Beach Week Reads Pt. 2 🏝️

Hello Frazier@allisonfrazier.com · 21h ago

Beach Week TBR 2026 📚 I may not get through them all, but I’m absolutely going to try! At least half of these books were purchased thanks to Bluesky, too. Shoutout @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social and @lukeoneil47.bsky.social on that front. #booksky

Many of the stories in A Creature Wanting Form are set on the beach in Maine so a good beach read indeed. Or very bad considering what happens but not my problem.

Hello Frazier@allisonfrazier.com · 21h ago

Beach Week TBR 2026 📚 I may not get through them all, but I’m absolutely going to try! At least half of these books were purchased thanks to Bluesky, too. Shoutout @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social and @lukeoneil47.bsky.social on that front. #booksky

Beach Week TBR 2026 📚 I may not get through them all, but I’m absolutely going to try! At least half of these books were purchased thanks to Bluesky, too. Shoutout @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social and @lukeoneil47.bsky.social on that front. #booksky

Remember how the Federal Communications Commission wants to end eRate and decimate internet access and affordability to public schools and libraries nationwide? bookriot.com/proposed-fcc...

Get Loud: Public Library and School Internet Access Is Under Threat

The FCC wants to change the e-Rate program, which could eliminate discounts libraries and schools get to provide internet to their community.

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This is bad news for the already severely deteriorated state of our “news” landscape.

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 6d ago

1. A new Popular Information investigation reveals that Senate Republicans have recently launched at least six fake news sites in key states.

Curiosity is one of the most underrated skills. It makes us better writers, better leaders, better researchers and, honestly, better people, too.

Small town folklore deserves more attention. Every diner, courthouse, cemetery, and old storefront has at least one story (and everyone in town knows it).

Small town folklore deserves more attention. Every diner, courthouse, cemetery, and old storefront has at least one story (and everyone in town knows it).

Everyone! Funding ends Fri Aug 7 @ 6PM PDT. We reached our $60k goal (adding a novella)!! But our DREAM GOAL gets us original cover art and allows us to double pay contributors. We want to show more love to our authors & you can help @ kck.st/4wtYJ6X?utm_s...!

If you’re in marketing or comms, read this and then do your due diligence. I have been trying to explain this to companies for years. This industry needs to start thinking about a post-social as we knew it world, because we needed to start preparing for it yesterday.

Anil Dash@anildash.com · 2mo ago

If you need a script for getting your company off Twitter, I WROTE YOU ONE. Multiple people have used it, successfully, to explain the legal liability your company incurs by forcing employees to be on a platform with child sexual abuse material. I will help you use it. anildash.com/2026/02/23/t...

Also, not everything is archived! Like... literally almost nothing in the grand scheme of humanities written work is archived. Someone has to dig through that crap and apply context to it! It really cannot be an LLM.

I've officially migrated to #eurosky and, in this case, I've also switched to my own domain. Am I getting the hang of AT Protocol yet?! 😂

I finally ditched audible and upgraded my fable subscription to include @everand.bsky.social 📚 and am very pleased so far. Has anyone else on #booksky made the switch? I’d love to connect on fable + hear what your favorite Everand unlimited read has been! Find me here:

I picked up a couple of Tom’s books plus a few from the mythology section at Blackwells today. This American is thankful for overseas books that are accessible and affordable (my avg book price incl. fees was only ~14 per book!). Get in on this tariff free sale while it lasts!

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 4w ago

1. Love hearing stuff like this but I DON'T like reposting it. 2. Reposting it helps me gradually recover from a publishing disaster where many £1000s of my earnings were taken from me. 3. If anyone else would like to read the book you get free (intl) delivery here: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

Musk buying twitter, Bezos buying WaPo, Ellison buying CBS—all are less profitable now. But they’re political investments that increase the value of the new owners’ portfolios Wealth concentration makes this possible, and that’s one mechanism by which inequality destroys democracy

If you’re in marketing or comms, read this and then do your due diligence. I have been trying to explain this to companies for years. This industry needs to start thinking about a post-social as we knew it world, because we needed to start preparing for it yesterday.

Anil Dash@anildash.com · 2mo ago

If you need a script for getting your company off Twitter, I WROTE YOU ONE. Multiple people have used it, successfully, to explain the legal liability your company incurs by forcing employees to be on a platform with child sexual abuse material. I will help you use it. anildash.com/2026/02/23/t...

Something I’ve only recently realized (after two+ decades of consuming the universe) is that Stephen King lovesss to tell a little vampire tale, and I appreciate that.

Reminder to shop local for your books, today and everyday. Happy Independent Bookstore Day to all who celebrate!

Got an email from someone I wrote an article on to tell me how much they loved the final piece and that they couldn’t wait to share it with their family 🥹 being trusted to tell people’s stories is important work—it might not pay the bills (yet) but it sure pays the emotional tolls.

Who could have guessed years of unethical, manipulative marketing practices via Google analytics would end up being wielded by an authoritarian regime to stalk and persecute its citizens.

Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 6mo ago

How you can support resistance efforts in Minneapolis through literary activism. That, plus this week's book censorship news: bookriot.com/supporting-m...

Supporting Minneapolis Through Literary Activism: Book Censorship News, January 30, 2026

How can you help Minnesotans as ICE continues a brutal attack on the city? Here are some means of support through literary activism.

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Reminder: Hello Frazier is striking today in solidarity with our fellow citizens in the Twin Cities and with all people who have been terrorized by ICE and other forces of American authoritarianism. Regular operations will restart Monday, February 2nd.

Invite some spirits into your home in February with three online days of events with THE UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL, and a very exciting line-up of writers joining us! www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghosts #ghoststory #fiction #writing #writers #workshop #workshops #online #onlineevents

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DEADLINE JANUARY 15TH: Send this to a friend who should submit to our In-House Fiction and Poetry Contests! Use the link in our bio to submit your work for a chance to win a cash prize and publication before the deadline. #writingcontest #writersky

I’ve decided for 2026 I’m not setting a number reading goal (I’ve never liked this anyway), I’m going to make a list from my TBR to tackle - anything read in addition will just be icing on the cake. Once I have my list together I’ll try to share for accountability purposes 😂

I managed to mostly keep up with tracking my reading this year and it looks like I came in just shy of twenty, finishing 19 books (albeit I probably missed logging a couple) 😂 as someone who loved to read, fell off, and has been working to build that habit back - I’m pleased! #booksky

I’ll be recommending this book to everyone I know starting now #booksky #writingcommunity

I read Lilith from Nikki Marmery over a week ago (in just two short days) and I’m still thinking about it and will continue thinking about it for some time. It’s an absolute must read. I cannot remember the last time a book sucked me into its pages and spit me out like this.

Hello Frazier@allisonfrazier.com · 8mo ago

I’ll be recommending this book to everyone I know starting now #booksky #writingcommunity

I’ll be recommending this book to everyone I know starting now #booksky #writingcommunity

Hey #BookSky I’m dying to hear which book you’re most looking forward to diving into over the holidays. I’ve got a stack on my bedside table and I’m having a hard time deciding where to start 🤔