Rona is Reading
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Rona/Ro
she/her on this site
📚 My bookish youtube channel is Rona is Reading / @Ro.Reading!
✏️ I’m a writer of character-driven genre fiction (mostly fantasy), graphic designer, and generic book + warm drink enthusiast
✨ Ace | aro | queer in ways mysterious to you ✨
she/her on this site
📚 My bookish youtube channel is Rona is Reading / @Ro.Reading!
✏️ I’m a writer of character-driven genre fiction (mostly fantasy), graphic designer, and generic book + warm drink enthusiast
✨ Ace | aro | queer in ways mysterious to you ✨
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one thing about AI "art" is that you will never, ever look at it and think "this was obviously made with love."
January 10, 2026 at 9:57 PM
one thing about AI "art" is that you will never, ever look at it and think "this was obviously made with love."
My December reading wrap-up just dropped! It was a month of great books, most very fairytailesque. 🐦⬛
#booksky #fantasybooks #readingwrapup
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#booksky #fantasybooks #readingwrapup
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December Reading Wrap-up + Way Too Many Storygraph Stats
YouTube video by Rona is Reading
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January 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
My December reading wrap-up just dropped! It was a month of great books, most very fairytailesque. 🐦⬛
#booksky #fantasybooks #readingwrapup
youtu.be/Ijqmhnc0dWI?...
#booksky #fantasybooks #readingwrapup
youtu.be/Ijqmhnc0dWI?...
Well. This might be the worst alternate cover design I’ve seen since the trade paperbacks of Rainwild Chronicles.
You’re telling me I have to look at this rather than the gorgeous valdemar illustrated cover?!
#booksky #coverdesign
You’re telling me I have to look at this rather than the gorgeous valdemar illustrated cover?!
#booksky #coverdesign
January 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Well. This might be the worst alternate cover design I’ve seen since the trade paperbacks of Rainwild Chronicles.
You’re telling me I have to look at this rather than the gorgeous valdemar illustrated cover?!
#booksky #coverdesign
You’re telling me I have to look at this rather than the gorgeous valdemar illustrated cover?!
#booksky #coverdesign
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7pm: “Ugg I didn’t get any writing today done. I feel like a horrid failure. I’m gonna self care, build legos & listen to my Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobook.”
7:15pm: just opened legos: “oh shit, I had an idea, I’ll jot it down!”
11pm: “fuck did I just write 4000 words?”
Repeat the next day.
7:15pm: just opened legos: “oh shit, I had an idea, I’ll jot it down!”
11pm: “fuck did I just write 4000 words?”
Repeat the next day.
January 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM
7pm: “Ugg I didn’t get any writing today done. I feel like a horrid failure. I’m gonna self care, build legos & listen to my Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobook.”
7:15pm: just opened legos: “oh shit, I had an idea, I’ll jot it down!”
11pm: “fuck did I just write 4000 words?”
Repeat the next day.
7:15pm: just opened legos: “oh shit, I had an idea, I’ll jot it down!”
11pm: “fuck did I just write 4000 words?”
Repeat the next day.
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the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
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They did this to me too
January 8, 2026 at 11:11 AM
They did this to me too
i stole chart ideas from my friend @rona-is-reading.bsky.social
ive got type of book (novella, short story, manga, etc), publication year by decade, original language if it's translated, and where i got the book (borrowed from someone, library/libby, bought new or secondhand, etc)
ive got type of book (novella, short story, manga, etc), publication year by decade, original language if it's translated, and where i got the book (borrowed from someone, library/libby, bought new or secondhand, etc)
January 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
It’s me I’m friend everyone go read The Raven Scholar in this essay I will—
#booksky #sff #theravenscholar
#booksky #sff #theravenscholar
its been on my tbr for a while but my friend was saying almost exactly this about 4 days ago so its been bumped up to "going to place a hold at the library as soon as i get back home"
THE RAVEN SCHOLAR has me in an absolute chokehold, what an incredibly well-paced jewel of a book, I love the feeling of looking at the 400 remaining pages & feeling the anticipatory loss of it coming to an end
January 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
It’s me I’m friend everyone go read The Raven Scholar in this essay I will—
#booksky #sff #theravenscholar
#booksky #sff #theravenscholar
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My biggest New Year’s resolution this year beyond projects I want to get done is to take in less garbage. Take in less franchise slop movies and TV. Take in less reactionary politics especially from so-called progressive spaces. Take in less social media bitterness and vitriol.
January 1, 2026 at 9:15 PM
My biggest New Year’s resolution this year beyond projects I want to get done is to take in less garbage. Take in less franchise slop movies and TV. Take in less reactionary politics especially from so-called progressive spaces. Take in less social media bitterness and vitriol.
A blank page is a bookend of sorts ⌛️
YouTube video by Rona is Reading
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January 1, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Maybe next year I won’t be frantically trying to finish a 600+ page book on NYE. But then again, after 2 years, I already like the tradition.
