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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · 2h

There is anger, but there is also hope and joy. There is just something about seeing so many people come out in support or defense of the things you care about. At least in red states I know it is easy to believe you are small in numbers and nobody else cares.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · 18h

Hey all! Sorry, I'm not one here much. I was going to use this to replace my doom scrolling on FB, but it didn't work.
voltcon.org my brain is full of happy chemicals after spending the weekend with all of the amazing staff and attendees at VoltCon.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Sep 1

I try to discourage anyone from coming to the US right now and I worry about reentry for friends and family who are traveling out of the country.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Sep 1

The rest of this year is about finishing a whole bunch of incomplete projects. A fire pit is something we've talked about before, but it was a quick project. So it was okay to start a new one. Even if it was allowing me to procrastinate on something else, it was done in less than a week!!!

Bony Troxell @troxellstradingpost.com · Sep 1

It has gotten cooler in the evenings, and @lizzschunn.bsky.social decided we needed a fire ring, so...

A picture of a fire. It is contained in a metal fire ring, surrounded by sand. There are camping chairs set up around it.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Jul 24

Sorry it's been a bit. The world is absolute garbage.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Jul 24

She is such an adorable little punk ass.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

And now to give this jealous puppy attention. She will be happy when the chicks are out of the kitchen.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

I think this is the last one. This punk ass is Athena. She is hard to get away from the others for pictures.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

This lovely little bird is Hecate. When we got them she was the smallest and had a bald spot on her butt so for the first couple of weeks she was Naked Butt. The bald spot is covered in feathers now, thank goodness.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

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So there are 3 birds that were very similar. Amaterasu, Hathor, and Apolo. When they had baby feathers we could tell them apart because Apolo has a darker dotted line, Hathor had a darker dot on her head, and Amaterasu has no dark spots.
I am about 90% certain this is Amaterasu.

Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

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So there are 3 birds that were very similar. Amaterasu, Hathor, and Apolo. When they had baby feathers we could tell them apart because Apolo has a darker dotted line, Hathor had a darker dot on her head, and Amaterasu has no dark spots.
I am about 90% certain this is Apolo.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

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So there are 3 birds that were very similar. Amaterasu, Hathor, and Apolo. When they had baby feathers we could tell them apart because Apolo has a darker dotted line, Hathor had a darker dot on her head, and Amaterasu has no dark spots.
I am about 90% certain this is Hathor.

Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

This little one is Icarus. At first we thought they were immature and would catch up, and thought Icarus would be cute. Now we are planning modifications to the coop plans so that she can reach everything more easily. 🫤

Small black chicken. Picture from above. The longest feathers sticking out on the right side.

Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

This is Aris. She is an asshole to the other birds and thinks she is a parrot/shoulder chicken.

Small red and brown chicken loafing on lap.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

This is Artemis. She is the smallest of the black chickens and is the first to run towards or away from things.

Small black chicken posing for an album cover or something.

Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

This one started out as Goldie because she was the lightest of the Rose Island Reds. When we decided to go with names from Mythology, she became Iris. Her bestie is Hera.

Cute little yellow chick looking into the camera with interest.

Small chicken balancing on foot and pecking at pant leg.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

This little cutie is Persephone. She does not hold still for pictures. She has lots of baby feathers on her head still and so far has the most feathers with brown on them.

Small black chicken with yellow-ish feet.

Small black chicken perched on arm and peering into crate.

Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

This is Hera. She does get up and move around like the others but she is most often seen loafing on a foot or lap.

Small brown chicken loafing on pant leg.

Three chickens the one on the right is Hera (not loafing).

Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

This is Hera. She does get up and move around like the others but she is most often seen loafing on a foot or lap.

Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 10

Babies are getting bigger and the things we used to tell them apart are changing.
Meet Demeter she is a Black Star who currently is mostly black with some brown on her chest feathers.

Small black chicken looking at the camera, named Demeter.

Small black chicken looking to the side.

Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Apr 9

I was about to revive the podcast and then I got chickens , so maybe when I get the coop and pen built and get them out of my kitchen I'll probably start planning episodes.

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Mar 15

that reduces taxes on the ultra wealthy and forces the rest of us to pay for it.
You have a duty to hold our president accountable, and if you can't, then you deny him what he wants. Instead of enabling him, make him break more laws and ignore court orders to get what he wants.

Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Mar 15

Under normal circumstances, I would say avoiding a government shutdown is a good thing. We are not living in normal times. There is absolutely no guarantee that the president will allocate funds as they were intended to be spent and we cannot afford to endorse any kind of deal

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Lizz Schunn she/her @lizzschunn.bsky.social · Mar 15

We got babies!!!
I've been thinking about raising chickens again for a while. The price of eggs just pushed me over the edge.

Six fluffy black baby dinosaurs (chicks) in a tiny box.

Six fluffy red/brown baby dinosaurs (chicks) in small box.

Twelve chickens in wooden box with food and water containers on the right and a wire mesh door covering it to keep the cats out.

One sad black and brown puppy sitting outside the kitchen behind a gate who REALLY wants a closer look at the baby dinosaurs.

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · Mar 4

BREAKING - a bill mandating genital inspections to participate at all age levels of girls' and women's sports fails in the U.S. Senate. It needed 60 votes to move forward.

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