"The white fathers told us: I think, therefore I am. The Black mother within each of us — the poet — whispers in our dreams: I feel, therefore I can be free. Poetry coins the language to express and charter this revolutionary demand, the implementation of that freedom." - Audre Lorde

I screamed in the car on the commute home, that's how bonkers everyone is driving.

My morale is so low today. My energy is nonexistent.

Golden-brown tofus make me so happy. 🥰

My 3 A's: Alma, Aeon, and ArchiveSpace. What are yours?

Pip kept getting his cone off, so we tied it to his harness. It worked for one day, lol. This morning we found the harness still on around his middle, the cone hanging uselessly at his side. He had groomed around the surgical site, but not bitten at the stitches, thank goodness.

TFW you find a hair on your sweater and know exactly which friend it belongs to. 🥰

Three hours 'til I see my Pippi!

A toddler just came to the reference desk and asked for the children's room. In a special collections library. 😭🥰 I did get to point out our life-sized Cat in the Hat plushie, as well as the original Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer statue.

Hey you! Yes, you! Just to survive and keep your heart soft is an amazing achievement these days - you're doing great!

A *local* veterinarian can do the surgery today - no driving to Concord or Burlington! Also, all the vets and techs and receptionists have been so kind, and you all have been so kind - it's keeping me going. Thank you all so much! #ThePippercorn

Today's thread highlighting people who have reached out for help via Bluesky. 23 today, no bonus posts 1. Winifred: bsky.app/profile/auth...

Pip is back at the emergency vet. Another urethral blockage. Surgery time! The good news is that surgery basically costs as much as one or two bad blockages (not to mention its value in preventing the pain, stress, and danger of repeat blockages). Still, that's $$$$$

It has struck me that the good people of this nation are showing us joy, humor, and art, while the ruling kakistocracy and its rich protectors are grim and miserable. We can help ourselves by being joyful and optimistic, and we will prevail.

Hey friends, what do you do for dry eyes? Gimme your tips, please!

This is so good, so easy, so inexpensive (but it does take a while to make). cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024...

I agreed to index a book in April, about 5 months after my last gig. It feels so good to have a sabbatical from freelance work. I've been working part-time the whole while, but not having to hustle or justify cost-of-living rate increases has been good for the soul.

oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/post/2... - '28 days of librarians' for Black History Month

Alert: Food money for art! Food money for art!

Incidentally, the great Hebrew Bible scholar Walter Brueggemann boiled down the essence of biblical ethics to...neighborliness.

A super bowl featuring a superb owl. CH Brannam Pottery, Barnstaple, North Devon, for Liberty & Co. circa 1900.

My contribution to Super Bowl Sunday is this Jewish Aramaic incantation bowl with a demon on it. From Nippur, Mesopotamia, circa 6th-7th century CE. Truly a super bowl.

I've been binging this song lately. What songs are inspiring you these days? www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4n_...

My God, is this a hopeful thread! I thought they'd be paid well enough to compensate for the negative aspects, but damn. All of you protesting and protecting your neighbors are doing God's work. It's hard as fuck, but you're making a difference.

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "No, you only have to wear gloves to touch the photographs."

Today's "go fund me" From Stand with Minnesota - get these kids' dad out of detention. Let's get it moving a little more, Saturday Bluesky.

This is from my local news, but it's important for anyone, especially those who live in places with frequent ice storms or hurricanes. www.ourherald.com/articles/lon...

TIL I've been mispronouncing Sian Beilock's name for years.

Let's help Rook get health care!

I find I'm liking the name Killian more and more. It rolls off the tongue so much more smoothly, and I like having some 👀 in my name. It's novel.

Sometimes you just gotta say "badonkadonk." Other times you just gotta say "Rowsdower!"

The sun is out, it's in the 20s, and snow is sliding off the roof. Chickadees are singing their summer "cheeseburger" songs, and Dayenu is nestled next to me, snoozing as I catch up on emails.

:chef's kiss:

Joyous Imbolc and Feast Day of St. Brigid!

just read some of the recently released epstein files and oh my god. if you already believe the girls don't read them. if you have ptsd don't read them. may the guilty be blotted out of the book of the living.

Just spent two hours at a Saturday morning school board deliberative session. It would have been one hour TOPS if not for an antisocial libertarian who's on a mission to be unpopular.

Oh God. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...

Important analysis here. 👇

Your dreaming and planning is called HOPE and it is a necessity during chaos. People like you are how and why we move forward and out

Heads up!

Can't wait to listen to these!

Every afternoon I clean my glasses. Every morning I put them on and notice new spots of salt on them. Daily weeping is where we in the US live now.

Sparks joy.

It is God being deported.

Thread and opportunity to contribute to mutual aid:

I really appreciated getting this in email form from the Transgender Law Center yesterday. "When the news feels heavy, pause with us." www.instagram.com/p/DSbClRila2...

Hahahahaha, it's me and Horizon Forbidden West. (But also Pip. He's my mental health in a fuzzy orange package.)

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