Heather Lyons
@heatherlyons.bsky.social
author, music lover, tea & chocolate consumer, & hoarder of cute dresses. migraine/RA warrior. medieval/tudor history nut. she/her
Threads is really annoying me today. My account was suspended and I had to prove I’m not a bot? UGH. Now I have to wait 24 hrs to see if I “exist”.
September 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Threads is really annoying me today. My account was suspended and I had to prove I’m not a bot? UGH. Now I have to wait 24 hrs to see if I “exist”.
Danegeld for sure!
Surely this will be the payment that finally gets the extortionist to stop demanding money
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Danegeld for sure!
F*ck RFK Jr, that lying, dangerous, incompetent joke. 1 of my kids is AuDHD & high functioning but struggles w/ social cues. He graduated HS w/ honors & is currently in uni. He is an award winning, published poet. He is perfect how he is rather than how, RFK Jr claims, a family “destroyer”.
RFK Jr. lays out new studies on autism, shuts down 'better diagnoses' as a cause
Kennedy has prioritized autism as one of the chronic illnesses he’s determined to tackle in his aim to “Make America Healthy Again."
abcnews.go.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
F*ck RFK Jr, that lying, dangerous, incompetent joke. 1 of my kids is AuDHD & high functioning but struggles w/ social cues. He graduated HS w/ honors & is currently in uni. He is an award winning, published poet. He is perfect how he is rather than how, RFK Jr claims, a family “destroyer”.
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🚨House Republicans just passed a bill that would disenfranchise 70 million married American women.
Under the SAVE Act, women who took their spouse’s last name and don't have an updated passport or birth certificate would be turned away at the polls.
Under the SAVE Act, women who took their spouse’s last name and don't have an updated passport or birth certificate would be turned away at the polls.
April 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🚨House Republicans just passed a bill that would disenfranchise 70 million married American women.
Under the SAVE Act, women who took their spouse’s last name and don't have an updated passport or birth certificate would be turned away at the polls.
Under the SAVE Act, women who took their spouse’s last name and don't have an updated passport or birth certificate would be turned away at the polls.
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Gen X thoughts: I wonder if all of the right wing fanatics who fetishize the 1984 movie Red Dawn realize that they’re now on the side of the dudes who parachuted into the schoolyard and slaughtered the community instead of, ya know, Patrick Swayze and the Wolverines 🤷♀️
February 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gen X thoughts: I wonder if all of the right wing fanatics who fetishize the 1984 movie Red Dawn realize that they’re now on the side of the dudes who parachuted into the schoolyard and slaughtered the community instead of, ya know, Patrick Swayze and the Wolverines 🤷♀️
The past few days reminds me of Michael Moore’s 1995 absurdist comedy Canadian Bacon.
February 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The past few days reminds me of Michael Moore’s 1995 absurdist comedy Canadian Bacon.
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January 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The shock and awe tactic is working. I am overwhelmed by the sheer amount of sh*t and horror coming from the White House.
January 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The shock and awe tactic is working. I am overwhelmed by the sheer amount of sh*t and horror coming from the White House.
Disgusting
January 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Disgusting
The West Coast stays united! 💪🏻
In 2019, when Trump wanted John Ratcliffe as his head of National Intelligence, Democrats called him shockingly unqualified, noting his only qualification was loyalty to Trump. Trump had to pull the nomination and do a recess appointment.
Today, only 25 Dems voted against him for head of the CIA.
Today, only 25 Dems voted against him for head of the CIA.
January 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The West Coast stays united! 💪🏻
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Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025
January 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today, honor a King, not a Felon. #mlkday2025
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Sometimes a Nazi salute is just a Nazi salute. Given that a longtime Nazi did it, no need to overthink that. For fuck’s sake.
January 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Sometimes a Nazi salute is just a Nazi salute. Given that a longtime Nazi did it, no need to overthink that. For fuck’s sake.
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ICYMI:
Trump this morning proposing that TikTok becomes a state-sponsored social media app to pump out propaganda.
Oh, and if TikTok is spying on us, does that mean the US government will be spying on us, too?
Trump this morning proposing that TikTok becomes a state-sponsored social media app to pump out propaganda.
Oh, and if TikTok is spying on us, does that mean the US government will be spying on us, too?
January 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
ICYMI:
Trump this morning proposing that TikTok becomes a state-sponsored social media app to pump out propaganda.
Oh, and if TikTok is spying on us, does that mean the US government will be spying on us, too?
Trump this morning proposing that TikTok becomes a state-sponsored social media app to pump out propaganda.
Oh, and if TikTok is spying on us, does that mean the US government will be spying on us, too?
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Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
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Funny how prose is LYRICAL in every genre but romance, and then it becomes PURPLE PROSE.
I love some good purple prose, especially when used intentionally, both as a reader and as a writer.
I love some good purple prose, especially when used intentionally, both as a reader and as a writer.
January 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Funny how prose is LYRICAL in every genre but romance, and then it becomes PURPLE PROSE.
I love some good purple prose, especially when used intentionally, both as a reader and as a writer.
I love some good purple prose, especially when used intentionally, both as a reader and as a writer.
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Canada is sending resources to help fight the California fires.
So is Mexico.
So are other states.
Over 800 convicted felons are out there fighting the fires.
Not the Chief Convicted Felon elect of America.
He's too busy politicizing this disaster.
So is Mexico.
So are other states.
Over 800 convicted felons are out there fighting the fires.
Not the Chief Convicted Felon elect of America.
He's too busy politicizing this disaster.
January 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Canada is sending resources to help fight the California fires.
So is Mexico.
So are other states.
Over 800 convicted felons are out there fighting the fires.
Not the Chief Convicted Felon elect of America.
He's too busy politicizing this disaster.
So is Mexico.
So are other states.
Over 800 convicted felons are out there fighting the fires.
Not the Chief Convicted Felon elect of America.
He's too busy politicizing this disaster.
So pleased to see my current state supporting my home state. West Coast love and solidarity!
NEWS
The State of Oregon’s Fire Marshal, which already has 15 strike teams in LA helping to fight the fires, has announced they are sending six additional strike teams.
The State of Oregon’s Fire Marshal, which already has 15 strike teams in LA helping to fight the fires, has announced they are sending six additional strike teams.
January 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
So pleased to see my current state supporting my home state. West Coast love and solidarity!
This jerk. 😑
Republican congressman from Ohio calls for halting of disaster relief to California.
It’s worth remembering that California pays more than almost every other state (including Ohio) for every dollar it receives in federal support
It’s worth remembering that California pays more than almost every other state (including Ohio) for every dollar it receives in federal support
Republican congressman calls for halting of disaster relief to California
Warren Davidson of Ohio says aid should be withheld until the state ravaged by wildfires reforms forestry management
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This jerk. 😑
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For SoCal friends,
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
January 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
For SoCal friends,
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
So upsetting!
January 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
So upsetting!
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"Stop asking why schools don't have bulletproof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That's the question that needs to be asked,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes
December 17, 2024 at 1:59 AM
"Stop asking why schools don't have bulletproof glass and metal detectors at all the doors. Ask why schools have to. That's the question that needs to be asked,” Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes
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::Sigh:: Once more for the people in the back. If audiobooks don’t count as reading, then braille isn’t reading either. Stop gatekeeping literacy.
December 10, 2024 at 8:38 PM
::Sigh:: Once more for the people in the back. If audiobooks don’t count as reading, then braille isn’t reading either. Stop gatekeeping literacy.
Terrifying. First time I ever got an earthquake warning alert on my phone, too. Now, CA & OR have a tsunami warning!
BREAKING: USGS revises magnitude of earthquake off California to 7.0
December 5, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Terrifying. First time I ever got an earthquake warning alert on my phone, too. Now, CA & OR have a tsunami warning!
Just read by that the PNW’s bomb cyclone’s winds hit 89 mph in my town on Tuesday. 89 mph!!! And another windstorm is on its way today. RIP to me, the human migraine barometer.
November 22, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Just read by that the PNW’s bomb cyclone’s winds hit 89 mph in my town on Tuesday. 89 mph!!! And another windstorm is on its way today. RIP to me, the human migraine barometer.