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Sean Bell
@seancmbell.bsky.social
Writer. Broke. Bylines: The Intercept, Heckle, Bella Caledonia, The National, The Herald, Source, Jacobin, openDemocracy. Scotland's leading expert on Elvis Presley-related sandwiches.
if i see another book called “A [Noun] of [Noun] and [Nouns]” i’m going to scream, it’s spread to non-fiction now, this is getting embarrassing
These books were about a creative community supporting each other. I'm sorry he doesn't remember what that means.
Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) ❤️🔥@amandamakepeace.bsky.social · 4w agoAnd YES. Charles de Lint used AI for the cover of a book he has coming out this fall. He sent out an email that lead with "AI Haters shouldn't read too much further..." #booksky
it used to be that left wingers believed that every man could be a poet, painter, ballerina, and harpists were they only unshackled from wage slavery. now even the most woke left wingers are like “no sorry the capacity to read poetry is limited to the bourgeois. everyone else is fucking a dumb-dumb”
just happened upon some environmental storytelling in the streets of New York
Big 'Captain Hook hears the sound of a ticking clock' vibes.
"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!
The Great Sun Myth, from the producers of Not Quite Walls, Not Quite Gaps: What are Doors? and Trees: What’s Their Game?, will hear from the growing number of professional opinion-havers who are boldly questioning mainstream “science” and “facts”.
The Great Sun Myth: new documentary seeks to answer question – where does it go when it’s dark?
A groundbreaking new documentary reportedly seeks to question the conventional narrative around the mysterious and unknowable orb at the centre of our galaxy. The Great Sun Myth, from the producers…
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every day I wake up and kill a computer because I can
I have been pleading with my boss for us to get these for years, but "they're not safe" THAT'S WHY WE NEED THEM
alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · yesterdayi don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
Reactionaries accidentally dropping the perfect name for a fake indie rock band to appear in the background of an early 2010s romcom with Jesse Eisenberg or Michael Cera.
Dan O’Sullivan@osullyville.bsky.social · yesterdayNope, nice try. Not doing this to myself. You'll have to kill my ass
Look I've stayed away from the Stancil Discourse, but when he talks shit about SIR TERRY PRATCHETT you realize this man actively wants people to hate him
Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 2d agoYeah, for days people have been citing “boots theory” at me and I want to shout DO YOU REALIZE THIS IS A RANDOM IDEA TOSSED OUT BY A FANTASY WRITER AND MAY NOT ACCURATELY DESCRIBE REALITY
Whenever Forbes' fan club in the Scottish press repeats some variation on this conspiracy theory, they do realise it doesn't work without suggesting that Forbes' stated reasons for quitting were absolute bullshit?
The Herald@heraldscotland.bsky.social · yesterday'Ms Forbes was effectively hounded out of the SNP' www.heraldscotland.com/poli... 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
I promise I'll stop sharing this soon, but we're really close to completing the current phase and I (think) unlocking the final stretch. This cost about what I make in a year as a freelance writer. Anything helps, even a share. <3 www.gofundme.com/f/bj-needs-a...
Donate to BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin'), organized by Amelia Emberwing
If you're reading this, you're not new to the fact that eventually the "pass … Amelia Emberwing needs your support for BJ Needs A New Mouth (Keep Her Yappin')
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Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.
These kind of schools function as political entertainment for adults. The product they're selling is 'don't worry - those people you hate? They're being made to suffer.'
Andrew Sissons@acjsissons.bsky.social · 3d agoThis is a harrowing - though not surprising - read. It’s probably hard to quantify, but I think we need to know how widespread this approach is, and what impact it has on young people’s mental health
mmmm yes.... obtaining a new and cute little notebook will cure me of my mental illness and turn me into a shark eyed type a productivity megafucker... the last several cute new notebooks didn't, but this one will be different, surely.
Could be just me, but if you as an MP have based your, basically bs, "defence" of stripping trans individuals of rights to "protect women and girls" I wouldn't be out there vocally proclaiming how much you respect someone with domestic abuse allegations and a confirmed misogynist. Might be just me.
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didn’t promote my book much last year because I was getting very sick with diabetes, but it appears to be on sale, and unfortunately it’s still relevant, thanks to Fauci/RFK/Covid discourse bookshop.org/p/books/disp...
Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass
In this “barn burner of a book” (The New York Times Book Review) New York magazine senior writer Sarah Jones blends personal stories and in-depth reporting to expose the harsh reality of America’s cul...
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