Spencer Tierney
@allspence.bsky.social
Oakland writer (speculative fiction for fun; personal finance for work), runner, lit lover, silly until I'm serious. Joined 12/2023.
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my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy
August 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy
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Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
April 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
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Take action now!
🌎NOAA belongs to us, not them!
🌎NOAA belongs to us, not them!
Protect NOAA: Our Safety in a Climate-Changed World Depend on It
President Trump and Elon Musk want to dismantle the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That would eliminate free public access to weather forecasts, hurricane tracking, wildfire a...
secure.ucsusa.org
February 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Take action now!
🌎NOAA belongs to us, not them!
🌎NOAA belongs to us, not them!
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stop submitting to this storefront pretending to be a literary magazine!!
Meanwhile, in the literary world of sleazefucks and shitbags.
February 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
stop submitting to this storefront pretending to be a literary magazine!!
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A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
February 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
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This is a truly heroic thread about (extra)ordinary people meeting the moment and/but the dynamic will be super familiar to anyone whose little group grew and organized to meet a crisis, even if they didn’t grow as large or do as much. A good reminder.
Update on my life: Last year, I joined my kids' school's PTA, because they needed a treasurer and I'm good enough with numbers. It was a straightforward, self-contained job: balancing the checkbook for an organization that only did a few fundraisers each year.
February 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is a truly heroic thread about (extra)ordinary people meeting the moment and/but the dynamic will be super familiar to anyone whose little group grew and organized to meet a crisis, even if they didn’t grow as large or do as much. A good reminder.
This was a really good show, y'all
unfortunately hulu really said, “your marketing budget for interior chinatown is $0” because it seems like no one has seen it 📽️
A ★★★★ review of Interior Chinatown (2024)
uhhh why is no one talking about this?? it deserves more love than it’s getting, even if it may (at times) be a bit too ambitious for its own good. the conceit is great, the acting is amazing, and it ...
boxd.it
December 11, 2024 at 6:47 AM
This was a really good show, y'all
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I always think it’s important to point out (since it usually is little discussed these days) that Rosa Parks was fired from her seamstress job in Montgomery and was basically blacklisted from being employed in the city. She had to move to Detroit because of discrimination after this.
December 2, 2024 at 1:25 AM
I always think it’s important to point out (since it usually is little discussed these days) that Rosa Parks was fired from her seamstress job in Montgomery and was basically blacklisted from being employed in the city. She had to move to Detroit because of discrimination after this.
Just in time for Giving Tuesday, here's my book review of Robin Wall Kimmerer's latest. How gift economies provide sustainable ways of treating the earth & each other theracketsf.com/home/review/...
REVIEW: The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World / Robin Kimmerer — THE RACKET
REVIEW The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World / Robin Wall Kimmerer a review by Spencer Tierney
theracketsf.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Just in time for Giving Tuesday, here's my book review of Robin Wall Kimmerer's latest. How gift economies provide sustainable ways of treating the earth & each other theracketsf.com/home/review/...
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Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.
Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.
Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.
December 3, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.
Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.
Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.
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🎵 Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day
You weighed it away
I gave you my heart
But the very next day
You weighed it away
December 1, 2024 at 11:23 PM
🎵 Last Christmas
I gave you my heart
But the very next day
You weighed it away
I gave you my heart
But the very next day
You weighed it away
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I don’t think it will all fit in there.
November 20, 2024 at 2:10 PM
I don’t think it will all fit in there.
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After all the hand-wringing over Black men shifting to the right, the vast majority of this group did what they had to do.
Despite their consistently progressive voting record, in the public imagination they are viewed as “civic deadbeats” and impulsive children that need to be chided and cajoled.
Despite their consistently progressive voting record, in the public imagination they are viewed as “civic deadbeats” and impulsive children that need to be chided and cajoled.
