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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 3h

Tis the night before BOOK BIRTHDAY, which means there’s still a few hours to preorder Children of Owl … (and enter to win a beaded medallion, link here) docs.google.com/forms/d/19LblRy-CU_aNFBadGutlUSvbxH7F9EBhh0t0yL1iuVE

Several copies of the book Children of Owl stacked on top of each other in a display

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 5h

What should I listen to next?

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 5h

Listening to/watching Kruangbin and writing postcards to North Carolina for the midterms.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 6h

We're having pasta with edamame for dinner tonight.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We went to the beach by the Edmonds ferry terminal today and there were actually people swimming there! We also got to see a cute seal playing around in the water.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's quite the trek to get down to Seattle from Bellingham. We're going to take the light rail on Friday for the Belltown Art Walk. It takes longer, but we'll hopefully miss some traffic. Plus we like taking the train into the city.

A street in Seattle lined with trees. There's a brick building across the street next to a parking lot. The side of the building has a mural on it. The sky is bright blue.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I had sundubu jjigae for lunch today. 🥹

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just dropped Brian's painting off in Belltown! I'm excited to go back on Friday for the art walk.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I've been using Booda Butter Suds of Love to wash my hair for a long time now and I have some really good hair days. I can't remember the last time I used a conditioner. I'd like to find a good hair oil or maybe just go back to using a conditioner bar so it doesn't get really dry, but it seems fine.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Whatcom Falls Park is one of my favorite places in Bellingham. It's so green and beautiful there.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If we're still in the PNW next year, we need to plan a trip up the mountain on a sunny day. The fog was neat, but I cannot handle another drive to Artist Point through a cloud. I was delighted until I began to panic.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The apple cider turned out great and Brian also made apple turnovers!

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They came back, shouted hello twice, and knocked on our door again. My neighbor said they were salespeople for an internet company, so I feel justified in my annoyance.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It tasted gritty last night, but it was really good today for lunch.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was just about to fall asleep when someone knocked on our door multiple times and shouted hello. They were probably canvassing, but just knock once and why are you shouting at me?!

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Well, it has turned out to be a migraine day. I really didn't see it coming even though I was talking to my co-workers this morning about feeling really sleepy and foggy today compared with yesterday. One thing I don't remember experiencing before is voracious hunger.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was talking with a co-worker yesterday about losing our brothers about a year apart and how we feel around the anniversary. Last night, I decided to listen to an audiobook for the first time in a very long time. I chose a book that I knew nothing about that had a pretty cover.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I put a whole can of refried beans in my chili tonight.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 28/09/2026

The food people need is in grocery stores. They just need the permission slips (cash) to access it. Food banks should not exist. They are a symptom of failed policy. They exist because universal basic income doesn't. We need UBI and it's a fight because the people doing this are doing it on purpose:

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A week's worth of groceries, including two boxes of formula by bike? No, you don't need a car for that, just some enabling infrastructure and a bike designed for the task. We don't expect everyone to live this way, but we do expect cities to enable the decision if people make it.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What movies or TV shows do you watch for spooky season? I'm thinking about rewatching The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I dreamt of Kiki. It was beautiful and sad at the same time.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I can't believe I've been working in construction permitting for over ten years now. I sometimes think about how much more I could've learned these past ten years, but we've also moved 7 times in that same timeframe, so I'm giving myself a break on that.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As someone who might never be able to buy a house or condo, I'm really not sure why House Hunters still feels like a comfort show. 😅

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just found a jar of mulling spices for the apple cider and they're not expired. 🙌

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We sometimes have to hurry into our apartment when one of the neighborhood cats follows us home. Tonight I peeked out at him standing on our porch and he was looking around like he'd just been abandoned by his family.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I trilled my lips at a sheep today and it screamed at me.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We had a great day at our friends' house in the Skagit Valley for their annual fall festival and apple pressing party! We have a huge glass jug full of fresh-pressed juice that we're going to make into spiced apple cider tomorrow.

A selfie of Brian and Marina standing between two rows of apple trees. We're holding freshly picked apples up to our faces like we're going to eat them. We're both wearing sunglasses. Brian is wearing an Irish walking cap and Marina is wearing a camo baseball cap that says, "You are on Native land."

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I found out last night that our healthcare premiums and out-of-pocket maximums are going way up next year. It's not surprising, but it's still infuriating. I want to choose the option where you don't pay a premium and just get a set amount to use on healthcare, but I'm terrified of medical debt.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Our gas heater had an annual test or maintenance today. They pushed in a little grate at the bottom that has been sticking out a little since we moved in. Now we can see a little strip of old carpet beneath the heater and a burn mark on the floor. Somehow, I don't feel safer.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's a rainy day in Bellingham ☺️

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That’s America’s mayor.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I started a bag of chopped vegetables to make my own stock. I'm using a plastic freezer bag for now, but I'd like to use something reusable eventually. Any tips on what to use as a container or what to add or not add to the stock? What's your favorite soup recipe?

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I got started a little late, but my split pea soup is almost done! I think I'd be able to make a double batch if I had an 8 qt. pot instead of a 6 qt. pot. I can eat the same thing over and over again, so I like batch cooking. I think I could probably just eat one dish all day long.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm making split pea soup tonight! I'm excited to start making soups and stews for the season. 🍂🍲 I want to finally start a recipe book by writing my favorite recipes down and making notes if I ever make any changes.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Heather Meadows Visitor Center in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

An old stone blue house on a rocky hill surrounded by evergreen trees in the fog.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I just love this little bridge. 🥹

A little stone bridge with two arches over a creek at the edge of a lake. There's a cluster of small evergreen trees on one side of the bridge. It's a foggy day. There are some bushes at the bottom of one of the arches.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There's a cute little stone bridge down at the creek. There were also some cute birds swimming and eating in the creek.

The trail goes through shrubbery with a few evergreen trees on a foggy day. There's a small pool of water on the left side of the trail.

A view of the lake from the trail. There are hillsides on the other side of the lake covered in fog. There are bushes and evergreen trees.

A small stone bridge going over the creek.

A zoomed out view of the stone bridge with trees and bushes on the hillside.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We went to the Heather Meadows Visitor Center last weekend on our way to Artist Point. We walked down the trail to the lake and creek. It was neat to see it on such a foggy day.

A rocky hillside with plants. Hills and trees in the distance are obscured by fog. This is the trail from the Heather Meadows Visitor Center in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

A trail amongst the shrubbery and trees.

A different part of the trail. It's a very foggy day.

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

man don't touch bats!! don't touch wildlife in general (STRONG EMPHASIS ON THIS ASIDE) but bats like especially specially!! specially specially specially ones that are on the ground!!!! who raised you! bats are cute and wonderful and also we do! not! touch! them!

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The "massive weekly grocery haul" is a symptom of car-dependent sprawl, not a universal rule of life. Healthy cities don't force you to drive to a warehouse store. Good design makes grabbing fresh food a quick, passive part of your daily walk or bike commute. These straw men arguments bore me.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I've been testing software at work lately and had my first dream about it last night. When I have work dreams, I usually dream of looking at construction drawings.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We got our Halloween circus tickets! It's a little bittersweet because it was our last weekend outing before finding out we only had a few days left with Kiki last year.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I just ordered a new bra, but they did that thing at the end where they say, "But wait! Here's another deal!" They did it THREE times. I was so annoyed that I immediately cancelled my order.

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Marina Carstens @marinacarstens.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's weird to be at the part of the year where we don't just leave our windows open at all times.

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