Sarah
@whtabtpineapple.bsky.social
Proprietor of Al's Pancake World. Cranky reader, overexcited TV viewer. Loves Autumn, romance books & chocolate milk. ace. ADHD. She/Her. MN. Abortion is healthcare
Reviews romance bks Treat Yourself with Books http://treatyourselfwithbooks.wordpress.com
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Sarah
@whtabtpineapple.bsky.social
· Jan 13
First book of 2025 finished! We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer. Horror. Interesting read and I liked the ending.
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This should be every Dems’ platform starting now
We need to feed people and keep them in their homes
January 18, 2026 at 3:30 AM
This should be every Dems’ platform starting now
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…shall not be abridge free speech UNLESS a right-wing judge finds it distasteful.
Judge Kacsmaryk writes to say that the First Amendment only protects "public discourse necessary to self-government," as he slurs drag and holds it not protected.
January 18, 2026 at 3:16 AM
…shall not be abridge free speech UNLESS a right-wing judge finds it distasteful.
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I used the volunteer at homeless shelters were the residents worked up to 38 hours per week doing manual labor.
Many employers didn’t want them working 40 hours a week regularly, because then they’d have to offer benefits.
Many employers didn’t want them working 40 hours a week regularly, because then they’d have to offer benefits.
“The working homeless” is not a myth. They want us to be invisible so they don’t have to answer for what this capitalistic hellscape is doing to us all.
It’s real. We exist. We’re a growing class of people (which is why folks want to look away). And I’ll never be quiet about it.
It’s real. We exist. We’re a growing class of people (which is why folks want to look away). And I’ll never be quiet about it.
January 18, 2026 at 12:49 AM
I used the volunteer at homeless shelters were the residents worked up to 38 hours per week doing manual labor.
Many employers didn’t want them working 40 hours a week regularly, because then they’d have to offer benefits.
Many employers didn’t want them working 40 hours a week regularly, because then they’d have to offer benefits.
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He’s gonna kill Minnesotans to make a point
ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
Hundreds of active-duty soldiers on standby, 2 defense officials say
abcnews.go.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:26 AM
He’s gonna kill Minnesotans to make a point
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This is correct
I've seen this exact belief expressed innumerable times in white supremacist rhetoric, literature, and social spaces
It's not a new belief either. It's depicted in The Turner Diaries & well before that.
I've seen this exact belief expressed innumerable times in white supremacist rhetoric, literature, and social spaces
It's not a new belief either. It's depicted in The Turner Diaries & well before that.
A big part of the current right wing belief system is that everyone is actually just as bigoted as they are, and are only pretending not to be as a public performance ("virtue signalling").
They genuinely thought once they started doing open racism, everyone would join in
They genuinely thought once they started doing open racism, everyone would join in
January 18, 2026 at 3:13 AM
This is correct
I've seen this exact belief expressed innumerable times in white supremacist rhetoric, literature, and social spaces
It's not a new belief either. It's depicted in The Turner Diaries & well before that.
I've seen this exact belief expressed innumerable times in white supremacist rhetoric, literature, and social spaces
It's not a new belief either. It's depicted in The Turner Diaries & well before that.
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lefty Catholic bluesky:
I'm working on a cool writing thing that I'll be able to share on here in a couple weeks which has tangentially led me to the realization that I need to get into Father Daniel Berrigan (radical antiwar activist, first priest on the FBI most wanted list)
who has book recs??
I'm working on a cool writing thing that I'll be able to share on here in a couple weeks which has tangentially led me to the realization that I need to get into Father Daniel Berrigan (radical antiwar activist, first priest on the FBI most wanted list)
who has book recs??
January 18, 2026 at 3:26 AM
lefty Catholic bluesky:
I'm working on a cool writing thing that I'll be able to share on here in a couple weeks which has tangentially led me to the realization that I need to get into Father Daniel Berrigan (radical antiwar activist, first priest on the FBI most wanted list)
who has book recs??
I'm working on a cool writing thing that I'll be able to share on here in a couple weeks which has tangentially led me to the realization that I need to get into Father Daniel Berrigan (radical antiwar activist, first priest on the FBI most wanted list)
who has book recs??
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Running Nazis out of town and then whimsical cardboard sleds at Powderhorn - you just have to love Minneapolis.
January 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Running Nazis out of town and then whimsical cardboard sleds at Powderhorn - you just have to love Minneapolis.
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I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
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my favorite thing: Sherry Thomas referencing Judith Ivory
January 18, 2026 at 1:45 AM
my favorite thing: Sherry Thomas referencing Judith Ivory
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I'm sure everyone will be SHOCKED to hear that the videos do not show the whole "people came out and attacked ICE with snow shovels" thing that ICE claimed was what happened. This was not a remotely defensive gunshot.
Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/16/v...
Videos add new detail to 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting in a week • Minnesota Reformer
Two videos add new details to what happened before and after an immigration agent shot a man in the leg in the Hawthorne neighborhood in north Minneapolis Wednesday night. One video, a livestream of a...
minnesotareformer.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I'm sure everyone will be SHOCKED to hear that the videos do not show the whole "people came out and attacked ICE with snow shovels" thing that ICE claimed was what happened. This was not a remotely defensive gunshot.
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as a Canadian it is my solemn duty to inform you all that Heated Rivalry is not an accurate depiction of what it’s like to date someone who has spent the entirety of their formative years sustaining head injuries at 5 in the morning
January 16, 2026 at 4:53 AM
as a Canadian it is my solemn duty to inform you all that Heated Rivalry is not an accurate depiction of what it’s like to date someone who has spent the entirety of their formative years sustaining head injuries at 5 in the morning
Love love love!!
Here's how my sister is advertising my niece's Girl Scout cookie sales on Instagram (yes, she's proud of herself)
January 18, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Love love love!!
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Here's how my sister is advertising my niece's Girl Scout cookie sales on Instagram (yes, she's proud of herself)
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Here's how my sister is advertising my niece's Girl Scout cookie sales on Instagram (yes, she's proud of herself)
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While other recipients of Nobel Prizes have sold them (donating the proceeds) the only other Nobel Prize to be given by a living recipient to another was Knut Hamsun, Norwegian winner of the 1920 Literature prize who sold his medal to German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.
So. That tracks.
So. That tracks.
January 18, 2026 at 2:21 AM
While other recipients of Nobel Prizes have sold them (donating the proceeds) the only other Nobel Prize to be given by a living recipient to another was Knut Hamsun, Norwegian winner of the 1920 Literature prize who sold his medal to German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.
So. That tracks.
So. That tracks.
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Greenland, a country smart enough to recognize that putting Trump in charge would be an existential threat to their future. Must be nice
Protests erupted in several Greenlandic cites and in Denmark on Saturday as President Trump intensified his efforts to take control of the Arctic island.
Greenlanders Protest Trump’s Takeover Plans
Protests erupted in several Greenlandic cites and in Denmark as President Trump intensified his efforts to take control of the Arctic island.
trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Greenland, a country smart enough to recognize that putting Trump in charge would be an existential threat to their future. Must be nice
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Spike started out as a villain but his charisma, popularity, and sex appeal were so undeniable that he was folded into the main cast, like Grimace.
January 18, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Spike started out as a villain but his charisma, popularity, and sex appeal were so undeniable that he was folded into the main cast, like Grimace.
I forgot Ken Marino was in #Brooklyn99 for a short time! Good thing I’m rewatching this show.
January 18, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I forgot Ken Marino was in #Brooklyn99 for a short time! Good thing I’m rewatching this show.
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i think about this every time i look at the latest Overdrive or Hoopla or Kanopy invoice. unless prices or demand stabilize, our budget and thus our library will soon be describable as “lessee of digital content with a legacy dead-tree side concern.” 📚
No surprise to librarians, but perhaps surprising to users, demands/prices for ebooks /audiobooks are killing public library budgets. David Szalay's book, Flesh,” costs DCPL:
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan.
The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.
51st.news
January 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
i think about this every time i look at the latest Overdrive or Hoopla or Kanopy invoice. unless prices or demand stabilize, our budget and thus our library will soon be describable as “lessee of digital content with a legacy dead-tree side concern.” 📚
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I mean... have you seen our crop art? Come on.
"Is Minneapolis's art sled rally always this political or is it extra political because of this year?" Minneapolis art is always political. I haven't been to the art sled rally before but I think this was pretty normal.
January 18, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I mean... have you seen our crop art? Come on.
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Also, this "strategist" doesn't even know that they have the DFL in Minnesota, not the Democrats.
He does not know ball and you should do everything humanly possible to stop these grifters from sucking money and attention away from people making a real difference.
He does not know ball and you should do everything humanly possible to stop these grifters from sucking money and attention away from people making a real difference.
January 18, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Also, this "strategist" doesn't even know that they have the DFL in Minnesota, not the Democrats.
He does not know ball and you should do everything humanly possible to stop these grifters from sucking money and attention away from people making a real difference.
He does not know ball and you should do everything humanly possible to stop these grifters from sucking money and attention away from people making a real difference.
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It won’t be the case soon enough, because now that same contempt is applied to them. Honestly I think a lot about the fact that cover trends are fine and dandy until romance gets too much mainstream respect and attention, and then they become a hallmark of how rubbish romance is.
January 18, 2026 at 2:03 AM
It won’t be the case soon enough, because now that same contempt is applied to them. Honestly I think a lot about the fact that cover trends are fine and dandy until romance gets too much mainstream respect and attention, and then they become a hallmark of how rubbish romance is.
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Most Americans have no idea that the zeal for Japanese internment in much of CA was driven by white farmers wanting to steal land from Japanese farmers, who had some of the most productive and innovative ag in the valley.
Anti-immigrant fervor is almost always harboring deeper evils.
Anti-immigrant fervor is almost always harboring deeper evils.
Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants
www.al.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Most Americans have no idea that the zeal for Japanese internment in much of CA was driven by white farmers wanting to steal land from Japanese farmers, who had some of the most productive and innovative ag in the valley.
Anti-immigrant fervor is almost always harboring deeper evils.
Anti-immigrant fervor is almost always harboring deeper evils.
Can I start doing this to my boss?
Suspiciously asking my wife who's funding her anytime she criticizes me
January 18, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Can I start doing this to my boss?