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Pulpfiction Books
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YVR's legendary independent bookstore. Est. 6/00. 'The pessimism of the intellect, the optimism of the will.' (Gramsci). 2025 Living Wage employer.
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 18d
"That the Trump administration and the MAGA movement are less interested in deliberation and governance than they are in domination and obedience should shape and structure our sense of this political moment."

It's all designed to make you bend the knee. Don't bend.

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Coast Funds @coastfunds.bsky.social · 1d
“For us, Nenagwas means a new beginning for our people.”

Tlowitsis Nation hosted an open house to welcome members and supporters to Nenagwas – a new community whose name in Kwak̓wala means “a place to come home to.”

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Nenagwas Open House: Tlowitsis Nation Has “A Place To Come Home To”
On September 10, Tlowitsis Nation hosted a small open house in their new community, Nenagwas, which translates from Kwak̓wala to “a place to come home to.” The open house welcomed community members, a...
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 1d
Ahem, "Vaster Than Empires & More Slow" ?!
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 1d
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Dr. Drew Brayshaw 🌊🪨 @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social · 7d
I had an idea, and I don't know if it's necessarily a good idea or not, that I'd do a thread of my favorite 10 landslides from the database. But why not? I'll probably do it next week when I'm back in the office.
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Dr. Drew Brayshaw 🌊🪨 @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social · 9d
Bumping again for the afternoon crowd.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 1d
"Chicken noodle soup. Where is the Nutella? My life is ruined. Chicken noodle soup "

- Direct quote from my 10-year-old
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 1d
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Stanley Q Woodvine @sqwabb.bsky.social · 1d
Impatient to see the much vaunted "checks & balances" that I've heard all my life are built into the United States political system to prevent exactly what's happening now. Appears tho, that a bunch of fast-moving fascist wannabees figured out the checks & balances only work s-l-o-w-l-y, if at all.
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 1d
On sale @ both PFBs tomorrow (Tue 7th) at opening. Special orders available for pick-up at the same time.

I live semi-nearish; anyone who wants to pick up from Main Street at 12:01am is welcome to DM ***before 9pm*** & if there is any interest I'll walk over & briefly reopen the shop.
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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 1d
website currently getting yelled at for their defense of famous transphobe is concerned that slopmonger is a slur
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 1d
Pleased to discover this one back in print, & at a very reasonable price point, too.

"[L]ike its predecessors, a near-faultless technical performance...[plus] 2 new items to the Beauman repertoire: relative structural simplicity and profound emotional resonance."
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 1d
"Johnny & Mary" the very best of this exemplary period
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 1d
Here's Hansard's draft transcript of the exchange
www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-cont...
Dallas Brodie: I have a point of order to raise. I’m looking at section 40(2) and 40(3) of the standing orders. The first one is: “Disrespectful or offensive language forbidden.” That’s sub 2. “Irrelevance in debate.” That’s sub 3. Sub 2 says: “No member shall use offensive words against any member of this House.” The Premier has repeatedly referred to me as being racist, denialist and hateful. Am I now allowed to use words like “stupid,” “incompetent,” “financially illiterate” and “anarchist”? How far does this go? The second one is: “No member shall be irrelevant in debate.” He takes shots at me sideways whenever he can, and I’m not accepting it anymore. It’s unacceptable language in this House. I could call him lots of names — believe me — but I’m not taking this anymore. Raising questions about public expenditures of money in this province is not against the rules. Anybody who takes public money is open to questioning, and you shouldn’t be questioned about whether you’re racist. If you want no questions, don’t take public money. I would like a declaration from the Speaker about whether people can call each other names in this House anymore. Hon. David Eby: I feel like I should be paying the member rent for the amount of space I’m occupying in her head. Interjection. The Speaker: Shhh. Please. Hon. David Eby: In my answer, I was specifically referring to the staff member that was hired by the Leader of the Opposition who was fired recently for being a racist residential school denialist — properly fired, by the way. I congratulate him for taking that appropriate stand. A little late, but he did take it. I support it. You wouldn’t find me hiring people like that. If the member thought I was talking about her, perhaps that’s her issue.
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Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 2d
If I was Trump I’d be way more worried about soy bean farmers being radicalized and using me as their origin story than any left leaning antifa mf
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d
In a non ironic genuine way middle aged guys have dealt with the male loneliness epidemic and it’s called getting into prog
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 2d
It's the best, & I've always been hopeful for another iteration of Elmore Leonard twelve minutes in the future ever since.
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 2d
& Peripheral's first paragraph
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 2d
PFB WG canon: "Hologram Rose"; Virtual Light; "Hippie Hat Brain Parasite"; "The Winter Market"; "Hinterlands"; 99.99% of the "Distrust" essays esp. watches, Becker/Fagen.
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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 2d
That heavy bass you are hearing wafting over the city? That’s Mad Professor doing a live remix of Massive Attack at the Chan Centre. All the cool Gen X dubheads are here.
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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 3d
“I’d become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what colour they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less a bad shake. I thought I had the instinct toward championing the cause.” - Gordon Parks
A Dene woman kneels, looking down on a sleeping infant, inside a canvas tent. Photographed by Gordon Parks, outside of Yelllowknife, NWT, in 1945.
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Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 3d
I wonder how long he can keep this bit going. it's been 9 months and troops have been deployed to two American cities so far.

he's going to be saying the same thing 4 years from now when troops are in every "leftist" city guarding polling stations to prevent "antifa" from voting.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d
Because accepting that you live under fascism is an excuse for giving up. You're not the White Rose, and you're not the Resistance. You live in a democracy. Act like it.
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MJ @lkpolicynerd.bsky.social · 3d
What’s your end goal by fighting about the semantics of fascism though? Feels like you’re just trying to downplay the severity of the situation we’re in, which is quite irksome
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 3d
"Creative writer"? Trump hates you and wants you replaced with slop
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 4d
"Unique association copy" 😛
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 4d
“This leather-bound edition of William Gibson is personally signed by *Count Zero*”

After a thousand, I’m hallucinating.
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baddantakes @baddantakes.bsky.social · 4d
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d
This reads far better in the original German, where of course the discussion would have been about Jews, Poles, gypsies, gays, Communists and Social Democrats. Still, Miller's model for all his rhetoric and action plans is unambiguous.
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Stanley Q Woodvine @sqwabb.bsky.social · 5d
Thurs morning a dumpster-diving #homeless peer came into McD's & asked If I'd charge the tablet they'd found. Actually it was a 16.1" portable IPS-type LCD moniter made by Arzopa, which sells for $230. This one was spectacularly fragged! It's owner should've put it up as art! #Vancouver #homeless
Damaged LCD display shows a glitchy, Tron-style black canyon shot through with neon lines of pink and yellow and blue and green and...
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Dr. Drew Brayshaw 🌊🪨 @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social · 5d
what if the reason whales don't like ferry noise is because of all the fucking car alarms
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Andy Yan @ayan604.bsky.social · 5d
Bookstore Baron: Retirement Scheme #58.

"Inside China’s New Wave of Conceptually Innovative Bookstores" via @lithub.com.web.brid.gy

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Inside China’s New Wave of Conceptually Innovative Bookstores
Prior to 2020, the city of Hong Kong had over one hundred bookstores, including several major chains. But the national security law passed on the heels of large demonstrations and the COVID-19 pand…
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