Kristen Meston
@klpm.bsky.social
Reader, baker, naturalist with a zoology degree. 90s music store employee. Parent of an autistic young adult. Former book blogger at WeBeReading. Peculiar. Lakers, Storm 🏀. Seattle-adjacent. she/her
Currently reading: Who Killed Father Christmas? …
Currently reading: Who Killed Father Christmas? …
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If you're in WA & concerned about the impacts of data centers, comment by midnight tonight!
FIVE MINUTES can help create a flood of public backlash. Urge the Department of Ecology to DENY the permit for NINETEEN additional diesel generators at a Sabey data center in Quincy.
Key points & link here!
FIVE MINUTES can help create a flood of public backlash. Urge the Department of Ecology to DENY the permit for NINETEEN additional diesel generators at a Sabey data center in Quincy.
Key points & link here!
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🚨 ACTION NEEDED: STOP NEW DIESEL GENERATORS IN QUINCY 🚨 The Washington Department of Ecology is close to approving additional diesel generators for a data center in Quincy, WA. We need as many people...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you're in WA & concerned about the impacts of data centers, comment by midnight tonight!
FIVE MINUTES can help create a flood of public backlash. Urge the Department of Ecology to DENY the permit for NINETEEN additional diesel generators at a Sabey data center in Quincy.
Key points & link here!
FIVE MINUTES can help create a flood of public backlash. Urge the Department of Ecology to DENY the permit for NINETEEN additional diesel generators at a Sabey data center in Quincy.
Key points & link here!
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Help the uncompensated care fund at Seattle Children's hit its $500k goal. give.seattlechildrens.org/campaign/smo...
December 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Help the uncompensated care fund at Seattle Children's hit its $500k goal. give.seattlechildrens.org/campaign/smo...
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Love this review (and so excited to have written an actual mystery that gets a review in Criminal Element!) “Sparks writes of her eccentric cast with tenderness and wit, as they engage in a dance of secrets and half-truths”
Book Review: Happy People Don’t Live Here by Amber Sparks - Criminal Element
In this darkly funny gothic tale, a reclusive mother and her saturnine daughter move into a haunted building brimming with eccentrics.
www.criminalelement.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Love this review (and so excited to have written an actual mystery that gets a review in Criminal Element!) “Sparks writes of her eccentric cast with tenderness and wit, as they engage in a dance of secrets and half-truths”
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Every Southern Resident killer whale calf is a gift, but due to the pod's small size and low reproductive rate, K-Pod calves hit differently.
We were honored to have the chance to glimpse this newest little one in person today as the orcas were leaving Puget Sound.
#whalesky #salishsea
We were honored to have the chance to glimpse this newest little one in person today as the orcas were leaving Puget Sound.
#whalesky #salishsea
December 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Every Southern Resident killer whale calf is a gift, but due to the pod's small size and low reproductive rate, K-Pod calves hit differently.
We were honored to have the chance to glimpse this newest little one in person today as the orcas were leaving Puget Sound.
#whalesky #salishsea
We were honored to have the chance to glimpse this newest little one in person today as the orcas were leaving Puget Sound.
#whalesky #salishsea
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On December 17, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that would criminalize gender-affirming care for youth.
Tell Congress to protect health care for trans youth and their families NOW.
Tell Congress to protect health care for trans youth and their families NOW.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
On December 17, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that would criminalize gender-affirming care for youth.
Tell Congress to protect health care for trans youth and their families NOW.
Tell Congress to protect health care for trans youth and their families NOW.
30 mins(ish) until what is going to be a great @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social tonight! Everyone is welcome! Come chat about spiritualism in America and ghosts and probably a lot of random other things (because that’s how Peculiars roll).
December 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
30 mins(ish) until what is going to be a great @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social tonight! Everyone is welcome! Come chat about spiritualism in America and ghosts and probably a lot of random other things (because that’s how Peculiars roll).
Hey @repkimschrier.bsky.social, how about you co-sponsor something like this that helps people instead of KOSA which is just a badly veiled attempt to hurt people?
Today, we re-introduced the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act, renewing our push to ban no-knock warrants nationwide.
Grateful to have Tamika Palmer, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and Rep. Yvette Clarke as partners in the fight to make sure what happened to Breonna never happens again.
Grateful to have Tamika Palmer, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and Rep. Yvette Clarke as partners in the fight to make sure what happened to Breonna never happens again.
December 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hey @repkimschrier.bsky.social, how about you co-sponsor something like this that helps people instead of KOSA which is just a badly veiled attempt to hurt people?
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2025 Books We Loved: Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung locusmag.com/2025/12...
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
2025 Books We Loved: Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung locusmag.com/2025/12...
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I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
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For the record, the version of "Christmas Wrapping" I think deserves more attention is the Kylie Minogue-Iggy Pop take. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J31...
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
For the record, the version of "Christmas Wrapping" I think deserves more attention is the Kylie Minogue-Iggy Pop take. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J31...
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This time of year, my brain is always about 10% thinking about "Christmas Wrapping." I haven't heard the song yet in the wild, but it always excites me when I do. A few years ago, I wrote about the song's greatness! anniezaleski.substack.com/p/the-greatn...
the greatness of the waitresses' "christmas wrapping"
"A&P has provided me / With the world's smallest turkey"
anniezaleski.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This time of year, my brain is always about 10% thinking about "Christmas Wrapping." I haven't heard the song yet in the wild, but it always excites me when I do. A few years ago, I wrote about the song's greatness! anniezaleski.substack.com/p/the-greatn...
Yesterday I jumped up vigorously when I was notified that a squirrel had finally made it on to my bird feeder. I somehow hurt my back, knee, and wrist doing this. I wasn’t this old the day before.
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Yesterday I jumped up vigorously when I was notified that a squirrel had finally made it on to my bird feeder. I somehow hurt my back, knee, and wrist doing this. I wasn’t this old the day before.
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The spotted towhee is a glorious mega-sparrow. 🪶
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The spotted towhee is a glorious mega-sparrow. 🪶
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Sound up for serenity! 😌
Need a little breather and the sound of the ocean as you rest your gaze on the silvery waves rippling into Pelekane Bay? 🌊
The mighty Pu’ukoholā heiau sits in the sun beyond the bay on this flawless Kohala winter day. 🌞
Mahalo, Ranger Gorman.
IMG: @puukoholaheiaunhs
Need a little breather and the sound of the ocean as you rest your gaze on the silvery waves rippling into Pelekane Bay? 🌊
The mighty Pu’ukoholā heiau sits in the sun beyond the bay on this flawless Kohala winter day. 🌞
Mahalo, Ranger Gorman.
IMG: @puukoholaheiaunhs
December 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Sound up for serenity! 😌
Need a little breather and the sound of the ocean as you rest your gaze on the silvery waves rippling into Pelekane Bay? 🌊
The mighty Pu’ukoholā heiau sits in the sun beyond the bay on this flawless Kohala winter day. 🌞
Mahalo, Ranger Gorman.
IMG: @puukoholaheiaunhs
Need a little breather and the sound of the ocean as you rest your gaze on the silvery waves rippling into Pelekane Bay? 🌊
The mighty Pu’ukoholā heiau sits in the sun beyond the bay on this flawless Kohala winter day. 🌞
Mahalo, Ranger Gorman.
IMG: @puukoholaheiaunhs
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An ambiguous ending isn’t the same as an unsatisfying one.
I realize in our climate of origin stories, prequels, prequels to prequels and spin-offs to explore every story detail, that is difficult to explain but sometimes, we the reader are expected to work things out for ourselves
I realize in our climate of origin stories, prequels, prequels to prequels and spin-offs to explore every story detail, that is difficult to explain but sometimes, we the reader are expected to work things out for ourselves
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
An ambiguous ending isn’t the same as an unsatisfying one.
