Tommy Orange got a MacArthur! HELL YEAH!
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government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires

media of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires

Why would I want to give money to Columbia when they just pass it on to the Trump administration? Would be happy to give back my degree, though.

economy of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires

1) bookshop.org is offering free shipping today
2) The Naming Song is just out in paperback
3) bookshop.org sells many other excellent books, some with trains, some without
4) I was driving alongside a train for a minute yesterday and it was awesome
5) Thank you

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Carol Emshwiller's great, weird, gentle novel Carmen Dog is always worth re-upping. Consortium are celebrating their 40th anniversary with mini interviews and Lise Solomon's & Bob Harrison's (new to me!) recs are doggone amazing.
Now I get to close 3 tabs, phew.
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Ack, so sorry to hear it! Seems like few the processors are coming off well recently. Fingers crossed it all goes ok.

This is the image and the alt text that got Link permabanned from Bluesky servers

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

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TOMORROW!

Tachyon 30th Anniversary shindig 12-5 PM #SanFrancisco Public Library.main branch

FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

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Readings from @joerlansdale.bsky.social and @samtasticbooks.com

Food! Giveaways! Door Prizes! And other surprises!

#sfpl #tachyon30

In other words, I keep telling it hoping to ward others from it and am happy to be used as an example to scare someone into getting vaxxed or masking, etc etc

I could not get a review or response to that book, ah well. Gray insisted we use his page design, I love the art, although the typography was fun, too. We got to visit him which was a surreal treat. His books are dark and cutting but playful, too. He was having a lot of fun.

Schattenfroh aside, there remain so many experimental works by small presses that fly under the radar. E.G: Old Men in Love by the great Alasdair Gray. Pub'd by Small Beer & prob. the most beautiful contemporary book object I own. & it totally disappeared. Other Examples?

Always reading, always hoping!

Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched
With a woeful agony,
Which forced me to begin my tale;
And then it left me free.

Since then, at an uncertain hour,
That agony returns;
And till my ghastly tale is told,
This heart within me burns.

I pass, like night, from land to land

Benicio recommends:

if exercise knocks you out 1-2 days later, then don’t. From the linked Yale article:

“these findings may not hold true for those with post-exertional malaise (PEM), the defining characteristic of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and a persistent symptom of Long COVID.”

Got my covid shot plus . . . bonuses?! I’m into it.
Shuffled music on my phone and it played “I want it now”
Everyone’s a comedian!

He literally took a principled stand on Gaza repeatedly, once more today.

The man is working on becoming mayor of NYC, let him get there before demanding he tackle international politics 24/7.

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I grieve the passing of Jane Goodall. As a child went to hear her speak and was so mezmerized and enchanted by her humility, purposefulness, and love of our closest animal relatives. Her work was extraordinary, her life an example. RIP

6/ anyway I don't have anything smart to say. In the past I really enjoyed having a brain so I strongly recommend the Covid vaccine because Long Covid suuucks. At least I can read good-ish news here in the #greensky and #urbanism feeds. & obviously fuck fascism & trans rights are human rights

You say chocolate, I say chocolate, I think it's all back on

5/ although this summer, I was at Readercon for about 15 minutes and used the word book instead of post in a conversation and I was too tired to fix it. So maybe it's good not to go out in public that much.