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okay yall, WHO is excited for more details on #TheDiverseBaseline reading challenge (we're posting the official challenge guidelines on Saturday!) ?!?!?!?! (please someone say "me" lmao; throwing in the millennial and ever-cringe if not, no worries) #BookSky thediversebaseline.carrd.co

Go check out our latest post to welcome new team members to The Diverse Baseline's 2026 team 🥳 Alt text is embedded on Instagram & image descriptions are also in pinned comments. #TheDiverseBaseline www.instagram.com/p/DP9N1OREoM...

Okay so I woke up again in the middle of the night to a spider crawling on my leg. WHY DO SPIDERS HAVE BEEF WITH ME AND/OR LOVE ME?! This can *not* be a frequent occurrence or I will go craaaaaaazy I’m serious 😩

Hi, so if you’re reading this, maybe take a deep breath and drink some water 🥹🫶🏽

Book club to discuss Real Americans by Rachel Khong today — love connecting with others this way! #BookSky

Absolutely loved how unserious (but good!) Honey Don’t was! #MovieSky

Solo dates are so underrated!

Superman was so precious, I loved it so much 🥹 #MovieSky

Omg the song is called House Tour but my subliminal thoughts took over & renamed track 11 hahahahahahahahaa oops 😇

Sabrina Carpenter’s album Man’s Best Friend is a flop (to me). This thread is gonna be my review of the track list… In the words of Sabrina herself….. “Oh boy” #MusicSky

Huda is so *dangerous* for Black people — she fetishizes men, then villainizes & plays into the incredibly racist & harmful “angry Black woman” stereotypes towards Black women. Block me if you’re a Huda apologist because I have *zero* tolerance for racism #LoveIsland

Almost crashed out but sent it to the group chat instead 🤏🏽😊

Caramel by Conan Gray is doing GREAT THINGS for team care-uh-mell 😏🎶 #MusicSky

They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib — best read of the year (thus far), hands down #BookSky

You can *look* at my “currently reading” on @thestorygraph.com but if you talk to me about it, I will scream 🫣 #BookSky

Yall, I am slowly but surely getting through my digital tbr of owned ebooks. I’m so proud of myself! #BookSky

Thank goodness for Wells for speaking SENSE amidst the nonsense….. because how are yall perpetuating this nauseating and antiquated “bro code” mentality? Gross. Hate it hate it hate it. #BachelorInParadise

If you’d like to join the Bookish Millennials book club, here is more information (image descriptions are in alt text) #TheDiverseBaseline #BookSky

Book club is such a huge glimmer every month ♥️ today, we discussed I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham-Jones join us as we read books & meet via discord call for my reading challenge (thediversebaseline.carrd.co) #BookSky #TheDiverseBaseline

Happy bookstore romance day to those who celebrate 🫰🏽📖✨ #BookSky

Why tf does Jeremiah want a two tier mirror glazed cacao cake anyway? I didn’t even know mirror glaze was a thing til my 20s lmao rich people are wild 😭😭😭 #TSITP

Babe, the way I got *chills* hearing Conrad narrate four words at the end of S3E4 asdfghjkl ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #TheSummerITurnedPretty

Whomever plays Taylor’s mom Lucinda in The Summer I Turned Pretty …… Is this her first acting job because she is so hard to watch 😭

Me blushing, giggling and kicking my feet whenever Serena and Kordell are on my screen being cutie pies #BeyondTheVilla

What I read during July (stats courtesy of @thestorygraph.com) What was your favorite read of July? #BookSky

I woke up TO A SPIDER CRAWLING ON MY FACE 😭 I swiped it off but once I realized what I touched, I woke up & immediately searched for it within my blankets. I thought, ‘maybe it wasn’t a spider’ & it was just a leaf or something from outside (I have dogs) but then I found it UGHHH

Book club today with @stardustrohrig.com @bookishlymonique.bsky.social @notsobinaryart.bsky.social for #TheDiverseBaseline We discussed The Name Bearer by Natalia Hernandez Join us next month (on Discord) to read I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham-Jones thediversebaseline.carrd.co

Ready to be completely wrecked by Squid Game again 💔

NICOLANDRIA STANS, ARE YOU SCREAMING?! (Because I am SCREAMING!!!!) #LoveIslandUSA

Cried during the savasana in my yoga class as the trainer played “Where Is The Love” by Black Eyed Peas. I listened to that song for the first time when I was 12 years old, and it still being relevant at 33? Yeah, that hit a f@&2%€g chord.

The way people turn their head and/or pause in front of a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social that they unexpectedly find as they walk by? Then they smile or begin perusing for a book? I’m telling you, that gives me the same seratonin boost as receiving a hug, or meeting someone’s pet #BookSky

The little things 🥹🦋💕

Added 20 more used books to my pango shop pangobooks.com/bookstore/ma... 📚📦💕

A tough part of being unemployed is recognizing how much smaller your circle becomes & realizing the lack of mindfulness of affordability of outings & plans It sucks knowing some relationships are contingent on spending/having a surplus of disposable income It’s lonely, I can’t lie

When straight people date, it’s embarrassing for everyone. #LoveIslandUSA

two dumb bitches telling eachother exactlyyyyy #loveislandusa

Whomever created the concept of paying for parking — disrespectfully, screw you 🙃

cierra is perfect for love island i love herrr my client list as follows 1. olandria 2. chelley 3. cierra #loveislandusa

Austin and Charlie are the only men who didn't piss me off tonight we're in HELL #LoveIslandUSA

Ace is not a slow burner. He don’t like her. He’s rude. He IS a player. That girl did not deserve to be spoken to how he did. Just because he was calm doesn’t mean he wasn’t rude. I’m glad yall never been gaslit before. #LoveIslandUSA

How a man treats a girl he doesn’t respect is a huge warning sign for how he’ll treat you if you fall out of favor and that is why I need Ace far away from Chelley. Good on Amaya for standing up for herself. #LoveIslandUSA

Okay Ashley Flowers, you redeemed yourself with “The Missing Half” — this was waaaaaay better than “All Good People Here” #BookSky

Happy Pride Month honeys 🌈✨ — holding space for you no matter where you’re at in your journey. Know that you are valid & that I’m rooting for you!

Hang the DJ, my hopeful romantic self will *never* get sick of you 🥹 #BlackMirror #Netflix #Romance 💕

What’s everyone reading? Listening to? Watching? I’m currently listening to an advanced listening copy of Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan @prhaudio.bsky.social #BookSky

Glimmer: taking my mom to the library today to renew her library card 🥰 #BookSky

Not me re-watching Freedom Writers and Coach Carter like it’s 2005-2007 (okay but I still sob watching both of these every damn time)

Currently watching Nickel Boys I really appreciated reading the book by Colson Whitehead & highly recommend it. I’ll report back on the movie adaptation!