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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 1h

Admin begging teachers to hide their microwaves, coffee makers, and fluorescent light covers like Miss Honey's class hides color and joy in Matilda.

outsidewolves @outsidewolves.bsky.social · 9h

A four panel comic strip. An anthropomorphic wolf man runs into an office where three others are working at their desks. He says, "The fire marshal is coming for annual inspections!" In the next panel, a seated wolf is playing with a remote control airplane, and a smoke detector with an open battery compartment is mounted on the wall above him. The first wolf says "Put that 9 volt back in the smoke detector!" In the third panel, an anthropomorphic dog holds a power strip while standing next to a sculpture comprised of multiple power strips. The first wolf says "Hide your..."Daisy Chain Power Strip" sculpture!?" In the fourth panel, a bear proudly displays his t-shirt which reads "I love storing combustibles around radiators." The first wolf, in exasperation, yells "CHANGE YOUR SHIRT!"

Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 1h

Absolute fascist insanity.

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 1h

A Texas District Has Just Banned Students from Secondary School Libraries | Book Riot

A Texas District Has Just Banned Students from Secondary School Libraries

In order to ban books from its libraries, New Braunfels Independent School District has just closed its libraries to middle and high schoolers.

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 1h

Sure would be nice if a single person pressed him on that stupid slogan, wherein he makes a lightly veiled threat about making Trump King.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 2h

I do not like Kathy Hochul, but occasionally, she says something right. Call out these people and call for their resignation and public shaming. No more CNN spots, no more high ranking jobs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 2h

Current WIP would be wild grass, fruit juice, and a kitchen in thrall to perfecting burritos.

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 12h

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 13h

Once again I apologize on behalf of New York that Lee Zeldin has to be inflicted on the rest of the country.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14h

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded

The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 22h

Not that anybody comes to me for Maine politics, but the fact that the Democrats successfully convinced a 77yo Governor to primary the 41yo progressive, is today's example of why the Democrats fucking stay failing.

Susan Collins is 72 and if Schumer gets his way, she'll be the YOUNGER choice!

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 21h

"Why won't women date young Republicans?"

They name names in the article it better be brought up at every single press opportunity they give these assholes.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 22h

“Copyright growing pains.”

Be right back I’m gonna rob the fed and call it Economic Growing Pains.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 23h

HELL YES

Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 1d

For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.

Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Having your protests turn violent is unlikely to bring about change because mobs en masse do not make good strategic decisions about targets.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Massive peaceful protests are *important* against a violent regime for a large number of reasons: striking fear in their hearts, establishing a habit of courage amongst our citizens, and opening lines of communication.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

I have blocked this person, but I keep seeing people say things like this, and I’m begging people to understand two things.

(1) Just because peaceful protest may not be sufficient to win this moment does not mean that it is not necessary.

It is.

From: Olde Stuffe @annalsofwarren.bsky.social

i appreciate your words very often
Germans were very angry at their own government for not being truthful about the fierce nature of their enemy in WWI
this betrayal by leaders and mouthpieces led directly to Hitler and NSDAP
we're telling Americans peaceful protest will solve this
it won't

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 1d

It's always so much fun. Between my control and my wife's diabetes meds we're becoming experts at dealing with the system. Sorry you had a rough time.

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 1d

I worked at a pharmacy during grad school, and am on a control. The system tells us exactly when a script can be filled if it's a control. No pharmacist should be able to tell you otherwise. Screw that guy.

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 1d

NEW KEN LIU. NEW KEN LIU. NEW KEN LIU.

Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social · 1d

It's launch day for the US edition of ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM!

What is the future for human art in the age of AI? What kind of AI is actually helpful? These are some of the questions driving this techno-thriller.

Get it from wherever you prefer to get your books.

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 1d

It's incredible how after adjusting to Silksong this just looks so slow. Still can't beat Lost Lace but man I think I could speedrun HK now.

nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 3d

i am going to kill this game

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 1d

This is why the inflatable costumes works so well -- it works the same way calling them "weird" or "creepy" did. It disrupts their narrative, and makes them seem pathetic rather than cool-and-cruel.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 1d

It certainly wouldn't be the first time a dev found themselves doing it.

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 1d

It's incredible watching someone confidently and smugly Dunning-Kruger themselves while actively accusing someone else of being Dunning-Krugered. Like an ouroboros of annoying.

Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 1d

It's so odd because I loved the writing for the most part right up until 1.0 released and they revealed the endgame. It felt so rushed. And so many threads of story that I was certain were going to play into it ended up being post-game side quests, which was disappointing.

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Sarah @sarahftduration.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, what a place of honor! Highly esteemed deeds must be commemorated here! And there are probably valuables...

Federal Disposal Field HZ-21 from the videogame Fallout 76

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Serial Bookseller @serialbookseller.bsky.social · 1d

After 3 games:

0 wins
0 leads held
2 goals scored

Yeah, it’s going well.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

Today I learned there is such a thing as National Boss's Day, and that allegedly it is this Thursday and I SWEAR TO GOD that if I find out any of you have participated in such a craven act of subservience to the ownership caste I will find you and give you SUCH a noogie

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