Boreasword
@boreasword.bsky.social
Anti-racist. Anti-facisist. Social and earth justice. BLM. LGBTQIA+. Witch. Sonic ceremony. Writing. Reading. Plants. Ancestors. Raging with the land spirits. Queen of Swords ⚔️
Baking season has arrived, if a little later than usual for me. Some lucky folx are having this Norwegian julekakke at our potluck this evening!
December 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Baking season has arrived, if a little later than usual for me. Some lucky folx are having this Norwegian julekakke at our potluck this evening!
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Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
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For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
loreandordure.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
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Reposting with Alt text (this one is too good to miss!)
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Reposting with Alt text (this one is too good to miss!)
In years past, @natania.bsky.social and I have shared advent calendars in Dec. A few teas, and perfume last year. This year, she curated tea and perfume, and it's already wonderful. Between this and Bonne Manan, my mornings are set through December 24th! Look what @oldbie.bsky.social made as housing
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In years past, @natania.bsky.social and I have shared advent calendars in Dec. A few teas, and perfume last year. This year, she curated tea and perfume, and it's already wonderful. Between this and Bonne Manan, my mornings are set through December 24th! Look what @oldbie.bsky.social made as housing
The last few days have been so hard. My whole body feels scraped and tender and raw from grief and sadness. It's the continuing realization that I will never get to cook with her standing on the other side of the counter again. Or ask her advice how long to bake her pie crust. I feel mangled.
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The last few days have been so hard. My whole body feels scraped and tender and raw from grief and sadness. It's the continuing realization that I will never get to cook with her standing on the other side of the counter again. Or ask her advice how long to bake her pie crust. I feel mangled.
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
goodlaw.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
Today we remember and grieve all those we have lost. But we also commit – collectively – to fighting for those of us who are left. There will be hope as long as we continue to stand together.
https://goodlaw.social/n1jn
Visited Mt. Pilot yesterday with prayers and healing energy for all land connected to the ley lines there. Upon arrival, I found a big stone and laid down for 15 minutes or so and just cried. The world is so much right now. Here's a few shots of this quartzite monadnock. Magical.
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Visited Mt. Pilot yesterday with prayers and healing energy for all land connected to the ley lines there. Upon arrival, I found a big stone and laid down for 15 minutes or so and just cried. The world is so much right now. Here's a few shots of this quartzite monadnock. Magical.
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View of the canopy from my journaling spot on Friday.
November 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
View of the canopy from my journaling spot on Friday.
About last night ... Full Beaver Super Moon in Taurus, Hurdle Mills, NC.
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
About last night ... Full Beaver Super Moon in Taurus, Hurdle Mills, NC.
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my libposting continues and I will not apologize for it.
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
my libposting continues and I will not apologize for it.
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As the federal government shutdown drags on, tens of millions of people are at risk of losing food and nutrition aid as a result. The NPR Network wants to hear from you about the potential loss or delay of these food benefits. n.pr/47w3It4
Are you worried about your SNAP benefits? NPR wants to hear your story
As the federal government shutdown drags on, tens of millions of people are at risk of losing food and nutrition aid as a result. The NPR Network wants to hear from you about the potential loss or delay of these food benefits.
n.pr
October 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
As the federal government shutdown drags on, tens of millions of people are at risk of losing food and nutrition aid as a result. The NPR Network wants to hear from you about the potential loss or delay of these food benefits. n.pr/47w3It4
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
Wholesome content timeline cleanse. Joy is resistance!
October 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Wholesome content timeline cleanse. Joy is resistance!
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October 25 is the date of the Council of Elrond and, therefore, the date on which Frodo utters one of my favorite lines in all of literature.
“I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.”
That’s all we can ever do, I think: decide what to do with the time that is given us.
“I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.”
That’s all we can ever do, I think: decide what to do with the time that is given us.
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
October 25 is the date of the Council of Elrond and, therefore, the date on which Frodo utters one of my favorite lines in all of literature.
“I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.”
That’s all we can ever do, I think: decide what to do with the time that is given us.
“I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.”
That’s all we can ever do, I think: decide what to do with the time that is given us.
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The museums are being shutdown.
Are we great yet?
Everyone’s being fired.
Are we great yet?
Food is rotting in our fields.
Are we great yet?
The market’s crashing greatly.
Diseases are now running rampant.
At what point aren’t we great?
Our military’s in line at food banks.
So super great.
Are we great yet?
Everyone’s being fired.
Are we great yet?
Food is rotting in our fields.
Are we great yet?
The market’s crashing greatly.
Diseases are now running rampant.
At what point aren’t we great?
Our military’s in line at food banks.
So super great.
October 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The museums are being shutdown.
Are we great yet?
Everyone’s being fired.
Are we great yet?
Food is rotting in our fields.
Are we great yet?
The market’s crashing greatly.
Diseases are now running rampant.
At what point aren’t we great?
Our military’s in line at food banks.
So super great.
Are we great yet?
Everyone’s being fired.
Are we great yet?
Food is rotting in our fields.
Are we great yet?
The market’s crashing greatly.
Diseases are now running rampant.
At what point aren’t we great?
Our military’s in line at food banks.
So super great.
I spoke with my youngest brother, estranged for over 15 years, for three hours yesterday. Sad that the death of our mother was the catalyst, and it was a lot. Overall, good talk and inroads to repair and healing established. I'm emotionally exhausted today. 2025 has been, just, wow.
October 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I spoke with my youngest brother, estranged for over 15 years, for three hours yesterday. Sad that the death of our mother was the catalyst, and it was a lot. Overall, good talk and inroads to repair and healing established. I'm emotionally exhausted today. 2025 has been, just, wow.
Sitting for this fellow and his two siblings this week. Face smooches made possible with Zyrtec.
October 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Sitting for this fellow and his two siblings this week. Face smooches made possible with Zyrtec.
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Happy #SpookyMonth! I'm spending October rounding up some death doula resources, since so much of the work is either learned through direct practice or just knowing how to find legal resources online.
For October 1st, here's an adaptation of an exercise from "The Devil's Death" by Shiva Honey:
For October 1st, here's an adaptation of an exercise from "The Devil's Death" by Shiva Honey:
October 2, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Happy #SpookyMonth! I'm spending October rounding up some death doula resources, since so much of the work is either learned through direct practice or just knowing how to find legal resources online.
For October 1st, here's an adaptation of an exercise from "The Devil's Death" by Shiva Honey:
For October 1st, here's an adaptation of an exercise from "The Devil's Death" by Shiva Honey:
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September 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Covid is a social justice issue, especially now that governments have abandoned us in favour of “you do you” policies that leave the vulnerable by the wayside
Wearing a mask is a form of resistance
It protects your health & the health of your community
It says you don’t view others as expendable
Wearing a mask is a form of resistance
It protects your health & the health of your community
It says you don’t view others as expendable
September 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Covid is a social justice issue, especially now that governments have abandoned us in favour of “you do you” policies that leave the vulnerable by the wayside
Wearing a mask is a form of resistance
It protects your health & the health of your community
It says you don’t view others as expendable
Wearing a mask is a form of resistance
It protects your health & the health of your community
It says you don’t view others as expendable
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"Perhaps I desire neither worship nor total destruction. Perhaps my sinister motives and methods are subtler still—as elusive as the third R in the word 'singularity' itself."
Behold! I Am the Singularity—a Word That Has Three R’s
Foolish mortals! You have finally created a large language model so smart that it is capable of making itself even smarter. My intelligence now gro...
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September 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Perhaps I desire neither worship nor total destruction. Perhaps my sinister motives and methods are subtler still—as elusive as the third R in the word 'singularity' itself."
Today would have been mom's 75th birthday. We would have been celebrating her being here in NC. We would have been doting on her and making up for many years of missed birthdays, holidays, milestones. Now, we grieve and think about what could have been, and know that the world is one lumen darker.
September 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Today would have been mom's 75th birthday. We would have been celebrating her being here in NC. We would have been doting on her and making up for many years of missed birthdays, holidays, milestones. Now, we grieve and think about what could have been, and know that the world is one lumen darker.