Considering the fact that I get more "Black Friday" emails for sales that start well before the Friday after Thanksgiving than ones that start on Friday, can we please just admit that Black Friday isn't a thing?

Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine. Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.

95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

I Want to Burn This Place Down by Maris Kreizman is a collection of essays that is so close to being as 🔥as its title and cover. The author just needed to dig a little deeper. 💙📚

Last call for the Bookmark Book for charity! 30 cross stitch designs with a $15 (or more) donation to a humanitarian aid org! sites.google.com/view/spellbo... #CrossStitch #StitchSky #BookSky #Craftivism

Spellbound Stitches The Bookmark Book Here are the bookmarks from the SciFi chapter by Gunnhild the Good, @manda-infinitybear.bsky.social, @theretrostitcher.bsky.social, & Yellow Birdie Stitches. 30 patterns for $15 to charity! Details: sites.google.com/view/spellbo... #CrossStitch #Craftivism

A pox on Amazon dropshippers. If I wanted to give money to Amazon, I would buy it from Amazon.

And, also, if you run a business that regularly purchases shipping supplies: ULINE is run by some of the worst people on Earth. Get your boxes and tape elsewhere.

And craft books. Mine are in there.

Hi, it's me again I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders. Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them Get one at Squidfacts.net!

TEEF.

Fall leaves make for good sniffing!

"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.

here is that Mexican ceramic chonky dog from 200–400 BCE that you needed

Your timeline has been blessed by the sleepy corgi blep.

If only we could all convince the AI-lovers in our lives to read Empire of AI by Karen Hao! This is a book that will make you mad and give you so much more ammo to try to convince people to stop using genAI tools for everything. 💙📚 ajreardon.com/book-review-...

It's really annoying to look at a cute cross-stitch pattern that appears to be designed by a real person, complete with actual stitched-up examples, and have all of Etsy's recommended related listings be much-cheaper AI slop. No thanks I'll support the actual artist.

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Need a break from doomscrolling? Please enjoy this review of one of my favorite things I've read so far this year, Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed. 💙📚 🌈📚 ajreardon.com/book-review-...

look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry

The Bookmark Book Fundraiser is now live! 📚 Get 30 Bookmark cross stitch patterns with a donation to a great cause! Full details here: sites.google.com/view/spellbo... #StitchSky #books #crossstitch #fiberart #Crafts

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

Got off work early today and went to the bookstore. Picked up some books for myself and some gifts, and added a couple more to my TBR for later. Then wandered around an art gallery that had a raven and crow themed show going on. Make sure to take time for things that bring you joy!

Spellbound Stitched Charity Bookmark Book v5 is now available!! Follow this link for all info & how to get yourself a copy 🥰🌞 sites.google.com/view/spellbo... #crossstitch #pixelart

Time to start a new cross-stitch project to keep me busy through the gloomy season! House of Book Dragons by @thestitchcrypt.com looks like it's going to be fun.

Did you know you can still sign up for this class ? 👀 tabling registrations through Nov 11. You haven't missed any of the good stuff yet.

If anyone is going to Geek Girl Con in Seattle this weekend ArenaNet still has some slots available for portfolio reviews. We have representatives covering the majority of game dev disciplines:

This is Rufus. His Halloween costume arrived late. Really wants to escargot trick-or-treating if you don’t mind turning on your porch light. 13/10 (IG: rufuscorg)

PDX peeps! What are you doing next Monday? How about attending STORYTELLING AGAINST HUNGER, a 5-hour marathon of author readings & open mic fun that's a fundraiser for the @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social ???? Rose City Book Pub, 4 pm - 9pm. bit.ly/43i9s8D

Here's a sneak peek of something big coming this Friday, 11/7! I'm excited to help raise funds for humanitarian and immigration aid with the next Spellbound Stitches collaboration! There's 30 designers and lots of amazing bookmarks for every type of stitcher. #CrossStitch #Craftivism #StitchSky

Hey Gen Z, it's your Elder Millennial Auntie. I heard they're getting after you for having a weekly little treat. You should know, if you stop buying coffee and pastries, they'll just blame you for killing the little treat industry.

Hey, if you're planning on dressing up as an ICE agent for Halloween because scaring vulnerable people is funny to you, there is still time for you to change your mind about the worst fucking idea you've ever had.

Looking for something creepy and cozy to read tomorrow? Check out my review of Dead & Breakfast by Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor. Vampire husbands solving crime in a cute Oregon town, what's not to like? 🌈📚 💙📚

With SNAP benefits suspended as of Nov. 1, local businesses are doing their part to offer free meals, collect donations and raise money.

We are up to 10 places. If you know of any more, send them our way and we can add to the list. www.oregonlive.com/food/2025/10...

Today is the final day the USPS recommends mailing your ballot in. MAGA attacks on the postal service mean that if you mail it after today, it may not be counted. If you can’t mail today, turn it in at your nearest ballot drop box, locations can be found here: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...

Portland, OR, if you're losing SNAP benefits I just saw Heretic Coffee on SE 28th will give you a free breakfast, no questions asked, starting on Nov 1st, just ask for the SNAP breakfast

We have a small handful of Tea Advent Calendars still unspoken for! I’m spoiling you by telling you today, while the “ThirstyThursday” coupon code is still active. Tonight you can save $10 on the loose leaf box or $5 on the compostable teabag version! www.fridaytea.com/products/tea...

A cool thing about donating blood is sometimes you get a little email telling you that your blood was given to a patient. So while I'm over here being a sick little blob with a head cold, my blood is helping save a life.

This is exactly the kind of thing a good editor will catch. Bring back editors. Give them human workloads so they can do what they do best—leave comments that poke holes in writers' nonsensical lines that they put in because they sound good, not because they make sense.

We have TWO DAYS LEFT and we still have... quite a few items... so it's time to do one final extremely unhinged OMEGASALE. All comics are 30% off, with 50% off anything that's not a standalone, compendium, or volume 1. Single issues are $1 each and BOGO. (1/?)

A Hexcellent Chance to Fall in Love by Ann Rose completely squandered its cute title and fun premise, in my opinion. Hit me with your queer Halloween romance recs. 💙📚 🌈📚

The cool thing about just blogging and not being beholden to any algorithm is that I can review an almost twenty year old wordless graphic novel and not worry about my stats. Please enjoy this review of The Arrival by Shaun Tan! 💙📚

my most millennial complaint is how deeply i resent being nagged to review every twelve dollar purchase i make in this world. my responsibility to you ends when you get my money I’m so sorry!!!!!

There's no way to write such that good people will like it and bad people will become good in reading it.

It is engineering malpractice that this site has not yet implemented an option to allow people to private their accounts, given that they’re a US based company, and the US is going through what it’s going through. But hey, waffles, amirite.

Everyone's sharing unhinged literary opinions, but here's a probably non-controversial one: more books should have illustrations! For an example, here's my review of Trees by Kelsey Oseid. 💙📚

That last repost is for my spouse. pbug, stop reading books you don't like and telling me about them! DNF! DNF!