Joy
@thisisjoyyy.bsky.social
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Writer. Reader. Gardener. Anti-fascist.
Book Reviews: joyyyreadsbooks.com
Writer. Reader. Gardener. Anti-fascist.
Book Reviews: joyyyreadsbooks.com
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Joy
@thisisjoyyy.bsky.social
· Apr 25
Jakes Goes on a Hike
Jake has been on his own since the beginning of the end of the world and he was okay with that. Until he went on a hike.
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Latest piece from my #shortstory collection When the Lights Went Out, this is Jake Goes on a Hike.
#fiction #writing #writingcommunity #shortstory
#fiction #writing #writingcommunity #shortstory
Diego Rivera was such a shit to Frida Kahlo. It makes me mad every time I think about it.
February 13, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Diego Rivera was such a shit to Frida Kahlo. It makes me mad every time I think about it.
Someone asked @k8lister.bsky.social if she records the fair dues warning for every episode and it just had to have been a man because if you were to listen and pay attention, you would know each one is unique.
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Someone asked @k8lister.bsky.social if she records the fair dues warning for every episode and it just had to have been a man because if you were to listen and pay attention, you would know each one is unique.
The victims in Tumbler Ridge are my kid’s age. They’re just babies. He’s growing so much these days, he has strong back muscles I can feel when I hug him but then he’ll sneeze and it’s still a little kitten sneeze.
February 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The victims in Tumbler Ridge are my kid’s age. They’re just babies. He’s growing so much these days, he has strong back muscles I can feel when I hug him but then he’ll sneeze and it’s still a little kitten sneeze.
All the awful news feels like it has knocked the breath out of my soul. I know but I cannot constantly engage it.
February 13, 2026 at 12:36 PM
All the awful news feels like it has knocked the breath out of my soul. I know but I cannot constantly engage it.
The rental car has Bluetooth so it’s dead easy to make the teenager listen to what I want. So far this week, he’s learned that Lord Byron is a shit and I introduced him to Cat Power. It’s more like, this is why your mom is like this
February 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The rental car has Bluetooth so it’s dead easy to make the teenager listen to what I want. So far this week, he’s learned that Lord Byron is a shit and I introduced him to Cat Power. It’s more like, this is why your mom is like this
I did my physio exercises like a good patient and now my ankle hurts so much 😭😭 it’s been drilled into my head by nurse mom that you never quit physio, lest your limbs fall off or become useless, so obviously I’ll keep going
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I did my physio exercises like a good patient and now my ankle hurts so much 😭😭 it’s been drilled into my head by nurse mom that you never quit physio, lest your limbs fall off or become useless, so obviously I’ll keep going
We’re discussing the wetness of the snow and it’s like how people in desert talk about dry heat.
February 11, 2026 at 5:21 PM
We’re discussing the wetness of the snow and it’s like how people in desert talk about dry heat.
I don’t want to discuss the clementine budget, but know that not one person in this household is in danger of developing scurvy. Everyone’s scars will remain closed!
February 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I don’t want to discuss the clementine budget, but know that not one person in this household is in danger of developing scurvy. Everyone’s scars will remain closed!
Me: Time to get up, kiddo!
Him: No.
Me: …
Him: No.
Me: …
February 11, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Me: Time to get up, kiddo!
Him: No.
Me: …
Him: No.
Me: …
I can’t explain it but the current crop of AI images look like YA Christian novels from the 90s
February 11, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I can’t explain it but the current crop of AI images look like YA Christian novels from the 90s
A wonderful and weird new short story collection from Alison Gadsby @junctionreads.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social #newbook #bookreview
A Disquieting Future: Review of a Thoughtful Short Story Collection
I was fortunate to read “Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive”, a collection of deeply visceral short stories by Canadian writer, Alison Gadsby. Futuristic and catastrophic, her writing is inexplicable and draws the reader through the unfamiliar to bear witness to the subtle acts of violence and their memory enacted upon women’s bodies, regardless of time or space. The wicked and plain madness of robots and pregnancy…
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February 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A wonderful and weird new short story collection from Alison Gadsby @junctionreads.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social #newbook #bookreview
The women’s hockey team jerseys are bad ass and cool af 🇨🇦
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The women’s hockey team jerseys are bad ass and cool af 🇨🇦
I still have to steam it but I made this hooked rug piece.
February 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I still have to steam it but I made this hooked rug piece.
There is a tree on the highway near my exit that creates an optical illusion against snow of a dude on a bike and as I get closer, it becomes Bigfoot. It gets me almost every time I pass it. The first time it scared me but now I’m like ah yes, Bigfoot tree
February 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
There is a tree on the highway near my exit that creates an optical illusion against snow of a dude on a bike and as I get closer, it becomes Bigfoot. It gets me almost every time I pass it. The first time it scared me but now I’m like ah yes, Bigfoot tree
I spent an egregious amount of money on grapes today. I only bought two apples because god forbid no one likes apples tomorrow and the bag goes bad. I don’t have profound thoughts about it.
February 9, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I spent an egregious amount of money on grapes today. I only bought two apples because god forbid no one likes apples tomorrow and the bag goes bad. I don’t have profound thoughts about it.
Every time the printer works and prints out exactly what I asked, I’m shocked.
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Every time the printer works and prints out exactly what I asked, I’m shocked.
I bought a very cute pearl nose ring and I might just wait to wear it in the summer when it will look less like a zit against my pale winter face
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I bought a very cute pearl nose ring and I might just wait to wear it in the summer when it will look less like a zit against my pale winter face
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work ...
“Does this make sense to you?”
“Does this make sense to you?”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work ...
"Thanks for your time"
"Thanks for your time"
Without naming you job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Are there any other possible fathers for this child?”
“Are there any other possible fathers for this child?”
February 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work ...
“Does this make sense to you?”
“Does this make sense to you?”
This week’s The Ancients is about cuneiform and it’s cool af. My favourite bit is that we measure time (60s, 60miniy s, etc) bc of how the Sumerians counted.
We are each so small and connected.
We are each so small and connected.
February 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
This week’s The Ancients is about cuneiform and it’s cool af. My favourite bit is that we measure time (60s, 60miniy s, etc) bc of how the Sumerians counted.
We are each so small and connected.
We are each so small and connected.
Important announcement, I met a really handsome cat named Hobo today. I don’t think until this moment to take a picture but just know he was the best, biggest boy
February 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Important announcement, I met a really handsome cat named Hobo today. I don’t think until this moment to take a picture but just know he was the best, biggest boy
Sometimes St. Vincent is just too much and that’s ok, there’s always Santigold
February 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Sometimes St. Vincent is just too much and that’s ok, there’s always Santigold
I’m sometimes annoyed by William Dalrymple but he and Anita Anand (the other one) are currently doing a series on the 1979 Iranian revolution and the current revolution and it’s very good
February 5, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I’m sometimes annoyed by William Dalrymple but he and Anita Anand (the other one) are currently doing a series on the 1979 Iranian revolution and the current revolution and it’s very good
I sat in the drivers seat of a car for the first time since the accident and started crying. A little more sensitive than I thought
February 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
I sat in the drivers seat of a car for the first time since the accident and started crying. A little more sensitive than I thought
I went to the tow yard to see my poor little car and take pictures. The answer to the the insurance agent’s question about what was damaged on the front end is, “yes”.
I actually said I wasn’t sure but there were multiple fluids leaking and the firefighters made me get out and stand clear.
I actually said I wasn’t sure but there were multiple fluids leaking and the firefighters made me get out and stand clear.
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I went to the tow yard to see my poor little car and take pictures. The answer to the the insurance agent’s question about what was damaged on the front end is, “yes”.
I actually said I wasn’t sure but there were multiple fluids leaking and the firefighters made me get out and stand clear.
I actually said I wasn’t sure but there were multiple fluids leaking and the firefighters made me get out and stand clear.