Ok, instead of amplifying today's nonsense. I'll tell you all again that you need to read Time is the Thing a Body Moves Through please and thank you

I said this to a friend yesterday and will repeat it here. A lot of people are going to be hyper-focused on elections this year but if that's not your ministry, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HYPER-FOCUS there. There's so much other organizing work to do. You can focus your energies and attention there.

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Look, after what happened on CBS tonight + Semafor's reporting about NYT and WaPo? I'm putting this out there again. Publishing friends, so many of you have been so great about this - I'd appreciate another boost. Because I'm worried. 😕

It still boggles my fucking mind that we watched Republicans recover from the biggest electoral defeat in decades by overtly acting as an opposition party (remember why you can't filibuster Supreme Court nominations?) & today's Democrats just fucking refuse to be an opposition party!

You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat

“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.” Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.

Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave. People care.

the thing is that all the people telling me "the Democrats aren't gonna do anything" are demonstrably right but what have you got? if it's "you, a person, should 'do something'" you're not serious.

impeach him. try to do it once a month, if necessary. build the case over and over to not just the American people but to the world that this isn’t the way things should be here, that this isn’t the way we should use our power abroad.

I know there's a lot going on but I need you to know that at the moment, the various restocks over the week have resulted in PSB having 69 copies of Heated Rivalry on order

The problem with "we need to get back to normal" is that's what Biden's 2020 win was and you got: more Trump. You won't defeat Modern Fascism That Was Able To Thrive In This System with more of: this system. I know you're glazing Newsome and Buttigieg but they're a one-way ticket to Tucker 2032.

It takes longer to create than to destroy. I believe we will see a lot of great things that started in 2025 come to fruition in 2026. Media. Art. Organizing. Other stuff. It's gonna be a hard year, but it will be the difficulty of growth & ambition

We're a bit biased on this issue, but we believe the type of thinking that comes from deeply engaging with books & literature ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU WRITE YOUR THOUGHTS DOWN, is a powerful antidote to the type of thinking that got us...uh...here...

In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing. You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics. That is all.

"fuck you, make me" win number 9302034

Last handsell of 2025 is going to be Event Factory to a fan of Raw Shark Text. Pretty solid way to go out.

"Pilsen Community Books embodies the true Chicago spirit—earnest without being precious, opinionated without being smug..." Thanks to Timeout Chicago for these tender words! Now we just need to get you guys some updated pics. 😎 www.timeout.com/chicago/news...

THE DAY CARES ARE LOCKED BECAUSE YOU MADE A GENERATION-LONG EFFORT TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO KILL THE CHILDREN INSIDE THEM YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING GHOULS

Ah yes, that feeling where you think you've had a great idea, but know you've had 2 good night gummies

I have been trying to come up with something with depth & nuance to say about this but...I guess just go read my essay The Least We Can Do. It's all there, everything is the same as it was in 2021, just like 2021 wasn't really different from when Popper wrote his paradox of tolerance.

Adding "Took my bookmark out of Schattenfroh" on the list of reasons why Alyce will be disinherited

I mean, I know my answer, but I want to hear yours

Are you an author in search of a New Years Resolution? Are you an author in search of a New Years Resolution that specifically has nothing to do with finishing your draft? Here's one: Resolve to join Authors Against Book Bans & help protect the right to read.

something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore

The important thing is that BlueSky had this GIF

When I wrote this in mid-December, there were still a handful of legislative races to go thru to close out 2025. All but one have been resolved and nothing has changed: Dems have still flipped 25 (21% of GOP-held seats in play), and GOP has flipped none. Final remaining is Tuesday.

Trying to think of an innovation from one of our current "titans of industry" that has had a bigger, direct, material benefit on people's lives than, like, the dough hook on a stand mixer.

👋Been seeing an influx of new folks so it is time for a reminder 🚫 If you support genAI, the Terf Wizarding School, and all associared forms of bigotry, you are not welcome here. ✅️ This is a queer friendly space for actual creatives.

Anyone know if there is a list or database somewhere that shows all the Republicans & conservatives published by PRH? It wouldn't be difficult to compile I just don't have the time

"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.

Dont't forget! It's go time for this one!

Right now, there is no easier byline in the world than some version of "actually it's the white men who are the real victims"

Told a very well-known to many customer today: “I’m less inclined always to save space for everything that WILL sell than I am to make space for things that I WANT to sell.” Not to say we are the best bookstore, but I desperately believe this is the key to any such aim or measure.

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” - Ray Goforth

Layli Long Soldier's poem 38 from the collection Whereas is worthy of your time today

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Hold the fuck up! Listen, I have seen what you all publish & how you justify it and y'all are passing on something that booksellers could put right next to On Tyranny. My eyes do not have enough side.

Not the important part of this, but...you don't need to respect conservative arguments or ideas because they sure as fuck don't respect yours. Deplatform on everu platform

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The best feeling in writing is that feeling when all the cobwebs clear and you're like YES that is THE ANSWER!!! I cannot imagine just...never experiencing that.

Well, friends, we are right down to it now. Though there's nothing wrong with a gift card, here are some great last minute gift ideas for the reader in your life that aren't, you know, gift cards...

I won’t be taking any criticism from these folks about what’s normal and what isn’t, thanks though

From Susan Cooper's The Shortest Day, a poem of the winter solstice: "They carol, feast, give thanks, And dearly love their friends, and hope for peace." That's really everything, isn't is. Not just today, but in life. Everything else either feeds into or draws away from them

The cost to get us from where we are now to a dramatically better world with drastically less material suffering is, frankly, paltry when compared to the wealth in our economy

You start to get cynical & bitter & then you find out one of your state's snow plows this year is named Clearopathra & you remember there is no limit to human brilliance

I've only got one day left for the holidays, but it's the last Saturday before Xmas.

Doom-scrolling break with some kickass books that are 20% off and actually in stock!

Thank you to @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social for the gift that keeps on giving, the one recommendation that hit, this one cool trick that will change your life. 2026: TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR HOPELESS CAUSE 🥂