For Black male voters, apologies are in order, and some respect would be nice too
There’s plenty of blame to be passed around after the presidential election. Just don’t come for Black male voters.
theemancipator.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:56 PM
After all the hand-wringing over Black men shifting to the right, the vast majority of this group did what they had to do.
Despite their consistently progressive voting record, in the public imagination they are viewed as “civic deadbeats” and impulsive children that need to be chided and cajoled.
Despite their consistently progressive voting record, in the public imagination they are viewed as “civic deadbeats” and impulsive children that need to be chided and cajoled.
Super excited to see this bookstore pop up on Bluesky
If we start posting here, is it contributing to the inevitable creep of paid promotional ads?
What if instead we just asked questions into the scrolling void? Not unlike this, but even more like, "Why is there something rather than nothing?"
What if instead we just asked questions into the scrolling void? Not unlike this, but even more like, "Why is there something rather than nothing?"
November 15, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Super excited to see this bookstore pop up on Bluesky
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“America seems filled with violent people who like causing people pain but hate when those people tell them that pain hurts.”
— Kiese Laymon, HEAVY: an American memoir
— Kiese Laymon, HEAVY: an American memoir
Harvard Divinity School students were issued two-week suspensions from its library for participating in a pro-Palestine “pray-in” demonstration last Monday.
The demonstration was primarily led by Jewish students.
The demonstration was primarily led by Jewish students.
Students Suspended from Harvard Divinity School Library After Pray-In | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Divinity School students were issued two-week suspensions from its library for participating in a pro-Palestine “pray-in” demonstration last Monday.
www.thecrimson.com
November 13, 2024 at 8:21 PM
“America seems filled with violent people who like causing people pain but hate when those people tell them that pain hurts.”
— Kiese Laymon, HEAVY: an American memoir
— Kiese Laymon, HEAVY: an American memoir
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for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
November 11, 2024 at 10:10 PM
for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
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I was unable to save
a single life
I couldn't stop
a single bullet
so I circle cemeteries
that aren't there
search for words
that aren't there
I run
to the aid uncalled for
I want to get there ontime
even if it's already over
-Jercy Ficowski
tr. Jennifer Grotz, Piotr Sommer
a single life
I couldn't stop
a single bullet
so I circle cemeteries
that aren't there
search for words
that aren't there
I run
to the aid uncalled for
I want to get there ontime
even if it's already over
-Jercy Ficowski
tr. Jennifer Grotz, Piotr Sommer
November 7, 2024 at 8:40 PM
I was unable to save
a single life
I couldn't stop
a single bullet
so I circle cemeteries
that aren't there
search for words
that aren't there
I run
to the aid uncalled for
I want to get there ontime
even if it's already over
-Jercy Ficowski
tr. Jennifer Grotz, Piotr Sommer
a single life
I couldn't stop
a single bullet
so I circle cemeteries
that aren't there
search for words
that aren't there
I run
to the aid uncalled for
I want to get there ontime
even if it's already over
-Jercy Ficowski
tr. Jennifer Grotz, Piotr Sommer
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As we approach Banned Books week, here's my annual reminder:
If you're going to partake, buy and read banned books from *living* authors. The Bradbury and Vonnegut estates don't need your money, but Maia Kobabe probably does.
If you're going to partake, buy and read banned books from *living* authors. The Bradbury and Vonnegut estates don't need your money, but Maia Kobabe probably does.
September 18, 2024 at 1:35 PM
As we approach Banned Books week, here's my annual reminder:
If you're going to partake, buy and read banned books from *living* authors. The Bradbury and Vonnegut estates don't need your money, but Maia Kobabe probably does.
If you're going to partake, buy and read banned books from *living* authors. The Bradbury and Vonnegut estates don't need your money, but Maia Kobabe probably does.
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Can't believe the Fed went and cut interest by 50 boops per snoot.
September 18, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Can't believe the Fed went and cut interest by 50 boops per snoot.
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does this count as white flight?
September 13, 2024 at 2:01 PM
does this count as white flight?