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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

My birthday present from my beloved has arrived!

A photo of the cover of the book “The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie” by Chanda Prescott-Weinstein.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

DC weather having a real normal one.

Screenshot of my weather app showing current temperature of 86 F and a chance of snow starting less than 22 hours from now.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Ready to rep SJSU (& Cal State University) on the Hill for Humanities Advocacy Day!

An open red briefcase packed with small stuffed squirrels wearing little blue “H&A at SJSU” shirts.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

If you see this, I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation

Five white reindeer, each wearing a lei, with heads turned slightly to the viewer’s right.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

On the eve of our Parents’ Weekend Haunted Open House, all signs point to Halloween might be my Philosophy department’s sweet spot.

A “murder board” on a black bulletin board framed with ye”crime scene” tape, with index cards of many colors and images pinned to it, some of them connected by thin red and white twine. The question that is the focus of w”murder board” is “COULD IT BE WRONG TO LOVE TRUE CRIME AS MUCH AS WE DO?”

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Mood Nail Lounge (Fremont, California) knows what time of year it is.

A spooky array for a seasonal pedicure that includes a dark red rose in a goblet of dry ice, square dishes with a pink mini bath bomb and dried rose petals, a green scrub with little eyeballs, a green lotion, raspberries and cream; small ceramic skulls and pumpkins, a white column candle with vats, and a black silk flower arrangement.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

In non-doom-y news: look at my striped toasted cheese sandwiches

Three irregularly shaped slices of bread with stripes of yellow (Swiss) and orange (cheddar) cheese melted upon them, sitting on a rounded square plate that is an array of skinny red rectangles on a white background.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Happiness is enjoying a beachside brunch and then making it up the hill to the house before the fog burns off.

Gloriously overcast beach. White waves crash against light brown sand.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

There has to be a way to touch the BART station escalator hand rail without this happening

My right hand, palm facing upwards, with significant areas of black smudge on both palm and fingers. Seriously, it looks like I used my hand to erase a whiteboard.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

#APAPacific25 #DayOfActionForHigherEd poster station is live! Come to the Exhibit Hall (on 2), grab or make a sign, and take your persuasive power to the streets!

A bunch of already-made signs of questionable aesthetic value and marginal pithiness, on a table with a black tablecloth. I reckon you can do better!

A sign on a stand whose text reads:
DAY OF ACTION FOR HIGHER ED.
1. Take/make a sign.
2. Grab a friend.
3. Head to Union Square.
4. Explain it to the people.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

On my last vacation day before I go back to work tomorrow, I rehabbed two garden beds and then planted them with seedlings and seeds.

A raised bed full of recently turned earth with five green seedlings. Not pictured: five different kinds of seeds just below the soil surface.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Reposting with alt text (and leaving the task of verifying it to others)

If Tesla goes below $114 Musk will get margin called. This forces him to liquidate his shares which will send Tesla stock into a death spiral and his whole empire will crumble. Musk will do anything to prevent this. And Trump will too.

So … keep the pressure on.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Inside my pocket, there are two wolves.

A “Tide to go” pen and a black Sharpie permanent marker.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I must inform you that I have won Christmas.

A crocheted Moo Deng, facing slightly away from the camera.

Crocheted Moo Deng looks directly into the camera.
(Why she screm?)

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

✅ Tofu grilled ✅ Zucchini grilled ✅ Mushrooms grilled

A glass pan holding rectangular slabs of grilled tofu and a round white ceramic handled container with circular slices of grilled zucchini

A small glass pan of grilled shiitake mushrooms, a round handled red ceramic dish of grilled oyster mushrooms, and an oval white baking dish with grilled cremini mushrooms of various sizes.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Happy T-day! The prep continues for our annual potluck with friends. ✅ Veggie “crab” cakes cooked. ✅ Bread stuffing prepared (with a good balance of crunchy parts & moist parts) ✅ Sweet potatoes w/Korean BBQ sauce cooked.