People in the US who vote for Republicans despite favoring many progressive policies don't do it because they "like Trump." They do it for the SAME REASON they like Trump. That reason is racism. And also misogyny. But mostly racism.
Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️⚧️
@didichanoch.northsky.social
formerly didic on twitter. Writer. Editor. Translator. Blogger. Speaker. Geek. Asexual. Enby. Anti-Zionist. Tired. they/them. Science fiction and fantasy person. Former Israeli, now trying to become Canadian. Owner at Other Places Books opbooks.store
I was stumped at the bookstore today, and I need help. A young man came in looking for indigenous American science fiction. Not horror, of which there is a lot, and which we don't have. Not fantasy, of which there is some, and which we do have. Science fiction. Not so much.
Brown envelope from the government of Canada: Important notice inside My anxiety: Welp, they've canceled my work permit the day after I opened the store Reality: Income tax refund. It's a cheque! Not a large cheque, but much better than the other thing!
I love you all but you are incredibly (understandably) reactive. It’s making you SO easily manipulated by rage baiters. When you see something without context, a headline or a snippet of a quote, take a deep breath and look into it to see if you really should be upset. Please protect your hearts.
Me, to unnamed employee: want to pick the music? Unnamed employee: I'm only gonna play Taylor Swift Me: *plays Evermore
Glad to see the HWA decided not to go down the path of ruin.
🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈@haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 4h agoUpdate:
My evergreen gif about The Atlantic is, once again, available on bluesky's gif search.
the atlantic
Alt: Animatronic cats in open cages sing "yes we saw that article in the Atlantic. And then we peed on the Atlantic"
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I've read most of the books on @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's proposed reading list and plan to read the rest. These are excellent recommendations. In fact, @gilduran.com (author of The Nerd Reich) will be a guest on Movement Memos soon.
Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)
A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.
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I knew today will me much quieter at the bookstore. Customers will come. This was always a long term project of building. I have two interviews today. Things are good. But it's real quiet right now.
Hello. All I would like for my birthday today is this boosted everywhere and any help anyone can manage. Rent and bills forever. License renewal today costs $41 And i have to make moxie an appointment that will be at least $300. Second half of rent due in a week and a half. Anythinf helps!
"Birthday Girl" Ella Tailor@garaktailor.com · 2d agoNext set of goals are Second Half of August Rent by the 16th General Bills and existing in society. Moxie Yearly Check up for Prescription Food. Currently really just need like $5 to get out of the red. V:@/JKNotSoBad C:$:/JKNotsobad PP:@/comfortingmoo Everything helps. and gets a moxie picture.
I just want to drink my coffee and vape my nicotine before we open the bookstore for the day. This drizzling rain is transphobic.
I just saw my first Cybertruck in the wild. It's ugly as fuck!
My mom would have loved Other Places Books.
Day 2 of Bookstore: 2Book 2Queerious
Girón: people should stop having opinions and also technology is bad except now that it's good and also cancel culture is real and it made a baby and the baby looked at me King: Koontz: Poe: Lovecraft: Barker: Barker: damn thats some mad communication skills Girón: thats why i'm an HWA trustee
Another "logic solid, counting bad" round for me. I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 5th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
The only obstacle to Microsoft's obvious attempt to make LibreOffice happen is LibreOffice. Mostly the compatibility issues.
Heather Burns@heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 2d agoThe most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
A single day is a terrible way of measuring book success at a store, but it's what I have. Therefore, I am proclaiming Piranesi to be our biggest hit, with THREE copies sold. I love this. Especially that we sold 80 books and the biggest seller sold three. The books that sold two copies were:
Sabrina Carpenter: "And I promise none of this is a metaphor" Also Sabrina Carpenter: Is a liar (complimentary)
Sam "The Patron Saint of Weirdos" Posnick@samposnick.com · yesterday“Oh, it’s nice that Sabrina Carpenter has cookies in her house for guests… wait, this is a sex thing, isn’t it?”
The A stands for "a protector of women from fictional threats and ONLY fictional threats." So, yeah. Asshole.
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · yesterdayDid we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?
My brain just melted. This is INCREDIBLE
t4twrestling@t4twrestle.bsky.social · yesterdayU know who she is and the brand of chaos she brings with her! Our new general manager, coming straight from Hollywood, is none other than multi-talented @veradrew22.bsky.social !! We are very excited for the shenanigans that our brand new authority figure will cook up. Big news comin soon:3
I've written Batman. We gotta let people tell jokes, man.
@rdmacq.bsky.social · yesterdayOh, we’re back to “People who don’t know anything about Batman talking as if they know Batman.”
Ok. Little streak of the easiest difficulties! I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Aug 4th 2026 (Medium), in less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
My bookstore neighbor @aceypeake.bsky.social made a video and put me in it! www.instagram.com/bison_books/... Best. Neighbor. Ever.
Bison Books on Instagram: "Other Places Books opens Tuesday August 4th, just a few doors down from Bison Books! Help us welcome them to the neighborhood! #wpg @downtownwpgbiz #winnipeg"
186 likes, 11 comments - bison_books on August 2, 2026: "Other Places Books opens Tuesday August 4th, just a few doors down from Bison Books! Help us welcome them to the neighborhood! #wpg @downtown...
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Now that we've put all those books we have in the store on the shelves, I finally managed to successfully put in an order from Ingram for books that I couldn't get any other way.