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Angry Algonquin
@angryalgonquin.bsky.social
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Book reviewer at angryalgonquin.com. Lover and supporter of independent bookstores; Starter Packs have 200+ indies! Nordic/Scandi Noir, Iceland, polar history & exploration. Museums. Libraries. Cats. Fan of #uglydogs. Sworn enemy of AI.
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Just finished: "King Sorrow" by @joe-hill.bsky.social Hints of "The Secret Society", with horror/supernatural elements.

Just started: An old paperback picked up from an indie bookstore, "King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa" by Adam Hochschild. #BookSky 📚 💙
Cover of "King Sorrow" by Joe Hill. Blue background, black font. Head of a satanic dragon in red, black, orange and yellow. Cover of King Leopold's Ghost. Sepia photo of King Leopold, head shot. Black and brown background.
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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A movie that takes place where you’re from
Shot of Spiderman, from the back. Filming locations include the Forest Hills neighborhood, 44th Street, Austin Street and the Queensboro Bridge.
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Subway stop for the American Museum of Natural History in NYC.
Mosaic bat, hanging upside down Mosaic hummingbird next to sign for 81st st Mosaic parrots Mosaic porcupine
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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1/ From @thenation.com, an interesting perspective by Jonathan Lethem on on #Kafka, and Aaron Schuster’s book "How to Research Like a Dog: Kafka’s New Science". www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Lovely drawing of Kafka staring at the viewer, with a German Shepherd next to him, by Joe Ciardiello.
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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From @honestdogbooks.bsky.social: Awooooo!!! We just finished shipping out the last of the preorders of @blairbraverman.bsky.social's children's book, The Day Leap Soared and we still have signed bookplates, Voodoo stickers, and specially-made bookmarks available! #BookSky 📚 💙 #uglydogs
Cover of The Day Leap Soared by Blair Braverman, pictures by Olivia When. A drawing of Leap the dog, soaring over his doggie friends and a child with a sled. Behind is a wintry background.
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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STOP. This is a selfie checkpoint. You must repost with a cute selfie to proceed.

I choose to post with a MOOD. (I had this card on my fridge for 20 years but stainless STEEL isn't MAGNETIC)
Cartoon of a businessman at a desk, with a stamp that says "fuck it", surrounded in all directions with thousands of pieces of paper that have "fuck it" stamped on them. I LOVE this cartoon.
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Here's a link to participating bookstores; scroll to the bottom to download your passport: www.atlantaindiebookshopcrawl.com?brid=AGrIoPe...
Logo for Atlanta Indie Bookshop Crawl, Nov 21-30, Small Business Saturday
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Oh it's ON! The #Atlanta Indie Bookshop Crawl November 21-30. #BookSky 📚 💙 @acappellabooks.bsky.social

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Poster for the Atlanta Indie Bookshop Crawl, with the logos of 20+ bookstores. #atlindiebookshopcrawl hashtag. Nov 21-30.
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Some of my favorite writers were at this event, as well as my English sister from another mother, @onefootiniceland.bsky.social! "The British embassy held a reception in honor of the British writers who were present in Iceland for the #IcelandNoir festival."

www.visir.is/g/20252804573d
Photo of Eliza Reid, Hattie Williams, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Lee-Anne Fox at the British Embassy party.
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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A perfect morning: Lunch with a friend at The Flying Biscuit, then a visit to Atlanta's Tall Tales Bookshop. I found an Antti Tuomainen that I haven't read yet, plus "Say Nothing" by @praddenkeefe.bsky.social. @orendabooks.bsky.social

