nicole brinkley | bookseller
@nebrinkley.bsky.social
writer. award-winning bookseller at oblong books. lover of nuance. only here on fridays. 💛✨
*gently pushes towards books by Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett and X. Fang and Phoebe Wahl*
Looking for picture book recommendations! What’s new and good?
I have two nibblings, a 14 month old and an 8 month old, and am doing some winter shopping. Have some classics that my kids enjoyed when they were little, but I know there’s gotta be some great new stuff that’s come out.
I have two nibblings, a 14 month old and an 8 month old, and am doing some winter shopping. Have some classics that my kids enjoyed when they were little, but I know there’s gotta be some great new stuff that’s come out.
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
*gently pushes towards books by Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett and X. Fang and Phoebe Wahl*
there is a fantastic podcast called Sold A Story that talks about this in-depth and i HIGHLY recommend it
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
there is a fantastic podcast called Sold A Story that talks about this in-depth and i HIGHLY recommend it
*gently pushes toward LEGENDBORN and THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI and THE RIVER HAS ROOTS*
Does anyone have fun fantasy book recommendations? (Preferably by BIPOC authors?)
Ya girl is burnt out on non-fiction.
Ya girl is burnt out on non-fiction.
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
*gently pushes toward LEGENDBORN and THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI and THE RIVER HAS ROOTS*
did you know that most independent booksellers do not get healthcare through their jobs and navigate insurance markets on their own? do you know most independent booksellers don't make a lot of money?
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
Home - Binc Foundation
The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation and Macmillan Publishers are proud to announce that applications are open for the Macmillan Booksellers
bincfoundation.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
did you know that most independent booksellers do not get healthcare through their jobs and navigate insurance markets on their own? do you know most independent booksellers don't make a lot of money?
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
anyway for no particular reason here's a reminder to donate to BINC: bincfoundation.org
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This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
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As we approach the season of giving, I wanted to share the incredible work of the Binc Foundation, a critical safety net for the book industry. 🧡
Binc helps booksellers and bookstore owners in times of need. They keep bookstores open and help them rebuild. A worthy cause, indeed.
Binc helps booksellers and bookstore owners in times of need. They keep bookstores open and help them rebuild. A worthy cause, indeed.
Home - Binc Foundation
The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation and Macmillan Publishers are proud to announce that applications are open for the Macmillan Booksellers
bincfoundation.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
As we approach the season of giving, I wanted to share the incredible work of the Binc Foundation, a critical safety net for the book industry. 🧡
Binc helps booksellers and bookstore owners in times of need. They keep bookstores open and help them rebuild. A worthy cause, indeed.
Binc helps booksellers and bookstore owners in times of need. They keep bookstores open and help them rebuild. A worthy cause, indeed.
*gently pushes towards THE MONSTER OF ELENDHAVEN to be paired with the Dishonored soundtrack*
Can people give me book recommendations. Like literally don’t even tell me anything about them just give me a book and maybe an appropriate listening soundtrack if you want but like I got an ebook and I wanna read some bullshit
November 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
*gently pushes towards THE MONSTER OF ELENDHAVEN to be paired with the Dishonored soundtrack*
*gently pushes towards THE TALENTED MRS. MANDELBAUM and SISTER OUTSIDER and WHY FISH DON'T EXIST*
also i have a playlist of my favorite short nonfic audiobooks!!! libro.fm/playlists/ni...
also i have a playlist of my favorite short nonfic audiobooks!!! libro.fm/playlists/ni...
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
*gently pushes towards THE TALENTED MRS. MANDELBAUM and SISTER OUTSIDER and WHY FISH DON'T EXIST*
also i have a playlist of my favorite short nonfic audiobooks!!! libro.fm/playlists/ni...
also i have a playlist of my favorite short nonfic audiobooks!!! libro.fm/playlists/ni...
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Super excited that we're hiring a senior writer to join @wired.com's culture team! If you're obsessed with internet culture and like our vibe, apply! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
Senior Writer, Culture
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Super excited that we're hiring a senior writer to join @wired.com's culture team! If you're obsessed with internet culture and like our vibe, apply! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES!
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
Grammarly Rebrands Company as Superhuman, Introduces Superhuman Suite and Superhuman Go
Superhuman Platform delivers proactive, context-aware AI agents that work in the flow of work, wherever people work Grammarly today announced it is changing its company…
www.grammarly.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
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Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
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The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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BIG BREAKING: Democrat Zohran Mamdani is elected Mayor of New York City, in the largest turnout vote since 1969. He becomes the first Muslim and immigrant mayor of New York City, and the first Muslim to be elected of a major U.S. city.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BIG BREAKING: Democrat Zohran Mamdani is elected Mayor of New York City, in the largest turnout vote since 1969. He becomes the first Muslim and immigrant mayor of New York City, and the first Muslim to be elected of a major U.S. city.
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Teen Vogue has been incredible for years but it was just now starting to get mainstream notice. There’s no VC threatening corporate governance mandating infinite group. This is privately owned. They just slashed their only property with a *growing* audience…because Wintour thinks it’s tacky?
Teen Vogue covered fashion and celebrity, but also took in-depth looks at politics and social justice issues. The union representing workers at Condé Nast said six staffers are losing their jobs.
'Teen Vogue' is moving under Vogue.com — and staffers are being laid off
Teen Vogue covered fashion and celebrity, but also took in-depth looks at politics and social justice issues. The union representing workers at Condé Nast said six staffers are losing their jobs.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Teen Vogue has been incredible for years but it was just now starting to get mainstream notice. There’s no VC threatening corporate governance mandating infinite group. This is privately owned. They just slashed their only property with a *growing* audience…because Wintour thinks it’s tacky?
*gently pushes towards the Legend of Eli Monpress series*
Gimme some book recs! I need a good fantasy adventure that I can completely get lost in.
November 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
*gently pushes towards the Legend of Eli Monpress series*
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Teen Vogue possesses more integrity and professionalism than NYT and WaPo combined.
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Teen Vogue possesses more integrity and professionalism than NYT and WaPo combined.
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I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...
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Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
*gently pushes towards THE EVERLASTING and SCARLET MORNING*
We're compiling our book choices for 2026. What were your favourite fantasy novels this year?
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November 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
*gently pushes towards THE EVERLASTING and SCARLET MORNING*
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Send a letter to your City Council members to demand increased and STABLE funding for our NYC Public Libraries. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
October 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Send a letter to your City Council members to demand increased and STABLE funding for our NYC Public Libraries. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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It's not too late to register for tomorrow's town hall, "Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors," with guests @angiethomas.bsky.social, Jas Perry, and @philomena.bsky.social!
www.publishingprofessionalsagainstbookbans.com/events
www.publishingprofessionalsagainstbookbans.com/events
October 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It's not too late to register for tomorrow's town hall, "Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors," with guests @angiethomas.bsky.social, Jas Perry, and @philomena.bsky.social!
www.publishingprofessionalsagainstbookbans.com/events
www.publishingprofessionalsagainstbookbans.com/events
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Good morning everyone. It's me again here to ask NYC residents to please send a letter to your City Council person in support of allocating 0.5% of the city expense budget to our local public libraries. Thank you. It will only take you 90 seconds. This time with the correct link:
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
October 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Good morning everyone. It's me again here to ask NYC residents to please send a letter to your City Council person in support of allocating 0.5% of the city expense budget to our local public libraries. Thank you. It will only take you 90 seconds. This time with the correct link: