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emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 2/9

✅ Sula (reread), 4.5⭐️
✅ Kin (pub 2/24/26), 5⭐️
▶️ With Love From Harlem 🎧, 55%
▶️ The Grace of Kings, 2%
⏸️ The Bee Sting, 25%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · 10d

Reading update for Mon 2/2

✅ The Scammer 🎧, 3⭐️
✅ The Bluest Eye (reread), 4⭐️
❌ Burn Down The Master's House, DNF @ 27%
▶️ Sula (reread), 62%
▶️ Kin, 2%
⏭️ With Love From Harlem 🎧
⏸️ The Bee Sting, 25%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · 17d

Reading update for Mon 1/26

✅ Ella Minnow Pea, 4⭐️
✅ To Shape a Dragon’s Breath (reread), 4.5⭐️
✅ A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing 🎧, 4⭐️
✅ To Ride a Rising Storm, 4⭐️
⏭️ The Scammer 🎧
⏭️ The Bluest Eye (reread)
⏭️ Kin or Ours, depending on library holds!
⏸️ The Bee Sting, 25%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

February 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 2/2

✅ The Scammer 🎧, 3⭐️
✅ The Bluest Eye (reread), 4⭐️
❌ Burn Down The Master's House, DNF @ 27%
▶️ Sula (reread), 62%
▶️ Kin, 2%
⏭️ With Love From Harlem 🎧
⏸️ The Bee Sting, 25%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · 17d

Reading update for Mon 1/26

✅ Ella Minnow Pea, 4⭐️
✅ To Shape a Dragon’s Breath (reread), 4.5⭐️
✅ A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing 🎧, 4⭐️
✅ To Ride a Rising Storm, 4⭐️
⏭️ The Scammer 🎧
⏭️ The Bluest Eye (reread)
⏭️ Kin or Ours, depending on library holds!
⏸️ The Bee Sting, 25%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · 24d

Reading update for Mon 1/19

✅ Jade City (reread), 4.5⭐️
✅ The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives 🎧, 3.5⭐️
✅ To Be Taught, If Fortunate 🎧, 4⭐️
▶️ Ella Minnow Pea, 31%
▶️ To Shape a Dragon’s Breath (reread), 33%
▶️ A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing 🎧, 3%
⏸️ The Bee Sting, 25%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

February 2, 2026 at 3:28 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 1/26

✅ Ella Minnow Pea, 4⭐️
✅ To Shape a Dragon’s Breath (reread), 4.5⭐️
✅ A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing 🎧, 4⭐️
✅ To Ride a Rising Storm, 4⭐️
⏭️ The Scammer 🎧
⏭️ The Bluest Eye (reread)
⏭️ Kin or Ours, depending on library holds!
⏸️ The Bee Sting, 25%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · 24d

Reading update for Mon 1/19

✅ Jade City (reread), 4.5⭐️
✅ The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives 🎧, 3.5⭐️
✅ To Be Taught, If Fortunate 🎧, 4⭐️
▶️ Ella Minnow Pea, 31%
▶️ To Shape a Dragon’s Breath (reread), 33%
▶️ A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing 🎧, 3%
⏸️ The Bee Sting, 25%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Jan 12

Reading update for Mon 1/12

✅ Natural Beauty 🎧, 4⭐️
✅ Enshittification 🎧, 4.5⭐️
▶️ Jade City (reread), 10%
▶️ Ella Minnow Pea, 12%
▶️ The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives 🎧, 6%
⏸️ The Bee Sting, 25% (due back at the library; will return to it later)

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

January 26, 2026 at 2:13 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 1/19

✅ Jade City (reread), 4.5⭐️
✅ The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives 🎧, 3.5⭐️
✅ To Be Taught, If Fortunate 🎧, 4⭐️
▶️ Ella Minnow Pea, 31%
▶️ To Shape a Dragon’s Breath (reread), 33%
▶️ A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing 🎧, 3%
⏸️ The Bee Sting, 25%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Jan 12

Reading update for Mon 1/12

✅ Natural Beauty 🎧, 4⭐️
✅ Enshittification 🎧, 4.5⭐️
▶️ Jade City (reread), 10%
▶️ Ella Minnow Pea, 12%
▶️ The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives 🎧, 6%
⏸️ The Bee Sting, 25% (due back at the library; will return to it later)

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Jan 5

Reading update for Mon 1/5

✅ Exhalation, 5⭐️
✅ Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife 🎧, 3⭐️
✅ The Everlasting, 5⭐️
▶️ Natural Beauty 🎧, 71%
▶️ The Bee Sting, 3%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

January 19, 2026 at 3:19 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 1/12

✅ Natural Beauty 🎧, 4⭐️
✅ Enshittification 🎧, 4.5⭐️
▶️ Jade City (reread), 10%
▶️ Ella Minnow Pea, 12%
▶️ The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives 🎧, 6%
⏸️ The Bee Sting, 25% (due back at the library; will return to it later)

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Jan 5

Reading update for Mon 1/5

✅ Exhalation, 5⭐️
✅ Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife 🎧, 3⭐️
✅ The Everlasting, 5⭐️
▶️ Natural Beauty 🎧, 71%
▶️ The Bee Sting, 3%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Dec 29

Reading update for Mon 12/29

✅ I, Medusa 🎧, 4.5⭐️
✅ Disorientation, 4⭐️
✅ Solidarity with Children, 4⭐️
✅ A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping 🎧, 3.5⭐️
▶️ Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife 🎧, 37%
▶️ Exhalation, 66%
▶️ The Everlasting, 12%

1 book away from my reading goal!

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 1/5

✅ Exhalation, 5⭐️
✅ Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife 🎧, 3⭐️
✅ The Everlasting, 5⭐️
▶️ Natural Beauty 🎧, 71%
▶️ The Bee Sting, 3%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Dec 29

Reading update for Mon 12/29

✅ I, Medusa 🎧, 4.5⭐️
✅ Disorientation, 4⭐️
✅ Solidarity with Children, 4⭐️
✅ A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping 🎧, 3.5⭐️
▶️ Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife 🎧, 37%
▶️ Exhalation, 66%
▶️ The Everlasting, 12%

1 book away from my reading goal!

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Dec 22

Reading update for Mon 12/22

✅ Sisters in the Wind 🎧, 4⭐️
✅ I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, 4.5⭐️
✅ The Salt Grows Heavy 🎧, 3.5⭐️
▶️ Solidarity With Children, 42%
▶️ I, Medusa 🎧, 81%
▶️ Disorientation, 55%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

January 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 12/29

✅ I, Medusa 🎧, 4.5⭐️
✅ Disorientation, 4⭐️
✅ Solidarity with Children, 4⭐️
✅ A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping 🎧, 3.5⭐️
▶️ Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife 🎧, 37%
▶️ Exhalation, 66%
▶️ The Everlasting, 12%

1 book away from my reading goal!

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Dec 22

Reading update for Mon 12/22

✅ Sisters in the Wind 🎧, 4⭐️
✅ I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, 4.5⭐️
✅ The Salt Grows Heavy 🎧, 3.5⭐️
▶️ Solidarity With Children, 42%
▶️ I, Medusa 🎧, 81%
▶️ Disorientation, 55%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Dec 15

Reading update for Mon 12/15

✅ Cry, Voidbringer, 3.5⭐️
✅ Days at the Morisaki Bookshop 🎧, 3.5⭐️
▶️ Sisters in the Wind 🎧, 73%
▶️ I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, 50%
▶️ Solidarity With Children, 7%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

December 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 12/22

✅ Sisters in the Wind 🎧, 4⭐️
✅ I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, 4.5⭐️
✅ The Salt Grows Heavy 🎧, 3.5⭐️
▶️ Solidarity With Children, 42%
▶️ I, Medusa 🎧, 81%
▶️ Disorientation, 55%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Dec 15

Reading update for Mon 12/15

✅ Cry, Voidbringer, 3.5⭐️
✅ Days at the Morisaki Bookshop 🎧, 3.5⭐️
▶️ Sisters in the Wind 🎧, 73%
▶️ I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, 50%
▶️ Solidarity With Children, 7%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Dec 8

Reading update for Mon 12/8

✅ The Possession of Alba Diaz 🎧, 4.5⭐️
▶️ Cry, Voidbringer, 66%
▶️ Days at the Morisaki Bookshop 🎧, 31%
▶️ I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, 10%
▶️ Solidarity With Children, 7%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

December 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Reposted by emma 📖✨

Naomi Klein

@naomiaklein.bsky.social

This is WILD.

Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!

We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.

Mission Local @missionlocal.org · Dec 21

Waymo has halted service in San Francisco after numerous videos & images showed its autonomous cars snarling traffic during the blackout.

With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.

missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...

Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams

Waymo stopped its service across San Francisco on Saturday after numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams in the city.

missionlocal.org

December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 12/15

✅ Cry, Voidbringer, 3.5⭐️
✅ Days at the Morisaki Bookshop 🎧, 3.5⭐️
▶️ Sisters in the Wind 🎧, 73%
▶️ I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, 50%
▶️ Solidarity With Children, 7%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Dec 8

Reading update for Mon 12/8

✅ The Possession of Alba Diaz 🎧, 4.5⭐️
▶️ Cry, Voidbringer, 66%
▶️ Days at the Morisaki Bookshop 🎧, 31%
▶️ I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, 10%
▶️ Solidarity With Children, 7%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Dec 1

Reading update for Mon 12/1

✅ Audre and Bash Are Just Friends 🎧, 4.5⭐️
✅ Bad Cree, 5⭐️
✅ even this page is white: poems, no rating
✅ Life on Mars: poems, NR
✅ Growing Papaya Trees, 3.5⭐️
✅ Gliff, 3.5⭐️
▶️ The Possession of Alba Diaz 🎧, 35%
▶️ Solidarity With Children, 7%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

December 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 12/8

✅ The Possession of Alba Diaz 🎧, 4.5⭐️
▶️ Cry, Voidbringer, 66%
▶️ Days at the Morisaki Bookshop 🎧, 31%
▶️ I’ll Tell You When I’m Home, 10%
▶️ Solidarity With Children, 7%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Dec 1

Reading update for Mon 12/1

✅ Audre and Bash Are Just Friends 🎧, 4.5⭐️
✅ Bad Cree, 5⭐️
✅ even this page is white: poems, no rating
✅ Life on Mars: poems, NR
✅ Growing Papaya Trees, 3.5⭐️
✅ Gliff, 3.5⭐️
▶️ The Possession of Alba Diaz 🎧, 35%
▶️ Solidarity With Children, 7%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Nov 24

Reading update for Mon 11/24

✅ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, 4⭐️
✅ Manifest Destiny: Poems, no rating
✅ The Moon That Turns You Back 🎧, no rating (but loved it)
▶️ Gliff, 40%
▶️ Bad Cree, 54%
▶️ Audre and Bash Are Just Friends 🎧, 61%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

December 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Still breastfeeding a bit at almost 14mo but today I packed away all the electric pump supplies 😭🙌🏼 finallyyyyy

December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Yuppp 12 mins. If it analyzes tone and facial expressions, it will tag me as monotone and defeated lol

December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Just had my first "job interview" with an AI bot. It was exactly as soul-sucking as you might imagine.

December 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 12/1

✅ Audre and Bash Are Just Friends 🎧, 4.5⭐️
✅ Bad Cree, 5⭐️
✅ even this page is white: poems, no rating
✅ Life on Mars: poems, NR
✅ Growing Papaya Trees, 3.5⭐️
✅ Gliff, 3.5⭐️
▶️ The Possession of Alba Diaz 🎧, 35%
▶️ Solidarity With Children, 7%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Nov 24

Reading update for Mon 11/24

✅ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, 4⭐️
✅ Manifest Destiny: Poems, no rating
✅ The Moon That Turns You Back 🎧, no rating (but loved it)
▶️ Gliff, 40%
▶️ Bad Cree, 54%
▶️ Audre and Bash Are Just Friends 🎧, 61%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Nov 17

Reading update for Mon 11/17

✅ The Isle in the Silver Sea 🎧, 3.5⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 50%
▶️ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, 61%
▶️ The Moon That Turns You Back 🎧, 10%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

