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Gen Jones/Gen X - she/her - One voice out of many. 🫘 Leguminati Over-educated dog mom Vote Blue like your life depends on it nec hostium timete, nec amicum recusate. loc: Tannhäuser Gate -- near

Hand lifting up to cup a sprig I’ll lilac. Text above the lilacs reads “how do the rise up?” There is a line of text that runs along the side of the hand that reads: “Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, … and a Hard-boiled Egg.” Below the hand is an egg with the inscription “The Glorious People’s Republic of Treacle Mine Road- Twenty-Fifth of May” In semi-circles above the egg are the following names: Ned Coats, John Keel, Dai Dickens, Billy Wiglet, Horace Nancybell, Cecil Clapman, and Reg Shoe (temp).
Cover of a book titled "Lucifer's Hammer". Cover is in blues and silver with white text. In the center is the planet earth with the moon in orbit. In large 3D block letter are the title words above and below the planet that have the illusion of rushing forward to the read. Captioned above the title a review reads "The Best end-of-the-world story since On The Beach -- superb detail, shudderingly believable." - Frank Herbert, author of Dune and Children of Dune. Below the title is the authors names: Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. The edition shown was published by Fawcett in 1977 and originally cost $2.95
Screen clip from Good reads showing the graphic for the 2026 Reading Challenge. Captioned "Keep reading to finish your first book of the year." and under the progress bar shows 0 of 26 books read, with 390 days remaining.
Screen clip from a post by be showing pre-order changes for the book referenced in the main post. Shows original order date (14/Oct/2024) with a release date for 3/Jun/2025. Then an updated release date for for 1/Sep/2026. The date of the post was 4/Jul/2025 at 11:15am tagged to #booksky.
Three white mushrooms of an unknown variety that have been pulled up and set topside down in the grass displaying their undersides and some dirt.
Group of 6 white mushrooms of an unknown variety growing on a grassy lawn.
photo of the new V.E. Schwab novel “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil“. Title text and author’s name dominate the cover space. The background image is of roses with thorns in a muted blue on a black canvas. A sticker proclaims it is a signed copy. Additional text reads “#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Invisible Life of Addie LeRue”
Yellow text on an orange background. Text is centered and split onto 4 lines, each line separated by a horizontal line, with each ling as wide as the long line of text. the Text read: line 1: The collapse of line 2: CIVILIZATION AS line 3: we know it is still a line 4: THING
Photo of a brown egg balanced on the interlocked tines of two forks. Along the lower left curve of the egg is a sprig of lilac Written in the centered text on the egg reads: Truth Justice Freedom Reasonably Priced Love and A Hard-boiled Egg In a semi-circle above the egg reads: Never Forget the Glorious Revolution of Treacle Mine Road
A sign in front of a room full of books that reads: "Know what would look great with your outfit? >> A book." and it's signed "#FirstChapterBookShop".
Picture what appears to be German, Nazi, officers and soldiers taken in a military camp setting. One of the soldiers has a dog on a leash. The picture is captioned meme style in an all Caps all white with black border block font that reads on the top line "We are from ICE". The bottom line reads "Show me your papers". There has been an edit to cross our the the words "Show Me" and replaced them with an all caps red font with black outline that reads instead "We don't like how you look and don't care about" with the word "about" right above and connecting to "Your" on the original line.
Picture of a half moon on an afternoon blue sky. The moon is pictured over tree tops and car roof.
Picture of a pale half moon on an afternoon blue sky over rooftops and trees.
A representation of the Ukraine Flag. Two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and yellow bottom. In contrasting Blue and Yellow across the colored bars are the words "I STAND WITH UKRAINE".
Stylized 'flyer' inspired by the Thursday Next series of Novels by Jasper FForde. At the top is an Art Deco-esque woodcut depicting a man in work clothes holding sledgehammer He is facing the camera and looking over to the viewer's right in a dramatic/heroic manner. He stands before a retro-futuristic cityscape. The whole scene is reminiscent of union flyers from the early 1900s Under the illustration in call caps reads "Strength - Joy - Nutrition" Below that, in a larger font, centered, and still in all caps, reads (across three lines) "Have you eaten your toast today?" Below that in a very large font reads, simply and still in all caps "TOAST" and just below that, in a mixed case small "fine print" font, across 2 lines, reads: "Issued by the TOAST Marketing Board in the interest of public safety and nutrition. failure to meet mandatory toast-eating requirements is an offense."
How the Gulf in the North American area should be referenced on the maps based on the actual wording of the Executive order. Gulf of America above the purple line, Gulf of Mexico below the purple line. Screen clipping from a gulf map of the North American Continent, showing portion of the southern U.S.A, and northern Mexico along with a portion of Cuba. A set of lines crosses the waterways marking the continental shelf areas and seaward boundaries.
A picture of Gandalf The Grey holding a sword at read in his right hand and a staff in his left. He is framed at the left of the picture, looking intently right. The sky is overcast, the landscape littered with dead or dormant trees and it is suggest that a wind is blowing by the swept back position of Gandalf's long beard and mustache.
Screen clipped extract from the shut down message displayed on the TikTok app saying how fortunate it is that [incoming] President Trump will bail the company out once he takes office.
Picture of a snowy sidewalk. Down the center is a single file, one person wide, path has been cleared. On either side of the cleared area shows a lot of tracks made by people who had walked along the sidewalk before the center line was cleared. To the right of the sidewalk is what would normally be a grassy area with a few winter barren trees and bushes. In the distance can be seen a roadway, more snow covered grassy areas, a fire hydrant, and a sign declaring that the road beyond it is 'service only'. On the left is a line of concrete car stop marking parking lanes whose stripes are covered up by the snow, and the front end of a white SUV or pickup truck. There is snow under the vehicle indicating it arrived after the snowfall.
Black text on white background. Original posting by @Mavenof Honor, or Mave. Text reads: As a tall person I cannot offer to reach something on a high shelf or a stranger, yet if they ask me I must oblige. This is the law of the giants.
Screen clipping from the Goodreads Reading Challenge Page for 2025 showing my goal set at 25 books for 2025.
The word "voguish" centered on a plain white background. In the lower left corner is the Merriam-Webster circular logo outlined in red.
Scene from the movie Heather's as a standard meme. But in this case the panels have been reversed with the top panel showing Veronica Sawyer (sooty, grimy, and bloody, but with an ironic smile) saying: "2024... Am I Right?" The bottom panel shows Heather Duke, giving Veronica once over look and replying: "Honestly Veronica... It coulda been worse")
Picture of a red Boston Terrier named Piper laying on thick sleeping pad. The pad itself rests on a walking treadmill. Part of her rear end and all of her head are hanging off the sleeping pad and her head lays on the walking pad.. She is staring lazily down at a red and blue rope toy a few inches further down on the floor.
A Twitter "Wrapped" summary for 2024. First Line "Your 2024 Story" The next line reads: "This year was all about standing up for what you believe in, sharing science, and calling out the nonsense. You tweeted about politics, health, and the importance of community. Your voice was loud and clear, and you made sure everyone knew where you stand!" Below is a small block that is titled "Christmas Special" First line "You're on Santa's naughty list" Second line reads: "You're on the naught list for your spicy tweets and bold opinions! But hey, that's what makes you fun and interesting. You keep it real, and that's what we love about you!" The last line is a tag to the source twitterwrapped.exa.ai
Good Reads Summary of my 2024 reading activity. Number of Pages read - 6,235 in 24 books. Shortest book is 32 pages, Life Is Strange:Forget Me Not comic (yes they count) Longest book is 895 pages, Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Average book length in 2024 is 259 pages.
Screen capture from the video game Death Stranding. The picture features Sam Porter Bridges standing in a valley between two tall mountains, cargo hanging off his arm. He's mugging for the camera and flashing two peace signs. The baby BB-28, attached to the harness on his chest, is also smiling and mugging for the camera and flushing two thumbs up inside his safety container.
plain text image. Top line: On this day 12 years ago Next line: Helena P - December 21, 1012 Next: So, just to be extra certain, I checked my Magic 8 Ball Next: Q - Will the World End. A- Without a doubt. Next: hmmm.. maybe I had better refine that just a little bit. Next: Q - Will the world end TODAY? A - My sources say no Next: So I guess I should make those dinner plans after all.
Screen shot from the batter app on an Apple Watch series 10. It shows the batter percentage at 19%. The current time of 5:10pm and the last charged to 100% time of "yesterday" @ 10:44am. Roughly 30.5 hours.
Screen shot from an Amazon "see all updates" tracking. Top line reads: Monday, December 16 the next three lines are for 7pm, 4pm, 12pm and all read "Package delayed in transit." Next line reads: Thursday, December 12 Last line reads: 8:23pm and indicates that the package was at the Amazon facility in Hebron Kentucky (usa).
A small clipped picture from a Twining's Tea ad. The captions read: "A selection of fire great-tasting teas to fit your every mood", "Ready In Seconds!", "10 Recyclable K-Cup Pods", "Over 300 years of experience" Displayed are 5 K-Cups labeled: Chai, Green Tea, Early Grey, Pure Peppermint, and English Breakfast.
Picture of the sun breaking through a hole in rolling clouds, seen through a smoked glass.
Book cover for Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams. Under the title reads "A tough, sleek juggernaut of a story... it has all my favorite things -- blood, love, fire, hate, and a high ideal or two. I wish I'd written this one" - Roger Zelazny. The cover are shows two people stand mostly side by side, one slightly behind the other whioe in the background under a red, cloudy sky, flies two delta wing jets. The fore person is a man with short hair, shaved on the side to expose two data ports on his head. he is dressed in all leather and his jacket open to the wait exposing his bare chest. She brandishes what might be a short carbine or a long pistol. The rear person is a woman also with short hair She dressed in a red catsuit with a black leather jacket and also brandishes a firearm similar to the man's. both are staring at the read with grim determination on their faces. This edition was published by TOR and sold for U.S $3.50 and CAN $4.50.
Cover for the 1977 edition of the book Roots by Alex Haley. The sub-title just below the main title and before the authors name is "The Saga of an American Family." Above the title reads "The #1 National Bestseller! The Most Highly Acclaimed Book of Our Time. 'Fascinating ... Exhilarating ... Spectacular!'" -- Washington Post. The cover art is just the words on black to orange gradient field, centered on the white of the card stock that makes up the front cover. This edition was published by Dell, and sold for U.S $2.75
Book cover for The Chronicles of Amber (vol 1) by Roger Zelazny. This cover is from the Science Fiction Book Club edition. Jacket is in yellow with a central cover art by Boris Vallejo. Center left of the scene is a muscular, fit, man. He is shirtless, wearing jeans with metal knee high boots, and sporting a billowing red cloak. A sword in hand and in a pose ready to fight, he stares with grim determination at two large predatory cats, similar to panthers, but of an otherwise undetermined species. The setting a woodland clearing with extra large trees in the background. No publishing house or cover price is shown on the cover.
Book cover for A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. The author is noted to have also written "Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman". The book is described as "The classic bestseller and a landmark of 20th century Literature." This volume was published by Bantam Book, the cover prices is unknown. The cover art depicts a candle at the bottom, flame out, and what red swirling lines rising up from the wick in a representation of smoke. The swirls come together near the top of the cover and turn into a representation of a red ink from a classic fountain pen nib. The title is centered in white capital letters over the swirls.
Plain text meme in 4 lines: L1 - Me: I gotta focus on this becau- but "focus on this" has been struck through and replaced underneath with "sleep" L2 - Brain: Ladies and gentlemen L3 - Me: Please L4 - Brain: This is Mambo Number Five
Picture of the "prize" for the Conqueror virtual events "Tomb Raider: A Survivor Is Born" challenge. The medal has the name of the company, the name of the challenge, the distances involved in miles and kilometers an in the center the character Lara Croft taken from the cover art of the video game of the same name as the challenge. The framing of the metal is meant to look like an Asian gateway done in bronze and brown tones with a red background around a silver/peter Lara Croft.
Book cover for Replay by Ken Grimwood. The cover is split into 3 sections. The upper and lower sections are marginally larger than the middle section. In the top section is the title in caps, embossed in blue. The angled leg of the capital "R" extends down to the middle section. Beneath the titles reads "A novel by Ken Grimwood. 'Power... Compelling Superb!" - Atlanta Journal Constitution." In the bottom section the tile is repeated, upside down, embossed in gold. The leg of the R also extends to the center section. The authors name is not repeated, and below the title reads (still upside down) "Part fantasy, part romance, and part nightmare." - Booklist. The middle section features to figures, a man and a woman, one rightside up, the other upside down, to match the lettering on the other two sections. They are seen among clouds and appear to be floating in the sky. Between them is a clock face with tick marks instead of numbers and no hands. the man and woman reach to each other across the clock face. Across the top of the middle section reads: "What if you could live your life over again?" Across the bottom of the middle section reads, upside down reads "And again? And Again? and Again? and Again?" The cover is meant to be viewed best by rotating the book, bottom to top and back to bottom again. The book was published by Berkley and sold for U.S $3.95 and CAN $5.25
Cover for the book The Book of the Dun Cow by Water Wangerin, Jr. Review text reads: "A might fantasy adventure! Best book of the year! - The New York Times" Cover art is made to give the impression of being painted on distressed boards with a wooden frame attached that has a gabled top line. Central to the picture is a rooster from the chest up, facing to the readers right. Around the roosters head is a divine halo, similar to what is seen in renaissance paintings around the heads of the saints. Behind the rooster in the middle distance is a brown cow with one broken horn and one whole horn staring out at the reader. The scene is set in a meadow and there is a tree in the left distance. The book was published by Pocket and has a price tag of U.S. $2.50. There is also a genre notation on the cover stating that the book if fantasy.
Simple picture/graphic consisting of only words. Words read as follows: ==== Traditional Navajo Belief Historically, the Navajo recognized four gender roles: asdzáán (feminine female), hastíín (masculine male), dilbaa (masculine female), and nádleehi (feminine male). The nádleehi identity is fluid, and such individual may display both male and female characteristics. For many tribes, people were historically defined more by their roles in relation to their partner and their tribe, and viewing people as simply male or female was an idea first introduced by colonists. For many Native cultures, those with gender roles besides simply male or female held a valuable place in their tribe.
Cover for the book Jennifer Government by Max Barry. Review blurb just below the title reads "It's catch 22 by way of the Matrix" -Kirkus Reviews. The cover is plain white with the title in Green in the lower center and the Author's name at the bottom. All text on the cover is in capitals. Centered just above the title is a partial face, fading into the white background around it. The eye is green, the eyebrow tapers up and to the back. The make up around the eye is smokey, the lashes mascaraed. At the edge of the lower lid is a bar code that is hinted to be a tattoo extended down to the upper edge of the cheekbone. The bar code numbers read "9 780385 507593".
Book cover for Z For Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien. Included text with the title reads: "Nuclear doomsday had come and she was the only one alive... or so she thought." Praise text at the bottom reads: "Winner of an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America" The book was published by Dell and sold for U.S. $1.25 Cover artist is Boris Vallejo Cover hart depicts two people shown only from the chest up. One, gender hidden, is in a green, heavy, hazmat suit with a full helmet. The front face plate is mirrored and on its surface is seen a mushroom cloud. Behind and slightly to the readers right of the suited figure is a young woman, She is wearing a simple blouse with pleated accents. Her hair is shoulder length and parted in the center with feathered haircut. The background behind the people has no other details.
Cover art for the book The Ghosts by Atonia Barber. Included on the cover just below the title reads "Skillfully written, spellbinding fantasy. . . ." -- A.L.A. Booklist. The cover art depicts a paved path through a wood garden. On the path facing away from the reader are two children, a boy and a girl. The girl is wearing cardigan over either a knee length dress or skirt. She has on knee high low heeled boots. She holds a hand before her face in a gesture hinting at uncertainty. Holding her other hand is a younger boy wearing slacks or jean, and a turtleneck sweater. His shoes are hush puppies. Standing in front of the children, facing the reader, is another pair of children, a girl and a boy. They are walking forward, but are semi-transparent as the flowers behind them can clearly be seen. They are dressed in an older period style of dress, the girl in a knee length dress and simple shoes the body in knee shorts, a sweater ta more formal shirt peeks up around. He also wears simple shoes. The book was published by Archways (Pocket) and cost U.S. $1.25
Screen capture from the Fitbit app. This particular screenshot details the number of floors climbed "yesterday". It shows 148 floors out of 10 floors and exclaims that "You exceeded your daily goal by 138 floor. Great Job!" Blow is an hourly breakdown of when those floors were allegedly ascended or descended with the bulk being around the 8pm hour mark.
Cover of the graphic novel La Page Blanche (English: Blank Slate) by Boulet and Pénélope Bagieu. The novel is published by Delecourt/Mirages. The cover art is of a young woman sitting on a public bench. She is looking to her right (the readers left) and there is an impression that there is a light breeze as her hair is also blowing slightly to the her right. There are fading silhouettes of trees, streetlamps and buildings in the background. The season is suggested to be autumn as the trees are mostly bare and there are leaves falling through the air to the ground. The entire scene is in shades of red starting darker in the foreground and fading to light pink in the distance.
Book cover for A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. Cover art by Richard Bober depicts a green, bald, head with glowing red eyes, encased in a blue hued sphere. The sphere rests on a rocky, mountainous, landscape. Above the landscape flies a white centaur whose arms are rainbow colored wings. In the sky are clouds and a red planet is shown in the distance. The title of the book in Green with the author's name in white just below. This edition was published by Dell and has a cover price of US $1.25.
Book cover for Borderland, an anthology created by Terri Windling, and edited by Teri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold. The cover illustration shows what appear to be two elves, male and female, standing casually and staring out at the reader. both are dressed in a faux hippie style. The woman wears a black jacket accented with colorful ribbons. A wide brimmed hat perches jauntily on her head and is decorated with flowers. The man is dressed in a t-shirt and vest combo and had on jeans with one of the knees worn through. On his arm is a wrapped a red and white bandana. Under the book title read "Where magic meets rock & roll". also listed are contributing authors: "With Charles De Lint, Ellen Kushner, Steven R. Boyett and Bellamy Bach" The book was published by Tor Fantasy and sold for US $4.99 and CAN $5.99.
Cover for the book The Black Company by Glen Cook. An introductory comment reads "Darkness wars with darkness until the new light breaks". The book is published by TOR Fantasy and sold for US $3.95 / CAN $4.95 The cover art features a lone figure, dressed all in black with black gloves, and wearing a black hooded cloak. They stand before a table that is inscribe with a white glowing pentagram. The point of the pentagram faces the figure, and each point where the lines cross is flairs a brighter white. Near the observer, and to the left, lays a white rose. The figure is holding a dagger, point down, resting at the center of the pentagram. The figure also wears a circular badge over their heart that is emblazoned with a skull wreathed in flames.
Cover for the Jack L Chalker book Midnight At The Well Of Souls. Cover art displays a centaur woman with a man tied, facing rearward, to her back. She is running across a grassy plain and away from a large hoard of small green creatures who carry spears. she has a sword in hand and is in the act of swinging it. Behind the hoard is what appears to be a brush fire. Above the title reads: "At midnight on a strange and distant planet, they would remake the Universe - or destroy it!" At the top edge the publishing house is listed as Ballentine and an imprint that states it is a Del Ray Book. The book has a price tag of U.S $3.95
Book cover for Richard Bach's "Illusions". Cover illustration is of a large blue feather floating in black starlight sky. The subtitle, just under the main title, reads: "The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah". Words above the author's name read "The glorious best seller by" and below the author's name read "author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and One". Both the referenced book titles are underlined.
Book cover for Tanith Lee's "Biting The Sun." Cover art shows A woman in a flower patterned dress in a garden setting. The garden is meant to resemble the Christian Eden as the woman is reaching up to pluck a lone apple from the tree. In the back ground is a silvery dragon hovering just off the ground under a pale moon. Included on the cover along with the authors name and title is a description blurb that reads "In a world dedicated to pleasure, one young rebel set out on a forbidden quest."
picture of a box of 8 Hawaiian Punch "Fruit Juicy Red" powdered drink mixes.
Cover of the book "The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff. The cover illustration is of Winnie The Pooh standing on grass and wearing what looks to be a traditional Chinese jacket. Winnie is flying a red kite that displays a yin/yang symbol in the center. The cover also displays the "Penguin Classics" symbol.
Book Cover for Dark Dance by Tanith Lee. Cover art depicts a woman from the nose down with lips stained dark, and hands with black glossy nails cupping her cheeks. What is seen of her arms, she has tiny fishnet sleeves that extend to just the base of her fingers. Words just above the title reads: "They brought her into thier house, called her one of them, let her taste the forbidden, the erotic, the evil..." Below the title reads: "A Novel of Horror". Included below the author's name is a quote from Publishers Weekly "One of the most powerful and intelligent writers in fantasy." This edition was sold by Dell and shows a cover price of 4.99 US Dollars.
Cover of the book Teaching A Stone To Talk by Annie Dillard. Cover illustration is lake bounded by low hills, with a few trees on the near short. The Author's name is above the title in the center right of the cover. To the left is the sub title: Expeditions and Encounters. Below the title is a quote from the Boston Globe: "Few writers evoke better than Dillard the emotion of awe, and few have ever conveyed graphically the weight of silence, the force of the immaterial."