@stephsbuck.bsky.social
Reader. Librarian. Technologist-ish. Loves animals and dark chocolate.
Where are the other adults caring for their aging parents and find themselves saying things like,
“Well, I thought that if we’re cleaning blood off the floor we should get it all.”
“Well, I thought that if we’re cleaning blood off the floor we should get it all.”
August 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Where are the other adults caring for their aging parents and find themselves saying things like,
“Well, I thought that if we’re cleaning blood off the floor we should get it all.”
“Well, I thought that if we’re cleaning blood off the floor we should get it all.”
Maya Stein, extraordinary poet, again in the hearts and souls and minds of so many of us.
July 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Maya Stein, extraordinary poet, again in the hearts and souls and minds of so many of us.
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September 3-7, please join us for the Salem Literary Festival! At locations around Salem + a virtual session! Get the scoop at salemlitfest.org.
July 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
September 3-7, please join us for the Salem Literary Festival! At locations around Salem + a virtual session! Get the scoop at salemlitfest.org.
1. Last week my mom fell down the stairs. The hospital refused to admit her, Medicare A refused short term rehab, and we paid out of pocket to place her in a facility. Then I learned that hospital discharges can be appealed. I did not ask the most important question - What are all of our options?
July 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
1. Last week my mom fell down the stairs. The hospital refused to admit her, Medicare A refused short term rehab, and we paid out of pocket to place her in a facility. Then I learned that hospital discharges can be appealed. I did not ask the most important question - What are all of our options?
Flatbed train[s] carrying thousands of tanks rolled into D.C. yesterday for the military parade. Protesters near Los Angeles filmed [ICE] throwing flash-bang grenades into a crowd of protesters as Trump tries to use immigration to establish a police state.
Do you see now?
Do you see now?
June 8, 2025
Flatbed train cars carrying thousands of tanks rolled into Washington, D.C., yesterday in preparation for the military parade planned for June 14.
open.substack.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Flatbed train[s] carrying thousands of tanks rolled into D.C. yesterday for the military parade. Protesters near Los Angeles filmed [ICE] throwing flash-bang grenades into a crowd of protesters as Trump tries to use immigration to establish a police state.
Do you see now?
Do you see now?
Been waking up way too early and it’s made me realize I need a schedule send option for texts
June 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Been waking up way too early and it’s made me realize I need a schedule send option for texts
Please - everylibrary makes it so easy to send an email. Libraries are vital.
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries. Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries. Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
SEND AN EMAIL: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacking Federal Funding for Libraries
We need your help TODAY to tell your governors and key members of the House and Senate that federal funding for libraries - the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) - needs to be preserved!
action.everylibrary.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Please - everylibrary makes it so easy to send an email. Libraries are vital.
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries. Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries. Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
I don't say much on socials anymore. Maybe the occasional photo. But I will share things I read worth reading and thinking about. This is one of those.
Watching the Weather open.substack.com/pub/laurenho...
Watching the Weather open.substack.com/pub/laurenho...
Watching the Weather
I know I’ve been posting paid only for a while.
open.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I don't say much on socials anymore. Maybe the occasional photo. But I will share things I read worth reading and thinking about. This is one of those.
Watching the Weather open.substack.com/pub/laurenho...
Watching the Weather open.substack.com/pub/laurenho...
Interesting to see what else The Firehose will have to say. Steve Almond writes the first post.
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
Thanks @cogwbur.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
Thanks @cogwbur.bsky.social
The 'administrative coup' underway underscores Trump's anti-democratic ambitions
Members of the press who cover Trump, those who oppose him, those who did not vote for him and those who did, must ignore his barrage of falsehoods, writes Steve Almond, and focus on the power-grabbin...
www.wbur.org
February 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Interesting to see what else The Firehose will have to say. Steve Almond writes the first post.
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
Thanks @cogwbur.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
Thanks @cogwbur.bsky.social
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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
The snow scraper for my car broke at the first snowfall this year, sometime in December. I've just replaced it, so this will be the last accumulative snow for the season. If you're in NE Massachusetts, I'm either very sorry, or you're most welcome.
January 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The snow scraper for my car broke at the first snowfall this year, sometime in December. I've just replaced it, so this will be the last accumulative snow for the season. If you're in NE Massachusetts, I'm either very sorry, or you're most welcome.