December 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 11/24

✅ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, 4⭐️
✅ Manifest Destiny: Poems, no rating
✅ The Moon That Turns You Back 🎧, no rating (but loved it)
▶️ Gliff, 40%
▶️ Bad Cree, 54%
▶️ Audre and Bash Are Just Friends 🎧, 61%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Nov 17

Reading update for Mon 11/17

✅ The Isle in the Silver Sea 🎧, 3.5⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 50%
▶️ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, 61%
▶️ The Moon That Turns You Back 🎧, 10%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Nov 10

Reading update for Mon 11/10

✅ The Sea of Tranquility 🎧, 4⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 50%
▶️ The Isle in the Silver Sea 🎧, 53%
▶️ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, 24%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

I passed my dissertation defense 🎉 (woo!)
Now I'm sinking hours into inane formatting workarounds because Microsoft Word was designed to destroy our sanity 🍅🍅🍅 (boooo)

November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 11/17

✅ The Isle in the Silver Sea 🎧, 3.5⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 50%
▶️ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, 61%
▶️ The Moon That Turns You Back 🎧, 10%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Nov 10

Reading update for Mon 11/10

✅ The Sea of Tranquility 🎧, 4⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 50%
▶️ The Isle in the Silver Sea 🎧, 53%
▶️ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, 24%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Nov 3

Reading update for Mon 11/3

✅ Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, 3⭐️
✅ Julie Chan Is Dead 🎧, 3.5⭐️
✅ Dominion, 4⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 36%
▶️ The Sea of Tranquility 🎧, 50%
▶️ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, 4%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 11/10

✅ The Sea of Tranquility 🎧, 4⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 50%
▶️ The Isle in the Silver Sea 🎧, 53%
▶️ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, 24%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Nov 3

Reading update for Mon 11/3

✅ Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, 3⭐️
✅ Julie Chan Is Dead 🎧, 3.5⭐️
✅ Dominion, 4⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 36%
▶️ The Sea of Tranquility 🎧, 50%
▶️ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, 4%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Oct 27

Reading update for Mon 10/27

✅ Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York City Commune, 2052-2072 🎧, 4.5⭐️
✅ The Latina Anti-Diet: A Dietician’s Guide… 🎧, 4.5⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 28%
▶️ Her Majesty's Royal Coven, 24%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 11/3

✅ Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, 3⭐️
✅ Julie Chan Is Dead 🎧, 3.5⭐️
✅ Dominion, 4⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 36%
▶️ The Sea of Tranquility 🎧, 50%
▶️ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, 4%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Oct 27

Reading update for Mon 10/27

✅ Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York City Commune, 2052-2072 🎧, 4.5⭐️
✅ The Latina Anti-Diet: A Dietician’s Guide… 🎧, 4.5⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 28%
▶️ Her Majesty's Royal Coven, 24%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Oct 20

Reading update for Mon 10/20

✅ The Volcano Daughters 🎧, 4.5⭐️
✅ Orange Wine, 2.5⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 23%
▶️ Her Majesty's Royal Coven, 5%
▶️ Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York City Commune, 2052-2072 🎧, 86%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

November 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM

emma 📖✨

@ebook-em.bsky.social

Reading update for Mon 10/27

✅ Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York City Commune, 2052-2072 🎧, 4.5⭐️
✅ The Latina Anti-Diet: A Dietician’s Guide… 🎧, 4.5⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 28%
▶️ Her Majesty's Royal Coven, 24%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Oct 20

Reading update for Mon 10/20

✅ The Volcano Daughters 🎧, 4.5⭐️
✅ Orange Wine, 2.5⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 23%
▶️ Her Majesty's Royal Coven, 5%
▶️ Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York City Commune, 2052-2072 🎧, 86%

📚💙 #booksky #diversebooksky

emma 📖✨ @ebook-em.bsky.social · Oct 14

Reading update for Mon 10/13

✅ Solito 🎧, 4⭐️
▶️ Manifest Destiny: Poems, 7%
▶️ Orange Wine, 85%
▶️ The Volcano Daughters 🎧, 62%

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October 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM

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Carl Zimmer

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Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...