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🇵🇷 Trapped like Sisyphus in the software samsara cycle. Join my book club: https://fluxer.gg/QcN7EVCO

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GunnyJKJ@gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 2mo ago

250 years old and we still have: Racism Hunger Shitty healthcare Over policing of black people High unemployment High prices Low wages Hate of LGBTQ+ No abortion rights No religious freedom Homelessness Unregulated corporations Tax codes which favor the wealthy Celebrate what? This shit?

castral@castral01.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"In bed, they made love. Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; re-made all the time, made new." The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin

The cover of the novel The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Leguin by Avon Science Fiction. It has a retro 60-70s hand-painted scifi aesthetic. The text is white block lettering on hard light blue 3d drop shadows. A rainbow-colored border boxes in the title with black circles at each corner. Below the title is a star field, with two circular planetary scenes on either side, and a man's sleeping face repeating in image as he looks from left to right, with his forward-facing having a singular open eye below his neckline. His hands can be seen crossing his chest. Below his hands is the planet Earth, with what appear to be many blue spheres orbiting nearby.
castral@castral01.bsky.social · 3mo ago

For those wondering: I only write artisanal, bespoke, handcrafted, free-range, pasture-raised Grade A code for my open source projects. Nothing but the best will do.

erika@yeeeerika.bsky.social · 3mo ago

if someone doesn't know something, you can either teach them or use it as an excuse to feel superior for 30 seconds. one of those options seems a lot more embarrassing to me.

The Book Club@the-bookclub.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Featured Member's Current Read: 臺灣漫遊錄 (Taiwan Travelogue) by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ This year's winner of the International Booker Prize, this story written in Mandarin presents a complex romantic relationship between two women—colonizer and colonized—through metafiction, autofiction, and nonfiction. 💙📚⏳

The cover of the novel Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi, translated by Lin King. The center image is a series of inset rectangles with rounded off corners alternating between bright red-orange graphic elements and sepia-toned photographs of Taiwanese streets. The sequence culminates in an innermost photograph of an open window with a drawn bowl set at the bottom. Above the bowl floats the words "A Novel".
Amy@lolennui.bsky.social · 3mo ago

did you know young women are actually outpacing men in education, starting salary, home ownership, horsepower, necromancy, credit card debt, Bushidō, viscosity, corn, resistance to malicious Fog,,

The Story Alchemist@thestoryalchemist.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If I ran a FB book group I would ban: -Discussing the merits of AI. No. Use your own damned creativity. -How long should my chapters/book be? It's your book. You decide. -Do you outline or pants your novel? We do whatever works. For the love of #writing, ask more interesting questions.

The Book Club@the-bookclub.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Featured Member's Current Read: Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala Lila Macapagal breaks up with her ex to move home and run her family's Filipino restaurant. The two get into a fight and he dies after, making her the prime suspect. Lila and her overbearing family set out to clear her name. 💙📚⚡️

The cover of the novel Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala. It is boldly colored and drawn in the style of vector art with large, flat color blocking and sharp edges. The background is reddish-orange. A woman of color is cooking with a large wok-like black iron pot with a wooden handle on open flames set into a blue countertop. A bowl of white rice and a yellow-capped blue bottle with the classic skull and cross-bones sits next to it. Only half of the woman's face is visible. She is wearing large golden hoop earrings, bright red lipstick, a light blue shirt, and a yellow cooking apron. She is pouring a brown liquid from a blue bottle into the pot of chicken and brown liquid in front of her. Over her left shoulder sits a small brown Dachshund dog looking at her expectantly. Pinned to the apron is a blue circle with yellow text that says "A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery". At the bottom of the cover is a quote, "Mouthwatering dishes and a funny, smart amateur sleuth... my favorite new culinary cozy mystery series."—Lynn Cahoon, New York Times bestselling author of the Kitchen Witch mystery series.