LilyLeftTheValley
@lilyleftthevalley.bsky.social
I have lived in many valleys. I have left them all.
#NOICIUTU
Hobby level naturalist in 5b & er58g.
What a timeline to be living!
PFP: Balloon art lily of the valley
Banner: ink drawing of a forest of fantastical beings of many sizes and types
#NOICIUTU
Hobby level naturalist in 5b & er58g.
What a timeline to be living!
PFP: Balloon art lily of the valley
Banner: ink drawing of a forest of fantastical beings of many sizes and types
Pinned
Just dusting this off and sharing it from the vaults as we head into interesting times.
Never forget: we are stronger and more resilient when we work together.
Never forget: we are stronger and more resilient when we work together.
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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Most artists started on lined school paper and used ballpoint pens, #2 pencils and crayons. They became artists because they stuck with it, not because Sennelier oils and squirrel brushes were bestowed upon them in preschool
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Most artists started on lined school paper and used ballpoint pens, #2 pencils and crayons. They became artists because they stuck with it, not because Sennelier oils and squirrel brushes were bestowed upon them in preschool
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The Pentagon announced an investigation into Mark Kelly, but there is no need to waste taxpayer dollars. He has already confessed he is guilty — guilty of following the law and Constitution and encouraging others to do the same. He doesn’t even show remorse for his loyalty to the Constitution!…1/2
Trump essentially said loyalty to the Constitution is punishable by death. Those are dangerous words coming from the President of the United States, but I’m not going to be intimidated.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The Pentagon announced an investigation into Mark Kelly, but there is no need to waste taxpayer dollars. He has already confessed he is guilty — guilty of following the law and Constitution and encouraging others to do the same. He doesn’t even show remorse for his loyalty to the Constitution!…1/2
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Pardons for sale, get your fresh hot pardons for sale...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Pardons for sale, get your fresh hot pardons for sale...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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ICYMI, the Utah State Legislature will consider a bill that will force data centers to disclose how much water they use: www.fox13now.com/news/great-s... #utpol #Utah
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
ICYMI, the Utah State Legislature will consider a bill that will force data centers to disclose how much water they use: www.fox13now.com/news/great-s... #utpol #Utah
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"Pardoned by George H. W. Bush, 1989. Currently serving a life sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Gobbler was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder, both committed during a botched robbery in 1992."
Pardoned Turkeys: Where Are They Now?
Gobbler Pardoned by George H. W. Bush, 1989. Currently serving a life sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Gobbler was convicted of two counts of ...
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Pardoned by George H. W. Bush, 1989. Currently serving a life sentence in Leavenworth Penitentiary. Gobbler was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder, both committed during a botched robbery in 1992."
Flurries...earlier than expected.
Otherwise, most of the plant matter in the backyard save some stubbornly still green grasses are various shades of warm browns dotted with grays--the latter mostly milkweed seed pods.
Otherwise, most of the plant matter in the backyard save some stubbornly still green grasses are various shades of warm browns dotted with grays--the latter mostly milkweed seed pods.
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Flurries...earlier than expected.
Otherwise, most of the plant matter in the backyard save some stubbornly still green grasses are various shades of warm browns dotted with grays--the latter mostly milkweed seed pods.
Otherwise, most of the plant matter in the backyard save some stubbornly still green grasses are various shades of warm browns dotted with grays--the latter mostly milkweed seed pods.
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A recent episode of NPR’s CodeSwitch mentioned an NEH award to Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College and the University of North Dakota which preserved archival material and oral histories related to the history of North Dakota’s Indigenous population.
www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
Tribal colleges are a unique resource — and they're under threat : Code Switch
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College has classes on everything from Native American studies to gardening to equine sciences to the Hidatsa language. Like other tribal colleges and universities (aka TCUs), it...
www.npr.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A recent episode of NPR’s CodeSwitch mentioned an NEH award to Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College and the University of North Dakota which preserved archival material and oral histories related to the history of North Dakota’s Indigenous population.
www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...
