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Susannah R

@susannahredelfs.bsky.social
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GenX, so will dismiss all trolls with contemptuous indifference. Enjoy reading, games, nature. If you don’t like what I say, please block rather than attack. 🚫 Soliciting or sales. 🚫 I won’t DM with you unless I know you. NO BOTS PERMITTED.

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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 12h
Why do Republicans style their hair like the mascot at Bob’s Big Boy? Their wives have the same ghoulish MAGAt-face and the men have the same silly hair over a soft pudgy face. It’s super fucking creepy. Like monster dolls come to life.
Image of Bob’s Big Boy mascot statue.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 21h
Image of rubber duck bath toy:

“Rubber ducky, you’re the one,
Who makes bath-time so much fun!
Rubber ducky, I’m awfully fond of you.”
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The way things are unraveling around here, Atlantis was probably destroyed itself after an ill-advised decision to switch the formula of Coke. 😎
Gary Larson cartoon. Middle-aged couple in vacation wear stand at the end of a path carrying luggage. The path ends in a large body of water. Text reads: “Returning from vacation, Roy and Barbara find their house, their neighborhood, their friends—in fact, all of Atlantis, is just plain gone.”
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Jenny understood the assignment.
Retro romance comic panel (c. 60s?).
Man: So what will it be, Henny? Do you want to dance with me or have more cake?
Jenny: Cake!
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Meme of Stevie in Family Guy, saying: “Sundays are peaceful because  most evil people are at church.”
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Exactly. Refuse to feed them. Resist. Deny them at every turn and wherever possible. And if that doesn’t work, we know exactly where these elites tend to end up. They don’t thrive at all once the societies hollowed out by their parasitical depredations collapse. They cut off their own perch.
Contemporaneous painting of a guillotine scene from the French Revolution. Text reads: “Following the French Revolution, the guillotine became a common execution method all over Europe.”
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
That series was the joy of my definitely-misspent adolescence. If you’re interested in a gloriously hilarious and stylish homage (with a little Eurovision thrown in), give this fabulous book and its equally faboo sequel a try.
Cover of Space Opera, by Catherynne M. Valente.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Here it is in my bookshelf right now lol.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I can’t recommend this book enough. Given our convo here, you’ll love it. This guy is a scholar of existential threats to societies, and his book has some new discoveries they’ve made recently in the understanding of what happened to these sites. Plus, it’s a weirdly hopeful book given the subject.
Cover image of Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse, by Luke Kemp, Penguin/Viking 2025.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
When I see images like this from people peddling Mars colonization fantasies, I don’t think of Mars. I think of it as an image of the average city on Earth in the 22nd century, if humanity is organized and/or alive enough to build any.
CGI image of domed city on Mars.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#BookSky This is a gut-punch of a story, as only the incomparable Ursula K. Le Guin could offer. This is the e-book short story cover, but the tale is also included in her two collections: “The Unreal and the Real” and “The Wind’s Twelve Quarters”. “Omelas” is an anagram of her town Salem O(R).
Ebook short story cover, “Those Who Walk Away from Omelas”, by Ursula K. Le Guin.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Just another #DogsofBluesky post. Mandy, my loquacious, bodacious little rapscallion of a min pin. A devious cat soul slumming it in a canine body. She is disdaining me here because I was upstairs petting the two kitties. She is a Highlander Terrier—there can be only one. 😎
Image of Mandy, 9 yo female miniature pinscher, ignoring my pleading outstretched hand that no doubt reeks of the cats I was just petting. I’ve been caught cheating again…
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We beg to differ..
GIF from the movie Django Unchained, Django walking what from the burning Candyland Plantation at the end of the film.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Just using up the rest of the military’s dwindling store of defenses and munitions, after which the over-bloated Pentagon will want to steal even more money from the mouths of our children to buy yet more of what they continue to stupidly waste.
Danny Cochran, Secretary of Education, Idiocracy (2026).
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hear, hear. American conservatism truly is a personality disorder. #BookSky
Cover of book “Conservatism: America’s Personality Disorder”, by Christopher Armitage.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
If you want to read a well-written “wizard school” series, I recommend Diane Duane’s wonderful “So You Want to Be a Wizard” books. They predate Rowling’s books, are much better written, and probably “inspired” (ahem) Rowling’s series. #BookSky
Cover of Diane Duane’s “So You Want to Be a Wizard”.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Holy shit. Have to go out in a hazmat suit…welcome to our choking present and prepare for our burning future, brought to us by Capitalism (TM). I’ve never seen such a high rating, and I moved here from CA so I’m used to wildfire smoke in the air.
Screenshot of my Apple Weather app today, July 17, 2026.Air Quality: 500.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We all know why Jeffies opposed it:
Image from www.trackaipac.com of Hakeem Jeffries, noting his campaigns have received $1,495,708 from AIPAC.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Great novella by Catherynne Valente, about survivors of future climate change eking out an existence on floating islands of ocean garbage that became entire cities…kids would go on vision quests to find their names on pieces of trash: Tetley, Maruchan.They call their ancestors The Fuckwits. #BookSky
Cover of The Future is Blue, by Catherynne M. Valente.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Been playing this all day, final chapter…
Cover of PS5 physical edition of Legend of Heroes: Trails to the Sky: 1st Chapter (2025).
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Thank you, World Market! Formerly and forever known to me as Cost Plus.
Stack of glazed pasta dishes from World Market on kitchen counter.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Just had a thought that in only a couple of short decades, the movie Idiocracy has gone from parody to prophecy to documentary. Thus do many things come to pass… “Welcome to Wal-Mart, I love you!”
Movie poster for Idiocracy.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The only way to celebrate the insanity of the last 250 days of U.S. history is to pop a disc of Yakuza 0 into my soon-to-be obsolete PS5 Pro with disc drive accessory before Sony comes up with nanites to dissolve all physical discs on Earth. #America250 #GameSky #Yakuza0
Image of Kazuma Kiryu striking a disco pose in the Sega game Yakuza 0.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Vintage comic panel: handsome man says: “So what will it be, Jenny? Do you want to dance with me or have more cake?” Jenny; “Cake!”
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
One of many. Understand your enemy…
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Happy Juneteenth!
Juneteenth: Day of Freedom poster image.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
One of my fave John Cusack movies from that era:
Movie poster for Better Off Dead, starring John Cusack.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If you like to read, this one is an eye-opener: A Resistance History of the United States, by Tad Stoermer.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
This new beauty just arrived, hot off the presses. We white Americans have been domesticated into hating protest. We’d better remember our revolutionary spirit. #BookSky
Cover image of A Resistance History of the United States, by Tad Stoermer, Steerforth Press, June 2026.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Just got back from seeing it and it was everything I expected from the show: good fun and interesting subtext. For instance, I noticed how often the point was made that baroque, overblown military from a dying Empire was handily defeated with cleverness, skill, asymmetrical tactics, and low budget.
Movie poster for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, May 22, 2026
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
#booksky Getting a chill reading this novel, constructed as a series of satellite phone interviews conducted by an American in 2084. Each chapter he talks to people from different countries about different aspects of the century of global warming. The chapter on American fascism is especially hard.
Book cover illustration of “The 2084 Report: A Novel of the Great Warming” by James Lawrence Powell, Simon-Schuster/Atria, 2011, 2021.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Digging into this new arrival… To know our enemy. #BookSky
Book cover: “To Catch A Fascist”, by Christopher Mathias, Simon & Schuster, February 2026.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Nah. This is an all-American ratfuck. Although he is certainly being played by Putin among others. Many others. Never did I see a bigger whore for money than Trump.
Cartoon by Walt Kelly. Character stands with a rubbish collection bag and pole. Character’s speech bubble text: WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Guess cults always promise robots, too.
Bumper sticker sold by Knitting Cult Lady. Text reads: CULTS ALWAYS PROMISE SPACE TRAVEL.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
More like a cult, it seems to me. Cults always promise space travel! @knittingcultlady.bsky.social And they always empty their pockets out of devotion to their cult leader.
Knitting Cult Lady’s bumper sticker with the text: CULTS ALWAYS PROMISE SPACE TRAVEL.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Book cover, AResistance History of the United States, Tad Stoermer, Steerforth, June 2026.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I love my little man Oliver, the tabby cat who plays in toilet water and has paws of thunder when he runs upstairs.
Oliver the tabby cat.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
💯 Take the oligarchs off the table, and solving the rest of the world’s problems becomes much more achievable. Billionaires are too expensive for the planet to maintain—we can’t afford to keep them. We need to stop this hoarding if we want to succeed. Globally tax them out of existence.
Protest sign on the side of the airstrip where Davis attendees landed their jets. Head portraits of laughing Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg. Text reads: HEY DAVOS BILLIONAIRES: SHUT UP AND PAY YOUR TAX.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Born and raised and residing most of my life in coastal California, my first winter in SE Michigan has proved a challenging adaptation for me. Today it is so cold (0, -7 with WC) the INTERIOR metal lock on the sliding glass door is frosted over, even though it’s 66 inside.
Interior sliding door lock rimed with frost.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
This is Oliver. My housemate and I brought him home from the shelter on Christmas. He is a big, beautiful, boy who will be your purring fur lap-robe, and in his less dignified moments can be found playing in the toilet bowl. I told my HM no cat household should have ez-lift toilet seats.
Orange tabby cat on floor near human’s foot.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Well, because you asked nicely…here’s Mandy, AKA the Cuddle Nugget.
Miniature Pincher Mandy the Cuddle Nugget.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The Snow Queen, by Joan D. Vinge, 1980. Cover Art by Michael Whelan.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Just be careful when going to fetch water from the well, though, lest you confront Cthulhu in the depths.
Interior image from The Book: The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding Civilization, Hungry Minds and Timur Kadyrov. An aquatic Cthulhoid monster lurks at the bottom of a well.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Just paging through this amazing tome, The Book. What incredible art, and also has surprisingly good tips on rebuilding civilization after the big collapse. Highly recommended…though too tall to fit upright in any of my bookshelves, alas. Destined for the coffee table to get chats going. #BookSky
Cover image of “The Book: The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding Civilization, Hungry Minds, Timur Kadyrov.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
“Afterlives: Stories About Life After Death, by J.G. Ballard, James Blish, Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Others”, Pamela Sargent and 
Ian Watson, Eds., 
Vintage Books, 1986. Science fiction anthology.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Yes, South Park.Yes, Hegseth is exactly what you say he is. If you’ve watched the latest, you know what I’m talking about. Happy Thanksgiving, to all who celebrate.Whether you do or don’t, I am thankful for you all.Everyone. For our courage, our resolve, and our hope for greater gratitude to come.
Image from South Park Thanksgiving episode, S28E4, “Turkey Trot”, air date 11-27-2025.
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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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