Alex Z
@alexzoubine.bsky.social
Writer, Author, Poet | First Reader @ The Colored Lens | Story Reviewer | Dog lover | Analytics Aficionado
Trying to start my morning/week asking myself at every step: does this have to be done now?
If not now, when should I return to this?
My brain apparently operates on a now/not now principle. When I try to do everything now... I end up either overwhelmed or not focusing on the right things 🤷♂️
If not now, when should I return to this?
My brain apparently operates on a now/not now principle. When I try to do everything now... I end up either overwhelmed or not focusing on the right things 🤷♂️
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Trying to start my morning/week asking myself at every step: does this have to be done now?
If not now, when should I return to this?
My brain apparently operates on a now/not now principle. When I try to do everything now... I end up either overwhelmed or not focusing on the right things 🤷♂️
If not now, when should I return to this?
My brain apparently operates on a now/not now principle. When I try to do everything now... I end up either overwhelmed or not focusing on the right things 🤷♂️
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Reposted by Alex Z
These American Goldfinches spent the whole day in the tops of my back yard Birch trees. There's only a few million seeds to feed from so maybe they'll spend a lot of the winter here.
#birds #parkdale #americangoldfinch
#birds #parkdale #americangoldfinch
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
These American Goldfinches spent the whole day in the tops of my back yard Birch trees. There's only a few million seeds to feed from so maybe they'll spend a lot of the winter here.
#birds #parkdale #americangoldfinch
#birds #parkdale #americangoldfinch
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November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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“Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.”
- Lao Tzu.🌱
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.”
- Lao Tzu.🌱
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.”
- Lao Tzu.🌱
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.”
- Lao Tzu.🌱
"The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years."
- Solzhenitsyn
#booksky #literature #book
- Solzhenitsyn
#booksky #literature #book
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years."
- Solzhenitsyn
#booksky #literature #book
- Solzhenitsyn
#booksky #literature #book
"Now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good"
- East of Eden, Steinbeck
#lit #literature #booksky #fiction #inspiration #philosophy
- East of Eden, Steinbeck
#lit #literature #booksky #fiction #inspiration #philosophy
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
"Now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good"
- East of Eden, Steinbeck
#lit #literature #booksky #fiction #inspiration #philosophy
- East of Eden, Steinbeck
#lit #literature #booksky #fiction #inspiration #philosophy
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
I love that a "moonmoon" is a thing that exists 🥰
When it feels like the world is a drab and dark place, just remember there are moonmoons out there
#science #astronomy #scifi
When it feels like the world is a drab and dark place, just remember there are moonmoons out there
#science #astronomy #scifi
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I love that a "moonmoon" is a thing that exists 🥰
When it feels like the world is a drab and dark place, just remember there are moonmoons out there
#science #astronomy #scifi
When it feels like the world is a drab and dark place, just remember there are moonmoons out there
#science #astronomy #scifi
Between this and the downright offensive "journalism" they've been posting about Mamdani, it's like they're *trying* to alienate their most loyal readers
Hey @nytimes.com - your FIRST readers are New Yorkers!
Enrage us at your own peril
#journalism #amreading
Hey @nytimes.com - your FIRST readers are New Yorkers!
Enrage us at your own peril
#journalism #amreading
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Between this and the downright offensive "journalism" they've been posting about Mamdani, it's like they're *trying* to alienate their most loyal readers
Hey @nytimes.com - your FIRST readers are New Yorkers!
Enrage us at your own peril
#journalism #amreading
Hey @nytimes.com - your FIRST readers are New Yorkers!
Enrage us at your own peril
#journalism #amreading
Want to be a "first reader" for a small but mighty scifi/fantasy mag?
Or know someone who might be interested?
See this page for details:
thecoloredlens.com?p=137374
And if you wouldn't mind reposting this for wider circulation, I'd truly be grateful...
#writingCommunity #writer #scifi #booksky
Or know someone who might be interested?
See this page for details:
thecoloredlens.com?p=137374
And if you wouldn't mind reposting this for wider circulation, I'd truly be grateful...
#writingCommunity #writer #scifi #booksky
First Readers – TCL is looking for volunteers – The Colored Lens
thecoloredlens.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Want to be a "first reader" for a small but mighty scifi/fantasy mag?
Or know someone who might be interested?
See this page for details:
thecoloredlens.com?p=137374
And if you wouldn't mind reposting this for wider circulation, I'd truly be grateful...
#writingCommunity #writer #scifi #booksky
Or know someone who might be interested?
See this page for details:
thecoloredlens.com?p=137374
And if you wouldn't mind reposting this for wider circulation, I'd truly be grateful...
#writingCommunity #writer #scifi #booksky
"A house becomes a home because of who inhabits it"
- Benjamin McEvoy, Hardcore Literature Book Club
- Benjamin McEvoy, Hardcore Literature Book Club
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"A house becomes a home because of who inhabits it"
- Benjamin McEvoy, Hardcore Literature Book Club
- Benjamin McEvoy, Hardcore Literature Book Club
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November 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Being a poll watcher is a great way to get involved in helping your community and participating in democracy
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Being a poll watcher is a great way to get involved in helping your community and participating in democracy
"They are not brave, the days when we are twenty-one. They are full of little cowardices, little fears without foundation, and one is so easily bruised, so swiftly wounded, one falls to the first barbed word"
- Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
- Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"They are not brave, the days when we are twenty-one. They are full of little cowardices, little fears without foundation, and one is so easily bruised, so swiftly wounded, one falls to the first barbed word"
- Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
- Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"They are not brave, the days when we are twenty-one. They are full of little cowardices, little fears without foundation, and one is so easily bruised, so swiftly wounded, one falls to the first barbed word"
- Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
- Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
The giant inflatable turkey now rules my front lawn
And I'm not the least bit apologetic about it
And I'm not the least bit apologetic about it
November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The giant inflatable turkey now rules my front lawn
And I'm not the least bit apologetic about it
And I'm not the least bit apologetic about it
Out of curiosity, I looked into whether Threads was worth checking out (and having in addition to BlueSky)
In short: no
Threads is where brands and celebrities go to preen and sell sh!t and where "regular people" mindlessly scroll with minimal engagement
Count me out
In short: no
Threads is where brands and celebrities go to preen and sell sh!t and where "regular people" mindlessly scroll with minimal engagement
Count me out
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Out of curiosity, I looked into whether Threads was worth checking out (and having in addition to BlueSky)
In short: no
Threads is where brands and celebrities go to preen and sell sh!t and where "regular people" mindlessly scroll with minimal engagement
Count me out
In short: no
Threads is where brands and celebrities go to preen and sell sh!t and where "regular people" mindlessly scroll with minimal engagement
Count me out
November 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It looks funny, slow, and cumbersome right now
But have you SEEN how inconvenient cars were in the early 1900s?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFd8...
But have you SEEN how inconvenient cars were in the early 1900s?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFd8...
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It looks funny, slow, and cumbersome right now
But have you SEEN how inconvenient cars were in the early 1900s?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFd8...
But have you SEEN how inconvenient cars were in the early 1900s?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFd8...