Linda
@lindabeyond.bsky.social
Bookfreak, writer, poet, photographer, paper artist. ME/CFS, mental health & caregiving advocate. Living under Canadian goose migration path in MN. 💙📚 #BookSky IG @/lindabookmania 🌌 🌛🌕🌜🍉
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Linda
@lindabeyond.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Seeing lots of great posts crossing my feed. If you are a bibliophile, a writer, a gardener, a photographer, or love MN, Scotland or ancient history, give a shout!
I'm currently balancing writing and caregiving and mental health recovery. Always looking for smart, funny people to connect with. 💙
I'm currently balancing writing and caregiving and mental health recovery. Always looking for smart, funny people to connect with. 💙
Awww poor Samwise! He just wants a home for the holidays. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride. Say the word and he can be yours!
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The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, Paperback | Pangobooks
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November 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Awww poor Samwise! He just wants a home for the holidays. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride. Say the word and he can be yours!
Check out this book at PangoBooks | The Lord of the Rings | pangobooks.com/books/0c3efc...
Check out this book at PangoBooks | The Lord of the Rings | pangobooks.com/books/0c3efc...
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Linus and Lucy #VinceGuaraldiTrio
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November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I feel for these Guardsmen and their families, how horrifying.
But they should never have been there.
This is what happens when you amp up the rhetoric, and you have a President and DoD Sec who are making terroristic threats.
National Guard caught in the middle.
But they should never have been there.
This is what happens when you amp up the rhetoric, and you have a President and DoD Sec who are making terroristic threats.
National Guard caught in the middle.
Both National Guard members are in critical condition in a local hospital, FBI Director Kash Patel said.
National Guardsmen shot in DC near White House
Both National Guard members are in critical condition in a local hospital, FBI Director Kash Patel said.
www.kare11.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I feel for these Guardsmen and their families, how horrifying.
But they should never have been there.
This is what happens when you amp up the rhetoric, and you have a President and DoD Sec who are making terroristic threats.
National Guard caught in the middle.
But they should never have been there.
This is what happens when you amp up the rhetoric, and you have a President and DoD Sec who are making terroristic threats.
National Guard caught in the middle.
Start your holiday off right! A little book shopping never hurt anyone. This vintage set comes with original reader note cards (they didn't write in the books!), and a bookmark.
Check out the book I listed on PangoBooks! | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | pangobooks.com/app/book/4a5...
Check out the book I listed on PangoBooks! | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | pangobooks.com/app/book/4a5...
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, Paperback | Pangobooks
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November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Start your holiday off right! A little book shopping never hurt anyone. This vintage set comes with original reader note cards (they didn't write in the books!), and a bookmark.
Check out the book I listed on PangoBooks! | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | pangobooks.com/app/book/4a5...
Check out the book I listed on PangoBooks! | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | pangobooks.com/app/book/4a5...
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the woman using the r-word in this clip, Laura Ndirangu, is now interviewing for a position on the school board in Forest Lake, Minnesota
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
the woman using the r-word in this clip, Laura Ndirangu, is now interviewing for a position on the school board in Forest Lake, Minnesota
That is gross.
November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
That is gross.
I have my great grandma's (lots of lard!), and my grandma's! Stained, clippings tucked in, and yes, a rubber band.
Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I have my great grandma's (lots of lard!), and my grandma's! Stained, clippings tucked in, and yes, a rubber band.
In this year of our lord 2025, after Kimmel and Pride and DEI debacles, I still see people planning Disney vacations.
Have they been well and truly brainwashed?
Look. I loved Harry Potter. I mean, Ravenclaw, midnight releases, multiple movie showings loved. But I let it go due to actions of JKR.
Have they been well and truly brainwashed?
Look. I loved Harry Potter. I mean, Ravenclaw, midnight releases, multiple movie showings loved. But I let it go due to actions of JKR.
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In this year of our lord 2025, after Kimmel and Pride and DEI debacles, I still see people planning Disney vacations.
Have they been well and truly brainwashed?
Look. I loved Harry Potter. I mean, Ravenclaw, midnight releases, multiple movie showings loved. But I let it go due to actions of JKR.
Have they been well and truly brainwashed?
Look. I loved Harry Potter. I mean, Ravenclaw, midnight releases, multiple movie showings loved. But I let it go due to actions of JKR.
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Dear algorithm, please connect us with readers:
📚 Whose idea of the “perfect day” consists of visiting their indie bookshop.
📚 Who try to shop small whenever they can.
📚 Who love audiobooks.
📚 Interested in Digital Rights Management.
Oh, and people who are looking to divest from Amazon/Audible 😏
📚 Whose idea of the “perfect day” consists of visiting their indie bookshop.
📚 Who try to shop small whenever they can.
📚 Who love audiobooks.
📚 Interested in Digital Rights Management.
Oh, and people who are looking to divest from Amazon/Audible 😏
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Dear algorithm, please connect us with readers:
📚 Whose idea of the “perfect day” consists of visiting their indie bookshop.
📚 Who try to shop small whenever they can.
📚 Who love audiobooks.
📚 Interested in Digital Rights Management.
Oh, and people who are looking to divest from Amazon/Audible 😏
📚 Whose idea of the “perfect day” consists of visiting their indie bookshop.
📚 Who try to shop small whenever they can.
📚 Who love audiobooks.
📚 Interested in Digital Rights Management.
Oh, and people who are looking to divest from Amazon/Audible 😏
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The New Yorker obtained memorandums that revealed that the U.S. had agreed to pay Eswatini more than $5 million, and Rwanda $7.5 million, in exchange for accepting foreign-national deportees. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/P__NVj
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The New Yorker obtained memorandums that revealed that the U.S. had agreed to pay Eswatini more than $5 million, and Rwanda $7.5 million, in exchange for accepting foreign-national deportees. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/P__NVj
Someone needs to put him to bed earlier, if he is going to be in high level meetings where he has to actually be, you know, awake!
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Someone needs to put him to bed earlier, if he is going to be in high level meetings where he has to actually be, you know, awake!
Apparently this is a popular title on Pango right now! Get it before it's gone.
Duplicate in my library. Brand new!
Check out this book at PangoBooks | The Nightingale | pangobooks.com/books/b94226...
Duplicate in my library. Brand new!
Check out this book at PangoBooks | The Nightingale | pangobooks.com/books/b94226...
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, Paperback | Pangobooks
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November 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Apparently this is a popular title on Pango right now! Get it before it's gone.
Duplicate in my library. Brand new!
Check out this book at PangoBooks | The Nightingale | pangobooks.com/books/b94226...
Duplicate in my library. Brand new!
Check out this book at PangoBooks | The Nightingale | pangobooks.com/books/b94226...
Pointing an assault rifle into a crowd of protesters? Holy mackerel. That is straight up loony.
Notice how the unmasked dude just casually lowers the gun, like he does it every day.
Good thing someone with some sense was there, I guess?
Hard to tell who's who, but Mr. Ass is likely ICE. Cops local.
Notice how the unmasked dude just casually lowers the gun, like he does it every day.
Good thing someone with some sense was there, I guess?
Hard to tell who's who, but Mr. Ass is likely ICE. Cops local.
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Pointing an assault rifle into a crowd of protesters? Holy mackerel. That is straight up loony.
Notice how the unmasked dude just casually lowers the gun, like he does it every day.
Good thing someone with some sense was there, I guess?
Hard to tell who's who, but Mr. Ass is likely ICE. Cops local.
Notice how the unmasked dude just casually lowers the gun, like he does it every day.
Good thing someone with some sense was there, I guess?
Hard to tell who's who, but Mr. Ass is likely ICE. Cops local.
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an ICE agent points a lethal firearm into a crowd of unarmed protesters this morning. The St. Paul police department arrived to support the ICE agents, assaulting unarmed protestors with chemical agents and physical force.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
an ICE agent points a lethal firearm into a crowd of unarmed protesters this morning. The St. Paul police department arrived to support the ICE agents, assaulting unarmed protestors with chemical agents and physical force.
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Wild card idea. You know who might make a great Secretary of Defense? @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Wild card idea. You know who might make a great Secretary of Defense? @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
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Happy Thanksgiving Eve!🦃 Today’s crew is feeling especially thankful for our wonderful community who go out of their way to support local businesses❤️ If we’re on your list of pre-Thanksgiving errands today, please note that we’re closing at 4pm so our staff can get home to their families!
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Eve!🦃 Today’s crew is feeling especially thankful for our wonderful community who go out of their way to support local businesses❤️ If we’re on your list of pre-Thanksgiving errands today, please note that we’re closing at 4pm so our staff can get home to their families!
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The disclosure is the latest detail to emerge as the court reviews whether to hold Trump administration officials in contempt for ignoring a judge’s oral order. Accountability needs to come swiftly Kristi Noem knowingly broke the law, and the consequences should reflect that.
Noem made decision not to turn around deportation flights bound for El Salvador after judge's order, DOJ says
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem made the final decision to allow a group of deportees to be handed over to El Salvador after a judge said their flights must be returned to the U.S., the DOJ said.
www.cbsnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The disclosure is the latest detail to emerge as the court reviews whether to hold Trump administration officials in contempt for ignoring a judge’s oral order. Accountability needs to come swiftly Kristi Noem knowingly broke the law, and the consequences should reflect that.
'Tis the season! A lovely little Penguin 60 collection of Alcott stories. Thanksgiving appropriate! Perfect stocking stuffer for yourself or any Alcott fan!
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An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving and Other Stories by Louisa Alcott, Paperback | Pangobooks
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November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
'Tis the season! A lovely little Penguin 60 collection of Alcott stories. Thanksgiving appropriate! Perfect stocking stuffer for yourself or any Alcott fan!
Check out this book at PangoBooks | An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving and Other Stories | pangobooks.com/books/99fa97...
Check out this book at PangoBooks | An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving and Other Stories | pangobooks.com/books/99fa97...
Same.
Physically I’m now in sweatpants until Friday, mentally I’m now in sweatpants until January
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Same.
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Military raid on a state prison????
These 🤡🤡🤡 are so detached from reality it's truly terrifying
These 🤡🤡🤡 are so detached from reality it's truly terrifying
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Military raid on a state prison????
These 🤡🤡🤡 are so detached from reality it's truly terrifying
These 🤡🤡🤡 are so detached from reality it's truly terrifying
My husband just received a donation request from Samaritan's Purse. I noticed because you hardly ever see that one.
Is there anything more American than skimming obscene amounts of money off of a charity purported to exist to help the disadvantaged? Well, churches have, too!
Franklin Graham gives himself $720,000/year from one of his charities called "Samaritan's Purse," with, clearly, the emphasis on the purse.
Franklin Graham gives himself $720,000/year from one of his charities called "Samaritan's Purse," with, clearly, the emphasis on the purse.
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
My husband just received a donation request from Samaritan's Purse. I noticed because you hardly ever see that one.
Home Depot's sales are DOWN.
Target is sniffling that they need to spend 5 BILLION to renovate stores to increase traffic (maybe they should not have dropped sponsorship of the Pride Parade!).
Amazon is just evil, like predatory evil, low pay evil, big brother evil.
Also Starbucks! Supports Israel!
Target is sniffling that they need to spend 5 BILLION to renovate stores to increase traffic (maybe they should not have dropped sponsorship of the Pride Parade!).
Amazon is just evil, like predatory evil, low pay evil, big brother evil.
Also Starbucks! Supports Israel!
Don’t shop at Home Depot, Target, or Amazon over the next week. During the busiest shopping period of the year, let’s make our dollars count by refusing to support corporations complicit in Trump’s authoritarian power grab: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Home Depot's sales are DOWN.
Target is sniffling that they need to spend 5 BILLION to renovate stores to increase traffic (maybe they should not have dropped sponsorship of the Pride Parade!).
Amazon is just evil, like predatory evil, low pay evil, big brother evil.
Also Starbucks! Supports Israel!
Target is sniffling that they need to spend 5 BILLION to renovate stores to increase traffic (maybe they should not have dropped sponsorship of the Pride Parade!).
Amazon is just evil, like predatory evil, low pay evil, big brother evil.
Also Starbucks! Supports Israel!
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My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My mom told her physical therapist she wears a mask because her husband and daughter are immunocompromised. The PT said she is too but isn't worried bc she knows if she dies she is going to heaven. Then her co-worker yelled, “Shut up Debbie you wear a seatbelt and take blood pressure meds” 👀
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Anyone who thinks rich people will look out for them, the alleged “richest man in the world” is stiffing his contractors.
WOWWWWW— that didn’t take long: “Crews walk out on on Nashville tunnel, claiming Musk’s Boring Company Failed to Pay Workers and Snubbed OSHA concerns”
As we suspected, that absurd not-a-town-hall with Steve Davis aged like guacamole 🥑 nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
As we suspected, that absurd not-a-town-hall with Steve Davis aged like guacamole 🥑 nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Anyone who thinks rich people will look out for them, the alleged “richest man in the world” is stiffing his contractors.