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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

🧵MAY DAY IS FRIDAY! If you can: No Work. If you can: No School. If you can: No Shopping (or: necessities only). If you can: Attend/Plan an Event. Here's a participation guide ⬇️ Do what you can. Be willing to stretch your comfort zone. Then on Sat & Sun, shower ❤️ on good, local, indie businesses.

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May Day Participation Guide | Indivisible

May 1st is May Day and we’re calling on folks to make their economic power known. Learn how you can take action to show Trump and his billionaire buddies that we won’t just continue business as usual ...

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Went to the new nearby Pogonip Pizza for dinner and had a delicious Magic Carpet pizza with pepperoni, jalapeño, mozzarella, tomato sauce, fresh basil, stracciatella and hot honey. Check it out:

Top-down view of a pizza, a glass of red wine, and various accoutrements on a small table.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/04/2026

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-…

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We had a bunch of hard-boiled dyed eggs left over from Easter, so I made egg salad today, using a recipe from Simply Recipes, with avocado instead of mayo. Turned out nice! I heaped it on a German dinner roll from the Brot Box. (Why are there blue bits? Because the eggs were dyed.)

Two halves of a dinner roll heaped with egg salad, on a bamboo board.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The painting at Stacks/Black Sheep Brasserie in Willow Glen, where I had breakfast today.

A painting of a flock of sheep. Most of them are white, one is black. Several sheep are looking right at the observer.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

"The third No Kings protests were an unmistakable display of political force..." "Two-thirds of participants live in suburban, small town or rural areas, a 40% increase over last time in protesters from outside big cities..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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Red flare for Trump: 'No Kings' rallies a show of political force

With a Revolutionary-era slogan, the protests had an historic geographical reach across the country. What does that mean for November?

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

pour one out for george soros and the hand cramps he's gonna get writing checks to all these protestors

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Phil Lipari @phil-lipari.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

From Ellsworth, Maine.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

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Jen K @embracechaos.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

More from SAN JOSE, CA NO KINGS! Today, March 28, 2026 Speeches by U.S. Senator Adam Schiff and Congressman Ro Khanna. Thousands participated in this peaceful protest & march, sponsored by 50501 San Jose & Indivisible San Jose. #nokings #50501movement #50501sanjose #dumptrump #Indivisible

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

There are a whole bunch of reasons to turn out for #nokings tomorrow but here are maybe the top two: 1) huge turnout is a signal to republicans edging away from Trump and puts steel in Dem spines. 2) least we can do to honor bravery of Minnesotans who turned the tide

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Bought more peony tulips at Trader Joe's yesterday.

Looking down on a bucket of pink and purple peony tulips.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Make the thing you want to exist in the world or support someone already working on it.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

One of my favorite moments from my trip to Los Angeles was the dinner I had at Xuntos, a Spanish tapas place, where I had an appetizer of scallops in saffron butter. I took one of the shells home with me as a souvenir. Speaking of shells, one of the dining room walls was made of scallop shells.

5 scallops in golden saffron butter, arranged on their shells.

A red leather banquette below a dining room wall covered in scallop shells.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The Getty is such a lovely arrangement of architecture and landscaping.

A fountain in the foreground, two cubes of beige Italian travertine in the background, in front of a bright blue California sky.

Trees and plants in symmetrical layout in front of a building of beige Italian travertine and glass. The Pacific Ocean far in the background.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

These two were my favorite paintings at the Getty Center: Gainsborough's Countess Anne and Goya's Marquesa de Santiago. I sat down and contemplated them for a while. Is "Gainsborough blue" a thing?

A large painting in a gilded frame on a slate gray wall. It depicts a woman with a gray updo of hair, a blue and white billowing silk dress, a golden shawl. and tiny little shoes. She is sitting, with her hand to her chin, contemplating things. Trees and a distant landscape make up the background.

A text note which says:
Portrait of Anne, Countess of Chesterfield
1777-78
Thomas Gainsborough
English, 1727-1788
Oil on canvas

When this portrait of Anne Thistlewaite (1759-1798) was exhibited by Gainsborough in 1778, critics agreed that he had captured the sitter's aristocratic refinement. While one contemporary observer found the hands and drapery to be unsubstantial and unfinished, others recognized that when the portrait is viewed from a distance, the loose brushwork coalesces into rich, luxurious textures and forms.

A large painting in a gilded frame hanging on a slate gray wall. The painting depicts a woman in a black dress, white lace shawl, and coral pinks hoes. She is standing, facing the viewer. A dark landscape and a dark gray sky make up the background.

