B.
@beespeckled.bsky.social
Reader, library lover, knitting, road trips, photography. Haphazard intermittent gardening. PNW, the wet side of the mountains
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Help support libraries at action.everylibrary.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Help support libraries at action.everylibrary.org
#📚💙listening.to an uplifting account of a New Foundland community opening their homes and generous assistance during the 911 aircraft groundings. A most welcome recommendation from a co-worker.
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defoe.
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defoe.
October 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#📚💙listening.to an uplifting account of a New Foundland community opening their homes and generous assistance during the 911 aircraft groundings. A most welcome recommendation from a co-worker.
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defoe.
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defoe.
What a GAME!!!!!! Is it only after 10 PST? I feel like it is 3 am!!!!! 🔱🔱🔱🔱
October 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
What a GAME!!!!!! Is it only after 10 PST? I feel like it is 3 am!!!!! 🔱🔱🔱🔱
Independent bookstores have been getting my money this month. A first visit to Powell's, Portland, OR last Sunday. Today's fun was at Invitation Bookshop, Gig Harbor.
October 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Independent bookstores have been getting my money this month. A first visit to Powell's, Portland, OR last Sunday. Today's fun was at Invitation Bookshop, Gig Harbor.
About to watch The Librarians at the Gig Harbor Film Festival! Thank you organizers for all inviting local library peeps to attend!
September 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
About to watch The Librarians at the Gig Harbor Film Festival! Thank you organizers for all inviting local library peeps to attend!
🧶 a bit of squishy love arrives each month, I look forward each month to what color combos will arrive to inspire sock creation or maybe something else? (#Fancy Image Yarn sock yarn of the month).
✅ Library Sock books on hold
Thank you Myra for the monthly fun! I love the color combos
✅ Library Sock books on hold
Thank you Myra for the monthly fun! I love the color combos
July 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🧶 a bit of squishy love arrives each month, I look forward each month to what color combos will arrive to inspire sock creation or maybe something else? (#Fancy Image Yarn sock yarn of the month).
✅ Library Sock books on hold
Thank you Myra for the monthly fun! I love the color combos
✅ Library Sock books on hold
Thank you Myra for the monthly fun! I love the color combos
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Take action to support libraries at action.everylibrary.org
Take action to support libraries at action.everylibrary.org
July 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Like, follow, and share if you love libraries!
Take action to support libraries at action.everylibrary.org
Take action to support libraries at action.everylibrary.org
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NEW from me — FEMA staffers say the response to the Texas floods is horrifyingly slow, and it may be because of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's recent increased control over how the agency spends money.
"If this is how they are going to do a major hurricane response, people are fucked.”
"If this is how they are going to do a major hurricane response, people are fucked.”
FEMA response to deadly Texas floods delayed & deficient with Noem in charge
Staffers sound the alarm.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
NEW from me — FEMA staffers say the response to the Texas floods is horrifyingly slow, and it may be because of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's recent increased control over how the agency spends money.
"If this is how they are going to do a major hurricane response, people are fucked.”
"If this is how they are going to do a major hurricane response, people are fucked.”
Binge reading. Current book. Overgrowth by Mira Grant. Original retelling of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers with A Little Shop of Horrors thrown in. Right now I'm on Team Plant Invader. #📚💙booksky
July 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Binge reading. Current book. Overgrowth by Mira Grant. Original retelling of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers with A Little Shop of Horrors thrown in. Right now I'm on Team Plant Invader. #📚💙booksky
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The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
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Washingtonians should know Donald Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ now includes selling off our public lands — including national forests — to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
June 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Washingtonians should know Donald Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ now includes selling off our public lands — including national forests — to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
John Lennon's "Gimme some Truth" is my earworm tonight.
June 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
John Lennon's "Gimme some Truth" is my earworm tonight.
💙📚next in the queue "The Antidote" by Karen Russell.
April 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
💙📚next in the queue "The Antidote" by Karen Russell.
📚💙♥️Just finished John Scalzi's "When the Moon Hits Your eye". 🧀🌕 Perfect timing. One of the few authors that can convince and entertain with silly ideas that make for a delightful read. Takeaways, life happens and not always predictably or logically. It had a bit of everything.
April 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
📚💙♥️Just finished John Scalzi's "When the Moon Hits Your eye". 🧀🌕 Perfect timing. One of the few authors that can convince and entertain with silly ideas that make for a delightful read. Takeaways, life happens and not always predictably or logically. It had a bit of everything.
A good day for good trouble. 3000 may have shown up to the Gig Harbor, WA Hands Off event.
April 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A good day for good trouble. 3000 may have shown up to the Gig Harbor, WA Hands Off event.
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While ILMS funding supports many programs, poor rural communities will likely feel these cuts first and most deeply. Rural libraries, which serve as lifelines to communities w/o reliable access to broadband, rely heavily on this funding for survival. This is criminal.
www.pbs.org/video/defund...
www.pbs.org/video/defund...
PBS News Hour | Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts | Season 2025
Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts after Trump order
www.pbs.org
April 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
While ILMS funding supports many programs, poor rural communities will likely feel these cuts first and most deeply. Rural libraries, which serve as lifelines to communities w/o reliable access to broadband, rely heavily on this funding for survival. This is criminal.
www.pbs.org/video/defund...
www.pbs.org/video/defund...
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In partnership with @freedom.press, @wired.com stopped paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act
We commend Wired for tipping the balance between public interest and business toward the former and hope others will follow its lead.
We commend Wired for tipping the balance between public interest and business toward the former and hope others will follow its lead.
Public records are for the public
Plus: Catch us on NPR while you still can
freedom.press
March 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
In partnership with @freedom.press, @wired.com stopped paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act
We commend Wired for tipping the balance between public interest and business toward the former and hope others will follow its lead.
We commend Wired for tipping the balance between public interest and business toward the former and hope others will follow its lead.
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If you get a poorly written text message claiming you have an unpaid bridge toll, DON'T click on the link. It's a scam.
www.gigharbornow.org/news/transpo...
www.gigharbornow.org/news/transpo...
Many receiving 'smishing' scam messages for alleged unpaid tolls - Gig Harbor Now
The text messages imitate tolling agencies and attempt to acquire people's credit card or banking information.
www.gigharbornow.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
If you get a poorly written text message claiming you have an unpaid bridge toll, DON'T click on the link. It's a scam.
www.gigharbornow.org/news/transpo...
www.gigharbornow.org/news/transpo...
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“The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.”
Words from Frances Perkins, FDR's labor secretary and an architect of Social Security.
Remember this as the program is under attack.
Words from Frances Perkins, FDR's labor secretary and an architect of Social Security.
Remember this as the program is under attack.
March 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.”
Words from Frances Perkins, FDR's labor secretary and an architect of Social Security.
Remember this as the program is under attack.
Words from Frances Perkins, FDR's labor secretary and an architect of Social Security.
Remember this as the program is under attack.
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just a little reminder that everything in crypto is either an outright scam or a beanie baby
everyone who wants you to buy crypto at $50,000 bought in when it was $5 and YOU are their profit
everyone who wants you to buy crypto at $50,000 bought in when it was $5 and YOU are their profit
March 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
just a little reminder that everything in crypto is either an outright scam or a beanie baby
everyone who wants you to buy crypto at $50,000 bought in when it was $5 and YOU are their profit
everyone who wants you to buy crypto at $50,000 bought in when it was $5 and YOU are their profit
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The realignment of the U.S. Republican Party with the Kremlin ... and I mean fully and openly ... is stunning to watch in real time.
March 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The realignment of the U.S. Republican Party with the Kremlin ... and I mean fully and openly ... is stunning to watch in real time.
💙📚💙just finished reading The Retreat by Krysten Ritter. It was a quick read, twist and turns. If you enjoyed Tangerine by Christine Mangan; The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith; Who Is Maud Dixon? By Alexandra Andrews, you might enjoy. The retreat.
March 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
💙📚💙just finished reading The Retreat by Krysten Ritter. It was a quick read, twist and turns. If you enjoyed Tangerine by Christine Mangan; The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith; Who Is Maud Dixon? By Alexandra Andrews, you might enjoy. The retreat.