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sleepy dog. they/he opening a worker-owned bookstore + cafe in astoria @nobordersbooks.bsky.social

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 21d

another reminder that we're opening a worker-owned radical bookstore & cafe in astoria! you can help by:

following our instagram: www.instagram.com/nobordersbooks

subscribing to newsletter: noborders.beehiiv.com

donating: www.gofundme.com/f/bring-a-wo...

shopping: bookshop.org/shop/NoBorders

No Borders Collective Bookshop

No Borders is a worker-owned bookstore and cafe coming soon to Astoria, Queens! Inspired by the values of mutual aid, collective liberation, and lifelong education, we'll offer: a pay-what-you-want m...

bookshop.org

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 2h

bought this yesterday and immediately started reading it, soooo into it

Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social · 1d

today is the day my book Black Arms To Hold You Up officially comes out. about 5-7 years of hard ass work finally in the world. i’m mfing terrified 😂

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 3h

Last day of free shipping!!! And only about 35 books left 👀 would be amazing if we could clear out this wishlist for incarcerated folks! bookshop.org/wishlists/7a...

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 4h

ahahah i bought the same costume for charlie

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 18h

Astoria Food Pantry/The Rolling Library got some new bookshelves (custom-built by a
volunteer!) and they are beautiful and we have been filling them with amazing free books for all 🥰 come visit us on a Monday night! www.instagram.com/therollingli...

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 20h

is it better to buy band merch at a show (venue takes a cut) or online (ecommerce site takes a cut)

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 1d

Free shipping on @bookshop.org today AND No Borders/The Rolling Library just launched our mini book drive to send books to people who are incarcerated at Rikers. these are all titles/authors they requested, and most under $15. you can purchase directly via our wishlist: bookshop.org/wishlists/7a...

we’re hosting a mini book drive to send more books to our neighbors who are incarcerated on rikers! our wishlist is full of specifically requested books—purchase any title and it’ll be sent directly to us to pass along.

tinyurl.com/fallbookdrive

For info about donating gently used books (only the titles & authors on this list) or any other questions, email therollinglibrary@gmail.com

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 21h

pizza place was very loudly playing a true crime documentary on their television so i was eating a slice as a narrator was dramatically saying "and she was STUFFED in a SUITCASE"

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 1d

thank you!!! Sister Souljah's books are SUCH a popular request so i know it'll be appreciated <3

pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 1d

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 1d

new joyce manor we are so blessed joycemanor.bandcamp.com/album/i-used...

I Used To Go To This Bar, by Joyce Manor

9 track album

joycemanor.bandcamp.com

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 1d

If you have any Thoughts about this they are probably correct

Publishers Lunch @publisherslunch.bsky.social · 1d

After a rough stretch, Quirk Books has been sold to Andrews McMeel Publishing.
lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/10/quir...

Quirk Books Is Sold to Andrews McMeel - Publishers Lunch

Quirk Productions, which has been on an acquisitions pause since early this summer after “facing marketplace and operational challenges for the past few years,” has been acquired by Andrews McMeel Pub...

lunch.publishersmarketplace.com

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 1d

(hire me to be your editor please)

pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 1d

love newsletters, love small worker-owned media sites but also rly think we need to remember that writers need editors 😭

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 1d

charlie update

bad girls club promo photo but everyone is charlie

pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 2d

The Rolling Library is looking for gently used spooky books to redistribute to the neighborhood at our halloween events! all ages—picture books about halloween, goosebumps/fear street (!!), stephen king & other adult horror. bring to astoria food pantry (25-82 steinway) on mondays! or DM me! xo

DONATE YOUR SPOOKY BOOKS
THE ROLLING LIBRARY IS LOOKING FOR SPOOKY BOOKS (ALL AGES!) TO REDISTRIBUTE DURING OUR HALLOWEEN EVENTS. DROP OFF MONDAYS 6-8PM AT ASTORIA FOOD PANTRY

pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 2d

imo a great gift for him AND me would be if someone could open a music venue in astoria

pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 2d

happy birthday to my lovely partner who is not on social media (a genius!!!) but maybe you can listen to his band or buy a record today faithvoid.bandcamp.com/album/weird-...

Weird Chills, by FAITH/VOID

10 track album

faithvoid.bandcamp.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

My latest reprinted in @truthout.org.

Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago

Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.

truthout.org

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 2d

has anyone written an essay about the hold the renaissance faire has on lesbians

pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 2d

let’s match

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 3d

sorry to be SAPPY but it’s an october morning and i just spilled champagne all over the kitchen floor while my partner and i are making a chili and listening to the sidekicks!!!!

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 3d

saw rilo kiley, pup, jeff rosenstock, laura stevenson, oceanator, and the mountain goats during the last few weeks and it’s been very nice to have great music to break up the hell that is life!!

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 3d

finally locking in to The Good Fight

screenshot of a woman on the stand saying “Lacey Harmon. Antifa activist and day trader.”

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pilot @pilotv.bsky.social · 4d

new found glory!