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American Library Association annual conference approved!

Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this. Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.

Had to clamber over a barbed wire fence, rip my coat and trespass to get a photo of this folkloric monster pretending half-successfully to be a tree. I have no regrets.

I haven’t lived through the collapse of a civilisation before I study history so I have read the guidebooks, but they don’t quite capture the experience of being there

As the EOs and orders keep coming, I keep thinking of the exhibit in the Berlin Jewish Museum that displays the 962 anti-Jewish laws and policies in order as they came down. These kinds of drumbeats are designed not just to oppress but to normalize oppression. www.jmberlin.de/en/jmb-journ...

Redwing blackbirds are back at Wildwood - singing their hearts out!!! 😻

I am the master of building stork nests!

Don't forget: trees are people too.

Choice model railroad residents - mooning the trains going by! 😂😂😂

A snowy and quiet weekend away from the rest of the world! Just what we needed. 😍

I was going to go to the socialist bookstore but I realized I could go to the library instead.

For this evenings viewing pleasure… some sea star butts!

Ugh, full moon buzzing and I’ve already made one bad decision today. Take me away!!!! Photo of a happier day wandering on Iona.

Early for work and checking out Blake Wolfes werewolf series - recommended? #blakewolfe #cryptids #werewolf #escapism

Found a perfect calendar for the next year!

First post - kitty post!

@soolahhoops.bsky.social yay! Found a fellow fae!