Thank you @sundialmagazine.bsky.social for nominating my story for a @pushcartprize.bsky.social !
Our 2nd nominees is "The Book of Hours" by Brooke Bianchi-Pennington, which tells the story of a talented monk who has just learned that there is now a printing press in his own town.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Thank you @sundialmagazine.bsky.social for nominating my story for a @pushcartprize.bsky.social !
Read my story!
"'A printed book! I didn’t know we had a press here in Florence!'
'It’s new. They can print almost 15 books a day!'
De’Rossi scoffed. 15 books a day was ludicrous. Where was the art? The craft?"
Read "The Book of Hours", a new #story by Brooke Bianchi-Pennington
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'It’s new. They can print almost 15 books a day!'
De’Rossi scoffed. 15 books a day was ludicrous. Where was the art? The craft?"
Read "The Book of Hours", a new #story by Brooke Bianchi-Pennington
sites.google.com/view/sundial...
November 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Read my story!
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the whole world's dying but Ancient Giant Flying Squirrel Discovered in Tennessee / the squirrel's right there, just flying right through the air, and that's gonna be enough for me / well / the years start coming and they don't stop coming / fed to the rules and I hit the ground running / so much to
February 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
the whole world's dying but Ancient Giant Flying Squirrel Discovered in Tennessee / the squirrel's right there, just flying right through the air, and that's gonna be enough for me / well / the years start coming and they don't stop coming / fed to the rules and I hit the ground running / so much to
I’ve been in a leadership position at my new job for exactly one week and have already had to stop myself for typing “EoD” and “onboarding.” Send help.
February 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I’ve been in a leadership position at my new job for exactly one week and have already had to stop myself for typing “EoD” and “onboarding.” Send help.
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Hello, flashes. Let me share Taipei with you.
February 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hello, flashes. Let me share Taipei with you.
2025 is the year I finally stop double spacing after a period.
February 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
2025 is the year I finally stop double spacing after a period.
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We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my whole life
January 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We're finally dismantling the federal government! Sure hope it doesn't serve essential functions that I've taken for granted my whole life
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Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
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January 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.
bookshop.org/ebooks
bookshop.org/ebooks
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Has a Chinese company built a better uselessness engine? Only the stock market can tell.
January 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Has a Chinese company built a better uselessness engine? Only the stock market can tell.
On a sandwich? Give me a fresh cuke over a pickle any day.
January 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
On a sandwich? Give me a fresh cuke over a pickle any day.
Any recommendations on apps that make it easy to follow news in a controlled way (without seeing articles that you don’t have full access to)?
January 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Any recommendations on apps that make it easy to follow news in a controlled way (without seeing articles that you don’t have full access to)?
Honestly so glad TikTok’s welcome back message gave me the ick. Never broke a bad habit so fast.
January 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Honestly so glad TikTok’s welcome back message gave me the ick. Never broke a bad habit so fast.
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Illinois has virtually no regulations on homeschooling, allowing parents to pull vulnerable children from public schools and then not provide any education for them. Officials call them "no schoolers."
With Capitol News Illinois (published June 2024)
With Capitol News Illinois (published June 2024)
His Parents Said They Would Homeschool Him. Lax State Oversight Kept His Abuse Hidden.
At 9 years old, L.J. started missing school. His parents said they would homeschool him. It took two years — during which he was beaten and denied food — for anyone to notice he wasn’t learning.
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January 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Illinois has virtually no regulations on homeschooling, allowing parents to pull vulnerable children from public schools and then not provide any education for them. Officials call them "no schoolers."
With Capitol News Illinois (published June 2024)
With Capitol News Illinois (published June 2024)
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The story behind ProPublica’s new Private School Demographics database began with our need to understand how many “segregation academies” still operate — and where.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The story behind ProPublica’s new Private School Demographics database began with our need to understand how many “segregation academies” still operate — and where.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
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Dropout Taskmaster Dream Cast People be like "Brennan as the Taskmaster and BDG as Alex!!"
No...wrong
Katie Marovitch as Taskmaster, Sam as Alex.
No...wrong
Katie Marovitch as Taskmaster, Sam as Alex.
January 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Dropout Taskmaster Dream Cast People be like "Brennan as the Taskmaster and BDG as Alex!!"
No...wrong
Katie Marovitch as Taskmaster, Sam as Alex.
No...wrong
Katie Marovitch as Taskmaster, Sam as Alex.
Today I ate a Korean bulgogi quesadilla at a Taiwanese cafe.
January 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Today I ate a Korean bulgogi quesadilla at a Taiwanese cafe.
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once someone asked how i was feeling and i said i was listening to the mountain goats and they said “so. really bad?” and no that is when i listen to bo burnham
December 29, 2024 at 2:42 PM
once someone asked how i was feeling and i said i was listening to the mountain goats and they said “so. really bad?” and no that is when i listen to bo burnham
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The best winter reading is cookbooks.
December 16, 2024 at 1:28 AM
The best winter reading is cookbooks.
I really liked Moby Dick up until the time they got on the boat.
December 15, 2024 at 12:37 PM
I really liked Moby Dick up until the time they got on the boat.