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amampersand.bsky.social
Alias Messier
@amampersand.bsky.social
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SF-raised (both senses) • educator, labor mischief-maker, passionate about free college • all things change in a season • another world is possible • dogs, bees, bunny • she/her/y’all
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz 1911-84 Prayer Come let us also raise our hands to pray, we who have forgotten how, we who know no god, no idol, only love. Come, let us ask life To infuse the sweetness of tomorrow in the bitter gloom of today, To lessen the burden of days and nights for those who have no strength to bear it, To light a lamp in the darkness of eyes that cannot hope to see the face of dawn. Come let us ask life To show a way out to those who are lost on endless streets; To give the courage of heresy and the desire for truth to those who follow the religion of lies and hypocrisy; To give strength to those whose heads are bowed in fear, so they can break the murderer's grip. Love's hidden secret is the fevered soul. Let us make a pact and slake this fever. Let us accept the true word throbbing in our hearts. So that our anguish is over, so that our hearts are mended.
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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My feed for the last hour’s worth of posts:
A panel from Peanuts: Linus in a pumpkin patch proclaiming, arms outstretched, “nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see!!”
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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@charliejane.bsky.social has hereby captured a large chunk of what I feel about reading literature.
A partial pg of LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER (29) with two highlights: “(Yes, yes, Death of the Author, but whatever, context can still matter. Shut up.)” and “Some books stay with you even as you evolve, level up, and taste disappointment, and maybe you owe something to those books.”
October 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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The Bay shows up #ICEOUT @bayresistance.bsky.social
A large I.C.E. OUT THE BAY sign in front of the stage at SF’s Embarcadero rally
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Hello Womble! I’ve been escaping into cozy space murder mystery this week with the first two Midsolar Murders. But my library doesn’t have #3 yet! Ouch. Now trying out the Mercenary Librarians.
Stylish cover for Mur Lafferty’s _Station Eternity_, The Midsolar Murders. A woman’s sunglasses reflect planets and a wasp in bold blue and pink.
September 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Hello Womble! Nearing the end of Stephen Graham Jones’ 3rd in Jade’s fab trilogy, The Angel of Indian Lake. Still working carefully through Karen Hao’s Empire of AI, which is actually much scarier than the SGJ book. Also, this is Ursula, and she highly approves your recent reading.
Black GSD mutt on a bunch of colorful pillows. She has alert ears and her head cocked, is looking sweetly at the camera.
July 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Students who are still efforting through this muck and THIS girl:
Black GSD mutt lying in grass speckled with flowers, caught mid-nose-lick.
April 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Having some fun this morning connecting my real life sisters to bsky @mariaguillen.bsky.social @connyrford.bsky.social and @pamtaulee.bsky.social, Ursula is waving at Napoleon! #DogsofBlueSky
Close up of a black GSD mutt with deep brown eyes and pricked ears on a couch, looking serious and shiny.
March 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Today is Ursula’s fourth gotcha day & I am still totally obsessed & overflowing with wonder at my first dog. #DogsOfBluesky
Black GSD mutt Ursula standing in front of a concrete wall with shadows of branches and leaves & a single white rose in frame.
January 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM