Ivis Bohlen
@ivisbohlen.bsky.social
Black Lives Matter. Lived in London, Munich, & Fieberbrunn (Austria), now in North Carolina. Retired UNC Press. Episcopalian. Gardening, music, reading. kdrama addict. she/her
I'm putting out my yard flags. Reclaiming my flag and my patriotism.
Anti-fascists
Anti-fascists
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'm putting out my yard flags. Reclaiming my flag and my patriotism.
Anti-fascists
Anti-fascists
I'm putting my flags out on No Kings Day, reclaiming my flags and my patriotism! How about you?
Anti-Fascists
Anti-Fascists
October 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I'm putting my flags out on No Kings Day, reclaiming my flags and my patriotism! How about you?
Anti-Fascists
Anti-Fascists
Well somebody has to spread this stuff over on Bluesky. I'm no fan of fan art, but when an actual professional artist for Sony Animation does fan art like this: count me in.
August 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Well somebody has to spread this stuff over on Bluesky. I'm no fan of fan art, but when an actual professional artist for Sony Animation does fan art like this: count me in.
Sadly, this never gets old...
August 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Sadly, this never gets old...
Captain Ri from Crash Landing on You. Heck he's already rescued his lady about six times in this series...and ...yum.
August 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Captain Ri from Crash Landing on You. Heck he's already rescued his lady about six times in this series...and ...yum.
Sorry I don't know whom to credit for this
August 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Sorry I don't know whom to credit for this
Here we are in North Carolina...
August 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Here we are in North Carolina...
No, I don't think I want health tips from Dr Oz...
July 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
No, I don't think I want health tips from Dr Oz...
Thanks for that article. I see this is distributed by Domino, which I guess took over Dixie/Florida Crystals, or maybe the opposite. Do you call this "greenwashing"?
July 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Thanks for that article. I see this is distributed by Domino, which I guess took over Dixie/Florida Crystals, or maybe the opposite. Do you call this "greenwashing"?
On the other hand, here's a quote from comments on a NYT article about Zuck & wife withdrawing support for their schools in poor areas.
July 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On the other hand, here's a quote from comments on a NYT article about Zuck & wife withdrawing support for their schools in poor areas.
...and we used to yell "missle, missle" and run out into the back yard when we heard the rumble of a launch.
June 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
...and we used to yell "missle, missle" and run out into the back yard when we heard the rumble of a launch.
wow... he's aged...
June 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
wow... he's aged...
Did not know that! I'm on the Wake side of Durham county so that could definitely be an option. Thank you!
June 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Did not know that! I'm on the Wake side of Durham county so that could definitely be an option. Thank you!
Well, that's a first. One of the endless ads that pop up on youtube was "Oprah" doing one of those "Pink Salt" spiels. But there's no way this is actually Oprah. Pretty sure this whole ad is AI. Hope Oprah's socials team is on this..
May 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Well, that's a first. One of the endless ads that pop up on youtube was "Oprah" doing one of those "Pink Salt" spiels. But there's no way this is actually Oprah. Pretty sure this whole ad is AI. Hope Oprah's socials team is on this..
No doggy any more, but I have Winston, who greets me every time I come home like this:
May 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
No doggy any more, but I have Winston, who greets me every time I come home like this:
Posting this historic DEI poster for #ArmedForcesDay! Also, no Space Force.
May 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Posting this historic DEI poster for #ArmedForcesDay! Also, no Space Force.
Trump is going to want a giant picture of himself in the White House in 3...2...1
May 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Trump is going to want a giant picture of himself in the White House in 3...2...1
Why'd they use the fancied up photo of Yarvin from the NYT? When he looked like this...
April 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Why'd they use the fancied up photo of Yarvin from the NYT? When he looked like this...
I was in the Emergency Department after a fall on Monday and the resident had this as a sparkly pin above her name badge... I think she was surprised this oldie "knew that reference" ;-)
February 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I was in the Emergency Department after a fall on Monday and the resident had this as a sparkly pin above her name badge... I think she was surprised this oldie "knew that reference" ;-)
It's a very small (4') artificial tree and I waited too long to trim it. So the only ornament is my beautiful angel bought in Germany. Even at only 4 ft I have to ask for help to get it down from the attic and I just kept putting it off. Has pretty lights though!
January 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It's a very small (4') artificial tree and I waited too long to trim it. So the only ornament is my beautiful angel bought in Germany. Even at only 4 ft I have to ask for help to get it down from the attic and I just kept putting it off. Has pretty lights though!
I wanted to read the comments on a WaPo article and instead this popped up. It has the aura of AI about it...
December 19, 2024 at 9:04 PM
I wanted to read the comments on a WaPo article and instead this popped up. It has the aura of AI about it...