Book cover reveal for my illustrated Phantom of the Opera tomorrow!

Here's everything you need to know about the six remarkable books on the shortlist and the stories behind them. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

Emeritusprofessori Veli-Pekka Lehtolan uusi teos Kenen maa, kenen ääni? Saamelaisten ja suomalaisten suhteet esihistoriasta nykypäivään julkaisutilaisuus ke 24.9. klo 17.00 Striimi: www.youtube.com/c/Sivullinen...

Authors & publishers posting abt illustrated books or using an illustrator's work to promote a book, pls credit ILLUSTRATOR. Not only are you helping boost artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist. #PicturesMeanBusiness art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social #KidLit

Recent read: The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (4⭐️). I’m in an Edith Wharton mood again. I might try reading some of her ghost stories next for October. #BookSky #LiteratureSky

I do three podcasts with @paxholley.com and now I’ve made him watch silent movies on all of them. [Evil laugh]

And to everyone who has subscribed to my Substack; thank you SO much. Given my health and the potential looming doom of needing to step back from physically going to an office environment that's contributing to said health problems, it means so much more than you know. christinedaae.substack.com

📚 Great news for aspiring novelists. New award named after Hilary Mantel, one of my favourite authors 🫶 #booksky www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

BREAKING: The U.K., Canada and Australia officially recognize a Palestinian state, a significant shift away from alignment with the U.S.

#KIRJAT | Emmi Itäranta kertoo uudessa kirjassaan Pohjolan emännän tarinan niin, että Lönnrotin Kalevalan sankarimiehet ovat nyt vihollisia ja sivuosassa. #KritiikinPaluu 📚 #Teos ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Next on the book pile. Between this and Volume 2, I should be set through Halloween, but we'll see if I need a break after 600+ pages of Volume 1. AND I have a perfect bookmark for it thanks to @kristinmaiart.bsky.social!

Reportedly, Hulu’s site is crashing from all the cancellations.

Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.

(CW: surgery) I had a minor surgery this morning. The surgeon sang along to Taylor Swift songs while scraping inside of my jaw bone. It felt like something out of a weird nightmare (no offense to Taylor fans) 😅

Pamela Tom made a documentary detailing Wong's life called "Tyrus". It's free to watch online as part of the PBS American Masters series and I cannot recommend it enough, there are so many family photos and videos and interviews: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF5z...

It's been forever, but here's a new AKIN drop on WEBTOON. webtoons.com/en/canvas/ak...

I’m struggling to get through The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien. I’ve been reading it on/off for months and it’s not even that long 🫠 #BookSky 💙📚

Uusi Tähtialus Beta on laskeutunut! 🚀🥳🍾 Lyyra aiheuttaa vahingossa alukseen leijupäivän, kuinkas siitä selvitään… Ihana kustantaja oli sujauttanut pakettiin myös suloisen muistivihkon ja kirjanmerkin 🦊🧡 #kirjataivas

Love this 💜 An interview between Estonian composer Arvo Pärt (#BOTD in 1935 🎂) and Björk.

“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said Adio Dinika, a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute…These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.”

She has freckles ^_^

-Celeste Ng -Philippa Gregory -Tommy Orange -Min Jin Lee 💙📚

I think its important to note that this isnt just another AI scumbag. This guy is making hundreds of thousands of dollars doing this shit. I personally saw him making a $500+ sale at Dragon Con. Please contact any convention you see him at and report him.

If you’re in DC, there are now signed copies of The Payback at @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, where sales have been down lately because of the military occupation.

Current read: Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen. I love the title so much. #BookSky 💙📚

For context that's a third the price the RIAA expected a single human to pay for just downloading 24 songs a decade ago (after cutting the ruling down from $1.5m, or $62,000 per song), and that's not adjusting for inflation:

Silver can pose a serious threat to endangered paranormal entities. 💔😔 Save a werewolf, vote no to silver. #MinCup25 #TeamBaryte

Uáđđivei, Inari

Warner Bros is suing AI company Midjourney for alleged copyright infringement • The lawsuit cites multiple AI-generated examples of Batman and other iconic characters • WB is seeking $150K per infringed work • They argue generating copyrighted characters is a 'clear draw' for Midjourney users

NewsGuard - Despite a year of technical advancements in the AI industry, generative AI tools fail at a nearly doubled rate when it comes to one of the most basic tasks: distinguishing facts from falsehoods. www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/a...

#TeamCalcite always and forever. Here's a small taste of calcite's beauty with a look at my personal calcite collection.

I'm once again imploring everyone to vote for Iceland Spar, the Viking compass! A type of calcite used by the Vikings to navigate on cloudy days. #TeamCalcite #MinCup25

Recent reads: coming-of-age historical fiction and some Finnish mythology. -Promise by Rachel Eliza Griffiths (4⭐️) -Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot (4.5 ⭐️) #Booksky 💙📚

Loyalty Books is an awesome POC & queer owned indie bookshop in DC that has been struggling since the orange clown took over. Please show them some support 💙📚 You can also order from their website if you're not from DC. #BookSky #LiteratureSky #BlackBookSky

I accidentally bought Talenti ice cream. No one but God himself can open the lid of one of those 🫠

This is how you handle someone who tries to sell AI slop at a con: remove them, and then clown on them relentlessly

PSA for authors.

There goes another one 🙁

I was just complaining yesterday that one of my favorite bookshops is no longer shipping to the US 😢

Post a book you love from the 70s. -Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison -Kindred by Octavia Butler we #Booksky #Literaturesky 💙📚

Mitkä asiat vaikuttavat kirjailijan julkaisutahtiin? #kirjataivas youtu.be/Laa2nOJqSK8?...

The rest of the North American touring cast for The Phantom of the Opera 🖤 #PhantomOfTheOpera #TheatreSky

Authors & Publishers posting about illustrated books or using an illustrator's work to promote a book, pls credit ILLUSTRATOR. Not only are you helping boost artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist. #PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social #Booksky

in light of the NMAAHC debacle & the recent scare WRT lack of access to the national archives, i implore y'all (Black people) to do whatever research you can on your ancestors b4 the documents that we DO have access to disappear

If you're a Patreon creator who hasn't received the AI survey, request it through their support ticket: support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/req... If you did receive it already, please do it. Make it clear you don't want AI on the platform in any way.

Piece of shit ICE fascists are swarming Little Tokyo. Posted up outside the Japanese American Museum threatening people with internment. Impossible to overstate how disgusting these people are.

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details: LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au... (This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

“'Arrests will occur at night, in an effort to avoid news cameras,' Jesse Rabinowitz, communications director at National Homelessness Law Center, said via email."