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Choose kindness.
Choose love.
Choose books, both fun & powerful.
Choose a vehicle capable of outrunning the law, and fill it with banned books and friends who excel at a certain kind of mischief.
Choose love.
Choose books, both fun & powerful.
Choose a vehicle capable of outrunning the law, and fill it with banned books and friends who excel at a certain kind of mischief.
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Choose kindness.
Choose love.
Choose books, both fun & powerful.
Choose a vehicle capable of outrunning the law, and fill it with banned books and friends who excel at a certain kind of mischief.
Choose love.
Choose books, both fun & powerful.
Choose a vehicle capable of outrunning the law, and fill it with banned books and friends who excel at a certain kind of mischief.
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The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
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Here is my weak, and admittedly deeply cynical, attempt at parodying this Act in our national Theater of the Absurd.
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Here is my weak, and admittedly deeply cynical, attempt at parodying this Act in our national Theater of the Absurd.
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Visited the local university campus. Look at these so called scholars, what a bunch of turkeys.
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Visited the local university campus. Look at these so called scholars, what a bunch of turkeys.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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“But that’s just as bad,” protested Milo.
“You mean just as good,” corrected the Humbug. “Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.”
“You mean just as good,” corrected the Humbug. “Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.”
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“But that’s just as bad,” protested Milo.
“You mean just as good,” corrected the Humbug. “Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.”
“You mean just as good,” corrected the Humbug. “Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things.”
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The best time to plant a tree in your yard was ten years ago.
The best time to build a wizard tower in your yard was five years ago.
The best time to brew moonshine and invite the old gods of moss & mischief to share a drink in your yard is this very minute.
The best time to build a wizard tower in your yard was five years ago.
The best time to brew moonshine and invite the old gods of moss & mischief to share a drink in your yard is this very minute.
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The best time to plant a tree in your yard was ten years ago.
The best time to build a wizard tower in your yard was five years ago.
The best time to brew moonshine and invite the old gods of moss & mischief to share a drink in your yard is this very minute.
The best time to build a wizard tower in your yard was five years ago.
The best time to brew moonshine and invite the old gods of moss & mischief to share a drink in your yard is this very minute.
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While they roll out the next distraction story, watch what's being said on the side.
They now claim they "defeated" the shutdown.
Let that sink in. He "defeated" healthcare and fought against food for the vulnerable.
We the people are the current administration's enemy.
They now claim they "defeated" the shutdown.
Let that sink in. He "defeated" healthcare and fought against food for the vulnerable.
We the people are the current administration's enemy.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
While they roll out the next distraction story, watch what's being said on the side.
They now claim they "defeated" the shutdown.
Let that sink in. He "defeated" healthcare and fought against food for the vulnerable.
We the people are the current administration's enemy.
They now claim they "defeated" the shutdown.
Let that sink in. He "defeated" healthcare and fought against food for the vulnerable.
We the people are the current administration's enemy.
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Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Oh hey, I found the war on christmas
'tis a rare day indeed when both boys are lurking in the hallway at the same time, silently glaring an unspoken reminder that it's time for breakfast.
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
'tis a rare day indeed when both boys are lurking in the hallway at the same time, silently glaring an unspoken reminder that it's time for breakfast.
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“By royal command the pastry chefs have worked all night in the half bakery to make sure that——”
“The half bakery?” questioned Milo.
“Of course, the half bakery,” snapped the king. “Where do you think half-baked ideas come from?
“The half bakery?” questioned Milo.
“Of course, the half bakery,” snapped the king. “Where do you think half-baked ideas come from?
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“By royal command the pastry chefs have worked all night in the half bakery to make sure that——”
“The half bakery?” questioned Milo.
“Of course, the half bakery,” snapped the king. “Where do you think half-baked ideas come from?
“The half bakery?” questioned Milo.
“Of course, the half bakery,” snapped the king. “Where do you think half-baked ideas come from?