wombat Clay
@wombatclay.bsky.social
Free range librarian, neurospicy semicenturian, and lover of the Oxford Comma. (She/They)
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Mallory McMorrow talks about contacting your representatives, building those muscles, and forging real relationships that create change.
January 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Mallory McMorrow talks about contacting your representatives, building those muscles, and forging real relationships that create change.
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Sodebo, one of this year's Jules Verne Trophy contestant (world circumnavigation with no restrictions), has a permanent live video feed. They are about to sail round Cape Horn. I fail to imagine how people and machine don't just shake apart at those speeds over such distance.
2025 - Tentative de Trophée Jules Verne: Live 11
YouTube video by sodebovoile
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January 8, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Sodebo, one of this year's Jules Verne Trophy contestant (world circumnavigation with no restrictions), has a permanent live video feed. They are about to sail round Cape Horn. I fail to imagine how people and machine don't just shake apart at those speeds over such distance.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Here's a lovely post (and video link) from Catherine Munro about Shetland ponies in winter. I highly recommend her lovely book The Ponies at the End of the World.
Our Dartmoor ponies are tough and weather-wise too, but winters here are not so fierce!
Our Dartmoor ponies are tough and weather-wise too, but winters here are not so fierce!
January 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Here's a lovely post (and video link) from Catherine Munro about Shetland ponies in winter. I highly recommend her lovely book The Ponies at the End of the World.
Our Dartmoor ponies are tough and weather-wise too, but winters here are not so fierce!
Our Dartmoor ponies are tough and weather-wise too, but winters here are not so fierce!
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"Tall shadows'' by Sarah Ross Thompson, contemporary UK printmaker #womensart
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 AM
"Tall shadows'' by Sarah Ross Thompson, contemporary UK printmaker #womensart
Good morning everyone!
I hope today reminds you to look up to the stars (and not at your feet) so you can appreciate the glitter in the dark (near the Tannhäuser Gate, perhaps)
I hope today reminds you to look up to the stars (and not at your feet) so you can appreciate the glitter in the dark (near the Tannhäuser Gate, perhaps)
January 8, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Good morning everyone!
I hope today reminds you to look up to the stars (and not at your feet) so you can appreciate the glitter in the dark (near the Tannhäuser Gate, perhaps)
I hope today reminds you to look up to the stars (and not at your feet) so you can appreciate the glitter in the dark (near the Tannhäuser Gate, perhaps)
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New year, new YA! Get yer recs here! reactormag.com/young-adult-...
Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for January & February 2026 - Reactor
A new year means new books!
reactormag.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 AM
New year, new YA! Get yer recs here! reactormag.com/young-adult-...
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there's at least three (+1) distinct aspects to the "do something" exhortations:
1) do something physical, with your actual body (tippy tapping fingers on this screen does not count).
2) MAKE something: make there be something in the world that was not before.
3) contribute to a larger cause.
1) do something physical, with your actual body (tippy tapping fingers on this screen does not count).
2) MAKE something: make there be something in the world that was not before.
3) contribute to a larger cause.
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
there's at least three (+1) distinct aspects to the "do something" exhortations:
1) do something physical, with your actual body (tippy tapping fingers on this screen does not count).
2) MAKE something: make there be something in the world that was not before.
3) contribute to a larger cause.
1) do something physical, with your actual body (tippy tapping fingers on this screen does not count).
2) MAKE something: make there be something in the world that was not before.
3) contribute to a larger cause.
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We’ve seen this in Chicago. Now we’re seeing it across the country.
ICE is a lawless secret police force and must be abolished. This is fucking horrific.
ICE is a lawless secret police force and must be abolished. This is fucking horrific.
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
We’ve seen this in Chicago. Now we’re seeing it across the country.
ICE is a lawless secret police force and must be abolished. This is fucking horrific.
ICE is a lawless secret police force and must be abolished. This is fucking horrific.
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Frey: I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis
January 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Frey: I have a message for ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis
Good morning all!
I hope today spins you round with a smile and adds a happy hum to your routine 🍯
I hope today spins you round with a smile and adds a happy hum to your routine 🍯
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Good morning all!
I hope today spins you round with a smile and adds a happy hum to your routine 🍯
I hope today spins you round with a smile and adds a happy hum to your routine 🍯
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NPR built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In Chapter 3, we lay out a timeline of key moments throughout the day as the assault on the Capitol unfolded.
