#DulaPeepShow #DuaLipa

I wonder if they have a similar word for the dishes stacked up in my kitchen 😂 #Tsundoku #reading #tbr #books #booksky #booktalk #iamreading

The books that stay with us are rarely the ones trying to please everyone. They’re the ones written with conviction, trusting the right readers will find them.

Every year on June 25th, World Vitiligo Day is observed with the aim of increasing the effort for vitiligo healthcare and education and raising awareness of the social stigma and mental challenges faced by those affected by vitiligo - Happy World Vitiligo Day 💜 #CelebrateBeauty

I read a post that "World Cup tourists are going to be much more forgiving about how fat Americans are once they find out how good our food is" and this tracks.

Heading into summer break just like this

1/ "Knowing the validity of what we see, hear, and read matters for the sake of our democracy," writes NLP board member William McKenzie, who is Senior Editorial Advisor at the George W. Bush Institute #NewsLiteracy

Heinous, but unsurprising. Apologies if you get caught by the paywall.

Persepolis is among my favorite graphic novels, and I've been thinking about this quote a lot these days for obvious reasons. So sad to hear about Satrapi's passing.

M.C. Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972) Hand with Reflecting Sphere [Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror](January 1935) Lithograph on brown wove paper, 43.5 x 25 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

There’s a real struggle between making society more tolerable, respectful and sensitive to the needs and lived experiences of its citizens AND ALSO distress is an inevitable part of the human experience and distress tolerance is the key to preventing it from ruining your life

Dear Fairfax County Public Schools: see below.

happy pride friends!! 🎉🏳️‍🌈🐱🏳️‍⚧️✨

Celebrate the LGBTQIA+ Community at Your Local Library with Events Throughout #PrideMonth https://bit.ly/3PbGaSO#PrideMonth

This is INCREDIBLE and I wish we did it in the US, too. What a way to support both authors and libraries.

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

Most educators still haven’t heard much about this bill or its broader implications for schools, libraries, curriculum, student privacy, and information access. I break down what educators need to know and why it matters #TLSky open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Thinking of adopting a monster? I don't know what to do with them, they're making nests in my packaging supplies, galavanting round the house and eating all my snacks. Adoption starts 1st June! Newsletter subs get access to these babes 24hrs before anyone else! buff.ly/Ld9Odq5 #originalart #artdrop

the kool-aid man only he’s coffee-man and he’s big enough for me to climb into and swim around

Just a friendly reminder that your desire to read books and eat pastries in a seaside cottage during a raging thunderstorm is valid. Don’t allow anyone to disrespect you by telling you otherwise.

So lovely to see these arriving at their new homes, 1000s of miles away. When you're a small fry who doesn't sell enough books to get overseas publishing deals, the @blackwells.bsky.social free international delivery offer makes a HUGE difference. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

The info in this thread has the original Luddites spinning in their graves so fast that they're generating electricity. #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians 1/

What’s this I hear of the Oxford comma now being categorized as evidence of using AI? I find such suggestions to be presumptuous, inappropriate, and offensive.

In bloom in the garden mid May, incl. cerinthe, cow parsley and a salmon-coloured geum which I love. As ever zoom in to the botanical details if you're strung out as plant fractals have been shown to dial down stress significantly. No tiny owl hidden in this 📷 but would you like more of those?🦉🌿

Might've bought the whole set of books plus a few stickers...

At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, an Agatha Christie novel, an alluring rainstorm, a crackling fire, a kettle on the stove, and a basket of freshly-baked emotional support scones?

PS if you want to translate my books or invite me - or any other Icelandic author, of which there are MANY - to a literary festival, or to promote a book, the Icelandic government will probably also pay for that!* *although the translation grants only cover parts of the translation cost

Happy May! 🌷

Beltane or Bealtaine was a Celtic/Gaelic festival held on the 1st May to mark the beginning of summer. One of the key parts of the festival (alongside massive bonfires, feasting & making merry with beer 👀) was the exchange of posies to bring good luck. Here's a Beltane posy for you from my garden 🌿

Not Amanda Jones airing ALL our secrets...

A very happy birthday to a very cool gentleman!

Small Joys in Life! The wind in our fur...🍃😻

me: ever heard of quasimodo? hemingway? pavlov? donne? wife: please don’t me: they don’t ring any bells? wife: my mother was right

I missed it, but reposting anyway because this is an important message

Rare video: watch a meteorite hit the Moon in real time 🌕☄️

I don't know who needs to hear this, but one day, you will pull a loose book from a bookshelf and that hidden door will finally open for you.

FCPS ACE is offering ESOL classes this spring for adults to help build English skills through affordable, in-person courses at all levels across the county. Learn more and sign up:

Lady Bart is excited to shop our DRAGON Book Fair this week! #scholastic #libraries #bookfair #beardeddragon

“Banishing even a single book from the public shelves is a matter of great consequence. One which should be treated as seriously as any other attempt to weaken the sacred principles that we celebrate this year as America turns 250.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

If you see this, post a monster (this is Clyde).

This spring I'm launching a brand new Mini Book Of Monsters! Diddy little creatures to put giggles in your tummy and smiles on your face. Get notified of launch here: buff.ly/MbjucyL This is Gareth. He enjoys crochet and making friends. #monster #cutemonster #monsterbook #watercolour #art

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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” ― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

BRB rewriting all the morning announcements in Gen Z slang