BREAKING: Elayne Trakand will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran.

Ghoulish Bambino@parasouthern.bsky.social · 7d ago

BREAKING: Totem Pole will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran.

Snark incoming “Oh but I don’t have time it money to read more diversely” Them: reads 7+ books from white cis het male author whose “best written” female character is a cat.

$500, some highlighters, and ten days to wrap it up. Treat candidates like we treat teachers.

Jen McGowan@iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 7d ago

We should just publicly fund political campaigns Everyone gets $500 That’s it

@bydonmartin.bsky.social how dare you voice your own acknowledgments and make me cry in the car finishing up Verity Vox? what a lovely book. Thank you.

Engage with media critically. So many smart people I know are unwilling to sit in any discomfort when talking about books they enjoy. You can like it and still acknowledge its faults! /gestures at the spanking and pink ribbons in WOT The auto-defensiveness kills me.

I’ve finished all of Hobb’s novels and now what do I do? I’m sad lol.

Thanks for sharing! As a longtime fan of the #WheelofTime books, the show was a gift--a telling through someone else's lens(es)--providing plenty of similarities and differences to be disappointed by, be delighted by, and to reflect on. And through it, I found #WOTskies !Delighted.

data visualization is my passion.

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/o...

Hell yeah we are

Asheville bookstore sues SC Corrections for destroying their books

Asheville shop Firestorm Books is suing South Carolina prisons over a policy that destroys books not from approved vendors.

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So… I cross-stitched some squirrel 🥜. What? It‘s ART. Over at @romancingthevote.com, you can bid on my framed Squirrel David & a five-pack of signed, personalized books with my chestiest covers. If sculpted torsos aren’t your thing, keep browsing the THOUSAND other items to benefit voting rights!

Romancing the Vote@romancingthevote.com · 3mo ago

I'm not sure if I should censor this for the timeline or not, I guess we'll let fate decide. 🤣 www.32auctions.com/organization...

FOUR RAINBOW BEES LEFT! www.32auctions.com/organization...

Bee Plushie - Rainbow Pride

Auction item 'Bee Plushie - Rainbow Pride' hosted online at 32auctions.

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"Too often, gender fluidity is thought of as a “new” or even “Western” phenomenon. However, the reality is that countless cultures around the world have traditions and histories beyond the gender binary." The collaborative article for our #Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Spotlight~ globalvoices.org/2026/07/01/b...

Beyond the binary: Global traditions of gender fluidity

In this collaborative article, Global Voices dives into non-binary gender representation traditions from around the world, spanning China, South Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and more.

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Alhamdulillah! Morocco advances! 🇲🇦

Is it just me or are all the illustrations of Fitz and crew too…white? It feels like the Buckkeep folks are brown-skinned based on the descriptions.

This is why cities need trees. Hard surfaces and parked cars can reach extreme temperatures, while shaded grass and tree-covered areas stay dramatically cooler. This is the urban heat island effect in one image: hard surfaces absorb and radiate heat, while vegetation and shade reduce it.

After reading the southern reach books, of course VanderMeer has Florida experience (this is a compliment to the tension and humidity of those books!)

Jeff VanderMeer@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"experiencez" is the plural of "experience" in Florida, as an indicator of the wtf once you have multiple there

"experiencez" is the plural of "experience" in Florida, as an indicator of the wtf once you have multiple there

Having someone think “She had a girlfriend, fuck, or a girlfriend and a boyfriend, something ambidextrous.” is amazing character work by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social (I’m reading Absolution and this heatwave definitely puts me in a Florida wilderness headspace)

Hard for this team to be good vibes when this keeps happening

So we’re agreed that we’re all pulling for Algeria here, right?

some may be rooting for the u.s., or brazil, or argentina. but we all know the true people's team is Algeria

Norway seems like a lovely place with lovely people, but who’s not rooting for Iraq here?

Just stay up and watch Iraq v Norway, trust me, work tomorrow will be far less fun than this banger 🇮🇶🇳🇴

Iraqi soccer fans are waving Palestinian🇵🇸 as well as Iraqi 🇮🇶flags ahead of tonight's Iraq vs Norway FIFA game in Boston.

Why isn’t it 2-2 in the Iraq and Norway game? Was that not a goal??

I’m here trying to find commentary in English because I don’t want to pay to watch matches lol

Marcy@deadheadgirly.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm watching Norway vs. Iraq on Telemundo, so I can't understand anything. And I don't really know the rules of soccer...

Whoever chose the playlist for Daytona airport this morning has great taste in music

As a former teacher I think the senior assassin game thing is gross and truly makes me want to puke.

Work just published a very cool zine about the Māori perception of time and it's super good, you should read it https://pantograph-punch.com/posts/through-whakapapa-we-are-time-travellers

through whakapapa we are time travellers

A guide to time travel by Ngaumutane Jones (@umu.creative) (Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Tainui, Tūhoe) & Hana Burgess (@hmmpaua) (Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa, Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa)...

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