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Writer, librarian, Chicagoan. Still have the mammoth hair I bought in Edinburgh. she/her

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13.10.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agree. I once mistook them for guacamole. Was crushed.

13.10.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations, David! Is that why you won't eat your peas, because now you have to do it in that erm, distinctive, British fashion?

13.10.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks -- I appreciate it.

20.09.2025 13:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. Tech support is working on it so I'm a bit hopeful.

20.09.2025 12:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A selection of illustrations and commissions including an album cover design of a vintage radio, a book cover design with an illustration of George Harrison, architecture illustrations, a Listening Party turntable design, a music pattern design and a photo of me wearing glasses.

A selection of illustrations and commissions including an album cover design of a vintage radio, a book cover design with an illustration of George Harrison, architecture illustrations, a Listening Party turntable design, a music pattern design and a photo of me wearing glasses.

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business.

It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.

Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk

02.09.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 389 πŸ” 422 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 46
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Chicago's not the murder capital of anything, and I thought you might like to see this photo I took in Lincoln Park this afternoon. The statue is Ulysses S. Grant.

12.09.2025 02:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chicago isn't the murder capital of anything, and I thought you might like to see a second-hand bookshop you could get lost in. It's called The Armadillo's Pillow.

11.09.2025 03:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Chicago isn't the murder capital of anything, and I thought you might like to see my favorite bookshop.

09.09.2025 20:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The banner is raised. @cymerafestival.co.uk returns to Edinburgh!!

06.06.2025 12:26 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

You rocked. So glad I got to see your performance.

11.06.2025 15:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You rocked. So glad I got to see your performance.

11.06.2025 15:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Soul of America | Anne Louise Avery Get more from Anne Louise Avery on Patreon

I have been simply blown away by this tender and furious piece by @annelouiseavery.bsky.social, reminding us of what The Soul of America means. Do please subscribe if you can, and buckle up for an absolute treat of storytelling.

tinyurl.com/4w3ssy6f

07.04.2025 10:25 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sears Home Advantage doesn't care when or if they bother showing up, do they?

26.03.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Orange graphic with white text that reads, "Executive Order aims to gut Institute of Museum & Library Services. 96% of Americans want to see federal funding maintained or increased for museums. This EO directly undermines the will of the people and puts education, jobs, conservations, and critical community programs at risk." White logos at the top of the graphic are shown for American Alliance of Museums and Alliance Advocacy Alert.

Orange graphic with white text that reads, "Executive Order aims to gut Institute of Museum & Library Services. 96% of Americans want to see federal funding maintained or increased for museums. This EO directly undermines the will of the people and puts education, jobs, conservations, and critical community programs at risk." White logos at the top of the graphic are shown for American Alliance of Museums and Alliance Advocacy Alert.

Urge Congress to Save IMLS! A recent Executive Order would gut the only federal agency dedicated to America’s museums. The Institute of Museum & Library Services makes up only 0.0046% of the federal budget. Take action now: www.congressweb.com/aam/95/

17.03.2025 15:31 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries

Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.

Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.

Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

15.03.2025 13:41 πŸ‘ 3362 πŸ” 2177 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 230

When I was first getting to know my autistic boyfriend I asked him about the evolutionary benefits of autism and he said something very similar.

07.03.2025 17:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Working Families Party - Fighting for an America that works for the many, not the few. WFP is building a political home for all of us who see bigotry, bailouts, and business as usual in our political system and ask, "Is that the best we can do?"

Please everyone we need all hands on deck to phone bank for this upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court Election! Please consider volunteering. Go to the website volunteer tab. Wisconsin Supreme Court. You can call from any state!

Please repost. If you have questions, let me know.

workingfamilies.org

07.03.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.03.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Because of the Trump administration, seniors will no longer be covered for telehealth starting March 31st.

That is why I am introducing the Telehealth Coverage Act, requiring Medicare to cover seniors' telehealth services. Let's pass this and make sure millions of seniors don't lose coverage.

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Exhausted by the news, the Fox of Greenwich Village had gone to see an exhibition of watercolours by Thomas Moran at the Met. He walked listlessly from painting to painting, his mind churning over the morning paper, the violent rives torn daily in the fragile veil of democracy by men so monstrous that their very souls had fled their mortal frames. Wiping away a sudden tear, he reached the final landscape and was abruptly, unexpectedly, spellbound. 
A fiery sunset over the ocean, a study so slight and yet so skilful, so beautiful, so ephemeral,  it sent shivers all the way to the end of his white-tipped tail and his long elegant whiskers.  
He moved closer to read the faint pencil inscription, suddenly desperate to know which sea, which eternal sky had been captured in those delicate washes of paint. 
And there it was, in the artist's clear and distinctive hand: "T. Moran, 1883. The Gulf of Mexico."

Exhausted by the news, the Fox of Greenwich Village had gone to see an exhibition of watercolours by Thomas Moran at the Met. He walked listlessly from painting to painting, his mind churning over the morning paper, the violent rives torn daily in the fragile veil of democracy by men so monstrous that their very souls had fled their mortal frames. Wiping away a sudden tear, he reached the final landscape and was abruptly, unexpectedly, spellbound. A fiery sunset over the ocean, a study so slight and yet so skilful, so beautiful, so ephemeral, it sent shivers all the way to the end of his white-tipped tail and his long elegant whiskers. He moved closer to read the faint pencil inscription, suddenly desperate to know which sea, which eternal sky had been captured in those delicate washes of paint. And there it was, in the artist's clear and distinctive hand: "T. Moran, 1883. The Gulf of Mexico."

21.02.2025 14:18 πŸ‘ 272 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 9
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A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.

In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.

Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

21.02.2025 19:41 πŸ‘ 24163 πŸ” 5612 πŸ’¬ 691 πŸ“Œ 759
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Does Your Church Follow Jesus? If you would be perfect, go, and stop defending sexual predators, stop being complicit to sexual abuse.

A modern-day parable for Christians (2017):

13.02.2025 01:00 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’ll need writers who can remember freedom – poets, visionaries – realists of a larger reality.

24.01.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope.

24.01.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ursula Le Guin’s speech at the National Book Awards November 20 2014:
Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now . . .

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