Look at these beautiful books I can't afford! www.ebay.com/itm/15666184...

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

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I really liked this shot I was able to get of a Ruby Throated Hummingbird just as it comes up to a flower for a sip. #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

8/ Unfortunately, “Cyberselfish“ predicted the future but did not sell well. Borsook's writing career hit the rocks as tech fortunes skyrocketed astronomically in the 2000s. She is now elderly, disabled and struggling to survive as the rest of the world finds out what she knew a long time ago.

9/ I had launch with Paulina Borsook last month in Oakland. Her life is hard, but she still has a lot to say! She's trying to raise funds to get a new version of the book reissued on the Internet Archive. Some of her friends have a running GoFundMe to support her: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

1. lol, lmao even 2. Hell of an advertisement for Italy after living in the Bay as long as I have.

this is Dinky Pinkerton, he is a teenage supervillain with 4 front thumbs

One of the cruellest and most devastating diseases known to humanity, Huntington's disease, has been successfully treated for the first time in our history. www.bbc.com/news/article...

If you see the little oval white dots on it, that's not mold. It molds green, those are cheese crystals. Which if you are unfamiliar, are as awesome as they sound.

How can you not love this city and @thecity.nyc ?

Telltale sign of this odd Atlantic season: The #Azores are on track to experience a hurricane, #Gabrielle, before anyplace in North or Central America or the Caribbean. Meanwhile, Hong Kong and points west are bracing for #Ragasa, still at Cat 4 strength. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/09/hurr...

“A dark yet hopeful story that is engrossing enough to be a beach read . . . Weed reminds us why cli-fi matters.” — Seven Days If you’re in a book club and want to suggest #theafterlifeproject, downloadable discussion prompts are now available. timweed.net/the-afterlif... #booksky 📚💙 #greensky

Sometimes you just have to make cake at it. @authorgaylord.bsky.social asked if it was rapture cake and why not!! (This is Samin Nosrat's yellow cake and sour cream frosting from her new book, Good Things.)

dudes rock

Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in. Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol. It's like his work never happened.

NEW: Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.

can confirm

I’m open to queries again! I’m an associate literary agent at Azantian Literary, repping YA, queer adult romance, and some nonfiction. I’ve worked in book publishing for ten years at NetGalley, Writers House, Entangled, Triada US, and more. I’d love to hear from you! querytracker.net/query/bookma...

"Partner should be a healthy mix of introvert (99 percent) and extrovert (1 percent). Should be compassionate and empathetic, and able to pack that empathy into one concise nod. Bonus points if you appreciate the finer things in life and have no desire to discuss them."

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

No - this is not the latest satirical headline at @theonion.com This is reality for the 49,000+ students who attend Lamar Consolidated ISD schools. www.txftrp.org/pinkalicious...

Truly hate to see this all happen to my country. I don’t have the words to say anything someone else hasn’t already said, so I’ll just say I’m legitimately sad.

This stunning Hoopoe did the right thing for a change and just sat on this rock next to my car for a photo session 😂 Most have gone but we always have a few winter here. #birds #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #Alicante #canonphotography

Dance! (Sandhill Cranes) #birds

btw if you’re 13-26 and live in the US, you can get a free library card from seattle public library through their books unbanned program to access their extensive catalog of ebooks and audiobooks! this is the link: www.spl.org/programs-and... #booksky

People in Florida are painting rainbows 🌈 in pot holes to get them fixed quicker 🤣

Written as an email to former Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, frequent McSweeney's contributor @lisaborders.bsky.social 's "Last Night at the Disco" has been praised as “hilarious” by Publishers Weekly. Today, we’re thrilled to share an excerpt from the book.

Behold: www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

A friend of mine co-owns this bookstore. This is not great. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...

Bought black lemon gouda cheese at the Dutch Groceries and Giftware store (in Ottawa). I am a sucker for weird food. It is indeed black cheese and it tastes like gouda with lemon.

Oystercatchers are so CUTE. Great color scheme, solid hustle, really good bird.

finally went to the conveyor belt cheese extravaganza and it is everything

This is a must-read. It's also why GenX and older felt so betrayed by Millennials rejecting feminism. This is what we grew up with. 🤮

I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.

"Unlike other chatbots, ChatPerson’s answers to your queries are provided by real humans. Specifically, it is staffed by writers, artists, and researchers whose livelihoods are in peril thanks to chatbots."

This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.

Hello, I didn’t check the delivery address when I ordered some Chipotle delivery just now so if you are in Chicago and would like a chicken burrito go to: The Chicago Hotel Ambassador 1301 N State Pkwy Chicago, IL 60610 It’s at the front desk. Enjoy!

Why would any foreign country invest in a nation that did this?

I always love those lists of "35 under 35," but as I get older, I find that I would love to know about innovations/art from people over 65. "65 over 65" please. Elders have incredible ideas that are the result of having seen the full lifecycle of previous ideas and learned from it.

This. 👇👇👇 JB Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: Once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?”

incredible work. become uncarryable.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

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‘Someone needs to answer for what happened’: Lisbon reacts to streetcar crash that killed 16

How much does it cost to stop a street safety project? If you're former mayoral aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin, it's over $12k... and a 15 second TV cameo. Streetsblog's Yoshi Omi-Jarrett dives into how greed allegedly pumped the brakes on making a safer McGuinness Blvd. www.youtube.com/shorts/CBeZE...

Oh my 💔 Lisbon