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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 20h

The abject panic that occurs anytime I’m driving and there’s a school bus with its lights on. Like wait what do I do (turns off car, throws keys out the window and averts my eyes) don’t look at it don’t look at it

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Dominique Ramsey 𓃥 @dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social · 1d

The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return

Marker, colored pencil, and ink pen.
11 x 14in

Illustration of a green deer hugging a hare, with the hare is hugging a mouse. All three animals hugging form the silhouette outline of the deer.

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RNS @rns.org · 1d

Sister Jean retired from her role at the university in August due to health complications, although she stayed on as an adviser in the final months of her life.
religionnews.com/2025/10/13/s...

Sister Jean, beloved Loyola college basketball chaplain and Chicago icon, dies at 106

CHICAGO (RNS) — Sister Jean was inducted into the Loyola Ramblers Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017. The school erected a memorial for her outside the train stop near campus that reads, 'Home of the…

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 1d

With many authors treating writing as their second job, they should not need a third job as social media influencer and become a walking brand in order to have, yknow, a chance at a career.

Also bring back the midlist.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 1d

North Carolina Republicans just announced they plan to pass a more extreme congressional gerrymander for 2026.

Republicans re-gerrymandered this swing state's congressional map just last cycle to turn what had been 7 Dem - 7 Rep split into a 10-4 majority. Now they're going for an 11-3 edge

General Assembly Heeds President Trump’s Call to Thwart Blue State Attempts to Take Congress

Raleigh, N.C. — Today, legislative leaders agreed to hold votes during the previously scheduled October legislative session to block the…

bergerpress.medium.com

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bookletting.bsky.social @bookletting.bsky.social · 1d

I missed this when originally posted, but it worked out as I needed a laugh today (electrician has now been searching for a wiring problem 3+ hours)

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 7d

So, as long as we are posting classic videos with animals and music

youtu.be/Veg63B8ofnQ

Kitty Corliss "Grinding the Crack"

YouTube video by Karl Compton

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3d

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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UyenThi Tran Myhre @utranmyhre.bsky.social · 4d

what are your best tips/ideas to keep in mind when caregiving for elderly parents?

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 3d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Isabel Rogers @isabelrogers.bsky.social · 3d

I always loved this picture.

the Annie Liebovitz Vanity Fair fashion shoot 'Hollywood 2016', with a load of A list actresses dressed in black sitting or lying draped around, looking moody, not smiling, a lot of skin on show, primped and sultry. Diane Keaton stands on the right at the back, grinning straight into the camera, also wearing black but in a long sleeved black coat, high neck and black wide brimmed hat. They were her own clothes. She looks like she was enjoying herself enormously.

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Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 3d

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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bookletting.bsky.social @bookletting.bsky.social · 3d

Not only a book about a remarkable woman & the tradition she kept alive, but deeply reflective about the natural world, our role as stewards, and how we must not lose sight of the true value of finding harmony with both nature and each other. 📚 #Booksky

James Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social · Jul 4

My new book The Place of Tides is now available as a paperback in the U.K., and a hardback in the US

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Dj Connell @itbodes.bsky.social · 3d

Happy #Caturday to all those helping cats in need.

Hachiko is a nonprofit dedicated to helping animals, including former pets, that are trying to survive in the war zones and abandoned villages of Ukraine 💛💙
#cats #kindness #UkraineWillWin

Nate Mook @natemook.bsky.social · 3d

The leaves are turning 🍂 and it’s getting cold in eastern Ukraine, so the Hachiko team is out making sure the feeders are filled & the cats displaced by war and living in the skeletons of buildings have food today. 😺

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 4d

Happy to help give this book some Streisand Effect.

Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 26d

This got lost enough that I, at least, didn't see it. Tr*mp sues Penguin Random House for $15 billion for publishing a book that cast him in a negative light. Going after comedians is indeed terrifying. Going after publishers is at least equally terrifying.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Trump Sues Penguin Random House, ‘New York Times’ for $15 Billion

President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit accusing the New York Times and four of its reporters, as well as Penguin Random House, which published the book Lucky Loser, of trying to undermine his 2024...

www.publishersweekly.com

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bookletting.bsky.social @bookletting.bsky.social · 4d

Such a great book, filled entertaining and unique personalities. I'm not sure what the conclusion on barefoot running is these days, but I had a fun few years in my 5-toed shoes, entertaining the neighborhood as I did "couch to 5k" across their lawns, etc. 📚

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 4d

TFW you go for a run with Chris McDougall and you take a pic of him and accidentally recreate the cover of his book.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 5d

Not only this is amazing because part of fascism is the destruction of joy but it also makes it look ridiculous that the military is being deployed to put a stop to this

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 6d

War is hell, Portland style

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Library Bear 📚 @adklibrarybear.bsky.social · 5d

I am shook by this shit. UNC was the best library school in America in my era. At the time an MLS cost 50k (an expensive degree for the mostly working class applicants, with little hope of making a living wage on the other side). What a fucking travesty 😬😩😩 📚

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 5d

. @404media.co is investigating book bans. They could use your pointers on where to be looking. You can do it anonymously.

"We need help deciding... which school districts and cities to seek public records from and... where we should point our reporting efforts. "

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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bookletting.bsky.social @bookletting.bsky.social · 6d

Wish I could party* with ya!

*hang out & discuss books & life while petting dog (& any fosters).

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This is Allyween @allymalinenko.bsky.social · 7d

This. Baker and Taylor also supplies many many libraries

Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 7d

Distribution is THE under-reported story in book publishing (outside of the trade publications) and losing B&T is going to have untold ripple effects on the industry, small presses, and authors.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 7d

seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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bookletting.bsky.social @bookletting.bsky.social · 8d

I guess we always did most of the processing (not the cat records) in our Tech Services dept (the exception was leased copies of highly popular items).

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 8d

Cecilia reacting to the presence of foster kittens precisely as expected.

NEW FRIENDS!! LET ME IN!! I THINK THERE'S NEW FRIENDS IN THERE!!!

Tortie kitty climbing mesh door to try and get into spare room

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 15d

Never give up on your dream that one day, you will finally have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder.

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bookletting.bsky.social @bookletting.bsky.social · 8d

Wow #Publibs #LibraryLife

Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 8d

Baker & Taylor appears to be shutting down. A post on the r/libraries subreddit from an employee of B&T breaks the news and there appear to be other employees in the comments confirming the situation.

From the Libraries community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Libraries community

www.reddit.com

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bookletting.bsky.social @bookletting.bsky.social · 8d

Oh wow! (Is bookshop.org not also an alternative?)

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

bookshop.org

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