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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Sep 1

I never feel more saintly than when I put a pristine copy of a desirable book in someone’s little library box.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Aug 2

Nerdy items for your consideration (grammar, fonts, oh my)

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Jul 31

Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hey Instagram, maybe give @britannica.com their checkmark. I’ve heard the references look out for their own and you don’t want to find yourself in verbal fisticuffs with @merriam-webster.com

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Jun 15

Well that was cathartic. #NoKings

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Jun 13

the illegal hijacking of the US military to ramp up chaos and spectacle as we protest the fascist excesses of this regime.

No kings. Nationwide marches on June 14. See you out there.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Jun 13

No, in this country we don’t tolerate senators being forced to the ground and cuffed for asking questions. We don’t tolerate masked agents rounding people up on the streets and disappearing them in unmarked vans. And we sure as hell don’t tolerate

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Jun 2

This song is going to be on my full length album Curiosities coming out later this year, btw. It’s almost done (just working on the cover art) and I can’t wait to share it with y’all!

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Jun 2

Our van broke down in Roswell so naturally we wrote a song about the 1947 UFO incident while we were stranded there.

Now our song is featured in the latest episode of the Via Podcast. It’s a fun trip through UFO lore and bizarre desert mysteries. Tune in here: mwg.aaa.com/via/podcast/...

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · May 26

Elle Cordova
@ellecordova.bsky.social

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Feb 21

You can join via Patreon:

Discord is live! + book club reading schedule and more | Elle Cordova

Get more from Elle Cordova on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Feb 21

My science fiction book club Discord is alliiivvee 🧟‍♂️

Come say hi.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Feb 18

I’m launching a sci-fi book club!

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Dec 30

Also I proved my own point already by misspelling “Troubadour” inside the front cover. I ALREADY RUINED IT 😩

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Dec 30

The trouble with receiving a notebook so perfect and special is that I will never have thoughts good enough to write in it

Inside the notebook the owner’s details are displayed. Captain: Elle Cordova. Starship: USS Troubadour. Commissioned Date: March 8. Length of Voyage: unknown. Self Destruct Code Authorization: Cordova 4-7 Alpha Tango.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Dec 9

This was absolutely fascinating @acollierastro.bsky.social

the sham legacy of Richard Feynman

YouTube video by Angela Collier

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Dec 7

Yes! A great game.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Dec 6

Now would be the perfect time for a massive new open world game to take over my life. Give me a backpack with upgradable tools and set me loose upon a world of someone else’s making, please.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Dec 5

You model how to be thoughtful about a great many things, Hank, and this is precisely why you’re so beloved. Don’t niche down!

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Dec 4

I wish my brain would consult me before deleting files.

The difference between stalagmites and stalactites? Fine. How to use a Punnett square? If you must. But NOT my current hotel room number, brain.

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Dec 3

Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.

Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.

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🌴✨🦋 Kathryn 🦋✨🌴 @kathrynkatiekwrites.substack.com · Dec 3

Every time I read about banning books, I think of this:

Reading a book with a gay character will not make you gay any more than reading a book about Einstein will make you a genius.
If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books — you're afraid of thinking.

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Michele Bannister @astrokiwi.bsky.social · Dec 4

I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.

Signed,
a physicist

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Dec 3

This in combination with the best thoughtful, well-researched, fact-checked pieces on the internet residing behind paywalls.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · Dec 3

Ok so a few of you have pointed out that this line is being said to a horse drawing a one-horse sleigh and not a reindeer, so today’s reindeer representation protest in the North Pole is now cancelled. “Just Say Neigh” protest by Overworked Single Horses Association is still on for tomorrow.

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