Janni Lee Simner

@jannileesimner.bsky.social

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Writer and struggling idealist. Author of the Bones of Faerie trilogy. www.simner.com

Curled up orange cat.
Dragon-y gray clouds over the Catalina Mountains
Stuffed crab sitting in front of a car dashboard that reads 122 degrees.
“And for adults, the world of fantasy books returns to us the great words of power which, in order to be tamed, we have excised from our adult vocabularies. These words are the pornography of innocence, words which adults no longer use with other adults, and so we laugh at them and consign them to the nursery, fear masking as cynicism. These are the words that were forged in the earth, air, fire, and water of human existence, and the words are: “Love. Hate. Good. Evil. Courage. Honor. Truth. “Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood”
_katebogue_ 23h The real sign that someone used ai to write something? It isn't an em-dash. It isn't a semi colon. It's this sentence structure.
Cogburn Ostrich Ranch. Ostrich in the foreground, Picacho Peak in the background.
Desert scene with clouds, sun, mountains, rocks, and lots of saguaros.
Weather forecast showing highs above 100 for the next 3 days with the text “Thu, Mar 19 Sunny. Near record high temperatures. High 103F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.”
Tucson weather forecast showing 100+ degree temperatures starting Thursday.
“What are the four core character classes? Wrong answers only.”
US Holocaust Museum @HolocaustMuseum tweet reading: "Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Jewish. Leaders making false equivalencies to her experience for political purposes is never acceptable. Despite tensions in Minneapolis, exploiting the Holocaust is deeply offensive, especially as antisemitism surges."
Two side by side images of headlines from The Guardian. The first reads, “Trump warns of 'very strong action' if Iran executes protesters, as death toll soars” The second reads, “Eight arrested in Minneapolis as Trump officials issue threats to protesters”
Hand holding a full glass of water above the text, "There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in the entire Solar System."
First page of a 2026 Totoro calendar. The month is January. The picture shows Mei and Satsuke running toward their new home with great enthusiasm.
Yellow dawn light beneath gray clouds, with some trees and a palm near the horizon.
Tucson Mountains at sunset overlooking Gates pass. Sunset yellows and oranges above gray clouds. The background, a long saguaro in the middle ground, desert rocks and scrub in the foreground.
Text from Chuck Schumer that reads, “Janni, is there anything I can say to convince you to donate $20 (becomes $80!) to help take back the Senate majority?”
Streak of light over some rooftops across a sunset sky.
Gray stripy cat looking at the viewer/camera.
“Translate this sentence sechs, sieben six seven”
Sign on a table that reads: “FREE COOLING ITEMS Available at the front desk”
General Leia Organa action figure holding a sign that reads "Trans Kids Beling" as she sits atop a Resistance Pod alongside minifigs of Rose, Finn, and BB8.
Chalking sidewalk drawing of a trans flag with the words “trans kids belong here.”
General Organa on a Resistance Pod with a sign that reads “No Kings No Emperors”
Princess Leia / General Organa action figure with tiny protest sign that reads “No Kings / No Emperors.”
Rainbow over trees and cacti
Sign outside El Rio administration building decorated with feathers and saying “Don’t Clip Trans Kids’ Wings,” “Trans Rights Are Human Rights,” “Protect Trans Kids,” and “Trans Kids Deserve Care Too!”
Penguins with the text “Well that’s gonna destroy the semiconductor trade with the polar bears.”
Penguins with the text “Well that’s gonna destroy the semiconductor trade with the polar bears.”
Meme of penguins with the text “Well that’s gonna destroy the semiconductor trade with the polar bears”
On this Friday, let go of the past and embrace the future.
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Pink clouds.
Bright sunlit clouds behind desert trees.
Guardian headline: “Trump administration Trump's blitz to expand his power is direct threat to democracy, experts say”
The Washington post Federal Government U.S. government officials privately warn Musk's blitz appears illegal Many officials said they were worried about DOGE's taking control of systems that hold Americans' personal information, while others have raised concerns about the agency's vow to use artificial intelligence on government databases.
New York Times article minimizing the effects of Musk's raids on government departments. Only "New York" is crossed out and replaced with "Vichy," making it "The Vichy Times."
New York Times article saying Musk's anti-government blitz "may" breach the law.
Indivisible call to use procedural tools to slow president’s agenda.
A sleeping curled up floofy gray cat, one paw over her nose.
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Gray tabby kitten behind a larger cat’s orange tail.
Cat menorah with 8 blue candles lit.
A picture of claymation Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer with the text, “deviation from the norm will be punished unless it is exploitable”
Yellow sun rising beneath high clouds and blue sky.
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Faint white frost on yellow-brown grasses.
A device that looks sort of like a pocket watch, with a red light shining in the upper left side.
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Cats and kitten curled up together.
Book cover of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Swiftly Tilting Planet, complete a blonde-haired Charles Wallace riding a winged unicorn, surrounded by dark clouds and grasping shapes.
Pink sunrise beneath gray clouds.
Pointy-eared stripy gray kitten wrapped in a towel.
Orange cat curled up with gray tabby kitten on chair.
Faint purple pink light against clouds.