Susan Sanfrey
@pencilinherhand.bsky.social
Books, nature, figure skating.
Star Trek, Doctor Who.
Star Trek, Doctor Who.
Pinned
"Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of that fact."
—George Eliot
—George Eliot
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Well fuck.
Greg Biffle was a great competitor on the track, but his charity work off the track was even better. When the floods devastated Asheville, Greg, a helicopter pilot, started flying relief missions himself to get supplies to the area.
He did the same for Jamaican hurricane victims
Greg Biffle was a great competitor on the track, but his charity work off the track was even better. When the floods devastated Asheville, Greg, a helicopter pilot, started flying relief missions himself to get supplies to the area.
He did the same for Jamaican hurricane victims
#NASCAR Garrett Mitchell, aka Cleetus McFarland has posted that Greg Biffe, his wife, daughter and son have passed away.
December 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Well fuck.
Greg Biffle was a great competitor on the track, but his charity work off the track was even better. When the floods devastated Asheville, Greg, a helicopter pilot, started flying relief missions himself to get supplies to the area.
He did the same for Jamaican hurricane victims
Greg Biffle was a great competitor on the track, but his charity work off the track was even better. When the floods devastated Asheville, Greg, a helicopter pilot, started flying relief missions himself to get supplies to the area.
He did the same for Jamaican hurricane victims
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This is Millie. She just learned how to sled. Hopes you brought a second land frisbee, because she will not be taking turns. 13/10 (TT: millietheredlab)
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is Millie. She just learned how to sled. Hopes you brought a second land frisbee, because she will not be taking turns. 13/10 (TT: millietheredlab)
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My latest for The Boston Globe, on a new study of Tolkien. (Thanks, @katekilla.bsky.social, for commissioning and editing!)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/a...
‘The Tower and the Ruin’ examines Tolkein’s work, its influences, and its legacy - The Boston Globe
Why have so few of Tolkien’s imitators achieved even a twentieth of his artistic and commercial success?
www.bostonglobe.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My latest for The Boston Globe, on a new study of Tolkien. (Thanks, @katekilla.bsky.social, for commissioning and editing!)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/15/a...
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Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
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#LibFaves25 Day 2:
THE GALES OF NOVEMBER: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD by John U. Bacon
Fantastic book that covers SO much more than the shipwreck itself. Details the lives of the crew, how important Great Lakes shipping is, and the danger involved (worse than ocean sailing).
THE GALES OF NOVEMBER: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD by John U. Bacon
Fantastic book that covers SO much more than the shipwreck itself. Details the lives of the crew, how important Great Lakes shipping is, and the danger involved (worse than ocean sailing).
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
#LibFaves25 Day 2:
THE GALES OF NOVEMBER: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD by John U. Bacon
Fantastic book that covers SO much more than the shipwreck itself. Details the lives of the crew, how important Great Lakes shipping is, and the danger involved (worse than ocean sailing).
THE GALES OF NOVEMBER: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD by John U. Bacon
Fantastic book that covers SO much more than the shipwreck itself. Details the lives of the crew, how important Great Lakes shipping is, and the danger involved (worse than ocean sailing).
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The Yale Glee Club brought the holiday spirit onboard Metro-North!
They rode the New Haven Line into NYC for their performance at the Yale Club — and along the way, filled the train car with a stirring rendition of Ding Dong Merrily On High.
They rode the New Haven Line into NYC for their performance at the Yale Club — and along the way, filled the train car with a stirring rendition of Ding Dong Merrily On High.
December 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Yale Glee Club brought the holiday spirit onboard Metro-North!
They rode the New Haven Line into NYC for their performance at the Yale Club — and along the way, filled the train car with a stirring rendition of Ding Dong Merrily On High.
They rode the New Haven Line into NYC for their performance at the Yale Club — and along the way, filled the train car with a stirring rendition of Ding Dong Merrily On High.
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Too on the nose for comfort:
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles was detained by ICE. She says ICE called her tribal ID “fake.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles was detained by ICE. She says ICE called her tribal ID “fake.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Too on the nose for comfort:
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles was detained by ICE. She says ICE called her tribal ID “fake.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles was detained by ICE. She says ICE called her tribal ID “fake.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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A timely reminder that despite the disinformation RFK Jr has added to the CDC website, vaccines do not cause autism. Furthermore, there is nothing wrong with being on the autism spectrum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_w7...
