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bookstore guy in the hudson valley. … Farewell happy fields / Where joy for ever dwells: hail horrors, hail / Infernal world …
decided not to bet this year, but I gave myself a hundred imaginary dollars to bet with (based on the ladbrokes odds published on lithub) I should have bet this year
"The prognosticators wring their hands over the demise of reading, but ignore those whose very livelihood depends on the selling of books. Perhaps they might have something to say on the subject." defector.com/what-do-book...
What Do Booksellers Make Of “The End Of Reading”? | Defector
If you haven’t yet encountered the cover story for the August issue of The Atlantic, I have some bad news to share: “The End of Reading Is Here.” It’s an intentionally provocative headline for a…
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hey that’s my buddy Walker! read the story, it’s really good!!
The Baffler@thebaffler.com · last mo.“She likes to imagine it. I see pleasure in her eyes as she pictures the life leaving mine. She struggles to love the living me. I read her journal. She’s been writing my eulogy.” thebaffler.com/fiction/flyo...
well I didn’t fail either spectacularly or immediately (I did fall 3 short of 31), and I don’t know if it fixed me but I did read way more poetry this month than I had in the past few years combined, and spent more time reading than I had in recent months. so it at least improved me #sealeychallenge
noAHH@leonardcrohn.bsky.social · 2mo agoattempting the #sealeychallenge this month. I’ll either fail spectacularly and immediately, or it will fix me
New from me today - lobbyists employed by Israel have published voluminous material under the banner of a non-existent thinktank in an apparent attempt to game the information people get from AI chatbots www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda
In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows
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attempting the #sealeychallenge this month. I’ll either fail spectacularly and immediately, or it will fix me
happy bastille day. tear down the prisons and build bridges with the rubble 🧱
will I, entirely by accident, be in Dublin on Bloomsday? yes I said yes I will Yes.
National Library of Ireland@nlireland.bsky.social · 4mo ago📚 Celebrate #Bloomsday at the National Library of Ireland on June 16! Enjoy theatrical readings from #Ulysses, performances by the Fingal Mummers, Bloomsday Passport stamps, and photo opportunities across our Kildare Street and College Green locations. https://ow.ly/wqVb50Z51HE
@ndbooks.bsky.social has a spring cleaning sale on today, so might be time to get a bunch of books to improve your life / street cred (20% off 2, 30% off 3, 40% off 4)
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While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.
Radical bookstores don’t just sell books. In Chicago, Baltimore, and beyond, they host book clubs, training sessions, meetings, jail support work, and organizing that can shape entire movements. New from @leftiecowboy.bsky.social
Radical Booksellers Do More Than Just Retail
Bookstores fight for communities through activism, despite backlash.
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watching the last university standing in Gaza get pulverized by bombs on this screen is so real and so sobering and i hope every influencer at Coachella dreams about it tonight.
Brandy@3dogz.bsky.social · 6mo agoFor those who missed it: this was the moment The Strokes ensured they’ll never be invited back to Coachella again! I'm so proud of them
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“Rowling has made it abundantly clear that she thinks attacking transgender people via the legal system is a worthwhile cause and a good use of her vast personal fortune…there’s no way to watch this show without supporting Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting…”
The Verge@theverge.com · 7mo agoThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
Zionism is an inherently antisemitic ideology, example no. 195638437
Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 7mo agoI had a convo with a Jewish Zionist who said that only Jewish people could be Zionists, which is a good example of how Zionists often spread and push antisemitic propaganda. it's really dangerous to insist that only Jewish people are zionists when that is clearly not true.
yeah, this is absolutely disgusting and actively puts Jewish Americans at risk. also it's genocide denial. which Jewish people used to think was bad.
The Nexus Project@nexusproject.bsky.social · 8mo agoCalling the claim of genocide a “blood libel” dilutes the meaning of one of the most dangerous antisemitic tropes in history. Weaponizing this term makes it harder to identify when actual blood libel is directed at Jews and weakens the very language we need to protect ourselves.
Primeval finally coming back in print AND @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social’s return as Enard’s translator?! We are so, so back
Fitzcarraldo Editions@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social · 8mo agoSeptember GIRLING by Eve Esfandiari-Denney PRIMEVAL AND OTHER TIMES by Olga Tokarczuk, tr. Antonia Lloyd-Jones PERFECTING THE SHOT by Mathias Enard, tr. Charlotte Mandell THE DEATH OF THE CLINIC: RADICAL EXPERIMENTS IN THE ART OF MEDICINE by Benoît Loiseau
Leon Botstein absolutely has to leave Bard College
Every second he is still in the presidency is an abomination. Come on @bardcollege.bsky.social
Renee D. Becerra@reneedbecerra.bsky.social · 8mo agoLeon Botstein absolutely has to leave Bard College