I love doing these so like im not even going to do a like thing im just gonna answer all 20 of these

Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago

1 like = 1 book question 📚💙

re the whole odyssey em*ly wilson review debacle i just want you all to know this is why i roll my eyes at every fucking "classist" who logs online and gives every greek retelling negative 3 stars.

Spain-Argentina is the first World Cup “Colonizer vs Colonized” match that makes me say “well, let’s consider the nuances”

Yu Miri won the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's top literary honor, and her novel Tokyo Ueno Station won the US National Book Award. Yet critics say her Korean heritage disqualifies her from commenting on Japanese politics.

Award-Winning Author Yu Miri Harassed Online After Criticizing Japanese Government

Yu Miri is one of Japan's most celebrated authors. Yet some feel that, due to her background, she has no right to criticize the country.

unseen-japan.com

I don’t have any feelings for the us flag or for any nation’s flag bc I think nationalism is poison but you can’t say “yall” while getting mad about the USA

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · last mo.

Remind me why y’all are so proud, again?

“The Supreme Court ruled that trans people can be banned from public life and that there’s no limits to how much money can be dumped into politics, but it also ruled 5-4 that birthright citizenship isn’t dead yet so it’s really more good than bad for Democrats”

mortal follies is so good, fuck the haters. we need more lesbian Byronic heroes paired with kind but quick witted ingenues thanks

finally getting around to reading the bluest eye because of our book club and nearly started crying reading the introduction by jacqueline woodson

I went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...

How I Learned to Read Way, Way More

I had to rethink my relationship to attention

johnpaulbrammer.substack.com

NEW: Organizers in San Diego are still patrolling immigrant neighborhoods to watch out and inform people about ICE. Over the last year, they've had to come to terms with what they've seen out of Minneapolis, and adapt their training and strategies. Important new reporting out of SoCal:

Amid ICE Violence, San Diego’s Volunteer Patrols Remain Undeterred - Bolts

Community members continue watching immigrant neighborhoods as disputes between local officials and the sheriff have fueled uncertainty about the region's sanctuary protections.

boltsmag.org

also every political pundit being like why is the CA voter like this and its like dog ive lived here my whole fucking and i still dont have a fucking clue

its so funny seeing people not from sf comment on the house race because if you knew like anyone from the bay they could have told you what was up lmfao

as a hitman fan and as someone who's been watching paul play 007, we've had a lot of fun comparing and contrasting the two. Of course, Paul is much more eloquent and thoughtful about it compared to me in our chats like "meanwhile agent 47 is like. give me a gun"

paul@thecastlebuilder.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've had an interesting feelings about the first few missions of 007 First Light, and I couldn't help but put them in conversation with Hitman in order to process them. This is a little more contemplative and strange than my usual posts but I think it lands somewhere interesting!

its nearly the end of AAPI month so here's some novels ive read that have under 3k ratings on GR by asian authors i think you should read

in general im sort of over using identity politics to be like oh is this book going to be authentic or whatever that is simply not interesting critique to me anymore

its so fucking cringe when people are like omg why isnt this *insert fantasy novel that has any time of similarly historical setting* accurate to real life. its a fucking fantasy fucking novel mate. it doesnt have to be historically accurate.

i have -3 followers on here, but please check out the game my partner has been working on for a hot minute!!! its a really interesting game!!! my bike was a piano a la vanessa carlton's thousand miles video!!!!

paul@thecastlebuilder.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ridge City Riders is now live on itch! Ridge City Riders is a GM-less storytelling #TTRPG that uses a unique dice-exchanging system. Rip through Ridge City on customized hoverbikes, use spare parts to give your fellow riders an edge, and dream of a brighter future. I hope you check it out!

anyways m.l wang does in blood over bright haven what rf k*ang thinks shes doing in babel and i will not be taking any questions at this time

i suppose as a ""wasian"" im being asked to care about this hullaballoo but really i find all the discourse around this deeply annoying. can everyone be normal.

idk if its just the guy in me who's deeply defensive of CA or whatever but the way i hear people disparage SF makes my hackles raise. like we're allowed to do that because we live here dog.

i dont even really care about z*tara our whatever but sometimes i see people describe some ships as z*tara and i think may in fact fundamentally misunderstand both z*ko, k*tara and why people were drawn to them together lmfao lmfao lmfao

shit you say when you're about to be visited by three ghosts

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 3mo ago

'We've been a little bit too romantic about the idea that we should have employees and give people long-term job security' is an extraordinary thing for a video games CEO to say on record: aftermath.site/video-game-job...

everytime some tech bro makes a embarrassing post and people are like "is SF really like this" its like. of course fucking not its just all the worst people are out here fucking posting

aw hell no i got to this romances book third act breakup this book DUMB AS HELL

I think the thing is i *have* read white romance authors taking on complex issues in their book! and even discuss the misogyny baked into the hatred for romance books! but using a nonwhite protagonist to do the same thing without mentioning the DEARTH there is in POC in romance publishing? whatever

"In 1902, politicians designed a lifetime ban to “eliminate the darkie as a political factor” in Virginia and guarantee “the complete supremacy of the white race in the affairs of government.”" "As recently as 2016, 22 percent of Black Virginians were barred from voting for life."

"It's Time": Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting - Bolts

Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.

boltsmag.org

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Virginia could massively expand voting rights in 5 months, don't sleep on it.

reading a romance book for book club thats constantly like "romance books are deeper than you think" and its like well yeah but honey this is not one of them

Feeling @thecastlebuilder.bsky.social judgement through the screen here

wrote about the most important architectural legacy of the Trump administration: the conversion of logistics warehouses into detention centers www.thenation.com/article/soci...

America’s True Fascist Architectural Legacy

It’s not the kitschy White House ballroom—it’s logistics warehouses converted to ICE detention centers.

thenation.com