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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 12h

I have some unkind questions for them about the intersection of "big readers" and "people who are 2025 Louis CK fans" but I'm probably underestimating that tbh

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 12h

Would love to know what comps the publisher is using and who they think is buying this book

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 12h

Wowwwww ok this is a good review that gave me new reasons to be mad about this book

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 12h

I'm wearing high heeled clogs today and they're my favorite heels because they're actually incredibly comfortable and make me sick feet tall but oh my god do I clomp loudly on the stairs in these, I am sneaking up on NOBODY today

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 14h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 1d

I bet! I have pretty fine hair and spent years fruitlessly trying Pinterest hair tutorials before I finally conceded only a couple options are available to me

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Micah Nemerever @nemerevermore.bsky.social · 1d

even a single well-chosen turn of phrase can rewire your brain if it hits you at the right moment

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 1d

😩😩😩

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 1d

The rise of AI and the rise of other scammy stuff feel so related to me. "Comment TIRED and I'll send you my free ebook about the evils of seed oils" and "I just ask ChatGPT" are part of the same structural problem imo

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 1d

I have to remind myself all these women have extensions whenever I'm like, why doesn't my hair look like that 😭

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 1d

The rise of AI and the rise of other scammy stuff feel so related to me. "Comment TIRED and I'll send you my free ebook about the evils of seed oils" and "I just ask ChatGPT" are part of the same structural problem imo

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 1d

I HAVE bangs, have had bangs most of my life, and I am still susceptible to seeing New Girl and somehow feeling I should have like, more bangs

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 1d

Also we have never truly taught media literacy in this country and so the skill of evaluating "is this website legit" is something either you have some aptitude for or you're a big enough nerd to seek info on this topic or you... probably don't learn much of it

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 1d

This is correct, and for people under a certain age threshold, they have never KNOWN the Internet we did, where finding good results fairly quickly was even possible. I get why they think this is the solution, even though it obviously is not

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 2d

I have my mom's hand-me-down Bean boots from the 80s and I have not yet completely conceded they're half a size too small 😭

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

I don’t care if it’s Dan Brown airport garbage or unhinged omegaverse fanfiction on AO3, if it gets you reading it’s doing you more good than harm

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

it is more important to read books you actually enjoy reading than books that are Literature

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Allison @rooflizard.bsky.social · 2d

Clicked on an ad for an excellent pair of cowboy boots on Instagram and now the algorithm keeps showing me more excellent cowboy boots but I can't afford new boots right now 🤠😭