Sam the Bookseller 💙 📚
@samthebookseller.bsky.social
Bookseller. Opinionated. Likely suspect. 📚 🧀 🐈⬛️
Would love to read yr nwsletter but no to substack. Also nope to spotify playlists.
Would love to read yr nwsletter but no to substack. Also nope to spotify playlists.
Pinned
Alright. Five favourite genres it is.
1. But first, a snack.
2. While in the distance still the mountain waits.
3. It was peculiar, indeed.
4. The mushrooms in your heart will soon be grown.
5. The birds are patient, there is time.
#booksky #fivefavouritegenres #bookseller
1. But first, a snack.
2. While in the distance still the mountain waits.
3. It was peculiar, indeed.
4. The mushrooms in your heart will soon be grown.
5. The birds are patient, there is time.
#booksky #fivefavouritegenres #bookseller
Whenever i think things could not getvmore absolutely vile.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Whenever i think things could not getvmore absolutely vile.
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UCP definitely seems to be following a US playbook.
How consumed by off-the-rails anti-science antivaxx conspiracy theories is the Alberta UCP?
Check out Resolutions #20 for UCP AGM. 👇
- Stop mRNA vaccines use in AB?
- provide vaccine detoxing (read: embrace pseudoscience)?
- educate about "vaccine injuries"?
Dark Age 2.0.
Check out Resolutions #20 for UCP AGM. 👇
- Stop mRNA vaccines use in AB?
- provide vaccine detoxing (read: embrace pseudoscience)?
- educate about "vaccine injuries"?
Dark Age 2.0.
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
UCP definitely seems to be following a US playbook.
At I Love Sushi in Edmonton, where I lunch on the regular, they just greeted me with a complimentary bowl of miso soup "because it's so cold today". I love this restaurant.
#yeg #downtownyeg #restaurant #ilovesushi
#yeg #downtownyeg #restaurant #ilovesushi
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
At I Love Sushi in Edmonton, where I lunch on the regular, they just greeted me with a complimentary bowl of miso soup "because it's so cold today". I love this restaurant.
#yeg #downtownyeg #restaurant #ilovesushi
#yeg #downtownyeg #restaurant #ilovesushi
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"Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea" -- @davelevitan.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea" -- @davelevitan.bsky.social
"Your.phone will just produce pixels and sounds it thinks you want .." WTAF? Like, can i just use my phone as a phone, please.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Your.phone will just produce pixels and sounds it thinks you want .." WTAF? Like, can i just use my phone as a phone, please.
My decorating obsession is released. Stairwell at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social decked out for the season. Watch our windows as we dress them up for festive fun. #bookstore #booksky #yeg
We're excited to be part of the @wintercityyeg.bsky.social Bookflood, starting at 4pm today. The store is looking cozy and festive, we've got wonderful new releases, and there are plenty of bookish gifts to browse. #yeg #bookflood #bookstore #booksky
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My decorating obsession is released. Stairwell at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social decked out for the season. Watch our windows as we dress them up for festive fun. #bookstore #booksky #yeg
Yes!
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Yes!
Well fuck.
If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
www.npr.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Well fuck.
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The part that stuck with me in the @thewaroncars.bsky.social book was when they highlighted a developmental psychologist who, in the 70's, wrote that a 6-yr-old should be capable of traveling solo 4-8 blocks to school, store, friends, playground, etc.
We've lost something important.
We've lost something important.
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The part that stuck with me in the @thewaroncars.bsky.social book was when they highlighted a developmental psychologist who, in the 70's, wrote that a 6-yr-old should be capable of traveling solo 4-8 blocks to school, store, friends, playground, etc.
We've lost something important.
We've lost something important.
Discovered that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social attended St George's Grammar School in Cape Town just a few years before I became librarian there. Delighted by this small connection to a remarkable man.
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Discovered that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social attended St George's Grammar School in Cape Town just a few years before I became librarian there. Delighted by this small connection to a remarkable man.
Pick of the day is this wonderful new novel by Charlie Porter. LOOK at that cover!
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Pick of the day is this wonderful new novel by Charlie Porter. LOOK at that cover!
#booksky Pick of the Day is Life After Cars by the team at @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Excited to dive into this one. A great read for folks in #yeg, who are fighting for better public transport and bike, pedestrian and other alternative mobility infrastructure.
Excited to dive into this one. A great read for folks in #yeg, who are fighting for better public transport and bike, pedestrian and other alternative mobility infrastructure.
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
#booksky Pick of the Day is Life After Cars by the team at @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Excited to dive into this one. A great read for folks in #yeg, who are fighting for better public transport and bike, pedestrian and other alternative mobility infrastructure.
Excited to dive into this one. A great read for folks in #yeg, who are fighting for better public transport and bike, pedestrian and other alternative mobility infrastructure.
Some good people passing by @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social to make their point today.
October 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Some good people passing by @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social to make their point today.
#bookseller Pick of the Day. What a charming book, and a fascinating read. #perelachaise #booksky @greystonebooks.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#bookseller Pick of the Day. What a charming book, and a fascinating read. #perelachaise #booksky @greystonebooks.bsky.social
Now in stock at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social
Highly recommended.
#booksellerpick #yeg #booksky #freepalestine #saeedteebi
Highly recommended.
#booksellerpick #yeg #booksky #freepalestine #saeedteebi
September 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Now in stock at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social
Highly recommended.
#booksellerpick #yeg #booksky #freepalestine #saeedteebi
Highly recommended.
#booksellerpick #yeg #booksky #freepalestine #saeedteebi
It's her It's here It's here yippee!
September 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It's her It's here It's here yippee!
The kind of wholesome content we all really need rn. #yeg fans can pick this up from @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social
#booksky #buffy #protecttranskids
#booksky #buffy #protecttranskids
September 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The kind of wholesome content we all really need rn. #yeg fans can pick this up from @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social
#booksky #buffy #protecttranskids
#booksky #buffy #protecttranskids
#booksky #bookseller pick of the day @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social
Look at that eye-catching cover, and what a fascinating history. Can't wait to dive into this.
Look at that eye-catching cover, and what a fascinating history. Can't wait to dive into this.
August 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#booksky #bookseller pick of the day @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social
Look at that eye-catching cover, and what a fascinating history. Can't wait to dive into this.
Look at that eye-catching cover, and what a fascinating history. Can't wait to dive into this.
Saw some stills from today's meeting and all I can think is "Zelensky put a suit on, after all these months, so those nitwits in the oval wouldn't get distracted by fashion issues again".
August 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Saw some stills from today's meeting and all I can think is "Zelensky put a suit on, after all these months, so those nitwits in the oval wouldn't get distracted by fashion issues again".
Must have the whole collection. These covers are just wonderful.
August 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Must have the whole collection. These covers are just wonderful.
Today's #bookseller #pickoftheday honours the brave and tireless Joanna Macy, who passed from this life last weekend.
#booksky
#booksky
July 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Today's #bookseller #pickoftheday honours the brave and tireless Joanna Macy, who passed from this life last weekend.
#booksky
#booksky
Feeling very seen by Susan Holbrook. Thanks to @coachhousebooks.bsky.social for publishing 'Steamy: a menopause symptomology'.
July 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Feeling very seen by Susan Holbrook. Thanks to @coachhousebooks.bsky.social for publishing 'Steamy: a menopause symptomology'.
#booksky, it's been a minute, but here is my#bookpickoftheday. Yoko Tawada is a pick for me any time, but this looks especially fascinating.
July 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#booksky, it's been a minute, but here is my#bookpickoftheday. Yoko Tawada is a pick for me any time, but this looks especially fascinating.
'The Safekeep' seems to be getting notice now that it's in PB. Lovely debut with strong characters but a plot so obvious I was annoyed.
July 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
'The Safekeep' seems to be getting notice now that it's in PB. Lovely debut with strong characters but a plot so obvious I was annoyed.