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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 7h

Dems can just clip the "we took the freedom of speech away" and make an ad

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 3h

Oh heck yeah! Our books cover how independent booksellers were part of the revolution that saved Korea, so Hyun Sook and I are SUPER HONORED that our heroes at @americanbookseller.bsky.social named Good Old Fashioned Korean Spirit one of their IndieNext recommended titles!

An image of my book Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit with a Booksellers Recommend Indie Next Pick sticker on it.

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Illi Anna Heger @illiannaheger.bsky.social · 1d

Found this paper by Catasso:

Encoding Nonbinary Reference in Syntax: The German Neo-Pronoun xier and Socially Driven Language Change

I need a T-shirt with formula (28). Still chuckling even though that's just straight forward notation.

Read it at: www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10...

#PronomenWieXier

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 2d

not for nothing, it's worth noting that if a school has a digital library, they use an overdrive app called Sora instead of Libby, which is used by public libraries... and I just think it's diabolical to use the name of an app kids use TO READ to promote AI slop.

a screenshot of the what the Sora app icon looks like in the apple store

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most.

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Space Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 2d

related: stop saying karma to mean just desserts, you've put John Calvin in a saffron robe 95% of the time.

Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 2d

If gentiles would stop assuming all religions are re-skinned Christianity a lot of things - including this website - would be a lot less insufferable.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Jesus. This is huge. B&T is, or I guess now was, one of the main library vendors for print books.

Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

Baker & Taylor appears to be shutting down. A post on the r/libraries subreddit from an employee of B&T breaks the news and there appear to be other employees in the comments confirming the situation.

From the Libraries community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Libraries community

www.reddit.com

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L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 2d

Today is my favorite person @brentclambert.bsky.social 's birthday! The SFF field is better for his part in it as a writer, a reader, a friend and cheerleader and my life is brighter for sharing his light. If you have not let it bless you just yet, pick up and devour his A Necessary Chaos today.

A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert — neon hemlock

This title was published October 3rd, 2023. An 8” x 5” novella. 145 pages. In a world of magical empires and the anarchists that would tear them down, A Necessary Chaos follows two mages, Althus a...

www.neonhemlock.com

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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 2d

URGENT!

$340 still needed by Oct 10th for utilities/keep from overdrafting.

We've raised $305 of the $645 so far. THANK YOU ALL!

Please help this disabled queer trans person not overdraft from bills? *Every* cent helps!! 💕💸🏳️‍⚧️

#MutualAid
#DisabilityCrowdfund
#TransCrowdfund

CshApp/Vnmo: foxrook

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key (rowan) jordan-abrams @wheretherider.bsky.social · 3d

if you/someone you know is looking for a job in the SFV even if it's temporary while you search for a job, I'm hiring an in-home health aide (NOT live-in) 35 hours per week, start date dependent on background check. my spouse & I need this desperately to continue living independently.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Kai Gottschalk @kybrarian.bsky.social · 2d

I pushed for this, but we ended up wording ours as "preference to human created materials" because "but what if an AI book gets really popular?" (it won't) or "what if it's just the pictures that are AI?" (still bad). But at least we addressed it.

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Really want to encourage libraries - especially school libraries - to put no-AI content into your collection development policy. At the very least, if you have a clause in there about requiring accurate information, you can use that to weed out or prevent genAI purchases.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

“When you get a suspicious book, “you look it up to see what else the [author] has written. And you see there's 30 things, and none of them have any reviews, and they were all written in the last two years,” DeMeester-Lane says.”

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Kai Gottschalk @kybrarian.bsky.social · 2d

Check out Rook's art! There's some gorgeous colors and landscapes in there that would look great on your wall!

Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 2d

Would love to sell some miniature watercolor paintings to put towards bills. I have some flowers, unique black & metallic, and desertscapes.

#ArtForAid #art #watercolor #ForSale #sale

paypal.me/rookkilljoy
CashApp/Venmo: foxrook

A photo of two small watercolor paintings of very simple orange pink flowers

A 5x7 black watercolor paper painting of a metallic gold Mountain with a metallic gold and purple moon above the summit

A 5x7 black watercolor paper red metallic Mountain with two metallic gold moons to either side

Two small watercolor paintings. The first one is a smoky blue angular Mountain with a pink sky and silver metallic moons. The second one is one and a half angular mountains with a pale blue sky and a crescent silver metallic Moon above

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Kai Gottschalk @kybrarian.bsky.social · 2d

"He's dangerous. Vicious. Everyone around him has been driven away. But I, and only I, can tame him - I can sense that underneath the wildness is a broken soul that mirrors my own, and maybe, just maybe, we can teach each other to trust again."

Him: 🐴

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Kai Gottschalk @kybrarian.bsky.social · 2d

Me: okay time to sleep...

My brain: bad boy romances are just horse girl books for grown ups

Me: ...

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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 3d

Our readers continue to work through the submissions we've received, and we still want more! Read the submission guidelines for details and a link to the portal. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Submissions

Broadly defined, the type of fiction we are looking for is “fun”. [Go to Submissions]

translunartravelerslounge.com

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max @fuckmaxbooth.bsky.social · 4d

we made these available several years ago and since then you freaks have been asking us to do another run. well now we are. get 'em while you can. (artwork by luke spooner)

Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 4d

BANNING BOOKS ONLY MAKES US SCARIER. T-shirts, tanks, and bags available to pre-order throughout October only. Get yours reserved here: ghoulish.rip/product-cate...

a graphic advertising t shirts tanks and tote bags with luke spooner's commissioned art for our BANNING BOOKS ONLY MAKES US SCARIER quote

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 3d

if you care about comic book sales, then understand that you need to care about the public library before any other outlet

Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 3d

Selling a graphic novel to one library is worth more than selling to ten individual people

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 3d

I'm 48 now and regret not keeping a diary because I'm alarmed at how much of my life I've utterly forgotten. I mentioned this to a writing workshop comprised mainly of older people I taught last year, and one woman said, "Start now. START NOW. I'm 77 and I WISH had started keeping a diary at 50."

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Kurella De'vil is in the Details @kurellian.bsky.social · 3d

i have said this a few times elsewhere so i'm going to say this here: When building an author website? No matter when and where you are in your writing career? Put up a Press Kit page with a 50 word, 75 word, and 100 word bio. AND an author photo (or two).

this will save YOU SO MUCH TIME

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.bsky.social · 3d

Monthly Trans & Nonbinary Creators Boost

- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.
- Go into the replies and look for new works to read and share.
- Follow new trans creators and make your feed brighter!

NSFW and erotica welcome.

#WriteSky #BookSky

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Cen Galdre @cengaldre.com · 4d

I appreciate folks standing up for trans people on social media but get kind of nervous when the discussion turns to "hey lets all get offline, no more collective websites"

have you been a trans person offline? trying to find a job, support, resources without these imperfect communities?

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Haiyue 😈🌹 @niphette.bsky.social · 4d

The more people that turn up and show Wizards that supporting trans people is popular, the better. Make it inescapably clear to them who their players are and what you care about.

Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 7d

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

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Kai Gottschalk @kybrarian.bsky.social · 4d

at a sci fi convention today I heard someone say "what's romantasy?" and felt a wild stab of envy for their blissful mindscape.

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