Ok #booksky, let’s talk. 👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books. 👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

Let them be mad. Let them judge you. Let them misunderstand you. Let them gossip about you. Let them ignore you. Let them be right. Let them doubt you. Let them hate you. Let them run your name in the ground. Let them make you out to be the villain. But never let them make you question your worth.

While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.

Warning!!! Talk of narcissistic abuse. It is hard to realize you may be in this abusive cycle and difficult to get out. This abuse can happen in any type of relationship. Don't be afraid to reach out for help if you feel you are in this situation. You are not alone. salltsisters.com/why-can-a-na...

For anyone who needs this. ❤️ www.thehotline.org

They charged Luigi Mangione with terrorism for killing one white man. But the FBI just corrected the Mayor of New Orleans and tried to embarrass her on national news saying a man who just drove into a crowd w/ a truck loaded with bombs & started shooting is NOT a terrorist. Fuck this country.

US Capitol struck by lightning 12/31/2024 Video: Stephanie Ricker/Twitter

I just want @morthosthedemon.bsky.social and I to feel safe in our home again... I hate being this stressed out. Masks have come off and what's left behind is a nightmare. We don't need to hear "I told you so" right now. We understand we messed up.

This is it in a nut shell 🦋

Surprise everyone! Gonna be doing a No Man’s Sky Stream this evening, looking forward to showing off some new channel art made by @agusta99.bsky.social, sorry the void has been quiet for awhile, hopefully this is a nice surprise for everyone. 💜 www.Twitch.tv/Morthosthede...

#homeless #unhoused #harmreduction

This sums it up, yes.

I mean the Vikings were cool and all, but some of y'all just way too obsessed with them, there was some srsly banger shit happening around the world at the exact same time that was at least as interesting if not more

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2024 and all it's fukery caused me to take so many time outs from the hobbies I love the most. I'd feel guilty if I picked up my game controller, therefore I'd put it down for months. A new movie hit the theaters..Nope! I need to stay focused. Stay focused for what? What will be will be.

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." -- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917

Rocking for 10 years. #CriticalRole

Can't get much done when the cat wants attention all day, every day. ❤️

Feeling a bit stuck with crochet lately and not wanting to work on any of my other projects. So as any spicy brain person would do, I have started another project to pump dopamine again. Welcome in star blanket! ☺️ Here is the link to the crochet pattern: bettymcknit.com/patterns/6da...

Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94. His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.

Our sweet baby. She worked so hard to survive despite her rough start in life, we are thankful she died peacefully. 💜😢

Throwback to my first big crochet project. I spent a year making this blanket for my mom. ❤️ Here is the link to the pattern I used thecrochetcrowd.com/crochet-bean...

Three daughters of Malcolm X are suing the CIA, FBI, the NYPD and others, accusing them of playing roles in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader

I LOVE IT HERE!

Image description: screenshot of the profile of user @nativeamerican.bsky.social. Their most recent post is about Yellow Eyes (Ishtazi) of the Lakota Nation.

Starting a thread of blocklists to share (feel free to reply with your favorites)

Hi everyone! I am a fiber artist who is looking to step away from standard retail. I am looking for bipoc, indigenous, lgbtqia+, trans, disability owned businesses for yarn and other craft supplies. Thank you!

I will always post pics of my beautiful kitty, Bobby, and will never not have an excuse to whip out photos of her to everyone and anyone. Here are a few of my favorite ones of my kitty and yes my phone is filled with her. ❤️

Always 💖 Don't make me tap the sign