Orion Friday
@orionfriday.bsky.social
Author of ATOMIC FRINGE - MG sci-fi in the vein of Stranger Things meets The Iron Giant. https://www.atomicfringe.com/
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There's definitely a growing market for "unshittified" goods where you buy a product, like say a computer, and it and the software you run on it are your property once you complete the purchase--no recurring fees or data mining.
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There's definitely a growing market for "unshittified" goods where you buy a product, like say a computer, and it and the software you run on it are your property once you complete the purchase--no recurring fees or data mining.
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No one is doing it like us (and that's probably for the best) 🕺
Inspired by @cincylibrary.bsky.social
Inspired by @cincylibrary.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
No one is doing it like us (and that's probably for the best) 🕺
Inspired by @cincylibrary.bsky.social
Inspired by @cincylibrary.bsky.social
"powered by AI" is 100% *not* the marketing flex so many companies seem to think it is. Which begs the question: did they fire their marketing teams and replace them with AI? And side question: how much $ are they wasting on their trash LLM service they pass off as AI?
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"powered by AI" is 100% *not* the marketing flex so many companies seem to think it is. Which begs the question: did they fire their marketing teams and replace them with AI? And side question: how much $ are they wasting on their trash LLM service they pass off as AI?
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Best Manga 2025 | SLJ Best Books
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Best Manga 2025 | SLJ Best Books
The 2025 Best Manga roundup features haunting sci-fi, slow-burn romance, and charming friendship tales for middle grade and YA readers.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Best Manga 2025 | SLJ Best Books
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It's almost time...31 Days, 31 Lists
This year Betsy is going to try something a little new. Each list will now have a featured title.
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This year Betsy is going to try something a little new. Each list will now have a featured title.
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It’s Almost Heeeere….
Are you ready to celebrate the books you know and discover the ones you had no idea about? December's gonna be a WHOLE THING!!
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November 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It's almost time...31 Days, 31 Lists
This year Betsy is going to try something a little new. Each list will now have a featured title.
afuse8production.slj.com/2025/11/30/i...
This year Betsy is going to try something a little new. Each list will now have a featured title.
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Treat yourself or stock up on gifts for library lovers with the Library Gift Shop Cyber Monday Deal: 30% off purchases over $70! https://www.librarygiftshop.org/
Your order helps support ALA’s advocacy efforts.
Your order helps support ALA’s advocacy efforts.
December 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Treat yourself or stock up on gifts for library lovers with the Library Gift Shop Cyber Monday Deal: 30% off purchases over $70! https://www.librarygiftshop.org/
Your order helps support ALA’s advocacy efforts.
Your order helps support ALA’s advocacy efforts.
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Looking to learn a new language? Try Mango Languages, an interactive online resource providing audio tutorials to practice reading, listening and speaking in over 70 different languages.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Looking to learn a new language? Try Mango Languages, an interactive online resource providing audio tutorials to practice reading, listening and speaking in over 70 different languages.
📘 https://bit.ly/3YVzT0e
📘 https://bit.ly/3YVzT0e
Erica is back in ST5 with a vengeance. Eat your pie, Tina! 🤣🤣🤣
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Erica is back in ST5 with a vengeance. Eat your pie, Tina! 🤣🤣🤣
Loved WICKED FOR GOOD. The first film was a lot fun and had a knockout catharsis at the end, but I really dug the one from start to finish.
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Loved WICKED FOR GOOD. The first film was a lot fun and had a knockout catharsis at the end, but I really dug the one from start to finish.
Through the first 2 episodes of Stranger Things 5. So much fun. Needs more Erica though.
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Through the first 2 episodes of Stranger Things 5. So much fun. Needs more Erica though.
Planes, Trains, and Books... Happy Turkey Day to all who partake. 🦃📚
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Planes, Trains, and Books... Happy Turkey Day to all who partake. 🦃📚
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In their debut year, one film stands decisively above the rest: Warner Bros.’ Sinners, which earned the highest number of nominations across the Below-the-Line slate.
'Sinners' Leads All Films as Critics Choice Launches First-Ever Below-the-Line Categories | Black Girl Nerds
Warner Bros.’ Sinners, which earned the highest number of nominations across the Below-the-Line slate for Critics Choice
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November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In their debut year, one film stands decisively above the rest: Warner Bros.’ Sinners, which earned the highest number of nominations across the Below-the-Line slate.
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Teyana Taylor joins us on the Black Girl Nerds podcast to chat about her critically-acclaimed role in the Paul Thomas Anderson film 'One Battle After Another'. For more of our interview with her go here: blackgirlnerds.com/podcast-teya...
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Teyana Taylor joins us on the Black Girl Nerds podcast to chat about her critically-acclaimed role in the Paul Thomas Anderson film 'One Battle After Another'. For more of our interview with her go here: blackgirlnerds.com/podcast-teya...
