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Freelance copy/developmental editor, mostly academic, mostly retired. Former reference librarian, newspaper librarian. On Salish land. Antifascist. “she/her” , 📖🚲🐈🎶👊🏾🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🌍
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I wish I had a river I could skate away on

He nails it.

I’ve never downloaded a book I’ve bought on Kindle, but apparently you can, but apparently not for long. www.tomsguide.com/tablets/e-re...

Think it would be accurate to say every girl I knew not only owned and played this album, but also had it on display in their rooms :) Those of us old enough to remember carrying LPs with us when we spent the night at someone’s house will also remember we didn’t need to ever take this one 🤗

Wee patch of blue :) Maybe a starship opened up a hole going thru ;)

@farmerroy.bsky.social Happy new year 🥳

A beautiful day in the neighborhood

counterpoint: refusing to waiver is in fact achieving something

CALIFORNIA — ex NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested for civil disobedience protesting at the city council in Huntington Beach, where the council planned a “MAGA” display on a plaque at the library. Context: www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston is temporarily closed after Elon Musk fired members of its staff.

Here’s a tool I love and use frequently when reading historical fiction set in the UK. If you ever wonder how much an historical figure would be today 🧐, you’ll want to bookmark this handy tool :) Put in year and number of £ and it gives you the value in today’s $! www.uwyo.edu/numimage/cur...

Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.

🧐 Isn’t there a word for this? 🤔

Your Freedoms Under Siege open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...

Looking for budget-friendly alternatives to eggs. (Note: not to eat, to throw)

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

*sigh* www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...

When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point.

Why 🍊🤡’s Data Purge is a Digital Book Burning slate.com/transcripts/...

Dove perched above cardinal in snow on early overcast morning

We passed a bill in committee yesterday that felonizes elected officials if they vote against Trump’s immigration policy. Let that sink in. Duly elected officials will go to jail- will have a criminal record- if they do not vote for and support Trump’s policies.

This is long but SO important- people need to know what’s going on- please read! open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Any possible correlation between the head of the National Archives being fired and the firer having been accused of criminal mishandling of classified documents? 🧐 www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Cancelled WaPo last fall. Year paid subscription ends today. What a great last story to share: Possum finds huge chocolate cake on deck and naturally eats it — and who wouldn’t! www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

The CFPB will begin deleting agency data as soon as today. Meanwhile, the Trump administration and Musk staffers are rewriting history on U.S. government websites and erasing data from databases nationwide—removing information that doesn’t align with their political agenda.