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Seattle Public Library @spl.org · 18h

Looking for big scares during the Big Dark? Becky Spratford @raforall.bsky.social shares some of her favorite horror anthologies on our Shelf Talk blog: blog.spl.org/2025/11/03/n...

Becky discusses her latest book, "Why I Love Horror," this Thursday (Nov. 6) at the Central Library! Register 👇

Nightstand Reads with Author and Editor Becky Siegel Spratford

Hear Becky discuss her latest book, Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature with Sadie Hartmann, aka Mother Horror, at Central Library this Thursday, November 6th at 7pm. This event is prese…

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 11d

*uncontrollable screaming intensifies*

G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 12d

On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 12d

An excellent conversation tonight with Cory Doctorow @edzitron.com & Whitney Beltran @clarionwest.bsky.social on ENSHITTIFICATION and the rot economy.

Cory Doctorow, Whitney Beltran & Ed Zitron

Cory Doctorow, Whitney Beltran, and Ed Zitron

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16d

If you think something doesn't matter, you don't respond to it.

He responded. The people have the upper hand.

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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · Aug 5

In the current @uncannymagazine.bsky.social I interview @danielhwilsonpdx.bsky.social about "Whalesong," a gripping tale of communication, family relationships, and whales.

Read the story:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/whal...

And the interview:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/inte...

Interview: Daniel H. Wilson - Uncanny Magazine

Daniel H. Wilson is a Cherokee citizen and author of the New York Times bestselling Robopocalypse and its sequel Robogenesis, as well as How to Survive a Robot Uprising, The Clockwork Dynasty, and The...

www.uncannymagazine.com

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 17d

My neighbor’s Halloween decor is legit 👌🏼

Gravestone reads RIP DEMOCRACY 1776-2024

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 18d

This event was recorded by @clarionwest.bsky.social so you can listen to this incredible discussion with @danielhwilsonpdx.bsky.social & @nisishawl.bsky.social once it posts.

Marnee Chua, Nisi Shawl, Daniel H. Wilson, and Alan Boyle

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 18d

Excellent conversation last night with @danielhwilsonpdx.bsky.social @nisishawl.bsky.social & Alan Boyle. Wilson’s latest novel HOLE IN THE SKY is a story of first contact that also explores our relationship with the unknown. Indigenous technology & interrelatedness to the unknown also themes.

Nisi Shawl, Daniel H. Wilson, and Alan Boyle

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · 28d

Happy birthday, Brent!!

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 28d

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · Oct 1

Goodreads asked me to curate some October-Inspired Book Recommendation lists for them, so here they are!
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30...
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@caitlinstarling.com @spookypurcell.bsky.social @stejhoward.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @tananarivedue.bsky.social @anovelescape.bsky.social and more

Eight Halloween Reading Lists Based on Very Specific Vibes, Themes & Tropes

Sadie Hartmann (known as Mother Horror on social media) is the co-owner of the monthly, curated, horror fiction subscription company Night Worms and...

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · Sep 30

STARRED review in Library Journal for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social, @older.bsky.social and me! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...

We Will Rise Again

From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...

www.simonandschuster.com

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Sep 29

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!

reactormag.com/reading-rain...

Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor

The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.

reactormag.com

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · Sep 29

Shut it down. Shut it all fucking down. Trump has the losing hand here & he knows it, so he's trying to blame his shitty shutdown on the dolls, hoping spineless dems will sacrifice them on the altar of civility.

Fuck anyone who crosses to help him. Fuck them and primary them and hassle them to Hell

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · Sep 29

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

www.thepinknews.com

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · Sep 29

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · Sep 29

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Sep 29

regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society

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sol @evan.sooscreek.productions · Sep 29

“Leave their church potluck casserole untouched”

If you didn’t grow up in evangelical circles, you have no idea how cold this is. I’m just picturing a woman hissing at her husband who works for ICE because“They won’t even touch my tater tot casserole anymore Bob.”

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · Sep 28

Disinvite them from the tailgate. Do not go to the baby shower. Call out their bullshit on Facebook. Do not just purse your lips and nod politely.

Ostracize the living shit out of them. Leave their church potluck casserole untouched. These people are extremely vulnerable to social shame.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · Sep 29

Why are people saying "this is not normal" over and over again, instead of "this is illegal" or "this is unconstitutional" or "this is treason?" Not normal sounds subjective, wishy-washy and neurotic. It communicates nothing of substance.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · Sep 27

There is no measured way to say what I am about to say.

If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court.

I do not say this lightly.

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Dana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · Sep 26

The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.

quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · Sep 26

This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Sep 26

This is EXCELLENT.

1) this is spot-on analysis of the problem & a great immediate 1st thing a city can do to improve outcome.

2) as a 2 min clip? He's giving history, hope & change. Speaking to women, to Jewish & Black NYers, saying "abortion." & also naming eugenics in feminism. 100/10 no notes.

Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · Sep 26

Cuomo could never.

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Misha (she/her) @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social · Sep 26

I worry over the manufactured literary vs. genre divide a lot in my work as a readers’ advisor. As a reader I revel in the sentences, and ideas, and often flag pages and type up the sentences that move me. The pleasure of language is so marvelous. Thank you for this piece.

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Molly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · Sep 25

Sometimes a column is about something specific, and sometimes it's just about everything I've been reading and thinking about, and this one is definitely the latter!

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Sep 25

"There is no good and bad when a sentence moves you; there’s only what it does and how it does it."

In the newest Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com discusses well-crafted sentences, and how they fit into our understanding of "literary" versus "genre" fiction:

reactormag.com/form-functio...

Form, Function, and the Sentences We Collect - Reactor

I am not always a collector of sentences, except when I am...

reactormag.com

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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · Sep 25

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of federal agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

This is the oral history of DOGE, as told by federal workers:

Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · Sep 25

"This used to be the best job I’ve ever had, the best environment I’ve ever had, the best culture I’ve ever had—and they fucking ruined it.

I will never ever forget how much they ruined it."

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

www.wired.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 24

He launched a more powerful defense of journalism than the vast majority of mainstream journalists have and that's an indictment of them.

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