Rachel
@toucanpie.bsky.social
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lay activist
amateur folklorist
reader
stress-crafter
parent
anxiety muppet
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Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list about border and police ab...
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
I just discovered #adoorablethursday is a thing, and I want to play. This is a shop in Rochester, MN.
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I just discovered #adoorablethursday is a thing, and I want to play. This is a shop in Rochester, MN.
If all we needed were dead bodies, there'd be a lot more of them impeached than just RFK.
Why hasn't a single House Democrat called for the impeachment of RFK Jr?
What exactly are they waiting for at this point - dead bodies?
What exactly are they waiting for at this point - dead bodies?
August 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
If all we needed were dead bodies, there'd be a lot more of them impeached than just RFK.
Y'all. I. Love. Murderbot. The books are a stunning exploration what it's like to realize you are, in fact, a person. It's hilarious, beautiful, clever. Along with @ceruleancynic.bsky.social's Greta Helsing series, Murderbot Diaries has been instrumental in healing so much of my religious trauma.
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Y'all. I. Love. Murderbot. The books are a stunning exploration what it's like to realize you are, in fact, a person. It's hilarious, beautiful, clever. Along with @ceruleancynic.bsky.social's Greta Helsing series, Murderbot Diaries has been instrumental in healing so much of my religious trauma.
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The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." - Frederick Douglass
August 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." - Frederick Douglass
About to do some early Christmas shopping.
GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN is a YA graphic novel about what you do *after* you come out, and how to handle being the target of an overwhelming empire that wants you dead. Plus a hilarious talking corgi. And Superman! I made it with @ryehickman.bsky.social.
In stores 5/5/2026!
In stores 5/5/2026!
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
About to do some early Christmas shopping.
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Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
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Oh heck yeah. This will change the way I consume media.
libro.fm is different in regard though-- libro provides a service that indie bookstores were, previous to their existence, unable to offer. So it's a nice, completely uncomplicated good thing, of which there are SO FEW THINGS LIKE THAT these days
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Oh heck yeah. This will change the way I consume media.
Well fuck this.
Major alert: Montana may be about to pass a major anti-trans bill that charges parents with felony endangerment of a child if their child is on trans youth care.
It would apply to parents just passing through the state, visiting.
Would be the first law of its kind to pass anywhere.
Vote is TODAY.
It would apply to parents just passing through the state, visiting.
Would be the first law of its kind to pass anywhere.
Vote is TODAY.
Montana SB164 | 2025 | Regular Session
Bill Text (2025-04-08) Revise offense of endangering the welfare of children [(H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading]
legiscan.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Well fuck this.
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Imagine being the richest man on the planet and your trans daughter is just bodying you with more wit and humor than you have in your entire stock portfolio.
April 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Imagine being the richest man on the planet and your trans daughter is just bodying you with more wit and humor than you have in your entire stock portfolio.
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The correct thing to do if you are just now realizing that the entire Trump model is incompetence built on top of a precarious heap of the worlds’ most fragile egos is to start calling for him to be impeached. Or 25thed.
April 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The correct thing to do if you are just now realizing that the entire Trump model is incompetence built on top of a precarious heap of the worlds’ most fragile egos is to start calling for him to be impeached. Or 25thed.
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All these business people with no goddamn sense signed on to Trump’s vision of returning to 1910 without remembering, somehow, that the reason we abandoned that shit was that half the world underwent violent revolution between 1911 and 1940 and rose up against the wealthy ruling class.
April 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
All these business people with no goddamn sense signed on to Trump’s vision of returning to 1910 without remembering, somehow, that the reason we abandoned that shit was that half the world underwent violent revolution between 1911 and 1940 and rose up against the wealthy ruling class.
This house now has an actual flagpole with a Trump flag-- both in their yard, and on their vehicle. Jesus is gone though.
February 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This house now has an actual flagpole with a Trump flag-- both in their yard, and on their vehicle. Jesus is gone though.
I should've spent more time in the last four years stockpiling energy and sleeping. And getting therapy. Doing this a second time is going to wear me out, friends.
February 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I should've spent more time in the last four years stockpiling energy and sleeping. And getting therapy. Doing this a second time is going to wear me out, friends.
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I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.
February 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.
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i think they should invent a us government that doesn’t do eugenics on trans children
January 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
i think they should invent a us government that doesn’t do eugenics on trans children
This book. Is so good.
Jeremy Wentworth has been in love with Chloe Fong for as long as he can remember. Maybe it’s time he mentioned that he’s actually a duke?
The heroine is clipboard-dependent.
The hero has no idea what he's doing.
/jb
The heroine is clipboard-dependent.
The hero has no idea what he's doing.
/jb
January 27, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This book. Is so good.
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remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
January 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
Ooof
“Will pay any amount.”
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
January 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Ooof
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Take no shit in 2025. Make hatred LOOK ignorant. Show it its cruelty. Be intolerant of bigotry. Don't abet a worsening.
Lose friends who insist only some people deserve dignity. Understand who has your back and who's only there because it's convenient.
Dig in. Set your jaw. Rewrite the narrative.
Lose friends who insist only some people deserve dignity. Understand who has your back and who's only there because it's convenient.
Dig in. Set your jaw. Rewrite the narrative.
December 31, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Take no shit in 2025. Make hatred LOOK ignorant. Show it its cruelty. Be intolerant of bigotry. Don't abet a worsening.
Lose friends who insist only some people deserve dignity. Understand who has your back and who's only there because it's convenient.
Dig in. Set your jaw. Rewrite the narrative.
Lose friends who insist only some people deserve dignity. Understand who has your back and who's only there because it's convenient.
Dig in. Set your jaw. Rewrite the narrative.
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Be smart.
And pick your people and fight your corner. Whenever, wherever, however you can _protect your people_
And pick your people and fight your corner. Whenever, wherever, however you can _protect your people_
January 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Be smart.
And pick your people and fight your corner. Whenever, wherever, however you can _protect your people_
And pick your people and fight your corner. Whenever, wherever, however you can _protect your people_
Merry Christmas from South Texas.
December 26, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Merry Christmas from South Texas.
Merry Jolabokaflod to all who celebrate.
December 25, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Merry Jolabokaflod to all who celebrate.