Paladin Jane
@paladinjane.bsky.social
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SFF book blogger (on hiatus) and archivist. She/her. Blog:
https://paladinjanereviews.wordpress.com/
I buy over 100 books a year. I've got 79 books preordered right this moment. Bluesky is the main place I get my info on new releases, from authors, publishers, and reviewers talking about great books.
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My earrings from
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Errick Nunnally
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A bangin' list, as usual, from
@geraldcoleman.bsky.social
geraldcoleman.com/beginners-gu...
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Beginner's Guide to Black Science Fiction and Fantasy
A beginner's guide to black science fiction and fantasy
https://geraldcoleman.com/beginners-guide-to-black-science-fiction-and-fantasy
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Tade Thompson
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Ten(ish) of the Best African Speculative Short Fiction Stories of 2025 - Reactor
Here are some of the speculative fiction gems that may have flown under the radar in 2025...
https://reactormag.com/tenish-of-the-best-african-speculative-short-fiction-stories-of-2025/
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Dang, this is such a great bundle. Everything I've already read in it has been excellent. I'm excited to read the rest of it.
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4 months ago
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Erin Reed
4 months ago
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
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2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/2026-trans-girl-scouts-to-order-cookies
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I absolutely loved One Message Remains! This is another of my favorite books of this year. Every story is a gem.
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Solaris Books
6 months ago
This #thanksgiving, snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive)
geni.us/Solarissale
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nd they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future! 1/2
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Mad Sisters of Esi was one of the best books I read this year! (And I've read over 300 books this year, so I really mean it when I say this was one of my favorites.) Gorgeous writing that takes you on a magical, surreal journey through time, space, and sisterly relationships.
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Alex Zalben
6 months ago
Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome: - Right-click - Unpin Gone!
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Suzanne Palmer
8 months ago
For anyone concerned there may be something to the Tylenol-autism BS, I present:
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David_j_roth
8 months ago
We took the paywall down on this one.
defector.com/how-the-fuck...
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How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector
As the muggy malaise of summer winds down, you might find yourself interested in taking advantage of one of several safe and proven vaccines to help protect you from the inevitable brumal surge of res...
https://defector.com/how-the-fuck-are-you-supposed-to-get-your-covid-vaccine
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Also not a bad idea to ask your doctor to check your MMR titers even if you are fully vaccinated, because immunity can wane on any of the three. I got mine checked earlier this year and discovered I was no longer immune to mumps. Sibling was no longer immune to measles. Find out the easy way!
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10 months ago
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Evil Hat
11 months ago
Explore and celebrate the queer experience with this special Pride deal from
@bundleofholding.com
! For $9.95 pick up Star Crossed, Moonlight on Roseville Beach, and Thirsty Sword Lesbians. Level up to add Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast and more. Just three days left!
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Brandon O’Brien
12 months ago
Just about a day and a half left in this StoryBundle! Check it out before it's gone!
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Chise
12 months ago
GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here:
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK.
www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
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FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/fda-vaccine-framework-new-covid-shot-recommendations-vinay-prasad-marty-makary/
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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️🌈🚀🦄 📜
about 1 year ago
Just because I am not surprised does not mean I'm not angry. Carla Hayden, like every other *actually qualified federal worker* that has been shamefully treated in this unconscionable manner deserves better.
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
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President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
Hayden, who became the first woman and the first African American to serve as the Librarian of Congress when she was appointed in 2016, was abruptly fired via email late Thursday.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g-s1-65271/librarian-of-congress-fired
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A TTRPG indie game bundle with Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast (which has been on my list to check out), and it supports a group that helps folks in my community? YES PLEASE
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about 1 year ago
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Katina Rogers
about 1 year ago
My Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side.
#humanities
#highered
#neh
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Say Goodbye to Small-Town Libraries and Museums, Thanks to Trump’s Latest Cuts
The NEH budget is tiny. The loss is huge.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/trump-doge-neh-funding-grants-canceled-fellowships.html
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Jamie McKelvie
about 1 year ago
"There’s no local, American substitute for Heart, or Eat the Reich, or Honey Heist; you can’t just swap out one piece of art for another."
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The Siege of Burning Grass and Sinophagia are excellent and I *highly* recommend this bundle!
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about 1 year ago
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them)
about 1 year ago
Get ready to lose a shit-ton of library services.
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Subterranean Press
about 1 year ago
If you missed this wonderful story by
@wtalabi.bsky.social
, grab your free ebook now:
subterraneanpress.com/unquiet-on-t...
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Matthew Noe 🔜 TCAF
about 1 year ago
I propose a new rule: Library vendors don't get to call themselves our partners if they aid in the censorship of material Christ almighty, what are we even doing 📚
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Matt
about 1 year ago
Librarianship won't love you back!
@fobettarh.bsky.social
's Vocation Awe should be required reading!
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Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/
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I am going to preorder this the instant it's available, because wow does this premise perfectly appeal to me in every way.
