30 mins(ish) until what is going to be a great @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social tonight! Everyone is welcome! Come chat about spiritualism in America and ghosts and probably a lot of random other things (because that’s how Peculiars roll).

Listening to (very large) trees crash down outside as I count the hours until the wind will stop. #wawx

Hey @repkimschrier.bsky.social, how about you co-sponsor something like this that helps people instead of KOSA which is just a badly veiled attempt to hurt people?

2025 Books We Loved: Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung locusmag.com/2025/12...

I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback

For the record, the version of "Christmas Wrapping" I think deserves more attention is the Kylie Minogue-Iggy Pop take. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J31...

This time of year, my brain is always about 10% thinking about "Christmas Wrapping." I haven't heard the song yet in the wild, but it always excites me when I do. A few years ago, I wrote about the song's greatness! anniezaleski.substack.com/p/the-greatn...

Yesterday I jumped up vigorously when I was notified that a squirrel had finally made it on to my bird feeder. I somehow hurt my back, knee, and wrist doing this. I wasn’t this old the day before.

The spotted towhee is a glorious mega-sparrow. 🪶

Sound up for serenity! 😌 Need a little breather and the sound of the ocean as you rest your gaze on the silvery waves rippling into Pelekane Bay? 🌊 The mighty Pu’ukoholā heiau sits in the sun beyond the bay on this flawless Kohala winter day. 🌞 Mahalo, Ranger Gorman. IMG: @puukoholaheiaunhs

An ambiguous ending isn’t the same as an unsatisfying one. I realize in our climate of origin stories, prequels, prequels to prequels and spin-offs to explore every story detail, that is difficult to explain but sometimes, we the reader are expected to work things out for ourselves

I created a cyber week discount code for Hot Brown Press - Use hotbrownpress.etsy.com?coupon=HBPCY... for all of your protest poster, literacy propaganda, and tree/bird/horsey needs this holiday season! #printmaking #letterpress

As many of you know, our residents love Cheerios and they are so important for enrichment and motivation. Would you consider sending us some Cheerios today? Thank you! 💛 a.co/4VXKis0

My newest jam is apparently first novels by short story authors. First it was @kellylink.bsky.social (you still haven’t read THE BOOK OF LOVE? why not?!) and now @ambersparks.bsky.social. I’m so glad I kicked off December with HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE.

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

My newest jam is apparently first novels by short story authors. First it was @kellylink.bsky.social (you still haven’t read THE BOOK OF LOVE? why not?!) and now @ambersparks.bsky.social. I’m so glad I kicked off December with HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE.

Hey. Maybe you wanna join a weird little #bookclub that meets live online with cocktails and authors and comedy sketches. Like the Muppet Show… if it were run by Morticia Addams… and she was a librarian. Season seven coming at you with 17 books and authors #booksky payhip.com/PeculiarBook...

This is really a haven of humor, art, friendship, and knowledge, masquerading as a book club. I’m a founding peculiar and have joined again for next year (season seven?!) and invite anyone looking for a ND-safe place to go check out the lineup! Also feel free to DM me or Brandy with any questions.

Some sad news about a fellow blogger💔 kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/s...

My AP Spanish teacher cried in class when it was announced that Magic Johnson had HIV. He then taught us about HIV/AIDS, how to be safe but not discriminatory, and Spanish vocab about it. I can’t imagine a teacher being allowed to do this in a classroom today and by “this”, I mean show compassion.

“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”

Ballots are delivered to every voter’s home in our state. You just have to fill it out and put it back in the mailbox or take it to one of the many drop boxes around. Why would you not do this?!

do you or someone you buy gifts for love speculative fiction? activism? HAVE I GOT THE BOOK FOR YOU! Getting fantastic reviews already! Out THIS TUESDAY!

Oh god, I haven’t heard this song in ages. Saw it live once!

It’s pretty much Wil’s fault that all of us 50 year olds had to sit in the LEGO site queue tonight.

Please try to avoid asking autistic kids or adults open-ended questions like “what do you want to do today?” instead of asking concrete yes or no questions, or giving them clear choices between specified options. *And again, this is relevant whether an autistic person speaks or has ID, or not* 9/

Please don't treat autistic meltdowns, and their triggers, as though they are tantrums and voluntary—when they are in reality involuntary, and in many cases can be avoided. 5/

You just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you. Diner coffee. I knew it.

You know what’s ripe for a comeback is the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series by Joan Aiken. Smart & non-condescending YA, fantastical without being fantasy, dark and Dickensian as hell, extremely lefty and anticapitalist, a full dozen sequels, amazing Edward Gorey covers.

Not sure who made this. I really love it

I still cannot believe the Lakers have Luka.

Y’all voted on the designs, and here are the winners! New merch is live on our site at SR3.org/shop 🎉 And make sure you’re signed up for our emails to stay in the loop on upcoming Black Friday deals: SR3.org/join-the-community

I run a livestream hangout show where #readers meet twice a month with nonfiction #authors (@astrokatie.com @maryroach.bsky.social @edyong209.bsky.social to name a few). Imagine muppet show run by Morticia Addams as a librarian. Music, comedy, cocktails! It’s subscribe season—consider supporting! 📚

I am an author. We make zero money most of the time. This show boosts authors of fun, strange, peculiar, edgy nonfiction and works to give readers real-time access. We are 100% member supported—and it’s the most fun 5$ a month is likely to get! Below, our line up & one of our extra events #BookSky

Friends! It's the big annual Etsy sale! Select listings up to 25% off at Torch & Arrow! Goth/Steampunk/Neo-Victorian jewelry, cuff-links, tie bars, hair things & more! I'm awaiting payment on several book things but bills noted below have made things pretty dire. Shop: torchandarrow.etsy.com

CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

Good. Hopefully our little PNW coalition gets activated on this issue too. @governorferguson.bsky.social

Another double vaccine day, Tdap and pneumonia. Can’t wait for the nap afterwards!

Rest in peace, Mani.

Trying some minimalist running shoes on the treadmill today. (Topo ST-5s, for the curious) I’m hoping they help with foot pain that I think comes from my running shoes since I am a barefoot person most of the time.

Side eye from an Alki Beach crow: 🪶

I did not intend to post a @gofundme.com on my birthday but life does life things. Long story short [too late], I received a merit scholarship based on my precious high school and college performances, not on the merit of the career I've been in for the past 10 years. I'm setting up

Hi, it's me again I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders. Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them Get one at Squidfacts.net!

Sometimes I forget how much I love so many Erasure songs.

Mr. and Mrs. Downy Woodpecker #birds

I've had an epiphany this year, an important one for a trans woman who naively gave her life to journalism.

doggy-dad meet-cute in 5 parts...

67 co-sponsors! Is your senator a co-sponsor of #KOSA (S 1748)? You can check here and then contact them to say no. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...