Litsy

A People's History of the United States | Howard Zinn

An earlier edition of this book sat on my parents' bookshelf for most of my life. I'm finally diving in. 😅

#realhistory #overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub #readingispolitical

dabbe I can't wait to read what you think about it. I've read bit and pieces but never the whole. People at my high school tried to ban it. And this was before the #cheetosatan years. 😵‍💫 4d

lil1inblue @dabbe I got through Chapter 1 last night. I have a feeling I'm going to be posting about this one a lot. And I am unsurprised, though saddened, that people have tried/are trying to ban it. It challenges our savior narrative. 😏 4d

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵🎯🩵 4d

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lil1inblue

Les Miserables: (penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) | Victor Hugo

😬😬😬
(Also, since it's #wdncw: We do not care that we highlighted almost the entirety of today's chapter.)

#readlesmis @thebookhippie @dabbe

TheBookHippie Same!!!!! 1mo

dabbe I don't think I read the same chapter! 😬 1mo

AnnCrystal 👸👏🏼🤩👌🏼💝. 1mo

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tpixie @lil1inblue @TheBookHippie @dabbe so far Book Seven is confusing me. Or I‘m not getting the reason of this tangent yet. I do know Hugo loves to go on tangents… 1w

TheBookHippie @tpixie he loves a good long nothing to do with what we‘re reading tangent …that four chapters later you go OHHHHHH. I do know the second time through I‘m catching a ton more. 1w

dabbe @tpixie Boy you got that right! And if I'm remembering right, Book Seven repeated itself on certain pages (book printing error?), so I kept wandering and getting confused. I finally read some summaries of just that book and MOVED ON. 🧡💜💛 1w

tpixie @TheBookHippie @dabbe. Yes I looked into the significance of Book 7. Apparently it‘s the sewer of humanity and later on we get to go through the physical sewers… 6d

TheBookHippie @tpixie it‘s like a game 😵‍💫🤣🤷🏻‍♀️🫣 @dabbe 6d

tpixie @TheBookHippie 💜💜💜 6d

lil1inblue @tpixie @thebookhippie @dabbe I personally found this book fascinating. It felt like he was explaining the tone of the time, and setting things up for later events. It's like he took a minute to let us know that this is also brewing. I also found it quite relevant to the US right now. 6d

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue SO SO RELEVANT!!! 6d

dabbe @TheBookHippie 🩵🎯🩵 6d

dabbe @lil1inblue So relevant! And so hilarious that LES MIS is our #cheetosatan's favorite musical. Does he even know what it's about? 😂 6d

lil1inblue @dabbe What musical did he even watch? 😂 😂 😂 That's almost the definition of cognitive dissonance! 😅 6d

dabbe @lil1inblue 😂🎯😂 6d

tpixie @lil1inblue I did enjoy this book once I understood the purpose of what he was trying to tell us. I do enjoy his tangent sometimes it just takes me a little bit to figure out what his message is! 5d

lil1inblue @tpixie Oddly enough, in today's chapter (Sept 8), he comes back to some themes from this book. 😅 I feel like reading this is a good exercise in patience. 😂 5d

tpixie @lil1inblue Interesting!!! Yes! Patience 🩵 4d

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dabbe

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#mondaymood
@Deblovestoread (😘 for the tag!)
Sadly, this 34-count felon will get away with this, too. He's already
-evaded accountability for election interference and classified documents cases;
-exploited presidential immunity and expanded his executive power;
-gutted federal agencies and norms without repercussions;
-enriched himself and allies through unchecked corruption ... just to name a few.

This #cheetosatan is despicable. #ranttime

lil1inblue ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 2mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 💙✊🏻💙 2mo

Richryan52 Always nice to connect with another Sherlockian 2mo

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Amiable I‘m kinda wishing for a coma to get through the rest of this clown car term. 2mo

dabbe @Amiable #truth 🩵🎯🩵 2mo

AnnCrystal ✊🏼🤬😢✊🏼. 2mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙✊🏻💙 2mo

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JenlovesJT47

She's Not Sorry | Mary Kubica

Pardon my French everyone. I‘m baffled by people who think they are owed an apology when they are the ones in the wrong. In this particular instance it‘s not me but someone close to me. I don‘t understand people. 😌

Apologize for
what exactly — I‘m sorry
that you‘re an asshole?

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe @TheBookHippie @DebInHawaii @lil1inblue @Kristy_K @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella @AnnCrystal @Reggie @jdiehr @vivastory @CBee @Mimi28 @Jari-chan @Itchyfeetreader @Susanita @kelly7990 @ImperfectCJ 2mo

Jari-chan 👏👏👏 2mo

AnnCrystal Love this 👏🏼🐝👍🏼😉👌🏼🐝💝. 2mo

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TheBookHippie Word. Baffles me as well. 2mo

AmyG I truly believe that some people have so much shame…they refuse to acknowledge that by apologizing. But yeah, people, wtf? (edited) 2mo

Itchyfeetreader Perfect image and sentiment 2mo

Eggs 👏🏻😅🙌🏻 2mo

lil1inblue 👏 👏 👏 😂 Love it. 😏 2mo

dabbe I love a haiku that gives a zinger at the end! And so damn true. 👏🏻🖤🐝🖤👏🏻 2mo

dabbe @AmyG You're nicer than I am. When I think of some people (ahem, #cheetosatan), they are so narcissistic that they don't even have the capacity to feel any remorse whatsoever for anything. Luckily, there aren't tons of narcissists in the world. Are there? 🤔 2mo

Gissy 😂Exactly if the person you know say that phrase to that person…he or she is going to die 2mo

Gissy I am laughing because today something like that happened in a group chat. A person was offensive, defensive, insulted everyone but was waiting expecting an apology from the person who just said that they needed to talk and listen other perspectives and opinions with respect even if they disagree. Conclusion? Massive persons left the chat after made a similar comment. Introspection from the person who was offensive? No way, zero just justifications 2mo

Gissy 🤷🏽‍♀️ 2mo

JenlovesJT47 @Gissy isn‘t that infuriating?? Feel free to send that person a screenshot of the haiku 😅😅😅 Glad I made you laugh! 🤗♥️♥️♥️ 2mo

Gissy @JenlovesJT47 Those egocentric, arrogant people doesn‘t know how to laugh to see other perspectives to feel, understand, respect other…they can‘t…they are just concentrate to themselves. There was a poem, I can‘t remember the title or author, where this statue of “a great” character was talking about his grandiosity but the real thing was that the statue was broken on the floor and only some pigs were listening🤔 (edited) 2mo

JenlovesJT47 @Gissy that sounds very similar to a story I read last year. I can‘t remember the name of it, though! And I agree completely with what you said. 🙌🏻♥️ 2mo

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dabbe

Simple Joys: Reflections on Life�S Little Miracles | Kathleen McDonald

#5JoysFriday
@Debinhawaii

1. Survived yesterday's high of 116ºF (47ºC). Only 7 more degrees to surpass the hottest day on record in Phoenix.
2. The saga of my tooth implant is hopefully over.
3. Survived another week of #CheetoSatan. #ranttime
4. Matt.
5. Kate and Pippa.

All are welcome to share. #herecomesthesun #happysummersolsticeday 💛☀️💛

tpixie 🩵🩵🩵 3mo

dabbe @tpixie 💙🩵💙 3mo

Cupcake12 I thought we had a bad heatwave in the UK of 35c! Stay safe and take care x 3mo

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mcctrish We‘ve got 42°C next week in the forecast- gonna have to put the AC on ? 3mo

dabbe @Cupcake12 You, too! 😘 3mo

dabbe @mcctrish In Canada?????? 😱 Stay safe! 😍 3mo

mcctrish In southern Ontario we get ALL the weather 3mo

AmyG Ah, you got your tooth? 🦷 3mo

dabbe @AmyG I did! Finally! 🦷 3mo

AmyG Ha…enjoy! My daughter just got her post today. 3mo

kspenmoll Well I cannot complain of the coming 100+ degree days here starting tomorrow- lower than your 116!!!!!🦷🦷 (edited) 3mo

AnnCrystal ☀️Yikes! 💝💝💝💝💝🙏🏼. 3mo

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dabbe

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#mentalhealthmonday @kerrbearlib
My heart is in these NYT headlines:
“America is No Longer a Stable Country“
“The Beautiful Danger of of Normal Life During an Autocratic Rise“
“National Institutes of Health Workers Denounce 'Harmful' Policies“
“[#CheetoSatan] Calling Troops into Los Angeles is the Real Emergency“

Martial law is next. Democracy dies in darkness. #ranttime ✊🏻💙✊🏻

Kerrbearlib Yes, yes, yes! 3mo

Kerrbearlib Rant all you need, my friend! 💜 3mo

dabbe @Kerrbearlib TY! 🩵💙🩵 3mo

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Susanita Cheeto Satan! 3mo

thebacklistbook What's even worse is that Mango Mussolini is clearly using the LA national guard to distract from the possibility that he is in the Epstein file. 3mo

dabbe @Susanita I simply refuse to put his name in print anymore. 🤣 3mo

dabbe @thebacklistbook Another great hashtag: #mangomussolini ... and yeah, when is he going to release those files? Never. 🎯 3mo

lil1inblue I'm out of words. I hate it here. 💔 💔 💔 (by here, I mean the US, in case that wasn't obvious) (edited) 3mo

Deblovestoread And silence … I refuse to use the name as well. ✊🏼 3mo

dabbe @lil1inblue Whew! For a nano-second I thought it was Litsy! 🤣 But still ... 🎯🩵🎯 3mo

dabbe @Deblovestoread ✊🏻💙✊🏻 3mo

kspenmoll Thank you for your voice. ✊🏻❤️ 3mo

IriDas Now they say something. The msm is 100% complicit in this . 3mo

dabbe @kspenmoll Yours, too. #keepfightingthefight ✊🏻♥️✊🏻💙 3mo

AnnCrystal ✊✌️🙏🇺🇲💝. 3mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💙🩵💙 3mo

BarbaraBB I feel for you and wish you all the strength and power to stand up against this mad man. 3mo

dabbe @BarbaraBB TY! We're trying! Watch the news for our Flag Day this Saturday. ✊🏻💙✊🏻 3mo

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dabbe

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#5JoysFriday @Debinhawaii (thanks for the tag! 😘)

1. We survived another week of #cheetosatan. 1358 days to go. 😮‍💨
2. The woodpecker story in the NYT. Here's the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/woodpecker-breaking-car-mirrors.html?unloc...
3. Littens and Litsy.
4. Being able to avoid most news.
5. Matt, Kate, Pippa.
If you read this far, you're tagged! 😍

Aims42 💛🧡🩷 4mo

ravenlee I love the story about the woodpecker (who couldn‘t be reached for comment!) 😆 4mo

peaKnit #cheetosatan - might be the best hashtag ever. 4mo

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Bookwormjillk That woodpecker story was so funny. Listening to the stories my family tells though I‘m surprised it wasn‘t a wild turkey. I can‘t get through a visit to my family in Massachusetts without a story where a wild turkey chased someone somewhere. 4mo

Karisa #cheetosatan for the win! 😂 4mo

TheBookHippie Cheeto Satan 🤦🏻‍♀️ 4mo

TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk Wild turkeys are ridiculously evil. 🫣😵‍💫 4mo

mcctrish I read somewhere that the only president to have a worse first 100 days was William Henry Harrison and y‘all should meet the geese we have up here #cobrachickens 4mo

AnnCrystal 🐕‍🦺🐶🐕🫂💝💝💝💝💝. 4mo

dabbe @Aims42 💚💜💚 4mo

dabbe @ravenlee And he's a Woody the Woodpecker! 🤩🤣😍 4mo

dabbe @peaKnit Full credit for this goes to @TheBookHippie. 😍🤩🤣 4mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk OMG, I would be terrified of a wild turkey! 🤣😱😍 4mo

dabbe @Karisa You've started a trend, @TheBookHippie! She gets all the credit for that one! All I did was add a # in front of it! 🤣😍🤩 4mo

dabbe @TheBookHippie Great name, though! That's the only thing that's “great“ about it! 🤣😍🤣 4mo

dabbe @mcctrish As in Canadian geese? They're so beautiful, though! But I get it. Even our geese here can be fairly treacherous! 🤣😍🤣 4mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 💜💚💜 4mo

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