jilly-b-sass
@jillybsass.bsky.social
Parent to two mogwais (occasional gremlins). Middle school librarian. I will NOT put up with your shenanigans.
Just finished this gorgeous wintery book and I'm so happy to report that the story inside was as beautiful as the outside details (truly, just stunning). Cannot wait for the sequel!
December 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Just finished this gorgeous wintery book and I'm so happy to report that the story inside was as beautiful as the outside details (truly, just stunning). Cannot wait for the sequel!
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
Things in my household have gotten really tight and those SNAP benefits would really help.
We do have health insurance through work and don't need to use the ACA.
Hold the line.
We do have health insurance through work and don't need to use the ACA.
Hold the line.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Things in my household have gotten really tight and those SNAP benefits would really help.
We do have health insurance through work and don't need to use the ACA.
Hold the line.
We do have health insurance through work and don't need to use the ACA.
Hold the line.
This feels like an assault 😭
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This feels like an assault 😭
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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
A mother's lament:
Hello dinner, my old friend
I sit to eat you once again.
While my children are bed-prepping
And the kitchen I'm done cleaning
And this food has gotten cold.
This routine's old
But still I eat
My dinner.
Hello dinner, my old friend
I sit to eat you once again.
While my children are bed-prepping
And the kitchen I'm done cleaning
And this food has gotten cold.
This routine's old
But still I eat
My dinner.
September 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A mother's lament:
Hello dinner, my old friend
I sit to eat you once again.
While my children are bed-prepping
And the kitchen I'm done cleaning
And this food has gotten cold.
This routine's old
But still I eat
My dinner.
Hello dinner, my old friend
I sit to eat you once again.
While my children are bed-prepping
And the kitchen I'm done cleaning
And this food has gotten cold.
This routine's old
But still I eat
My dinner.
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The problem isn’t refugees on boats. The problem is oligarchs hoarding obscene amounts of wealth while most people fight to stay afloat.
Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
September 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The problem isn’t refugees on boats. The problem is oligarchs hoarding obscene amounts of wealth while most people fight to stay afloat.
Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
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Note that .word programs (the new ones) are preprogrammed to harvest what you type. Hunt down the privacy settings and say no, take a screenshot to verify and be wary.
Steal first, ask permission later. Sound familiar? It is the mantra of the super rich.
#writingcommunity #booksky #theft #programs
Steal first, ask permission later. Sound familiar? It is the mantra of the super rich.
#writingcommunity #booksky #theft #programs
August 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Note that .word programs (the new ones) are preprogrammed to harvest what you type. Hunt down the privacy settings and say no, take a screenshot to verify and be wary.
Steal first, ask permission later. Sound familiar? It is the mantra of the super rich.
#writingcommunity #booksky #theft #programs
Steal first, ask permission later. Sound familiar? It is the mantra of the super rich.
#writingcommunity #booksky #theft #programs
Fun fact (from an athropod-obsessed kiddo) - "Dragonflies have 6 legs but they cannot walk. Isn't that so cool, Mom?"
Thanks #bugsky for a fun morning!
Thanks #bugsky for a fun morning!
August 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Fun fact (from an athropod-obsessed kiddo) - "Dragonflies have 6 legs but they cannot walk. Isn't that so cool, Mom?"
Thanks #bugsky for a fun morning!
Thanks #bugsky for a fun morning!
Younger child is obsessed with arthropods so day was made when I logged on here today and we were able to see #beetles and all kinds of other #invertebrates. So many likes! 🐛🦋🐜🐝🪲🐞🦗🪰🪳🦟🕷🕸
August 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Younger child is obsessed with arthropods so day was made when I logged on here today and we were able to see #beetles and all kinds of other #invertebrates. So many likes! 🐛🦋🐜🐝🪲🐞🦗🪰🪳🦟🕷🕸
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"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
cmarmitage.substack.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
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My goto is to ask LLMs how many states have R in their name. They always fail. GPT 5 included Indiana, Illinois, and Texas in its list. It then asked me if I wanted an alphabetical highlighted map. Sure, why not.
August 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My goto is to ask LLMs how many states have R in their name. They always fail. GPT 5 included Indiana, Illinois, and Texas in its list. It then asked me if I wanted an alphabetical highlighted map. Sure, why not.
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what ferritor needed was moral education — and the limits and boundaries that come with it. he needed to learn that he had obligations beyond his own interests & personal advancement. he needed to learn that he had duties to other people. his parents fostered his brilliance at the expense of a soul.
August 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
what ferritor needed was moral education — and the limits and boundaries that come with it. he needed to learn that he had obligations beyond his own interests & personal advancement. he needed to learn that he had duties to other people. his parents fostered his brilliance at the expense of a soul.