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
n.pr
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
NPR built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In Chapter 3, we lay out a timeline of key moments throughout the day as the assault on the Capitol unfolded.
Half-hearted bipedalism for the win
Here's Eve the 3 month old capybara at the Miami Zoo demonstrating one of the OTHER many ways capys have of moving through the water: half-hearted bipedalism.
Note that eyes, ears and nostrils are fully above the water line.
Note that eyes, ears and nostrils are fully above the water line.
a frog is swimming in a body of water and looking at something
Alt: Eve the Capybara from the Miami Zoo is walking on hind legs in water that rises to her nostrils.
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Half-hearted bipedalism for the win
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🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
January 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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I spent all day enraged over this, and it became tonight's newsletter at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/five-years...
January 6, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I spent all day enraged over this, and it became tonight's newsletter at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/five-years...
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Because so many people on social media keep screaming at Dems to “do something.”
Gallego enters the chat.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
Gallego enters the chat.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
Resolution to block Trump from invading Greenland introduced by Sen. Gallego
Concerns about U.S. action against Greenland have grown after the U.S. attack on Venezuela, which led to the capture of leader Nicolas Maduro.
www.cnbc.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Because so many people on social media keep screaming at Dems to “do something.”
Gallego enters the chat.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
Gallego enters the chat.
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/t...
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Got paid AND his job back, lmao. Keep fighting these dweebs
January 6, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Got paid AND his job back, lmao. Keep fighting these dweebs
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I have just been reminded of this, and let the record show that I did so, it is in HEMLOCK & SILVER, available wherever fine books are sold.
January 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I have just been reminded of this, and let the record show that I did so, it is in HEMLOCK & SILVER, available wherever fine books are sold.
Good morning everyone!
I hot today brings you fresh ideas and familiar paths
I hot today brings you fresh ideas and familiar paths
January 6, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Good morning everyone!
I hot today brings you fresh ideas and familiar paths
I hot today brings you fresh ideas and familiar paths
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Know someone who wants to get back into reading but isn't sure what to start with?
Library staff have compiled some great lists of engaging, readable fiction to kickstart them back into the reading habit.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/return-to-re... ^MT
Library staff have compiled some great lists of engaging, readable fiction to kickstart them back into the reading habit.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/return-to-re... ^MT
Return to Reading
Reading recommendations for people who have taken a break from reading.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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A reminder to any canadian (or any) #watercolor artists. Beam Paints is an Indigenous owned company with beautiful plastic-free hues. Their sparkly metallics are to die for
www.beampaints.com
www.beampaints.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
A reminder to any canadian (or any) #watercolor artists. Beam Paints is an Indigenous owned company with beautiful plastic-free hues. Their sparkly metallics are to die for
www.beampaints.com
www.beampaints.com
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In addition to being evil, this is so genuinely incapable of understanding that other people exist and have wants and feelings and desires for things like self-determination.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
In addition to being evil, this is so genuinely incapable of understanding that other people exist and have wants and feelings and desires for things like self-determination.
Good morning all!
I hope today brings you 12 good things
(and hopefully amongst them a colorful cake to share, a golden candle to light your way, a fresh slate to fill, a pair of comfy shoes, a chalked door to welcome you home, and a song to sing the dark away!)
I hope today brings you 12 good things
(and hopefully amongst them a colorful cake to share, a golden candle to light your way, a fresh slate to fill, a pair of comfy shoes, a chalked door to welcome you home, and a song to sing the dark away!)
January 5, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Good morning all!
I hope today brings you 12 good things
(and hopefully amongst them a colorful cake to share, a golden candle to light your way, a fresh slate to fill, a pair of comfy shoes, a chalked door to welcome you home, and a song to sing the dark away!)
I hope today brings you 12 good things
(and hopefully amongst them a colorful cake to share, a golden candle to light your way, a fresh slate to fill, a pair of comfy shoes, a chalked door to welcome you home, and a song to sing the dark away!)
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Fantastic review here! "A sobering but heartening theme throughout We Will Rise Again is that there’s no final battle, no completed revolution — only the work to build a better tomorrow."
We Will Rise Again in the Winnipeg Free Press: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Voices of resistance to dystopian forces coalesce in collection’s stories, essays
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Fantastic review here! "A sobering but heartening theme throughout We Will Rise Again is that there’s no final battle, no completed revolution — only the work to build a better tomorrow."