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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸

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Book reviewer at angryalgonquin.com. Lover and supporter of independent bookstores; Starter Packs have 190+ indies! Nordic/Scandi Noir, Iceland, polar history & exploration. Museums. Libraries. Cats. Fan of #uglydogs. Sworn enemy of AI.

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 8d

Today's my day on the blog tour for Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir's "A Lethal Legacy"!

"Guðlaugsdóttir's deceptively simple style is once again irresistible..."
www.angryalgonquin.com/a-lethal-leg...

@corylusbooks.bsky.social @ewashe.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social

Cover for A Lethal Legacy by Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir. Black and white photograph of two young children holding dolls.

Blog tour poster for A Lethal Legacy by Guðrún Guðlaugsdóttir

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 55m

Thanks to @slcpgh.bsky.social for sharing this critical #Flavortown update and asking the tough questions

Sean Connell @slcpgh.bsky.social · 6h

Okay, but… why??

Philadelphia Inquirer Food @phillyinqfood.bsky.social · 6h

New details emerge on how 24,000 bottles of Guy Fieri’s tequila were stolen on their way to Montco.

Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 1h

@muppybean.bsky.social is this suss

🥀your ghoulfriend gore-igan.⚰️ @hereliescorri.bsky.social · 1d

Wally's not so sure about this spooky stuff.

Walter Groggins, a scruffy black terrier mix with light brown beard and mustache, sitting on the sidewalk with a stressed out expression. Behind him looms one of those 13 foot home depot skeletons.

Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 5h

@holgertiedemann.bsky.social Blocken

@browndudes4murica.bsky. social

Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 5h

#SciFi fans:

Sistah Scifi @sistahscifi.bsky.social · 7h

@therootdotcom.bsky.social just dropped their list of favorite horror books by Black authors & several Sistah Scifi favorites made the cut👀

📚Get your copies here: sistahscifi.com. Today we highlight @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social , one of Butler’s favorite libraries!

#SistahScifi #BlackHorror

Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 5h

Definitely! I became a book blogger due to social media. I feel joy in promoting independent bookstores and publishers, authors, and translators. I've also discovered many worthy causes, such as animal sanctuaries, that I help out when I can. And I found out about #uglydogs. It's possible!

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 22h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 5h

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Jeff Abbott-oir 🎃 @jeffabbott.bsky.social · 7h

COLUMBO S2, E1 -- hadn't seen ETUDE IN BLACK + yes it has Falk pal & Oscar nominee John Cassavetes (and his hair) as an egotistical maestro but big deal to me is the victim is played by Anjanette Comer, who grew up in Dawson TX, where I had a ton of family, & was my great-aunt's neighbor

Anjanette Comer as Jenifer Welles in Columbo episode ETUDE IN BLACK

Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 5h

There was a nice dig at Carr on this episode of #HIGNIFY:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC One - Have I Got News for You, Series 70, Episode 1

Victoria Coren Mitchell is the host, with guest panellists Sheila Hancock and Miles Jupp.

www.bbc.co.uk

Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 5h

a man in a suit and tie is laughing with his mouth open

Alt: Ray Liotta laughing with his mouth open in a famous scene from "Goodfellas".

media.tenor.com

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 6h

"We Never Shed the Bones of the Beasts We Slay Within.” Some detail photos of the signed/numbered print.

Our demons remain a part of us even when they are conquered, leaving their bones behind to strengthen us from within.

Available at robsheridan.storenvy.com/collections/...

Photo of the print "Shedding Bones I" by Rob Sheridan. Collage of a woman and abstracted bones.

Detail photo of the print "Shedding Bones I" by Rob Sheridan. Collage of a woman and abstracted bones.

Photo of the print "Shedding Bones I" by Rob Sheridan, showing the signature and number 2/25 in the corner.

Photo of the pair of prints "Shedding Bones I" and "Shedding Bones II" by Rob Sheridan. Collages of a woman and abstracted bones.

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 5h

Simon's final line is the kicker #AI

Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 6h

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 5h

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GreenPartyHan @greenpartyhan.bsky.social · 6h

If Aldi did Beatles album covers

A photo of a zebra crossing, with a main road behind. I'm crossing it wearing a big white jumper and leggings and a tote bag. I'm somehow managing to keep hold of four greyhounds, three black ones and a white speckled brindle. Imagine the Abbey Road Beatles cover where the Beatles are all smartly dressed and crossing the road in a smart and uniform manner. This is the opposite. This is chaos.

Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 6h

Oh PLEASE Sarah

Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 6h

VERY nice!

Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 6h

Watch the Ed Gein thing on Netflix; you'll be spooked until 2028.

Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 6h

You know what the best thing is about independent bookstores? EVERYTHING.

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 6h

Jeff Bezos might have built a spaceship, but indie bookstores build and nurture whole communities and that is *way* more impressive and valuable.

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 6h

As I've said from the dawn of the #AI bubble...there is NOTHING it cannot steal, destroy or mutilate. I cannot WAIT for this bubble to burst; what would be a good book title?

"AI AI AI: How Investors Lost Trillions on the World's Most Useless Technology"

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 6h

It will also disconnect students from each other—and in a world fractured by various flavors of technofascism, I cannot think of a more disastrous thing (which is likely partly why AI fetishists are pushing for AI in schools and universities)

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11h

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

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Second Story Press @secondstory.bsky.social · 6h

It’s Banned Books Week! 🚫📚

This week is dedicated to fighting book bans, during a time when censorship is more relevant than ever. Book bans disproportionately target underrepresented voices and themes about race, gender identity, and sexual identity and orientation.

#BannedBooks #booksky

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 8h

Ha I was wrong about my #TBR shelf; too many books! I see this does not come out until next year BUT I DON'T WANT TO WAIT. @maryrobinettekowal.com

Preliminary? cover for "Dead Weight" by Hildur Knútsdóttir. Pale orange background. "Nothing tests a friendship like blood on your hands" at top. Head of a marble statue lies on the ground with some drops of blood. Translated by Mary Robinette Kowal.

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 13h

oh hey if you’ve been meaning to pick up Horror For Weenies, Bookshop is having an anti-prime day free shipping sale (also a slight discount on the book!): bookshop.org/a/293/978168...

Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch

bookshop.org

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 9h

They ARE like deer; MURDER DEER #uglydogs

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The Who This Month @thewhothismonth.bsky.social · 11h

Rock Legend Roger Daltrey Talks About Hearing Heath - YouTube #TheWho

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAkF...

Rock Legend Roger Daltrey Talks About Hearing Heath

YouTube video by Hearing Health Center, Inc.

www.youtube.com

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 10h

You are most powerful; already suspended!

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 1d

Just got some early bound manuscripts of Dead Weight in the mail and I was gonna take cute photos with Uggi to share on social media but … I don’t think he likes my new book?

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 10h

Uggi sent me a text about it, but asked me not to tell you. I could never betray Uggi's confidence.

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Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social · 11h

Carol thought a sun hat might help. It didn’t.

Fluffy, reclining, light beige dog, wearing white rimmed sunglasses, a yellow and green crotched hat, and a world-weary expression.

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