Karen Watson
@annearctica.bsky.social
Politically independent, socially liberal. Local history aficionado and blogger on cultural geography. Student of Esperanto. Cat whisperer. No DMs! #Angrets
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
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The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
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Some Of The other Countries
Protesting NO KINGS DAY In
Solidarity With US.......
THANK ❤️ YOU
Protesting NO KINGS DAY In
Solidarity With US.......
THANK ❤️ YOU
October 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Some Of The other Countries
Protesting NO KINGS DAY In
Solidarity With US.......
THANK ❤️ YOU
Protesting NO KINGS DAY In
Solidarity With US.......
THANK ❤️ YOU
There is no way to spin this as a good thing. Don't even try.
Federal purge guts infant death prevention campaign, alarming doctors
Doctors fear the potential impact of the Trump budget cuts, with the number of babies dying of SIDS or other unexpected causes already on the rise.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
There is no way to spin this as a good thing. Don't even try.
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BREAKING NEWS: New water aerobics class gets off to a great start.
April 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
BREAKING NEWS: New water aerobics class gets off to a great start.
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You can’t have democracy without libraries.
Democracy is a practice. It starts at the local level by building connection and community. So today on international book day check out what’s going on at your local branch!
Reading, learning, listening, chatting, connecting—this is democracy.
Democracy is a practice. It starts at the local level by building connection and community. So today on international book day check out what’s going on at your local branch!
Reading, learning, listening, chatting, connecting—this is democracy.
April 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
You can’t have democracy without libraries.
Democracy is a practice. It starts at the local level by building connection and community. So today on international book day check out what’s going on at your local branch!
Reading, learning, listening, chatting, connecting—this is democracy.
Democracy is a practice. It starts at the local level by building connection and community. So today on international book day check out what’s going on at your local branch!
Reading, learning, listening, chatting, connecting—this is democracy.
Have I entered some sort of Twilight Zone knockoff? Drew Ensign (deputy asst. attorney general) and May Mailman (White House senior policy strategist), both in the news today. Their names sound like kids' picture book characters.
April 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Have I entered some sort of Twilight Zone knockoff? Drew Ensign (deputy asst. attorney general) and May Mailman (White House senior policy strategist), both in the news today. Their names sound like kids' picture book characters.
Good advice in any language.
March 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Good advice in any language.
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@capitalweather.bsky.social
Hour 5 of the storm (4 a.m.)
Hour 5 of the storm (4 a.m.)
January 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
@capitalweather.bsky.social
Hour 5 of the storm (4 a.m.)
Hour 5 of the storm (4 a.m.)
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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
January 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
January 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
From the vault: Christmas Movies for the Pandemic
#HallmarkChannel
#hallmarkies
#hallsnarkies
@hallmark.bsky.social
#HallmarkChannel
#hallmarkies
#hallsnarkies
@hallmark.bsky.social
December 27, 2024 at 10:54 PM
From the vault: Christmas Movies for the Pandemic
#HallmarkChannel
#hallmarkies
#hallsnarkies
@hallmark.bsky.social
#HallmarkChannel
#hallmarkies
#hallsnarkies
@hallmark.bsky.social
From the vault: Christmas Movies for the Year of the Pandemic
December 27, 2024 at 10:26 PM
From the vault: Christmas Movies for the Year of the Pandemic
From the vault: Christmas Movies for the Year of the Pandemic
December 27, 2024 at 10:12 PM
From the vault: Christmas Movies for the Year of the Pandemic
In case of emergency (read: relatives).
December 27, 2024 at 9:50 PM
In case of emergency (read: relatives).
"The spirits of the absent guests always remind me that Christmas is never just one Christmas. It is the sum of all the Christmases you’ve known and all the people who have inhabited them."
Column: To those who can’t be with us
This column is about all the people we miss at Christmas. It first appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Dec. 25, 1996. For many years, my colleague Eric Zorn has read part of it aloud at our annual S…
www.chicagotribune.com
December 25, 2024 at 5:04 PM
"The spirits of the absent guests always remind me that Christmas is never just one Christmas. It is the sum of all the Christmases you’ve known and all the people who have inhabited them."
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Greeting you on Bluesky with this reminder
They are living, thinking, feeling beings
And they deserve our respect, even if we haven't earned theirs.
One love
They are living, thinking, feeling beings
And they deserve our respect, even if we haven't earned theirs.
One love
November 17, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Greeting you on Bluesky with this reminder
They are living, thinking, feeling beings
And they deserve our respect, even if we haven't earned theirs.
One love
They are living, thinking, feeling beings
And they deserve our respect, even if we haven't earned theirs.
One love
I don't know what to make of this. (And why is Clifton among the restricted areas??)
abcnews.go.com/US/drone-upd...
abcnews.go.com/US/drone-upd...
FAA temporarily bans drones in parts of New Jersey, notice threatens 'deadly force' for 'imminent security threat'
The government may use "deadly force" against the drones if they pose an "imminent security threat," the FAA said in a Notice to Airmen.
abcnews.go.com
December 19, 2024 at 6:00 PM
I don't know what to make of this. (And why is Clifton among the restricted areas??)
abcnews.go.com/US/drone-upd...
abcnews.go.com/US/drone-upd...