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PGCMLS Libraries @pgcmls.bsky.social · 2d

We don’t make the rules! Whatever you land on, you have to add to your fall TBR 😘

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 3d

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 3d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 3d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4d

Fascinating report just released by DropSite which reveals that David Frum, while working on a profile of an Israeli ambassador to the United Nations for the Atlantic, was also shadow-writing speeches for that same ambassador.

David Frum, Douglas Murray Secretly Drafted Speeches for Israeli Ambassador

Leaked emails from former Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor show David Frum, Douglas Murray offering to write his speeches and a CNN producer fundraising for Israel’s Iron Dome during Israel’s 2014 war

www.dropsitenews.com

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Alexis Gunderson @alexiskg.bsky.social · 4d

@fspnwu.bsky.social members this means you!

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 4d

Same if you're a freelancer / run a small site / whatever. Just interested in both the economics and what the leadup to both this and Black Friday are like

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 4d

Same if you're a freelancer / run a small site / whatever. Just interested in both the economics and what the leadup to both this and Black Friday are like

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 4d

if you work for a publication that does this and have any idea how much $$$ your outlet makes from affiliate sale commissions on prime day, DM or signal me: jason.404

also interested if you are a journalist who is asked to do these deal roundups as part of your job

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 7d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 8d

The apartments acted alone, pulling the adults and children out of them without anyone’s else’s participation

CNN @cnn.com · 8d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 9d

Dwayne has his job back because we organized for it. We fight or we die. Join AAUP today www.aaup.org/join

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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 10d

All you really need to know about whether this Anthropic settlement is actually good for authors or not is that OpenAI is celebrating and very happy about it.

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Edward Hasbrouck @edwardhasbrouck.bsky.social · 10d

Searchable list of works included in tentative settlement of #copyright #infringement lawsuit against #Anthropic AI made public:

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

FAQ from the National Writers Union about what this means for writers:
nwu.org/anthropic/

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 12d

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 12d

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 13d

To be honest, I don’t understand how any of them are going to say anything funnier than “Riyadh comedy festival”

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 14d

(trailer voiceover) this halloween, grass touches back

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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 18d

PLAYING WOLF: “Říhová is also a poet, and it shows in the lyrical and atmospheric language of the novel, impressively translated by Alex Zucker. It is a dark beauty, a brutal and violent novel, but one that ensnares.” — @bookriot.bsky.social

bookriot.com/new-releases...

6 of the Best New Books In Translation Out Fall 2025

Here are six of the most exciting new books in translation coming out in the fall, including releases from Bora Chung and Samanta Schweblin.

bookriot.com

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UMAW @umaw.bsky.social · 19d

JUST ADDED: Join us on September 29th in DC to celebrate the reintroduction of the Living Wage for Musicians Act, now with a reading from @lizpelly.bsky.social, author of Mood Machine! The show is free and open to all with RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/julia...

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Pop Heist @popheist.com · 23d

The doctor TV show trend isn't a coincidence. This wave of healthcare TV is the result of two major cultural movements colliding. (by @alexiskg.bsky.social)

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Everything Medical Is New Again - Pop Heist

The doctor TV show trend isn't a coincidence. This wave of healthcare TV is the result of two major cultural movements colliding.

popheist.com

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Pop Heist @popheist.com · 23d

Hi! We're POP HEIST, a worker-owned, fully independent, subscriber-funded pop culture site that prioritizes passion. No SEO or CEOs here. If you're looking for an intro to the site, if you want to know what we're all about, here's a thread highlighting some pieces that really capture the ~vibe~.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 24d

BREAKING: Disney+ is to replace the two-season run of Andor with a recut version that runs for only five minutes, and is just Mon Mothma apologising profusely to Darth Vader for any inconvenience, and letting him have whatever he wants.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 24d

When someone says one thing to gain power and then a contradictory thing when exercising that power, the most useful lens for understanding it is power, not hypocrisy.

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Laura Anne Gilman @lauraannegilman.bsky.social · 24d

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

Headline from the New York Times, 1939: “Goebbels ends careers of five “Aryan“ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.”

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Kelsey McKinney @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social · 24d

I'm really proud to work at a media company that isn't made up of cowards, that can say All of This Is Really Fucking Bad over and over again because it is.

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Charlie Kirk Is A Means To An End | Defector

It’s become clear that Charlie Kirk is worth more to Trumpworld dead than he ever was alive. His fatal shooting last week in Utah has been used as a cudgel in an attempted purge of wrong-thinking libe...

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 24d

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

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