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Modern Day Bartleby
@moderndaybartleby.bsky.social
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Former Clevelander, STL, SF now Tokyoite
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#NowReReading2025 PERCIVAL EVERETT BY VIRGIL RUSSELL by Percival Everett via @picadorbooks.bsky.social imbibed at Saza Coffee #Shinagawa #品川 #Coffee #Books 📚 💙 #CoffeeSky #BookSky
The paperback book with a kaleidoscopic book cover is on a white wooden counter. To the left is a blue with several white dots cup & saucer of black coffee. Behind a glass screen are three siphon coffee tubes & burners. A headless woman barista with blue plastic gloves can also be seen
November 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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A photo of several large candied strawberries on white frosting in a display case. The is a sign that says ICHIGO and the price of ¥1700. (ICHIGO is the Japanese word for strawberries.)
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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#NowReading2025 THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE by Brigit Viney via Oxford University Press imbibed at Aomi Coffee #Kanda #神田 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky
The thin paperback book with an illustration of bronze round typewriter keys displayed chaotically is on a brown table. A small white paper cup of black coffee is to the left. It has the coffee shop logo on it but it can be barely seen
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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#NowReading2025 FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS: TIME MANAGEMENT FOR MORTALS by Oliver Burkeman via @vintagebooks.bsky.social care of Arakawa Ward Public Library imbibed at En Cafe #Kuramae #蔵前 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky
Photo is outside a cafe. A blue metal table has a paperback library book with a photo of a bench overlooking a mountain lake. To the left is a light brown wooden tray with a white coffee cup & lid with a round blue logo with vertical writing of EN CA FE. There is an almond croissant in a brown paper sleeve and a napkin on the tray as well. The sidewalk can be seen in the distance
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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#NowReading2025 RAISING A BILINGUAL CHILD by Barbara Zuber Pearson PhD via Living Language imbibed at Shiroiomise Coffee #Sendagi #千駄木 #Books #Coffee #Linguistics 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky #LingSky #LangSky
On an old dark wooden table sits the white paperback library book with a white mother reading with her white child on the floor. To the right is a white mug & saucer of black coffee. Behind it is a small clear tumbler of water. On the chair across the way a purple puffy winter coat drapes a chair. Outside the bright window is a Japanese woman walking left with her long black hair obscuring her face
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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A movie that takes place where you are from.
DRAFT DAY
White actor Kevin Costner in a gray suit faces another white actor in a light jacket in the lobby of the Cleveland Browns headquarters with the receptionist area behind them with a huge Browns orange football helmet on the wall along with the words EVELAND BROWNS visible. We can see the back of the long hair receptionist in a red jacket
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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#NowReading2025 I WILL JUDGE YOU BY YOUR BOOKSHELF by Grant Snider via Abrams Comic Arts thanks to Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Present Coffee #Ohanajaya #お花茶屋 #Books #Coffee #Comics 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky #ComicSky
Photo is of a cafe table. On the table is the large orange hardcover library book on which is an illustration of a woman reading a book in a chair in front of a large bookshelf containing the book's title. To the left is a off-white mug of black coffee with the Present Coffee logo on it. On the other side of the table is a woman wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates black sweatshirt but you only see her torso in front of her is a red paperback book with the title WHEN YOU ARE MINE laid out open in lieu of a bookmark. To the left is another off-white mug of black coffee but with no logo
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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They used to make real soundtracks for a movie
Three young Korean Women are running happily to the left. The one in a red sweatshirt in the back is in mid-jump. The one in green long sleeve shirt and black pants has her mouth open. The skinny one on the left in a white t-shirt, open black jacket, & blue jeans has a big smile on her face. At the top in big letters is the film title, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT. At the bottom in small letters it says A FILM BY JAE-EUN JEONG
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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#NowReReading2025 WATERSHED by Percival Everett via @picadorbooks.bsky.social imbibed at Mills Coffee #Senju #千住 #Coffee #Books 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky
Photo is of outside a cafe. The paperback is on a round dark wooden table against a light wooden tray. On the tray is an off-white mig mug of black coffee. To the left is a yellow plate on which is a gold spoon and a brown paper wrapped muffin with red raspberries. In the distance is a signboard for the cafe with anthropomorphized scone, coffee bean & cheesecake, each with legs & eyes. The text on top says "COFFEE BREAK @ OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BAKERY CAFE". The signboard sits on the green bike lane of tge street. A blurry Japanese man can be seen walking towards the left on the other side of the street
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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#NowReading2025 SAYS WHO? A KINDER, FUNNER, USAGE GUIDE FOR EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT WORDS by Anne Curzan via Crown imbibed at Pleasant Coffee #Ohanajaya #お花茶屋 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #CoffeeSky #BookSky
The beige hardcover book with the title "says who?" in large red lower case letters is to the left of a tray with a white mug of black coffee in the left corner and a plate of souffle pancakes in the center. They are on a wooden table that overlooks a window out to the pedestrian street. Off to the right an older Japanese man is pedaling to the right and smack dab in the center is a stylish young Japanese man walking to his left looking at his smartphone as he steps along in boot cut jeans
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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#NowReading2025 FASHIONOPOLIS: THE PRICE OF FAST FASHION & THE FUTURE OF CLOTHES by @danathomasparis.bsky.social imbibed at Yururi Coffee #Gotanno #五反野 #Books #Coffee #Fashion 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky #FashionSky
Inside in the coffeeshop with rusted brown walls and a plant against the wall in back. On a wooden table is a grey mug of black coffee on a tray with a white napkin in front. To the right is the hardcover white book with an artwork of the naked backside of a white statue looking at a pile of clothes
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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#NowReading2025 OVER-DRESSED: THE SHOCKINGLY HIGH COST OF CHEAP FASHION by @elizabethlcline.bsky.social via Portfolio Penguin imbibed at Good Coffee Farms #Nihonbashi #日本橋 #Coffee #Books #Fashion 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky #FashionSky
Photo is on the white hardcover book with an image on it of a black high heel shoe with the heel broken. To the right is a grey handleless mug if black coffee. Both are on a wooden counter. The back of a man sitting with his arms akimbo can be seen in the distance
November 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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#NowReading2025 SAVING BEAUTY by Byung-chul Han via @politybooks.bsky.social imbibed at Yanaka Coffee #Akabane #赤羽 #Books #Coffee #Philosophy 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky
On a dark wooden counter sits a dark brown paper cup of black coffee with "Yanaka Coffee" & their logo on it. To the left is the slim paperback book with an illustration of a scene of a hill in the countryside. Up against the wall is a Japanese signs saying no outside food
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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#NowReading2025 IN SHORT: A COLLECTION OF BRIEF CREATIVE FICTION Edited by Judith Kitchen & Mary Paumier Jones via @wwnorton.com imbibed at Brown Sound Coffee #Tsudanuma #津田沼 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky
The thick paperback book sits on a horizontally narrow table. The bakelite white mug of black coffee with the words "Brown Sound Coffee" is to the left of the book. Beyond the table is a plant. Beyond that are the backs of 2 Japanese women. Beyond them is a small sandwich board with "Brown Sound Coffee" on it. Way beyond is the back of another Japanese woman. Across the street is a white van with the trunk wide open in front of a Japanese restaurant and a further restaurant that says TEXAS
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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#NowReading2025 SLOVENIA by/via DK EYEWITNESS imbibed at Aung Coffee #Shinjuku #新宿 #Books #Coffee 💙 📚 #BookSky #CoffeeSky
The thin narrow paperback book with a photo of a Slovene village on the cover is to the left. On tye right is a black tray with a tan dense Myanmar Semolina Cake with white poppyseeds on top on a black plate with a black fork. To the right is a white mug of black coffee with Burmese writing & "Aung Coffee" on it.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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A night image of white actor John Goodman with orange sunglasses and bearded mouth open driving a car. Not sure what movie this still is from
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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#NowReReading2025 THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET by Sandra Cisneros via @vintagebooks.bsky.social imbibed at Verve Coffee Roasters #Shinjuku #新宿 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky
Photo of a counter window where the legs & torsos of folks pass by. On the wooden conter is the thin paperback book with an orange square taking up most of the cover and the title THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET in bubbly yellow lettering. Tye square is surrounded by turquoise color. To the left is a wide-mouth mug og black coffee on a saucer
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Photo features a photo of Black author Jamaica Kincaid in a white chair wearing large round glasses, an orange sweater with white collared seat underneath and black pants. The quote reads "The people who benefited from American democracy are afraid of losing it. But black people, or Native American people, are not shocked because they have been living in an undemocratic America... It's only new to people writing editorials for the New York Times."
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Snapshot of a WIRED magazine article. The yellow highlighted text reads "Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states,"; rest of text reads "warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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#NowReading2025 HERLAND by Charlotte Perkins Gilman via Parthenon Books imbibed at Ya Kun Kaya Toast #Marunouchi #丸の内 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky #KopiTiam
The tannish paperback book is on the round wooden table with cut-out illustration of old timey white heads from newspaper clippings of early 20th century sprouting from a green plant and a naked white man sitting at the bottom clasping his knees. To the left is a reddish paper coffee cup with a white plastic lid. Behind is a red tray with 2 red plastic plates of four halves of toast, one kaya butter and one peanut butter. In the lower right corner of the tray in a red plastic plate is a soft boiled egg & spoon. A male patron's back can be seen at the table across. A blurry Japanese woman can be seen on the sidewalk in the distance
November 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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#NowReading2025 WHERE THE WILD LADIES ARE by MATSUDA Aoko translated by Polly Barton via @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social imbibed at Hibiya Roastery Coffee #Hibiya
#日比谷 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky
Photo is of a blue plastic round collapsible stool on which is a yellow paperback book showing a mountain pass above which floats a black smoke of snakelike woman's head. To the left is a paper coffee cup with a black plastic lid and a black coffee sleeve. In the distance of a tiled floor you can see some feet
November 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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#NowReading2025 THE MARVEL STUDIOS STORY by Charlie & Stephanie Wetzel via @harpercollins.bsky.social imbibed at Single O Coffee #Yurakucho #有楽町 #Coffee #Books 📚 💙 #CoffeeSky #BookSky
The white paperback book features a Spiderman figurine emerging from the right side. The book is on an orange counter with white speckles. The wall is black with some white faux-graffiti. A handle-less grey cup of black coffee is to the right of the book
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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#NowReading2025 TOWARD ETERNITY by @antonhur.com via Harper Via imbibed at Brunch & Coffee Grains de Cafe #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky
Photo is outside the cafe. On a round tan wooden table is a white mug & saucer of black coffee. To the right is the purple & green paperback book. In the distance a man on a motor scooter can be seen on the street
October 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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#NowReading2025 EMPIRE OF AI: DREAMS & NIGHTMARES IN SAM ALTMAN'S OpenAI by @karenhao.bsky.social via @penguinpress.bsky.social imbibed at Toiro Coffee #Sendagi #千駄木 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky
The large paperback book is on a wooden counter to the left of a white coffee mug & saucer of black coffee. There is a red apple in the center on a shelf above. To the right is a green bottle with a red label that says GET. To the left is a white macaroon in a glass jar
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
Album cover of the album BIZARRO by band THE WEDDING PRESENT. It is forest green with a splash of orange in the middle. The band's name is also in orange
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM