Lynn Persists
@lynnpersists.bsky.social
This becatted bisexual librarian finds happiness in books, cats, puzzles, and other good generic fun. Seeks to follow fellow enthusiasts.
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Lynn Persists
@lynnpersists.bsky.social
· Oct 12
Beloved: I don't understand how we're going to clean this without putting it in the dishwasher
Myself: With very hot water and dish soap.
Beloved: LIKE CAVE PEOPLE.
Myself: With very hot water and dish soap.
Beloved: LIKE CAVE PEOPLE.
Today I learned kidney failure, liver problems, and menopause can all cause tinnitus! I am so blessed.
December 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Today I learned kidney failure, liver problems, and menopause can all cause tinnitus! I am so blessed.
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🚀🕳️ James Webb just confirmed the first runaway supermassive black hole—ripping through space at 2.2 million mph after getting kicked out of its galaxy. It’s streaking through the “Cosmic Owl” galaxies with a glowing gas trail behind it. A black hole on the run.
🔗 www.space.com/astron...
🔗 www.space.com/astron...
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🚀🕳️ James Webb just confirmed the first runaway supermassive black hole—ripping through space at 2.2 million mph after getting kicked out of its galaxy. It’s streaking through the “Cosmic Owl” galaxies with a glowing gas trail behind it. A black hole on the run.
🔗 www.space.com/astron...
🔗 www.space.com/astron...
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Grasslands dawn #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Grasslands dawn #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography
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In my excitement at finally seeing these Tibetan Snowcocks, I took neither a good photo nor a video! This was up at 17,000 ft with Gokyo Lake below and Everest somewhere in the background!
#birdoftheday #winterbirds #birds #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature #scape #bluesky #mountains #video #pheasant
#birdoftheday #winterbirds #birds #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature #scape #bluesky #mountains #video #pheasant
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In my excitement at finally seeing these Tibetan Snowcocks, I took neither a good photo nor a video! This was up at 17,000 ft with Gokyo Lake below and Everest somewhere in the background!
#birdoftheday #winterbirds #birds #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature #scape #bluesky #mountains #video #pheasant
#birdoftheday #winterbirds #birds #eastcoastkin #wildlife #nature #scape #bluesky #mountains #video #pheasant
The eternal question: do you have enough open tabs?
December 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The eternal question: do you have enough open tabs?
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Injecting some LIGHT 🕎 onto my timeline, by sharing my throwback @historians.org essay “Of Potato Latkes and Pedagogy.” Gender history, auto-ethnography, pedagogy… and “Mom’s” latke recipe! 😋 🗃️
www.historians.org/perspectives...
www.historians.org/perspectives...
Of Potato Latkes and Pedagogy – AHA
A cooking assignment helps illuminate the lives of Jewish women in the past for students.
www.historians.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Injecting some LIGHT 🕎 onto my timeline, by sharing my throwback @historians.org essay “Of Potato Latkes and Pedagogy.” Gender history, auto-ethnography, pedagogy… and “Mom’s” latke recipe! 😋 🗃️
www.historians.org/perspectives...
www.historians.org/perspectives...
It's in everyone of us
To be wise
Find your heart
Open up both your eyes
We can all know everything
Without ever knowing why
It's in everyone of us
By and by
To be wise
Find your heart
Open up both your eyes
We can all know everything
Without ever knowing why
It's in everyone of us
By and by
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It's in everyone of us
To be wise
Find your heart
Open up both your eyes
We can all know everything
Without ever knowing why
It's in everyone of us
By and by
To be wise
Find your heart
Open up both your eyes
We can all know everything
Without ever knowing why
It's in everyone of us
By and by
Just a friendly reminder you can mute words and hashtags anywhere from 24 hours to forever. (Also, Bluesky doesn't seem to have a limit on the number of words and hashtags you can mute).
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Just a friendly reminder you can mute words and hashtags anywhere from 24 hours to forever. (Also, Bluesky doesn't seem to have a limit on the number of words and hashtags you can mute).
Ah, the Christmas season cognitive dissonance has set in.
December 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Ah, the Christmas season cognitive dissonance has set in.
Frosted Mini-Wheats, now with an owl in every box!
Day 14 of #ArtAdventCalendar: "Snowy Owl on a Mini Wheat."
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Frosted Mini-Wheats, now with an owl in every box!
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Yule ≠ Christmas
Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals, with origins among the ancient Norse thousands of years ago.
Although today it’s heavily associated with, and even confused with, Christmas, the celebration existed long before Christianity. 🧵⬇️
Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals, with origins among the ancient Norse thousands of years ago.
Although today it’s heavily associated with, and even confused with, Christmas, the celebration existed long before Christianity. 🧵⬇️
December 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Yule ≠ Christmas
Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals, with origins among the ancient Norse thousands of years ago.
Although today it’s heavily associated with, and even confused with, Christmas, the celebration existed long before Christianity. 🧵⬇️
Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals, with origins among the ancient Norse thousands of years ago.
Although today it’s heavily associated with, and even confused with, Christmas, the celebration existed long before Christianity. 🧵⬇️
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obligatory map, I suppose he could fall under “sexy” but I feel he deserves a new category involving accents
December 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
obligatory map, I suppose he could fall under “sexy” but I feel he deserves a new category involving accents
Made tuna, mushroom, and sweetcorn pizzas using the Pillsbury mini crusts from a tube and, meh, should have stuck with my usual pizza crust.
I thought I would try something different! Mini pizzas are cute! And they were on sale!
I thought I would try something different! Mini pizzas are cute! And they were on sale!
December 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Made tuna, mushroom, and sweetcorn pizzas using the Pillsbury mini crusts from a tube and, meh, should have stuck with my usual pizza crust.
I thought I would try something different! Mini pizzas are cute! And they were on sale!
I thought I would try something different! Mini pizzas are cute! And they were on sale!
My love language is snaking drains and printing out Consumer Reports reviews.
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My love language is snaking drains and printing out Consumer Reports reviews.
Repurposed one of those metal craft carts that were popular on BookTok a few years ago to hold my bowl-lift stand mixer and it's the perfect set up for me ... just roll the cart up to an outlet, use the mixer, and then roll it back to its corner. Minimal fuss, no loss of counter space.
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Repurposed one of those metal craft carts that were popular on BookTok a few years ago to hold my bowl-lift stand mixer and it's the perfect set up for me ... just roll the cart up to an outlet, use the mixer, and then roll it back to its corner. Minimal fuss, no loss of counter space.
The snow storm is easing up and the titmice (titmouses) have found the birdfeeder. Adorable gray and fawn borbs bopping about.
December 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The snow storm is easing up and the titmice (titmouses) have found the birdfeeder. Adorable gray and fawn borbs bopping about.
A new portmanteau—snowzy, combining the best of all that is cozy on a snowy day.
December 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A new portmanteau—snowzy, combining the best of all that is cozy on a snowy day.
It's a proper snowy Sunday morning with a fluffy layer of white covering everything and the trees like they've been dipped in icing sugar.
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It's a proper snowy Sunday morning with a fluffy layer of white covering everything and the trees like they've been dipped in icing sugar.
After the brownies are done, I'll bake a batch of dried tart cherry, dark choc, and chopped almond drop cookies. Sugar cookie mix as a base to make it extra easy.
December 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
After the brownies are done, I'll bake a batch of dried tart cherry, dark choc, and chopped almond drop cookies. Sugar cookie mix as a base to make it extra easy.
Baking brownies—a mix with chopped semisweet choc and a touch of ground cayenne added in.
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Baking brownies—a mix with chopped semisweet choc and a touch of ground cayenne added in.
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Scottish Seabird Advent Calendar - Day 13🗓️🎉
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this atmospheric picture of a puffin in the rain on the Isle of May, taken by John Scott📷
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this atmospheric picture of a puffin in the rain on the Isle of May, taken by John Scott📷
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Scottish Seabird Advent Calendar - Day 13🗓️🎉
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this atmospheric picture of a puffin in the rain on the Isle of May, taken by John Scott📷
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this atmospheric picture of a puffin in the rain on the Isle of May, taken by John Scott📷
Here comes Suzy Snowflake
Dressed in a snow-white gown
Tap, tap, tappin' at your windowpane
To tell you she's in town
Dressed in a snow-white gown
Tap, tap, tappin' at your windowpane
To tell you she's in town
December 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Here comes Suzy Snowflake
Dressed in a snow-white gown
Tap, tap, tappin' at your windowpane
To tell you she's in town
Dressed in a snow-white gown
Tap, tap, tappin' at your windowpane
To tell you she's in town
Existential crisis over whether I believe in the soul.
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Existential crisis over whether I believe in the soul.
Truth coming out of her well, but it's just me after an edible.
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Truth coming out of her well, but it's just me after an edible.
As far as Christmas choc goes, Läderach's praliné stars are a bit disappointing, but the hazelnut FrischSchoggi is an absolute smash, as always.
December 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
As far as Christmas choc goes, Läderach's praliné stars are a bit disappointing, but the hazelnut FrischSchoggi is an absolute smash, as always.