Laurelsbooks
@laurelsbooks.bsky.social
Clambering onto the Bluesky life raft as Twitter sinks to the depths
A maker of miniature books and large oatmeal cookies
A maker of miniature books and large oatmeal cookies
Finally went to an urgent care place and got a prescription for a greasy ointment to combat my rash. I have gauze pads already, but I don’t have an ace bandage to keep a gauze pad stuck to my arm.
Fortunately, I have ribbons in my box of craft supplies. 😁
Fortunately, I have ribbons in my box of craft supplies. 😁
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Finally went to an urgent care place and got a prescription for a greasy ointment to combat my rash. I have gauze pads already, but I don’t have an ace bandage to keep a gauze pad stuck to my arm.
Fortunately, I have ribbons in my box of craft supplies. 😁
Fortunately, I have ribbons in my box of craft supplies. 😁
Or to erode social trust to the point that we’re not sure if any sentence we read was written by an actual, thinking human. Or if our neighbors are reading sentences written by humans, or if they’re getting their worldview from LLMs… *shudder*
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Or to erode social trust to the point that we’re not sure if any sentence we read was written by an actual, thinking human. Or if our neighbors are reading sentences written by humans, or if they’re getting their worldview from LLMs… *shudder*
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Claire's post has been up for 15 minutes and already the replies are 10/10
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Claire's post has been up for 15 minutes and already the replies are 10/10
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November 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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It’s time for my Thanksgiving Storewide 25% Off Sale! 🎉
Now thru Sunday, December 7th, every item - originals & prints - in my Etsy shop is 25% Off.
Time to go holiday shopping for your favorite art lover!
Find it all here:
Etsy.com/Shop/TheArtOfRobHusberg
Now thru Sunday, December 7th, every item - originals & prints - in my Etsy shop is 25% Off.
Time to go holiday shopping for your favorite art lover!
Find it all here:
Etsy.com/Shop/TheArtOfRobHusberg
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It’s time for my Thanksgiving Storewide 25% Off Sale! 🎉
Now thru Sunday, December 7th, every item - originals & prints - in my Etsy shop is 25% Off.
Time to go holiday shopping for your favorite art lover!
Find it all here:
Etsy.com/Shop/TheArtOfRobHusberg
Now thru Sunday, December 7th, every item - originals & prints - in my Etsy shop is 25% Off.
Time to go holiday shopping for your favorite art lover!
Find it all here:
Etsy.com/Shop/TheArtOfRobHusberg
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More generally, wherever you are in the world: if you have kids’ toys, books, clothes or anything else in just-about-giftable condition that you were thinking of decluttering some time soon, please do it now, this week ideally, and get them to your local charity shop.
Hey Ottawa folks: I gave some kids' books to Twice Upon a Time and they said they've receved fewer donations than usual for this time of year. So if you have any kids' books in good condition, or time or money to spare, here's the info:
Donate - Twice Upon a Time
twiceuponatime.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
More generally, wherever you are in the world: if you have kids’ toys, books, clothes or anything else in just-about-giftable condition that you were thinking of decluttering some time soon, please do it now, this week ideally, and get them to your local charity shop.
Pill bottle caps w/ countdown timers have vanished from the market, replaced with WiFi-enabled ones that are too complicated to use and probably spy on you, to boot. I need a way to tell you when I last took a Tylenol! It shouldn’t be so complicated.
I had promised my mom one for Hanukah, dammit. 😠
I had promised my mom one for Hanukah, dammit. 😠
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Pill bottle caps w/ countdown timers have vanished from the market, replaced with WiFi-enabled ones that are too complicated to use and probably spy on you, to boot. I need a way to tell you when I last took a Tylenol! It shouldn’t be so complicated.
I had promised my mom one for Hanukah, dammit. 😠
I had promised my mom one for Hanukah, dammit. 😠
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Overheard at dinner: “Are they religious?”
“Very. She’s Baylor and he’s A&M.”
“Very. She’s Baylor and he’s A&M.”
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Overheard at dinner: “Are they religious?”
“Very. She’s Baylor and he’s A&M.”
“Very. She’s Baylor and he’s A&M.”
Just a reminder, if anyone is planning to buy wrapping paper: the kind with metallic paint or similar ornamentation isn’t recyclable.
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Just a reminder, if anyone is planning to buy wrapping paper: the kind with metallic paint or similar ornamentation isn’t recyclable.
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I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
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every single baby had to be
hospitalized.
hospitalized.
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of urgency,” he said.
FDA delays left recalled baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert says
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of urgency,” he said.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
every single baby had to be
hospitalized.
hospitalized.
Okay.
Am getting off couch.
Apartment MUST be clean by tomorrow; I have a friend coming over.
CLEAN ALL THE THINGS, as Allie Brosh says.
Back to item two:
Am getting off couch…
Am getting off couch.
Apartment MUST be clean by tomorrow; I have a friend coming over.
CLEAN ALL THE THINGS, as Allie Brosh says.
Back to item two:
Am getting off couch…
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Okay.
Am getting off couch.
Apartment MUST be clean by tomorrow; I have a friend coming over.
CLEAN ALL THE THINGS, as Allie Brosh says.
Back to item two:
Am getting off couch…
Am getting off couch.
Apartment MUST be clean by tomorrow; I have a friend coming over.
CLEAN ALL THE THINGS, as Allie Brosh says.
Back to item two:
Am getting off couch…
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Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
I have had an itchy rash on my arm for 3 days.
It is not hives. (Hives are bigger.)
It is not shingles. (I had the double vax 3 years ago.)
No new foods or cleaning agents, didn’t accidentally take Advil. What the hell is this thing and how do I make it stop?!
It is not hives. (Hives are bigger.)
It is not shingles. (I had the double vax 3 years ago.)
No new foods or cleaning agents, didn’t accidentally take Advil. What the hell is this thing and how do I make it stop?!
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I have had an itchy rash on my arm for 3 days.
It is not hives. (Hives are bigger.)
It is not shingles. (I had the double vax 3 years ago.)
No new foods or cleaning agents, didn’t accidentally take Advil. What the hell is this thing and how do I make it stop?!
It is not hives. (Hives are bigger.)
It is not shingles. (I had the double vax 3 years ago.)
No new foods or cleaning agents, didn’t accidentally take Advil. What the hell is this thing and how do I make it stop?!
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Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
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Now THIS????
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Now THIS????
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
is a white man!
this is how you white man!!!!!!!!!
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I don't know where my Sherlock Holmes outfit and my magnifying glass went
Wherever they are I hope they're happy and solving mysteries
Wherever they are I hope they're happy and solving mysteries
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I don't know where my Sherlock Holmes outfit and my magnifying glass went
Wherever they are I hope they're happy and solving mysteries
Wherever they are I hope they're happy and solving mysteries
Rereading Robert Lawson’s lovely sunlit children’s book Mr. Wilmer, even though it’s not April (the correct month to reread it, which I have done for decades).
There are new books in this apartment. There are books I haven’t reread in years. Why am I reading a book I’ve already memorized?
There are new books in this apartment. There are books I haven’t reread in years. Why am I reading a book I’ve already memorized?
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Rereading Robert Lawson’s lovely sunlit children’s book Mr. Wilmer, even though it’s not April (the correct month to reread it, which I have done for decades).
There are new books in this apartment. There are books I haven’t reread in years. Why am I reading a book I’ve already memorized?
There are new books in this apartment. There are books I haven’t reread in years. Why am I reading a book I’ve already memorized?
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Queen Gertrude (Hamlet) — Edwin Austin Abbey, 1895
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Queen Gertrude (Hamlet) — Edwin Austin Abbey, 1895
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Discover our Holiday Gift Guide, filled with hand-picked books, totes, apparel, and more—thoughtfully curated to make gift-giving joyful and effortless this season.
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Discover our Holiday Gift Guide, filled with hand-picked books, totes, apparel, and more—thoughtfully curated to make gift-giving joyful and effortless this season.
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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People talk about their kids' births as being the most glorious moments of their lives but for me it was when I was high on drugs and climbed a clock tower and edged all the way around the narrow ledge at the top to avoid a police helicopter spotlight.
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
People talk about their kids' births as being the most glorious moments of their lives but for me it was when I was high on drugs and climbed a clock tower and edged all the way around the narrow ledge at the top to avoid a police helicopter spotlight.
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I made a birthday card for my niece. #kidlitart
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I made a birthday card for my niece. #kidlitart
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Be the reason your local indie bookstore stays in business this holiday season
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Be the reason your local indie bookstore stays in business this holiday season
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162 years ago today, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
162 years ago today, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.