Jaime R Wood-Riley (She/ They)

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#AntiRacist, #queer #writer, #poet, #teacher, #animal lover. Married to my love @RPRiley. Born in Oklahoma. Raised in Kansas and Louisiana. Lived in Colorado, Texas, Missouri, Washington state, and Oregon. Still looking for home. Converting a retired charter #bus into a #TinyHouse.

Interests include #CreativeWriting #Art #Publishing #Sociology #Comedy #FurBabies #Skoolies #BusLife #EarlyRetirement #Polyamory #Pansexuality #SocialJustice #Sustainability #ClimateScience #OpenEducation

I've been thinking about the Muppets again. Blame the latest trailer.

The thing I love about the Muppets is that they're not very good at what they do, but they do it anyway. It's clearly not for the money, they must be doing it for the joy of it. And yes, the muppet performers were definitely doing it for the money, but they were also singing up a storm even though they didn't necessarily have the prettiest (or most accurate) voices, and it was *glorious*.

Be more muppet. Be more muppeteer.

Let’s do this
#voteblue , #Everyone #everywhere
The next time you use any navigation device, software or Google Maps thank Dr. Gladys West. Her contributions to the mathematical modeling of the shape of Earth, and her work on the development of the satellite models that were eventually incorporated into  the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. #BlackMastodon #BlackHistoryMonth

I'm gonna start working on my novel again after taking a 3 month break. I'm kinda terrified. Any advice for getting back into it?

#WritingLife

There is something violent about insecurity, a double-edged sword swinging through the dark, cutting one's own hands while second guessing who's to blame.

Uk sees protest as a crime
USA uses anti terrorist laws to convict protesters
Italy uses anti Mafia laws to track and monitor climate activists.
Some countries assassinate activists & protectors.

Climate protest is necessary; it is not terrorism nor organized crime.

Governments have FAILED .

#climateaction
#KeepItInTheGround
#protest

https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/protest-isnt-terrorism?publication_id=438146&utm_medium=email&action=share&isFreemail=true

Protest isn't terrorism

Rhetorical escalation can be deadly

The Crucial Years
@Robbeekmans @bookstodon I meant to choose the first option, share a digital book with a limited number of people. I clicked on the second option to try to read what looked like additional text. Oh well, sorry to skew your data.
@Flash nobody told me snow was velcro
People who are confident in the quality of their own arguments do not exhibit this terror of exposing students to thinkers they disagree with.
Amazing murmuration the other evening. Especially the formation of a ‘bird of prey’ shape
#starlings #murmuration #Yorkshire #naturephotography #Birds #nature #rspb #winterwatch