#booksky #theravenscholar
#booksky #theravenscholar
January 1, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Maybe next year I won’t be frantically trying to finish a 600+ page book on NYE. But then again, after 2 years, I already like the tradition.
#booksky #theravenscholar
#booksky #theravenscholar
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
My final long form video of the year is up (in 2 parts). 📚 I’m briefly talking about the books, manga, and graphic novels I read this year, and putting them on an internet friendly tier list. ⭐️
#booksky #tierlists #booktube
youtu.be/G0SfljoH1Lg?...
#booksky #tierlists #booktube
youtu.be/G0SfljoH1Lg?...
Finicky Individual Ranks All the Media from her Year | Part 1: Books
YouTube video by Rona is Reading
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December 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My final long form video of the year is up (in 2 parts). 📚 I’m briefly talking about the books, manga, and graphic novels I read this year, and putting them on an internet friendly tier list. ⭐️
#booksky #tierlists #booktube
youtu.be/G0SfljoH1Lg?...
#booksky #tierlists #booktube
youtu.be/G0SfljoH1Lg?...
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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genius
im this 🤏 close to just carrying around a massive roll of dot stickers that say "ai generated" on them whenever I go out to stores and marking items accordingly for the public
December 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
genius
Rona/Ro
she/her on this site
📚 My bookish youtube channel is Rona is Reading / @Ro.Reading!
✏️ I’m a writer of character-driven genre fiction (mostly fantasy), graphic designer, and generic book + warm drink enthusiast
✨ Ace | aro | queer in ways mysterious to you ✨
she/her on this site
📚 My bookish youtube channel is Rona is Reading / @Ro.Reading!
✏️ I’m a writer of character-driven genre fiction (mostly fantasy), graphic designer, and generic book + warm drink enthusiast
✨ Ace | aro | queer in ways mysterious to you ✨
December 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Rona/Ro
she/her on this site
📚 My bookish youtube channel is Rona is Reading / @Ro.Reading!
✏️ I’m a writer of character-driven genre fiction (mostly fantasy), graphic designer, and generic book + warm drink enthusiast
✨ Ace | aro | queer in ways mysterious to you ✨
she/her on this site
📚 My bookish youtube channel is Rona is Reading / @Ro.Reading!
✏️ I’m a writer of character-driven genre fiction (mostly fantasy), graphic designer, and generic book + warm drink enthusiast
✨ Ace | aro | queer in ways mysterious to you ✨
Super adorable new bookends are set up! My black cat is eyeing them suspiciously though 🐈⬛
#christmas #booksky #fantasybooks
#christmas #booksky #fantasybooks
December 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Super adorable new bookends are set up! My black cat is eyeing them suspiciously though 🐈⬛
#christmas #booksky #fantasybooks
#christmas #booksky #fantasybooks
My latest youtube video is live!
I’m talking about God of the Woods, A Mouthful of Dust, Parable of the Sower, Land of the Lustrous, What’s Wrong?, Yellowface, Clariel, and No More Heroes. There also may or may not be a cat! 
#booktube #readingwrapup #booksky
youtu.be/frn3_XsBThI?...
I’m talking about God of the Woods, A Mouthful of Dust, Parable of the Sower, Land of the Lustrous, What’s Wrong?, Yellowface, Clariel, and No More Heroes. There also may or may not be a cat! 
#booktube #readingwrapup #booksky
youtu.be/frn3_XsBThI?...
Every book I read in November | Manga, novels, nonfiction
YouTube video by Rona is Reading
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December 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
My latest youtube video is live!
I’m talking about God of the Woods, A Mouthful of Dust, Parable of the Sower, Land of the Lustrous, What’s Wrong?, Yellowface, Clariel, and No More Heroes. There also may or may not be a cat! 
#booktube #readingwrapup #booksky
youtu.be/frn3_XsBThI?...
I’m talking about God of the Woods, A Mouthful of Dust, Parable of the Sower, Land of the Lustrous, What’s Wrong?, Yellowface, Clariel, and No More Heroes. There also may or may not be a cat! 
#booktube #readingwrapup #booksky
youtu.be/frn3_XsBThI?...
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Its my birthday today! More importantly I finally got the new pins I teased up on my shop, my birthday gift to you all!!
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November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Its my birthday today! More importantly I finally got the new pins I teased up on my shop, my birthday gift to you all!!
rjpalmerstore.com/collections/...
rjpalmerstore.com/collections/...
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When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
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Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
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Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
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October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
May 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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I don’t care if you hate porn. Please for the love of god don’t get stuck there cognitively.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Well, here we go. The GOP has just introduced a bill to effectively outlaw all pornography.
The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards.
dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards.
dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
EXCLUSIVE: New GOP Bill Seeks To Take Sledgehammer To Online Porn Industry
Congressional Republicans will introduce legislation Thursday that would severely crack down on internet pornography and upend the online porn industry.
dailycaller.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I don’t care if you hate porn. Please for the love of god don’t get stuck there cognitively.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.
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Bone chilling.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Bone chilling.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
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