CLM
@conmartin.bsky.social
Loves books, Boston sports, & (Harvard & Duke) basketball. Anglophile. #PBS.
The seventh book about Mercy Carr was a strong addition to the series: perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... #Booksky
The Snow Lies Deep by Paula Munier
The Snow Lies Deep, Paula Munier, review
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January 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The seventh book about Mercy Carr was a strong addition to the series: perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... #Booksky
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The Trump Administration’s ongoing occupations of peaceful American cities are unconstitutional and illegal.
Boston is leading a coalition of cities supporting the lawsuit by the State of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul to end their occupation by more than two thousand federal agents.
Boston is leading a coalition of cities supporting the lawsuit by the State of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul to end their occupation by more than two thousand federal agents.
January 23, 2026 at 4:41 PM
The Trump Administration’s ongoing occupations of peaceful American cities are unconstitutional and illegal.
Boston is leading a coalition of cities supporting the lawsuit by the State of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul to end their occupation by more than two thousand federal agents.
Boston is leading a coalition of cities supporting the lawsuit by the State of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul to end their occupation by more than two thousand federal agents.
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
My first 5-star review of 2026! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/01/guil... #booksky
Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent - my first five-star review of 2026
Guilty by Definition, review, Susie Dent
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January 22, 2026 at 2:45 AM
My first 5-star review of 2026! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2026/01/guil... #booksky
New review from Staircase Wit - tinyurl.com/6knbdt3r #Booksky
Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent - my first five-star review of 2026
Guilty by Definition, review, Susie Dent
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January 18, 2026 at 6:05 PM
New review from Staircase Wit - tinyurl.com/6knbdt3r #Booksky
New review from Staircase Wit: Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman tinyurl.com/cpw7mzc8 @harpercollins.bsky.social #Booksky
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
Murder Takes a Vacation, review, Laura Lippman
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January 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
New review from Staircase Wit: Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman tinyurl.com/cpw7mzc8 @harpercollins.bsky.social #Booksky
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Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."
January 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“In the wake of Saturday’s predawn military operation in Venezuela, in which Mr. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown to a U.S. warship, Mr. Trump made clear that it was essentially about the oil all along,” W.J. Hennigan writes.
“In the wake of Saturday’s predawn military operation in Venezuela, in which Mr. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown to a U.S. warship, Mr. Trump made clear that it was essentially about the oil all along,” W.J. Hennigan writes.
Opinion | Now We Know Trump’s Aim in Venezuela: Oil
Trump’s true intentions finally come clear after talk of fighting drugs and instability.
nyti.ms
January 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“In the wake of Saturday’s predawn military operation in Venezuela, in which Mr. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown to a U.S. warship, Mr. Trump made clear that it was essentially about the oil all along,” W.J. Hennigan writes.
“In the wake of Saturday’s predawn military operation in Venezuela, in which Mr. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and flown to a U.S. warship, Mr. Trump made clear that it was essentially about the oil all along,” W.J. Hennigan writes.
See how I connected C.S. Lewis to Agatha Christie, with several stops in Louisiana. 6Degrees of Separation for January: tinyurl.com/uwdza3mk Join in with @kateinkew the first Saturday of every month. #Booksky
January 3, 2026 at 11:51 PM
See how I connected C.S. Lewis to Agatha Christie, with several stops in Louisiana. 6Degrees of Separation for January: tinyurl.com/uwdza3mk Join in with @kateinkew the first Saturday of every month. #Booksky
My last book of the year! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #Booksky
The Star and the Shamrock by Jean Grainger - a final WWII novel for the year
Jean Grainger, The Star and the Shamrock, review, WWII Historical Fiction
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January 1, 2026 at 3:49 AM
My last book of the year! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #Booksky
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Great book on sale!
Farthing, my alternate history mystery novel about why good people do bad things is $1.99 as an ebook right now in the US www.amazon.com/Farthing-Sto...
Farthing: A Story of a World that Could Have Been (Small Change Book 1)
Farthing: A Story of a World that Could Have Been (Small Change Book 1) - Kindle edition by Walton, Jo. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Farthing: A Story of a World that Could Have Been (Small Change Book 1).
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December 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Great book on sale!
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Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
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December 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
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Happy Boxing Day! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2016/12/titl... #booksky
Skating Shoes by Noel Streatfeild (Book Review)
Skating Shoes, White Boots, Noel Streatfeild, review
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December 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Happy Boxing Day! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2016/12/titl... #booksky
I will buy Rick Steves' Ireland for my next trip www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/24/n...
A center for homeless residents was set to close. Then Rick Steves stepped in. - The Boston Globe
Travel writer and TV host Rick Steves was catching up on local news last month from his home in Edmonds, Washington, when a story caught his attention.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I will buy Rick Steves' Ireland for my next trip www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/24/n...
My Life in Books - 2025 tinyurl.com/5c4db8j2 #Booksky
My Life in Books - 2025
a blog primarily about books
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December 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My Life in Books - 2025 tinyurl.com/5c4db8j2 #Booksky
My library! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/bost... #Booksky
Boston Public Library reveals its top 10 checked out books of 2025 list
a blog primarily about books
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December 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My library! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/bost... #Booksky
And attractively designed too! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/over... @stmartinspress.bsky.social #Booksky
Overdue by Stephanie Perkins
Overdue, Stephanie Perkins, review
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December 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
And attractively designed too! perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/over... @stmartinspress.bsky.social #Booksky
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He’s celebrating the murder of Rob Reiner
December 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
He’s celebrating the murder of Rob Reiner
My November Reading: perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove... #Booksky
November 2025 Reading
a blog primarily about books
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December 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My November Reading: perfectretort.blogspot.com/2025/12/nove... #Booksky
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When I tell you that you have to stop breaking bread with your MAGA relatives, your science denier relatives and all the other freaks in your bloodline, I don't just mean that they need to pay social consequences for who they are, I also mean that you might face consequences for who they are.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
When I tell you that you have to stop breaking bread with your MAGA relatives, your science denier relatives and all the other freaks in your bloodline, I don't just mean that they need to pay social consequences for who they are, I also mean that you might face consequences for who they are.
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This has a parallel. Into the 2000s, police in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan would take Indigenous folks they found outside late at night on "starlight tours," driving them beyond the city limits, and dumping them there. They'd often freeze to death trying to get home.
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This has a parallel. Into the 2000s, police in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan would take Indigenous folks they found outside late at night on "starlight tours," driving them beyond the city limits, and dumping them there. They'd often freeze to death trying to get home.
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
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The Trump administration is proposing to almost double what’s considered safe exposure levels to formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical found in many consumer products, as part of a broader overhaul of its approach to regulating carcinogens.
Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks
A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Trump administration is proposing to almost double what’s considered safe exposure levels to formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical found in many consumer products, as part of a broader overhaul of its approach to regulating carcinogens.
