Leila Sales
@leilasalesbooks.bsky.social
Leila Sales suffers for her art. Well, it's not really art. But it's something. And she suffers. Author, editor, eater of chocolate. My newest book, THE MUSEUM OF LOST AND FOUND, is out now! https://linktr.ee/leilasalesbooks
Within my own not-very-long lifetime, summer used to be a thing to look forward to. This is fucking unacceptable. There was truly no reason why clean energy needed to be politicized. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Summer Has Gotten Much Hotter. See How Bad It Is Where You Live. (Gift Article)
The notion of enduring the summer rather than embracing it has spread far beyond the Sun Belt.
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Should I tell Instagram that I am 14? I also want access to all of these features. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/t...
What’s Changing for Teens on Instagram and Facebook (Gift Article)
Meta agreed to set more time limits and enhance protections in its platforms for young users, but was short on some specifics.
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in other news, my mother just told me to post a photo on the social media site "instapot"
When it’s 105 degrees in Texas and 75 degrees in New England, you do find yourself wondering whether westward expansion really was such a good idea after all
Right, and I need a meal that’s nutritious, and tastes good. I need an outfit that’s presentable, and comfortable. I need a house with walls, and doors. What’s your point.
This is so, so dumb and shortsighted of Vox. I read pretty much everything Constance writes. She's a brilliant writer and big-picture thinker who gives popular culture the analysis it deserves. Her inbox had better be full of job offers, stat.
Constance Grady@constancegrady.bsky.social · 2w agoWell, I have been laid off from Vox after 10 years there. It has been the honor and the privilege of a lifetime to get to work with such brilliant people for so long.
In 2019, I started a newsletter with the hopes of making the internal workings of getting an agent and getting published more transparent. Have I succeeded? Look here and let me know. www.agentsandbooks.com
The most impressive thing about the band Train is that they invented time travel, all so that they could journey from the year 2009 into the year 2026, where an A.I. could write the song "Hey Soul Sister" for them.
Can someone explain how it is that I am constantly doing too much and yet also somehow never doing enough?
this one's so old no one ever mentions it, so it falls to me
Yes, this is just where we should be spending our resources: on in-party in-fighting. Know the real enemy. Brilliant work, Dems.
An important thing to know about me is that I subscribe to a newsletter that exclusively lists upcoming auctions for arcades shuttering in the state of Texas. That is how committed I am to someday owning a MegaTouch.
I don’t care whether people drink, but I care very much about the continued existence of nightclubs, which rely almost entirely on alcohol sales. Folks will gladly pay $5 cover + $40 for drinks. But if you ask them to pay $45 at the door, nobody’s coming. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/s...
What Else Do We Lose When People Give Up Booze? (Gift Article)
Yes, there are many benefits of cutting back. But bars are closing. Jobs are going away. And a way of being together can feel harder to find.
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Huge day for me, a person who just started watching Off Campus
I dearly wish that people all across the board would be less credulous on social media. Just somebody said something in an Instagram Reel and they sounded really strident about it, that doesn't mean it's true.
I’m watching The Sheep Detectives and so far my primary takeaway is that is that even Nicholas Galitzine is short compared to Nicholas Braun
Correct. I don’t need to read this article to know that in fact I need ten hours of sleep.
Complaining about transit hassles is boring, so I’m going to do it here, where few people follow me and they can all scroll right past: I’ve been waiting at a bus stop for 10 minutes. Google Maps said the bus would be coming in 3 min. Then 2 min. Then 1 min. Then it said that it departed 1 min ago.
We as a society are just about due for a Notting Hill remake
If this was all it took to win an election, I’d be a senator by now www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/n...
What’s the Hottest Spot in New York for Campaigning? The Club.
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Readers of #BookSky Announcing The Porter Square Review of Books! Starting RIGHT NOW, the PSRB will publish one review, written by a PSB libromancer or a Writer in Residence every week or so...
Announcing The Porter Square Review of Books
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My cats' daily schedule: 9-12: Act aggressively adorable in the hopes that this behavior might lead to receiving lunch 12-12:01: Gulp down lunch with disturbingly manic enthusiasm 12:01-12:02: Brush against my legs, which I assume means "thanks" 12:02-6: Disappear completely
Thank God the Knicks won in five, because a lot fewer words rhyme with “six”
Walking 20 minutes in NYC: a delight, a pleasure, an opportunity, an adventure, a cultural expedition Walking 20 minutes in Austin: a wasteland, a slog, a burden, a brush with heatstroke
I don't aspire to be a household name. I just want to be famous enough that, should I ever suffer an unforeseen medical crisis, enough people will donate to my GoFundMe that I won't be left with crippling debt.
Roughly 98% of the conflicts in Rivals could be resolved if these people just outwardly embraced ethical non-monogamy rather than clandestinely embracing unethical non-monogamy
Jane was a legend, and the world of children’s literature won’t be the same.
Worldcon In Memoriam@wcinmemoriam.bsky.social · 3mo agoAuthor Jane Yolen (b.1939) died on June 11. She wrote books and novels for all ages, including Briar Rose, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, and The Devil’s Arithmetic. Yolen won 2 Nebulas, a World Fantasy and was named Grand Master by SFPA, SFWA and World Fantasy. She served as SFWA President.
