:31 AM
And another sort of addition to the family: Rob and I have "adopted" a pair of Great Horned Owls who reside at the Cotswold Falconry Centre, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire. We have a resident pair in our part of town here at home, so it seemed fitting. They are magnificent.
Just got the license renewal notice for the Savandals, listed as "2 senior cat licenses." They are only 6 years old! Then I realized that they meant that *I* am a senior, and thus entitled to a discount. Duh.
January 30, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Just got the license renewal notice for the Savandals, listed as "2 senior cat licenses." They are only 6 years old! Then I realized that they meant that *I* am a senior, and thus entitled to a discount. Duh.
@anacoqui.bsky.social @jodywallace.bsky.social @oliviawaite.com I set up a Discord server for chatting about Coral Island. Check your DMs for an invitation link.
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 AM
@anacoqui.bsky.social @jodywallace.bsky.social @oliviawaite.com I set up a Discord server for chatting about Coral Island. Check your DMs for an invitation link.
@jodywallace.bsky.social @anacoqui.bsky.social
I'm setting up the channel. How do you feel about spoilers? Should we have a separate section for spoilery stuff, or use spoiler tags? Or do we not care about that?
I'm setting up the channel. How do you feel about spoilers? Should we have a separate section for spoilery stuff, or use spoiler tags? Or do we not care about that?
January 29, 2026 at 8:12 PM
@jodywallace.bsky.social @anacoqui.bsky.social
I'm setting up the channel. How do you feel about spoilers? Should we have a separate section for spoilery stuff, or use spoiler tags? Or do we not care about that?
I'm setting up the channel. How do you feel about spoilers? Should we have a separate section for spoilery stuff, or use spoiler tags? Or do we not care about that?
Somebody's going home from the hospital!!
January 29, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Somebody's going home from the hospital!!
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Y'all, his AI girlfriend is a feminist and broke up with him
January 29, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Y'all, his AI girlfriend is a feminist and broke up with him
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social has been responsible for us seeing important news before any other sources get around to it. Here she is, though, movingly talking about this massive grief that permeates all our souls right now.
Follow her, subscribe to her.
Follow her, subscribe to her.
New — I tried to write about…all of it:
Crackdown
Writing through history and heartbreak.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social has been responsible for us seeing important news before any other sources get around to it. Here she is, though, movingly talking about this massive grief that permeates all our souls right now.
Follow her, subscribe to her.
Follow her, subscribe to her.
A good day for little birds. A goldfinch brigade and a pair of Anna’s hummingbirds.
January 28, 2026 at 9:51 PM
A good day for little birds. A goldfinch brigade and a pair of Anna’s hummingbirds.
DIL says that the new baby looks very much like his daddy when he's grumpy. I agree!
January 28, 2026 at 7:21 PM
DIL says that the new baby looks very much like his daddy when he's grumpy. I agree!
Kids have not gone social media public with pics of the baby yet, so I won't share on any of the platforms they use. But I will share one here.
January 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Kids have not gone social media public with pics of the baby yet, so I won't share on any of the platforms they use. But I will share one here.
Thanks to everyone for your congrats and good thoughts on the safe delivery of a healthy grandbaby! I don’t love being 2,000 miles away, but my parents made it work, and so can we.
January 28, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Thanks to everyone for your congrats and good thoughts on the safe delivery of a healthy grandbaby! I don’t love being 2,000 miles away, but my parents made it work, and so can we.
Having a glass of champagne and toasting my new grandson, Wesley. (No, YoungerSon & his wife are not Star Trek fans.) Welcome to our fucked up world, little one. We are doing what we can to make it a better place.
January 28, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Having a glass of champagne and toasting my new grandson, Wesley. (No, YoungerSon & his wife are not Star Trek fans.) Welcome to our fucked up world, little one. We are doing what we can to make it a better place.
I need to see this! Fingers crossed for wide distribution!
@tuphlos.bsky.social
m.imdb.com/title/tt3915...
@tuphlos.bsky.social
m.imdb.com/title/tt3915...
Give Me the Ball! (2026) | Documentary
1h 41m
m.imdb.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I need to see this! Fingers crossed for wide distribution!
@tuphlos.bsky.social
m.imdb.com/title/tt3915...
@tuphlos.bsky.social
m.imdb.com/title/tt3915...
We have a baby! I'm a grandma again! He's just over 8 lbs, with a 14-inch head, and he's beautiful.
January 27, 2026 at 4:59 PM
We have a baby! I'm a grandma again! He's just over 8 lbs, with a 14-inch head, and he's beautiful.
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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I was hoping for Nadia, but this will be interesting.
@tuphlos.bsky.social @bookjawns.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ja...
@tuphlos.bsky.social @bookjawns.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ja...
Nigella Lawson confirmed as new Great British Bake Off judge
The TV cook and food writer replaces Prue Leith, who has stepped down after nine seasons on the show
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I was hoping for Nadia, but this will be interesting.
@tuphlos.bsky.social @bookjawns.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ja...
@tuphlos.bsky.social @bookjawns.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ja...
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers
Indigo Girls
Melissa Etheridge
Mouths of Babes
Lilith Fair
Tracy Chapman
Indigo Girls
Melissa Etheridge
Mouths of Babes
Lilith Fair
Tracy Chapman
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers
Florence and the Machine
Garbage
Lush
MisterWives
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Florence and the Machine
Garbage
Lush
MisterWives
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Five concerts you've seen with women lead singers
Heart
Fleetwood Mac
Renaissance
Blondie
The Pretenders
(Ok so that's the 70s,lol)
Heart
Fleetwood Mac
Renaissance
Blondie
The Pretenders
(Ok so that's the 70s,lol)
January 26, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers
Indigo Girls
Melissa Etheridge
Mouths of Babes
Lilith Fair
Tracy Chapman
Indigo Girls
Melissa Etheridge
Mouths of Babes
Lilith Fair
Tracy Chapman
My anxiety is off the charts today; a combination of personal and national/international concerns. It's overcast and gloomy, triggering my SAD, which doesn't help. So I'm going to disconnect and find refuge, and I will try to catch up with you all later when I can cope. Practice self-care!!
January 25, 2026 at 6:56 PM
My anxiety is off the charts today; a combination of personal and national/international concerns. It's overcast and gloomy, triggering my SAD, which doesn't help. So I'm going to disconnect and find refuge, and I will try to catch up with you all later when I can cope. Practice self-care!!
As always, excellent analysis.
Today I wrote about a good man summarily executed on the streets by Republican death squads, and how, given the inevitable alternatives, even tyrants should hope for a people's liberation from tyranny. www.the-reframe.com/the-shovel-n...
The Shovel Next Time
Liberation from tyranny is also liberation for the tyrants.
www.the-reframe.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
As always, excellent analysis.
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Cortez Masto is a purple state senator who often crosses the line on bills like this and any attempt to break the filibuster will necessarily involve her
if she’s a no on the funding bill this is DOA in the Senate
if she’s a no on the funding bill this is DOA in the Senate
New: @cortezmasto.senate.gov is a no on the DHS funding bill.
January 24, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Cortez Masto is a purple state senator who often crosses the line on bills like this and any attempt to break the filibuster will necessarily involve her
if she’s a no on the funding bill this is DOA in the Senate
if she’s a no on the funding bill this is DOA in the Senate
Called both of my Senators and left them messages about blocking the DHS funding bill. Like, do more than just vote against it!
January 24, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Called both of my Senators and left them messages about blocking the DHS funding bill. Like, do more than just vote against it!
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Hey, NRA? Gun advocates? Where y’all at?
*crickets*
*crickets*
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
January 24, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Hey, NRA? Gun advocates? Where y’all at?
*crickets*
*crickets*