Jane of the Redwoods
@redwoodjay.bsky.social
California liberal who’s got opinions about politics, climate change, Ukraine, and more. Known as @j2Dumfounded🦉elsewhere. Home to the Schadenfreude Report 😈 sometimes
The last time I wrote a thread about a book was on Twitter, and it was about a thrift-store find, Kremlin Capitalism.
But for Blue Sky, I’d like to begin with a gentler topic, which is a gem found at an estate sale today.
May I present
The Washington Cookbook from 1982.
But for Blue Sky, I’d like to begin with a gentler topic, which is a gem found at an estate sale today.
May I present
The Washington Cookbook from 1982.
August 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The last time I wrote a thread about a book was on Twitter, and it was about a thrift-store find, Kremlin Capitalism.
But for Blue Sky, I’d like to begin with a gentler topic, which is a gem found at an estate sale today.
May I present
The Washington Cookbook from 1982.
But for Blue Sky, I’d like to begin with a gentler topic, which is a gem found at an estate sale today.
May I present
The Washington Cookbook from 1982.
You are warned this is best read on an empty stomach
July 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You are warned this is best read on an empty stomach
LOL I have unlocked the achievement of being blocked by a Soviet MILF account, despite hardly ever posting on Blue Sky.
Unfortunately, I’m still embedded over on the hellscape where my handle is @J2dumfounded lol
Unfortunately, I’m still embedded over on the hellscape where my handle is @J2dumfounded lol
April 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
LOL I have unlocked the achievement of being blocked by a Soviet MILF account, despite hardly ever posting on Blue Sky.
Unfortunately, I’m still embedded over on the hellscape where my handle is @J2dumfounded lol
Unfortunately, I’m still embedded over on the hellscape where my handle is @J2dumfounded lol
My soul sister as a baby 💙
March 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
My soul sister as a baby 💙
There is fugly and then there is FUGLY
February 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
There is fugly and then there is FUGLY
The Kremlin has already made it clear. They’re not open to negotiating. This whole sham is over as far as I’m concerned.
February 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The Kremlin has already made it clear. They’re not open to negotiating. This whole sham is over as far as I’m concerned.
Yeah that seems pricey but I went to a state school.
February 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Yeah that seems pricey but I went to a state school.
Thanks for bringing us Trump. You guys conned a vast swath of the electorate. And here we are, in FAFOville, America.
With a guy in the White House, who apparently has been an asset of the KGB for decades. Say hi to President Krasnov.
With a guy in the White House, who apparently has been an asset of the KGB for decades. Say hi to President Krasnov.
February 22, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Thanks for bringing us Trump. You guys conned a vast swath of the electorate. And here we are, in FAFOville, America.
With a guy in the White House, who apparently has been an asset of the KGB for decades. Say hi to President Krasnov.
With a guy in the White House, who apparently has been an asset of the KGB for decades. Say hi to President Krasnov.
The study also breaks down some of the data for individual models. The Tesla model S has a rate more than doubled than, at 5.84 billion vehicle miles driven; meanwhile, the Tesla model Y — the best selling vehicle in the world has a fatal crash rate of 10.6, nearly 4 times the average.
February 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The study also breaks down some of the data for individual models. The Tesla model S has a rate more than doubled than, at 5.84 billion vehicle miles driven; meanwhile, the Tesla model Y — the best selling vehicle in the world has a fatal crash rate of 10.6, nearly 4 times the average.
I suggest you open this link if you’d like to know the answer to that.
February 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I suggest you open this link if you’d like to know the answer to that.
Just here to say that the original Captain America resembles somebody we all know and loath. Looking at you, Vladimir Vladimirovich, Putin.
February 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Just here to say that the original Captain America resembles somebody we all know and loath. Looking at you, Vladimir Vladimirovich, Putin.
It’s a question that the next few years will begin to answer. We can only hope to be that the answer is positive.”
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Dear Lord, I really hope he hasn’t lived to see this unhappy day.
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Dear Lord, I really hope he hasn’t lived to see this unhappy day.
February 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
It’s a question that the next few years will begin to answer. We can only hope to be that the answer is positive.”
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Dear Lord, I really hope he hasn’t lived to see this unhappy day.
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Dear Lord, I really hope he hasn’t lived to see this unhappy day.
OK, this is what he identifies as chart 7, March 30, 2025. That’s when Neptune crosses the cardinal axis at 0° Aries, in Sextile with Pluto and Uranus.
February 13, 2025 at 6:39 AM
OK, this is what he identifies as chart 7, March 30, 2025. That’s when Neptune crosses the cardinal axis at 0° Aries, in Sextile with Pluto and Uranus.
No, it gets worse. Phillips writes about the Pluto return for the United States happening between 2021 and 2023. He is there two ways that could play out.
It’s the first Pluto return for any constitutional democracy.
It could play out two ways.
Run by strongman and corporations (hmm)
It’s the first Pluto return for any constitutional democracy.
It could play out two ways.
Run by strongman and corporations (hmm)
February 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
No, it gets worse. Phillips writes about the Pluto return for the United States happening between 2021 and 2023. He is there two ways that could play out.
It’s the first Pluto return for any constitutional democracy.
It could play out two ways.
Run by strongman and corporations (hmm)
It’s the first Pluto return for any constitutional democracy.
It could play out two ways.
Run by strongman and corporations (hmm)
How quaint, he suggest that people living now may have more pressing priorities than oil.
February 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How quaint, he suggest that people living now may have more pressing priorities than oil.
Weird how I had this 19 year old magazine the Mountain Astrologer laying around with predictions for this decade 😬 this is the June July 2006 issue, a story about “how the outer planets shape history. It’s written by a guy named Doug Kellogg. I hope he’s not related to the special envoy to Ukraine.
February 13, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Weird how I had this 19 year old magazine the Mountain Astrologer laying around with predictions for this decade 😬 this is the June July 2006 issue, a story about “how the outer planets shape history. It’s written by a guy named Doug Kellogg. I hope he’s not related to the special envoy to Ukraine.
That’s right, condors are being affected so it makes sense that vultures are too. Haven’t seen any lately.
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February 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
That’s right, condors are being affected so it makes sense that vultures are too. Haven’t seen any lately.
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Me listening to Kristi Noem say “There is a new sheriff in town.”
February 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Me listening to Kristi Noem say “There is a new sheriff in town.”
February 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Things are going great for ownership.
January 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Things are going great for ownership.
I took this photograph today. What’s a dozen eggs? Half of a book? I remember when a book cost 18 dozen eggs.
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I took this photograph today. What’s a dozen eggs? Half of a book? I remember when a book cost 18 dozen eggs.
The 52% of Americans who believe that the American economy will do well in 2025 are in for a big surprise.
January 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The 52% of Americans who believe that the American economy will do well in 2025 are in for a big surprise.
He’s got a following. Very amusing takes on menswear.
January 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
He’s got a following. Very amusing takes on menswear.
Thank you for such a great essay. I had no idea about your backstory and it’s impressive.
January 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Thank you for such a great essay. I had no idea about your backstory and it’s impressive.