Well done! Mostly White and The In-Between Sky are kind of sideways sequels—based on two strands of Alison’s family. Mostly White goes more into her Passamaquoddy roots, hence the #Indigenous connection. #Booksky

@mumblers.bsky.social · 4h ago

Congrats to Torrey House Press on their 2026 American Book Award for Indigenous anthology “Beyond the Glittering World"! (THP also published "Mostly White" by Mumblers author Alison Hart ("The In-Between Sky") #Booksky tinyurl.com/Mostly-White tinyurl.com/Glittering-W... tinyurl.com/In-between-Sky

One tricky thing about print on demand is variation. All these copies of escape-from-enslavement saga “The In-between Sky” are from one printer. Different hues, migrating spine. The colors are fine but the shifted spine one’s going back. #Booksky #blackhistory #mixedrace www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3QXP6XT

Could be a good chance to try out a new route to ebooks, in case Amazon, Apple and Google all go under.

@mumblers.bsky.social · 6d ago

Two-day sale! Tiny press-6 authors/10 books. All Mumblers Press ebooks for a deep 75% off at Smashwords as part of their Annual Summer Sale. Plus an unrelated book involving "mumblers" that I now must read. #Booksky #novels #lgbtq #ov www.smashwords.com/books/search...

Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of fomenting hate. Thanks—I did so need a deep belly laugh.

That looks like fun

Matthew Hodson@matthewhodson.bsky.social · 2w ago

An estimated 150,000 trans people and their allies showed up for Trans Pride in London yesterday. Phenomenal!

And authors do get paid for books, usually more (sometimes much more) than when you buy from bookstores, which get books through the medieval system of traditional distribution.

John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · 2w ago

Get my book from a library! I was broke for decades. For more than half of my life, nearly all of my access to literature was thanks to having a library card. Feel no more shame in using yours than you would heap upon me. Libraries kick ass.

I’ve been watching #ProdigalSon. Am I the only one who wants Malcolm and Tanaka to get together?

But Whole Foods parasites taste better!

AllThingsDre@allthingsdre.bsky.social · 2w ago

This whole Taylor farms thing and all the food being infected with parasites. It's actually a very good example of why these conglomerants and monopolies shouldn't exist. You shouldn't be able to operate under one name and own 30 brands that do the exact same thing

Genocide is now normalized.

Kevin Klehr@kevinklehr.bsky.social · 2w ago

And the world marches on as if none of this matters. #Gaza #FreePalestine #genocide

@mumblers.bsky.social is live at #CastroValleyPride. Very friendly crowd. And repeat customers from last year! Some even want sequels… #Boosky

Come join @mumblers.bsky.social at #CastroValleyPride tomorrow, July 18, 12-5pm. We will be selling LGBTQ books, including one set in Castro Valley! #Booksky #OV www.castrovalleypride.com

Castro Valley Pride

Official Site

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I bought his “Bloodlands” when it came out in 2010. He’s amazing. Recommended reading.

Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3w ago

In collaboration with the Munk School, I am sharing a ten-lecture course I taught at @utoronto.ca this past year. The course is called “Hitler and Stalin Today.” Watch the first lecture here: snyder.substack.com/p/new-lectur...

I am saddened to learn you might run for president again.

Transphobes Can't Read@lordaslan.bsky.social · 3w ago

Liberalism is a fucking mind disease.

#Booksky China today sounds a lot like here—hard for humanities graduates to get hired, language departments being shut down. I can see why “I Deliver Packages in Beijing” (by Hu Anyan) is such a hit. I’m reading it now.

I had a podiatrist appointment today. She asked me if I had developed any allergies since the last shots. Politics, I said. She said that’s going around.

This is more like it. Enough with the praise for these killers.

Dean Obeidallah@deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 3w ago

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

18 years old today!

I wonder if death will affect Lindsay Graham’s campaign for re-election.

Just amazing. How is this considered normal?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Trump: "We had 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan"

#Booksky #BayCon A boy band meets dragons in a one-of-a-kind setup from #KimSmuga-Otto. First in a series!

#Booksky It’s been fun talkjng to #TrippRobbins about his adventures set in the #StarCitizen universe.

#Booksky #Baycon the Shattered Star is the debut of #SkylarROstram. It’s an #IndieBookAwards finalist!

#Booksky At #BayCon introducing our work with #ClaraWard and #RichardHMoon in air-conditioned comfort in Santa Clara.

#Booksky Come join @mumblers.bsky.social at #BayCon at the Santa Clara Marriot today through July 6. All our specfic books are here, plus many more.

I’ve been using Qwant as my default search engine to get around Google. It works well.

Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social · last mo.

Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.

Amen

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · last mo.

Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

#Booksky Just because I see others repeat posting when something is new, here’s a short humor piece up on Brevity blog, complete with (deliberately) embarrassing photo. “Drunkquerying,” one writer called it. Please take a look. brevity.wordpress.com/2026/06/24/q...

I’ll Be Writing More in a Week or Two: A Query Letter Gone Wrong

By Mike KarpaDear Saoirse, Drunk Author Age 30-ish I hope you’ll remember me. I’m writing you to pitch my new book, which I think would be a great match for your agency. We met at last year’s San F…

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Happy Lääneranniku Eesti Päevad 2026! To all who celebrate.

#Booksky I have a short humor piece up on Brevity blog, complete with (deliberately) embarrassing photo. Please take a look. brevity.wordpress.com/2026/06/24/q...

I’ll Be Writing More in a Week or Two: A Query Letter Gone Wrong

By Mike KarpaDear Saoirse, Drunk Author Age 30-ish I hope you’ll remember me. I’m writing you to pitch my new book, which I think would be a great match for your agency. We met at last year’s San F…

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Or having comic books in your car

John Peele@pinetees.bsky.social · last mo.

This is where we are in the U.S.: just like North Korea.