*adds to list "Waverly writes food reviews" next to @kristadb1.bsky.social's "Waverly reads reddit comments" story*

Tyche Books 🇨🇦@tychebooks.bsky.social · 2h ago

--because I love those characters & want to spend time with them, even though I know whodunnit! (and this is why I so love Waverly Jones. She's a character I love & would read about her grocery trips--look, I've been trying to convince Skyla to write Waverly food reviews, lol)

Whenever I feel blue, I re-listen to Josh Johnson reenact the entire thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrmS...

Alabama Brawl, internet reaction, and more - Josh Johnson - New York Comedy Club - Stand Up Comedy

YouTube video by Josh Johnson

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KEW@kidadaewilliams.com · 7h ago

Chairteenth 🪑

Introducing, coming to Winnipeg this summer: Other Places Books. A bookstore specializing in science fiction and fantasy. opbooks.store

Other Places Books

Other Places is going to be Winnipeg’s science fiction and fantasy bookstore. It will be a friendly, inclusive, and very queer space. When we open in the summer, you’ll find us in the Omega building o...

opbooks.store

I plan to back this (before I do, I need to pull out my list to ensure I have all the backlist I need/want) and I'm super excited. I love how the covers compliment each other, too, design-wise.

Air and Nothingness Press@aanpress.bsky.social · yesterday

The current AaN KS anthology just hit the 50% base goal mark within 4 hours. Amazed and gratified by the support. Campaign info here - www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... (And this Friday, I'll reveal the TOC lineup for "A Second Cup") #kickstarter #booksky #KS #fsf #sff

I desperately want to know less about people.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 21h ago

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

We're supposed to be all cheer and excitement and happiness, but on launch day for most of my books I am depressed as hell, convinced my career is over.

Jeremy Szal@jeremyszal.bsky.social · 7h ago

I know we're only meant to show the highs of publishing, but the reality is: there are tons of lows, too. Being trad published doesn't mean automatic smooth sailing, and the hiccups can be devastating, but it's important we talk about them as well.

Oh this is lovely

John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 12h ago

small, single corridor shopping centre in Stevenage Old Town. Called the 'Magnet centre' after the family that owned the land. odd nik-nak and dress shops... ...and in the mid-90s briefly, hidden at the back, the town's first comic shop. we discovered it as teens. it was like finding heaven /1

You can always tell the people who haven't had many close friends/family deaths in their lives because they're posted about how GRRM needs to get a grip. www.thewrap.com/culture-life...

George R.R. Martin Reflects on 'Sadness and Depression' Struggles in Personal Update

George R.R. Martin shared a personal update on his mental health Monday, revealing he struggled with "sadness and depression" over the past year.

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Someone once told me that it's "classist" to advocate for people to have indoor cats because you need to buy them lots of expensive toys. Marcel has been playing with the discarded stem of a fresh green bean for 20 minutes. 🤷‍♀️

My newest idea: Do something positive without announcing it on social media. Then repeat.

I have tolerance for independent authors who don't know any better but the fact that Amazon's own imprints cannot be bothered optimizing pricing to end in .99 in non-US regions makes me absolutely insane.

(🚨This is a rant/complain post, not a "I need you to offer solutions" post) I need to see my specialist before the surgical biopsy can be booked. She needs to go over the test results properly, etc. Her next available isn't until Sept 8th b/c she apparently got a bunch of OR slots +

TY again to the folks who helped with @kristadb1.bsky.social's "let's send Skyla a giant box of goodies incl loonies for laundry" a few months ago as I can just run an extra rinse cycle on my darks (80% of my clothes) to get the detergent residue off instead of hand-rinsing them in the bathtub. 😭

If this was about book publishing and wanting to avoid author drama, I would also understand the impulse.

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

There are two kinds of people, Those who think this is an insane piece of overreaction. And then there's those of us who have worked in low budget film-making and theater...

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

"about the artist who is the entire reason this is being able to be offered" 1 short paragraph "about the publisher and why they are the true social justice warriors in the face of evil" 1 page (Am I being petty? Yes. Am I being unprofessional? Yes. Do I care? Meh. I am out of espresso beans.)

TREE DUDES ARE HERE

Edmonton folks: do you know the identity of these two people who *stole a cat from a store that adopts out animals for local rescues and this kitty was about to go to her forever home* www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/c...

From the Edmonton community on Reddit: Cat Stolen from Whyte Ave Pet Valu

Explore this post and more from the Edmonton community

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I’m not trapped in the fae realm with them, they’re trapped in there with *me*.

The Fae: so we’re going to take you away from here and— Me: I accept! The Fae: and you won’t remember anything and you will not return for a century— Me: I ACCEPT HARDER

Clear skies after two days of steady rain. Gratitude.

y'all lied to me about pimple patches. "oooo they work sooooo well" Yeah, instead of a massive cyst pimple, I have a circular rash on top of a massive cyst pimple. Miraculous indeed.

starting to think a lot of bluesky leftists are as addicted to ragebait as maddow joined nov 24 posters!

Bluesky isn't a liberal bubble. It's a text-based website where people refuse to read the text.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

it's fascinating how people get mad at what they think someone says because they think fits a pattern of what someone else said but they didn't actually listen to it before getting mad

this is an interesting interview and if i were clipping it for social media i would have excerpted "We're still a place where we don't downrank links. We love sending traffic to people. We send two million clicks a day to publishers" rather than the part that'll just piss people off lol

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

yep, once again the site that doesnt punish you for clicking the link and reading the thing is victim of nobody clicking the link and reading the thing

lol christ I'm never going to get any work done today

Photo of the day today comes from Bailey Wilson in Winnipeg who spotted these geese trying to beat the heat! Hope you are staying as cool as they are in this weather!

the only thing you really need to know about this whole deal with emily and atthis arts is that mikki kendall, the woman emily has been white knighting for 2 years, told her to stfu or she'd sue her. 🤷