Lili Birchflower
@mhazlett-robinson.bsky.social
Historian of the hidden | uppity defender of truth | consumer of chocolate and bacon | chief of staff to cats | Demi-goddess with high asperations | old enough to know better, just don't care so much anymore
500 Nuns March in Atlanta for Migrants, Racial Justice, and the Earth
500 Nuns March in Atlanta for Migrants, Racial Justice, and the Earth
At last week's gathering of women religious in Atlanta, hundreds of nuns took a prayerful stand for migrants, the planet and racial equality — a witness deeply in tune with the American pope.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
500 Nuns March in Atlanta for Migrants, Racial Justice, and the Earth
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#OnThisDay in 1946, H. G. Wells passed away, leaving the future (about which he wrote so much) to others. Peter J. Bowler explores Wells' ideas of progress and how for him the notion of a better future was riddled with complexities. publicdomainreview.org/essay/h... #otd
August 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#OnThisDay in 1946, H. G. Wells passed away, leaving the future (about which he wrote so much) to others. Peter J. Bowler explores Wells' ideas of progress and how for him the notion of a better future was riddled with complexities. publicdomainreview.org/essay/h... #otd
Reposted by Lili Birchflower
This 1911 book shows that taking photos of cats and furnishing them with an amusing caption was a thing long before the internet... https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kittens-and-cats-a-first-reader-1911-cats-and-captions-before-the-internet-age #InternationalCatDay
August 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This 1911 book shows that taking photos of cats and furnishing them with an amusing caption was a thing long before the internet... https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kittens-and-cats-a-first-reader-1911-cats-and-captions-before-the-internet-age #InternationalCatDay
"Six months after leaving office, Joe Biden is doing the work our sitting President should be doing but cannot and will not do."
I Miss Having a Human President
I can remember when we had a human president.
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June 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Six months after leaving office, Joe Biden is doing the work our sitting President should be doing but cannot and will not do."
Reposted by Lili Birchflower
This is what she was saying right as Sen. Padilla interrupted with a question. As he should have!
June 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is what she was saying right as Sen. Padilla interrupted with a question. As he should have!
Beautiful
Making a Gee's Bend Quilt the Old Way
YouTube video by Steve Pitkin
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June 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Beautiful
"If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the news, remember, that’s a feature, not a bug. He needs all of that noise to distract enough people for enough time because Trump is attempting to assume the role of dictator or autocrat, call it what you like. "
Legal Things
Although we try to stick to law and politics around here, it’s worth noting the practical implications of the chaos the Trump administration has created (especially for the “cheaper eggs” voters from ...
open.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the news, remember, that’s a feature, not a bug. He needs all of that noise to distract enough people for enough time because Trump is attempting to assume the role of dictator or autocrat, call it what you like. "
Redated artifacts rewrite how Indigenous people responded to European contact | Science | AAAS
Redated artifacts rewrite how Indigenous people responded to European contact
Fresh radiocarbon data challenge archaeologists’ assumptions about North America’s Indigenous history
www.science.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Redated artifacts rewrite how Indigenous people responded to European contact | Science | AAAS
Experimental archaeology. Now I want to set up a cauldron in the backyard and do this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZuT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZuT...
How the Vikings Colored Their World | Plant Dyeing Tutorial (Ep. 25)
YouTube video by RAMUNI - Viking Crafts and Reenactment
www.youtube.com
May 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Experimental archaeology. Now I want to set up a cauldron in the backyard and do this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZuT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZuT...
It took a bit, but my YT feed has been converted to sustainable living, creative ideas (I'm interested in), history, other bits - rather than dominated by the traitorous govt. Bastrds are still there, like poison ivy or aphids & squash bugs in the garden, but they're not what feeds the soul & mind.
May 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It took a bit, but my YT feed has been converted to sustainable living, creative ideas (I'm interested in), history, other bits - rather than dominated by the traitorous govt. Bastrds are still there, like poison ivy or aphids & squash bugs in the garden, but they're not what feeds the soul & mind.
Really interesting.
Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck
The 466-year-old remains of an adult and a juvenile cat are the oldest known in the modern-day United States, a new study finds.
www.livescience.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Really interesting.
Weaving Threads of Connection: Overcoming Isolation in Your Magical Journey
This would work in any community.
This would work in any community.
Weaving Threads of Connection: Overcoming Isolation in Your Magical Journey
Finding Your Tribe and Cultivating a Thriving Magical Community
open.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Weaving Threads of Connection: Overcoming Isolation in Your Magical Journey
This would work in any community.
This would work in any community.
BREAKING: Migrants at Texas Detention Facility Signal SOS to Drones Overhead
BREAKING: Migrants at Texas Detention Facility Signal SOS to Drones Overhead
I wish I were writing under better circumstances, but what’s happening in Texas right now is deeply disturbing—and it’s not getting nearly the attention it deserves.
open.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
BREAKING: Migrants at Texas Detention Facility Signal SOS to Drones Overhead
