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The Lolgic @thelolgic.bsky.social · 8d

Jane Goodall (1934-2025) has died at 91. 🌿

She redefined science by showing chimps use tools, feel emotions & live complex lives and spent her life fighting for nature.

Her voice for the wild will never fade.

#JaneGoodall #TheLolgic #WildlifeConservation #legendsneverdie #UK #USA #Tanzania

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · 8d

Eating and reading
are two pleasures
that combine admirably.

~ CS Lewis

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The Lolgic @thelolgic.bsky.social · 15d

There's no perfume in the world quite like it. That magical blend of old paper, whispered secrets, and endless stories.

If you know, you know. What's your favorite library smell memory? 👃📖

#library #booklovers #bibliophole #bookstagram #memes #memesdaily #TheLolgic

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · 13d

Love a literary pun! 😆

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · 13d

Hand it over! #booksky

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · 22d

Sometimes, you just need to lie
on the couch and read.....

for a couple of years. #booksky

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · 22d

What's the difference between
a cat and a comma?

One has its claws
at the end
of its paws,
and one is a pause
at the end of a clause.

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · 22d

As I get older... #Booksky

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · 27d

Books fill my days... #Booksky

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The Lolgic @thelolgic.bsky.social · Sep 11

Medieval “drugstores” started in monasteries, moved to city shops, and were strictly regulated: doctors prescribed, apothecaries prepared (1231, 1353 rules).

Remedies mixed plants, spices, minerals, even oddities - laying groundwork for modern pharmacy.

#TheLolgic #Apothecary #USA #Europe #paris

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The Lolgic @thelolgic.bsky.social · 29d

💸 Love may be blind, but it still checks your bank balance first.
Jane Austen figured it out centuries ago. 📖✨

#janeausten #BookTok #memes #memesdaily #PrideAndPrejudice #TheLolgic

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · 28d

A library heals with stories, soothing restless thought.
Its shelves prescribe wisdom that can’t be bought.
Each book a remedy, gentle or bold,
A hospital for the mind, where spirits unfold.

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's not hoarding if it's books! #Booksky

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · Sep 10

Where do we go to make this a thing? #Booksky

I’m proposing a bookshop cafe.
Not just a bookshop where you
can sit for coffee, but a bookshop
where you walk in and say things
like “I’d like a latte and a book with
dragons and no romance, please”
and the barista would serve your
coffee and pull out the perfect book
for you!

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · Sep 3

#Booksky #Poetry #poems #reading

I opened my book
I turned to my page
and tumbled right in
was gone for an age
I lift up my head
and see to my shame
another day passed
I’ve done it again
I’ve sat for a moment
a quick read that’s all
but hours have flown by
whilst I was enthralled
I’d had plans today
done nothing at again
there’s always tomorrow
I’ll tidy up then.

Shan W (forreadingaddicts)

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The Lolgic @thelolgic.bsky.social · Aug 31

A 1,600-year-old mosaic at Huqoq, Israel, shows Jonah swallowed by three fish, plus scenes like the Tower of Babel with Greco - Roman motifs.

First Jonah mosaic found in a synagogue, rewriting views of Jewish art.

#Huqoq #TheLolgic #BiblicalArt #Israel #Jonah

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · Aug 29

“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.”~ Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

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The Lolgic @thelolgic.bsky.social · Aug 29

Me: “I’ll finish those books.”
Also me: opens a new one like an unbothered king. 👑📚😂

#TheLolgic #memes #memesdaily #bookstagram #booklovers

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · Aug 28

#WordNerd: The word malaria comes from Italian mala aria — “bad air.”
People once thought swampy air made you sick.
They weren’t totally wrong… the swamps just happened to be full of mosquitoes. #Booksky #Language

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · Aug 28

Books.. #Booksky

BOOKS:
Better weapons
against evil and
ignorance than
BOMBS

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · Aug 28

On libraries. #Booksky

It’s funny that we think of libraries
as quiet demure places where we are
shushed by dusty, bun-topped
bespectacled women.

The truth is libraries are raucous
clubhouses for free speech,
controversy and community.

Librarians have stood up for
freedoms, sat down and read with
toddlers, and reached out to
illiterate adults.

Librarians cannot be shushed

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · Aug 27

True strength is the ability
to pick up a really big book,
say an 800-page hardback, lift
it up, carry it across the room
open the cover...

and read a single chapter. #Booksky

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For Reading Addicts @forreadingaddicts.bsky.social · Aug 26

The alphabet #Booksky

Every book you have read
every story you’ve heard
is just twenty six letters
It’s true, every word.

Yes those twenty six letters
From A through to Z
Make up every word
That you’ve ever read

Shan (forreadingaddicts)

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The Lolgic @thelolgic.bsky.social · Aug 22

Every time someone says “enough books,” my inner beast awakens.

Because how can there ever be enough? Books are worlds, escapes, lifelines - and you don’t just stop collecting lifelines. 📚😼

#TheLolgic #Memes #MemesDaily #bookstagram #Booksky

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Aug 22

The Danish government has announced plans to remove its 25% tax on books in a bid to tackle Denmark’s “reading crisis” 👇

Denmark scraps book tax

The Danish government has announced plans to remove its 25% tax on books in a bid to tackle Denmark’s “reading crisis”.

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