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Portrait of the Marquesa de Santiago
1804
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Spanish, Fuentetodos 1746-Bordeaux 1828
Oil on canvas

By the early 1800s, Goya was the leading painter of the Spanish royal family, aristocracy, and liberal intelligentsia. This bold portrait depicts a wealthy aristocrat known for her independent spirit and quick wit. She faces the viewer with one hand assertively placed against her hip and the other holding a fan. Distinguished by a long white lace mantilla, gold braided sleeves, black lace skirt, and dainty coral-colored shoes, the Marquesa's attire is highly fashionable, but Goya has refused to idealize his subject, depicting her with a frankness extraordinary for the time.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

At Zona Rosa, an encouragement to love tacos, which we heeded.

Large letters spelling out (Heart) TACOS in front of a restaurant.

Carnitas tacos with red cabbage slaw on pink tortillas.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The sign out front of the Hop and Vine beer and wine bar in San Jose.

A chalkboard sign proclaiming: We have beer as COLD as your ex's heart.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The tulips are all reaching outward.

A top down view of a bouquet of pink tulips, with each flower reaching outward from the center.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Trader Joe's sells cannelés now. It was bad enough to have unfettered access to madeleines, but now I am truly doomed.

Four small bundt-cake-shaped desserts on a wooden board, beckoning me.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Just another picture of these lovely many-petaled peony tulips.

A bouquet of pink peony tulips with double petals, in a glass vase on a dark wooden dining table.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I really enjoyed today's weather (sunny and 78F/26C). The peach tree did too.

A closeup of the branches of the peach tree, with lots of bright pink blossoms. More blossomy branches out of focus in the background.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Aaah, now I see the appeal of the "peony tulips" or "double tulips" - lots of extra petals. Lovely.

Closeup of a "peony tulip" which has lots of petals, in a bouquet of more peony tulips in a glass vase on a dining table. Two chairs are visible in the background.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I'm in heaven. I bought some German bread and pretzels from the Brotbox ("Brot" is German for bread). Each pack of pretzels has four, but there are only three in the picture because I already scarfed one down, after I slathered it with butter. Just like home.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Unsurprisingly, I bought more tulips. Their packaging says they are "peony tulips" or "double tulips", terms which I have never heard before. But hey, they look lovely, which is all I need to see.

A big bouquet of pink tulips in a large glass vase on a dark dining table.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Leftovers from Monday night dinner for lunch: linguini with fennel, sausage and tomato sauce.

A turquoise Fiestaware bowl filled with pasta and red sauce, fennel and sausage meat.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Do you see the Buddha hiding in the greenery? (This is in the garden at The Crepe Place in Santa Cruz.)

A wooden water slide surrounded by lot roof plants, and a black Buddha figure sitting among the greenery.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I took myself and my tulips outside for some sunshine.

A bouquet of red, orange, and pink tulips in a glass vase on a sunny patio table, with bright blue sky in the background.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The tulips I picked yesterday at Earthbound Farm. The blossoms are tidily closed up in the morning.

Red, orange and pink tulips in a glass vase on an oak dining table.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I really love tulips, and took the opportunity today to pick my own, at Earthbound Farm's Farmstand. Aren't these fields lovely?

A look at several rows of yellow and orange tulips.

A look down on a row of fiery orange tulips.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Shopped for some groceries, including lunch things, then sat down on a bench on West Cliff Drive and ate my lunch in California sunshine.

Ice plant and big wave breaker rocks in the foreground, the Pacific Ocean washing against the coast in the middle, and the other side of the Monterey Bay in the background.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I drove across town to Capitola for a movie (Midwinter Break with Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds) and a late lunch, at Dharmas, a vegan restaurant. I don't think I've been to Dharmas since I lived in the neighborhood (the "Jewel box," because the streets are named after gems) in the mid-nineties.

A plate with spring rolls and a little bowl of peanut sauce, and behind it a bow of tofu and broccoli, on a turquoise tray on a wooden table.

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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

It's depressing how quickly the Trump regime's cold-blooded murders in the Caribbean Sea have become background noise in the US. At least 150 people killed.

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Elke Sisco (she/her) 🍉 @elkit.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

This is how blue the sky was yesterday.

An expanse of bright blue sky, divided by an airplane and its contrail.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Goodness, things might get a wee bit testy at the upcoming State of the Union.

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