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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 10h

#31daysofgraves Day 22: Landscape. One of the many vistas of Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland Ohio

A lawn full of rows of low tombstones. Most are in shadow, with the rising sun illuminating the tree that spreads over them and the mausoleum in the back.

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 18h

I want “famously reclusive author” so bad I can taste it!

Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 18h

What do you want to be when you grow up?

1. famous lost explorer
2. famously reclusive author
3. infamous cheese smuggler
4. I refuse to grow up

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 1d

#31daysofgraves Day 21: Bronze. I think that’s bronze under all that tarnish… Salisbury Cathedral

Very dark weathered and tarnished metal in the outline of gothic tracery. A swirling vine pattern can just be made out where the top of a stained glass window would be, and an angel on one side of the epitaph is barely visible. The rest is too blackened and streaked to see.

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 1d

Do we even make them?

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Daniel Drennan ElAwar @ibnsufiknits.bsky.social · 2d

Here is the Ravelry link for my free #AbolishICE beanie. Extensive notes cover all aspects of #knitting and refer to video tutorials; versions in cotton/wool fingering/sport. I appreciate any favorites there/here to boost the pattern! #knitsky #AbolishICE #NoKings 🧶

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Abolish ICE Beanie pattern by Daniel Drennan ElAwar

My patterns are free. If you like my patterns and wish to further support my work, please visit my ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ddelawar

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 1d

Slightly bragging because I’m the one who suggested it, but seriously, y’all, this book is AMAZING! From the Great Storm of 1913 through Gordon Lightfoot recording the song, this book covers everything!

Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 1d

From this extraordinary thread I chose The Gales of November and it's incredible so far, highly recommend (so much I never knew about it the Great Lakes!)

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 1d

My recent book-buying binge included my own copy because I didn’t want to give the library’s back. Isn’t it fascinating?

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 1d

She doesn’t want it. She didn’t last time and she wants it less now. I don’t think she’s even in town.

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 1d

It’s also the site of the the First Lady’s offices and we know how that expletive treats women.

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 1d

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Science sir @clearskies93101.bsky.social · 1d

Would anyone be surprised to learn that Trump has done something similar a few decades ago?

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When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead | Artnet News

Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 1d

They can choose to take this job and you can choose to let them know this is the last job they’ll ever be hired to do. Such a pity they decided to go out breaking the law for a guy famous for stiffing his contractors.

capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 1d

Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not the first time he’s ripped down historic buildings just to shit on people. He’s doing it because he wants to live in Temu Versailles. That it hurts people and shows utter disrespect are bonuses; he thinks it shows dominance, like his stupid handshakes.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 2d

#31daysofgraves Day 20: Wreath. This stunner is covering the names at St Anne’s Historic Cemetery, Lonaconing Maryland and I didn’t want to disturb it.

A straw wreath of fresh purple, green, red, and pink flowers leans against a couple’s tombstone. Wanda’s side is engraved with praying hands; the man’s name starts with A and he has the engraving of a tractor.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 3d

When you are pure of heart no amount of earnestness is Cringe. When you are a malevolent little freak no amount of sarcasm is enough to make you cool

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3d

Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 2d

Writers: Ok so the heist team will include someone to get close to the curator's son and seduce him into revealing the whereabouts of the key that we will then briefly steal and make a copy of and return without anyone noticing via second to second precision and thats how we get in

Real thieves:

Photo of the Louvre with a ladder placed against an open 2nd floor window

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 2d

Awww, thank you!

Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 2d

LOL! You can blame Richard Roberts for that; a while ago he was handing out titles and dubbed me Keeper of the Really Smart Words and Heir to the Stewardship of Words That Are Cozy.

I promptly changed my handle because who could pass THAT up?!

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 3d

Two books for spooky season:
COFFIN MOON, Keith Rosson: Best modern vampire story ever (although it's set in the 70s).
THE TWISTED ONES, by T. Kingfisher: It lures you in with chatty good humor (especially about NPR Pledge Week) and a lovely dog...then slams the door and bites you in the dark.

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 2d

Also, part of the soothing in buying books is the implicit promise that the time to read is also being purchased…

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 2d

Tsundoku, which was very nearly chosen as my screen name for LJ.

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 2d

There are a couple more I want to get, but they don’t come out until the very end of the month. Can I wait that long? Not sure.

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 2d

Book Rec: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton, who found herself unexpectedly raising a newborn hare during lockdown. It’s honestly soothing; a respite in these times.

Sherlock fans, the audiobook is read by Louise Brealey.

The cover of Raising Hare; the drawing of a hare side-face, various praising blurbs, and an icon for winning the Wainwright Prize

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Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social · 3d

Book buying is a self-soothing thing for me. Which may explain why I bought 2 dozen books in the last 8 days.

*reads timeline*

I don’t think I bought enough.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 3d

Original artist for the viral bumper sticker that reads YOUR PAWPAW DIDN'T RUN SHINE THROUGH THESE HOLLERS FOR YOU TO BE A BOOTLICKER.

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