Jeffrey Epstein took the fifth about Donald Trump. What else do you need to know?

@hcrichardson.bsky.social - seeing scary writing on the wall: what 20 or so books about actual history do we need to have on hand for when US authoritarianism outlaws Wikipedia and forces Universities to teach BS?

Ruin of Kings! I have four copies ...

Apple made the decision to leave their platform super easy when they stripped my phone of all the music I have bought for the last ten years.

They are obviously slow learners

Get Ready for Full Negative - A Novel From Jenn Lyons - Get Ready for Full Negative - A Novel

So in the midst of a LOT of awfulness (dear God) I'm going to sneak with news:

If you thought 2025 was going to pass by without a book from me, surprise! I'm announcing the start of my crowdfunding campaign for my SCIFI book, Full Negative, launching March 18.

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Full Negative - A Novel Acclaimed, best-selling author Jenn Lyons is publishing her sci-fi space opera novel, Full Negative, about a secret agent who finds herself ill-equipped to deal with the end of an interstellar war, an...

My absolute favorite author, @jennlyons.bsky.social has a novel in production via BackerKit and there's just 48 hours to back it!

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Check it out!

Everyone needs to understand what Elon and DOGE are building, an AI driven panopticon that will know everything about you and will be used to ensure compliance with their fascist agenda. They are creating a unified database of everything the federal government has on every single American.

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This tree screams Wayward Children.
Be sure.

@seananmcguire.bsky.social

A Dipshit's Excuse for Intelligence The era of actual DEI hires.

"Our government holds military personnel who aren't yet old enough to drink to the highest standards of OPSEC, and it doesn't matter if you're a kid who makes a careless mistake. There are no freebies when it comes to classified information."

charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-dipshits...

@lord-nicholai.bsky.social

Kitteh!
Which kitteh is that?

@tuatha.ie - Hello! I am trying to connect with archeologists who have knowledge of the glass bead industry in Ireland in the 890s / La Tiene - specifically the cable beads. I'm a modern lampwork artisan fascinated by this astounding art. Do you have any recommendations for contacts?

Thank you for the kind and helpful reply! I will!

@dodoarchaeology.bsky.social - can you recommend any of your colleagues as a good point of contact for 890s La Tiene glass beads? I'm a modern lampworker studying medieval techniques and trying to find professionals with that field of study.

Did you find any? I'm also trying to connect with specialists in Irish archeology, specifically the La Tiene period of glass beads...

Brilliantly succinct: "just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns"

A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.

A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.

I made one this morning with four eggs, leftover filet mignon, home fried potatoes and cheddar. The hubby was very happy.

Elbows up, Canada.

Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…

“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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....and yet none of the firms who filed lawsuits on his behalf that were so egregiously false that the lawyers lost their license to practice will be affected by any of this. Only those who opposed him. What a small, weak, disgusting, whiny little man.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @garthtoons.bsky.social ) 🇺🇸 😕

Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.

I don't know if I would call them cozy - it's a fantasy series about a Native American shapeshifter and her various adventures. It's a series I have read probably 5 - 7 times

ok, I'm totally new here, and I'm following folks I followed over at the Old Place... but surprising numbers of folks are following me that I don't know, and I'm confused as to how they stumbled across me.

Your work is absolutely glorious!

... I have a somewhat creepy obsession with inkle and card weaving, though I don't *enjoy* the process of either, I've been pleasantly astonished on the three times I've woven a piece start to finish.

The Unicorn Tapestries, in person, at the Cloisters.
I was .. six? Seven? One of my earliest memories.

Song of the Scryptwyrm: A Librarian's Apprentice Mystery Song of the Scryptwyrm is a solo mystery game about a stolen memory. Slowly reveal the culprit as you gather clues from people, places, and things around the infinite Great Library.

✨ Live on BackerKit & Funded!! ✨

Once upon a time in the infinite & ever-shifting Great Library, a fairy tale inspired an ominous theft. Call your familiar, read the cards, and try to recover the Song of the Scryptwyrm in this solo mystery #ttrpg!

I've really been enjoying the graphic audio dramatized adaptions of Patricia Briggs' books.