Margaret Oliver
@margaretsart.bsky.social
Friendly, intense, creative, and always up to something!
#OurDemocracyIsInDanger #WLW #Sapphics
#OurDemocracyIsInDanger #WLW #Sapphics
Construction road block….
Didn’t let it stop me…
Just took the back road to my destination…
Much like dealing with the current hot mess in the white house, am I right?
Didn’t let it stop me…
Just took the back road to my destination…
Much like dealing with the current hot mess in the white house, am I right?
August 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Construction road block….
Didn’t let it stop me…
Just took the back road to my destination…
Much like dealing with the current hot mess in the white house, am I right?
Didn’t let it stop me…
Just took the back road to my destination…
Much like dealing with the current hot mess in the white house, am I right?
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July 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Surveillance cameras are no longer just recording our comings and goings — they're using AI to decide whether we should be reported to law enforcement.
An algorithm can't be trusted to determine who is a threat.
An algorithm can't be trusted to determine who is a threat.
Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious” | ACLU
Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions
www.aclu.org
August 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Surveillance cameras are no longer just recording our comings and goings — they're using AI to decide whether we should be reported to law enforcement.
An algorithm can't be trusted to determine who is a threat.
An algorithm can't be trusted to determine who is a threat.
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One study shows four in ten data brokers are leaving consumers exercising their privacy rights on read—in violation of California law. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Data Brokers Are Ignoring Privacy Law. We Deserve Better.
Of the many principles EFF fights for in consumer data privacy legislation, one of the most basic is a right to access the data companies have about you. It’s only fair. So many companies collect
www.eff.org
August 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
One study shows four in ten data brokers are leaving consumers exercising their privacy rights on read—in violation of California law. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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I can help you with the PBS part. A PBS Passport membership is $5 a month and you will be helping your local station.
PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!
www.pbs.org
August 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I can help you with the PBS part. A PBS Passport membership is $5 a month and you will be helping your local station.
Things I'm doing more in the autumn of 2025:
* Finishing projects started earlier this year
* Training my kitten to be the perfect house tiger
* Changing my fitness routine to include weights
* Learning new skills due to a change in work assignment
* Donating to PBS
* Finishing projects started earlier this year
* Training my kitten to be the perfect house tiger
* Changing my fitness routine to include weights
* Learning new skills due to a change in work assignment
* Donating to PBS
August 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Things I'm doing more in the autumn of 2025:
* Finishing projects started earlier this year
* Training my kitten to be the perfect house tiger
* Changing my fitness routine to include weights
* Learning new skills due to a change in work assignment
* Donating to PBS
* Finishing projects started earlier this year
* Training my kitten to be the perfect house tiger
* Changing my fitness routine to include weights
* Learning new skills due to a change in work assignment
* Donating to PBS
While we endure the political shitshow... Self care matters too. Hug s pet. Oh, and here's a cat 😺
February 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
While we endure the political shitshow... Self care matters too. Hug s pet. Oh, and here's a cat 😺
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The piece of advice I keep giving over and over again in this moment is:
Stop trying to convince people to care. Focus your energy on working with the people who already understand how important it is.
Stop trying to convince people to care. Focus your energy on working with the people who already understand how important it is.
February 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The piece of advice I keep giving over and over again in this moment is:
Stop trying to convince people to care. Focus your energy on working with the people who already understand how important it is.
Stop trying to convince people to care. Focus your energy on working with the people who already understand how important it is.
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Normalize being nice.
February 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Normalize being nice.
My favorite stories involve found family. 👇
Tom Lamont reflects on novels about unconventional families, including work by Kazuo Ishiguro, Elizabeth Bowen, Hilary Mantel, and more.
Orphans, Institutions, and Adventures Out West: Five Books Featuring Unconventional Families
In my debut novel, Going Home, out now through Knopf, a group of Londoners band together against their initial instincts to help look after a two-year-old boy who has been left without a home. Who …
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February 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My favorite stories involve found family. 👇
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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NEW: Take action against the Trump Administration's federal funding freeze by sharing your library story. How would a federal funding pause impact your library & community? Share your story with ALA as we work to inform elected officials & decision-makers on this issue: airtable.com/appTIEEt9RjD...
January 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NEW: Take action against the Trump Administration's federal funding freeze by sharing your library story. How would a federal funding pause impact your library & community? Share your story with ALA as we work to inform elected officials & decision-makers on this issue: airtable.com/appTIEEt9RjD...
Things I'm doing more in 2025:
* Buying less stuff
* Shopping locally
* Mending, repairing & maintaining what I have
* Spending more quality time with friends & family
* Enjoying freedom post divorce
* Visiting my local library
* Writing & journaling
* Sketching & photography
#creatives
* Buying less stuff
* Shopping locally
* Mending, repairing & maintaining what I have
* Spending more quality time with friends & family
* Enjoying freedom post divorce
* Visiting my local library
* Writing & journaling
* Sketching & photography
#creatives
January 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Things I'm doing more in 2025:
* Buying less stuff
* Shopping locally
* Mending, repairing & maintaining what I have
* Spending more quality time with friends & family
* Enjoying freedom post divorce
* Visiting my local library
* Writing & journaling
* Sketching & photography
#creatives
* Buying less stuff
* Shopping locally
* Mending, repairing & maintaining what I have
* Spending more quality time with friends & family
* Enjoying freedom post divorce
* Visiting my local library
* Writing & journaling
* Sketching & photography
#creatives
This girl seems content to watch me while I work. #artistsathome
January 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This girl seems content to watch me while I work. #artistsathome
I love cats in my studio. How about you? #artists #catlovers
January 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I love cats in my studio. How about you? #artists #catlovers
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More Lammys book mail from this week:
January 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
More Lammys book mail from this week:
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NEW from ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl & Buck Mem. Library dir. Lisa Ladd: "E-Rate is a lifeline"
ALA is going to court to protect it
We've filed an amicus brief w/ SCOTUS arguing for the constitutionality of E-Rate, the internet service discount program for libraries & schools: www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
ALA is going to court to protect it
We've filed an amicus brief w/ SCOTUS arguing for the constitutionality of E-Rate, the internet service discount program for libraries & schools: www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
ALA files U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief affirming universal service, E-Rate program and essential roles of libraries
This week the American Library Association (ALA) filed an amicus brief affirming the FCC's essential Universal Service Fund (USF) and the E-rate Program that helps power broadband-enabled services and...
www.ala.org
January 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
NEW from ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl & Buck Mem. Library dir. Lisa Ladd: "E-Rate is a lifeline"
ALA is going to court to protect it
We've filed an amicus brief w/ SCOTUS arguing for the constitutionality of E-Rate, the internet service discount program for libraries & schools: www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
ALA is going to court to protect it
We've filed an amicus brief w/ SCOTUS arguing for the constitutionality of E-Rate, the internet service discount program for libraries & schools: www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
Correcting history, the real biography of artist Romaine Brooks #Lesbianhistory #arthistory #20thcenturyart
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Cassandra Langer - Romaine Brooks, 20th-Century Woman - Art Discussion, SAAM
YouTube video by Smithsonian American Art Museum
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January 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Correcting history, the real biography of artist Romaine Brooks #Lesbianhistory #arthistory #20thcenturyart
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youtu.be/e2TmLbixqsc?...
Ever feel like this absurdity captures your mood perfectly? #PublicArt #mural
January 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Ever feel like this absurdity captures your mood perfectly? #PublicArt #mural
Enjoying looking deeper into the field of Positive Psychology.
#Psychmajor
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#Psychmajor
www.positivepsychologyinstitute.com.au/what-is-posi...
What is Positive Psychology? — Positive Psychology Institute
www.positivepsychologyinstitute.com.au
January 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Enjoying looking deeper into the field of Positive Psychology.
#Psychmajor
www.positivepsychologyinstitute.com.au/what-is-posi...
#Psychmajor
www.positivepsychologyinstitute.com.au/what-is-posi...
I always put lesbian love amidst the grapevines at the top of my TBR list. #reading #books #thingsilike
Transport yourself with this #summer #sapphic read where two women share one unforgettable kiss, then try (totally fail) to keep their hands off each other while working among the vines. The perfect January escapism! 🍷 https://clarelydon.shop/products/it-started-with-a-kiss-ebook #lesfic #queer
January 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I always put lesbian love amidst the grapevines at the top of my TBR list. #reading #books #thingsilike
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Octavia's Bookshelf owner Nikki High doesn’t know the state of her own house in Altadena — most houses burned — but she's turned her Pasadena bookstore into a help center for fire victims.
Follow the IG/Threads accounts for updates. They still need first aid kits. We also brought bottled water.
Follow the IG/Threads accounts for updates. They still need first aid kits. We also brought bottled water.
January 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Octavia's Bookshelf owner Nikki High doesn’t know the state of her own house in Altadena — most houses burned — but she's turned her Pasadena bookstore into a help center for fire victims.
Follow the IG/Threads accounts for updates. They still need first aid kits. We also brought bottled water.
Follow the IG/Threads accounts for updates. They still need first aid kits. We also brought bottled water.
Love this mural in Moscow, Idaho. #PublicArt
January 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Love this mural in Moscow, Idaho. #PublicArt
Always love learning more about the history of lesbians and bisexual women and today I discovered Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight were not only bandmates but lovers. How cool is that? #LGBTQ #RockHistory
youtu.be/VhWimeXAZIg?...
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight with The Sam Price Trio - Precious Memories
YouTube video by Mario Roberts
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January 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Always love learning more about the history of lesbians and bisexual women and today I discovered Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight were not only bandmates but lovers. How cool is that? #LGBTQ #RockHistory
youtu.be/VhWimeXAZIg?...
youtu.be/VhWimeXAZIg?...