Hello there booksky. 📕 📖 I’m looking for book recs with a specific craving - quirky and/or humorous - not described as “heartwarming/“heartfelt” - could have a romance angle but not needed - maybe a sci-fi or mystery element In return I will list 3 books below that I think fit this description

The length of time I spend trying to write and accurately phrase a post on Bluesky is shockingly out of proportion to the number of skeets I actually post.

Booksky, I know the adage is “don’t judge a book by its cover” (advice I routinely ignore) but how often do you choose a book solely on its title? I know I do it all the time, especially scrolling Libby’s available now list. What is a book that you chose just based on it having the perfect title? 📚

It’s happened! 1st grader a bit of a reluctant reader at home. Then he randomly stated he’s reading Dog Man bks at school. Complete surprise. Then asked to get a DM book at the bookstore. Then one at the book fair. And then this morning asked if he could bring one of his DM books to school. Um Yes!

My teen this week: Ugh. Im so tired of seeing Zyn ads on YouTube Me: Really? I never see them … Ohhhh. You’re their target market. He has no social media accounts and watches YT not signed in. So they just figured he’s a teen or young adult male from his algo? Gross Anyone tracking these ads?

Among a few New Orleans history pieces I have is this souvenir Hadacol bottle, engraved and given to my husbands grandfather. I had never heard of Hadacol prior but apparently it was a cure-all tonic popular for having a 12% alcohol content and was sold by a LA state senator. Go figure.

Libby is really stepping up their book rec software. I didn’t know it did this. I chose a book that “amuses” and got these options. Any guesses of which book each is describing?

In my current rewatch of Derry Girls I am struck by the way the teens go about the trials & joys of being a teen with the backdrop of the Troubles. As a parent of a teen, the cuts between the teens’ antics and the real life news footage being watched by the parents feels so relatable these days.

Shortage of H-2B visas threatens Louisiana's $640m crawfish industry, leaving the state's 20 crawfish processors with no option to hire migrant workers.

It’s peak crawfish season, but Louisiana peeling plants are empty: ‘I've lost all hope’

Shortage of H-2B visas threatens Louisiana's $640m crawfish industry, leaving the state's 20 crawfish processors with no option to hire migrant workers.

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Tear gas deployed during protest of ICE operation in South Burlington; road reopens

A large group of people were protesting a federal immigration action involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at a property on Dorset Street in South Burlington on Wednesday.

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About 1,500 people turned out at Merrimack Town Hall Saturday afternoon to protest a proposed ICE detention facility at a warehouse in town.

‘Put sand in the gears': Protesters speak out against planned Merrimack ICE facility

About 1,500 people turned out at Merrimack Town Hall Saturday to protest a proposed ICE detention facility.

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The snow today had the most snowflake looking flakes I’ve ever seen! We kept stopping to look at them on our clothes and hair. ❄️ Now all those paper snowflake cutouts I made as a kid make sense.

Nolasky I also have this unlabeled photo of a group of children and a nun (so some catholic school). The back of the photo is on the right and I (think) indicates it’s from between 1904 and 1918. I’m assuming New Orleans. Any history detectives recognize it? Also that nun looks intense.

Here is a New Orleans photo I scanned of my husband’s grandfather Martin Abraham (rt). He was born in 1884 so this is maybe 1890? He later became a well-known early jazz musician Nolasky

This is an important watch. If you’re from Louisiana you should already know this and why you should be mad as hell about what’s happening. youtu.be/AJJKttmFedc?...

Cajun History Reminder

YouTube video by Jourdan Thibodeaux

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Dean Kamen has been placed on leave from FIRST, the youth robotics program he founded in 1989, amid new details about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The FIRST board is also planning an independent review. "Dean has indicated he will cooperate fully with the review," they said. https://bit.ly/4qMCnLu

FIRST, Dean Kamen's youth robotics org, puts him on leave amid new Epstein revelations

FIRST's board of directors says it has hired a law firm to review Kamen's ties to Epstein, days after newly released documents show the two men shared a relationship over a number of years.

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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

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Student walkout at Concord High School in New Hampshire.

Bridget@bpowers7.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The young people are speaking up! ✊🏻👏🏻❤️https://indepthnh.org/2026/01/29/concord-high-school-students-walk-out-chanting-no-more-ice/

Hadn’t seen this and sharing to bring attention to the bravery of these good folks and bring attention to the facility they are protesting in Vermont. www.rakevt.org/2026/01/22/v...

Vermonters Stage Sit-in at Williston ICE Office

This afternoon, a dozen people protested in the atrium outside the U.S. Department of Homeland Security offices at the White Cap Business Park in Williston.

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I’ve been thinking abt and missing my m grandmother recently as often happens at the holidays. And many of the memories are of special meals. And this has started me on a quest Here is a picture of her as a young mother. I think at City Park in #nola. My mother is the baby being held #nolasky

Sometimes when my kiddo picks out books for bedtime he comes back with an “invisible book” which means we make up a story. These are the best nights. Tonight’s invisible story was about a horse named Boogers McPoop (not my idea) It was a riveting tale. So yea, things are bad but then… #booksky

I see people complain that Bluesky is full of doom, but my experience is that it frequently grows my faith in humanity. Exhibit 1

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Alright, team Bluesky: US foodbanks are about to have staggering demand when SNAP ends Nov 1st. We need to help them prepare. I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛 #NoHunger

Younger veteran: "How old are you, man?" Older veteran: “87.” Younger veteran: “Out here getting arrested, raising hell at 87.” Older veteran: “It’s just beginning.” 🦅 🦅 🦅 #ResistanceUnited 🔥 🔥 🔥

A shooting at a country club in Nashua.

New Hampshire Public Radio@nhpr.org · 11mo ago

Authorities have confirmed that one man was deceased and multiple people injured in a shooting at the Sky Meadow Country Club. Police say the suspected shooter was detained on-scene by Nashua police officers. Initial reports indicating that there were two shooters were erroneous. buff.ly/i72s32U

I don’t know if it’s my poor sense of direction or a lack of good geography ed but I always pictured Maine as north of NH. Like go up the east coast - NH-ME-Canada. It’s taken me years of living in NH to understand that Maine is east of me. I drive east to get to ME. North to get to Canada. #NElife

For yrs my blurb in prof situations “I’m from NOLA, GS in MS and then I was in Maryland for 7 years before moving here to NH x number of years ago” and then joke about steadily moving north w/ “nowhere to go from here … except Canada”. Haha. Except that last part isn’t landing the same these days

Just had this thought: without the benefit of watching Bugs Bunny and other classic cartoons, how are today’s kids ever introduced to classical music at an early age? #genx #xennial #musicsky #bringbacktheclassics

can this be used to increase vax rates if companies were to offer lower premiums for those who are vax’d? Like when there are lower premiums if you don’t smoke. Would that be allowed and at least get some people to decide to vax? Maybe I’m too naive though regarding anti-vax sentiment?

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11mo ago

My neighbor in Orlando mentioned this EXACT concern to me last night!

The thing about #Katrina20 is that it not only affected me but that it impacted 99% one I knew. My whole world essentially. In the aftermath I had no idea who still even had a home. It was collective and pervasive. Since 2005 life was split into pre-Katrina and post-Katrina for us. #nolasky

Farm workers in Washington state are calling on you to support the first UFW backed boycott in nearly 20 years! #BoycottWindmillMushrooms