Jen Rue
@rueandhyssop.bsky.social
Part feral forest creature, part Strega Nona. Fascinated by plants, folklore, seasonal/agrarian celebrations. (she/her)
PS - Trans rights are human rights.
PS - Trans rights are human rights.
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I hate that negativity gets all the amplification by social media algorithms.
Let’s amplify LOVE instead.
I am beaming love at you. Right now.
Fuck the haters. I defy you. I am beaming extra love right into your face. Relax and be loved.
Let’s amplify LOVE instead.
I am beaming love at you. Right now.
Fuck the haters. I defy you. I am beaming extra love right into your face. Relax and be loved.
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I hate that negativity gets all the amplification by social media algorithms.
Let’s amplify LOVE instead.
I am beaming love at you. Right now.
Fuck the haters. I defy you. I am beaming extra love right into your face. Relax and be loved.
Let’s amplify LOVE instead.
I am beaming love at you. Right now.
Fuck the haters. I defy you. I am beaming extra love right into your face. Relax and be loved.
Stopped to watch the Canada geese picking over a just-shorn cornfield this morning. The last of the leaves are lingering on the apple trees in the background, but with the wind storms we’ve been having they won’t last much longer. Autumn has been glorious this year.
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Stopped to watch the Canada geese picking over a just-shorn cornfield this morning. The last of the leaves are lingering on the apple trees in the background, but with the wind storms we’ve been having they won’t last much longer. Autumn has been glorious this year.
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Sharing this yet again. I appreciate the kindness and support. Mom is still dealing with her post surgery issues. I’m trying to keep us both afloat and hard when I’m disabled.
I hate doing this online but I’m in a tough position. Me and my mother are both disabled and currently homeless, living out of a cheap hotel until we can get back on our feet. Staying here has eaten up all my savings. If you’d like to help, my PayPal is @ josmeeks. Anything is appreciated.
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Sharing this yet again. I appreciate the kindness and support. Mom is still dealing with her post surgery issues. I’m trying to keep us both afloat and hard when I’m disabled.
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🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
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For those of us who are disabled or prohibited from protesting for any reason, here are ways we can help.
I can’t take a service dog to a protest, it’s unsafe for him but also for others around us.
I can do some of these.
I can’t take a service dog to a protest, it’s unsafe for him but also for others around us.
I can do some of these.
Here are some tips for ways to “show up” when you aren’t able to show up in person, as well as suggestions for all of us for building more inclusive movements for social justice and human rights.
How to Protest If You're Disabled And Can't Show Up at Rallies
Tips and tricks to help you resist.
www.teenvogue.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
For those of us who are disabled or prohibited from protesting for any reason, here are ways we can help.
I can’t take a service dog to a protest, it’s unsafe for him but also for others around us.
I can do some of these.
I can’t take a service dog to a protest, it’s unsafe for him but also for others around us.
I can do some of these.
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Go support a trans creator, telling a beautiful story.
Dead Men
A Captain Hook origin story about a man trapped out of time for the entertainment of a vengeful demigod.
www.kickstarter.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Go support a trans creator, telling a beautiful story.
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I’m living in a hotel right now and literally out of money so if anyone would like to check out my horror books I’d appreciate it: www.amazon.com/stores/autho...
Joe Meeks: books, biography, latest update
Follow Joe Meeks and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Joe Meeks Author Page.
www.amazon.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I’m living in a hotel right now and literally out of money so if anyone would like to check out my horror books I’d appreciate it: www.amazon.com/stores/autho...
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Need to keep witches out of your house? People used to bake witch cakes to hang behind their doors.
I made a number of them for my book A Feast of Folklore about Britain's weird food lore. But it here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...
#WyrdWednesday
I made a number of them for my book A Feast of Folklore about Britain's weird food lore. But it here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...
#WyrdWednesday
April 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Need to keep witches out of your house? People used to bake witch cakes to hang behind their doors.
I made a number of them for my book A Feast of Folklore about Britain's weird food lore. But it here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...
#WyrdWednesday
I made a number of them for my book A Feast of Folklore about Britain's weird food lore. But it here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...
#WyrdWednesday
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April 30th, is Walpurgisnacht (Witches’ Night), also known as the ‘other Halloween’ — a night that belongs to WITCHES
April 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
April 30th, is Walpurgisnacht (Witches’ Night), also known as the ‘other Halloween’ — a night that belongs to WITCHES
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🌱 BREAKING:
The lightning bugs have arrived early in West Central Georgia! They're still high in the trees but as long as this weather keeps, they'll be on the ground soon & dancing their mating dance soon. Soon we'll be hearing chuck wills widows calling (similar to whipoorwills).
I'm so excited!
The lightning bugs have arrived early in West Central Georgia! They're still high in the trees but as long as this weather keeps, they'll be on the ground soon & dancing their mating dance soon. Soon we'll be hearing chuck wills widows calling (similar to whipoorwills).
I'm so excited!
March 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
🌱 BREAKING:
The lightning bugs have arrived early in West Central Georgia! They're still high in the trees but as long as this weather keeps, they'll be on the ground soon & dancing their mating dance soon. Soon we'll be hearing chuck wills widows calling (similar to whipoorwills).
I'm so excited!
The lightning bugs have arrived early in West Central Georgia! They're still high in the trees but as long as this weather keeps, they'll be on the ground soon & dancing their mating dance soon. Soon we'll be hearing chuck wills widows calling (similar to whipoorwills).
I'm so excited!
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I am delighted to reveal the cover of my new book Household Lore! It's publishing on 11 November 2025 with @watkinswisdom.bsky.social and you can pre-order your copy here! watkinspublishinglinks.com/householdlore #FolkloreThursday #BookologyThursday #AdoorableThursday #Bookchatweekly #Bloomscrolling
March 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I am delighted to reveal the cover of my new book Household Lore! It's publishing on 11 November 2025 with @watkinswisdom.bsky.social and you can pre-order your copy here! watkinspublishinglinks.com/householdlore #FolkloreThursday #BookologyThursday #AdoorableThursday #Bookchatweekly #Bloomscrolling
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‘Salmon relatives come back to their homeland’: Okanagan fish passage, blocked for decades, set to be re-opened
Fishway is expected to be finished by late June — finally allowing salmon access to their historic migration route into kɬúsx̌nítkʷ after more than 70 years
indiginews.com/news/okanaga...
Fishway is expected to be finished by late June — finally allowing salmon access to their historic migration route into kɬúsx̌nítkʷ after more than 70 years
indiginews.com/news/okanaga...
'Salmon relatives come back to their homeland’: Okanagan fish passage, blocked for decades, set to be re-opened
Fishway is expected to be finished by late June — finally allowing salmon access to their historic migration route into kɬúsx̌nítkʷ after more than 70 years
indiginews.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
‘Salmon relatives come back to their homeland’: Okanagan fish passage, blocked for decades, set to be re-opened
Fishway is expected to be finished by late June — finally allowing salmon access to their historic migration route into kɬúsx̌nítkʷ after more than 70 years
indiginews.com/news/okanaga...
Fishway is expected to be finished by late June — finally allowing salmon access to their historic migration route into kɬúsx̌nítkʷ after more than 70 years
indiginews.com/news/okanaga...
We’re wading into a nice Taurus moon now, through all of Tuesday, and it’s a great time to plant cold-hardy crops if your ground is workable. Taurus moons are excellent for root crops and okay for above ground food & flowers. I’ve got onion and lettuce seeds going in! #GardenSky #GardenWitch
March 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
We’re wading into a nice Taurus moon now, through all of Tuesday, and it’s a great time to plant cold-hardy crops if your ground is workable. Taurus moons are excellent for root crops and okay for above ground food & flowers. I’ve got onion and lettuce seeds going in! #GardenSky #GardenWitch
March arrives with an early warmth that almost instantly greens the land. I am feverishly hoping for stone fruit this summer after our valley lost all its crops last year due to late freezes. Nothing is foreseeable anymore, but there is sunshine and birdsong and a fresh month to wade into.
March 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
March arrives with an early warmth that almost instantly greens the land. I am feverishly hoping for stone fruit this summer after our valley lost all its crops last year due to late freezes. Nothing is foreseeable anymore, but there is sunshine and birdsong and a fresh month to wade into.
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Here is your printable Convivio Book of Days calendar for March: www.conviviobookworks.com/blog/daffodi.... The month begins today with St. David’s Day (and our recipe for Welsh Cakes) and the start of Ramadan.
March 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Here is your printable Convivio Book of Days calendar for March: www.conviviobookworks.com/blog/daffodi.... The month begins today with St. David’s Day (and our recipe for Welsh Cakes) and the start of Ramadan.
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Whenever you make a donation to someone in need—and with as many mutual aid requests that float around here or elsewhere nowadays, it's not hard to find opportunities to do so—consider to also light a candle with prayer for the recipient, too. Combine work with Work, aid with Aid.
February 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Whenever you make a donation to someone in need—and with as many mutual aid requests that float around here or elsewhere nowadays, it's not hard to find opportunities to do so—consider to also light a candle with prayer for the recipient, too. Combine work with Work, aid with Aid.
Going through your parents things after they pass is never easy. Parting with treasures is slightly easier if they have good homes to go to. If you love a good antique, please check out my friend’s auction:
The House of Beautiful Things has reached its natural end and we are having a no-reserve auction online. It runs until next Sunday. So many precious and rare things that I just don't have room to keep, so am passing on to...you? #antiques #auction #toys #preciousObjects maxsold.com/auction/9533...
February 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Going through your parents things after they pass is never easy. Parting with treasures is slightly easier if they have good homes to go to. If you love a good antique, please check out my friend’s auction:
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If you are serious about resisting American fascism, imperialism, colonialism, all the isms... think about also resisting the Canadian versions of the very same thing, at home and abroad. Lots of yous already do this, and that's great! Just don't fall into the nationalist trap that's taking hold.
February 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you are serious about resisting American fascism, imperialism, colonialism, all the isms... think about also resisting the Canadian versions of the very same thing, at home and abroad. Lots of yous already do this, and that's great! Just don't fall into the nationalist trap that's taking hold.
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It's not too late to start caring about disabled people.
Everyone will become disabled, if they're lucky (old age is disabling).
You personally know *many* disabled people. 1 in 4 adults in the US is disabled (source: adata.org )
It's not too late to start caring & acting from that place of care.
Everyone will become disabled, if they're lucky (old age is disabling).
You personally know *many* disabled people. 1 in 4 adults in the US is disabled (source: adata.org )
It's not too late to start caring & acting from that place of care.
February 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's not too late to start caring about disabled people.
Everyone will become disabled, if they're lucky (old age is disabling).
You personally know *many* disabled people. 1 in 4 adults in the US is disabled (source: adata.org )
It's not too late to start caring & acting from that place of care.
Everyone will become disabled, if they're lucky (old age is disabling).
You personally know *many* disabled people. 1 in 4 adults in the US is disabled (source: adata.org )
It's not too late to start caring & acting from that place of care.
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The stories we carry are as vital as the bread we bake and the songs we sing. Mill Dust and Dreaming Bread is a book about memory, land, and the quiet resilience of everyday folk. A love letter to Scotland’s past, woven from lived experience and deep research. Pre-order now.
February 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The stories we carry are as vital as the bread we bake and the songs we sing. Mill Dust and Dreaming Bread is a book about memory, land, and the quiet resilience of everyday folk. A love letter to Scotland’s past, woven from lived experience and deep research. Pre-order now.
Popped over to our village grocery store for supplies. The Canadian potato chip brands are sold out, while the US brands sit untouched. Locals were pointing out the Canadian brands on the shelves and sharing alternatives to US products. We aren’t forgetting the tariffs threat anytime soon.
February 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Popped over to our village grocery store for supplies. The Canadian potato chip brands are sold out, while the US brands sit untouched. Locals were pointing out the Canadian brands on the shelves and sharing alternatives to US products. We aren’t forgetting the tariffs threat anytime soon.
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It is Black History Month and each day this month I am sharing stories from Canada's Black history.
Today it is the story of Mary Ann Shadd, the first Black woman publisher in North America and the first female publisher in Canada!
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Today it is the story of Mary Ann Shadd, the first Black woman publisher in North America and the first female publisher in Canada!
🧵1/11
February 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It is Black History Month and each day this month I am sharing stories from Canada's Black history.
Today it is the story of Mary Ann Shadd, the first Black woman publisher in North America and the first female publisher in Canada!
🧵1/11
Today it is the story of Mary Ann Shadd, the first Black woman publisher in North America and the first female publisher in Canada!
🧵1/11
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there are innumerable reasons for why people can't be in the streets, but this list offers us all many points of entry into liberation work and direct or supportive action! I must share this list at least twice a year hehe, I just really love it. 2/2
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/06/06/2...
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/06/06/2...
26 ways to be in the struggle, beyond the streets (June 2020 update)
26 ways to be in the struggle, beyond the streets. (a list) June 2020 updates Contributors Ejeris Dixon, Piper Anderson, Kay Ulanday Barrett, Ro Garrido, Emi Kane, Bhavana Nancherla, Deesha …
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
there are innumerable reasons for why people can't be in the streets, but this list offers us all many points of entry into liberation work and direct or supportive action! I must share this list at least twice a year hehe, I just really love it. 2/2
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/06/06/2...
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/06/06/2...
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Breaking: Punxsutawney Phil sees the shadow of death and fall of an empire, so there will be 6 more weeks of winter and then groundhogs inherit the earth.
February 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Breaking: Punxsutawney Phil sees the shadow of death and fall of an empire, so there will be 6 more weeks of winter and then groundhogs inherit the earth.