Why we know that vaccine/autism claims are bollocks
YouTube video by Back to the Science
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A timely reminder that despite the disinformation RFK Jr has added to the CDC website, vaccines do not cause autism. Furthermore, there is nothing wrong with being on the autism spectrum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_w7...
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#SkateAmerica #GPFigure
Paul Wylie! You couldn't get a more appropriate guy to hand out a medal to Kevin if you planned it!
Paul was inconsistent for *so long* until he had his glorious Olympic moment.
Paul Wylie! You couldn't get a more appropriate guy to hand out a medal to Kevin if you planned it!
Paul was inconsistent for *so long* until he had his glorious Olympic moment.
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
#SkateAmerica #GPFigure
Paul Wylie! You couldn't get a more appropriate guy to hand out a medal to Kevin if you planned it!
Paul was inconsistent for *so long* until he had his glorious Olympic moment.
Paul Wylie! You couldn't get a more appropriate guy to hand out a medal to Kevin if you planned it!
Paul was inconsistent for *so long* until he had his glorious Olympic moment.
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Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing!
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing!
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
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One more skeet for Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Behind this historical marker is the famed Whitefish Bay. Today the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Mich., rang the recovered bell 31 times, 29 for the victims of the wreck, once for all Great Lakes shipwreck victims, and once for Gordon Lightfoot.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
One more skeet for Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Behind this historical marker is the famed Whitefish Bay. Today the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Mich., rang the recovered bell 31 times, 29 for the victims of the wreck, once for all Great Lakes shipwreck victims, and once for Gordon Lightfoot.
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Neurodivergent friendship is a funny thing. You can find your people and have amazing connections with them, but be too overwhelmed with life to stay in touch, but miss them dearly and feel lonely, but be too burnt out to even send a text. 😩
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Neurodivergent friendship is a funny thing. You can find your people and have amazing connections with them, but be too overwhelmed with life to stay in touch, but miss them dearly and feel lonely, but be too burnt out to even send a text. 😩
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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Reality: Many (if not most) autistic people are living to survive. Barely coping. Some of us manage to look "fine" but are really struggling to make it through the day...
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Reality: Many (if not most) autistic people are living to survive. Barely coping. Some of us manage to look "fine" but are really struggling to make it through the day...
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These people will never understand that most voters aren’t voting with some grand political strategy in mind. They just want to afford housing and groceries and have a nice mayor who seems like he actually likes other humans www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
These people will never understand that most voters aren’t voting with some grand political strategy in mind. They just want to afford housing and groceries and have a nice mayor who seems like he actually likes other humans www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
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I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
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The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
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This thread makes a point I find myself coming to often these days.
It's hard to make this point in a way that doesn't sound like a threat, but it's just a fact that for centuries the wealthy in America worried that the mob would come get them and did all they could to avoid that fate.
It's hard to make this point in a way that doesn't sound like a threat, but it's just a fact that for centuries the wealthy in America worried that the mob would come get them and did all they could to avoid that fate.
lol what the wealthy today don't seem to understand is part of staying wealthy in society is not pissing off the masses.
There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.
There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.
October 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This thread makes a point I find myself coming to often these days.
It's hard to make this point in a way that doesn't sound like a threat, but it's just a fact that for centuries the wealthy in America worried that the mob would come get them and did all they could to avoid that fate.
It's hard to make this point in a way that doesn't sound like a threat, but it's just a fact that for centuries the wealthy in America worried that the mob would come get them and did all they could to avoid that fate.
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As you enjoy picking and carving your #Halloween pumpkin, remember the farm workers who labored to grow and harvest them. Let's give a big thanks to the Salinas CA farm workers who harvested these pumpkins that have ended up at local pumpkin patches and area stores. #WeFeedYou
October 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As you enjoy picking and carving your #Halloween pumpkin, remember the farm workers who labored to grow and harvest them. Let's give a big thanks to the Salinas CA farm workers who harvested these pumpkins that have ended up at local pumpkin patches and area stores. #WeFeedYou
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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Tried to sneak a photo of a cute doggo and accidentally had long exposure on and I believe I have created man’s greatest expression of art
October 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tried to sneak a photo of a cute doggo and accidentally had long exposure on and I believe I have created man’s greatest expression of art
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Then she turns around and dedicates it to the 34x Felon?? — Bah.
October 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Then she turns around and dedicates it to the 34x Felon?? — Bah.