Susanna Kearsley
@susannakearsley.bsky.social
writer • time traveller • professional procrastinator • respecter of readers • settler on lands of the Anishinabek Nation • she/her • susannakearsley.com
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Not to mention that school and library sales are a HUGE portion of all authors' sales. So they get the sale that you personally didn't pay for, your neighbor gets better access to books, and your unhoused pal has a place to sit WE ALL WIN
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Not to mention that school and library sales are a HUGE portion of all authors' sales. So they get the sale that you personally didn't pay for, your neighbor gets better access to books, and your unhoused pal has a place to sit WE ALL WIN
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If you want literature to exist you have to support it and that doesn't always mean you, personally, will pay. The more we USE our libraries the better they can justify their funding, and the more people they can serve.
By stealing instead, you're cheating your neighbors AND the artists. Dick.
By stealing instead, you're cheating your neighbors AND the artists. Dick.
November 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
If you want literature to exist you have to support it and that doesn't always mean you, personally, will pay. The more we USE our libraries the better they can justify their funding, and the more people they can serve.
By stealing instead, you're cheating your neighbors AND the artists. Dick.
By stealing instead, you're cheating your neighbors AND the artists. Dick.
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Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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“the people running the tech industry are no longer those that built it…And when you’re a do-nothing looking to profit as much as possible, you only care about growth. You’re not a user, you’re a parasite”
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“the people running the tech industry are no longer those that built it…And when you’re a do-nothing looking to profit as much as possible, you only care about growth. You’re not a user, you’re a parasite”
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I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
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Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
Tommy Douglas’s daughter, Shirley, was an activist and actor who married fellow actor Donald Sutherland, making Tommy Douglas not only the father of our Canadian healthcare system, but the grandfather of Kiefer Sutherland. We’re proud of them all 🇨🇦
Today in Canadians are hella smart:
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Tommy Douglas’s daughter, Shirley, was an activist and actor who married fellow actor Donald Sutherland, making Tommy Douglas not only the father of our Canadian healthcare system, but the grandfather of Kiefer Sutherland. We’re proud of them all 🇨🇦
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The plan was leaked by the Russians and no one in America’s historically inept administration knew what anyone else was doing so people started getting behind it because they thought it was official policy.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The plan was leaked by the Russians and no one in America’s historically inept administration knew what anyone else was doing so people started getting behind it because they thought it was official policy.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
Putin totally played the US, knowing full well he was up against incompetents and idiots.
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Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.
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Russia laundering its Ukraine "wish list" through Axios and getting the Trump regime to claim it as a "U.S. peace plan" should have been on all of our bingo cards.
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Russia laundering its Ukraine "wish list" through Axios and getting the Trump regime to claim it as a "U.S. peace plan" should have been on all of our bingo cards.
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Ivy keeps its green while the garden sleeps, and old lore says it is one of the plants that shelters fairies during winter. If you bring a sprig indoors during the festive season, handle it gently… you may be carrying a tiny guest tucked away amongst its leaves. #FolkloreSunday
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Ivy keeps its green while the garden sleeps, and old lore says it is one of the plants that shelters fairies during winter. If you bring a sprig indoors during the festive season, handle it gently… you may be carrying a tiny guest tucked away amongst its leaves. #FolkloreSunday
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If the 28-point plan came from Russia and somehow ended up in the hands of U.S. lawmakers, then we don’t have a “leak” problem we have a foreign influence problem. And anyone downplaying that should not be anywhere near national security decisions.
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If the 28-point plan came from Russia and somehow ended up in the hands of U.S. lawmakers, then we don’t have a “leak” problem we have a foreign influence problem. And anyone downplaying that should not be anywhere near national security decisions.
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Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.
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I'm just going to continue to scream into the void from inside the tech industry: no one, not even Amazon, has advanced enough AI to replace 1800 engineers.
They're just firing workers and piling their work on other *human* workers without paying them more, as companies have ever done.
They're just firing workers and piling their work on other *human* workers without paying them more, as companies have ever done.
WARN filings expose 4.7k of Amazon's 14k cuts last month. 500 PMs were laid off while engineers (1,800 laid off) were hit hardest, mostly SDE IIs which refutes the "management bloat" narrative.
The trend is clear: Big Tech continues to purge junior roles due to "AI efficiency gains."
The trend is clear: Big Tech continues to purge junior roles due to "AI efficiency gains."
Amazon cut more than 1,800 engineers in record layoffs, despite saying it needs to innovate faster
Nearly 40% of the roughly 4,700 positions Amazon eliminated across Washington, New York, New Jersey and California were engineering jobs.
www.cnbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I'm just going to continue to scream into the void from inside the tech industry: no one, not even Amazon, has advanced enough AI to replace 1800 engineers.
They're just firing workers and piling their work on other *human* workers without paying them more, as companies have ever done.
They're just firing workers and piling their work on other *human* workers without paying them more, as companies have ever done.
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🇩🇪🇺🇦 Merz: I want to say very clearly: the end of this war is only possible with the full consent of Ukraine.
Wars cannot be ended in a way that great powers decide over the heads of those directly affected by the aggression.
This war can only be stopped with the consent of Ukraine and Europe.
Wars cannot be ended in a way that great powers decide over the heads of those directly affected by the aggression.
This war can only be stopped with the consent of Ukraine and Europe.
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🇩🇪🇺🇦 Merz: I want to say very clearly: the end of this war is only possible with the full consent of Ukraine.
Wars cannot be ended in a way that great powers decide over the heads of those directly affected by the aggression.
This war can only be stopped with the consent of Ukraine and Europe.
Wars cannot be ended in a way that great powers decide over the heads of those directly affected by the aggression.
This war can only be stopped with the consent of Ukraine and Europe.
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I love it when everybody is talking about something horrifying but no sign of the source is on my feed, it's like using the gravity of unseen objects to make speculation about bodies in space
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I love it when everybody is talking about something horrifying but no sign of the source is on my feed, it's like using the gravity of unseen objects to make speculation about bodies in space
And now thanks to that last repost I’ve got Adam Ant songs playing in my brain 😊
This was one of my favourites back in the day, both to dance to, and as a personal anthem…
This was one of my favourites back in the day, both to dance to, and as a personal anthem…
Adam Ant - Room At The Top
YouTube video by AdamAntVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
And now thanks to that last repost I’ve got Adam Ant songs playing in my brain 😊
This was one of my favourites back in the day, both to dance to, and as a personal anthem…
This was one of my favourites back in the day, both to dance to, and as a personal anthem…
Context for the non-GenXers out there, who never knew the splendour that was Adam Ant…
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Context for the non-GenXers out there, who never knew the splendour that was Adam Ant…
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As we all know, Wolverine's bones are laced with adamantium. This not only makes him nigh indestructible but he can sing "Stand and Deliver" and "Prince Charming" at the drop of a hat.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As we all know, Wolverine's bones are laced with adamantium. This not only makes him nigh indestructible but he can sing "Stand and Deliver" and "Prince Charming" at the drop of a hat.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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AOC to Pablo Reports: A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity. To remove that designation indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
AOC to Pablo Reports: A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity. To remove that designation indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
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But when we crave power over life—endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality—then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the world is swayed, and ruin weighs heavy in the scale.
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
But when we crave power over life—endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality—then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the world is swayed, and ruin weighs heavy in the scale.