#BookSky 📚 💙
OP outside of Tall Tales Books in Atlanta, holding "Little Siberia" by Antti Tuomainen Christopher Marlowe's recs (store cat) from Tall Tales Books in Atlanta Tall Tales Books staff recommendations bookshelves Two books: Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe Little Siberia by Antti Tuomainen, trans. David Hackston from the Finnish
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Although the lovely Fiona has no testicles, I'm sure she would be VERY interested in this thread. (Photo courtesy @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social)
Fiona the hippo, mouth wide to eat her birthday cake with fruite, veg and other tasty hippo treats.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Simon Winchester is one of my all-time favorite non-fiction authors. Below are the books I've read; "Land" is on my overburdened #TBR shelf. Try "Krakatoa" or "The Professor and the Madman" but honestly they're all fascinating. Buy/order at your indie bookstore, @bookshop.org or @libro.fm
Simon Winchester books: The Man Who Loved China Outposts The Meaning of Everything The Professor and the Madman Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded" Pacific The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Check out this sweet ride; I think it was at at the Atlanta Gay Pride Parade about 9 years ago. I'm in the blue shirt. 😉
OP sitting in sweet red convertible owned by a well-known Atlanta luminary wearing a fedora, pink suit, sunglasses and an air of utmost cool. OP sitting in sweet red convertible owned by a well-known Atlanta luminary wearing a fedora, pink suit, sunglasses and an air of utmost cool.
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and beseech your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike 🪶
Super Chicken cartoon. Wears a musketeer hat and bandit mask.
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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You can't say this nicely or politely
Boy writing on a whiteboard "the best time to delete this tweet was immediately after sending it, the second best time is now"
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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This excerpt calls to mind this gem of a rejection letter from publisher Alfred C. Fifield to Gertrude Stein:
The letter, dated April 19, 1912, reads: "I am only one, only one, only one. Only one being, one at the same time. Not two, not three, only one. Only one life to live, only sixty minutes in one hour. Only one pair of eyes. Only one brain. Only one being. Being only one, having only one pair of eyes, having only one time, having only one life, I cannot read your M.S. three or four times. Not even one time. Only one look, only one look is enough. Hardly one copy would sell here. Hardly one. Hardly one."
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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In this excellent interview in @wired.com with @karaswisher.bsky.social, she articulates better than I could the inevitability of the coming #AI bubble burst:

"That's insane"
"And salaries are part of that, right? You know, at some point someone's going to be very wealthy from this, and so maybe the bet isn't a bad one. It's just that if everyone's making this bet, especially around talent and investments, someone's going to lose just like they did in the early internet era. Except the profound effect of it is massive, because these are the companies that are holding up the entire stock market. So it has bigger implications. With the salary stuff it’s like every time I read a story of yours I'm like, That's insane.
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Love the way the sun glows on my dwarf Japanese maple this time of year. #GardenSky 🍃 💚
Dwarf Japanese maple with gorgeous red foliage and the sun shining through it.
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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At the beautiful Fox Theater waiting to see “Hadestown”.
Overhead interior of Fox Theater with dark blue sky, and elaborately carved wooden details.
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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hey fellow olds! (not sure this is real but it COULD be)
Screenshot of a post, with a screenshot of the "Save" icon in Excel, which is a tiny floppy disk from the ancient times. The text says "Why is the Save button in Excel depicted as a vending machine with a purchased drink can at the bottom?" This question is currently being disucssed by young Japanese people on a forum
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Now available for rent on Apple TV. If you're just seeing for the first time, I envy you!
International movie poster for Runaway Train. Showing a large locomotive hurling down a track at great speed, a man on top of the train, names of Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca DeMornay, Andrei Konchalovsky. Title in lower caps and red font.
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Post your favourite Star Trek character(s). Wrong answers only
Muttley the evil cartoon dog wearing goggles and a scarf and laughing his sneering laugh
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Mine too!
Japanese maple glowing in the sun. Red yellow and orange foliage
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The view from the front porch swing where I am reading “King Sorrow”. Just found another Stephen King reference!
Japanese maple tree in fall sun. Red, orange and yellow foliage.
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Hey #uglydogs whaddaya think? #ornaments
Could be a group of small husky Christmas ornaments of the furry kind but could also be other type of animal.
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM