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rschaffer.bsky.social
@rschaffer.bsky.social
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Lover of novels, learning curves, platypuses, blue-footed boobies, and yellow-rumped warblers. Oh, and feline gremlins. And pebbling. I will always say "cow!" when I see a cow and "lizard!" when I see a lizard. I wouldn't want you to miss it.
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Great turnout in Durham's No Kings rally today!
No Kings protest sign with baby trump carrying a silver spoon and wearing only a crown and a tattered US flag as a cape. Republican elephants look on and praise the emperor's new clothes. Protester carrying the sign described previously at the rally in Durham, NC. Protester carrying sign that reads Rednecks for Due Process. Another sign reads No 2 Bit Dick taters with images of a pink dildo, a computer chip, and some fries.
June 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Vance's recent streak (trophy, Pope, etc.) + forward-thinking party planner
Vance and the orange grifter run a three-legged race at the grifter's upcoming birthday debacle under a banner that says make birthdays great again.
May 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Bear knows where to look for political updates. If only flushing the turd reich were so easy.
A photo of a black cat standing on hind legs to stare down into an empty toilet bowl.
May 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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A few more signs and costumes from the protest in Raleigh.
Protest sign with an image of a topless Hegseth drinking beer and texting, with the words: "Honk if you never drunk texted war plans" Protester wearing a long red cloak and white bonnet, one of the outfits that handmaids in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale were required to wear. Protest sign that reads "Dick Tater on Day One!" with the following items attached to it: a 3-foot inflated penis and balls with an image of Trump's flaccid face and long red tie tacked onto it and a large furry potato with angry eyebrows and a Hitler mustache. A side venue at the protest, where a group of veterans expressed their anger about the administration cutting services to veterans, disrespecting veterans, and sharing war plans by group text.
April 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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A few great signs from today's Hands Off! protest in Raleigh, NC.
Protest sign with image of Musk's head in a toilet bowl filled with shit with the words: Flush the Turd Reich on the toilet bowl lid. Photo of protest signs, including one that says Fight Truth Decay and another that says Hands off Our Poppers (with an image of RFK, Jr.'s head). Protest sign with headshots of Trump, Vance, Tillis (NC), Mike Johnson, and Lyndsey Graham and the spraypainted words: You can't fix stupid but you can vote them out. Protest sign that reads: Know your parasites: Deer tick, Dog tick, Luna Tick. Images of each type of tick are provided, with Donald representing the Luna Tick. Naturally.
April 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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I have to say that when I need a break from reading the news and deliberating how best to protest and resist the Cheeto Satan/Swasticar regime, I engage in some creative self-care - knitting, crocheting, & computer coding. I highly recommend learning a new skill that requires your entire attention.
A small collection of recent projects -- a cable-knit scarf, a small duck in a bucket hat, and a Cheeto Satan pin cushion with pins firmly embedded in the felon's head -- with knitting needles and a crochet hook.
February 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Bear chooses murder.
December 13, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you - one per day.
Day 14
#BookSky
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Cover of Louise Erdrich's The Round House
November 28, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you - one per day.
Day 13
#BookSky
#books
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Cover of Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk
November 27, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you - one per day.
Day 12
#BookSky
#books
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Cover of Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles
November 25, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you - one per day.
Day 11
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💙📚Ayiti by Roxane Gay
Cover of Roxane Gay's Ayiti
November 24, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you - one per day.
Day 10
#BookSky
#books
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Cover of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children
November 23, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you - one per day.
Day 9
#BookSky
#books
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Cover of Jacqueline Woodson's brown girl dreaming
November 22, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you - one per day.
Day 8
#BookSky
#books
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Cover of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking
November 21, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you - one per day.
Day 7
#BookSky
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Cover of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time
November 20, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 6
#BookSky
#books
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Cover of Jeanette Winterson's The World and Other Places: Stories.
November 19, 2024 at 6:08 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5
#BookSky
#books
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Cover of Edwidge Danticat's Krik? Krak!
November 18, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 4
#BookSky
#books
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Cover of Colson Whitehead's book, The Intuitionist
November 18, 2024 at 2:29 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 3
#BookSky
#books
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Cover of the Scott Carrier book Running After Antelope.
November 16, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2
#BookSky
#books
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Cover of the book The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.
November 15, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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Here, let me just hold this open while you grab more comfort snacks.
Black cat with big yellow eyes lies on its back under an open refrigerator door.
November 14, 2024 at 8:20 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 1
#BookSky
#books
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Cover of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
November 14, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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I didn't see you there! Hello!
November 13, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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Bear is very excited when sweater weather arrives and her favorite drawer is fair game again.
Black cat peeks out of sweater drawer as her sister walks by.
November 12, 2024 at 9:06 PM