Lauren Schiller
@leschiller.bsky.social
Libraries and archives, singing, science fiction and fantasy, queer, disability activism, blm
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
Go Texas Democrats, such an important step one
Texas Democrats just did something historic under the leadership of new state party chair @kendallscudder.bsky.social. We have filed a candidate in EVERY 2026 race.
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
U.S. Senate: 1 of 1
U.S. House: 38 of 38
State Senate: 15 of 15
State House: 150 of 150
State Board of Education: 8 of 8
We Did It, Texas Dems, We Did It
Candidates in every legislative, statewide, and federal race. Now it’s time to build power where it counts.
www.lonestarleft.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Go Texas Democrats, such an important step one
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I'm obsessed with recycling and keeping as much out of the landfill as possible. The pommel is an old sewing pin, and the handguard is made from the little aluminum spout from an empty Morton's Salt container. The sheath is plastic straws. That's so much for fun than messing w the printer all day.
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I'm obsessed with recycling and keeping as much out of the landfill as possible. The pommel is an old sewing pin, and the handguard is made from the little aluminum spout from an empty Morton's Salt container. The sheath is plastic straws. That's so much for fun than messing w the printer all day.
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🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🚨 EVERYONE PLEASE RESKEET THIS FOR VISIBILITY!!! 🚨
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
A big coalition of LGBTQ+, abortion access, and human rights groups led by @fightforthefuture.org are organizing a WEEK OF ACTION this week against online ID checks, aka "age verification" laws.
Join us: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
You died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Well, I see what sort of holiday movie I’m stuck in.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Well, I see what sort of holiday movie I’m stuck in.
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
You died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Well, I see what sort of holiday movie I’m stuck in.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Well, I see what sort of holiday movie I’m stuck in.
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This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!
Amazing
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Amazing
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Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Starbucks workers are on strike in 40 cities today. The coffee shop union movement they helped inspire is now everywhere: www.bonappetit.com/story/barist...
America's Baristas Are Brewing Up a Labor Movement
From union victories at local coffee institutions to the campaigns at giants like Starbucks, this grassroots movement is fundamentally reshaping the service industry.
www.bonappetit.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Starbucks workers are on strike in 40 cities today. The coffee shop union movement they helped inspire is now everywhere: www.bonappetit.com/story/barist...
The Starbucks that was on my morning commute closed during the recent location purge and I immediately assumed that since I was pretty sure not all locations were unionized that Starbucks was prioritizing locations that were because everyone said that place was busy all the time.
Support workers.
Support workers.
UNIONIZED STARBUCKS WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE AS OF THIS MORNING @sbworkersunited.org
Don't cross the picket line
Don't cross the picket line
🚨 New @therealnews.com
"We're done": Starbucks workers across prepare for indefinite national strike that will begin TOMORROW if Starbucks doesn't make serious movement at the bargaining table.
I spoke w/ Michelle Eisen of @sbworkersunited.org about the strike
therealnews.com/starbucks-is...
"We're done": Starbucks workers across prepare for indefinite national strike that will begin TOMORROW if Starbucks doesn't make serious movement at the bargaining table.
I spoke w/ Michelle Eisen of @sbworkersunited.org about the strike
therealnews.com/starbucks-is...
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Starbucks that was on my morning commute closed during the recent location purge and I immediately assumed that since I was pretty sure not all locations were unionized that Starbucks was prioritizing locations that were because everyone said that place was busy all the time.
Support workers.
Support workers.
Durbin might be retiring but the primary will hopefully have multiple options so voters can look at who is the best choice to replace him
2. Chris Coons. This guy sucks! This guy has always sucked! Wanted to go home for valentine's day rather than call witnesses after J6. Delaware is incredibly safe and deserves better. Easy primary.
3. Dick Durbin. Retiring. Still want to primary him just out of general principle.
3. Dick Durbin. Retiring. Still want to primary him just out of general principle.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Durbin might be retiring but the primary will hopefully have multiple options so voters can look at who is the best choice to replace him
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To be clear, this deal still needs to go through a debate and amendment process and more 60-vote thresholds to pass the Senate, and then it must pass the House. There's still room for constituent pressure.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
To be clear, this deal still needs to go through a debate and amendment process and more 60-vote thresholds to pass the Senate, and then it must pass the House. There's still room for constituent pressure.
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We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
UPDATE: Senate votes to advance a tentative deal to end the government shutdown, clearing a key hurdle.
Senators reach tentative deal to end the government shutdown
The deal, negotiated by a group of Democrats and GOP leaders, funds the government through Jan. 30. If it passes, it will still need to clear the House, which will likely take days.
nbcnews.to
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
Clearly there is a market for cake in that location, where ever it is
24/7 cake vending machine in the middle of nowhere. Maximum Poland.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Clearly there is a market for cake in that location, where ever it is
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WOW top 5 sunrise of 2025 and I don't even know what the other 4 are!
I saw this small pond yesterday and there were 500 or so white faced ibis' foraging, I knew I had to get back this morning.
Most of the ibis were gone but there was a glorious haze across the nearby fields. I N C R E D I B L E 🪶
I saw this small pond yesterday and there were 500 or so white faced ibis' foraging, I knew I had to get back this morning.
Most of the ibis were gone but there was a glorious haze across the nearby fields. I N C R E D I B L E 🪶
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
WOW top 5 sunrise of 2025 and I don't even know what the other 4 are!
I saw this small pond yesterday and there were 500 or so white faced ibis' foraging, I knew I had to get back this morning.
Most of the ibis were gone but there was a glorious haze across the nearby fields. I N C R E D I B L E 🪶
I saw this small pond yesterday and there were 500 or so white faced ibis' foraging, I knew I had to get back this morning.
Most of the ibis were gone but there was a glorious haze across the nearby fields. I N C R E D I B L E 🪶
This is from last year but I still like the color gradient of the leaves
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is from last year but I still like the color gradient of the leaves
Garlic chickpeas! Rinse and drain can(s) of chickpeas, mix with olive oil and crushed/minced garlic (powder also fine), salt and pepper to taste. Eat cold, microwave, pan fry, or roast in oven, whatever. You can also add other spices like cumin or chilies if you want but just garlic is great
IT IS TIME FOR BLUESKY RECIPE POSTING
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
November 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Garlic chickpeas! Rinse and drain can(s) of chickpeas, mix with olive oil and crushed/minced garlic (powder also fine), salt and pepper to taste. Eat cold, microwave, pan fry, or roast in oven, whatever. You can also add other spices like cumin or chilies if you want but just garlic is great
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Because the huge Anthropic class action settlement limits eligibility to works registered w/ US Copyright Office, non-US writers are mostly locked out. But there's a similar proposed class action covering Canadian authors (click Documents link, then Amended Notice) www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Anthropic PBC AI Copyright - CFM Lawyers
www.cfmlawyers.ca
November 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Because the huge Anthropic class action settlement limits eligibility to works registered w/ US Copyright Office, non-US writers are mostly locked out. But there's a similar proposed class action covering Canadian authors (click Documents link, then Amended Notice) www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
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Empire State Building wearing its pumpkin costume.
November 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Empire State Building wearing its pumpkin costume.
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We’re conditioned to believe our smallest contributions wont make a difference. That our $5 wont help. That a couple cans of veggies wont help. That one coat & a pair of shoes aren’t worth donating. It all counts. This is a reminder to myself as well.
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We’re conditioned to believe our smallest contributions wont make a difference. That our $5 wont help. That a couple cans of veggies wont help. That one coat & a pair of shoes aren’t worth donating. It all counts. This is a reminder to myself as well.
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This Rollercoaster Tycoon video is an actual work of emotionally-gripping mad genius
Defying Gravity | Synchronized Roller Coasters (Wicked)
YouTube video by Tube Cody
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This Rollercoaster Tycoon video is an actual work of emotionally-gripping mad genius
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GOOD NEWS! A new cancer vaccine has shown progress in triggering POWERFUL and LASTING immune responses in patients with pancreatic AND colorectal cancer. The vaccine, known as ELI-002 2P, targets mutant KRAS proteins AND had a huge impact on PREVENTING or DELAYING cancer recurrence in patients.
October 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! A new cancer vaccine has shown progress in triggering POWERFUL and LASTING immune responses in patients with pancreatic AND colorectal cancer. The vaccine, known as ELI-002 2P, targets mutant KRAS proteins AND had a huge impact on PREVENTING or DELAYING cancer recurrence in patients.