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Whether you want more dazzling spectacle, sharp-tongued heroines, or mythic adventures, here are seven films to add to your watchlist now after seeing 'Wicked For Good'.
7 Movies to Watch Now That You’ve Seen 'Wicked: For Good' | Black Girl Nerds
If you’ve already soared through Wicked: For Good and find yourself craving more musical magic you’re not alone.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Whether you want more dazzling spectacle, sharp-tongued heroines, or mythic adventures, here are seven films to add to your watchlist now after seeing 'Wicked For Good'.
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Your casual reminder I have two (2) contenders in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction category this year, there's still time to vote for one of them (or another book there you like better). Go on, all the cool kids are doing it.
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Opening Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Your casual reminder I have two (2) contenders in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction category this year, there's still time to vote for one of them (or another book there you like better). Go on, all the cool kids are doing it.
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
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The Boys brought forth a new conversation to be had: what happens if heroes could be manufactured and corrupted to do whatever they were programmed to? Could they be trusted not to go off the rails? Just because something is possible, does it mean it needs to be explored further?
How 'The Boys' Reveals Our Shifted View of Superheroes | Black Girl Nerds
With The Boys soon entering their fifth and final season next year, the world has expanded to a spin-off, Gen V
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November 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Boys brought forth a new conversation to be had: what happens if heroes could be manufactured and corrupted to do whatever they were programmed to? Could they be trusted not to go off the rails? Just because something is possible, does it mean it needs to be explored further?
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★ “Rousing action-packed adventure” distinguishes Christopher Roubique’s middle grade debut MYTHSPEAKER, a “timeless and original celebration of Indigenous stories”
Mythspeaker by Christopher Roubique
Cajun and Indigenous debut author Roubique draws inspiration from Indigenous American tales to craft a rousing action-packed adv...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
★ “Rousing action-packed adventure” distinguishes Christopher Roubique’s middle grade debut MYTHSPEAKER, a “timeless and original celebration of Indigenous stories”
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In fact, B&N has been expanding rather a bit recently; their sales are up and they've refreshed their stores. And independent books stores have been growing in numbers too! It's been quite a turnaround for brick and mortar bookstores in the last couple of years. I hope it lasts.
I'm more shocked they're still opening new B&Ns.
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In fact, B&N has been expanding rather a bit recently; their sales are up and they've refreshed their stores. And independent books stores have been growing in numbers too! It's been quite a turnaround for brick and mortar bookstores in the last couple of years. I hope it lasts.
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I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the film conveys how screens eat up a child's hobbies, interests, literacy, ability to function socially. I hope it provokes millions of parents to think twice before making the iPad a babysitter.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I'm glad the villain of the new Toy Story is a child's tablet. I hope the film conveys how screens eat up a child's hobbies, interests, literacy, ability to function socially. I hope it provokes millions of parents to think twice before making the iPad a babysitter.
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Libraries are safe portals to adventures and faraway lands. #libsky
New library feed:
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New library feed:
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Use feed tags: #libsky #library or #librarian 📚💙
January 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Libraries are safe portals to adventures and faraway lands. #libsky
New library feed:
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Use feed tags: #libsky #library or #librarian 📚💙
New library feed:
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Use feed tags: #libsky #library or #librarian 📚💙
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3 True-Life Mysteries for Older Nonfiction Readers
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3 True-Life Mysteries for Older Nonfiction Readers
These three titles focus on intriguing, shocking, under-explored disappearances throughout history.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
3 True-Life Mysteries for Older Nonfiction Readers
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"Empire of AI" by Karen Hao may be the most important and eye opening book I have ever read. I imagine it's what people felt when they read Sinclair's "The Jungle" when it was first published.
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Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
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November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Empire of AI" by Karen Hao may be the most important and eye opening book I have ever read. I imagine it's what people felt when they read Sinclair's "The Jungle" when it was first published.
bookshop.org/p/books/empi...
bookshop.org/p/books/empi...
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Detective Manga Round-Up | Good Comics for Kids
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Detective Manga Round-Up
An overview of some recent manga titles that feature detectives and mysteries.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Detective Manga Round-Up | Good Comics for Kids
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Meet Georgia South and Amy Love, the London rock duo known as the Nova Twins. These "massive pedal nerds" turn all the way up for Tiny Desk. n.pr/4nKv1G7
Nova Twins: Tiny Desk Concert
Meet Georgia South and Amy Love, the London rock duo known as the Nova Twins. These "massive pedal nerds" turn all the way up for Tiny Desk.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Meet Georgia South and Amy Love, the London rock duo known as the Nova Twins. These "massive pedal nerds" turn all the way up for Tiny Desk. n.pr/4nKv1G7