Karen (B)
@bookishkb.bsky.social
Mediocre photos of very fine creatures.
From Chicago; in Wisconsin. She/her. Reader. Science fiction fan. For human rights, books, art, health care for all, etc. Trans rights are human rights. Voting is a right.
Against fascism.
From Chicago; in Wisconsin. She/her. Reader. Science fiction fan. For human rights, books, art, health care for all, etc. Trans rights are human rights. Voting is a right.
Against fascism.
Vaccinated. Again.
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Vaccinated. Again.
I don't know why my local library system just acquired the ebook of Candas Jane Dorsey's The adventures of Isabel (2020), but I am happily rereading it anyway.
Contemporary Canadian mystery series featuring a queer, cat-owning, unemployed social worker and her friends and neighbors. Good reading.
Contemporary Canadian mystery series featuring a queer, cat-owning, unemployed social worker and her friends and neighbors. Good reading.
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I don't know why my local library system just acquired the ebook of Candas Jane Dorsey's The adventures of Isabel (2020), but I am happily rereading it anyway.
Contemporary Canadian mystery series featuring a queer, cat-owning, unemployed social worker and her friends and neighbors. Good reading.
Contemporary Canadian mystery series featuring a queer, cat-owning, unemployed social worker and her friends and neighbors. Good reading.
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Join GOAT's project to customize Andrei's wheelchair, so he can go outside again and roll independently! It takes a pit crew (and donors) to repair and modify assistive technology, and do it right.
www.openassistivetech.org/a-walk-in-th... #DisabilityJustice #RightToRepair #AssistiveTech #Moldova
www.openassistivetech.org/a-walk-in-th... #DisabilityJustice #RightToRepair #AssistiveTech #Moldova
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Join GOAT's project to customize Andrei's wheelchair, so he can go outside again and roll independently! It takes a pit crew (and donors) to repair and modify assistive technology, and do it right.
www.openassistivetech.org/a-walk-in-th... #DisabilityJustice #RightToRepair #AssistiveTech #Moldova
www.openassistivetech.org/a-walk-in-th... #DisabilityJustice #RightToRepair #AssistiveTech #Moldova
My kiwi ex never mentioned these to me, much less sought them out when we were visiting NZ. I feel robbed.
(Thread 🧵 of snack food fun facts.)
(Thread 🧵 of snack food fun facts.)
* New Zealand takes pies (namely, handheld meat pies) so seriously that there are National Pie Awards that get major media coverage. The New Zealand National Library has a whole dedicated category for “Pies — Competitions.”
Pie.
Pie.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
My kiwi ex never mentioned these to me, much less sought them out when we were visiting NZ. I feel robbed.
(Thread 🧵 of snack food fun facts.)
(Thread 🧵 of snack food fun facts.)
Article about culture and history, I mean they talked to Michael Twitty so you know it's serious.
(As a white Northerner, I grew up with pumpkin pie, but they're both tasty.)
(As a white Northerner, I grew up with pumpkin pie, but they're both tasty.)
They’re both round, orange and probably bad for your health, but which is the better Thanksgiving dessert: pumpkin or sweet potato pie? For most people, the answer likely depends on where they’re from.
buff.ly/ZIOCwpM
buff.ly/ZIOCwpM
Sweet Potato or Pumpkin? The Thanksgiving Pie Debate
Which is the better Thanksgiving dessert: pumpkin or sweet potato pie? For most people, the answer likely depends on where they’re from.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Article about culture and history, I mean they talked to Michael Twitty so you know it's serious.
(As a white Northerner, I grew up with pumpkin pie, but they're both tasty.)
(As a white Northerner, I grew up with pumpkin pie, but they're both tasty.)
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"Black women are disproportionately working-class. So if it was really about class, explain to me why Black women understood exactly what he [Trump] was going to do, which is make life harder for working-class people," says Kimberlé Crenshaw. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Black women are disproportionately working-class. So if it was really about class, explain to me why Black women understood exactly what he [Trump] was going to do, which is make life harder for working-class people," says Kimberlé Crenshaw. newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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This has lost me thousands of pounds (not to mention book sales) and put me in a state of terror and panic. I urge anyone thinking of moving their list from Substack, or wanting to know more about how Substack works, to read it....
I'm not going back to Substack. I will continue to post my newsletters from Ghost. But I did have to get back in there, just to post this and let people who thought I'd vanished know about this utter nightmare: substack.com/home/post/p-...
An Explanation (Which I Would Be Very Grateful If You Took The Time To Read)
What follows is a minor modern horror story.
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This has lost me thousands of pounds (not to mention book sales) and put me in a state of terror and panic. I urge anyone thinking of moving their list from Substack, or wanting to know more about how Substack works, to read it....
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Can you spread the word about weaintbuyingit.com? This is one of the easiest and safest ways possible to fight back against the current administration. If you've been saying there's nothing you can do - you're wrong! All you have to do is not buy from Amazon, Home Depot, or Target for five days.
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Can you spread the word about weaintbuyingit.com? This is one of the easiest and safest ways possible to fight back against the current administration. If you've been saying there's nothing you can do - you're wrong! All you have to do is not buy from Amazon, Home Depot, or Target for five days.
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ON KICKSTARTER WITH 21 DAYS TO GO:
[Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film]
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family via @cokercoop.bsky.social
[Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film]
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family via @cokercoop.bsky.social
Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family.
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
ON KICKSTARTER WITH 21 DAYS TO GO:
[Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film]
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family via @cokercoop.bsky.social
[Crocodile Dance - An Africanfuturist Animated Film]
An indie animated thriller where a musician reclaims her voice to face the Mami Wata, a monster goddess threatening her family via @cokercoop.bsky.social
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NEW ESSAY for Trans Awareness Week! hopefully it will make ppl aware about how bad actors manipulate transgender statistics & that "social contagion/ROGD" are disproven:
on Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/lies-damned-...
& Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/lies-damne...
on Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/lies-damned-...
& Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/lies-damne...
Lies, Damned Lies, and Transgender Statistics
plus over a dozen studies contradicting the “social contagion/rapid onset gender dysphoria” hypothesis
juliaserano.medium.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
NEW ESSAY for Trans Awareness Week! hopefully it will make ppl aware about how bad actors manipulate transgender statistics & that "social contagion/ROGD" are disproven:
on Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/lies-damned-...
& Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/lies-damne...
on Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/lies-damned-...
& Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/lies-damne...
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This Kiss - Gustav Klimt
#critterposting
#critterposting
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This Kiss - Gustav Klimt
#critterposting
#critterposting
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Excited to be back on tour in Spring 2026! The Artist Presales for Dallas and Louisville go live at 10am ET on Thursday. Sign up to receive the presale code and learn more about the other dates: rhiannongiddens.com/tour
Can't wait to see you back out there!
Can't wait to see you back out there!
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Excited to be back on tour in Spring 2026! The Artist Presales for Dallas and Louisville go live at 10am ET on Thursday. Sign up to receive the presale code and learn more about the other dates: rhiannongiddens.com/tour
Can't wait to see you back out there!
Can't wait to see you back out there!
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Let's send corrupt corporations a message they can't ignore this holiday season. Join us to boycott Home Depot, Target, and Amazon from November 27th through December 1st.
We Ain't Buying It! Pledge to Boycott with SURJ · Showing Up for Racial Justice
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### SURJ is joining forces with the _We Ain't Buying It!_ Campaign to send a clear message to corporate America and the ...
www.mobilize.us
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Let's send corrupt corporations a message they can't ignore this holiday season. Join us to boycott Home Depot, Target, and Amazon from November 27th through December 1st.
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Panel detail from White Tiger: Reborn
WRITER: DANIEL JOSÉ OLDER
ARTIST: BRUNO ABDIAS
COLORIST: MARCELO COSTA
WRITER: DANIEL JOSÉ OLDER
ARTIST: BRUNO ABDIAS
COLORIST: MARCELO COSTA
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Panel detail from White Tiger: Reborn
WRITER: DANIEL JOSÉ OLDER
ARTIST: BRUNO ABDIAS
COLORIST: MARCELO COSTA
WRITER: DANIEL JOSÉ OLDER
ARTIST: BRUNO ABDIAS
COLORIST: MARCELO COSTA
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Nap, nap, against the dying of the light
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Nap, nap, against the dying of the light
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Seeing news re the regime finding ways to limit food & housing assistance with ideas of self-sufficiency, demonstrating true need and I just want every single corporation and billionaire who receives any tax break, incentive, grant, forgiveness, etc to go through that kind of audit and consequences.
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Seeing news re the regime finding ways to limit food & housing assistance with ideas of self-sufficiency, demonstrating true need and I just want every single corporation and billionaire who receives any tax break, incentive, grant, forgiveness, etc to go through that kind of audit and consequences.
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Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!
So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
1/6
So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
1/6
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!
So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
1/6
So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
1/6
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Chicago! You can now pick up tickets to the world premiere of a new adaptation of The Left Hand of Darkness, presented with puppets:
Untitled Theatre Company No. 61 and Yara Arts Group: The Left Hand of Darkness - Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival %
The Left Hand of Darkness is a new work based on the 1969 novel by famed sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin, wherein a lone human emissary to an alien world tries to facilitate inclusion in a growing int...
chicagopuppetfest.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Chicago! You can now pick up tickets to the world premiere of a new adaptation of The Left Hand of Darkness, presented with puppets:
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I don’t normally do this but I want these two pieces to find good homes as I start cleaning up my current studio to move into my home studio in the coming month or so. Both are on sale for 24 hours only. Originally 1800.00c letting go for just 1000.00 a piece. 24x32” acrylic on canvas.
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I don’t normally do this but I want these two pieces to find good homes as I start cleaning up my current studio to move into my home studio in the coming month or so. Both are on sale for 24 hours only. Originally 1800.00c letting go for just 1000.00 a piece. 24x32” acrylic on canvas.
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There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
"bluesky will suspend you for anything vaguely resembling a death threat" is maybe the single most consistent moderation policy they have I don't know why anyone is surprised by this one
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
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WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!
![Graphic with multiple picket signs that reads "[up arrow] Minimum Salary", "4 day Work Week", and a big cancel sign over "AI Replacing Jobs" and so much more. Go to kickstarterunited.org to see it all!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gdife25rfr5drwr2nhncr3rf/bafkreidfgv3xytmgta3x35mjze22ojok7lwh3vlhgrcfbcwr7hjg6bb6eu@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!
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Btwn this and the fedora kid from the Louvre, potential YA pitches are having a helluva week
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Btwn this and the fedora kid from the Louvre, potential YA pitches are having a helluva week
Nov 15th is the last day to nominate
Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
Recommend works here for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider!
otherwiseaward.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Nov 15th is the last day to nominate