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Daisy in the Books

@daisyredwoods.bsky.social
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she/her Happily married transgender woman. Tech industry escapee trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. Missing my library.

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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Moments like this are why I miss working in the library. Great thread!
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This hurts. What a fabulous actor and embodiment of one of the all-time great characters on screen. So long, Giles. RIP. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Anthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72
The British actor, who also appeared in Merlin and Little Britain, died of complications from pneumonia.
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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Semiotic anthropologist here w/alt-text! As I tell students & everyone who will listen: One of the great lessons of anthropology is that we built this. All of it. And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built. We can & must build differently.
You guys....we made it all up. ALL of it.
Everything. Money. Bills. Gender.
Capitalism. Femininity. Masculinity.
Body image. The 5 day workweek.
Three meals a day. School. College.
Fashion. Expectations. Institutions.
Holidays. Traditions. Literally every single thing that we take for granted as
"just the way it's done" is fucking made up and I just feel like it's really important that we remember that.
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I finally visited Ripped Bodice, the incredible romance bookstore in Brooklyn, and it was a feast for the eyes and mind, but this sign especially 🌷💃🏼👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩🌸🧞‍♀️💘🧚🏾‍♀️
a sign with flowers on it that reads “Unattended children will be given an enthusiastic explanation
of intersectional feminism.”
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Dr. Kendra Preston Leonard (she/her) @kleonardphd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"Whitey on the Moon" is also, yes, about racism, but Glover's take and the historical context provided here (I didn't know about the Abernathy protest) is interesting and worth pondering.
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Dana Priebe @queenofnopants.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility. Remember that not being visible today doesn't make you any less trans, especially if it's not safe for you to be out. #TDoV
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
It’s Trans Day of Visibility! I don’t think I’ve shared a pretransition photo here before. Might delete later. #tdov #transgender
Daisy in a cashmere sweater. Blonde hair, glasses, and a big smile. Daisy pre-transition in 2020. Thousand yard stare, no expression, and a Noogler hat.
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
61 is all right with me!
A blonde woman with glasses wearing cake earrings at a pub.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 23/03/2026
The question that broke America fundamentally was ‘do all people deserve basic rights?’ This question was too hard for us. Too hard for our leadership. It still is. So now all of our rights are in jeopardy.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 11/03/2026
The New York Times coverage of trans issues has repeatedly resulted in experts and others complaining that their words were twisted and misrepresented... but only those quoted from on trans supportive side have that complaint. Coincidence or eliminationism? @billiejsweeney.bsky.social dives in.
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Does The New York Times Want to Eradicate Trans People? — Assigned
An analysis of its coverage reveals a pattern of misrepresentations, deceptions, distortions, the exclusion of trans voices, and the endorsement of contempt.
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Chicken Pot Pie for dinner. Yes, I suck at shaping pie dough.
Golden brown crust on the top of a chicken pot pie sitting on a stove top.
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Horatio Pornviewer @stuntbirdarmy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
If you’ve arrived at the “doctors do medicine for money and therefore can’t be trusted” stage of your theory, they should take the sharp objects out of your house
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
"NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has apologised to the families of gay hate crime victims after a damning report found officers were "indifferent, negligent, dismissive or hostile"."
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'I'm so sorry': Top cop apologises to families of NSW gay hate victims after damning report
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb says families have been "failed" after an inquiry investigated the suspicious deaths or unsolved murders — potentially motivated by gay hate bias.
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Interesting insight into this ruling. Parental rights are paramount when it gives the conservatives a chance to hurt trans kids, but when supportive parents want to be trusted to manage their child’s transition, their rights don’t count.
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Alyssa MacKenzie @alyssamackenzie.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
TRANS APPRECIATION FRIDAY is here!!!!! Let's spread some joy & build community, shall we? How this works: Tell us your name, pronouns & a bit about you. THEN- repost this post, say hi to those that join in & make new friends! I'm Alyssa(she/her): Racer, hiker, climber, wifey. Your turn!💜
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“In other words, there hasn’t been an organic shift in public opinion on trans people but rather a massive astroturfing campaign against us.” — @juliaserano.bsky.social
bostonreview.net
Trans rights aren’t tanking the Democrats.
Julia Serano responds in a forum on “How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism.”
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Alyssa MacKenzie @alyssamackenzie.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
It's that time again! TRANS APPRECIATION FRIDAY is here! How it works: Tell us your name, pronouns, a bit about you & post a pic, if comfy doing so. Then, repost THIS post, say hi to those that join in & make new friends! I'm Alyssa(she/her). Coffee & racing aficionado, among other things. 💜
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This is a great list of books by trans authors: everything from traditionally published series to self-published debut novels. And nothing links to Amazon!
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 12/01/2026
Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Had a lovely anniversary (40) dinner tonight at Urdaneta!
A blonde woman wearing a cream cashmere sweaterDaisy and Susan posing for a picture at their 40th anniversary dinner.
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
The best way to cook salmon (or steelhead trout). The skin is crispy and delicious!
