Sycamore
@sycamoretea.bsky.social
She/Her; Autist, seeker of random knowledge, reader of many things, nature appreciator, strategist, goof.
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Sycamore
@sycamoretea.bsky.social
· Jul 30
I do not currently have capacity to help those struggling in war zones. I'm sorry.
Please do NOT tag me in posts about this.
I do not mean anyone any harm, but I just cannot handle it, so I will block if you tag me.
Please do NOT tag me in posts about this.
I do not mean anyone any harm, but I just cannot handle it, so I will block if you tag me.
To do list for tomorrow:
Hit up both library systems I'm part of and request at least the first in series for books by @kristadb1.bsky.social, @skyladawn.ca, @klnoone.bsky.social, & @plaatsch.bsky.social. Just looked & there's either none or very little in both systems for these lovely authors.
Hit up both library systems I'm part of and request at least the first in series for books by @kristadb1.bsky.social, @skyladawn.ca, @klnoone.bsky.social, & @plaatsch.bsky.social. Just looked & there's either none or very little in both systems for these lovely authors.
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
To do list for tomorrow:
Hit up both library systems I'm part of and request at least the first in series for books by @kristadb1.bsky.social, @skyladawn.ca, @klnoone.bsky.social, & @plaatsch.bsky.social. Just looked & there's either none or very little in both systems for these lovely authors.
Hit up both library systems I'm part of and request at least the first in series for books by @kristadb1.bsky.social, @skyladawn.ca, @klnoone.bsky.social, & @plaatsch.bsky.social. Just looked & there's either none or very little in both systems for these lovely authors.
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Also, please share @tychebooks.bsky.social book posts because she is one of the few Canadian small presses left AND she pays everyone on time and in full. And people are stealing my book she published.
Some books:
bsky.app/profile/tych...
or
bsky.app/profile/tych...
Some books:
bsky.app/profile/tych...
or
bsky.app/profile/tych...
Barb is getting the hang of her new magical ability, but she's discovering that when magic is involved, nothing is easy. Not work, not neighbours, & definitely not family.
Pick up a copy of No Love Lost --> www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0...
Pick up a copy of No Love Lost --> www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0...
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Also, please share @tychebooks.bsky.social book posts because she is one of the few Canadian small presses left AND she pays everyone on time and in full. And people are stealing my book she published.
Some books:
bsky.app/profile/tych...
or
bsky.app/profile/tych...
Some books:
bsky.app/profile/tych...
or
bsky.app/profile/tych...
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Don't worry about me, but maybe share Skyla's direct buy store b/c that's where she makes the absolute most money - and she has vet bills. I cannot imagine seeing an author post "I have two cats nearing the end" and go oh, I should steal from her.
payhip.com/skyladawncam...
payhip.com/skyladawncam...
Skyla Dawn Cameron
Writer of horror, thrillers, mysteries, and urban fantasy. Fifth-generation crazy cat lady. Lover of coarse language. Proud supporter of Unlikable Female Characters™. My characters kill people so I do...
payhip.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Don't worry about me, but maybe share Skyla's direct buy store b/c that's where she makes the absolute most money - and she has vet bills. I cannot imagine seeing an author post "I have two cats nearing the end" and go oh, I should steal from her.
payhip.com/skyladawncam...
payhip.com/skyladawncam...
Between this & the news about Tehran, I keep getting flashes from Marjorie B. Kellogg's "The Dragon Quartet" series. I should see if they're available on ebook & reread them.
Fantasy (but also heavy history & scifi elements), tackling climate change, magic, greed, & growing up.
Fantasy (but also heavy history & scifi elements), tackling climate change, magic, greed, & growing up.
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Between this & the news about Tehran, I keep getting flashes from Marjorie B. Kellogg's "The Dragon Quartet" series. I should see if they're available on ebook & reread them.
Fantasy (but also heavy history & scifi elements), tackling climate change, magic, greed, & growing up.
Fantasy (but also heavy history & scifi elements), tackling climate change, magic, greed, & growing up.
10 million people. Water insecurity.
Climate change is a large chunk of this equation, which we have known about since the 1960s.
A pox on oil lobbyists for their apocalyptic decisions to sacrifice long term prosperity for short term exploitations.
Soundtrack : "Galvanize" (via local radio)
Climate change is a large chunk of this equation, which we have known about since the 1960s.
A pox on oil lobbyists for their apocalyptic decisions to sacrifice long term prosperity for short term exploitations.
Soundtrack : "Galvanize" (via local radio)
”If it doesn’t rain in Tehran by late November, we’ll have to [formally] ration water. And if it still doesn’t rain, we’ll have to evacuate Tehran.”
Tehran is running out of water. The situation is so dire that Iran's president is insisting that the capital city must relocate.
Tehran is running out of water. The situation is so dire that Iran's president is insisting that the capital city must relocate.
Iran's capital must relocate due to dire water situation, president insists
Tehran's troubles are a red flag for thirsty cities around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
10 million people. Water insecurity.
Climate change is a large chunk of this equation, which we have known about since the 1960s.
A pox on oil lobbyists for their apocalyptic decisions to sacrifice long term prosperity for short term exploitations.
Soundtrack : "Galvanize" (via local radio)
Climate change is a large chunk of this equation, which we have known about since the 1960s.
A pox on oil lobbyists for their apocalyptic decisions to sacrifice long term prosperity for short term exploitations.
Soundtrack : "Galvanize" (via local radio)
Just found this artist while rambling through feeds for more people to follow (& more shinies to appreciate!). If you like watercolor artwork, I think this one is worth looking through their history of gems.
Coots in the Floodwaters, from a reference photo taken after last week’s rains. 10x14” watercolor. #art #artsky #watercolors #landscapes #painting
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Just found this artist while rambling through feeds for more people to follow (& more shinies to appreciate!). If you like watercolor artwork, I think this one is worth looking through their history of gems.
Reading the 1st book in @kristadb1.bsky.social's, so far most excellent, Ladies Occult Society series and hit this gem:
"Of course I can drink tea," [she] said with disgust. "What am I? French?"
A very good thing I was not drinking tea at that moment, or my ereader would definitely have been damp! 🤣
"Of course I can drink tea," [she] said with disgust. "What am I? French?"
A very good thing I was not drinking tea at that moment, or my ereader would definitely have been damp! 🤣
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Reading the 1st book in @kristadb1.bsky.social's, so far most excellent, Ladies Occult Society series and hit this gem:
"Of course I can drink tea," [she] said with disgust. "What am I? French?"
A very good thing I was not drinking tea at that moment, or my ereader would definitely have been damp! 🤣
"Of course I can drink tea," [she] said with disgust. "What am I? French?"
A very good thing I was not drinking tea at that moment, or my ereader would definitely have been damp! 🤣
Moments when I remember my pets are rescues:
Listening to French streaming radio. There's a few clips from a recent French film that has two people having an argument, fairly tense.
My pets don't know French, they both look at me with concern.
Spend a minute or so talking them down from mild panic.😅
Listening to French streaming radio. There's a few clips from a recent French film that has two people having an argument, fairly tense.
My pets don't know French, they both look at me with concern.
Spend a minute or so talking them down from mild panic.😅
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Moments when I remember my pets are rescues:
Listening to French streaming radio. There's a few clips from a recent French film that has two people having an argument, fairly tense.
My pets don't know French, they both look at me with concern.
Spend a minute or so talking them down from mild panic.😅
Listening to French streaming radio. There's a few clips from a recent French film that has two people having an argument, fairly tense.
My pets don't know French, they both look at me with concern.
Spend a minute or so talking them down from mild panic.😅
Well, yup, hips/pelvis were definitely Messed Up.
Just did a stretch break from doing schoolwork and I've already gained about 4 inches of flexibility in my forward bend/hang. I can now touch backs of fingers to the floor comfortably without effort from standing.
Just did a stretch break from doing schoolwork and I've already gained about 4 inches of flexibility in my forward bend/hang. I can now touch backs of fingers to the floor comfortably without effort from standing.
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Well, yup, hips/pelvis were definitely Messed Up.
Just did a stretch break from doing schoolwork and I've already gained about 4 inches of flexibility in my forward bend/hang. I can now touch backs of fingers to the floor comfortably without effort from standing.
Just did a stretch break from doing schoolwork and I've already gained about 4 inches of flexibility in my forward bend/hang. I can now touch backs of fingers to the floor comfortably without effort from standing.
This is going to be interesting. Though the cynical part of me is just waiting for the next boot to drop.
bsky.app/profile/chri...
bsky.app/profile/chri...
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is going to be interesting. Though the cynical part of me is just waiting for the next boot to drop.
bsky.app/profile/chri...
bsky.app/profile/chri...
Finally got around to deleting my Storygraph account. Got absolutely fed up with hallucinating AI summaries with no way to opt-out. It was interesting for a brief period, but honestly, I'm terrible at book trackers. Should probably give up on them generally.
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Finally got around to deleting my Storygraph account. Got absolutely fed up with hallucinating AI summaries with no way to opt-out. It was interesting for a brief period, but honestly, I'm terrible at book trackers. Should probably give up on them generally.
Talking to my partner as I download @kristadb1.bsky.social's books (finally) from her epic back catalog:
"I kinda think of Krista & @skyladawn.ca like the Crow Girls from Charles de Lint... not quite mafia, but if you cross them, the switchblades come out." 😅
"I kinda think of Krista & @skyladawn.ca like the Crow Girls from Charles de Lint... not quite mafia, but if you cross them, the switchblades come out." 😅
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Talking to my partner as I download @kristadb1.bsky.social's books (finally) from her epic back catalog:
"I kinda think of Krista & @skyladawn.ca like the Crow Girls from Charles de Lint... not quite mafia, but if you cross them, the switchblades come out." 😅
"I kinda think of Krista & @skyladawn.ca like the Crow Girls from Charles de Lint... not quite mafia, but if you cross them, the switchblades come out." 😅
Little moments, a sampling:
A sweet pitbull at the dog park, sweater reads "Thing 1" (Dr. Seuss)
Ash trees along the street shed their golden leaves en masse - carpet of sunshine
Morning sunlight through the side window, the cat watches the world from her tree through the top pane
Tea is hot & ready
A sweet pitbull at the dog park, sweater reads "Thing 1" (Dr. Seuss)
Ash trees along the street shed their golden leaves en masse - carpet of sunshine
Morning sunlight through the side window, the cat watches the world from her tree through the top pane
Tea is hot & ready
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Little moments, a sampling:
A sweet pitbull at the dog park, sweater reads "Thing 1" (Dr. Seuss)
Ash trees along the street shed their golden leaves en masse - carpet of sunshine
Morning sunlight through the side window, the cat watches the world from her tree through the top pane
Tea is hot & ready
A sweet pitbull at the dog park, sweater reads "Thing 1" (Dr. Seuss)
Ash trees along the street shed their golden leaves en masse - carpet of sunshine
Morning sunlight through the side window, the cat watches the world from her tree through the top pane
Tea is hot & ready
Pathology results came back from the eviction of my uterus, tubes, and cervix.
Good news: nothing cancerous nor precancerous! Yay!
Bad news: Yup, it ALL needed out, the results read like a bad bingo card.
As my bestie said, "Benignly miserable."
Hoping my baseline pain might go down post-recovery.
Good news: nothing cancerous nor precancerous! Yay!
Bad news: Yup, it ALL needed out, the results read like a bad bingo card.
As my bestie said, "Benignly miserable."
Hoping my baseline pain might go down post-recovery.
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Pathology results came back from the eviction of my uterus, tubes, and cervix.
Good news: nothing cancerous nor precancerous! Yay!
Bad news: Yup, it ALL needed out, the results read like a bad bingo card.
As my bestie said, "Benignly miserable."
Hoping my baseline pain might go down post-recovery.
Good news: nothing cancerous nor precancerous! Yay!
Bad news: Yup, it ALL needed out, the results read like a bad bingo card.
As my bestie said, "Benignly miserable."
Hoping my baseline pain might go down post-recovery.
The amount of continuous nope that came out of my mouth.... 😅
What is thought to be the world’s largest-known spider’s web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. https://to.pbs.org/48fcs8n
1,140-square-foot super-web reveals the surprising 'constant party' life of cohabiting spiders
The most surprising thing about a spider colony discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border — housing tens of thousands of arachnids — had less to do with its size and more to do with what scien...
www.pbs.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The amount of continuous nope that came out of my mouth.... 😅
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like:
Tea (preference for Indian, Brit blacks, fruity tisanes)
Queer romance
Nature and architecture photography
Museums
Dahl
Training my pets
Comfy blankets
Social commentary/dissection
Puns
Hidden object games
Tea (preference for Indian, Brit blacks, fruity tisanes)
Queer romance
Nature and architecture photography
Museums
Dahl
Training my pets
Comfy blankets
Social commentary/dissection
Puns
Hidden object games
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like:
Fancy teacups
Red pandas
Sushi
Vintage gothic romance paperbacks
Moonstones and labradorite
Peonies
Bright fuchsia eyeshadow
My Chemical Romance
Goth magazines and clothing catalogs from the 20s - early 00s
Top hats
Fancy teacups
Red pandas
Sushi
Vintage gothic romance paperbacks
Moonstones and labradorite
Peonies
Bright fuchsia eyeshadow
My Chemical Romance
Goth magazines and clothing catalogs from the 20s - early 00s
Top hats
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like -
Coffee cups with silly sayings
Archaic words
Sweet pickles
Mismatching prints
Mimosa trees
Finding feathers in weird places
Mustard on meatloaf
Art with bones and flowers
Long-sleeved shirts
Marbled-cover composition books
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Coffee cups with silly sayings
Archaic words
Sweet pickles
Mismatching prints
Mimosa trees
Finding feathers in weird places
Mustard on meatloaf
Art with bones and flowers
Long-sleeved shirts
Marbled-cover composition books
💖💖💖
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things you like:
Tea (preference for Indian, Brit blacks, fruity tisanes)
Queer romance
Nature and architecture photography
Museums
Dahl
Training my pets
Comfy blankets
Social commentary/dissection
Puns
Hidden object games
Tea (preference for Indian, Brit blacks, fruity tisanes)
Queer romance
Nature and architecture photography
Museums
Dahl
Training my pets
Comfy blankets
Social commentary/dissection
Puns
Hidden object games
If you're looking for a bit of beauty and calm to help mark the next year, take a look at @silverpebble2.bsky.social's 2026 calendar offering. 💜
There are still a few of my '26 calendars left in this final printrun.I create each of my 📷s using recent research into the beneficial effects on the brain of looking at plants & items arranged neatly.
Each calendar's 12 high quality frameable prints-make smashing gifts:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Each calendar's 12 high quality frameable prints-make smashing gifts:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If you're looking for a bit of beauty and calm to help mark the next year, take a look at @silverpebble2.bsky.social's 2026 calendar offering. 💜
Everybody loves a book sale! Check out my friend's bundle this month. 🙂
I'm running an Itchio sale for Nonbinary November💛🤍💜🖤
Grab a bundle of 3 novels & 1 novelette for $8.50, normally valued at $17. All of them have a nonbinary character in them, either as a main character or side character. (You can also purchase individually)
Running for a week🙌🏻 #discountbooks 💙📚
Grab a bundle of 3 novels & 1 novelette for $8.50, normally valued at $17. All of them have a nonbinary character in them, either as a main character or side character. (You can also purchase individually)
Running for a week🙌🏻 #discountbooks 💙📚
Nonbinary November by Shane Blackheart
A bundle by Shane Blackheart, $8.50 for 4 games
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November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Everybody loves a book sale! Check out my friend's bundle this month. 🙂
My tax dollars pay the outrageous salaries of our congress-critters here in the US. Ostensibly, I pay them to solve problems & think ahead (sure ain't paying for manual labor!). And yet. Even "small" things like this come up, w/no plans for rounding, especially w/taxes. 🧐
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
U.S. Mint in Philadelphia to press final penny as the 1-cent coin gets canceled
President Donald Trump has ordered its demise as costs climb to nearly 4 cents per penny and the 1-cent valuation becomes somewhat obsolete. The U.S. Mint has been making pennies in Philadelphia, the ...
www.pbs.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My tax dollars pay the outrageous salaries of our congress-critters here in the US. Ostensibly, I pay them to solve problems & think ahead (sure ain't paying for manual labor!). And yet. Even "small" things like this come up, w/no plans for rounding, especially w/taxes. 🧐
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
This was a wild ride, which I thoroughly enjoyed. And damn but I love me some snarky gallows humor.
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This was a wild ride, which I thoroughly enjoyed. And damn but I love me some snarky gallows humor.
Life as an overcompensating hypermobile person attempting recovery from major surgery. Oops, no, don't do *those* isometrics! Wait, no microadjustments from abs if you can find a supported position... Ack! Do *not* do your typical ab crunches, bellydance shimmies, or internal flexes until cleared! 😅
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Life as an overcompensating hypermobile person attempting recovery from major surgery. Oops, no, don't do *those* isometrics! Wait, no microadjustments from abs if you can find a supported position... Ack! Do *not* do your typical ab crunches, bellydance shimmies, or internal flexes until cleared! 😅
Day 3 post-op:
Down to every so often pain meds. No heavies. Skipped my afternoon dose bc pain wasn't bad. Able to walk almost normally (ribs, hips, & back are stiff from hEDS & forced rest for first 2.5 days). Already noticing that the internal chronic pain I'd acclimated to is... Basically gone?1/
Down to every so often pain meds. No heavies. Skipped my afternoon dose bc pain wasn't bad. Able to walk almost normally (ribs, hips, & back are stiff from hEDS & forced rest for first 2.5 days). Already noticing that the internal chronic pain I'd acclimated to is... Basically gone?1/
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Day 3 post-op:
Down to every so often pain meds. No heavies. Skipped my afternoon dose bc pain wasn't bad. Able to walk almost normally (ribs, hips, & back are stiff from hEDS & forced rest for first 2.5 days). Already noticing that the internal chronic pain I'd acclimated to is... Basically gone?1/
Down to every so often pain meds. No heavies. Skipped my afternoon dose bc pain wasn't bad. Able to walk almost normally (ribs, hips, & back are stiff from hEDS & forced rest for first 2.5 days). Already noticing that the internal chronic pain I'd acclimated to is... Basically gone?1/
Watching a Korean drama on Netflix called, "Navillera". So well done, cinematography killer, all the feels! The acting is stellar. And then,
"I don't care if I lose to reality. I want to try anyway."
The ballet is beautiful as well, we're only in Episode 1. Day-amn!
"I don't care if I lose to reality. I want to try anyway."
The ballet is beautiful as well, we're only in Episode 1. Day-amn!
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Watching a Korean drama on Netflix called, "Navillera". So well done, cinematography killer, all the feels! The acting is stellar. And then,
"I don't care if I lose to reality. I want to try anyway."
The ballet is beautiful as well, we're only in Episode 1. Day-amn!
"I don't care if I lose to reality. I want to try anyway."
The ballet is beautiful as well, we're only in Episode 1. Day-amn!
Beautiful mixing work, here. Also, just damn, yes.
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Beautiful mixing work, here. Also, just damn, yes.
A little wholesome video about making seed logs for feeding birds. Lovely reprieve from the ughful.
Folks, this is 13 minutes of a man in BC, in the rain, swarmed by birds, making bird seed logs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP9O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP9O...
Making Seed Logs for Backyard Birds
YouTube video by Doug Fraser
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A little wholesome video about making seed logs for feeding birds. Lovely reprieve from the ughful.