jb
@fairytaleteacup.bsky.social
she/her. ♓, ISFJ, crafter (knitting, sewing), bookworm, year-round spook 🎃, nerdgeek, cat mom, married 💖
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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At the moment, I’m regrettably not reading Edgar Allan Poe whilst having cappuccinos and croissants in a dimly-lit quaint café on a cobblestone street in Prague during a snowstorm, so no, I’m afraid your email did not “find me well.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
At the moment, I’m regrettably not reading Edgar Allan Poe whilst having cappuccinos and croissants in a dimly-lit quaint café on a cobblestone street in Prague during a snowstorm, so no, I’m afraid your email did not “find me well.”
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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It's much simpler than that. The Boy Scouts aren't maximally cruel to trans kids and so Republicans believe it should be destroyed.
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It's much simpler than that. The Boy Scouts aren't maximally cruel to trans kids and so Republicans believe it should be destroyed.
Use your libraries, you pea brains. If you can't afford the book, guess what you paid taxes that pay for libraries. Use them.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Use your libraries, you pea brains. If you can't afford the book, guess what you paid taxes that pay for libraries. Use them.
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A terrific thread about holiday happiness. Multifaceted - different parts will apply to different people - but I appreciate so much the acknowledgement that holidays can be stressful even when you LIKE your family. 🩷
Okay, so you cannot avoid a Thanksgiving event, and it’s not entirely under your control. You’re home from college, you live with your parents, your spouse isn’t ready to process how awful their natal family is. It happens. THERE ARE STRATEGIES YOU CAN EMPLOY TO YOUR BENEFIT.
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A terrific thread about holiday happiness. Multifaceted - different parts will apply to different people - but I appreciate so much the acknowledgement that holidays can be stressful even when you LIKE your family. 🩷
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Can you spread the word about weaintbuyingit.com? This is one of the easiest and safest ways possible to fight back against the current administration. If you've been saying there's nothing you can do - you're wrong! All you have to do is not buy from Amazon, Home Depot, or Target for five days.
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Can you spread the word about weaintbuyingit.com? This is one of the easiest and safest ways possible to fight back against the current administration. If you've been saying there's nothing you can do - you're wrong! All you have to do is not buy from Amazon, Home Depot, or Target for five days.
I have loads - that's what happens when you don't have cable as a kid but do have VHS (& later DVDs). Some less commonly mentioned ones I've seen more than 6 times (that I can see on my DVD shelf from where I sit atm): Ever After, Saved!, Chocolat, Romeo + Juliet (Baz)
Name a film you've seen six times.
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I have loads - that's what happens when you don't have cable as a kid but do have VHS (& later DVDs). Some less commonly mentioned ones I've seen more than 6 times (that I can see on my DVD shelf from where I sit atm): Ever After, Saved!, Chocolat, Romeo + Juliet (Baz)
I got @premeemohamed.com beneath the rising series last sale. I read the first Saint Death and haven't gotten my library copy for the second yet so it's a very tempting price point!
🚨Readers of #booksky ROLL UP ROLL UP!🚨
Did you know that UK readers can snap up @chuckwendig.bsky.social 's WANDERERS for just 0.99 alongside 35 other titles in our bumper #stillspooky eBook sale?
Website exclusive, DRM FREE, other titles available will vary by country. https://geni.us/Solarissale
Did you know that UK readers can snap up @chuckwendig.bsky.social 's WANDERERS for just 0.99 alongside 35 other titles in our bumper #stillspooky eBook sale?
Website exclusive, DRM FREE, other titles available will vary by country. https://geni.us/Solarissale
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I got @premeemohamed.com beneath the rising series last sale. I read the first Saint Death and haven't gotten my library copy for the second yet so it's a very tempting price point!
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Shot, chaser, another chaser
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Shot, chaser, another chaser
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My last drop of the year is LIVE! 💜⭐️
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Shares = 🫶
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Shares = 🫶
[ #cuteart #artshop #merch ]
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My last drop of the year is LIVE! 💜⭐️
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Shares = 🫶
[ #cuteart #artshop #merch ]
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Shares = 🫶
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This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Signed Away | Sara Nović
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
thebaffler.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
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Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Oh wait! Figured out how to get rid of the garbage Gemini button in Chrome:
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
- Right-click
- Unpin
Gone!
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PSA: take your turkey out of the freezer, kittens.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
PSA: take your turkey out of the freezer, kittens.
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You know how many foods, when allowed to sit in proper conditions for a few days, just become More? Soups become richer, curry becomes spicier, lasagna becomes more decadent?
Well, my mother, through sheer accident, has found the worst possible application of this effect.
Well, my mother, through sheer accident, has found the worst possible application of this effect.
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
You know how many foods, when allowed to sit in proper conditions for a few days, just become More? Soups become richer, curry becomes spicier, lasagna becomes more decadent?
Well, my mother, through sheer accident, has found the worst possible application of this effect.
Well, my mother, through sheer accident, has found the worst possible application of this effect.
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Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
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Also PSA: this is THE circumstance where you SHOULD simply repeat what your female colleague just said and was dismissed
PSA dudes: if you genuinely want women to believe you when you claim to be “one of the good ones” you should probably be backing up your female colleagues when they ask a genuinely important question and get back “quiet piggy” in response
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Also PSA: this is THE circumstance where you SHOULD simply repeat what your female colleague just said and was dismissed
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ICYMI: The Heritage Foundation was founded by Joseph Coors and is still majorly funded by his family’s not-for-profit: The Adolph Coors Foundation, which is directly funded by Molson Coors via family ownership trusts.
So, if you hate nazis please do not bring any of these beers this holiday season.
So, if you hate nazis please do not bring any of these beers this holiday season.
if somebody showed up to thanksgiving looking like this i would citizen's arrest them
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
ICYMI: The Heritage Foundation was founded by Joseph Coors and is still majorly funded by his family’s not-for-profit: The Adolph Coors Foundation, which is directly funded by Molson Coors via family ownership trusts.
So, if you hate nazis please do not bring any of these beers this holiday season.
So, if you hate nazis please do not bring any of these beers this holiday season.
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It would be pretty cool if we all collectively pledged to support indie bookshops whenever/however we could 💕
Depending on budget & accessibility, that could look like visiting them in person, leaving a review, amplifying their social posts, giving gift cards, divesting from mega retailers, etc.
Depending on budget & accessibility, that could look like visiting them in person, leaving a review, amplifying their social posts, giving gift cards, divesting from mega retailers, etc.
November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It would be pretty cool if we all collectively pledged to support indie bookshops whenever/however we could 💕
Depending on budget & accessibility, that could look like visiting them in person, leaving a review, amplifying their social posts, giving gift cards, divesting from mega retailers, etc.
Depending on budget & accessibility, that could look like visiting them in person, leaving a review, amplifying their social posts, giving gift cards, divesting from mega retailers, etc.
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With 🧊 in Charlotte, we will be posting as many resources as we can find to help anyone in Charlotte as well as what we need to know across the state.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
With 🧊 in Charlotte, we will be posting as many resources as we can find to help anyone in Charlotte as well as what we need to know across the state.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.