Josh Cook
@joshthelibromancer.bsky.social
Co-owner of @portersqbooks.bsky.social Author of The Art of Libromancy & An Exaggerated Murder. Opinions my own. BlueSky for @authorsabb.bsky.social & @massaabb.bsky.social He/him https://linktr.ee/joshthelibromancer
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Josh Cook
@joshthelibromancer.bsky.social
· Oct 21
www.portersquarebooks.com
An intro post for the latest BlueSky wave! I'm a writer & bookseller w/ @portersqbooks.bsky.social where I mostly hype books from small presses written by marginalized voices or works in translation. If you're into the books on this list www.portersquarebooks.com/category/sta... you dig my taste
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I’m begging Democratic leaders to understand that outlining and forcefully articulating their vision for accountability now is an electoral strategy.
"The Democrats’ plan: TBD. There has been a lot of rhetoric, but ... the caucus is largely shying away from using its leverage in the appropriations process and threatening another government shutdown."
“We’ll figure out the accountability mechanisms at the appropriate time" - Hakeem Jeffries
“We’ll figure out the accountability mechanisms at the appropriate time" - Hakeem Jeffries
January 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I’m begging Democratic leaders to understand that outlining and forcefully articulating their vision for accountability now is an electoral strategy.
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Great question. We track ICE agents in real time, we show up en masse when they try to kidnap our neighbors, and we blow whistles and honk horns and bully them until they flee with their coward tails between their legs. We do this many times a day, every day. Thank you for asking
Look, I'm all for ensuring ICE doesn't continue with their nefarious activities.
But how do you actually "run them off"?
Serious question.
But how do you actually "run them off"?
Serious question.
January 10, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Great question. We track ICE agents in real time, we show up en masse when they try to kidnap our neighbors, and we blow whistles and honk horns and bully them until they flee with their coward tails between their legs. We do this many times a day, every day. Thank you for asking
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Let’s get the second Reconstruction right.
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Let’s get the second Reconstruction right.
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Books don't tell readers who they personally are or who they are supposed to be. They do show readers a variety of characters. Implicit in that is this: "Here are some ways of being." Kids books aren't altering your kid to be someone new. They are simply showing them parts of humanity.
January 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Books don't tell readers who they personally are or who they are supposed to be. They do show readers a variety of characters. Implicit in that is this: "Here are some ways of being." Kids books aren't altering your kid to be someone new. They are simply showing them parts of humanity.
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One of the reasons I push back as hard as I do on "cities are scary" nonsense is that I do not accept the view that we should treat unfounded fears as legitimate, and we have too long indulged the unfounded, racist fears of conservatives. And that in turn is leading to a moment...
January 10, 2026 at 12:12 PM
One of the reasons I push back as hard as I do on "cities are scary" nonsense is that I do not accept the view that we should treat unfounded fears as legitimate, and we have too long indulged the unfounded, racist fears of conservatives. And that in turn is leading to a moment...
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Costco retirement communities, whenever they get around to it, are going to remake this country and possibly several others
Costco is co-locating housing above a new store in South LA, 800 units.
Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
Unbelievable that we've been building malls & big box stores for, what, sixty years, and never figured this out
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
www.entrepreneur.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Costco retirement communities, whenever they get around to it, are going to remake this country and possibly several others
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Hey MSP people who want to join the MSP feed, here are instructions! If you ever DM'd or tagged Ian asking to be added, that won't work -- you need to fill out the form.
Here’s a link to the instructions! Note that turnaround is not immediate, this is a volunteer labor of love 💕
Hi! Update to how you join the Minneapolis and St. Paul feed bc my screenshot was out of date. 1. Fill out the Google Form (linked in next post). 2. Wait 48-72 hours, maybe longer (vol-led so we're on it but not asap). 3. Then you have to add yourself to the feed.
January 10, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Hey MSP people who want to join the MSP feed, here are instructions! If you ever DM'd or tagged Ian asking to be added, that won't work -- you need to fill out the form.
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Here is someone I trust to help direct support to families who cannot leave home right now while ICE is in Minneapolis. Please give if you can. I am donating.
my teacher friend asked, if people have more to give, to help meet the goal on this rent relief fund they have set up for families unable to live home due to their status.
if we did $2k in 20 minutes we can do $24k by the end of the day, right?
please amplify!
if we did $2k in 20 minutes we can do $24k by the end of the day, right?
please amplify!
January 9, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Here is someone I trust to help direct support to families who cannot leave home right now while ICE is in Minneapolis. Please give if you can. I am donating.
The power that Israel is using in Palestine is the exact same power that ICE is using here. We have to note that the Democrats who support the status quo in Israel not using all of the tools at their disposal to stop the violence here. It's all one fight
January 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The power that Israel is using in Palestine is the exact same power that ICE is using here. We have to note that the Democrats who support the status quo in Israel not using all of the tools at their disposal to stop the violence here. It's all one fight
2 things stand out to me. 1st, if he were doing something actually illegal they would have arrested without the preamble. 2nd, we are getting on their last nerve. They are breaking. It's going to get dark but we need to keep this up
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
2 things stand out to me. 1st, if he were doing something actually illegal they would have arrested without the preamble. 2nd, we are getting on their last nerve. They are breaking. It's going to get dark but we need to keep this up
Watching my toddler run around with a toy hockey stick: is there any media where hockey playing witches fly on their hockey sticks? (I have read & recommend We Ride Upon Sticks)
January 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Watching my toddler run around with a toy hockey stick: is there any media where hockey playing witches fly on their hockey sticks? (I have read & recommend We Ride Upon Sticks)
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If you think Frey should back up his words with his actions and instruct his cops to actually enforce *legal and binding trespass orders* from *hospitals and schools*, I would urge you (if you are a Minneapolis resident) to call his office at 612-673-2100.
January 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
If you think Frey should back up his words with his actions and instruct his cops to actually enforce *legal and binding trespass orders* from *hospitals and schools*, I would urge you (if you are a Minneapolis resident) to call his office at 612-673-2100.
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New Hampshire! They're coming for your right to read again! This time around, let's see if we can stop it in committee. Contact your State Senators!
PRESS RELEASE: House Lawmakers Push Yet Another Book Ban Bill | NEA-NH
Vote on SB 33 Follows Sustained Veto on 2025 Book Ban Bill
neanh.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
New Hampshire! They're coming for your right to read again! This time around, let's see if we can stop it in committee. Contact your State Senators!
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Do you know what a commonplace book is? Well, among other things keeping one is the subject of this micro-course on close reading! A commonplace book is a fun, easy, low-stakes way to deepen your relationship to reading. Here we go...
January 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Do you know what a commonplace book is? Well, among other things keeping one is the subject of this micro-course on close reading! A commonplace book is a fun, easy, low-stakes way to deepen your relationship to reading. Here we go...
Ok, I would not say Youngblood is worth it...but as the bonus for that set...maybe?
January 9, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Ok, I would not say Youngblood is worth it...but as the bonus for that set...maybe?
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Denying unanimous consent is the bare minimum, truly; it takes absolutely no effort
April 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Denying unanimous consent is the bare minimum, truly; it takes absolutely no effort
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I've seen refugee aid efforts defeat multi-year occupations by regional / national police forces who deployed 30x the amount of resources. Hell I've been part of that.
It is *very* possible.
ICE's budget has a limit.
Make them use it.
ICE's morale has a limit.
Make them lose it.
It is *very* possible.
ICE's budget has a limit.
Make them use it.
ICE's morale has a limit.
Make them lose it.
January 8, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I've seen refugee aid efforts defeat multi-year occupations by regional / national police forces who deployed 30x the amount of resources. Hell I've been part of that.
It is *very* possible.
ICE's budget has a limit.
Make them use it.
ICE's morale has a limit.
Make them lose it.
It is *very* possible.
ICE's budget has a limit.
Make them use it.
ICE's morale has a limit.
Make them lose it.
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What if the next book that really blew up on #BookSky was an experimental, unapologetically intellectual, sex positive, biting, funny, genre busting novel by a Black trans woman? We can live in a world where that's possible. Where that happens.
Plastic, Prism, Void: Part One
A magical girl-gone-bad and a renegade mech pilot must stay on a date forever, even if it means destroying the world. Don't you want to help them? "Delicious, insane, intoxicating." --Maya Deane, author of Wrath Goddess Sing "This Is How You Lose the Time War but on crack." --Jace Molloy Acrasia is in the ultimate long-distance relationship: with Opus Zhao, a man from another universe. She was a trans girl who was also an intergalactic moth-goddess. He was a trans guy who piloted a giant robotic tiger. They hated each other, then fell in love, then their universes moved apart. Now, years later, he's turned up in her dimension again. What won't she do to keep him there? Combining Sailor Moon, Sex and the City, and House of Leaves, this riotous enemies-to-lovers romantasy roars off the page in the genre-exploding, galaxy-spanning, quick-quipping retro nostalgia futuristic thrill ride of a lifetime. Give in, succumb (you know you want to) to the unstoppable world of Plastic, Prism, Void.
portersquarebooks.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:21 AM
What if the next book that really blew up on #BookSky was an experimental, unapologetically intellectual, sex positive, biting, funny, genre busting novel by a Black trans woman? We can live in a world where that's possible. Where that happens.
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Soooo, we now have more followers on BlueSky after 2-3 years than we did on Twitter in the 9-10ish years we were there. First of all: THANK YOU!!!!
Second, that's a long time to be a bookstore on social media, so seeing this is something of a milestone, just a couple of thoughts...
Second, that's a long time to be a bookstore on social media, so seeing this is something of a milestone, just a couple of thoughts...
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Soooo, we now have more followers on BlueSky after 2-3 years than we did on Twitter in the 9-10ish years we were there. First of all: THANK YOU!!!!
Second, that's a long time to be a bookstore on social media, so seeing this is something of a milestone, just a couple of thoughts...
Second, that's a long time to be a bookstore on social media, so seeing this is something of a milestone, just a couple of thoughts...
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If the murder of Renee Nicole Good makes you say “abolish ICE,” but the murder of George Floyd didn’t make you say “abolish cops,” ask yourself why and try to learn from it
January 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
If the murder of Renee Nicole Good makes you say “abolish ICE,” but the murder of George Floyd didn’t make you say “abolish cops,” ask yourself why and try to learn from it
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“They’re killing the moms, they’re killing the dads”
Democrats should run on the fact that their opposition is literally killing Americans and destroying the country.
It’s not hyperbole. That’s the message they should be blasting out to media every day.
They are killing Americans and destroying the country. They hate our freedom. They hate democracy
It’s not hyperbole. That’s the message they should be blasting out to media every day.
They are killing Americans and destroying the country. They hate our freedom. They hate democracy
January 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
“They’re killing the moms, they’re killing the dads”
goddamnit. As soon as I saw they were turning it over to the FBI at all, I was pretty crushed but watching him follow up some of his earlier rhetoric with this is really fucked up
January 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
goddamnit. As soon as I saw they were turning it over to the FBI at all, I was pretty crushed but watching him follow up some of his earlier rhetoric with this is really fucked up
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deals with the Empire often go sour
In an email to employees, CEO Andrew Levy said that Avelo’s arrangement with the government had only offered “short-term benefits” at a cost to the company’s long-term reputation. trib.al/e0x3WVO
Airline Cuts Ties to ICE Because Deportation Flights Are Bad Business
Avelo Airlines will no longer be carrying out deportation flights.
trib.al
January 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
deals with the Empire often go sour
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ok idk what to do so starting a thread of protests against ICE in various cities as i become aware of them—NONE OF THESE ARE TONIGHT
if anyone knows of protests in the SF bay area please let me know
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
ok idk what to do so starting a thread of protests against ICE in various cities as i become aware of them—NONE OF THESE ARE TONIGHT
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A cop shot a person three times point blank and instead of the streets being deserted. They filled with people yelling at the cops [who could have shot them too].
January 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
A cop shot a person three times point blank and instead of the streets being deserted. They filled with people yelling at the cops [who could have shot them too].