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Lexi Charles
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Author (academic/nonfiction 📚) by day, aspiring author (fiction) by night. Bibliophile, dog mom, and certified smarty pants.
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A Gentleman's Gentleman is one of the NYT's Top 100 Notable Books of 2025
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
And, I'm just saying, I would rather pay $1.99/mo for this than buy into Google's drive storage scam. 🙄
I just want to point out that there is a lane for someone to start a small media company whose express mission statement is "nothing we put on the internet was made by AI" & every time a category gets overrun like this, they branch out
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I just want to point out that there is a lane for someone to start a small media company whose express mission statement is "nothing we put on the internet was made by AI" & every time a category gets overrun like this, they branch out
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Anyone else's #google drive mysteriously hit the size limit after turning these AI features off? Just curious. 🙄
Gmail now shuts off spelling and grammar checks unless you agree to let them train their AI off your personal correspondence. Extortion at its finest. 🙄
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Day 1 of the #ATL Indie Bookstore crawl and I already have two stamps, lots of stickers, and a new book ❤️ 📚 #booksky
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Gmail now shuts off spelling and grammar checks unless you agree to let them train their AI off your personal correspondence. Extortion at its finest. 🙄
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS
#BREAKING: The Trump administration is asking #SCOTUS for an immediate “administrative” stay of a Rhode Island district judge’s order that is otherwise requiring it to resume the distribution of SNAP benefits from other funding sources no later than the end of today.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Did Women Ruin the Workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Number 130 for the year and book 91/100 for my library reading challenge! 🎉 I finished this one faster than you can say "flux capacitor." #booksky 📚
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
128. Evelina, by Frances Burney. I'm glad I sought this out after reading Rebecca Romney's great Jane Austen's Bookshelf. The influence on Austen (even Dickens) is clear 1/x #booksky
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Books 125 and 127-- Acquisitions from Eagle Eye Bookstore in #ATL. Love is a War Song was an uplifiting #romance with a lot of positivity around Muscogee culture 1/2 #booksky
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Portrait of a Scotsman was book 51 of the year and it's fully worth the bargain price! (Feels so long ago 😄)
Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals

Your Tuesday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This #electionday don't sleep on your off-year races. Even if you don't have municipal races, the PSC races in #GA are vitally important. Turn out and send a message! #vote
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Derp. 13 days to finish is a killer. 😅 Not pictured is Svetlana Alexievich's Secondhand Time, a beautiful, heart-wrenching doorstop of a book that I forgot to rate. #booksky #StoryGraph
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Fully expecting my October #Storygraph stats to be trick more than treat. 😅 In my defense, I've had about three 500-page books on deck for this library challenge.
a girl wearing glasses and overalls is saying i like big books and i can 't lie .
ALT: a girl wearing glasses and overalls is saying i like big books and i can 't lie .
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October 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Happy #Halloween to all (but especially to doggos in costumes)!
a dog in a ghost costume with a pumpkin in its mouth .
ALT: a dog in a ghost costume with a pumpkin in its mouth .
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October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Every time Google alerts me to "new features," I think about how great it is that we lost democracy but now I can talk to my watch about it using natural language.
a gray and white cat is sitting on the floor looking at the camera .
ALT: a gray and white cat is sitting on the floor looking at the camera .
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October 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
118. I am behind on posting books again. 😅 Michelle is another #GA author. Fabulous person, wonderful book! This one has a plot featuring a struggle over gen AI. 👀 📚 #booksky
October 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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*stares in 90s kid*
October 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
119. I got behind on posting my books. 😅 This was my local author entry for the library reading challenge. Lovely cover, spicy and fun. It was a surprise to find a signed copy! 🤩 📚 #booksky #romance
October 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Wat Lao Buddhist temple #ATL
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In honor of #bannedbooksweek and Nobel week. Either the best or worst time to revisit a masterwork on the collapse of a society. #booksky 📚
October 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The mechanical surveillance uterus was probably the next logical step in techbro dystopia.
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
More from Decatur Book Fest. 💯📚 #booksky
October 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More from the Decatur Book Fest--Display @ the #library 💯📚 #booksky
October 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM