July reads…busy month so not so many. My favorite was probably “Land.” I didn’t always look forward to reading it, but it has really stuck with me 💙📚
Adrienne Brown
@adierose.bsky.social
Environmental sociologist | crafter, reader, hiker, cat mom (she/her)
Me and my cat when I return home after a long trip
Home Alone Ending (HD)
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We’ve been on the Camino (Portuguese coastal route) for two days, and both the vibes and the views are immaculate
June reads 💙📚 Especially loved “A Place for Us” and “John of John.” And always happy to have new writing from Jesmyn Ward
Posted outside a local bar…this drives me SO nuts Why are you people getting married?!
I’ve seen two rattlesnakes in two days. Here’s the big guy from this morning:
“Pop-Tarts Carnage Liquid Death strawberry toaster pastry flavored iced tea” have got to be the most American words ever written
May reads 📚💙 I loved Hiroshima in the morning. The Correspondent is a masterpiece. Great to have a new Lindy West book. And The Sisters, The Mires, The Complex, and American Han were all solid fiction reads
This sunflower bread is labor-intensive but god is it worth it
Breaking: California becomes the latest blue state to retreat on climate goals amid affordability concerns as regulators Friday evening voted to revamp its landmark carbon market to ease costs to the oil industry with $4 billion in incentives. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
California Overhauls Carbon Market Over Affordability Concerns
State makes $4 billion concession to oil industry amid soaring gasoline prices.
bloomberg.com
I salvaged it! Celebrating my neighbor’s 90th birthday tonight 🥰
Adrienne Brown@adierose.bsky.social · 2mo agoForgot to add chocolate to my chocolate cake. Cool cool cool
Forgot to add chocolate to my chocolate cake. Cool cool cool
Boromir: and why do we not EMBRACE the ring's power?? Aragorn: and what would you have us do with it? Boromir: a lot of editing advice, and also a way to take care of busy work, you know, memos about orcs et cetera Aragorn: Boromir: and difficult break-ups, if you know what I mean
Feeling personally victimized by internet videos that made me believe gnocchi by scratch was easy (Focaccia turned out great, though!)
Nothing can make you get your shit organized like an impending fire season
This is...breathtakingly xenophobic. "NIH officials are telling grantees...to remove papers that name co-authors affiliated with foreign institutions if NIH had not previously approved a foreign component for the grant." www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators
NIH, NASA grantees are confused and concerned amid agencies’ piecemeal communication
science.org
I’ve been on the job market for a long time, and I wonder if I’m starting to take rejection a little *too* well
Nihilism is their whole political strategy. Yes, everything is bad. But it doesn’t have to be *this* bad
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3mo agoThey want people to get sick and die because they are a death cult in service of enriching oligarchs. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Every time college graduates boo their university’s lazy attempts to shill AI, an angel gets its wings
Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 3mo agoSir, another graduation ceremony in which the students booed AI has dropped. "College graduates were pissed after their school used AI to announce graduates’ names and missed hundreds of names" (via @/FearedBuck on Twitter)
Oh, this is so good. “Nobody wants a parasocial bestie who shills for the plutocrats who are nullifying their votes, degrading their educations, jacking up their power bills, stealing their wages and rigging the system. There is no feminist case for scaring people into adopting A.I.”
Opinion | The Revolt Against the Girl Bosses Has Finally Come
nytimes.com
Of all the problems tech can potentially solve, basic human interaction is not at the top of my list. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All Our Decisions
Robotaxis are the beginning.
theatlantic.com
My mom worked at a preschool and daycare when I was growing up, so I had the joy of being raised not only by her, but by a whole cohort of strong, brilliant, and loving women. I had a lot of people who felt like home to me. We’re all better in community, even when it’s hard. Happy Mother’s Day
Walking around the lake today and a bald eagle flew directly overhead, only a few yards above us. In my whole life, I’ve never seen one there. Gotta be a good sign of…something!
Recently rewatched clips of this show for unrelated reasons and it was even funnier than I remembered
Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 3mo agoOnly the old techniques such as animatronics & puppetry could create walking night terrors this lovable. CG cannot do this. James Cameron could never upset & intrigue me this much. AI doesn’t even have a chance. Only Jim Henson at the height of power drunkenness could do this.