Can I just watch West Wing on repeat for the next four years? That's an appropriate coping mechanism, right? I mean, I'm not out there having fun and enjoying the plethora of mind altering substances available.
January 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Can I just watch West Wing on repeat for the next four years? That's an appropriate coping mechanism, right? I mean, I'm not out there having fun and enjoying the plethora of mind altering substances available.
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With ICE raids already starting, remember this when you get asked if you've seen anyone they're looking for,
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
January 23, 2025 at 2:53 AM
With ICE raids already starting, remember this when you get asked if you've seen anyone they're looking for,
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
NO
I don't remember
I haven't seen anyone
I don't know
Fuck off
Ok, maybe not the last one, but erase your memory
Be an ally
What the actual fuck?
January 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What the actual fuck?
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Guardian vs. NYT. You know who's going to call things by their true names and who's not even gonna give you syrup with that waffle.
Guardian: "Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes....
Guardian: "Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes....
January 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Guardian vs. NYT. You know who's going to call things by their true names and who's not even gonna give you syrup with that waffle.
Guardian: "Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes....
Guardian: "Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes....
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“America has had few greater advocates for women and reproductive health than Cecile Richards.
Her legacy will be the countless lives she touched and the generations of women she inspired to follow in her footsteps.” —Hillary Clinton
Her legacy will be the countless lives she touched and the generations of women she inspired to follow in her footsteps.” —Hillary Clinton
January 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“America has had few greater advocates for women and reproductive health than Cecile Richards.
Her legacy will be the countless lives she touched and the generations of women she inspired to follow in her footsteps.” —Hillary Clinton
Her legacy will be the countless lives she touched and the generations of women she inspired to follow in her footsteps.” —Hillary Clinton
Read. Support. Repeat.
🗓️ Monday, January 20, 2025
Today in one sentence – "Welcome home."
https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2025/01/20/day-1462/
Today in one sentence – "Welcome home."
https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2025/01/20/day-1462/
January 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Read. Support. Repeat.
So much to get upset about today but this is what pushed me over the edge. It's been a year and one day since this perfect girl left us.
January 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
So much to get upset about today but this is what pushed me over the edge. It's been a year and one day since this perfect girl left us.
Cats and women are what matter in life
I love this photo from my collection that was correctly framed to cut off the dude's head but catch the photobombing cat.
January 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Cats and women are what matter in life
Do you ever get to a place in a book where you’re almost 2/3 if the way through but finishing it feels like climbing a mountain? I know I’ll love it. I want to know what happens. But I’m stuck more than halfway up. Send help pls
January 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Do you ever get to a place in a book where you’re almost 2/3 if the way through but finishing it feels like climbing a mountain? I know I’ll love it. I want to know what happens. But I’m stuck more than halfway up. Send help pls
Oh, wait. This is it. I’m not burned out at work. I’m experiencing rapid disassembly.
Yeah, “rapid unscheduled disassembly” is going in the books.
January 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Oh, wait. This is it. I’m not burned out at work. I’m experiencing rapid disassembly.
art by Loryn Brantz
January 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
art by Loryn Brantz
Dragged myself out of bed for a pilates class, but with enough time before class that I can sit on the couch with a cup of coffee, one of the cats, and Crosby, Stills & Nash softly playing. It's lovely. But I'd rather be sleeping still.
January 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Dragged myself out of bed for a pilates class, but with enough time before class that I can sit on the couch with a cup of coffee, one of the cats, and Crosby, Stills & Nash softly playing. It's lovely. But I'd rather be sleeping still.
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FEMA has issued a guide on how to apply for federal aid if you've been impacted by the wildfires.
Aid may include money for food, water, baby formula, breastfeeding supplies, medication, or even with basic home repairs and personal property losses. www.huffpost.com/entry/southe...
Aid may include money for food, water, baby formula, breastfeeding supplies, medication, or even with basic home repairs and personal property losses. www.huffpost.com/entry/southe...
Impacted By The Fires? Here’s How To Apply For FEMA Assistance
www.huffpost.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
FEMA has issued a guide on how to apply for federal aid if you've been impacted by the wildfires.
Aid may include money for food, water, baby formula, breastfeeding supplies, medication, or even with basic home repairs and personal property losses. www.huffpost.com/entry/southe...
Aid may include money for food, water, baby formula, breastfeeding supplies, medication, or even with basic home repairs and personal property losses. www.huffpost.com/entry/southe...