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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 1d

this is what my brain pictures when you tell me that you’re generating AI content

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 1h

#tdih 1965 U.S. president halted enforcement of Civil Rights Act in Chicago. Fed funds restored to Chicago BoE after Daley confronted LBJ. They'd been withheld for racist school segregation. Democrats exempted the North.

Read ⬇️ by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social
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Oct. 8, 1965: Enforcement of Civil Rights Act Curtailed in Chicago Schools

Federal funds were quickly restored to Chicago public schools after they were withheld for continued segregation in schools, effectively curtailing enforcement of the Civil Rights Act in Chicago.

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Djamila Knopf @Polaris #196 @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 5h

I painted a cat in a drawer. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper

a painting of a white cat lying in a drawer full of cutlery and miscellaneous items

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 5h

You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 3h

Scam alert: there's an IngramSpark impersonator at ingramsparkbookpublishers dot com. Part of a wave of publishing/ghostwriting scams from Pakistan that hijack authors looking to self-publish--they often "borrow" well-known publisher names but this one also "borrows" the real IngramSpark's logo

Screenshot of IngramSpark impersonator's contact form, with chat window where scammer sales rep "Travis Clark" claims that "We are Ingram Spark's hands-on services department. You will be able to find our information here: https://www.ingramsparkbookpublishers.com/

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 2h

The documentary "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink," about how Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is gobbling up newspapers across America and gutting them, is available to watch on PBS.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Alexandra Rowland @alexandrarowland.bsky.social · 2d

There's a lot of received wisdom about what motivates readers to preorder, but I've been wondering if cold hard data can back that up -- so I'm doing SCIENCE!

Got ~20 minutes to do a survey on your preorder habits (or non-habits)? forms.gle/RhfegAyrAWcM...
Please signal boost for sample size! 📖✨

Reader Survey: What Drives Preorders?

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to participate in this survey! As an author, I've heard a lot of “received wisdom” about how preorders work for readers, what motivates someone to preorder, an...

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Audrey, CMS @amayna60.bsky.social · 2h

At last!

Audrey, CMS @amayna60.bsky.social · 3h

And this also prompted me to start Helena and Blue’s story 🤗💜

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 9h

"An English degree is a rip off" said by the people who are currently ripping everyone off. They don't want you to be literate, to understand the context, the references or the rhetoric they are using to scam you.

A rip off for THEM. If you can read, write and parse meaning, you're harder to fool.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 5h

Behind the scenes of rehearsal for the fall session of Race, Media and International Affairs, for @resistanceschool.bsky.social !

We still have spots left: www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...

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Audrey, CMS @amayna60.bsky.social · 4h

Enjoyed this very much, with a family farm business revolving around holiday and seasonal events, and two people getting to know each other better! Generally avoid holiday-related stories but this one’s a winner. 🥇🌲

Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 5h

If you're celebrating International Lesbian Day, can I recommend doing so with Noelle Northwood, the fat dapper butch dreamboat from Season of Love?
Bonus! The book starts right after Sukkot. It's seasonal!
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Season of Love

Check out Season of Love - An Entertainment Weekly Best Holiday Romance of 2022 A BookPage Best Holiday Romance of 2022 A PopSugar Best Holiday Romance of 2022</...

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🐋 haden 🪐 @yavin4.bsky.social · 6h

today is the last day of the bookshop.org anti-prime sale if you want THE UNCONTINENTED STARS, my queer anticolonial scifi retelling of MOBY-DICK, at with a slight discount + free shipping 🌈📚 🐋🪐

The Uncontinented Stars

Check out The Uncontinented Stars - A queer, science-fiction re-imagining of Moby-Dick.The year is 2776. When celebrated xenozoologist Abelard Cousteau returns five y...

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 16h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 1d

Ann Radcliffe eating hard cheese right before bed to give herself nightmares, Stoker claiming Dracula was the result of a nightmare induced by a “too generous helping of dressed crab,” let’s go back to the golden age of eating incredibly rich food before bed to create horror literature

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Nathan (they/she/he) @rlnathan.bsky.social · 19h

#dahlia #bloomscrolling #purple #white

Close up of a white dahlia with purple edges on each petal and a lavender starting on the tip and getting lighter until it turns to white.

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 18h

ONE WEEK! DC! Come to the launch party in Adams Morgan! @rvoronacote.bsky.social and me at Lost City Books and a few fun surprises, and a very spooky party www.eventbrite.com/e/happy-peop...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Cesia @celestynia.bsky.social · 1d

It's so cute to see my cat Kirara again, in a tiny tea cup.

She is so adorable.💕

Thank you for drawing her. <3

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 1d

Surgeon Generals’ Warning: Secretary Kennedy has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans. The nation deserves a health and human services secretary who is committed to scientific integrity and can restore morale and trust in our public health agencies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/07/surgeons-general-rfk-jr-robert-kennedy/

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A.M. Tuomala @amtuomala.bsky.social · 1d

We need many kinds of story right now--stories that show us that cruelty can be fought, and stories that remind us that kindness isn't wasted; stories about suffering and stories about comfort; stories that show how to form community and how to resist and how to take joy in everyday moments.