Gavin, Small Beer, long covid, &c.
@gavingrant.bsky.social
Gavin J. Grant. He/him. Born: 323ppm. Peely-wally vegan Scottish immigrant. Equality? I like it. BLM. Antifascist. Trans rights=human rights. Long covid 12/21, meh. Tired. Wears masks, asks you to, too. smallbeerpress.com (closed) & LCRW. bookmoonbooks.com
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Hey, another fave localish band! Now listening to jangly pop "Fool" — and love the "Cover art courtesy of the family of Siona Tagger www.tagger-siona.co.il/en/
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Hey, another fave localish band! Now listening to jangly pop "Fool" — and love the "Cover art courtesy of the family of Siona Tagger www.tagger-siona.co.il/en/
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📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📚 50% off ebooks because capitalism i guess
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
use code UGHFINE
or you could just buy them! up to you 📚
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks
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I’m so excited for @kellylink.bsky.social and @gavingrant.bsky.social, who are getting ready to BUY the building they’ve been renting for their beautiful bookstore Book Moon, in Western Mass. Support them if you’re able!
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I’m so excited for @kellylink.bsky.social and @gavingrant.bsky.social, who are getting ready to BUY the building they’ve been renting for their beautiful bookstore Book Moon, in Western Mass. Support them if you’re able!
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A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid.
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
MetLife Owes Disability Pay to Software Engineer With Long Covid
A Google LLC software engineer suffering from long Covid won his lawsuit seeking long-term disability benefits from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid.
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
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Just as some country's (e.g. Finland), are finding that it is cheaper to house the unhoused than not, the world may eventually realise that it is cheaper to prevent #LongCOVID, than not -
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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I’ll give you a personalized book recommendation if you promise you won’t procure the book from a billionaire…
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I’ll give you a personalized book recommendation if you promise you won’t procure the book from a billionaire…
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Now thru Monday, Dec 1! Let's go, #Easthampton! #WeAintBuyingIt #shoplocal #mapoli
weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=b...
Where will you shop instead of Target, Amazon, Home Depot?
For #books:
www.bookmoonbooks.com
highfivebooks.org
odysseybks.com
www.rpgrpgrpg.com
Let them know why you're there!
weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=b...
Where will you shop instead of Target, Amazon, Home Depot?
For #books:
www.bookmoonbooks.com
highfivebooks.org
odysseybks.com
www.rpgrpgrpg.com
Let them know why you're there!
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Now thru Monday, Dec 1! Let's go, #Easthampton! #WeAintBuyingIt #shoplocal #mapoli
weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=b...
Where will you shop instead of Target, Amazon, Home Depot?
For #books:
www.bookmoonbooks.com
highfivebooks.org
odysseybks.com
www.rpgrpgrpg.com
Let them know why you're there!
weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=b...
Where will you shop instead of Target, Amazon, Home Depot?
For #books:
www.bookmoonbooks.com
highfivebooks.org
odysseybks.com
www.rpgrpgrpg.com
Let them know why you're there!
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Book Moon Books
Bright and shiny independent bookshop in Easthampton, MA
www.bookmoonbooks.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"It is not thy job to tell an angel of the LORD that thou likest not the boys."
I don't know why, but this reminds me of Leah Bobet's The Parable of the Shower:
literary.erictmarin.com/shower.htm
literary.erictmarin.com/shower.htm
Lone Star Stories - The Parable of the Shower by Leah Bobet
literary.erictmarin.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"It is not thy job to tell an angel of the LORD that thou likest not the boys."
"He added that while they were originally intended to be puddings, 'they really put Tiverton on the map” as the "pants" image went viral.'"
‘Pants’ Christmas lights return to Devon town
A triumphant comeback!
www.devonlive.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"He added that while they were originally intended to be puddings, 'they really put Tiverton on the map” as the "pants" image went viral.'"
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This also suggests Democrats could win with a Mamdani-style platform of Medicare for All and free public transit.
(I mean we already knew this, but I'm glad someone is explaining it in a way the CFAs can understand.)
(I mean we already knew this, but I'm glad someone is explaining it in a way the CFAs can understand.)
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This also suggests Democrats could win with a Mamdani-style platform of Medicare for All and free public transit.
(I mean we already knew this, but I'm glad someone is explaining it in a way the CFAs can understand.)
(I mean we already knew this, but I'm glad someone is explaining it in a way the CFAs can understand.)
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TL;DR: the *actual* poverty line in the US for a family of four with two young children is about $140,000, and there isn't much improvement in quality of life between $40K and $100K.
There's more good stuff in there too, you should read the whole thing.
There's more good stuff in there too, you should read the whole thing.
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
TL;DR: the *actual* poverty line in the US for a family of four with two young children is about $140,000, and there isn't much improvement in quality of life between $40K and $100K.
