Nathan
@nathandunbar.bsky.social
Reader/reviewer. Tall. Bookseller by profession, Humanist at heart. Support Trans 🏳️⚧️ lives.
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Tired: the Christmas pickle
Wired: the Christmas eggplant
(Sorry I might be hornt on main)
Wired: the Christmas eggplant
(Sorry I might be hornt on main)
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Tired: the Christmas pickle
Wired: the Christmas eggplant
(Sorry I might be hornt on main)
Wired: the Christmas eggplant
(Sorry I might be hornt on main)
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If you don’t want to hate read any part of that book, this was a great year for books that are actually good! I’d recommend Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin, Discontent by Beatriz Serrano, Audition by Katie Kitamura, Boom Town by Nic Stone, and The Payback, by me.
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you don’t want to hate read any part of that book, this was a great year for books that are actually good! I’d recommend Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin, Discontent by Beatriz Serrano, Audition by Katie Kitamura, Boom Town by Nic Stone, and The Payback, by me.
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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🎁CHICAGO'S ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SHOPPING LOCAL🎁
Block Club highlighted 100+ shops across Chicago where you can get a perfect gift for everyone on your list — while supporting small businesses. Check out our neighborhood gift guides: blockclubchi.co/4r3hEnd
Block Club highlighted 100+ shops across Chicago where you can get a perfect gift for everyone on your list — while supporting small businesses. Check out our neighborhood gift guides: blockclubchi.co/4r3hEnd
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🎁CHICAGO'S ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SHOPPING LOCAL🎁
Block Club highlighted 100+ shops across Chicago where you can get a perfect gift for everyone on your list — while supporting small businesses. Check out our neighborhood gift guides: blockclubchi.co/4r3hEnd
Block Club highlighted 100+ shops across Chicago where you can get a perfect gift for everyone on your list — while supporting small businesses. Check out our neighborhood gift guides: blockclubchi.co/4r3hEnd
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Perfect example of why we should run for lower offices when we can. We heard stories on election night of entire school boards being swept clean of Moms for Liberty people simply b/c someone decided to run against them. It can be easier than we think! People are sick of their shit!
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Perfect example of why we should run for lower offices when we can. We heard stories on election night of entire school boards being swept clean of Moms for Liberty people simply b/c someone decided to run against them. It can be easier than we think! People are sick of their shit!
Dang!
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Dang!
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Monstrous rich men will never be enriched until they can finally have one thing. It's something they will never perceive nor likely ever possess.
And that thing is...enough.
And that thing is...enough.
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Monstrous rich men will never be enriched until they can finally have one thing. It's something they will never perceive nor likely ever possess.
And that thing is...enough.
And that thing is...enough.
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hey, seattle, here's a bookstore to avoid
(as nicole says, don't harass them! but I would add: also don't give them your money)
(as nicole says, don't harass them! but I would add: also don't give them your money)
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
hey, seattle, here's a bookstore to avoid
(as nicole says, don't harass them! but I would add: also don't give them your money)
(as nicole says, don't harass them! but I would add: also don't give them your money)
I visited Australia in 2002 and remember being amazed they'd already ditched their penny. The purchase mathing with it made sense too. Took too long to happen here.
After 232 years, the United States has produced its last penny in a cost-cutting move. The last one was minted in Philadelphia Wednesday.
The U.S. just produced its last penny after a more than 200-year run
After 232 years, the United States has produced its last penny in a cost-cutting move. The last one was minted in Philadelphia Wednesday.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I visited Australia in 2002 and remember being amazed they'd already ditched their penny. The purchase mathing with it made sense too. Took too long to happen here.
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"A guy" (known child sex trafficker) "emailing a reporter" (at the most important newspaper in the world, about a presidential candidate's ties to himself, a known child sex trafficker) about "old girlfriends" (underage girls they trafficked) is not "a whole news story" (yes it is.)
The emails that you’re seeing now are news in themselves, but that’s because of how they’re coming out—a congressional committee released them—& the context in which they’re being viewed. A guy emailing a reporter talking about old girlfriends or saying someone is “dirty” is not a whole news story.
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"A guy" (known child sex trafficker) "emailing a reporter" (at the most important newspaper in the world, about a presidential candidate's ties to himself, a known child sex trafficker) about "old girlfriends" (underage girls they trafficked) is not "a whole news story" (yes it is.)
Evil rots you!
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Evil rots you!
How are there no arrests being made yet.
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
How are there no arrests being made yet.
So what she's saying is she'd be totally fine putting her own daughter in this position when she was 15.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
So what she's saying is she'd be totally fine putting her own daughter in this position when she was 15.
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You been hit by a smooth hymnal
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
You been hit by a smooth hymnal
Happy 80th, Neil. Let's all give "Harvest" a spin tonight.
Happy birthday Neil Young 🎂
📷 Mark Seliger
"An artist like Neil always has the upper hand. It’s the pop world that has to make adjustments."
- Bob Dylan
📷 Mark Seliger
"An artist like Neil always has the upper hand. It’s the pop world that has to make adjustments."
- Bob Dylan
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Happy 80th, Neil. Let's all give "Harvest" a spin tonight.
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Right, this event needs $1500 to happen. There are 600 participating bookstores & for most it’s their busiest sales day of the year, or is second only to Indie Bookstore Day / Small Business Saturday.
Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT
Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT
I'm gonna be real-real here: Bookstore Romance Day may not happen in 2026. By this time of year, I've usually secured at least a handful of sponsors & their backing helps pay for things like newsletter services & Canva & Zoom & internet, all of which are needed for planning & off-season events.
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Right, this event needs $1500 to happen. There are 600 participating bookstores & for most it’s their busiest sales day of the year, or is second only to Indie Bookstore Day / Small Business Saturday.
Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT
Editors/publishers, this is a no-brainer of an opportunity for your imprint. Romancelandia: pls RT
Me thinking about Schumer:
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Me thinking about Schumer:
Cute little muppets.
Two-day-old zebrafish larvae, as seen through a scanning electron microscope
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Cute little muppets.
Send her back to fester in her putrid life followed by a one way ticket into the sun.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Send her back to fester in her putrid life followed by a one way ticket into the sun.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
Consume feces and expire.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Consume feces and expire.
Cold enough to get out the comforter tonight. And I'll do my yearly life hack share—put a king size comforter inside a queen duvet cover. Trust me, it'll fit. Enjoy the fluffiest, squishiest, warm marshmallowy cloud sleep experience ever.
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Cold enough to get out the comforter tonight. And I'll do my yearly life hack share—put a king size comforter inside a queen duvet cover. Trust me, it'll fit. Enjoy the fluffiest, squishiest, warm marshmallowy cloud sleep experience ever.