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One of the moms I interviewed for Holding It Together is a school bus driver. She's her family's primary earner (<$25K/yr), and she doesn't have access to paid leave, so she had to go back to driving while still bleeding after childbirth.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
Holding It Together by Jessica Calarco: 9780593538128 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
One of the moms I interviewed for Holding It Together is a school bus driver. She's her family's primary earner (<$25K/yr), and she doesn't have access to paid leave, so she had to go back to driving while still bleeding after childbirth.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
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This, by comedy duo The Exploding Heads, is the only explanation of AI that you’ll ever need.
August 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This, by comedy duo The Exploding Heads, is the only explanation of AI that you’ll ever need.
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for many of the worst people in our politics, the only real belief they have is that it should be illegal for us not to like them
After a Martha’s Vineyard pierogi vendor refused to sell to him, Epstein’s lawyer plans to sue a farmer’s market so that they must sell to him.
Alan Dershowitz Takes on His Greatest Challenge Yet: A Farmers Market
After a Martha’s Vineyard pierogi vendor refused to sell to him, Epstein’s lawyer plans to sue a farmer’s market so that they must sell to him.
nymag.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
for many of the worst people in our politics, the only real belief they have is that it should be illegal for us not to like them
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Once again, I will never understand Democrats decision not to make Peter Thiel and Curtis Yarvin into household names.
These odious ghouls are extremely powerful and relatively unknown. Very few Americans would co-sign this inhumane moral degenerate.
These odious ghouls are extremely powerful and relatively unknown. Very few Americans would co-sign this inhumane moral degenerate.
July 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Once again, I will never understand Democrats decision not to make Peter Thiel and Curtis Yarvin into household names.
These odious ghouls are extremely powerful and relatively unknown. Very few Americans would co-sign this inhumane moral degenerate.
These odious ghouls are extremely powerful and relatively unknown. Very few Americans would co-sign this inhumane moral degenerate.
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With alt text for nested screenshot. Because everyone needs this bit of inspiration.
July 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
With alt text for nested screenshot. Because everyone needs this bit of inspiration.
Powerful reminder (part of a beautiful thread)
But the only way we’re going to get through this painful era is remembering that the best moments in our country are when we look out for each other. It’s when we build community. It’s when we don’t leave others behind.
July 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Powerful reminder (part of a beautiful thread)
*sobbing*
A new mural in France depicting Lady Liberty covering her face in shame was unveiled one day before America's Independence Day.
July 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
*sobbing*
Really hating living in these cursed interesting times
Is it too much to ask for some precedented times?
June 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Really hating living in these cursed interesting times
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It is breaking my heart that disabled people and their families telling how scared they are about Medicaid cuts...seems to mean nothing to those in power.
June 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It is breaking my heart that disabled people and their families telling how scared they are about Medicaid cuts...seems to mean nothing to those in power.
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Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind.
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
@heatmap.news
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
@heatmap.news
How the Senate GOP’s New Tax on Renewables Could ‘Kill’ the Industry
As bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.
heatmap.news
June 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind.
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
@heatmap.news
I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.
Please share! This is really important!!!
@heatmap.news
Just finished reading After the Forest by Kell Woods @kellinthewoods.bsky.social (middle cover shown, so gorgeous!) and it was so good I immediately went out and bought Upon A Starlit Tide. Can't wait to dive in! #BookSky
AFTER THE FOREST by @kellinthewoods publication day! From @titanbooks, @torbooks and @harpervoyageraus with a fabulous #owlcrate edition. Four different covers and one incredible fairytale retelling of Hansel and Gretel. Buy it now! I dare you not to think about gingerbread while reading...😍
April 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Just finished reading After the Forest by Kell Woods @kellinthewoods.bsky.social (middle cover shown, so gorgeous!) and it was so good I immediately went out and bought Upon A Starlit Tide. Can't wait to dive in! #BookSky
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Evolution is not a ladder.
There is no "natural" perfect human being- we are complex shifting targets, blown on the winds of change.
You are not 'cleansing' society of weak, unevolved, degenerate, inferior people, you are weakening humanity as a whole.
Evolution is not a winner's podium.
There is no "natural" perfect human being- we are complex shifting targets, blown on the winds of change.
You are not 'cleansing' society of weak, unevolved, degenerate, inferior people, you are weakening humanity as a whole.
Evolution is not a winner's podium.
April 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Evolution is not a ladder.
There is no "natural" perfect human being- we are complex shifting targets, blown on the winds of change.
You are not 'cleansing' society of weak, unevolved, degenerate, inferior people, you are weakening humanity as a whole.
Evolution is not a winner's podium.
There is no "natural" perfect human being- we are complex shifting targets, blown on the winds of change.
You are not 'cleansing' society of weak, unevolved, degenerate, inferior people, you are weakening humanity as a whole.
Evolution is not a winner's podium.