Patricia Caspers
@patricia-caspers.bsky.social
Writer, reader, editor, librarian, UU, mama, rider of bicycles. 🚲 🚲
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Have y'all transferred your Spotify account to new streaming service? If so, how did it go? I really love my playlists, but I hate ICE, so I gotta move on.
a porcupine is singing into a microphone and playing a guitar .
ALT: a porcupine is singing into a microphone and playing a guitar .
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November 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Have y'all transferred your Spotify account to new streaming service? If so, how did it go? I really love my playlists, but I hate ICE, so I gotta move on.
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Great reading last night of Dangerous Women at the Sacramento Poetry Center. Dangerous, tender, and hilarious. Poetry as solace and political resistance. So much fun, too. @moiramagneson.bsky.social @patricia-caspers.bsky.social @kimshuck.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Great reading last night of Dangerous Women at the Sacramento Poetry Center. Dangerous, tender, and hilarious. Poetry as solace and political resistance. So much fun, too. @moiramagneson.bsky.social @patricia-caspers.bsky.social @kimshuck.bsky.social
In addition to all of the other insanity, my barista gave me lemonade without any sugar in it. When I asked why, she said, “Oh, did you want sugar in that?”
Like, what?
Are people out there drinking sugarless lemonade, aka lemon juice, aka power pucker?
Like, what?
Are people out there drinking sugarless lemonade, aka lemon juice, aka power pucker?
June 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
In addition to all of the other insanity, my barista gave me lemonade without any sugar in it. When I asked why, she said, “Oh, did you want sugar in that?”
Like, what?
Are people out there drinking sugarless lemonade, aka lemon juice, aka power pucker?
Like, what?
Are people out there drinking sugarless lemonade, aka lemon juice, aka power pucker?
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She'll fuckin' win that one too
The Recording Academy has added a “traditional country” category following Beyoncé’s historic “Cowboy Carter” win
Grammys add ‘traditional country’ category following Beyoncé's win
The Recording Academy has made a distinct change to its Country Album category — a change that is raising eyebrows online among Beyoncé fans.
www.whatimreading.net
June 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
She'll fuckin' win that one too
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We can’t be too scared. This should make more people create more protest. We can’t let this scare us into obeying in advance.
2/2
2/2
June 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
We can’t be too scared. This should make more people create more protest. We can’t let this scare us into obeying in advance.
2/2
2/2
I love this. That is all.
June 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I love this. That is all.
Native California wildflowers
Common Wooly Sunflower
Western Morning Glory
Harvest Brodieae
This is Nisenan land
Common Wooly Sunflower
Western Morning Glory
Harvest Brodieae
This is Nisenan land
May 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Native California wildflowers
Common Wooly Sunflower
Western Morning Glory
Harvest Brodieae
This is Nisenan land
Common Wooly Sunflower
Western Morning Glory
Harvest Brodieae
This is Nisenan land
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look, I may not agree with everything our president says, but I will defend to the death his right to be impeached, removed from office, arrested, stripped of his wealth, tried for his crimes and thrown straight the fuck into prison
May 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
look, I may not agree with everything our president says, but I will defend to the death his right to be impeached, removed from office, arrested, stripped of his wealth, tried for his crimes and thrown straight the fuck into prison
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I spoke with CJ Knows about William Freeman, the Afro-Native teenager who challenged America's original profit-driven prison. We talked about the violence he endured over a century ago and the important message he has for today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MGD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MGD...
Dr Robin Bernstein, Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit
YouTube video by CJ Knows Show
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December 30, 2024 at 4:35 PM
I spoke with CJ Knows about William Freeman, the Afro-Native teenager who challenged America's original profit-driven prison. We talked about the violence he endured over a century ago and the important message he has for today.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MGD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MGD...
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Freeman’s Challenge; The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit by Robin Bernstein and The KC Campaign to End Gender Violence in the Workplace
In Auburn New York in 1840 William Freeman, an imprisoned Black teenager, demanded pay for forced labor, l leading to violence. We’ll talk
In Auburn New York in 1840 William Freeman, an imprisoned Black teenager, demanded pay for forced labor, l leading to violence. We’ll talk
Freeman’s Challenge; The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit by Robin Bernstein and The KC Campaign to End Gender Violence in the Workplace
In Auburn New York in 1840 William Freeman, an imprisoned Black teenager, demanded pay for forced labor, l leading to violence. We’ll talk to author Robin Bernstein about the first […] The post Freeman’s Challenge; The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit by Robin Bernstein and The KC Campaign to End Gender Violence in the Workplace appeared first on KKFI.
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February 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Freeman’s Challenge; The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit by Robin Bernstein and The KC Campaign to End Gender Violence in the Workplace
In Auburn New York in 1840 William Freeman, an imprisoned Black teenager, demanded pay for forced labor, l leading to violence. We’ll talk
In Auburn New York in 1840 William Freeman, an imprisoned Black teenager, demanded pay for forced labor, l leading to violence. We’ll talk
I just learned this history today.
In his boldest act of resistance ... Freeman spoke up. He told the guards that he “did not want to work” because he “was deriving no benefit” from the labor. He deserved wages, he repeated. He was unyielding, certain.
#prisonculture #prisonpipeline #ushistory
In his boldest act of resistance ... Freeman spoke up. He told the guards that he “did not want to work” because he “was deriving no benefit” from the labor. He deserved wages, he repeated. He was unyielding, certain.
#prisonculture #prisonpipeline #ushistory
May 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I just learned this history today.
In his boldest act of resistance ... Freeman spoke up. He told the guards that he “did not want to work” because he “was deriving no benefit” from the labor. He deserved wages, he repeated. He was unyielding, certain.
#prisonculture #prisonpipeline #ushistory
In his boldest act of resistance ... Freeman spoke up. He told the guards that he “did not want to work” because he “was deriving no benefit” from the labor. He deserved wages, he repeated. He was unyielding, certain.
#prisonculture #prisonpipeline #ushistory
Have we all agreed it’s ok to use hashtags in the Bluesky? For a while it seemed they were socials non grata.
Anyway, here’s a flower.
#feijoa
Anyway, here’s a flower.
#feijoa
May 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Have we all agreed it’s ok to use hashtags in the Bluesky? For a while it seemed they were socials non grata.
Anyway, here’s a flower.
#feijoa
Anyway, here’s a flower.
#feijoa
Did you know that a group of hummingbirds is called a glittering?
"We are all the names you’ve given us
We are bright nectar dilating the map of home,
autumn’s sudden frost"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Portrait of God as a Glittering of Hummingbirds by @patricia-caspers.bsky.social (2022 Terrain.org) tinyurl.com/k2yvdtu7
We are bright nectar dilating the map of home,
autumn’s sudden frost"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Portrait of God as a Glittering of Hummingbirds by @patricia-caspers.bsky.social (2022 Terrain.org) tinyurl.com/k2yvdtu7
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Terrain.org
May 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Did you know that a group of hummingbirds is called a glittering?
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what do four chambers have to do with all those vows we made? / Come home.
“Portrait of God as Gold Wedding Band” by Patricia Caspers @patricia-caspers.bsky.social
THE MOST KISSED WOMAN IN THE WORLD
“Portrait of God as Gold Wedding Band” by Patricia Caspers @patricia-caspers.bsky.social
THE MOST KISSED WOMAN IN THE WORLD
May 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
what do four chambers have to do with all those vows we made? / Come home.
“Portrait of God as Gold Wedding Band” by Patricia Caspers @patricia-caspers.bsky.social
THE MOST KISSED WOMAN IN THE WORLD
“Portrait of God as Gold Wedding Band” by Patricia Caspers @patricia-caspers.bsky.social
THE MOST KISSED WOMAN IN THE WORLD
My kid: Gen X has nothing unifying them. That’s why they’re called Gen X
Me: What! We’re unified by being latchkey kids—except your dad, which is why he’s giving boomer.
Husband: What! I had a mullet.
Me: What! We’re unified by being latchkey kids—except your dad, which is why he’s giving boomer.
Husband: What! I had a mullet.
May 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My kid: Gen X has nothing unifying them. That’s why they’re called Gen X
Me: What! We’re unified by being latchkey kids—except your dad, which is why he’s giving boomer.
Husband: What! I had a mullet.
Me: What! We’re unified by being latchkey kids—except your dad, which is why he’s giving boomer.
Husband: What! I had a mullet.
Happy Mother’s Day to my mama, out there every damn day saving democracy. She’s knocking on your door. She is registering you to vote. She’s setting out cookies at the strategy meetings, writing you postcards, and putting up chairs at the town halls. She retired one day, next day she got to work.
May 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Happy Mother’s Day to my mama, out there every damn day saving democracy. She’s knocking on your door. She is registering you to vote. She’s setting out cookies at the strategy meetings, writing you postcards, and putting up chairs at the town halls. She retired one day, next day she got to work.
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73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
May 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need:
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
-Paid family leave
-Equal pay
-Universal childcare
(But get your mom flowers, too)
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What I don’t understand is why instead of arguing w/ me that “everything is not about Black suffering” these condescending White progressives won’t get them some business & read some Black history to learn our survival strategies. How y’all think we’re still here? You better learn quick.
May 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
What I don’t understand is why instead of arguing w/ me that “everything is not about Black suffering” these condescending White progressives won’t get them some business & read some Black history to learn our survival strategies. How y’all think we’re still here? You better learn quick.
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The way progressive White folks keep ignoring that most Black folks lived under authoritarianism HERE from the early 1500s to the 1970s in parts of this country & instead reach to Germany to describe our current situation is deep—
Do y’all not know the Nazis modeled their system on Jim Crow HERE?
Do y’all not know the Nazis modeled their system on Jim Crow HERE?
May 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The way progressive White folks keep ignoring that most Black folks lived under authoritarianism HERE from the early 1500s to the 1970s in parts of this country & instead reach to Germany to describe our current situation is deep—
Do y’all not know the Nazis modeled their system on Jim Crow HERE?
Do y’all not know the Nazis modeled their system on Jim Crow HERE?
Shay Culligan's design of my book cover for The Most Kissed Woman in the World has been shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Award!
Art by Duy Huynh, Lark & Key
Art by Duy Huynh, Lark & Key
May 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Shay Culligan's design of my book cover for The Most Kissed Woman in the World has been shortlisted for the Eric Hoffer Award!
Art by Duy Huynh, Lark & Key
Art by Duy Huynh, Lark & Key
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"Dana taught me to accept my art with all of its imperfections because perfection is boring."
Our 2nd Anniversary #visualarts gallery is a set of stunning hybrid works from the incomparable @patricia-caspers.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...
#dihpturns2
Our 2nd Anniversary #visualarts gallery is a set of stunning hybrid works from the incomparable @patricia-caspers.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...
#dihpturns2
Patricia Caspers | May 2025 — Does It Have Pockets
www.doesithavepockets.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Dana taught me to accept my art with all of its imperfections because perfection is boring."
Our 2nd Anniversary #visualarts gallery is a set of stunning hybrid works from the incomparable @patricia-caspers.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...
#dihpturns2
Our 2nd Anniversary #visualarts gallery is a set of stunning hybrid works from the incomparable @patricia-caspers.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/artandhybrid...
#dihpturns2
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BREAKING: In a major civil rights victory, a federal court today issued a preliminary injunction barring Border Patrol from using stop-and-arrest practices that violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution.
They can’t target people just because they’re Brown, or day laborers, or farm workers.
They can’t target people just because they’re Brown, or day laborers, or farm workers.
April 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
BREAKING: In a major civil rights victory, a federal court today issued a preliminary injunction barring Border Patrol from using stop-and-arrest practices that violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution.
They can’t target people just because they’re Brown, or day laborers, or farm workers.
They can’t target people just because they’re Brown, or day laborers, or farm workers.
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From 2023 to 2024, drug overdose deaths dropped a stunning 24% in just a year from 114k, to just 87k, nearly 30,000 lives. This is almost entirely attributed to a Biden Administration program providing free Narcan.
Naturally, Trump and RFK Jr. just ended the program: www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
Naturally, Trump and RFK Jr. just ended the program: www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
CDC Reports Nearly 24% Decline in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths
New provisional data from CDC’s National Vital Statistics System predict a 24% decline in overdose
www.cdc.gov
April 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
From 2023 to 2024, drug overdose deaths dropped a stunning 24% in just a year from 114k, to just 87k, nearly 30,000 lives. This is almost entirely attributed to a Biden Administration program providing free Narcan.
Naturally, Trump and RFK Jr. just ended the program: www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
Naturally, Trump and RFK Jr. just ended the program: www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.