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Introvert/reader/gardener/watercolorist/photographer. Love my 2 grands, espresso, dark chocolate, a world free from fascism/racism/misogyny/genocide/poverty. I don’t follow anyone w/o a bio unless personally known. #ReadingIsResistance #ArtIsResistance πŸ’™πŸ’›πŸ’”
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25 Favorite Fantasy Novels (any subgenre: High, Low, Urban, Historical, Dark, Sword & Sorcery, et al.) No particular order Day 7/25 πŸ‰πŸ“šπŸ§šβ€β™€οΈ #Booksky #bookchallenge #fantasybooks #ReadingIsResistance Watership Down by Richard Adams (low/allegorical fantasy)

Share some orange. #art #watercolor #artshare #artisresistance

25 Favorite Fantasy Novels (any subgenre: High, Low, Urban, Historical, Dark, Sword & Sorcery, et al.) No particular order Day 6/25 πŸ‰πŸ“šπŸ§šβ€β™€οΈ #Booksky #bookchallenge #fantasybooks #ReadingIsResistance City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett (post-apocalyptic urban fantasy)

25 Favorite Fantasy Novels (any subgenre: High, Low, Urban, Historical, Dark, Sword & Sorcery, et al.) No particular order Day 5/25 πŸ‰πŸ“šπŸ§šβ€β™€οΈ #Booksky #bookchallenge #fantasybooks #ReadingIsResistance The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (high/hopepunk fantasy)

25 Favorite Fantasy Novels (any subgenre: High, Low, Urban, Historical, Dark, Sword & Sorcery, et al.) No particular order Day 4/25 πŸ‰πŸ“šπŸ§šβ€β™€οΈ #Booksky #bookchallenge #fantasybooks #ReadingIsResistance Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (β€œa novel of high fantasy and low stakes”/cozy fantasy)

25 Favorite Fantasy Novels (any subgenre: High, Low, Urban, Historical, Dark, Sword & Sorcery, et al.) No particular order Day 3/25 πŸ‰πŸ“šπŸ§šβ€β™€οΈ #Booksky #bookchallenge #fantasybooks #ReadingIsResistance Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay (alternate history/high fantasy)

25 Favorite Fantasy Novels (any subgenre: High, Low, Urban, Historical, Dark, Sword & Sorcery, et al.) No particular order Day 2/25 πŸ‰πŸ“šπŸ§šβ€β™€οΈ #Booksky #bookchallenge #fantasybooks #ReadingIsResistance Clean Sweep, first book of the Innkeeper Chronicles (urban fantasy)

25 Favorite Fantasy Novels (any subgenre: High, Low, Urban, Historical, Dark, Sword & Sorcery, et al.) No particular order Day 1/25 πŸ‰πŸ“šπŸ§šβ€β™€οΈ #Booksky #bookchallenge #fantasybooks #ReadingIsResistance The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (high fantasy)

πŸ‘€πŸ”₯πŸ€” looking to help a veteran and until recently, former Federal employee out?! πŸ‘€πŸ˜ŽπŸ”Š I have peppers, powders and 🌢️ seeds available! Now is the time to plant 🌱 25 seeds for $3.00 2 packs for (sure) πŸ‘€ $5 Free shipping within US. Outside I will go halves.

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 25/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance The Dancers at the End of Times trilogy (An Alien Heat, The Hollow Lands, and The End of All Songs), by Michael Moorcock

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 24/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh

I need to remember this. πŸ“šπŸͺ #booksky

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 23/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance The Anomaly by HervΓ© Lee Tellier

Feelin’ kinda Firefly defiant today. Take my love, take my land. Take me where I cannot stand. I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me.

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 22/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 21/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance Dune by Frank Herbert

Accurate.

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 20/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance Hate to Women’s Country by Sheri Tepper

Called and told my senators about how, when my mother’s identity got stolen, the CFPB’s intervention was the only thing that got the banks to shut down the accounts that had been illegally opened in her name

A list of ALL the issues facing us so we can sort through them with INTELLIGENCE and TAKE ACTION! @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @contrariannews.org THANK YOU! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Yay! Pete’s on Bluesky!

Spread the word! The American medical Association has stepped up to fill the void regarding bird flu information! www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 19/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance The Goddess Child by Louise Marley

My go-to example of this is that Einstein’s work on understanding gravity is required for maps on your phone to work. But the important point is that there are indeed many such cases.

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 18/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe by Douglas Adams

Great messaging from New York AG Tish James www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I’m surprised so few here are fans of Murderbot. I really like it (but not in a weird way), plus its friends & associates who are multi-racial, -sexual, and -gendered. The world it inhabits is a logical outcome of today’s unrestrained capitalism. What’s not to like? #booksky #scifi πŸ“šπŸͺ

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 17/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 16/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance Old Man’s War by John Scalzi

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 15/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A Heinlein

UNTHINKABLE: One-year-old Jeriko Logue Luna was shot and killed by his mother’s boyfriend after an argument over loud music at their home in Tennessee. Jeriko’s mother, Juanita Luna Salazar, was wounded in the shooting while trying to shield him from the gunfire. 🧡

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 14/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance The Terrorists of Irustan by Louise Marley

More terrible acts by this unconstitutional administration.

DNC keep saying β€œfight fight fight”.. How exactly? Surely you’re not suggesting violence. So, I’ll turn that back: β€œLead, lead, lead” preferably with a β€œspine, spine, spine”. Don’t bring bananas to the gunfight, I beg of you. [Shot dedicated to the orange asshole] #photography #offthewagon

β€œMake no mistake, what’s happening right now is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private agency operating with a broad mandate and no concerns for the stability of the United States or the interests of the average American.” Alexander Vindman open.substack.com/pub/alexande...

25 Favorite Science Fiction Novels No particular order Day 13/25 πŸͺ πŸ“š πŸš€ #Booksky #bookchallenge #scifi #sciencefiction #ReadingIsResistance The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu