Lori Burelle
@willbearsmom.bsky.social
Doing my best to survive living in Idaho. The United States is a white supremacist state, and it always has been, and late-stage capitalism enables white supremacy #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 Unless you actually know me, no DMs. I will block you
📚💙 Another weird looking month in reading, this time due to me starting The Count of Monte Cristo, which is 1863 pages in digital format. I’m about a quarter done with it. October will likely look the same with one digital title and several audio titles.
If you don’t watch the WNBA, you are really missing out. Great games!
No one is saying “Read 50 books a year,” but read a couple. Believe me, it will make you a more empathetic person more resistant to the AI slop they want to feed you. 📚💙
Stephen King@stephenking.bsky.social · 3d agoReading has become an endangered species. Which is half the problem with American political life. Maybe more than half. If you can't read, you can't think. Then you can fall for anything. The idea, for instance, that the truth is fake news.
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
The anti-prop 1 folks are bending language in the prop. It does not legalize abortion up to 9 months - it allows it to be a medical option if necessary. There were less than 2 abortions at or beyond 21 weeks (5 months) in Idaho in 2022. (CDC data) Keep religion out of our laws. Vote Yes.
7 Chi Phi brothers allegedly drugged and raped a Cornell student. One posted "free pussy" in the group chat mid-assault. Cornell's punishment offer: an essay. Now the DA is reopening the criminal case. I wrote about how it took a lawsuit to get here. medium.com/@drleocroft/...
Seven Men, One Woman, and an Essay Assignment
Cornell’s response to the Chi Phi allegations isn’t a failure of the system. It’s the system.
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Idaho has gone from two to 14 ICE agreements over the past two years. There are now 11 counties, one city, and two statewide agencies who have agreed to use their resources to carry out immigration enforcement duties.
I have officially perfected chili Colorado. Just needed a tsp of acid and a dry toasting of the chilis. It was delicious
Today I hit 1,000 days of reading daily. I read 30 minutes a day minimum every day. Right now, all my efforts are going to The Count of Monte Cristo. 📚💙 #BookSky
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
📚💙 Book 62 of 2026 - Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. This book, which I took forever to read because computer gaming did not seem to be an interesting subject, and amazing. It’s a beautiful reflection on love and friendship and life. I love this book so much ❤️
When I started this drive, we were at $206,247. We're now at $212,781. That means $6534 has been raised so far. Thank you. Let's keep it going! $33,466 to my goal!
Prisonculture@prisonculture.bsky.social · 2w agoI have a heavy fundraising lift. I am trying to raise $40,000 for REBUILD to help keep it going: www.mightycause.com/story/Rebuil... There's so much to say about the people who are being supported through this program. I co-founded it and am an advisor. I believe in this work.
Insanely, this is almost real. I went camping once where there was no cell service and had to use streak freezes for that, but otherwise nearly three years of Spanish.
I have an extraordinarily low threshold for annoyance today. My job is committing wage theft, all my users today are total idiots (I’m in desktop support), and Dems are incredibly disappointing.
glad someone else said this so I don't get yelled at. It's too early in the morning.
Oliver Willis@owillis.bsky.social · last wk.Democrats are well positioned to inherit power thanks to disgust with Trump, but ultimately none of this is about what Dems did in response to Trump. They mostly capitulated and are benefiting from being the other party in a two party system, I don’t have any positive expectations for them.
Bitch, if anyone wants to get rid of Thanksgiving it’s the people responsible for making it impossible to afford food.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.RNC Chair Joe Gruters: "This is not your grandparents' Democrat Party. They want to get rid of Thanksgiving. They want to get rid of July 4."
This is Wylie. He was found as a stray, severely emaciated and dehydrated. He needs emergency hospitalization, electrolyte supplementation, and ongoing care to help him safely gain weight. You can help him below ❤️🩹 1510.fan/wylie-bs15
It’s so weird to get blocked here. Sure, I’m an unapologetic leftist, but like 95% of what I post is book and movie blurbs. One of these days I’m going to make a second account and follow everyone who blocked me just to see what I’m missing.
📚💙 Book 61 of 2026 - Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr. Read for #BookNerd Bonus Challenge “Read a book from your TBR.” I added it to my TBR for a different category, but “Have You Seen Her” was available from the library first. Anyway, this was a fast, entertaining read & I’ll read more of the series
I hate to be a conspiracy theorist, but this isn’t the same guy as the ones supposedly taken in the hospital. This guy has actually seen the Grim Reaper and is ready to meet him again.
📚💙 Book 60 of 2026 -Beartooth by Callan Wink. I put this one on hold for the #BookNerd category “Read a book set in a National park,” but I ended up reading “Have You Seen Her” for that. But this one was recommended by a librarian, so I used that category 1/2
United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · 4w agoLet's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay. Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas. Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art
📚💙 Book 59 of 2026 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. WOW! I read this because it (as well as the sequel) is on the New York Times list of 100 best books of the 21st century. I’m generally not a person who is going to pick historical fiction about Henry VIII, but I loved this so much. 1/2
📚💙 Book 58 of 2026 - Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of FoodLove by various authors. Very well done book of related short stories by some of the best up and coming teen and YA authors. Read for #BookNerd category “Read a book of teen short stories.”
