As always, I recommend people be skeptical of influencer marketing like this. Don't let people leverage parasocial relationships, trust, and political identity to sell you things that ultimately aren't in your best interest. And question the integrity of those those who do.

Communities need used-book shops. As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories... We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.

Just wanted to make sure! (I hate driving this time of year 🫠)

I'm so ready for this! #Olympics #HockeySky

Heat up your winter with the books everyone will be talking about in 2026. Grab a Galley is LIVE! 📚 LINK buff.ly/oQTjeIo #BookBuzz #GrabAGalley #MustReads2026

Casino is 30 Love this brief but crucial scene with the late great L Q Jones as the county commissioner marking the beginning of the end of Ace Rothstein’s Vegas empire without him realising it yet. Jones apparently helped write the scene. youtu.be/37dnHI3QM2M?...

#TBRChallenge Theme: Change of Plans Captive of Fate by Lindsay McKenna 2.5 stars whiskeyinthejarromance.blogspot.com/2025/11/revi... Liked and disliked some character aspects, lost it's way for awhile, & interesting post war authorial thinking in the fabric. #romancelandia #BookSky

Day 1237 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and a little friend said thank you for the work I did on the lawn where she/he lives this morning 🤗❤️ #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters #365DaysWild

Just realized #TBRChallenge is this Wednesday! 4th pick out of a garage sale book box fits theme of Change of Plans Captive of Fate by Lindsay McKenna Alanna was supposed to expose Colonel Matt but Change of Plans(!!!) her heart has turned traitor on her. #Romancelandia #BookSky #Reading

Absolute embarrassment

I can't believe it - I'm caught up on everything other than sending out ICYMI stuff for my own blog. Speaking of, a reminder that I've opened up the theme poll for the 2026 #TBRChallenge wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/11/tbrc... Send me ALL the suggestions #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

❄️ Snowflakes in the air! Stay snow globe and don't accumulate, thank you please.

Photographer Alex Kormann and I went Up North last week to talk to people along Lake Superior about why "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" still resonates so much, especially this time of year. www.startribune.com/50-years-lat...

First batch of #NovemberReads ARCS The Library of Fates by Margot Harrison The Ferryman and His Wife by Frode Grytten Your Knife, My Heart by K.M. Moronova Theme for month: Kindle Freebies Random Number Generator picked #464 Worth Every Second by Jocelyne Soto #BookSky #Romancelandia #Reading

🐸 lil pond adventurer #b3d #pokemon #art

#BookReview Break Wide the Sea by Sara Holland 3 stars whiskeyinthejarromance.blogspot.com/2025/11/revi... 1800s whaling historical fantasy YA, liked the historical fiction aspects more than weak love triangle romance Cliffhanger! #BookSky #Romancelandia #YoungAdult

🚨🚨 NEW: Body Cameras Show How Police Acted During Minneapolis’ Largest Mass Arrest Unicorn Riot is releasing the footage of 73 Minneapolis Police videos from the arrest of over 646 people the night after the 2020 elections. View the story, videos, & a curated media guide at our website. 🧵

LibraryThing sat down this month with author Eugen Bacon / @genni.bsky.social in order to discuss two of her new science fiction novellas—"Novic, a standalone prequel to "Claiming T-Mo," and "The Nga’phandileh Whisperer," a novella in The Sauútiverse—that came out this past September. #💙📚 #Booksky

Taking an end of the year break from state/national and focusing on more local, food banks and library events/issues. Hoping this will give me some needed mental rest and more time to get back to reading. Organizing ARCs and tbr, exited to get some book talking in again!

“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis

34-33, MN 💙

#BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn

It's spooky season and October's Unusual Historicals are here to help you scratch that itch. Gothics, secrets, and heroines with reputations. What's not to love? wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/10/spoo... #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."

💜 SIGNED & NUMBERED Prints of my PRINCE charcoal drawing are AVAILABLE!💜 Only 50 limited-edition prints available 👀 Makes a great holiday gift and priced LOW! ⚡🎁 👉 Grab yours before they sell out: jonlionartist.com/shop (also, the ORIGINAL drawing is still available!)

Hope everyone felt and found community today.

Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings

Another example of 'get in where you can get in' and everyone can do something of use... blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/16/a...

Hi #PortfolioDay ! I'm an artist with a great fondness for the dark and beautiful in the natural world. I adore all things strange and surreal, and I'm deeply inspired by fantasy, folklore and horror. 🌙 🕯️ Portfolio: gwenypatu-art.crd.co 🕯️ Links: linktr.ee/gwenypatu 🕯️ Contact: [email protected]

Muskox Monday mood: activated. Willow and Pretzel are zooming into the week like pros! 💕 #MondayMotivation 📹: Curator Jen

#RedWings lose 5-1 to start the season. Sigh. #HockeySky #NHL

'Tis the season for Heat Turn On Day!

Sports don’t have to be passive recreation. Not that it isn’t important. We all need it. But approach them correctly and they sharpen the mind. It’s like reading. A book about Napoleon doesn’t just teach you about France.

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Develop and shore up your center; inner strength gets you through it. If you're able to buy a home, get a book on how to maintain it. Who knew what an air-to-air exchanger was, who knew they had filters?! Have a hobby, specified interest. Have fun with it and try not to make them all hustles.

On the forest floor, October suddenly brings the rich live of fungi. I like seeing them trough the camera lens and there is always chance to capture unusual bokeh. 🍄🍂🍃 #nature #fungi #photography #bokeh #macro #widllife #woods #forest #naturephotography #bluesky #FungiFriday

Partnership wilding.

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For those who wonder what a modern postal service could look like, one example is in France, where letter carriers provide check-ins on the elderly for very affordable rates, while completing their routes. I encourage everyone to read the whole thing #CanadaPost www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...

Oooh, more options to choose from for my Halloween bingo. Join in the spooky groove with me!

In case you missed it, a magical ✨cover✨ for #witchqueenrising debuting 4/2026 finally arrived! If you like immersive writing, a world you can sink your teeth into, and an underdog unafraid to bite back, preorder today. US: tinyurl.com/y352z2dc UK: geni.us/WitchQueenRi...

The tale of Tam Lin started as a Scottish ballad featuring a strong-willed heroine, a powerful faerie queen, and a knight in need of rescue. Here are six gripping retellings of this slippery, shapeshifting story! reactormag.com/a-knight-to-...

John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.

Almost a month late but starting Halloween Bingo with my Secret Reading Room friends! Look at the beautiful card made for me. I'll try to remember this thread, but for master post on my blog: whiskeyinthejarromance.blogspot.com/2025/09/2025... #BookSky #HorrorSky #HorrorBooks #Spooky #Reading

"The level of chaos and the depth of suffering was because of the type of weapon used. At Annunciation, the shooter fired more than 100 rounds with a high-powered rifle. That is why there were so many victims. That is why the injuries were so severe. The type of gun matters. " – Dr. Tim Kummer

Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough

Knight and Day is an underrated movie.

We don't know what's going to happen so might as well fight for better. That's really my basic political orientation.

No better time to sign-up at your local library!

Sunday’s 11-hour final blowout at the 119-year-old Minneapolis dive bar ended with Cornbread Harris taking longtime patrons to “church” 🎶🙏🏻