Raw salmon filet scored in 1.5” squares. Seasoned with salt and pepper. Cooked salmon after 15 minutes under a low broiler (8-10” away).
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Now I’m wondering if “Soylent Green” was actually about transubstantiation.
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Rocket Girl Erin 👩🏼‍🚀🚀🔆🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 HELP! READ PINNED SKEET! @rocketgirlerin.northsky.social · 09/12/2025
the logo looks like a tapeworm crawling out of an asshole
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I’ve read the essay and the professor’s critique of it, and I agree with this.
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Altavista was peak. Unfortunately, it was always just a hardware demonstration project.
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fredesque @fredtaming.bsky.social · 26/05/2023
me: congrats when’s the baby due pregnant librarian: oh it's mine i get to keep it
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Good morning, all! I’m Daisy. She/her. I’m a 60 year old trans woman now living in Portland, OR. This tradition is one of the only things I’ve missed about the other place.
A mirror selfie of a blond woman with curly hair wearing an “I Love Queer Authors” t-shirt.
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
One of my favorite things!
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 19/11/2025
wild to realize that Ghost In The Shell is 30 years old, we are only 4 years away from the year it is set in, and think about how real life tech dystopia is so much more banal and terrible than anything we could have imagined so many years ago
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Here we go with further attacks on trans people. If nothing else, it has a chilling effect on international travel. If I can’t count on my passport being valid when I make my plans, is it worth going?
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Monthly Halloween 🎃 @abcbtommi.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Can we timeskip ahead to the point where we all realize the race scientist eugenicists, the white birthrate obsessives, the silicon valley scamsters, and the Epstein circle are all just the same people?
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Worth watching the whole video. This is why I won’t be supporting Newsom.
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 21/10/2025
I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong. Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Just finished “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid, which is amazing and everyone should read it. It has occurred to me that it’s basically historical fiction. That’s set when I was 15-20. In a place I worked when I was in my 20s. I feel old.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Yes your taxes should support disabled people. They should support homeless people. They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly. This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
You can take the girl out of the south, but apparently you can’t take the (culinary) South out of the girl. A yummy bowl of cheese grits for breakfast.
An orange bowl full of cheesy, creamy grits.
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
100%! As a school librarian, I didn’t restrict books by age based on my experience as an early reader (as well as the experience and research of others). So much of what I read young gave me the chance to be who I am today.
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Daisy in the Books @daisyredwoods.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Newsom has shown repeatedly that he will throw trans people under the bus at the first opportunity. I can speak personally to the impacts of not being able to source hormones and the benefits of knowing I have enough to allow me options for access. There is no valid reason to veto this bill.
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Anti-conversion therapy laws DO NOT infringe upon one’s “right to free speech”; dismantling them WILL lead to gross infringements upon one’s human rights - especially children’s. Conversion camps aren’t just breeding grounds for torture and abuse; they ARE torture and abuse. SCOTUS KNOWS this.
Supreme Court sharply questions law banning conversion therapy
Colorado's law, similar to ones on the books in nearly 30 states, may infringe on free speech rights, justices suggest.
Updated October 7, 2025 at 2:02 p.m. EDT
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Alyssa MacKenzie @alyssamackenzie.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
We were told over and over again that this would not happen, just like Project 2025. LGBTQ+ people exist. Attempting to remove their existence from cultural references and calling them ‘demonic’ is a violation of our American freedoms. They’re attacking everything they said they’d attack.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2025
Eight months after the Department of Government Efficiency effort to shrink the federal workforce began, some agencies are hiring workers back – and spending more money than before.
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Federal agencies are rehiring workers and spending more after DOGE's push to cut
Eight months after the Department of Government Efficiency effort to shrink the federal workforce began, some agencies are hiring workers back – and spending more money than before.
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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
"That's all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don't know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won't matter if we don't survive these times." Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
That's all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don't know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won't matter if we don't survive these times.

Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22/09/2025
1. The Trump administration has filed an emergency motion with the Supreme Court to reinstate its transgender passport restrictions. The filing in the much-criticized shadow docket could cast trans travelers into chaos, with a decision likely soon. Subscribe to support our journalism.
erininthemorning.com
Trump Files Emergency SCOTUS Motion Over Trans Passport Gender Markers; Decision Could Come Quickly
The motion comes after multiple courts have found Trump's passport gender marker ban for transgender people to likely violate their constitutional rights and US law.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2025
RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.
wsj.com
RFK Jr.-Backed Vaccine Panel Advises Against MMRV Vaccine for Young Children
New members of a key committee tweak routine childhood vaccine guidance as some states and insurers go their own way.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
There's no excuse for the Vice President of the United States to use a heinous killing as an occasion to baselessly frame political opponents as accomplices to murder while threatening to use the power of the government to attack them. This dangerous rhetoric will only fan the flames.
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