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Karen (B)
@bookishkb.bsky.social
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Mediocre photos of very fine creatures. From Chicago; in Wisconsin. She/her. Reader. Science fiction fan. For human rights, books, art, health care for all, etc. Trans rights are human rights. Voting is a right. Against fascism.
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 17h
Though scoreboard looks like 2 & 1 to me
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 17h
Games in series vs. score in current game?
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 21h
Suspended
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 22h
At least there was baseball to watch last night?

(Gah, brains.)
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 22h
💜💜💜
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 1d
About 2 AM our time. At 1:30 I went to the news to see who won & saw that the game was still going.
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New Disabled South @newdisabledsouth.org · 1d
We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.

If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate

We take care of each other ❤️
Graphic with a light background and the New Disabled South logo in the top right corner. Large bold text reads: ‘Apply: Food Assistance for Disabled People in the South.’ Text below explains that due to the government shutdown, people in the South will not receive their November SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments. New Disabled South is offering one-time payments to help people impacted by not receiving SNAP — $100 for individuals and $250 for households with two or more people. It notes that funding is first-come, first-served and that SSI or Medicaid recipients should read a disclaimer before applying. A call-to-action at the bottom reads: ‘Apply at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.’ There are small illustrations of a grocery bag and a grocery list. Graphic with a light background and the New Disabled South logo in the top right corner. Large bold text reads: ‘Donate to Support Food Assistance for Disabled People in the South.’ The message says that New Disabled South is raising money to provide direct payments to people impacted by loss of SNAP funds, and invites donations. A black banner at the bottom reads: ‘Donate at ndsdj.org/snapdonate.’ A small illustration of a grocery bag with food items is on the left. Graphic in Spanish with a light background and the New Disabled South logo in the top right corner. Large bold text reads: ‘Solicitar: Asistencia Alimentaria para Personas con Discapacidad en el Sur.’ The text explains that due to the government shutdown, people will not receive November SNAP payments and that New Disabled South offers one-time payments of $100 for individuals and $250 for households with two or more people, first-come, first-served. It also includes a note for SSI or Medicaid recipients. A black banner at the bottom reads: ‘Solicitar en ndsdj.org/snaphelp.’ A small illustration of a grocery bag and grocery list appears on the left. Graphic in Spanish with a light background and the New Disabled South logo in the top right corner. Large bold text reads: ‘Dona para apoyar la asistencia alimentaria para personas con discapacidad en el Sur.’ The text explains that New Disabled South is raising funds to make direct payments to people affected by the loss of SNAP funds and provides information on how to donate. A black banner at the bottom reads: ‘Dona en ndsdj.org/snapdonate.’ A small illustration of a grocery bag with food items appears on the left.
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 1d
CHICAGO!!! Support your library.
go-for-a-walk.bsky.social Sara Heymann @go-for-a-walk.bsky.social · 2d
Do you love the Chicago Public Library? Do you not want to wait weeks for books? Do you still want to be able to go to programs? Send a letter to electeds !

In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 1d
My grandparents did, too. Uncle thought they were the sourest grapefruit he'd ever had.
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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 1d
Call for recs! Have your put your favorite SFF media and artists into the Hugo rec sheet yet? :D #HugoAwards
The Hugo Awards (2026)
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks for thinking of us - Independent Media going 10 years strong! Support our work here - unicornriot.ninja/10years/ 🦄💖✨
10 Years of Telling Your Stories. 10 Years of Unicorn Riot. - UNICORN RIOT
For over a decade, Unicorn Riot has been on the frontlines of social and environmental movements covering stories that are often ignored in mainstream discourse, including alternatives to conventional...
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 1d
Hey, LiveJournal had the memories feature to let you track which post(s) you loved or hated. Until someone locked their posts away from you, anyway.

And a friends checker tool, made & shared by an LJ user. You could see who had friended or unfriended you since the last time you checked.
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Amy McNally @infamousfiddler.bsky.social · 3d
A physical artifact exists!!!
A cd's front cover. It reads "Amy & Me," and then, under a photo of 2 musicians in a couch, "Bill Roper with Amy McNally." Amy is on the left in a red dress holding a fiddle and laughing. Bill is on the right holding a guitar and wearing a space themed button down shirt and bluejeans and grinning real big.
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 2d
Online! Free!
ebenbow.bsky.social Eliot Benbow @ebenbow.bsky.social · 3d
@londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society will be hosting its first colloquium of the academic year on the 22nd November 2025 on the subject of Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages. 😊

You can find the Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81823681150
This poster provides the details for the London Medieval Society Colloquium on Women & Knowledge. Saturday 22nd November 10:00-15:00 (UK time) via Zoom In the centre of the poster is an image from a Medieval manuscript of a group of standing and seated women reading a number of books Image credit: British Library, Harley 4431, f. 107
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 3d
I have given out creature rings before. Sourced, alas, from Target and the last Ben Franklin in town, which closed a couple of years ago.

Thought about stickers.

Got tiny Play-Doh for the littles but don't know how popular it will be.
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 3d
Homeroom teacher?
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 3d
Good placement, though. Some friends have a lot of feeders on/near their front window. When the feeders are empty, you suddenly notice that all the greenery in front of the window is full of birbs watching you intently.
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 3d
Always good to see an apex predator in action!
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 3d
No
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 3d
Frog solidarity!
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I've been thinking about Matt Furie a lot during this period of political frog realignment, so I made this comic dedicated to him.
Color comic with multiple panels. Pepe the Frog, a lanky frog with a stoner expression on his face - but somewhat sad - walks away from a burning pile of 4chan logos and "Kek"s. He sees some commotion and perks up. In the next panel, he's shocked at the sight of dancing frogs, a la the Portland Frog inflatable costume protesters. One frog notices him, and reaches for his hand. The final panel shows the frog leading Pepe by the hand to the other dancing protesting frogs. The frog says "Frogs together strong," and Pepe says "feels good, man."
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 4d
Joanna Russ
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 4d
Ah, thank you.
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 4d
FYI re: SNAP
The notices I have seen say that existing balances may not be available come Nov. 1st. That is I think a new twist. Money that should be in an account will disappear? What about the people whose benefits land in the middle of the month and are used to having access to funds for 4 weeks?
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 5d
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Unless you're doing it to make a long lap for cats
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Karen (B) @bookishkb.bsky.social · 5d
Happy anniversary to you both! Good work.
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