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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 1d

"Hench" is excellent. Can't wait for this.

Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 1d

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 2d

You read this yet, or what?

Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · 3d

For Banned Books Week, I wrote a piece about reading dragon books with my 13yo and how things got…complicated.

www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

Banning books is never the answer. Talking about them is

The first week in October is Banned Books Week, and it prompted Hannah Harlow to reflect on her younger son’s love of dragons, how following his interest helped him gain a foothold in reading, and the...

www.wbur.org

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 3d

Read this piece right now.

Hannah Harlow @hhharlow.bsky.social · 3d

For Banned Books Week, I wrote a piece about reading dragon books with my 13yo and how things got…complicated.

www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

Banning books is never the answer. Talking about them is

The first week in October is Banned Books Week, and it prompted Hannah Harlow to reflect on her younger son’s love of dragons, how following his interest helped him gain a foothold in reading, and the...

www.wbur.org

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, are you a #1 bestseller on Amazon? That's great for you. Don't see why you'd need your book our shelves then. Cheers!

Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 8d

Finished "Katabasis." It's great. Much more self-contained and concise than "Babel," and less didactic.

Ultimately, it's a similar story about the power of human connection and "what matters" but in a way that's a bit more accessible.

Also, it's quite gross at times. Very bloody.

Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 11d

I'm currently inhaling this.

Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 11d

Are we dunking on Stephen King today?

Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 13d

Stay tuned for the new pod in ... early November? We'll see what happens.

Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 13d

EP100, the last and final episode of "John Updike's Ghost" is now up on YouTube, y'all:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgn9...

EP100: This Is the End ... For Now

YouTube video by Book Shop of Beverly Farms

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 15d

Congrats to @jessicaanthony.bsky.social and the other three amazing authors here (Jessica just happens to have come and spoken to our Shop, so gets bigger congrats). We love all these books. Read them!

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 15d

"generative AI is an unsustainable bubble propped up by hype and bad math." A talk with @edzitron.com and @parkermolloy.com

#AI, like Dutch tulipmania and the British South Sea Company, but in the 21st century.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 16d

Had a great time talking to @parkermolloy.com about my work on the AI bubble

www.readtpa.com/p/the-man-ca...

The Man Calling Bullshit on the AI Boom

Ed Zitron built a massive following by saying what tech journalists won't: that generative AI is an unsustainable bubble propped up by hype and bad math.

www.readtpa.com

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 16d

Am now reading the new RF Kuang and I'm not sure how you're supposed to put this thing down. It's like a drug.

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Sam Pfeifle @sampfeifle.bsky.social · 16d

It sounds dumb, I know, but I genuinely think decades of CSI:Wherever and countless shoot-the-bad-guys shows have trained Americans to believe there are just disposable people you can just shoot and never think about again.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16d

I've been trying to understand why this isn't generating as much fury as it should, and i think it's because there is a fundamental belief among many americans that the military can pretty much do whatever (which isn't entirely inaccurate.) that said, what the actual fuck.

Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 17d

A fourth boat bombed in international waters. Total death toll now 19

What I dont get is, if these boats are "carrying fentanyl" as Trump says (they absolutely arent. Even the DEA says VZ doesnt produce fentanyl), then why not seize one and show us?
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 17d

But if we just throw more NVIDIA chips at the problem I'm sure all of our 401ks will like the AI answers more.

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 17d

Okay, lady on the right looks judgy AF.

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 17d

a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland is dancing

ALT: a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland is dancing

media.tenor.com

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 17d

It's a prediction engine. If it gets more and more accurate, it means, we, humans, are getting more and more like robots.

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 17d

I'm bummed and happy because I came here to say that all I saw were really kind eyes, but then I found you got here first, but it came as I found you were here at all, and there you have it.

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 18d

Anyone else read this "Dear Monica Lewinsky" ARC yet? We might have something here.

Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 18d

Just had two people pay in cash and when I thanked them they said, "well, we read your newsletter."

And now my heart has grown two sizes.

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 18d

Lol. I hadn't considered that!

Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 19d

There's no way to satirize this. They don't even aspire to cogency anymore. There's no wink-wink, nod-nod. It's just full kick-you-in-the-shins-and-complain-you-hurt-their-toes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19d

Kayleigh McEnany on Jimmy Kimmel's suspension: "For all the concern about the 'the First Amendment, the First Amendment,' what about all the amendments that Charlie Kirk lost? Because Charlie Kirk has no amendments right now. None."

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 19d

Still marveling over the person who pronounced themselves "very offended" by this book being displayed at point of sale:

bookshopofbeverlyfarms.com/item/1iqMaW6...

Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart Reynolds | The Book Shop of Beverly Farms

bookshopofbeverlyfarms.com

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Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 21d

We talked about Molly's book and how strong it was back on EP88:

open.spotify.com/episode/4PCI...

Book Shop of Beverly Farms @bfbookshop.bsky.social · 22d

This and "Superbloom," by Nicholas Carr are the two I think best explain what's going on with how online discourse warps society.

James Croxton @jwcroxton.bsky.social · 26d

Probably a good day to note that one of the most important books I have read in the last decade was this: 'Meme Wars' by Joan Donovan, Emily Dreyfuss, and Brian Friedberg.

Photo of the cover for 'Meme Wars' shows the title in big bold white letters over a red/blue 3-d looking snake

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