Bess
@strawberrygarden.bsky.social
Too complicated to fit in this little box. she/her
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 430: Read. Read widely. Read what you love, and what you don't. Read what you know, and what you don't yet know. The wider your reading, the better your chance of avoiding the limitations of being influenced by only one author, one genre, one culture, one time.
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 430: Read. Read widely. Read what you love, and what you don't. Read what you know, and what you don't yet know. The wider your reading, the better your chance of avoiding the limitations of being influenced by only one author, one genre, one culture, one time.
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It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
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Took a walk through the Chinese gardens at the south Seattle arboretum and the colors were perfect.
#seattle #photography #bluesky #naturephotography #nature #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #autumn
#seattle #photography #bluesky #naturephotography #nature #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #autumn
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Took a walk through the Chinese gardens at the south Seattle arboretum and the colors were perfect.
#seattle #photography #bluesky #naturephotography #nature #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #autumn
#seattle #photography #bluesky #naturephotography #nature #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #autumn
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Happy birthday, @pbs, and thank you for (just off the top of my head) Mister Rogers, Bob Ross, Sesame Street, Cosmos, Reading Rainbow, Nova, Frontline, The American Experience, The Magic School Bus, and Nature.
The good you put into this world, and the return on my investment, is astronomical.
The good you put into this world, and the return on my investment, is astronomical.
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Happy birthday, @pbs, and thank you for (just off the top of my head) Mister Rogers, Bob Ross, Sesame Street, Cosmos, Reading Rainbow, Nova, Frontline, The American Experience, The Magic School Bus, and Nature.
The good you put into this world, and the return on my investment, is astronomical.
The good you put into this world, and the return on my investment, is astronomical.
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Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
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If you have election tomorrow that you can vote in then make sure you do your goddamn American duty and help save this place!
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If you have election tomorrow that you can vote in then make sure you do your goddamn American duty and help save this place!
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Almost forgot #SlimeMoldSunday! This is genus Arcyria. It’s really tiny, see second photo for scale.
📷🍄 #FungiFriends #Myxomycetes
📷🍄 #FungiFriends #Myxomycetes
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Almost forgot #SlimeMoldSunday! This is genus Arcyria. It’s really tiny, see second photo for scale.
📷🍄 #FungiFriends #Myxomycetes
📷🍄 #FungiFriends #Myxomycetes
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They want people to starve, It was never about funding SNAP benefits. They want to price people out of the ability to live.
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
They want people to starve, It was never about funding SNAP benefits. They want to price people out of the ability to live.
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Houstonians are painting the town rainbow to protest crosswalk removal www.chron.com/culture/arti...
After Greg Abbott took theirs, Houstonians are painting rainbows everywhere
"The more rainbows I can paint, the better."
www.chron.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Houstonians are painting the town rainbow to protest crosswalk removal www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...
ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees
More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration offici...
www.ncronline.org
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...
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Cartoon: A track record https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/30/2351045/-Cartoon-A-track-record?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=
Cartoon: A track record
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November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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"You've committed the SECOND classic blunder, the first one being to mistake British actor Andrew Knott as American actor Ed Norton, but only SLIGHTLY less well-known is THIS: never reference "Young Sheldon" when "Grand Nagus ZEK" is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha! Vote Mamdami."
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"You've committed the SECOND classic blunder, the first one being to mistake British actor Andrew Knott as American actor Ed Norton, but only SLIGHTLY less well-known is THIS: never reference "Young Sheldon" when "Grand Nagus ZEK" is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha! Vote Mamdami."
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okay I did the thing. Raising Down Payment Money for a car so I can do more work when my one job stops paying and hopefully stop having to ask for money because I'll be able to work enough jobs to make ends meet.
Takes 2-3 now apparently.
Please share widely and help if you can.
I'll Post Moxes!
Takes 2-3 now apparently.
Please share widely and help if you can.
I'll Post Moxes!
Donate to Get Ella a Vehicle to save and make money for Cat Food, organized by Ella Tailor
Hello,
It's me your friendly Niche Microblogging Site's ow… Ella Tailor needs your support for Get Ella a Vehicle to save and make money for Cat Food
gofund.me
October 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
okay I did the thing. Raising Down Payment Money for a car so I can do more work when my one job stops paying and hopefully stop having to ask for money because I'll be able to work enough jobs to make ends meet.
Takes 2-3 now apparently.
Please share widely and help if you can.
I'll Post Moxes!
Takes 2-3 now apparently.
Please share widely and help if you can.
I'll Post Moxes!
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Night night sweet dreamies
Your worth isn’t woven into what you wear, the title you hold, or how many people notice you.
It lives quietly inside you, a steady reminder that you are already enough, with or without anyone’s approval.
Your worth isn’t woven into what you wear, the title you hold, or how many people notice you.
It lives quietly inside you, a steady reminder that you are already enough, with or without anyone’s approval.
November 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
Your worth isn’t woven into what you wear, the title you hold, or how many people notice you.
It lives quietly inside you, a steady reminder that you are already enough, with or without anyone’s approval.
Your worth isn’t woven into what you wear, the title you hold, or how many people notice you.
It lives quietly inside you, a steady reminder that you are already enough, with or without anyone’s approval.
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From Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between, Black residents are confronting these projects in different ways.
Black Communities Across the US Refuse to Be Sacrifice Zones for Data Centers
From Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between, Black residents are confronting these projects in different ways.
buff.ly
November 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
From Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between, Black residents are confronting these projects in different ways.
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Discworld QOTD, from Unseen Academicals
“‘As a wizard I must tell you that words have power.’
'As a politician I must tell you I already know.’”
“‘As a wizard I must tell you that words have power.’
'As a politician I must tell you I already know.’”
Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music
“There is a type of girl who, while incapable of cleaning her bedroom even at knifepoint, will fight for the privilege of being allowed to spend the day shoveling manure in a stable.”
“There is a type of girl who, while incapable of cleaning her bedroom even at knifepoint, will fight for the privilege of being allowed to spend the day shoveling manure in a stable.”
Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids
“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”
“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Unseen Academicals
“‘As a wizard I must tell you that words have power.’
'As a politician I must tell you I already know.’”
“‘As a wizard I must tell you that words have power.’
'As a politician I must tell you I already know.’”
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Elihu Vedder - Memory 1870
November 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Elihu Vedder - Memory 1870
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*knocks on the door of Wealthy Cis Bluesky users, dressed as Eddie Kingston carrying a gas can for the third year in a row*
Trick or Treat!
Trick or Treat!
okay I did the thing. Raising Down Payment Money for a car so I can do more work when my one job stops paying and hopefully stop having to ask for money because I'll be able to work enough jobs to make ends meet.
Takes 2-3 now apparently.
Please share widely and help if you can.
I'll Post Moxes!
Takes 2-3 now apparently.
Please share widely and help if you can.
I'll Post Moxes!
Donate to Get Ella a Vehicle to save and make money for Cat Food, organized by Ella Tailor
Hello,
It's me your friendly Niche Microblogging Site's ow… Ella Tailor needs your support for Get Ella a Vehicle to save and make money for Cat Food
gofund.me
November 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
*knocks on the door of Wealthy Cis Bluesky users, dressed as Eddie Kingston carrying a gas can for the third year in a row*
Trick or Treat!
Trick or Treat!
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Lil axolotl Dragon sculpted by @tokyozilla.bsky.social !!
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Lil axolotl Dragon sculpted by @tokyozilla.bsky.social !!
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Jeffries: We have an American president behaving like an organized crime boss, stealing taxpayer dollars in real-time in front of everyone in plain sight. And Republicans have nothing to say about the emerging crime scene at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue.
October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Jeffries: We have an American president behaving like an organized crime boss, stealing taxpayer dollars in real-time in front of everyone in plain sight. And Republicans have nothing to say about the emerging crime scene at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue.
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Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.
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