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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 9h

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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 23h

Whoa and yikes

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Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 23h

This is a huge collapse in the book distribution business, especially following the closure of Small Press Distribution last year. Baker & Taylor--originally established in 1828--has been central to the library market for decades.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down

At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

A little message from our CEO and founder @andyhunter777.bsky.social ahead of Anti-Prime:

Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 1d

What a lovely message from @bookshop.org. Glad to see them growing and growing. We CAN claim back what has been taken from us by these monstrous corporations, and it starts with things like this. Grab some books these next couple days!

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 2d

A Pileated Woodpecker passing by overhead.

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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 2d

Holy dang. Charlie Parr!

Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 2d

So cool, Amanda!

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 2d

Here's what the loofah gourd=>loofah sponge process looks like. You let them dry on the vine (which helps remove skin+seeds; picked mine early bc too wet here=gourds were rotting instead of drying). Peel the skin; soak in soap & bleach, dry on sun.

Photo of a wood deck railing bearing 4 loofah gourds in various states: just picked and looking like a knobbly cucumber the size of your arm; cut in half to show inside fibers and seeds; skin peeled off to show that white, dried-ramen-block-like loofah sponge texture but still soaked in green sap; and after bleaching and sun drying, looking exactly like the rough loofah sponges to use in the shower because that's what they are.

Photo of a wood deck railing bearing 2 loofah gourds in various states: looking like a knobbly cucumber the size of your arm, with skin half peeled off to show loofah sponge texture but still soaked in green sap; and after bleaching and sun drying, looking exactly like the rough loofah sponges to use in the shower because that's what they are.

Photo of a wood deck railing bearing 2 loofah gourds in various states: just picked and looking like a knobbly cucumber the size of your arm; cut in half to show inside fibers and seeds

Closeup photo of the inside of a loofah gourd after washing, bleaching, and sun drying. It looks like a beige block of dried ramen, except tinier strings.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 3d

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

Text of the fourth amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 3d

If you’re nowhere near San Francisco and would like to hear some live music this weekend, @hardlystrictly.bsky.social is livestreaming the festival: 🎶

hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2025-schedule/

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2025 ScheduleHardly Strictly Bluegrass

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 25 - Fri Oct 3, Sat Oct 4, & Sun Oct 5, 2025. 3 days and 80 acts on 6 stages in San Francisco's beautiful Golden Gate Park

hardlystrictlybluegrass.com

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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 5d

But I think their hand was forced given the pressure to specifically not fund NPR.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 5d

Here's the assignment folks. Write op-eds for your local papers and campus newspapers too. Just. Say. No. This is a classic authoritarian move and risks the future of higher education and science and innovation in the US. Speak out today. No time to lose. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5d

The natural weathering of ALL THE ROCKS in the world removes almost 1 billion tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere every year. Enhanced rock weathering is an attempt to use a minuscule fraction of ALL THE ROCKS to remove many times more CO₂.

How spreading rocks on fields could combat climate change

‘Enhanced rock weathering’ is a simple, but also hard to measure, way of capturing carbon

www.ft.com

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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 6d

Use your power, wealthy famous people!

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era: the Committee for the First Amendment
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era

In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

www.theguardian.com

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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 7d

The love in your heart too.

www.etsy.com/listing/4376...

Cardboard postcard letterpressed with grey text: “The love in my heart kills fascism” and a cross with a red heart in the center

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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 7d

The love in your heart too.

www.etsy.com/listing/4376...

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Tita Chico @titachico.bsky.social · 7d

Big case brought by @aaup.org defending the First Amendment. Bravo.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech

www.nytimes.com

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Georgina Wilson @georginaemw.bsky.social · 8d

Today is publication day for PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE! Available in paper or digital form www.pennpress.org/978151282744... @pennpress.bsky.social

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 8d

IT’S OFFICIAL: We now have more protests planned for October 18 than there were back in June.

It’s not even October yet but you’ve already put 2,100 events on the No Kings map.

We hope to see you at the largest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

(next to a map of the 2,100 peaceful protests planned for October 18) NO THRONES.
NO CROWNS.
NO KINGS.
SATURDAY, OCT. 18

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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 9d

JOB ALERT: Assistant Professor of Art at Smith College, focusing on artists’ books and artist publications:

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apply.interfolio.com

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 11d

Want to learn more about what a bibliographical approach might be for working with hand-press books? Come think with me about how to notice, ask questions, and maybe even discover new things about the material features of old books! 📜📚 #BookHistory

Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 12d

We're accepting applications for our fall online course, A Bibliographical Introduction to the Hand-Press Period. The course, taught by @wynkenhimself.bsky.social, runs Sundays, 10/19-12/14. Application deadline is Fri 10/10. More at rarebookschool.org/fall-online-course-thinking-bibliographically

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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 11d

I may wrinkle my nose. A wrinkle in time is perfectly reasonable.

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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 11d

Yeeees! Like the grocery store — I walk by the meat and go elsewhere. It’s not hard.

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Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 11d

Random access codex, people!

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