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Jessica Ryan
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The e.g I was offered was close: "artist, dog-lover, avid reader" I'm not claiming the first. Librarian by trade: scholarly communications, open librarianship, copyright, creative commons licensing, author rights
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“This life-long republican is for keeping our republic”
October 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Huge crowd in Amherst, MA! #NoKings
Hundreds of people pat no kings protest on town green
October 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Elsa contemplates the vast beauty. #dogs
Small dark brown dog stands at edge overlooking an expansive view of trees and worn down mountains.
September 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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In case you were wondering what the perfect camouflage for a Boykin spaniel was, I think I found it.
Dog on beach covered in piles of seaweed with little to visually distinguish one from the other.
September 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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The bees don’t have unions so they are out working hard today 😊 #laborday #unions
A meadow of Golden rod and Joe Pyle weed teeming with bees.
September 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Trying to prepare roadtrip snacks for my son and if I told you the journey these biscotti went on to successfully make it into the oven, phew. But we got there 😂 #baking #fiascos #anisebiscotti
Anise biscotti cooling on a rack
August 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Tangled with the black raspberry thorns, but it was worth it.
bowl of yogurt, granola, peaches, and black raspberries.
July 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Cover of book Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
May 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Hands off our schools! Protest 4/18, Amherst, MA. (And Elsa’s cri de coeur Dogs Against Doge)
Protest at a traffic circle. Elsa (my sweet wonderful dog) wearing her orange hunting coat with Dogs Against Doge pinned to each side.
April 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Baking interlude: Mandeltårta
Almond cake, aka Mandeltårta, on a green plate.
April 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Dogs against doge (sign on dog sitting and watching protestors go by)
April 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Boston!
My dog, Elsa, sits curbside at Boston common rally wearing a sign that says Dogs Against Doge
April 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Boston!
My beautiful dog, Elsa, sits along Boston common wearing a sign that says Dogs Against Doge
April 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Economic blackout. Friday Feb. 28. No gas, no fast food, no Walmart, no target, no amazon. don't buy anything, unless it's from a small business. We have the power.
February 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Yes they did:
Apple Maps. Searched for Gulf of Mexico and got Gulf of America.
February 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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A beautiful day to walk in the woods then make some calls to fight for our democracy 5calls.org #dogs #walkinthewoods #snowday
A pink glow in the sky behind a stand of trees on a snowy path with my little chocolate Boykin spaniel.
February 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The river is running over the ice. Beautiful.
February 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Spectacular afternoon walk. #touchgrass #dogs
Little black dog on snowy path with a dramatic sky full of pink billowing clouds and bright blue sky peeking through.
January 29, 2025 at 10:08 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 6
#booksky
#books
#20daybookchallenge
#reading
#bookchallenge
#bookcover
Cover of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk. Black and white photo of young boy jumping off something, brick building in background.
January 19, 2025 at 4:58 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
#20daybookchallenge
#reading
#bookchallenge
#bookcover
Cover of Jane Austen's Persuasion. Blue cover with white cut out papers overlay: tow women, ship in foreground, sun ate the top left above author's name.
January 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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“If the characteristic delusion of the American left is that it has the mass support of “the people,” the parallel delusion of the right is that it is a lonely band of risk-takers, willing to stand up for capitalism when the capitalist themselves are too weak or befuddled to fight back.”
Cover of the 1989 book Fear of Falling: the inner life of the middle class, by Barbara Ehrenreich.
January 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Gorgeous final day of the year.
Blue sky against a partially sunlit field.
December 31, 2024 at 9:22 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
Cover of Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas by Mari Sandoz. Painting of Crazy Horse in red robe.
December 31, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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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 thing.
Day 5

#BookSky
#Books
Cover of the book On Another Man’s Wound (black text) by Ernie O’Malley (red text). Black and white photo of a street strewn with rubble and men with guns.
December 26, 2024 at 5:49 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.

#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 4
Cover of the book Jane Eyre. Penguin Classic with pencil drawing of Jane’s face on cover.
December 24, 2024 at 11:02 PM