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about 1 year ago
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)
about 1 year ago
everything is so shitty, read this story about a genuinely good man who saw he had an opportunity to save millions of lives and threw himself into doing so. the world is full of heroes like him.
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Faine Greenwood
about 1 year ago
If George Dale in Muncie, Indiana could risk his life - and spend regular time in jail - to constantly make fun of the KKK in his newspaper in the 1920s, we can take no shit from MAGAs today.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them)
about 1 year ago
Turning the national archives into a propaganda machine is the literal antithesis of what an archives should be.
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Smart Bitches
about 1 year ago
Maryland friends: Gov Moore has some new resources if you're a fed affected by *gestures wildly*
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Evil Hat
about 1 year ago
In partnership with
@drivethrurpg.com
and four other publishers, we are proud to support the Queer Love Bundle. All proceeds benefit
@outrightintl.bsky.social
to help strengthen the LGBTIQ human rights movement. Five great games for a worthy cause. Get it here:
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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Sam Cross (she/her)
over 1 year ago
From my archival heart and soul: FUCK!
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In light of RFK's nomination, I asked my doctor to check my MMR titers, since
@rahaeli.bsky.social
mentioned that immunity can wear off. Turns out that even with the full 2-dose series in childhood, I'm no longer immune to mumps, so MMR booster, here I come!
over 1 year ago
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Chris Hayes
over 1 year ago
If you want to read a new book coming out but don't want to buy it, a great thing you can do is ask your local library to order it. The more requests they get, the more likely they are to acquire it and then lots of people will get to read it who othewise wouldn't.
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Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️🌈🚀🦄 📜
over 1 year ago
:sigh: the National Archivist has not been ordered to publish and certify it, though. Tell me again how archives are neutral. :headdesk:
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Ada Palmer
over 1 year ago
Day 2 sharing teaser
#HistoryPix
for "Inventing the Renaissance" (out in one month!). Often in Florence one sees buildings like this, where one section is rough stone standing out amid stucco neighbors. It's actually a remnant of the old Guelph-Ghibelline feuds that so long rocked Medieval Italy 1/?
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Al Kennedy
over 1 year ago
Seen a few "at least we'll always have [writer/artist/performer name here]". You might not! When the details of Whedon's behaviour came out, people were saying it about Gaiman! Putting people on a pedestal only sets you up for damaging yourself, and discourages other victims who haven't come forward
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Tachyon Publications
over 1 year ago
Our first newsletter of '25 hits on Jan 2. Make sure you've signed up for the Tachyon newsletter to get a free book! We're giving away one digital title a month for all of 2025 to everyone who is signed up for the newsletter! To sign up visit
https://buff.ly/3OUAknx
#Tachyon30
#giveaway
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In case any uranium glass collectors are out there in these blue skies, Holly Antiques in Holly, MI has a whole lot of fabulous pieces. Here's the hand-painted uranium glass I picked up there over the holidays.
@funranium.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
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Grant Howitt
over 1 year ago
Twas the night before Christmas And all through the air Came the growling and snarling Of three GODDAMN BEARS Please enjoy A Very Honey Heist Xmas. PDFs and author’s notes here:
www.patreon.com/posts/very-h...
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If any paleographers out there want a puzzle on this Christmas Eve, I'd love some help deciphering the handwritten portions of this baptismal certificate that's been passed down in my family for generations. The date is easy, but the rest is proving difficult for me.
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It's always a good day when my local library tells me that the book I suggested for purchase got approved. In case you didn't know this was an option, if you want to read a book and your library doesn't have it, you can ask them to buy it! They'll often say yes!
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Babel by R. F. Kuang Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction edited by Sonia Sulaiman
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over 1 year ago
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Nino Cipri
over 1 year ago
At the bookstore, I see so many parents telling their kids they can’t have a comic, they need to pick out a “real book.” Comics and graphic novels are real books! They’re rewarding, engaging experiences! LET KIDS READ COMICS
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I've read 144 books this year to date. Here's a list of my favorites (in no particular order): 1 and 2.
@tkingfisher.com
's What Moves the Dead and A Sorceress Comes to Call 3.
@angelaslatter.bsky.social
's Briar Book of the Dead 4.
@wesleychu.bsky.social
's The Art of Destiny 1/4
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I loved this book so much. It was weird in all the best ways.
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over 1 year ago
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Courtney Milan
over 1 year ago
I don’t want to be around people who like to fantasize about shooting other people. I want to be around people who like to fantasize about making yummy community meals.
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Dr. Emily Friedman
over 1 year ago
Note to Americans who travel to the UK: after January 8 you will need an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA). You apply once, it’s about $13 USD, & it is good for 2 years. It opened for applications today & mine was approved in minutes, FWIW.
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Hester Pangs
over 1 year ago
Working in an archive is having these moments on a semi-daily basis and watching other people process their discoveries in real time. I wish we talked more about how so much of this is therapy for people seeking answers or closure too.
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