Happy Publication Day to our eight 20% off new release book picks of the week. And remember, these discounts last two weeks, so you can still get 20% off last week's picks as well: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b...

The Literate Lizard@theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 3d ago

Your first look at this week's 20% off new release book picks, four fiction, four nonfiction. You don't have to support Jeff Bezos to get discounts on hot new books. Come to us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b.... Titles/authors in alt-text. Authors and publishers on Bluesky in comment. #Booksky

Happy birthday to President Barack Obama. Thank you for your eight productive years in the White House, thank you for the magnificent Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, thank you for helping us oppose the malignant ignorant grifter currently in power, and thank you for your reading lists!

The Literate Lizard@theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 5d ago

Barack Obama has announced his Summer Reading List, and as always, The Literate Lizard discounts his picks 20%: theliteratelizard.com/barack-obama... Obama loves to read, is well-informed, curious, engaged, and eager to learn. Sad to now have the uninformed, incurious, and willfully ignorant Trump.

As millions of Americans lose their healthcare and food aid and struggle to deal with surging gas and grocery prices, what are Senate Republicans focused on? Protecting Trump's sweetheart IRS immunity deal. Priorities.

'Corruption on Steroids': Republicans Kill Effort to Prevent Trump Tax Audit Immunity | Common Dreams

"Trump’s sweetheart audit immunity deal is perhaps the most brazenly corrupt action taken by a president in American his

commondreams.org

Endgame Villains.

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

I think "AI" plumpers should be happy I'm focusing mostly on the nonsense it's doing to my field, rather than how it's very clearly designed as a tool for the capture of wealth and capital by a bunch of accelerationist weirdos enthusiastically huffing their own farts from the depth of their K-holes

Most of the corruption perpetrated by the Trump admin would not be possible without the complicit enabling of the Republican majorities in the House and Senate. The only way to put any check and balance on this out of control regime is to vote them out in November.

Hey, get in line behind *millions* of people, including Native Americans driven from their land and slaughtered, kidnapped Africans who were enslaved and lynched, women treated like property, LGBTQ people demeaned and treated like they didn’t matter, you crybaby, self-indulgent loser.

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

There's been a lot of spirited discussion about The Odyssey ever since the movie came out, and that's a good thing. A new book, Homer Haunted, by Henry Power, discusses how Homer's writings have affected us over the centuries. And here is @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social's translation. Links in reply 🧵⬇️

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Why isn’t it a much bigger story that the regime leader was willing to jail an Olympian for ten years rather than admit he fucked up the reflecting pool? And that he still is claiming vandals?!?! I guess part of me is glad I still have the capacity to be appalled by this mofo.

July was fun with the World Cup and America's 250th birthday, but Summer is still in full swing. We have dozens of great reads for 20% off to help you chill out now, before autumn puts our focus on that final Blue Wave push in November's mid-terms. Come browse: theliteratelizard.com/beach-reads-...

Samantha says Happy #Caturday as she poses on a leopard print chair surrounded by books, the Buddha, a basket, and a plush javelina

Oh, what a surprise. The US Justice Depaertment DROPS its case against the man accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool. They now admit the problems were caused by the shoddy botched installation by Trump's crony contractor. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Prosecutors Drop Case Against Olympic Canoeist Charged With Vandalizing Reflecting Pool

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. said new information showed the damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism.

wsj.com

Barack Obama has announced his Summer Reading List, and as always, The Literate Lizard discounts his picks 20%: theliteratelizard.com/barack-obama... Obama loves to read, is well-informed, curious, engaged, and eager to learn. Sad to now have the uninformed, incurious, and willfully ignorant Trump.

Happy Publication Day to our eight 20% off new release book picks of the week. And remember, these discounts last two weeks, so you can still get 20% off last week's picks as well: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b...

The Literate Lizard@theliteratelizard.bsky.social · last wk.

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An interesting and very disturbing thread.

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo@digitalwarrior.bsky.social · last wk.

1/ A Philly retiree, 67, emailed DHS asking mercy for an Afghan man facing deportation. Hours later they subpoenaed his Google account. Weeks later, agents showed up at his door. This is the crackdown, for ordinary people. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

Biden was just absentmindedly walking around dropping our military stockpiles into Goodwill donation boxes. That's the GOP story, and they're sticking to it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

WELKER: Is America backing away from a larger attack bc our stockpile has been depleted? WALTZ: We have to take a step back. A lot of our stockpiles were depleted because of Biden WELKER: But you acknowledge they're depleted? WALTZ: No. And the people leaking this nonsense deserve to be in jail

Read about the real-life data center heist that inspired Nathaniel Rich's new novel Cloudthief here: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/m... And then come to us to get this timely and exciting novel for 20% off: theliteratelizard.com/book/9780374...

How a Gang of Thieves Pulled Off a Multimillion-Dollar Data Center Heist (Gift Article)

The world’s most valuable assets are stored on rows of servers in giant, anonymous buildings. And they can be stolen.

nytimes.com

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#BlueWaveIn100Days Let's do this!

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · last wk.

The momentum is real. Voters are done with the chaos, the cruelty, the corruption, and the grift. In 100 days, we’re flipping the House, holding the line, and sending a message that can’t be ignored. Organize. Donate. Vote early. Talk to everyone you know. #BlueWaveIn100Days

Another great review for The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory, by Emily Eakin. It's one of our current 20% off New Release picks through August 1st, so read the review at Slate (www.msn.com/en-us/money/...) , then come get your copy at a great price with us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b...

New report from Ohio Immigrant Alliance: Of 59 criminal ICE and Border Patrol agents, 85% committed sex offenses, nearly 2/3 against children. "The sexual and physical violence against women and children documented in OIA’s report is not an aberration — it is a reflection of the agencies’ culture.”

They Walk Among Us - Criminal ICE and Border Agents — Ohio Immigrant Alliance

The Ohio Immigrant Alliance released “They Walk Among Us: A List of 59 Sexually and Physically Abusive ICE and Border Agents,” an analysis of sexual and violent crimes committed by ICE and Border Patr...

ohioimmigrant.org

If only Iran had lined Trump's pockets with more bribes, he might have turned a blind eye to their uranium enrichment. But Saudi Arabia has shoveled cash to the Trump family, so the country that supplied the 9/11 attackers and whose leader butchered a Washington Post journalist gets a nuke deal.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2w ago

U.S. President Donald Trump approves a nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that may allow the kingdom to enrich uranium, two AP sources say.

Happy Publication Day to our eight 20% off new release book picks of the week. And remember, these discounts last two weeks, so you can still get 20% off last week's picks as well: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b...

The Literate Lizard@theliteratelizard.bsky.social · 2w ago

Your first look at this week's 20% off new release book picks, four fiction, four nonfiction. You don't have to support Jeff Bezos to get discounts on hot new books. Come to us: theliteratelizard.com/front-page-b.... Titles/authors in alt-text. Authors and publishers on Bluesky in comment. #Booksky

Noncitizen voting is already illegal — and exceedingly rare. The SAVE Act doesn’t fix that. It just makes it harder for YOU — elderly, rural, low-income, and married women — to register. Call your senators now ☎️202-224-3121. #PayToVoteSaveAct

He's a sad low IQ, low energy loser. But we are all paying the price of his incompetence and grifting. Vote Blue!

SaveDemocracy123@savedemocracy123.bsky.social · 2w ago

Lucy Schiller's wonderful new book, Aging Out: An Exploration of Caregiving, Community, and How Americans Grow Old, is currently 20% off at The Literate Lizard. Read her LitHub article, then come to us to buy the book at a great price: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781250... @flatironbooks.bsky.social

Lit Hub@literaryhub.bsky.social · 2w ago

Lucy Schiller explores what our attitudes towards aging reveal about ourselves.

The Odyssey is such a hit that apparently the author has already churned out a prequel called “The Iliad”? Typical Hollywood.

A 25 and 19 year old dead in another endless Republican Middle East war while Trump played golf, hosted a high dollar fundraiser, and tried to jump on a stage to act like he won the World Cup.

Congrats to Spain for their World Cup Victory! After that goal-filled 3rd place match yesterday, today's match saw only that one goal in extra time for Spain. The World Cup may be over for this year, but our 20% off promo will continue for a while: theliteratelizard.com/world-cup-2026 Shop and Save!