Alexandra Samios
@xanboni.bsky.social
Skating, poetry, politics, history, gardening, Chicago, random. I make art. Antifa's girlfriend.
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Alexandra Samios
@xanboni.bsky.social
· Sep 18
Ten million souls, a single voice
Responding to the call
No matter what they do to us
Tyrants always fall
On this the history is quite clear
Hope is the antidote to fear
Ten thousand thousand marching here
They cannot stop us all
Responding to the call
No matter what they do to us
Tyrants always fall
On this the history is quite clear
Hope is the antidote to fear
Ten thousand thousand marching here
They cannot stop us all
My 13 year old Merrell winter slip ons finally gave up the ghost (sole cracked, and now water gets in) and they still make them and they had them in hot pink in my size and they were on half price sale. Off to play the lottery now.
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 AM
My 13 year old Merrell winter slip ons finally gave up the ghost (sole cracked, and now water gets in) and they still make them and they had them in hot pink in my size and they were on half price sale. Off to play the lottery now.
1. planned oil change during vacation week for Thursday
2. Three different clients scheduled meetings for Tues-Wed-Thurs even though they had notice I am on vaction
3. Changed oil change to today, they said "1pm pick it up at 2pm"
2. Three different clients scheduled meetings for Tues-Wed-Thurs even though they had notice I am on vaction
3. Changed oil change to today, they said "1pm pick it up at 2pm"
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1. planned oil change during vacation week for Thursday
2. Three different clients scheduled meetings for Tues-Wed-Thurs even though they had notice I am on vaction
3. Changed oil change to today, they said "1pm pick it up at 2pm"
2. Three different clients scheduled meetings for Tues-Wed-Thurs even though they had notice I am on vaction
3. Changed oil change to today, they said "1pm pick it up at 2pm"
Reposted by Alexandra Samios
December 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#BlueSkyMonday. #UkraineArt and #ArtAdventCalendar Day One. I'm working on turning this into an actual advent calendar for Ukraine. (Normally I make these paste papers and turn them into book covers, but this was so beautiful I couldn't bear to cut it up)
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#BlueSkyMonday. #UkraineArt and #ArtAdventCalendar Day One. I'm working on turning this into an actual advent calendar for Ukraine. (Normally I make these paste papers and turn them into book covers, but this was so beautiful I couldn't bear to cut it up)
I named my fists Rosencrantz and Guildenstern because they were sent for.
I named my fists Currier and Ives for the way they make a colorful and memorable impression on your face
I named my fists Chekhov and Gun because you know they're coming but you don't know when
December 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I named my fists Rosencrantz and Guildenstern because they were sent for.
I want to do the #ArtAdventCalendar but I am concerned abt posting art, bc I got taken to task for not following the rules on some art # I was using earlier this year. Please don't do that folks. If someone isn't using your # the way you want, just move tf on. (It's why I stopped posting art)
December 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I want to do the #ArtAdventCalendar but I am concerned abt posting art, bc I got taken to task for not following the rules on some art # I was using earlier this year. Please don't do that folks. If someone isn't using your # the way you want, just move tf on. (It's why I stopped posting art)
This little guy was sheltering from the snowstorm on my front stoop, huddled up against the screen door. I dislodged her when I opened the door (couldn’t see her from inside). So sorry baby I hope you find a new safe place!
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This little guy was sheltering from the snowstorm on my front stoop, huddled up against the screen door. I dislodged her when I opened the door (couldn’t see her from inside). So sorry baby I hope you find a new safe place!
Post your favorite "Transformers" character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Post your favorite "Transformers" character. Wrong answers only.
I started sending handbound chapbooks instead of holiday cards about 5 years ago. Proof copy for this year's "Chronicle of the Rebellion". Cover art by @theblindwoodchuck.bsky.social coming! #poets
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I started sending handbound chapbooks instead of holiday cards about 5 years ago. Proof copy for this year's "Chronicle of the Rebellion". Cover art by @theblindwoodchuck.bsky.social coming! #poets
Introduce yrself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
The very large hawk stalking the preschool next door
A golden eagle eating something (abt 10 ft away, neither of us was happy to see the other)
A 10-point buck in a subn park ffs
A badger
Four baby bunnies screaming as I carried them to safety
The very large hawk stalking the preschool next door
A golden eagle eating something (abt 10 ft away, neither of us was happy to see the other)
A 10-point buck in a subn park ffs
A badger
Four baby bunnies screaming as I carried them to safety
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Casper the white feral cat
Squinty & Scabby the feral cats (RIP Scabby; Squinty is now indoors & pampered)
That owl that comes to that one tree every summer
And tons of black crowned night herons hanging out at Heron Corner
Casper the white feral cat
Squinty & Scabby the feral cats (RIP Scabby; Squinty is now indoors & pampered)
That owl that comes to that one tree every summer
And tons of black crowned night herons hanging out at Heron Corner
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Whales
Kangaroos
Koalas
Black Rhinos
African Wild Dogs
Whales
Kangaroos
Koalas
Black Rhinos
African Wild Dogs
November 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Introduce yrself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
The very large hawk stalking the preschool next door
A golden eagle eating something (abt 10 ft away, neither of us was happy to see the other)
A 10-point buck in a subn park ffs
A badger
Four baby bunnies screaming as I carried them to safety
The very large hawk stalking the preschool next door
A golden eagle eating something (abt 10 ft away, neither of us was happy to see the other)
A 10-point buck in a subn park ffs
A badger
Four baby bunnies screaming as I carried them to safety
Is it really dark out because of the weather or because this is how dark 4pm is now.
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Is it really dark out because of the weather or because this is how dark 4pm is now.
Reposted by Alexandra Samios
WHAT IF
THERE WAS *ONLY* PIE
A DAY OF PIE
BREAKFAST PIE
SAVORY PIE
SWEET PIE
SOME SORT OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKABLE PIE
PIESGIVING WE WOULD CALL IT AND THE WORLD WOULD THANK US IN PRAYER AND SONG AND IDEALLY PIE
THERE WAS *ONLY* PIE
A DAY OF PIE
BREAKFAST PIE
SAVORY PIE
SWEET PIE
SOME SORT OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKABLE PIE
PIESGIVING WE WOULD CALL IT AND THE WORLD WOULD THANK US IN PRAYER AND SONG AND IDEALLY PIE
WELCOME TO THE DAY OF MANY CALORIES
YOU SHALL CONSUME
YOU SHALL INGEST
YOU SHALL HEAVE YOUR SWOLLEN BODY ONTO THE COUCH MOANING AS YOU DO SO
BUT WAIT
THERE'S STILL PIE
YOU SHALL CONSUME
YOU SHALL INGEST
YOU SHALL HEAVE YOUR SWOLLEN BODY ONTO THE COUCH MOANING AS YOU DO SO
BUT WAIT
THERE'S STILL PIE
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
WHAT IF
THERE WAS *ONLY* PIE
A DAY OF PIE
BREAKFAST PIE
SAVORY PIE
SWEET PIE
SOME SORT OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKABLE PIE
PIESGIVING WE WOULD CALL IT AND THE WORLD WOULD THANK US IN PRAYER AND SONG AND IDEALLY PIE
THERE WAS *ONLY* PIE
A DAY OF PIE
BREAKFAST PIE
SAVORY PIE
SWEET PIE
SOME SORT OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKABLE PIE
PIESGIVING WE WOULD CALL IT AND THE WORLD WOULD THANK US IN PRAYER AND SONG AND IDEALLY PIE
Reposted by Alexandra Samios
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
Don't do it
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Don't do it
"you will be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
"you will be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
What happens to someone removed to a third country-- are they stuck there forever, or can they eventually get to somewhere they want to be? @mattcameron.bsky.social ?
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
What happens to someone removed to a third country-- are they stuck there forever, or can they eventually get to somewhere they want to be? @mattcameron.bsky.social ?
Watching Ken Burns American Revolution is kinda making me hate George Washington, and making me really resent the propaganda that I learned in school.
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Watching Ken Burns American Revolution is kinda making me hate George Washington, and making me really resent the propaganda that I learned in school.
I wasnt quite ready to give up my garden but I get a little pang that I didn’t buy the beautiful vintage condo overlooking this park every time i walk through it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I wasnt quite ready to give up my garden but I get a little pang that I didn’t buy the beautiful vintage condo overlooking this park every time i walk through it.
Bluesky is blueskying in the best way with TDay food, relatives, and travel content, thank you!
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Bluesky is blueskying in the best way with TDay food, relatives, and travel content, thank you!
You know what AI could do? No no, not completely replace my professional writing business. But it would be great if it could figure out how to place ads in streaming video so it doesn't just cut someone off randomly mid-word.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
You know what AI could do? No no, not completely replace my professional writing business. But it would be great if it could figure out how to place ads in streaming video so it doesn't just cut someone off randomly mid-word.
About 25 years into my late unlamented marriage, his entire family started insisting that we had /always/ done cranberry sauce just dumped out of the can, despite the fact that in reality we had NEVER done that.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
About 25 years into my late unlamented marriage, his entire family started insisting that we had /always/ done cranberry sauce just dumped out of the can, despite the fact that in reality we had NEVER done that.
Protip: you will not get grant funding if you miss the deadlines. And you still have to pay me for time writing it.
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Protip: you will not get grant funding if you miss the deadlines. And you still have to pay me for time writing it.
With all due respect, is this what /anyone's/ T-day menu looks like? I mean, yuk. I can't "give up" #2, 4, 7, or 8 because in my wildest dreams it wouldn't occur to me to include them. (And pie is on the fence bc while we always do dessert it isn't always pie)
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
With all due respect, is this what /anyone's/ T-day menu looks like? I mean, yuk. I can't "give up" #2, 4, 7, or 8 because in my wildest dreams it wouldn't occur to me to include them. (And pie is on the fence bc while we always do dessert it isn't always pie)
Oh dear lord I need this item (antique Wedgewood, lol is there a bank I can rob?)
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Oh dear lord I need this item (antique Wedgewood, lol is there a bank I can rob?)