Victoria Barnes
@betweenwords.bsky.social
I forgot to stop asking questions.
You're not the boss of me.
Mythologist (Ph.D.), photographer, poet.
California-born.
Living on Lenape people's homelands. Honoring the land itself & the Lenape Tribe both past & present.
You're not the boss of me.
Mythologist (Ph.D.), photographer, poet.
California-born.
Living on Lenape people's homelands. Honoring the land itself & the Lenape Tribe both past & present.
Reposted by Victoria Barnes
A couple days ago, I announced that I'm (in the process of) pulling my books off Amazon.
Thrilled that readers will (soon) be able to find ebook editions of my books alongside the print editions at Bookshop.org:
Thrilled that readers will (soon) be able to find ebook editions of my books alongside the print editions at Bookshop.org:
The word is out! Draft2Digital has officially partnered with Bookshop.org to get indie ebooks into indie bookstores!
For more details on this new partnership, check out our latest blog post! #authorsky
www.draft2digital.com/blog/booksho...
For more details on this new partnership, check out our latest blog post! #authorsky
www.draft2digital.com/blog/booksho...
Bookshop.org and Draft2Digital Partner, Enabling Independent Bookstores to Profit from Self-Published Ebooks - Draft2Digital | Blog
Bookshop.org, the online platform championing independent bookstores, announced a new partnership with Draft2Digital!
www.draft2digital.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM
A couple days ago, I announced that I'm (in the process of) pulling my books off Amazon.
Thrilled that readers will (soon) be able to find ebook editions of my books alongside the print editions at Bookshop.org:
Thrilled that readers will (soon) be able to find ebook editions of my books alongside the print editions at Bookshop.org:
For too long #Delaware has been a polluter's haven: "...smokestacks associated w/diesel generators would be the largest source of nitrogen oxide emissions in the entire state..." Gross, right? @mcbride.house.gov @coons.senate.gov @bluntrochester.senate.gov
whyy.org/articles/del...
whyy.org/articles/del...
Proposed Delaware City data center hits major setback from environmental regulators
Environmental regulators in Delaware say the proposed data center, known as Project Washington, would be one of the state’s top polluters.
whyy.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
For too long #Delaware has been a polluter's haven: "...smokestacks associated w/diesel generators would be the largest source of nitrogen oxide emissions in the entire state..." Gross, right? @mcbride.house.gov @coons.senate.gov @bluntrochester.senate.gov
whyy.org/articles/del...
whyy.org/articles/del...
Now is THE opportunity for a consortium of ethical journalists to pitch a new outlet to wealthy and ethical philanthropists. Innovative and vibrant. Reality-based. Line-holding and truth-telling always with adjacent, clear evidence. #MackenzieScott #MelindaGates #Oprah
His ex would run it right.
February 4, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Now is THE opportunity for a consortium of ethical journalists to pitch a new outlet to wealthy and ethical philanthropists. Innovative and vibrant. Reality-based. Line-holding and truth-telling always with adjacent, clear evidence. #MackenzieScott #MelindaGates #Oprah
Now, about those tollbooth plate readers across the country . . .
This is something you need to ask your local officials to do immediately.
Mountain View police turn off license plate readers, allege unauthorized federal use www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
February 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Now, about those tollbooth plate readers across the country . . .
Reposted by Victoria Barnes
“We are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...”
And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.
And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.
A friend shared with me a girl scout cookie link from a group that's having a hard time selling in Minneapolis right now.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:00 AM
“We are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...”
And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.
And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.
How to become a man.
flying-hermes.com/2026/01/13/h...
flying-hermes.com/2026/01/13/h...
How to Become A Man
Faced with a disoriented, hacking, sore-covered man who had been lingering for hours at the coffee shop, I wondered about my plan to continue grading papers there. The barista had been shuffling hi…
flying-hermes.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:14 AM
How to become a man.
flying-hermes.com/2026/01/13/h...
flying-hermes.com/2026/01/13/h...
“The world changes through what we choose to do with our lives.”
