Reposted by NelsonJill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 9hA thing about artists that's hard to understand if you don't know them is that they will make the art whether anyone sees it or not. But a thing about people is that they will want to see good art because it connects them to the person who made it 2414
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Cool mornings means the back #cat deck is open for fresh air and morning sunshine. 051
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Listening to Kate Quinn’s Briar Club for book club. This one is terrific. #booksky 070
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We bought some local beef this year. Some may be Christmas gifts the way this is going. 011
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“My illnesses don’t show up on lab tests, nor do they affect my appearance. Some people think this makes them less real, but a few strong supporters keep me going.”publicsource.orgI look fine, but dealing with chronic illness is my full-time jobJennifer McCalla doesn't look sick, but living with long COVID and POTS is a full-time job. She writes about invisible illness and the fight to be believed. 100
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026American White Pelicans on the Mississippi, south of Nauvoo, Illinois on the Great River Road. #naturesky #birdsky 020
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A weeekend visiting The utopian communities of the Midwest. Here is Temple House Village in Nauvoo, Illinois. Location of the the tomb of Joseph Smith. Near the Mississippi River. 110
Reposted by NelsonIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We've seen a distinct drop in interest in these conditions as people have memory-holed COVID; they'd like to forget infection-associated chronic conditions, but they're impacting everyone, including kids. I'm the Scientific Director at #MEAction, and I advocate for #MECFS, #LongCOVID, & other IACCs. 015060
Reposted by NelsonAstrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I got #ME/CFS after an EBV infection. 30 years later I still don't have access to a doctor who is knowledgeable about my illness. The situation for my patient group is if anything getting worse, not better. Read this excellent column by George Monbiot and help us break through the indifference: 25417
Reposted by NelsonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925171712
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Treehouse books are popular in our library. RIP Mr. Denton. 000
Reposted by NelsonHigh Country News @highcountrynews.org · 22/09/2026Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really should be a 'dead bear.'hcn.orgAs bears ‘spin out’ in southern Montana, wildlife managers are at wit’s end - High Country NewsAmid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really… 0207
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It’s part of the close-reading movement. We’re in it for the linguistic depth. 010
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Librarians and anyone who loves books - great interview with Tasslyn Magnusson for the first podcast of Liberating Lits.liberatinglit.comEpisode One: Tasslyn Magnusson — Liberating LitDr. Tasslyn Magnusson has been tracking book bans since 2021. But her work is much more than simply counting–it’s helping motivate other people nationwide to get to work protecting the right to read. ... 043
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Asters are putting on a show; it’s a #pollinator party. The #inverts are everywhere in the yard. 081
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A library book sale find. The title, “when women were birds,” caught my eye. The inciting event is stark & filled with possible meaning - a Mom passes and bequeaths her lifetime of diaries to her daughter. The journals are all, each and every one, blank. By Terry Tempest Williams. #booksky 060
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I picked this one up at the library, and I was shocked at the quality and creativity. This is a book to slow down and savor. It’s fun too! The Dungeon Book by @mytholder.bsky.social Shelve this one next to @travisbaldree.bsky.social’s Legends and Lattes books. #booksky 4446
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I’m listening to this audiobook on a recommendation. I knew that it was a crime/mystery. Didn’t have any idea it was as mashing up Sci-fi time travel, too. I am really enjoying it! Frozen People by @ellygriffiths.bsky.social. #booksky 050
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Happy #batmanday! I enjoy the creative teams on both these Batman series, so looking forward to this mashup. 000
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026[insert witty, snarky comment] This is so obviously dumb, but we’re going to allow this tool to exist anyway. At least for awhile. 011
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I had this oversized Buck Rogers book when I was a kid. Found this copy at the library used book sale - 2nd printing, 1970. It’s gonna need a little love. Im afraid I may be entering my nostalgia era of life. #booksky #comics #graphicnovels 0100
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Comparing the U.S. to her Australia: "In fact, I saw different communities from different backgrounds sitting very uncomfortably alongside each other." "We have been able to achieve multicultural Australia not by erasing people's differences but by giving them space to belong..." 000
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Of her experience traveling with the poor (Greyhound busses) in the U.S. she says, "I saw disconnection as a human condition rather than a political constituency. And people were simply not interested in the institutions and the organisations that ostensibly are there to represent them..." 000
Reposted by NelsonJames Asmus @jamesasmus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Oh my god he admit it www.msn.com/en-us/techno... 3651204
Reposted by NelsonBilly Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Newswise: 'New Clues Link Long COVID and POTS' 'Almost two-thirds of long COVID patients also met the diagnostic criteria for POTS.' www.newswise.com/articles/new...newswise.comNew Clues Link Long COVID and POTS | NewswiseDizziness, fatigue, brain fog and a racing heart. They’re commonly associated with Long COVID, but new Adelaide University research suggests that for some people, these symptoms may also be indication... 0265
Reposted by NelsonLabLit.com @lablit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I think I neglected to share in July, but a large proportion of UK crime novels have female victims. I find this disturbing. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... #booksky ⚡📚theguardian.comNine out of 10 bestselling novels in UK have one thing in common: a woman is murderedAuthor Wendy Jones highlighted the trend in an Instagram post: ‘What is going on here?’ 21711
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Phineas and Ferb have entered the mainstream. (Technically, Dufenschmertz.) 000
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is a bad idea.fresnoland.orgFresno County to study privatizing its librariesAfter debating LGBTQ materials at the Fresno County library, county officials are studying cost saving from a switch to private management. 020
Reposted by NelsonAbigail Kabaker @akabaker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Omg omg omg omg omg omg omg 22912
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“We are experiencing higher than normal call volumes.” I’m just forced to go along with the lie. 010
Reposted by NelsonAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Ok so by far the funniest response to these photos was a comment from a pal who said we look like we’re starring in a soap opera called “As the World Burns” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/m...nytimes.comNaomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World Is Now on the TableIn a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise. 922220
Reposted by NelsonJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/09/2026Look, intellectually I understand there are situations that call for unsalted butter instead of salted butter, but emotionally there is never a time I want to be in one of those situations. 2613560261
Reposted by NelsonKatie @katiejmcnamara.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Stop minimizing manga and graphic novels as entry points to reading. This discounts the reader is cognitavely doing. AND a traditional print reader cannot automatically read manga and graphic novels. Vistual literacy is real. #TLSky #EduSky 2136
Reposted by NelsonJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“we are currently experiencing higher than normal call volumes” 31067
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It feel like this is a precipitating event. This fellow should be anointed King of All Scandinavia and immediately call for an Althing. Hail, King of the Vikings! 000
Reposted by NelsonMonica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Another hoard of Viking coins is found, this time in Finland: www.livescience.com/archaeology/... #MedievalSkylivescience.comFinland's largest Viking Age silver hoard discovered by metal detectorist — and it has thousands of coins and pieces of jewelryThe largest Viking Age silver hoard ever found in Finland was unearthed by a metal detectorist north of Helsinki. 113733
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I have purchased books personally and professionally (for a public library) from bsky posts. 011
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Wow. BA.1 Omicron lineage is the wave that left me with long COVID. 021