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Raised by wolves in the larch jungles outside Lubbock, Texas. Unrequieted 60's-style radical. Major-league cat dad, retired beekeeper.
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“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”)
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Givesgoodemail @givesgoodemail.net · Dec 9
Book junkie. Serious cat dad. Polyamorous and (currently) polysaturated. #books #sotd
Worked on this for several months last year. Likely needs updating, but it's pretty complete: a Google map of all the independent brick-and-mortar bookstores in America and Canada. www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Independent bookstores - Google My Maps
A locator map for independent bookstores through the United States and Canada
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Well sung!
#booksky
bookshopghost.bsky.social The Haunted Bookshop @bookshopghost.bsky.social · 17h
Pardon my suddenly watery eyes, but a long-time regular just stopped in with this.

He'd been reading, found this line, and thought of me, so he wrote it out and brought it in.

"I am a handmaiden of civilization. I am a bookseller."

📚❤️
An index card with handwriting in blue ink that says, "'I am a handmaiden of civilization. I am a bookseller.'" Below is the source, "The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller" by Will J. Darling (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1932).
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Scent of the day: Dorian.
Refined, elegant, and lovely. This blend is an artful deception: a sweet gilded blossom lying over a twisted and corrupted core. A Victorian fougere with three pale musks and dark, sugared vanilla tea. #sotd #bpal #perfumesky
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Dorian – Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
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November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Scent of the day: Snake Oil.

Vintage patchouli and deep rich earthy notes swirled with vegetal musks, sugared dark, rich, aged vanilla absolute, and dark spices. #bpal #sotd #perfumesky
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Snake Oil – Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
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November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Snow!!
Well, flurries.
Well, a flake or two.
(Stillwater MN)
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Scent of the day: Blood Moon--Dragon's Blood and Red Wine.
(Oh, this one is yummy!) #bpal #sotd #perfumesky
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Working the used books and records stand at the Twin Cities (Minnesota) Book Fair. If you're in town, come by. #booksky #twincitiesmn
The used books and records sale at the Twin Cities (Minnesota) Book Fair. Good Books, and cheap! The entrance to the 2025 Twin Cities Book Fair at the beautifully restored Union Depot train station in St. Paul. I am working the used books and records sale in the back.)
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Nothing says ‘fit to lead’ like napping through your own medical endorsement. Get Grandpa Don to bed. 🤦🏽‍♂️
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Scent of the day: Anathema.
A scent as heavy as thunder from the Vatican, with notes that inspire every sin and excess. Black opium, with vetivert and honeysuckle. #bpal #sotd #perfumesky
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Anathema Perfume Oil – Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
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November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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It is #nationalfountainpenday!
You can never have too many!
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November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Can two (presumably intelligent) young people not realize that there is more to intimacy than inserting a penis into a vagina?
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Model Reveals Former NFL Star’s Penis Size Sparked Divorce
Haley Kalil touched upon the intimate details that led to her filing for divorce.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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The most corrupt administration in American history.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Scent of the day: Samhain.
Truly the scent of autumn itself — damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple, and mullein. #bpal #sotd #perfumesky
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Samhain 2025 Perfume Oil – Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
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November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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For those in the Minnesota Twin Cities area: there is a Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab market at @oddmartmn.bsky.social this Saturday (08 November) from 1500-1800. There will be good shtuff there!
#bpal #perfumesky
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Remember, remember the 5th of November.
As V comments, we will all see each other "one year from today," on 5 November 2026, and we will hopefully see each other at the end of the #5thofnovember blue wave. #democrats2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKnj...
V For Vendetta Speech - Seeds of Revolution! HD
YouTube video by Xander Munro
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November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Scent of the day: Jager #3.
A little dark, a little dirty, but with undeniable sweetness under the rough edges. No Jäger is subtle; this one approaches suaveness wearing elephant boots. Dangerously sexy. Olibanum, ginger, toasted cardamom, vetiver, and molasses (from ZOMG Scents). #sotd #perfumesky
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Scent of the day: Hanerot Halalu.
In order to express thanks
And praise to your great Name
For your miracles, your wonders
And your salvations.
Olive oil, beeswax, and smoke.
#bpal #sotd #perfumesky
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Scent of the day: Lightning Strikes Literature.
The moment when a hand snatches fire from the gods of creativity and channels it: a lightning storm stirred with beeswax candle smoke, yellowing notebooks, and pools of India ink. #bpal #perfumesky #sotd
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Lightning Strikes – Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
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November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Made the regular pilgrimage to Duluth. Did the pilgrimage to Kenspeckle Press.
Www.kenspeckleletterpress.com
The storefront of Kenspeckle Press, which makes the coolest prints and posters. The poster on the right says, "Closed due to IRRITATION. Will be open again far sooner than I'd prefer."
November 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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What a scamp! /s
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Vance seems to think segregation is 'acceptable' if neighbors don't speak English | Opinion
Vice President JD Vance has added a flatly segregationist twist to his broadly unlikable personality.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Wherever the Republican National Convention meets, it is well documented that sex workers who offer dominatrix and kink services flock and flourish.
A tweet and a response to it. Original tweet from Godly Nation: “What’s one thing Republican women have that Democratic women don’t?” along with a picture of two women posing for the camera. Lion’O Messy’s response: “A husband with a GRINDR account.”
October 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Scent of the day: Shalimar.
Top notes: bergamot, lemon, mandarin orange, and cedar. (This was my first college GF's go-to scent, and I STILL have a visceral and physical reaction to it when I smell it.) #sotd #perfumesky
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Interestingly enough, if you think of tolerance as part of the social contract instead of an moral ideal, the paradox falls apart. Those who step out of the social contract (that is, into intolerance) have voluntarily left any protection (tolerance) from the social contract.
A description of Popper's Paradox: Frame one: Should a tolerant society tolerate intolerance? Nazi says "You want more tolerance? Respect my ideas." The answer is NO. Caption: It's a paradox, but unlimited tolerance can lead to the extinction of tolerance. Frame 2: When we extend tolerance to those who are openly intolerant, the tolerant ones end up being destroyed, and tolerance with them. Frame 3: Any movement that repfaces intolerance and persecution must be outside the law. Popper: "As paradoxical as it may seem defending tolerance requires to not tolerate the intolerant."
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Scent of the day: Hellfire.
A scent celebrating Sir Francis Dashwood’s Hellfire Club. A swirl of pipe tobacco, hot leather, ambergris, dark musk and the lingering incense smoke from their Black Mass. #perfumesky #bpal #sotd
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Hellfire Perfume Oil – Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
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October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Scent of the day: The Heinous Hedge-Maze.
Claustrophobic pathways of neglected boxwood and thorny rosemary intersecting at impossible angles, twisting into itself. #bpal #sotd #perfumesky
October 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM