The Typing Lady "Believe in everything. Believe in nothing. The world is beautiful, and the world is a disaster. Accept it." A collection of character studies offering a complex glimpse into personalities that are emotionally deep, engaging, deeply intimate and achingly real. Each hinges on…

The Typing Lady

"Believe in everything. Believe in nothing. The world is beautiful, and the world is a disaster. Accept it." A collection of character studies offering a complex glimpse into personalities that are emotionally deep, engaging, deeply intimate and achingly real. Each hinges on emotional weight instead of dramatic plot momentum. One would think that this lack of resolution would leave readers wanting.

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If you care about your freedom to read, act now before Congress takes it away. Sign the petition to stop H.R. 7661 Via @everylibrary.bsky.social #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat #TLSkyChat #Libraries action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661

PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading. Stop HR 7661

Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

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America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries “Each time America’s had the opportunity to break free from the ghosts of the past, the majority of white Americans have chosen again and again the security and comfort of the storybook version of the American idea that conceals what is…

America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries

“Each time America’s had the opportunity to break free from the ghosts of the past, the majority of white Americans have chosen again and again the security and comfort of the storybook version of the American idea that conceals what is happening to us.” Glaude’s newest book is so specifically of this precise moment while also displaying each link in the historical chain of decision making and willful forgetting that have gotten us here.

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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

I planted shallots for the first time this year. Either the spot was wrong or I had no idea there are different size varieties. All of mine were the size of garlic cloves. So I decided to confit them. Spectacular result. 10/10 would recommend. #GardenSky

belgium oomfs 🗣️ or anyone who has been… i am coming to ur country, pls share cool museum/cafe/food recs 🌟🌟🌟 i’ll be in brussels but maybe fuck around and day trip other places idk

All the #Odyssey convo has me thinking about Chakraborty’s Tapestry of Fate. 2nd in Amina Al-Sirafi series. Ocean voyages, dramatic rescues, complex family responsibilities, plenty of nods to Greek Mythology and a badass heroine. For those wishing for a more accessible femme centered story #booksky

I've read this book. #ICYMI here is my #BookReview on my #blog: itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/09/book... #books #reading #ItinerantLibrarian #BackInTheUSColony #PuertoRico #review #history #Booksky

Book Review: <i>War Against All Puerto Ricans</i>

Nelson A. Denis, War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony . New York: Nation Books, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-56858-...

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Basic Books Group@basicbooksgroup.bsky.social · 2w ago

🇵🇷 On this day in 1952, Puerto Rico officially became a Commonwealth of the United States. WAR AGAINST ALL PUERTO RICANS tells the powerful, untold story of the 1950 revolution in Puerto Rico and the long history of US involvement. Learn more: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/nelso...

Incorporating elements of climate fiction and government quarantine Kim Bo-Young’s updated Cthulhu myth serves a seaside village swarmed by creatures transformed by infection in the wake of an offshore earthquake. These monstrous creatures live among the humans trapped by government decision

Easily the most optimistic book I’ve read all year, perhaps longer. In a time when the harbingers of doom appear everywhere, destruction seems inevitable and the entire deck stacked against most of us, David Graeber’s words spoke directly of hope and optimism. Not because of a specific criteria 🧵1/5

This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City.

This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.

Y'all, if you have ever wondered what it would like like for the federal government to tell you what you are/not allowed to read and thought "screw that," now is the time to say so. Sign this letter. Send a postcard. Call your senators. This is a nightmare scenario. Don't let it pass.

American Library Association@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW: A federal book banning bill has been introduced in the Senate. It's time to make our voices heard. Tell your Senators to REJECT pro-censorship legislation like S. 4925 that would limit the freedom to read! We need every advocate to speak out against censorship: action.ala.org/campaign/S4925

All respect to Spain’s goalie

Inspired by @pamlivengoodbrown.bsky.social here’s my experiment with Scotch moss for #TinyFlowerTuesday They feel like a fairy garden 😊

Absolutely recommend this fun campy romp with a liberal soul. Andrew is a mild mannered guy working at a candle boutique and harbouring an acting career that isn’t quite taking off, when his friend Brock recruits him to work with the Tuxedos, an all gay secret group of spies working to protect

Today’s #HopeQuesting treasure

WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · 4w ago

This is Pearl. She's very excited you're home, and can only properly express her enthusiasm through jazz hands. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: ohpearlitsliza)

Golly I do adore fresh apricots.

A hauntingly authentic fantasy that also serves a meditation on suicide and the decision to stay. alt text: book cover for Cassandra Khaw's Find Me Where It Ends. Grey background a black dog snarling. Title in orange text. #Booksky

Find Me Where It Ends

A hauntingly authentic fantasy that also serves a meditation on suicide and the decision to stay.

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IMPORTANT: Two websites for US food access. Please spread the word. This is a great, easy to use site to find free food near you:

Come on, look at that cover. Look at that title. Of course I’m going to read this for cover vibes alone. A western where no John Wayne saves the day. Just an itinerant peddler sharing horrific loss. Is he a harbinger of violence or the dealer himself? And then the finned f*ckery starts. #Booksky

Shark Week on Steroids

Come on, look at that cover. Look at that title. Of course I’m going to read this for cover vibes alone. A western where no John Wayne saves the day. Just an itinerant peddler sharing horrific loss…

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This is a great opportunity. This book is one to discuss - especially the ending. Highly recommend.

Michael LaBorn@michaellaborn.bsky.social · 4w ago

Just dropped a new Cost of Freedom essay, exploring what it means to know yourself and to be a good person. It is not too late to come join us as we read the second half of the book! But also, subscribe so that you get to be a part of our next book (Chain-Gang All-Stars) from the beginning soon!

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

"Fate means nothing to me, Amina. I want someone who rips apart the story laid out for them and writes their own."

Adventure again with Amina al-Sirafi

When one returns to an author, the next installment in a series you love, there’s always unease mingled with the anticipation. (If you haven’t read the Adventures of ​Amina al-Sirafi yet, do go immediately and remedy that. Need a reason? Here’s one.) When I started reading Tapestry of Fate it was like the welcome home of a favorite pair of slippers.

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I second this directive, especially if you have access to home grow tomatoes.

Chris@ottersf.bsky.social · 4w ago

This is your reminder that it's summer, so you should be sprinkling slices of an enormous heirloom tomato with salt and shingling them atop sourdough toast that's been slathered in good mayo and grated cheddar. 😋

A great way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States is by better understanding who we are as a nation. This is a collection of the dozen books I’ve found most impactful in sharpening my own understanding. List of titles in alt text.

And on that note….. #BookSky

thank you Cabo Verde for allowing us to dream the impossible dream for two beautiful hours of soccer what a game, what a wonderful game

I, Too, Sing America by Langston Hughes

There's a lot of bad things in this world, dude. Like fucking skunks, dude?! Hell no. Scratching your eye but it's still fucking itchy, dude?! Hell no. Like getting paid not a lot of money, dude For fucking working?! Hell no. But Cape Verde at the fucking World Cup dude?! Hell yeah, hell yeah bro

Watch the latest Bulwark Podcast here:

Clint Smith: Make America What It Set Out to Be

Watch now | It's hard to be in a celebratory mood about America 250.

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