—Adrienne Wright
—Adrienne Wright
If something should happen to her, here is what Adrianne Wright wants her daughter to know about the fight for justice and why we must never back down.
https://bit.ly/4pVRnFP
https://bit.ly/4pVRnFP
If Something Happens to Me: A Letter to My Daughter
I want you to know why I chose to keep fighting for the world you deserve.
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 6:14 PM
“The world changes through what we choose to do with our lives.”
—Adrienne Wright
—Adrienne Wright
Just like ‘Call of Duty,’ he said.
January 26, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Just like ‘Call of Duty,’ he said.
“I love my country
As it dies
In war and pain
Before my eyes
I walk the streets
Where disrespect has been
The sins of politics
The politics of sin
The heartlessness that darkens my soul
…
People you must win
For thee America
Her dignity
For all the high court world to see”.
—Laura Nyro (1970)
As it dies
In war and pain
Before my eyes
I walk the streets
Where disrespect has been
The sins of politics
The politics of sin
The heartlessness that darkens my soul
…
People you must win
For thee America
Her dignity
For all the high court world to see”.
—Laura Nyro (1970)
January 24, 2026 at 8:19 PM
“I love my country
As it dies
In war and pain
Before my eyes
I walk the streets
Where disrespect has been
The sins of politics
The politics of sin
The heartlessness that darkens my soul
…
People you must win
For thee America
Her dignity
For all the high court world to see”.
—Laura Nyro (1970)
As it dies
In war and pain
Before my eyes
I walk the streets
Where disrespect has been
The sins of politics
The politics of sin
The heartlessness that darkens my soul
…
People you must win
For thee America
Her dignity
For all the high court world to see”.
—Laura Nyro (1970)
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"It was these Western legends that culminated in the adventures of the masked Lone Ranger."
"It was these Western legends that culminated in the adventures of the masked Lone Ranger."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"The World's Most Transparent Man, she called him."
"The World's Most Transparent Man, she called him."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"The result is the international equivalent of a flying freehold, where a piece of Belgium is sandwiched vertically between two Dutch apartments."
"The result is the international equivalent of a flying freehold, where a piece of Belgium is sandwiched vertically between two Dutch apartments."
January 22, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"It was these Western legends that culminated in the adventures of the masked Lone Ranger."
"It was these Western legends that culminated in the adventures of the masked Lone Ranger."
#Canada I've distilled Carney's speech that points to the view of inevitable globalization & cooperation. Counter tRump's ideas, we cannot deny decades of technological advances in communication & awareness of global issues affect us all. It's actually pretty cool.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN0K...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN0K...
Bob Marley & The Wailers - One Love / People Get Ready (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by BobMarleyVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
#Canada I've distilled Carney's speech that points to the view of inevitable globalization & cooperation. Counter tRump's ideas, we cannot deny decades of technological advances in communication & awareness of global issues affect us all. It's actually pretty cool.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN0K...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN0K...
Mark Carney's full speech at the World Economic Forum
YouTube video by National Post
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Unwritten (for Renee)
and Wednesday’s purple clouds
screamed down in icy streaks
with her unwritten poems
we would not come to read
yet we knew what next
from our seeing
how we are to go
and where
(from flying-hermes.com)
and Wednesday’s purple clouds
screamed down in icy streaks
with her unwritten poems
we would not come to read
yet we knew what next
from our seeing
how we are to go
and where
(from flying-hermes.com)
January 12, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Unwritten (for Renee)
and Wednesday’s purple clouds
screamed down in icy streaks
with her unwritten poems
we would not come to read
yet we knew what next
from our seeing
how we are to go
and where
(from flying-hermes.com)
and Wednesday’s purple clouds
screamed down in icy streaks
with her unwritten poems
we would not come to read
yet we knew what next
from our seeing
how we are to go
and where
(from flying-hermes.com)
Reposted by Victoria Barnes
Netflix is pulling the #SheRa reboot in mid-February.
Once it's gone, the only way to legally watch the series will be the DVDs that only cover seasons 1-3.
Of 5.
Bluesky, my family just got to the season 3 finale in our rewatch AND. IT. DESTROYS.
1/3
Once it's gone, the only way to legally watch the series will be the DVDs that only cover seasons 1-3.
Of 5.
Bluesky, my family just got to the season 3 finale in our rewatch AND. IT. DESTROYS.
1/3
January 11, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Netflix is pulling the #SheRa reboot in mid-February.
Once it's gone, the only way to legally watch the series will be the DVDs that only cover seasons 1-3.
Of 5.
Bluesky, my family just got to the season 3 finale in our rewatch AND. IT. DESTROYS.
1/3
Once it's gone, the only way to legally watch the series will be the DVDs that only cover seasons 1-3.
Of 5.
Bluesky, my family just got to the season 3 finale in our rewatch AND. IT. DESTROYS.
1/3
Goodnight, 2025.
December 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Goodnight, 2025.
Solstice in Kansas.
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Solstice in Kansas.
Why wouldn’t you buy this novel about a detective with #ADHD ?
CHRISTMAS GIFT SUGGESTION #312:
Instead of getting your partner with ADHD another self-help book, get them this ADHD detective novel that's all about embracing the parts of ourselves that can't be helped.
At Bookshop.org, Itch.io, and Amazon-I-guess.
Links in the link:
Instead of getting your partner with ADHD another self-help book, get them this ADHD detective novel that's all about embracing the parts of ourselves that can't be helped.
At Bookshop.org, Itch.io, and Amazon-I-guess.
Links in the link:
A Dark Hole Darkly
Sometimes neurodivergence makes you a much SHITTIER detective.
www.drewmelbourne.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Why wouldn’t you buy this novel about a detective with #ADHD ?
"The Playbook of Every Successful Nonviolent Struggle":
1. ASSESS the situation to understand the conflict landscape.
2. BUILD the power to carry out effective action.
3. ACT to shift power.
4. DEFEND our wins to ensure long-term resilience.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/11/the-...
1. ASSESS the situation to understand the conflict landscape.
2. BUILD the power to carry out effective action.
3. ACT to shift power.
4. DEFEND our wins to ensure long-term resilience.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/11/the-...
The playbook of every successful nonviolent struggle
Nonviolent movements that have toppled oppressive regimes, prevented coups and transformed societies follow these four essential steps.
wagingnonviolence.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"The Playbook of Every Successful Nonviolent Struggle":
1. ASSESS the situation to understand the conflict landscape.
2. BUILD the power to carry out effective action.
3. ACT to shift power.
4. DEFEND our wins to ensure long-term resilience.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/11/the-...
1. ASSESS the situation to understand the conflict landscape.
2. BUILD the power to carry out effective action.
3. ACT to shift power.
4. DEFEND our wins to ensure long-term resilience.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/11/the-...
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
bald eagle
dolphin
garibaldi (Catalina goldfish)
coyote
flying fish
bald eagle
dolphin
garibaldi (Catalina goldfish)
coyote
flying fish
Introducing myself with 5 animals I've seen in the wild:
Orca whale
Roosevelt Elk
Whatever bear lives in upstate ny & stole all our food on a poorly planned camping trip
Banana slug
Bison
Orca whale
Roosevelt Elk
Whatever bear lives in upstate ny & stole all our food on a poorly planned camping trip
Banana slug
Bison
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Humpback whale
Grizzly
Bighorn sheep
Sambar
Pine marten
Humpback whale
Grizzly
Bighorn sheep
Sambar
Pine marten
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
bald eagle
dolphin
garibaldi (Catalina goldfish)
coyote
flying fish
bald eagle
dolphin
garibaldi (Catalina goldfish)
coyote
flying fish
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen--
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Van Morrison
Laura Nyro
Big Mama Thornton
Joan Baez
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Van Morrison
Laura Nyro
Big Mama Thornton
Joan Baez
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen--
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Van Morrison
Laura Nyro
Big Mama Thornton
Joan Baez
Big Brother & the Holding Company
Van Morrison
Laura Nyro
Big Mama Thornton
Joan Baez