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bookstore guy in the hudson valley.

I’d strike the sun if it insulted me.
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noah @leonardcrohn.bsky.social · May 23
I am, however, very excited to say that I am a bookseller again! Try as I might, there is no escape. Starting next week, you will find me (pictured) at Inquiring Minds (also pictured) in Saugerties, NY nearly every day. Come say hi! Send me galleys if you have ‘em!
Richard Scarry illustration of a bookstore with an owl in the window
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pope bob holding up the maglia rosa in front of the peloton
November 16, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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humanities scholars today
Jim Downey podcast meme with text “Mahmood Mamdani’s kid?”
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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humanities scholars today
Jim Downey podcast meme with text “Mahmood Mamdani’s kid?”
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
the Sudan Solidarity Collective has partners in El Fashir distributing aid. give what you can

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nisrinelamin.bsky.social Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · Oct 11
The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.

Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .

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Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
leonardcrohn.bsky.social
forgot to post this
Eric Andre wearing a long-sleeved Face/Off t-shirt, standing in a bookstore, holding a copy of Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Y. Davis, and grinning
October 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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A Bard College student was kidnapped by ICE and Bard’s administration is advocating for his release and has created a website to assist the rest of the community in joining them.

That’s what academic leaders should be doing for their students right now. www.instagram.com/p/DQKSTDJkeF...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
leonardcrohn.bsky.social
Today I met by chance a customer who turned out to be the President of the @spencerruchti.bsky.social Fan Club — a contested and coveted position
October 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
leonardcrohn.bsky.social
taped this to the register and sharing the quoted post with the staff so everyone is prepared
“Krasznahorkai” written in capital letters and taped to the drawer of a cash register
October 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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yesterday a couple from Birmingham AL came into the store when I was wearing my @thankyoubooks.bsky.social hat ❤️
October 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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jenniferlcroft.bsky.social
I took this picture of Olga and László in London in 2018. Congrats to Krasznahorkai and his translators, including George Szirtes and @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social, and long live a Central Europe free of dictators (foreign and domestic) and full of magnificent minds like these!
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
leonardcrohn.bsky.social
yesterday a customer came up to the counter with this book and I said “it *is* such a con,” and he said “yeah, it is. and I work in AI…”
The AI Con: how to fight big tech’s hype and create the future we want, by Emily M. Bender & Alex Hanna
October 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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ayoub.bsky.social
Wtf.

Two of the victims at the Manchester Synagogue were shot by the Greater Manchester Police. One of them died.

www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said its officers shot two of the victims in the attack on a synagogue in the city on Thursday, one of whom died. "One of the deceased victims would appear to have suffered a wound consistent with a gunshot injury," GMP said on Friday. "It is currently believed that the suspect, Jihad Al Shamie, was not in possession of a firearm and the only shots fired were from GMP's Authorised Firearms Officers," it added. "We have also been advised by medical professionals that one of the three victims currently receiving treatment in hospital has also suffered a gunshot wound, which is mercifully not life threatening."
October 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
Early last semester, Droubi said, students began approaching Cheyfitz with complaints that a graduate student in the “Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance” class appeared to be recording them, possibly to “gather their names and comments” and intimidate them. “We believe that a student came to the course for the sole reason of surveilling and potentially harming students in the class,” Droubi said. “That ended up proving itself to be true because multiple students came forward and shared their concerns with Professor Cheyfitz.” Cheyfitz said one Palestinian student quit the class after telling him she felt upset and frightened. Current Issue Cover of October 2025 Issue October 2025 Issue According to Cheyfitz, the graduate student often steered conversations away from the assigned readings—which at that point mostly focused on definitions of genocide and international law on Indigenous rights—to defend Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza and argue with others in the class. “He clearly had not done the readings,” Cheyfitz said. “It was disruptive.” Cheyfitz said he met with the graduate student in late January and spoke to him about concerns from his classmates. During the conversation, he asked the graduate student to drop the course, and by the next class, he did, Cheyfitz said. The graduate student, Oren Renard, a PhD candidate in computer science whose identity was confirmed by other students in the class, previously served in Israel’s elite military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, according to his LinkedIn profile.
September 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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versobooks.bsky.social
On this day in 1940, Walter Benjamin took his own life in the town of Portbou, after being denied entry by Spanish officials.