I realize in our climate of origin stories, prequels, prequels to prequels and spin-offs to explore every story detail, that is difficult to explain but sometimes, we the reader are expected to work things out for ourselves
I realize in our climate of origin stories, prequels, prequels to prequels and spin-offs to explore every story detail, that is difficult to explain but sometimes, we the reader are expected to work things out for ourselves
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I created a cyber week discount code for Hot Brown Press - Use hotbrownpress.etsy.com?coupon=HBPCY... for all of your protest poster, literacy propaganda, and tree/bird/horsey needs this holiday season! #printmaking #letterpress
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I created a cyber week discount code for Hot Brown Press - Use hotbrownpress.etsy.com?coupon=HBPCY... for all of your protest poster, literacy propaganda, and tree/bird/horsey needs this holiday season! #printmaking #letterpress
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As many of you know, our residents love Cheerios and they are so important for enrichment and motivation. Would you consider sending us some Cheerios today? Thank you! 💛 a.co/4VXKis0
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
As many of you know, our residents love Cheerios and they are so important for enrichment and motivation. Would you consider sending us some Cheerios today? Thank you! 💛 a.co/4VXKis0
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My newest jam is apparently first novels by short story authors. First it was @kellylink.bsky.social (you still haven’t read THE BOOK OF LOVE? why not?!) and now @ambersparks.bsky.social. I’m so glad I kicked off December with HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE.
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My newest jam is apparently first novels by short story authors. First it was @kellylink.bsky.social (you still haven’t read THE BOOK OF LOVE? why not?!) and now @ambersparks.bsky.social. I’m so glad I kicked off December with HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE.
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
My newest jam is apparently first novels by short story authors. First it was @kellylink.bsky.social (you still haven’t read THE BOOK OF LOVE? why not?!) and now @ambersparks.bsky.social. I’m so glad I kicked off December with HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE.
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My newest jam is apparently first novels by short story authors. First it was @kellylink.bsky.social (you still haven’t read THE BOOK OF LOVE? why not?!) and now @ambersparks.bsky.social. I’m so glad I kicked off December with HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE.
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Hey. Maybe you wanna join a weird little #bookclub that meets live online with cocktails and authors and comedy sketches. Like the Muppet Show… if it were run by Morticia Addams… and she was a librarian. Season seven coming at you with 17 books and authors #booksky
payhip.com/PeculiarBook...
payhip.com/PeculiarBook...
Peculiar Book Club
Want to know why animals evolved to suck blood? Or the secrets of sword-swallowers? Curious about the cosmos? Or the astrophysics of a dying universe?We are a found family of book lovers, meeting twic...
payhip.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Hey. Maybe you wanna join a weird little #bookclub that meets live online with cocktails and authors and comedy sketches. Like the Muppet Show… if it were run by Morticia Addams… and she was a librarian. Season seven coming at you with 17 books and authors #booksky
payhip.com/PeculiarBook...
payhip.com/PeculiarBook...
This is really a haven of humor, art, friendship, and knowledge, masquerading as a book club. I’m a founding peculiar and have joined again for next year (season seven?!) and invite anyone looking for a ND-safe place to go check out the lineup! Also feel free to DM me or Brandy with any questions.
Hey. Maybe you wanna join a weird little #bookclub that meets live online with cocktails and authors and comedy sketches. Like the Muppet Show… if it were run by Morticia Addams… and she was a librarian. Season seven coming at you with 17 books and authors #booksky
payhip.com/PeculiarBook...
payhip.com/PeculiarBook...
Peculiar Book Club
Want to know why animals evolved to suck blood? Or the secrets of sword-swallowers? Curious about the cosmos? Or the astrophysics of a dying universe?We are a found family of book lovers, meeting twic...
payhip.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is really a haven of humor, art, friendship, and knowledge, masquerading as a book club. I’m a founding peculiar and have joined again for next year (season seven?!) and invite anyone looking for a ND-safe place to go check out the lineup! Also feel free to DM me or Brandy with any questions.
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Some sad news about a fellow blogger💔 kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/s...
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Some sad news about a fellow blogger💔 kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/s...