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Horticulturist by trade, plant nerd by nature. Also lots of opinions on scifi and crafting projects

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I still remember one year TCM showed a bunch of them. They did subtitled and dubbed showings of each film. I watched as many as I could

08.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The covers of three books. Left to right: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend, about the late Sopranos actor. The cover shows Gandolfini looking shy, peering offscreen with one unobstructed eye and another that peeks out between the fingers of his right hand.
CENTER: The cover of Cinema Her Way, a coffee table book by Marya E. Gates about female directors. On the cover is actress Michelle Rodriguez as the boxer heroine of Karyn Kusama's sports drama Girlfight, about a woman boxer. 
RIGHT David Hockney's painting collection The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, showing a painting of a verdant field. In the background of the field is green grass. in the upper foreground are the branches of a tree sprouting white, cottony buds.

The covers of three books. Left to right: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend, about the late Sopranos actor. The cover shows Gandolfini looking shy, peering offscreen with one unobstructed eye and another that peeks out between the fingers of his right hand. CENTER: The cover of Cinema Her Way, a coffee table book by Marya E. Gates about female directors. On the cover is actress Michelle Rodriguez as the boxer heroine of Karyn Kusama's sports drama Girlfight, about a woman boxer. RIGHT David Hockney's painting collection The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, showing a painting of a verdant field. In the background of the field is green grass. in the upper foreground are the branches of a tree sprouting white, cottony buds.

A screenshot of the pre-orders section at mzs.press. Three screenshots of books that have not yet been released. I Am The Night, Daniel Dockery's book about Batman the Brave and the Bold, has a silhouette of Batman stretching from the top to the bottom of the cover, with the title of the book and a nighttime Gotham skyline circumscribed by the borders of the Batman silhouette.

CENTER The cover of The Ring Cycle, Matt Zoller Seitz and Odie Henderson's book on the Rocky and Creed films. The cover is white except for a pair of black boxing gloves floating there

RIGHT The cover of Documentary Now!, the 600-page, 7-pound coffee table book celebrating the aforementioned IFC Channel series parodying classic documentaries.

A screenshot of the pre-orders section at mzs.press. Three screenshots of books that have not yet been released. I Am The Night, Daniel Dockery's book about Batman the Brave and the Bold, has a silhouette of Batman stretching from the top to the bottom of the cover, with the title of the book and a nighttime Gotham skyline circumscribed by the borders of the Batman silhouette. CENTER The cover of The Ring Cycle, Matt Zoller Seitz and Odie Henderson's book on the Rocky and Creed films. The cover is white except for a pair of black boxing gloves floating there RIGHT The cover of Documentary Now!, the 600-page, 7-pound coffee table book celebrating the aforementioned IFC Channel series parodying classic documentaries.

Screenshot of three books carried at mzs.press arts bookstore: 
LEFT: Cover of Lead Sister, a biography of Karen Carpenter, featuring a closeup of Carpenter playing and singing with The Carpenters.
CENTER: The cover of Anthony Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid, a memoir of his life and career. On the cover is Hopkins in closeup as he looks presently, narrowed blue eyes looking directly at the spectator. 
RIGHT: Cover of Louis Armstrong In His Own Words, a collection of the bandleader's correspondence. The cover image is a photograph of a probably fortysomething Armstrong seated at the wooden desk in his office where he often wrote letters.

Screenshot of three books carried at mzs.press arts bookstore: LEFT: Cover of Lead Sister, a biography of Karen Carpenter, featuring a closeup of Carpenter playing and singing with The Carpenters. CENTER: The cover of Anthony Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid, a memoir of his life and career. On the cover is Hopkins in closeup as he looks presently, narrowed blue eyes looking directly at the spectator. RIGHT: Cover of Louis Armstrong In His Own Words, a collection of the bandleader's correspondence. The cover image is a photograph of a probably fortysomething Armstrong seated at the wooden desk in his office where he often wrote letters.

Screenshot of the covers of 3 books carried at mzs.press Arts Bookstore. 
LEFT: The cover of Gotham City Cocktails, a book of mixed drink recipes inspired by Batman. Art deco-style flowing border lines flow around and around the interior of the dust jacket. At the center are drawings of two tall cocktail glasses and between them, a shot glass and a tumbler with a sword-pierced cherry in it. 
CENTER: The cover of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook. Green cover, white writing and graphics. The central image is a teapot with stem lines coming out of it, and at the pot's base, a teacup and saucer and a separate plate of biscuits.
RIGHT: Bob's Burgers "The Re-Recipe Box," a set of recipe cards inspired by the joke hamburger names featured on the small board at the front of Bob's joint. Red sides with small graphics, cover image of the restaurant.

Screenshot of the covers of 3 books carried at mzs.press Arts Bookstore. LEFT: The cover of Gotham City Cocktails, a book of mixed drink recipes inspired by Batman. Art deco-style flowing border lines flow around and around the interior of the dust jacket. At the center are drawings of two tall cocktail glasses and between them, a shot glass and a tumbler with a sword-pierced cherry in it. CENTER: The cover of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook. Green cover, white writing and graphics. The central image is a teapot with stem lines coming out of it, and at the pot's base, a teacup and saucer and a separate plate of biscuits. RIGHT: Bob's Burgers "The Re-Recipe Box," a set of recipe cards inspired by the joke hamburger names featured on the small board at the front of Bob's joint. Red sides with small graphics, cover image of the restaurant.

Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...

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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP β€” Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

06.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 7834 πŸ” 2918 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 108
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07.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 3930 πŸ” 1498 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 109

Me: I would just like a president born later than 1946

*Newsom oozes out from around a corner*

Me: not you

08.03.2026 00:03 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Same, I will write in someone

07.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All this means is we have time to vet the alternatives and get an actual decent candidate. And people are like we want Gavin! It was like this in 2016 and 2020 and 2024. People pushing compromise sucky ass candidates who appeal to people who already got theirs. Course correct now to avoid failure.

07.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone who works in a public library can tell you that libraries provide hundreds of services but the one they don’t provide that they really should, is access to free torches and pitchforks to be used on officials who cut social safety nets.

07.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A garden bed with hundreds of crocuses in little clusters. There are also a few yellow daffodils blooming in the front and purple hyacinths staring to flower

A garden bed with hundreds of crocuses in little clusters. There are also a few yellow daffodils blooming in the front and purple hyacinths staring to flower

A smaller garden bed next to a lawn and gravel path. No crocuses are blooming in this flower bed. A few yellow daffodils are flowering in the back

A smaller garden bed next to a lawn and gravel path. No crocuses are blooming in this flower bed. A few yellow daffodils are flowering in the back

I think I need more crocuses for the other bed across the front path. It looks so empty in comparison. 🌱

07.03.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a four-panel stick-figure cartoon

panel one:
three standing figures. from left to right, a guy wearing a necktie looking at his phone, an angry MAGA guy yelling FUCK YOUR FUCKIN POST FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, and a rando just standing there like an NPC. 

panel two:
the guy looking at his phone shows MAGA guy his hand, causing MAGA to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where fuckface once was. a green-bordered in-game message appears, reading "+2 Mental Health." now the rando is suddenly interested.

panel three:
as our man continues doom-scrolling, a sly grin on his face, the rando on the right puts on a punch-me face and snarls: "Typical lefty, blocking everyone who disagrees with-"

panel four
phone guy shows the hand to punch-me face, causing the rando to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where that dickhead was. a green-bordered in-game message appears again, reading "+2 Mental Health."

a four-panel stick-figure cartoon panel one: three standing figures. from left to right, a guy wearing a necktie looking at his phone, an angry MAGA guy yelling FUCK YOUR FUCKIN POST FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU, and a rando just standing there like an NPC. panel two: the guy looking at his phone shows MAGA guy his hand, causing MAGA to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where fuckface once was. a green-bordered in-game message appears, reading "+2 Mental Health." now the rando is suddenly interested. panel three: as our man continues doom-scrolling, a sly grin on his face, the rando on the right puts on a punch-me face and snarls: "Typical lefty, blocking everyone who disagrees with-" panel four phone guy shows the hand to punch-me face, causing the rando to vanish. the word Block hangs in the air where that dickhead was. a green-bordered in-game message appears again, reading "+2 Mental Health."

07.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 5557 πŸ” 1750 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 69

Challenge for people who believe Claude *is* conscious and use it anyway: Explain how you’re not a slaver.

07.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 2141 πŸ” 466 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 22

Still sad. This is the first time that the house is dogless.

07.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A 3/4 sleeve sweater with a lace and cable detail up the front. The color is a warm blend of peaches, pinks, and muted yellows

A 3/4 sleeve sweater with a lace and cable detail up the front. The color is a warm blend of peaches, pinks, and muted yellows

#showmeyourknits sweater week. A sweater I will happily knit again, maybe with long sleeves. The pattern is Caturra, the yarn is Hawthorne from knitpicks (I think). 🧢

07.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I believe in his ability to overcome that first impression

07.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The colorwork in the collar is such a great touch

07.03.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A good pattern is one that I am willing to make multiple times

07.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So joyful

07.03.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We also have stickers! Bumper stickers (3x8 in) and matte vinyl stickers for inside or outside (2.5x4 in)

SquidFacts.net

07.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
An ancient black dachshund laying on their side, sniffing at one of their feet

An ancient black dachshund laying on their side, sniffing at one of their feet

I ate an unholy amount of cheesy popcorn in this little gremlin's honor today. I have no regrets (other than the tummy ache)

07.03.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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2026 Cache Pride Center Online Auction Donor Form Thank you for your interest in supporting the Cache Pride Center's mission to foster an inclusive and supportive community for our LGBTQ+ youth! We are organizing an online auction to raise funds th...

Psst crafters! If you were making stuff for the #FandomMarket that didn’t get done in time, and you still want to donate them to a craft auction for a good cause, my local queer youth center is having another craft auction fundraiser launching at the end of May!

Sign up to donate crafts here! πŸ‘‡

06.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Sarah is in her pack stockroom wearing a T-shirt that says plant native plants with a cool goth girls surrounded by plants in a stained

Sarah is in her pack stockroom wearing a T-shirt that says plant native plants with a cool goth girls surrounded by plants in a stained

A print leaning on some plants that says please plant native plants or go to hell. The background is purple and the graphic is green blue and white. There’s a kitty cat with a hose and a watering can standing on skulls and there’s flowers with faces

A print leaning on some plants that says please plant native plants or go to hell. The background is purple and the graphic is green blue and white. There’s a kitty cat with a hose and a watering can standing on skulls and there’s flowers with faces

My cousin and her family are staying with me in April so I gotta get this Skype a scientist stock room cleared out!

May I interest you in a native plants t shirt or print? Our shop supports our work here in Philly connecting people with science via art!

SquidFacts.net

07.03.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

It's the middle of the night in Chicago. Reporters and electeds are trying to figure out why a US citizen was detained by CBP, why her phone was inside an ICE detention center tonight, and where she is now.

Also unclear what happened to the other five people she was detained with at O'Hare airport.

07.03.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 2575 πŸ” 1027 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 26
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Daily Memo: They Met in ICE Detention. Despite a Language Barrier, These Women's Bond Helped Them Survive

@eltragon.bsky.social

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An ancient black dachshund laying on their side, sniffing at one of their feet

An ancient black dachshund laying on their side, sniffing at one of their feet

I ate an unholy amount of cheesy popcorn in this little gremlin's honor today. I have no regrets (other than the tummy ache)

07.03.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fun! I didn't know there was a stage adaptation

07.03.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of the most powerful episodes of a podcast I've ever heard. I've said before that Molly Conger is one of the best people creating podcasts and this episode is the proof.

TW: this is about the life of a man killed by a racist serial killer and it will make you cry (at a minimum)

06.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Shooting Star Lap (or Baby) Homemade Quilt Auction item 'Shooting Star Lap (or Baby) Homemade Quilt' hosted online at 32auctions.

This quilt could use some love in the bidding department! Psst. Pass it on!

#QuiltSky #Quilting #Auction #OnlineAuction #FandomMarket #OFMDCraftFair

06.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I made a tabletop roleplaying game this week. I mean, I wrote most of it a year ago and then forgot about it… but I did all the illustration and layout this week and now it’s a real thing you can buy.

06.03.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's hilarious that "working class" now applies exclusively to the racist failsons of regional car dealership owners but every unemployed trans person is an "elite".

06.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 2413 πŸ” 559 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 9

To the granters, foundations, large donors, etc, give operational funding! I know special project grants are sexy and make you feel like something is being accomplished. Operational funding is always needed and appreciated.

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