“If the killing of Lorca was Fascism’s first crime against literature, Benjamin’s death was undoubtedly the second.” - The Listener
September 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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leahgreenberg.bsky.social
This is a disgusting, horrifying weaponization of the courts to continue the administration’s persecution of Mahmoud Khalil for free speech
September 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
257. The Commission recommends that all Member States: (a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip; (b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide; (c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law; (d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide; (e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. 258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: (a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants; (b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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sabs.bsky.social
if you read one thing today, make it this absolutely devastating piece from a fact-checker who quit the New Yorker
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Though the man’s killing had been filmed, a fact checker is obliged to seek comment from any party alleged to have committed a crime. I called the soldier’s lawyer. He picked up from a café, where I could hear trance music blasting in the background. The lawyer told me that while, yes, his client did shoot the man picking olives, and yes, the man did die, the Israeli military court found his client not guilty of murder because the man picking olives was a terrorist who was throwing stones. Even though the video did not show the Palestinian man throwing stones, the court said that he was, so he was. QED, his client did not murder anyone, and it would be slanderous for us to say so.
September 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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scalzi.com
A friend of mine co-owns this bookstore. This is not great.

www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/d...
Small DC bookstore reports 60% decline in business since federal surge
A bookstore in the Petworth neighborhood reports sales are down a whopping 60% since the federal surge in D.C. began. The small but beautifully arranged Loyalty Bookstore on busy Upshur Street near Ge...
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September 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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therealbradbabs.bsky.social
i sent an order their way and you can to: loyaltybookstores.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Wild how political alliance with Zionism sweeps all sorts of wild statements about Jews under the table
Kirk said that Jewish people control “not just the colleges; it’s the nonprofits, it’s the movies, it’s Hollywood, it’s all of it.” Kirk also said ”the number one funding mechanism of radical, open border, neoliberal, quasi-Marxist policies, cultural institutions, and nonprofits" is “Jewish donors.” Claims that wealthy Jewish people and donors control major institutions and Hollywood are common antisemitic tropes. [Salem Media Group, The Charlie Kirk Show, 10/26/23; The Washington Post, 10/17/22; The Times of Israel, 11/17/22]
September 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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stinemomo.bsky.social
In case you're still wondering how vile Sylvan Adams is on multiple fronts, this article has a run through of some of his grossest hits.
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And yes, it really is that simple. You can race as shiny happy PR for a genocidal regime OR you can race uninterrupted. Not both.
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You Can Advertise The State Of Israel On Your Shirt Or Ride Undisrupted In La Vuelta, But Not Both | Defector
Nobody won Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España on Wednesday in Bilbao, as race organizers chose to neutralize the stage due to huge groups of anti-genocide protestors at the finish line. Thousands gathere...
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September 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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nicolechung.bsky.social
"No bookstore that PW has reached out to has been as adversely impacted as @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, which specializes in diverse and intersectional literature ... Sales are down 65% since August 11."

you can shop at Loyalty at loyaltybookstores.com or through Bookshop bookshop.org/shop/loyalty
Washington D.C. Indies Contend With Police and Military Presence
The Trump administration’s military takeover in Washington, D.C., last month is impacting sales and foot traffic to various degrees at indie bookstores across the city.
www.publishersweekly.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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leonardcrohn.bsky.social
got an @asterismbooks.bsky.social account for the store and I’m going on a spree. everyone what are your favorite books from asterism publishers??
August 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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got an @asterismbooks.bsky.social account for the store and I’m going on a spree. everyone what are your favorite books from asterism publishers??
August 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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jasondiamond.bsky.social
I wrote something about writers from Chicago. open.substack.com/pub/meltedch...
The Chicago Literary Canon
Get in jagoff, we're going reading
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August 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM