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Sherwood Smith
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Writer, reader, crone
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Good night, Bluesky!

Sunset over the Olympics and Sinclair Inlet, Washington
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!

We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It’s raining! The sound makes me so happy. I hope there will be enough to lessen the chance of wildfires for a few weeks at least
November 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Loving all the aurora pix coming through. Thank you!
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Bookmark this for your "what about Chiiiiiiina" reply guys.
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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from Rebecca Kirkman on FB. My word, what a surprise, huh?
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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I just got out of D&D and am finally watching The Speech and I got as far as "these are not hands that have been allowed to hold power" before I burst into tears

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MfB...
Zohran Mamdani delivers victory speech
YouTube video by ABC News
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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This seems huge, and deserves more attention.

SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.

Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.

Feds fail us, states step up.
The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Any unsolicited email that includes something like "I’m part of a private readers community about 2000+ active readers and social media reviewers. We’re not some forced review for hire thing. We just spotlight books that actually deserve to be seen, and yours hit that nerve." is a scam. I'm sorry.
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.

I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.

Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.

Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀

#PublicHealth
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Historical fantasy author Ma Boyong's bestseller, The Lychee Road, told from the view point of a petty official in the 8th century, who must get 'exotic' lychees from the newly acquired southern territories (my home region) all the way to the emperor in Chang'an in the north, still fresh. 1/
October 31, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Good Morning! I can tell you that fall has arrived in Oregon.

Enjoy my shot from the Portland Japanese Garden.

#PalacesAndGardens theme: #EnchantedAutumn

#EastCoastKin #Photography #Portland #OMSystem #Fall
October 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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I believe people who misuse Tolkien to advance fascism should have a brief but life-changing encounter with World War II–era Christopher Lee
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Karoline Leavitt officially announced the "Launch of a large-scale investigation to find the people behind 'No Kings.'"

I've saved her some time.
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history. Mikaela Loach, a climate justice activist, says the hurricane was “caused by the climate crisis,” and says hurricanes should be named after oil executives.
Hurricanes Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Executives, Climate Activist Says
Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history.
truthout.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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📣 Tu aimes les livres SFFF queers ? Un sorcier chaotique, des monstres heureux, un rêve qui prend vie… On a ce qu’il te faut !

➡️ Nos nouveautés sont en prévente jusqu’au 10 novembre : ybyeditions.fr/preventes

Alors, prêt·e à précommander tes prochains coups de cœur ?

Musique : © Epic Odyssey
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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NEW: As Vice President JD Vance arrives on campus at the University of Mississippi with Turning Point USA, a coalition of progressive student groups is counter-programming his visit with a town hall featuring Gloria Johnson, Ro Khanna, Heidi Heitkamp & more.

@gracemarion.bsky.social reports:
University of Mississippi Students Plan Event to Counter Vance
A coalition of progressive student groups at the University of Mississippi plans to hold a town hall to counter Vice President JD Vance’s visit.
www.mississippifreepress.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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"It is very little that we can ever know of the ways of Providence or the laws of existence; but that little is enough, and exactly enough."
~ John Ruskin

𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 (1889)
🎨 John Atkinson Grimshaw
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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*Just because you don’t know your past doesn’t mean you don’t pay the price for it.*

Book View Cafe is delighted to release GIDEON, by @ksmithsf.bsky.social writing as Alex Gordon.

Sometimes the only response to being born a witch is not knowing.

#suspense

bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announce...
BVC Announces Gideon by Kristine Smith
Gideon by Kristine Smith Just because you don’t know your past doesn’t mean you don’t pay the price for it. While going through her late father’s
bookviewcafe.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Mapparium in Boston, made in 1935, a reminder that we are all in this world together
October 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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The light over the Atlantic coast of Ireland is like nowhere else on Earth 🌎
October 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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MONDAY
October 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM