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When I was young it was all oh no too many babies this is bad overpopulation we're gonna run out of food but now it's oh no we need more babies c'mon people step it up. It's mind blowing what all you see happen over a lifetime.

submitted 15 hours ago • 7 comments

Earlier today I was picking yellow squash and zucchini in my garden using garden scissors and found a few squash bugs, so I picked all the bugs I saw but didn't feel like squishing them so decapitated them with the scissors and now I feel like a bit of a monster.

submitted 16 hours ago • 9 comments

#BannedBookSkyClub schedule: June 2025: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin July 2025: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison August 2025: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi September/October 2025: 1984 by George Orwell. Link to feed in replies. #BookSky Please join us.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Don't forget, the June 2025 #BannedBookSkyClub book is #TheLeftHandOfDarkness by Ursula Le Guin. Discussion begin date is June 9, 2025. See replies for link to feed. Please join us! #BookSky

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

#BannedBookSkyClub schedule: June 2025: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin July 2025: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison August 2025: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi September/October 2025: 1984 by George Orwell. Link to feed in replies. #BookSky Please join us.

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#BannedBookSkyClub announcement! September/October 2025: 1984 by George Orwell. Barring unforeseen circumstances, I plan on being out of town most of September, and thus the one book for two months schedule. See replies for link to Banned Book Club feed and schedule. #BookSky

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

My boyfriend just said when he read 1984 in high school, it seemed so far in the future. #BookSky

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

A huge thank you to the #BannedBookSkyClub members who've participated in #TheGirlWhoLovedTomGordon discussion. If was absolutely fantastic! If you're interested in joining us, go to the feed link below and click on three dots at top right for options to like/pin. #BookSky

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

I can't speak for everyone, but I'm 99 percent sure that when it rains for days, my brain molds and coherent thoughts disappear.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

I had my Medicare memory test. River Nation Finger I passed.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Don't forget, the June 2025 #BannedBookSkyClub book is #TheLeftHandOfDarkness by Ursula Le Guin. Discussion begin date is June 9, 2025. See replies for link to feed. Please join us! #BookSky

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #TheGirlWhoLovedTomGordon by Stephen King #BookSky Is there anything else you'd like to share about the novel The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon?

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

I don't know about research journals like JAMA being "corrupt," but they do get free articles by university researchers and then the libraries at these universities have to pay exorbitant subscription prices to gain access to articles authored by their own professors and other academics.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

All you readers out there keep books alive and relevant. Thank you for that (applies to all formats and genres). #BookSky

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #TheGirlWhoLovedTomGordon by Stephen King #BookSky What did you think of the final conflict scene? Was it realistic or does that even matter?

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

I don't like fish and chips without cole slaw it's just not the same.

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

Long ago I gave up the goal of making banana bread and just compost too ripe bananas it's been liberating.

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

So if the daily unique liker count is down maybe the index fingers went on strike or are just tired and need a vacation.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

About to be thinned turnip greens, probably tomorrow should've done it earlier. #GardenSky

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Remember, it's all a ruse [insert personal interpretation here].

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment