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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 3h

Rewatching Reds and remembering how Beatty was criticized for grandstanding. But the first half is less about John Reed than Louise Bryant’s struggle to be seen, how she’s dismissed and belittled even in progressive circles. Keaton is magnificent.

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 19h

Good Morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m in a novella mood and first up I’m finishing The Cold House by AG Slatter for a great taste of modern horror. What are you reading at the moment?

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 18h

Morning, Womble! I'm reading Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia— and when that one scares me too much, dipping into The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin.

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Erinn O'Dear @erinnthered.bsky.social · 21h

Cool result for all the companies that use UPS for domestic shipping. I know the Trump admin is ultimately to blame, but a private company wantonly destroying packages seems like a path to some lawsuits.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 20h

Welp, that explains what happened to the package I sent to my niece. I opted for regular mail rather than EMS. Won’t do that again.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 1d

You made me spit coffee through my nose during a writing workshop.

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 1d

Where are all the queer submarine romance writers? We need to start a fleet.

Philip A. Suggars @felipeazucares.bsky.social · 1d

This book is full of wonderful prose. compelling characters and cool world building. There’s a queer submarine romance vibe to some of it which if it isn’t a thing really should be. Buy it!

Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 1d

If the Stars Are Lit is the debut speculative mystery by Sara K Ellis, exploring the implications of AI, memory, and loss. Cover art by Tara Bush. Order now! www.lunapresspublishing.com/novels
@skateellis.bsky.social
@tarabush.bsky.social

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 1d

Awww thanks, pal! That means a lot. Also, it should be! 🦀🐚

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 1d

I think some of this was inspired by phone booths still being everywhere in Japan. Despite no one using them, I’m glad they’re still part of the landscape.

Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 1d

If the Stars Are Lit is the debut speculative mystery by Sara K Ellis, exploring the implications of AI, memory, and loss. Cover art by Tara Bush. Order now! www.lunapresspublishing.com/novels
@skateellis.bsky.social
@tarabush.bsky.social

"Speed and expedience are luxuries and time equals money equals a mess out here. Communication almost always equals a powder keg."
If the Stars Are Lit
By Sara K Ellis

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 1d

RIP

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Reds (1981) Congressional Hearing scene

YouTube video by Ryan

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 1d

New Wombling Along - you deserve your weekend so feet up and let me share some reviews, articles and conkers - www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

Wombling Along — Runalong The Shelves

Helloooo! Hope you survived stormy weekend and whatever the week blew at you. It’s been a quiet week and things are going ok and sometimes that’s just nice. I can see soon a week off, World Fantasy C...

www.runalongtheshelves.net

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 1d

Received a dispatch from war-torn Portland. I had dearly hoped my mom would avoid the front lines, but she and her friends are marching to the ICE facility this week. To knit.

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 2d

Putting this on the list. Loved the movie.

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 2d

With nori! How is it? I don’t think I’ve seen that even here.

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 2d

Love this! Can almost hear the dialogue.

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 2d

Holy capes! The lighting is great. It’s almost ghostly.

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 4d

No, you’re right. It’s a record store on Hawthorne. The business that was in the same space in the late ‘80s was an adult video store. Pre-gentrification PDX.

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 4d

If I remember right, Jackpot was an adult video store, which then became something bird-related.

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 4d

Bagdad! Lol

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 5d

It seems we’re losing quite a few of the lives-well-lived folks this autumn. Some very good memories of coming here before Shakespeare in the park.

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 5d

Farewell to the truest of legends, long live Zabar’s.

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Book 🎂 @dmbeucler.bsky.social ! Very excited for this! And that cover! 🔥

Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Book Birthday to @dmbeucler.bsky.social 🥳 It is always so exciting to see your words making it out into the world! Congratulations Denise!!! 💙 #debut2025 #bloodmagic @booksfromscotland.bsky.social

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 5d

Just awful, seeing the neighborhood I grew up in, the place I worked in high school, like this. We will remember the food cart Maginot line.

jason. @vagrantmachine.bsky.social · 10d

Night strolls on Hawthorne in the middle of my “war ravaged” city.

📸: Portland, Oregon

A color photo of a stencil spray painted on the sidewalk that reads “EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY” in black with a red spray painted heart around it.

A color photo of a corner pizza shop all lit up at night.

A color photo of the same street corner featuring the Bagdad Theater and businesses all lit up.

A color photo of inside Jackpot Records at night with a pink “RECORDS” sign in neon front and center.

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D. M. Beucler @dmbeucler.bsky.social · 9d

My husband gave me something to deal with my stress, 3 days to go.

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small poems @small-poems.bsky.social · 14d

Sci-fi, by Tracy K. Smith

[...] Weightless, unhinged,
Eons from even our own moon, we'll drift
In the haze of space, which will be, once
And for all, scrutable and safe.

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Sara K Ellis @skateellis.bsky.social · 7d

😬

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