There's more good stuff in there too, you should read the whole thing.
There's more good stuff in there too, you should read the whole thing.
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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Today, nearly half of all chicken eggs produced in the U.S. are cage-free. This marks a significant improvement to chicken welfare, but is it enough?
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Today, nearly half of all chicken eggs produced in the U.S. are cage-free. This marks a significant improvement to chicken welfare, but is it enough?
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Israel has killed two Palestinian children in Gaza every single day since the so-called ceasefire
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Israel has killed two Palestinian children in Gaza every single day since the so-called ceasefire
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We're not like regular audiobook retailers. We're a cool audiobook retailer.
That's why we're running a Shop Small Sale now through Dec 1, and every purchase you make supports the indie bookshop of your choice 🎧
Shop the sale: libro.fm/sale/all
That's why we're running a Shop Small Sale now through Dec 1, and every purchase you make supports the indie bookshop of your choice 🎧
Shop the sale: libro.fm/sale/all
All sale audiobooks
Check out the selection of Libro.fm’s on-sale audiobooks!
libro.fm
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We're not like regular audiobook retailers. We're a cool audiobook retailer.
That's why we're running a Shop Small Sale now through Dec 1, and every purchase you make supports the indie bookshop of your choice 🎧
Shop the sale: libro.fm/sale/all
That's why we're running a Shop Small Sale now through Dec 1, and every purchase you make supports the indie bookshop of your choice 🎧
Shop the sale: libro.fm/sale/all
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Good news and a sigh of relief from 200 publishers — esp. the 50-75 "very active" ones.
And fingers crossed good for the industry. Lakeside (fka RR Donnelley) are huge which means have they'll be actually competitive with Ingram & even with Consortium/Ingram as our distro, that's good news.
And fingers crossed good for the industry. Lakeside (fka RR Donnelley) are huge which means have they'll be actually competitive with Ingram & even with Consortium/Ingram as our distro, that's good news.
The book manufacturing giant Lakeside Book Company has acquired distributor Baker & Taylor Publisher Services, an important asset of the soon-to-be-closed library wholesaler. The purchase includes the print-on-demand operation located in BTPS’s headquarters in Ashland, Ohio.
Lakeside Book Company Buys B&T Distribution Arm
The book manufacturing giant Lakeside Book Company has acquired distributor Baker & Taylor Publisher Services, an important asset of the soon-to-be-closed library wholesaler.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Good news and a sigh of relief from 200 publishers — esp. the 50-75 "very active" ones.
And fingers crossed good for the industry. Lakeside (fka RR Donnelley) are huge which means have they'll be actually competitive with Ingram & even with Consortium/Ingram as our distro, that's good news.
And fingers crossed good for the industry. Lakeside (fka RR Donnelley) are huge which means have they'll be actually competitive with Ingram & even with Consortium/Ingram as our distro, that's good news.
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A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
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The #Creatives4Sudan Auction is Live ❣️
From Now till Sat 6 Dec: You can Bid on work by creatives {Art - Some Custom, Books, Workshops, etc} !
Funds go towards providing life-saving funds to those escaping Genocide in El-Fasher!💖
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I also offered some Art! 👀
{1/3}
From Now till Sat 6 Dec: You can Bid on work by creatives {Art - Some Custom, Books, Workshops, etc} !
Funds go towards providing life-saving funds to those escaping Genocide in El-Fasher!💖
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I also offered some Art! 👀
{1/3}
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The #Creatives4Sudan Auction is Live ❣️
From Now till Sat 6 Dec: You can Bid on work by creatives {Art - Some Custom, Books, Workshops, etc} !
Funds go towards providing life-saving funds to those escaping Genocide in El-Fasher!💖
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I also offered some Art! 👀
{1/3}
From Now till Sat 6 Dec: You can Bid on work by creatives {Art - Some Custom, Books, Workshops, etc} !
Funds go towards providing life-saving funds to those escaping Genocide in El-Fasher!💖
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
I also offered some Art! 👀
{1/3}
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
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This was reason #1 that I left Facebook.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This was reason #1 that I left Facebook.
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We’re excited to officially announce The James Patterson + Bookshop.org Prize 🏆 This award aims to uplift new literary voices, connect with booksellers, and support independent bookstores. Check out this feature in @peoplemag.bsky.social to learn more:
James Patterson and Bookshop.org Announce New Literary Prize for Debut Authors
James Patterson and Bookshop.org have launched a new literary prize. The James Patterson and Bookshop.org Prize honors books written by debut authors within the last 12 months, and are selected by ind...
people.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We’re excited to officially announce The James Patterson + Bookshop.org Prize 🏆 This award aims to uplift new literary voices, connect with booksellers, and support independent bookstores. Check out this feature in @peoplemag.bsky.social to learn more: