Noticed today that two people in Minneapolis, instead of saying goodbye, said "Fuck ICE," in the same tone of voice as a goodbye, and went on their way. Perhaps "Fuck ICE" isbecoming like "ciao"?

Must. Stop. Doomscrolling. Here is a cardinal being frightened off by another birb. Reminds me of the final scene of Karate Kid but can't find a picture from head on that isn't too close up. #Birds

Hello and goodbye from this dark-eyed junco in Minneapolis today. It was cold and icy out there in more ways than one. #Birds

Lolly Willowes: ...her mind walked by lonely seaboard, in marshes and fens, or came at nightfall to the edge of a wood...Her mind was groping after something that eluded her experience, a something that was shadowy and menacing, and yet in some way congenial; #NYRBwomen26 1/

Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes: Her disquiet had no relevance to her life. It arose out of the ground w the smell of the dead leaves: it followed her thru the darkening streets; it confronted her in the look of the risen moon. "Now! Now!" it said to her: and no more. 1/ #NYRBwomen26

Hello and good morning from Minneapolis, where we're overrun by goons with guns, it's 22°F and grey. Reminder that Moon Palace Books has FREE signs, whistles, info, and bumper stickers (both PG and adult only) to identify your car as not belonging to a goon. Also, you can use the restrooms!

Reading Lolly Willowes, I'm struck by the petty greed of the family, and how extractive they are of Laura's person and labor. This is the life that Charlotte Lucas was escaping by marrying Mr Collins in Pride and Prejudice! #NYRBwomen26

If you need some good news from Minneapolis, I've got nearly nothing but this cardinal visited our feeder today and looked quite fetching. #Birds

Say Her Name is not for white women.

I wish people would stop using: 1. Utilize 2. Begs the question and 3. Substack

Yes, yes, I've seen all the joke posts with the woman claiming that her journal is going to fix everything. THIS IS DIFFERENT. Years ago, I found my perfect journal at a discount. When I finished it though, money was tight, or someone had gifted me a journal, so I didn't buy one for me. TILL NOW.

Male cardinal giving the camera the Elmo stare. #Birds

I really enjoyed this weird perspective of a cardinal's tail feathers #Birds

It's Sunday night. Fill up that pill case. I just did. Thanks, @moxiest.art

My 19yo decided to learn how to make lemon macarons before he went back to college. He had a boatload of lemon curd and vanilla frosting leftover. Tonight I baked two gluten free cake layers, put frosting and curd in the middle and frosting on top. Feeling good about home economics.

I have some wishes for 2026. Can we please collectively agree to stop using: 1. Utilize 2. Begs the question 3. Substack and any other Nazi-supporting business I know the world is melting down, but these would make things a little better.

My camera can't identify this male cardinal who is rudely roosting in the seeds. C'mon, dude, use that wire perch I got you! #Birds

Female cardinal acting like a territorial dinosaur while a mild finch looks on. #Birds

My OG Blahaj shark, Bitey, with Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness #FridayReads

Whoops! Almost the end of #LetterboxdFriday and here are my #LastFourWatched Some fun tonal whiplash this week.

Cute lil junco, just trying to eat some seed and ....AWK! #Birds

Cardinals, posing. #Birds

I thought that was one of my middle names, tbh.

Happy New Year! We love sharing these pro-book posters from the Works Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Library's Prints and Photographs Division. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest.

Happy new year, and may it be a better one because we continue to fight and be goofy.

Trying to cut the cord on Duolingo because it's not a great company, so tried the free version and it's terrible. Anyone have any advice? Cut the cord and go to Babbel?

I got served caffeinated coffee, not my usual decaf, and am simultaneously feeling nauseated and on the verge of hallucination/meltdown. A customer earlier had bells on a keychain, and a little kid kept singing Jingle Bells on repeat. Hoping food will help.

Closing out the year with this memoir, which I found recommended on Audhd reddit. It's hitting a little too close for it to be as funny as it might be to someone else, but it's great.

Just finished The Payback by @kashana.blacksky.app and it was unputdownable and terrifyingly plausible. Also, very funny and cool. Would love to have Jada in my life but she'd probably tell me to take off my emotional support sweatshirt.

"My caramels are neither here nor there." (138) It's these moments of the absurd and mundane in the midst of life or death drama that really get me #NYRBwomen25

Happy Saturday after Christmas to all my fellow retail workers. May everyone be patient and kind to you today.

This #FridayReads I'm in the middle of Behooved by M Stevenson, a romantasy about a woman who marries a mean guy about to be king but he accidentally turns into a horse and she's accused of his murder. The sharks are suspicious, but a coworker recommends it highly.

Hey it's #LetterboxdFriday and these were my #LastFourWatched Black Christmas, Blackadder's Christmas Carol. A Christmas Story, and Violent Night

It's true.

I do not want to take off my emotional support sweatshirt and go to work in retail the day after Christmas. But maybe there won't be THAT many returns.

Tree up and decorated on Christmas Eve, which has become a pattern, and it works for me. Last minute, but pretty.

Cardinal preening then looking silly, with a finch nearby to judge him. #Birds

⚡Today⚡As ICE activity continues ramping up, more & more people are ready to hit the streets with their neighbors to keep our community safe. Whether you've been at it since 12/1 or just beginning, join us TODAY for an ICE Watch Welcome. Register defend612.com & tell your friends. See you out there✨

Reading Teffi, and it's reminding me of Segher's Transit, but such a wildly different tone. This one is silly and light. #NYRBwomen25

This is your chance to do a quick ICE WATCH training! Dec 24, 1pm – 2pm, on Zoom. Learn how to document, coordinate and monitor ICE activity, and how to connect with others doing ICE WATCH in your community. DO IT!!!

Good morning! I spent most of the past couple days devouring this book, In Memoriam by Alice Winn. Two friends enthusiastically recommended it so I moved it to the top of my TBR. I want to stop strangers on the street and tell them about it: English schoolboys in love and WWI. Like Song of Achilles.

Cardinal, posing. #Birds

Serious ice encroachment during a time of serious ICE encroachment in Minneapolis.

Seen on a morning cholesterol walk. Black banana in the snow.

Seen on tonight's cholesterol walk. It looks like Santa's cheering that the reindeer is trampling the penguin?!

It's been slow at the feeder cam, but this morning when I went out to refill the seed, I found a female cardinal waiting, then this chickadee hopping around chirping at me, and later a junco. This was the only one the camera caught, and strangely couldn't ID it though even I can. #Birds

I went to a 🏳️‍🌈 bar and look who was there looking fabulous ミ source: blahaj.4k.pics/1pqy3oj ミ #sfw #blahaj #transfem #gay #bar #drinking

It's almost the end of #LetterboxdFriday and here are my #LastFourWatched Pride and Prejudice 1941, The Sure Thing, Tokyo Godfathers, and The Quick and the Dead

Baby Blahaj with my #FridayReads Memories by Teffi with #NYRBwomen25 and In Memoriam by Alice Winn, which a friend recommended, and is reminding me strongly and happily/sadly of Pat Barker's Regeneration, with my old book group of sainted memory.