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Awyn
@awyn717.bsky.social
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Nonstandard operating system running on nonstandard hardware. Made of words. Writer. Reader. Avid daydreamer. Resident of the wasteland. 40something. She/her. Leftist. Anti-capitalist. Weirdo. #resister

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This book was SO GOOD!! If you like soft sci-fi and time travel, you need to read this! 📚 #booksky #amreading
The audiobook cover of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. It's a deceptively simple cover.. a moonrise over a field and hill.
September 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Weekend reading.. it's stressing me out, but it's full of important information. #booksky 📚
Cover of Money, Lies, and God by Katherine Stewart.
July 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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The sign I've been taking to protests lately
June 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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700+ in Sierra Vista, Arizona today!! Amazing turnout for our democracy!! I know there are more protests happening across the state today.. make sure to stay safe and hydrated ❤️ #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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June 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I wish I'd read this before making my grocery order 😬 #booksky 📚
Libby screenshot of the cover of Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food by Chris Van Tulleken.
June 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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I hope Joni Ernst leads by example..
Tweet that says: just now at Joni Ernst's town hall in Butler county, Iowa, she responded to the fact that people will die due to cuts to SNAP and Medicaid by saying, "well we are all going to die." Below the text is an image of Ernst.. she looks like the kind of woman who makes people in the service industry cry.. for fun.
May 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Picture of Barack Obama with the words "Obama appreciation day June 14th 2025"
May 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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I heard that cops are encouraged to read this to learn how to manipulate people.. so I'm reading it. Can't use the judo on me if I know it, too 😂 #booksky 📚
May 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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May 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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May 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Happy Mother's Day!!
Graph of paid time off for new parents by country.. showing the US at the bottom with 0 weeks.
May 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Welp, that made me even more stressed 😅 #booksky 📚
Screenshot of Libby app showing a completed audiobook.. On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
May 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Every summer, my son and I rewatch Gravity Falls, The Owl House, and Amphibia. They're all amazing shows and I don't think we'll ever get tired of them ❤️
The landing page for Gravity Falls show on Disney+
May 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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I really need to get back to watching Star Trek.. got to the movies and just.. stalled. I'm trying to do it all in order but I struggle to watch movies.
X-Files "I want to believe" poster, but instead of a UFO, it's an Enterprise NCC 1701-A from Star Trek.
May 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Lowly Worm from Richard Scarry's Busy World children's book is driving his apple car. It says, "my other car is RFK Jr's brain"
May 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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This is so good!! I've been reading mostly nonfiction lately, but this drew me in and has held my attention. What's everyone else reading? 📚 #booksky
Screenshot of Libby app showing the audiobook cover of One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig.
April 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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It may not be caturday, but.. I think every day should be caturday. Have pics of a cat named Maus. In the first pic, she was very interested in a bird.. but the tongue sticking out is too cute! She's just being pretty in the second pic.
Adorable cat, gray and black stripes with a white belly, looks out the window at a bird. Her tongue is poking out. Close up of a cute cat face.. she has a little scar on her nose from her days as a stray.
April 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Thursday night reading.. Free Will by Sam Harris. Super short, but packed with good stuff. I can't believe I haven't read this.. Especially because I've always thought free will is a bullshit idea. #booksky 📚
Screenshot of the Libby app, featuring the audiobook version of Free Will by Sam Harris.
April 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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April 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Pics like this are hard to look at.. because I think he and I have the same size boobs.. and this is a ever-present reminder that one day, my boobs will also be as saggy as his.
Donald Trump in a white polo shirt and navy blue pants pulled up so high that I think he must have his pants specially made with an extra-long rise. He looks confused and frumpy. He's standing in what looks like a tacky hotel lobby that hasn't been updated since 1991.
April 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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This is beautiful #Signalgate
March 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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I wanted to be in Tucson to #FighttheOligarchy with @sanders.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social but I'm sick 😔 looks like they have a fabulous turnout! Good job, Tucson ❤️ I'm going to spend my day with a book instead #booksky 📚
Cover of the book The Day the World Stopped Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves by J.B. MacKinnon Book description part 1: Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet--but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J. B. MacKinnon investigates how we may achieve a world without shopping. We can't stop shopping. And yet we must. This is the consumer dilemma. The economy says we must always consume more: even the slightest drop in spending leads to widespread unemployment, bankruptcy, and home foreclosure. The planet says we consume too much: in America, we burn the earth's resources at a rate five times faster than it can regenerate. And despite efforts to "green" our consumption--by recycling, increasing energy efficiency, or using solar power--we have yet to see a decline in global carbon emissions. Addressing this paradox head-on, acclaimed journalist J. B. MacKinnon asks Book description part 2: What would really happen if we simply stopped shopping? Is there a way to reduce our consumption to earth-saving levels without triggering economic collapse? At first this question took him around the world, seeking answers from America's big-box stores to the hunter-gatherer cultures of Namibia to communities in Ecuador that consume at an exactly sustainable rate. Then the thought experiment came shockingly true: the coronavirus brought shopping to a halt, and MacKinnon's ideas were tested in real time. Drawing from experts in fields ranging from climate change to economics, MacKinnon investigates how living with less would change our planet, our society, and ourselves. Along the way, he reveals just how much we stand to gain: An investment in our physical and emotional wellness. The pleasure of caring for our possessions. Closer relationships with our natural world and one another. Imaginative and inspiring, The Day the World Stops Shopping will embolden you to envision another way.
March 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Hi 😁
March 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM