Jane Robert
@janecois.bsky.social
Creator of @happybellyafter and @readingfood
Traveller ~ Knitter ~ Reader ~ Photographer 🌱
Traveller ~ Knitter ~ Reader ~ Photographer 🌱
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New week's cover of The New Yorker, "Remote Control," by Barry Blitt.
September 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
New week's cover of The New Yorker, "Remote Control," by Barry Blitt.
But he can’t take a joke 🤣
In January 2025, Donald Trump focused on free speech by signing an executive order aimed at ending what he called federal censorship. He repeatedly framed his efforts as protecting Americans from government interference and censorship, particularly on social media.
In January 2025, Donald Trump focused on free speech by signing an executive order aimed at ending what he called federal censorship. He repeatedly framed his efforts as protecting Americans from government interference and censorship, particularly on social media.
September 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
But he can’t take a joke 🤣
In January 2025, Donald Trump focused on free speech by signing an executive order aimed at ending what he called federal censorship. He repeatedly framed his efforts as protecting Americans from government interference and censorship, particularly on social media.
In January 2025, Donald Trump focused on free speech by signing an executive order aimed at ending what he called federal censorship. He repeatedly framed his efforts as protecting Americans from government interference and censorship, particularly on social media.
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@oliahercules.bsky.social remembers the sacred legacies of family, ghosts, and sour cherries in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
A Million Sour Cherry Orchards: Olia Hercules on Remembering the Ghosts of Ukraine
I am writing this story without knowing its end: it begins long before I was born and will continue long after I die. I am writing this story to help myself heal and to make you understand. I am wr…
buff.ly
August 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@oliahercules.bsky.social remembers the sacred legacies of family, ghosts, and sour cherries in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Iranian movies have been popular amongst arthouse fans for decades, and now they’re (somewhat) easier to stream in the US. Here are 27 Iranian films to watch, including ‘A Separation,’ ‘No Bears,’ ‘Holy Spider,’ and ‘A Hero.’
27 Essential Iranian Films You Can Stream Right Now
Iranian movies have been popular amongst arthouse fans for decades, and now they’re (somewhat) easier to stream in the US. Here are 27 Iranian films to watch, including ‘A Separation,’ ‘No Bears,’ ‘Holy Spider,’ and ‘A Hero.’
www.vulture.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Iranian movies have been popular amongst arthouse fans for decades, and now they’re (somewhat) easier to stream in the US. Here are 27 Iranian films to watch, including ‘A Separation,’ ‘No Bears,’ ‘Holy Spider,’ and ‘A Hero.’
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Israeli attacks across Iran have killed at least 639 and injured over 1,320, says US-based Human Rights Activists, as the conflict enters its seventh day.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qqb3hy
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qqb3hy
Israel hits Iran’s internal security agency; Trump mulls joining conflict
Israel, Iran continue to trade attacks as Trump says he’s still considering whether to join in the Israeli strikes.
aje.io
June 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Israeli attacks across Iran have killed at least 639 and injured over 1,320, says US-based Human Rights Activists, as the conflict enters its seventh day.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qqb3hy
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qqb3hy
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Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995
June 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995
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HUGELY Important.
While Mike Lee and Steve Daines' Senate Natural Resources Committee amendment to the budget reconciliation package mandates the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public land, what most people miss is that it also authorizes the sale of 258 million acres. That's 40 percent of all public land:
Lee, Daines Up Public Land Sell Off To 258 Million Acres
The Senate's budget reconciliation package includes provision to sell off 40 percent of all public land
wessiler.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
HUGELY Important.
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I made you a REAL summer reading list of fifteen REAL books by REAL authors— books that might not be on your radar. Some old, some newer. Here it is.
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May 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I made you a REAL summer reading list of fifteen REAL books by REAL authors— books that might not be on your radar. Some old, some newer. Here it is.
rebeccamakkai.substack.com/p/fifteen-re...
rebeccamakkai.substack.com/p/fifteen-re...
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You might think bookshops have nothing to do with the Met Gala, but you would be mistaken... Presenting, the 2025 #MetGala Looks to Books!!! ✨
Part 1/6
Part 1/6
May 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
You might think bookshops have nothing to do with the Met Gala, but you would be mistaken... Presenting, the 2025 #MetGala Looks to Books!!! ✨
Part 1/6
Part 1/6
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
Day 20!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (20/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (20/20) 📚💙
February 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Day 20!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (20/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (20/20) 📚💙
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Breaking News: Tom Robbins, whose comic novels drew a cult following by blending pop philosophy and absurdist comedy, has died at 92.
Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92
He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and All.”
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Breaking News: Tom Robbins, whose comic novels drew a cult following by blending pop philosophy and absurdist comedy, has died at 92.
Day 19
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (19/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (19/20) 📚💙
February 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Day 19
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (19/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (19/20) 📚💙
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Sarah McNally, the owner of the McNally Jackson bookstore turned literary empire, is reshaping New York City’s book culture and reading life.
Sarah McNally’s Book Club
Sarah McNally, the owner of the McNally Jackson bookstore turned literary empire, is reshaping New York City’s book culture and reading life.
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January 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Sarah McNally, the owner of the McNally Jackson bookstore turned literary empire, is reshaping New York City’s book culture and reading life.
Day 18!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (18/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (18/20) 📚💙
February 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Day 18!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (18/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (18/20) 📚💙
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Geraldine Brooks’ Memorial Days, Ali Smith’s Griff, and Hanif Kureishi’s Shattered all feature among the best reviewed books of the week.
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring Geraldine Brooks, Ali Smith, Hanif Kureishi, and more
bookmarks.reviews
February 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Geraldine Brooks’ Memorial Days, Ali Smith’s Griff, and Hanif Kureishi’s Shattered all feature among the best reviewed books of the week.
Day 17!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (17/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (17/20) 📚💙
February 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Day 17!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (17/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (17/20) 📚💙
Day 16!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (16/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (16/20) 📚💙
February 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Day 16!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (16/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (16/20) 📚💙
Day 15!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (15/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (15/20) 📚💙
February 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Day 15!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (15/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (15/20) 📚💙
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Hanif Kureishi, Lidia Yuknavitch, Ali Smith and more! These 26 new books are out today.
Josephine Baker! Lidia Yuknavitch! Geraldine Brooks! Ali Smith! 26 new books out today.
It’s the beginning of a new month in a year that has already felt interminably long, and, for many of us, lugubrious. But amidst the chaos and devastation, there are still things to look forw…
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February 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hanif Kureishi, Lidia Yuknavitch, Ali Smith and more! These 26 new books are out today.
Day 14!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (14/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (14/20) 📚💙
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Day 14!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (14/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (14/20) 📚💙
Day 13!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (13/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (13/20) 📚💙
February 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Day 13!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (13/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (13/20) 📚💙
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In Nobel Laureate Han Kang’s WE DO NOT PART, narrator Kyungha has known Inseon for more than 20 years as a friend and artistic collaborator before Inseon asks her to travel to her remote house on snowbound Jeju Island to save the life of her bird.
Book review of We Do Not Part by Han Kang
In Han Kang’s We Do Not Part, narrator Kyungha travel's to her remote house on snowbound Jeju Island to save the life of her bird.
www.bookpage.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In Nobel Laureate Han Kang’s WE DO NOT PART, narrator Kyungha has known Inseon for more than 20 years as a friend and artistic collaborator before Inseon asks her to travel to her remote house on snowbound Jeju Island to save the life of her bird.
Day 12!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (12/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (12/20) 📚💙
February 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Day 12!
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (12/20) 📚💙
#bookchallege
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. In no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (12/20) 📚💙
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As a novel of adventure and redemption and as a story of a woman coming into her own, Allegra Goodman’s 16th-century tale, ISOLA, is a rewarding read.
Book review of Isola by Allegra Goodman
As an adventurous novel of redemption with a story of a woman coming into her own, the 16th-century tale, Isola, is a rewarding read.
www.bookpage.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
As a novel of adventure and redemption and as a story of a woman coming into her own, Allegra Goodman’s 16th-century tale, ISOLA, is a rewarding read.