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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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"Death of the artist" means when Amy Tan says "I did not intentionally put numerological symbolism in Joy Luck Club" you can go "ok but unconscious-you is very clever and it's in there anyhow."
It does not mean "it doesn't matter if JKR is a terrible person."
It does not mean "it doesn't matter if JKR is a terrible person."
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Death of the artist" means when Amy Tan says "I did not intentionally put numerological symbolism in Joy Luck Club" you can go "ok but unconscious-you is very clever and it's in there anyhow."
It does not mean "it doesn't matter if JKR is a terrible person."
It does not mean "it doesn't matter if JKR is a terrible person."
To know how it ends, and still begin to sing it again - as if it might turn out this time. I learned that from a friend of mine, Charlie Brown.
Ernest Hemingway once wrote, “The world is a fine place and worth fighting for”, Charlie Brown. I agree with the second part.
They don't make Sunday, Charlie Brown. Because of God.
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
To know how it ends, and still begin to sing it again - as if it might turn out this time. I learned that from a friend of mine, Charlie Brown.
when you're drinking gin and listening to classic rock...perfection.
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
when you're drinking gin and listening to classic rock...perfection.
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MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
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Found a hack to turn off AI on your phone. You go to settings, advanced settings, then temporal rift settings and click “throw device into the sea.” You will be teleported to a windy cliff in Norway where a mischievous voice will whisper “do it, do it” until you hurl your phone into the raging waves
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Found a hack to turn off AI on your phone. You go to settings, advanced settings, then temporal rift settings and click “throw device into the sea.” You will be teleported to a windy cliff in Norway where a mischievous voice will whisper “do it, do it” until you hurl your phone into the raging waves
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“And I just say, ‘You know, it’s hard for me to care about Riley Gaines tying for fifth when my swim coach is accused of raping my teammates.”
An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“And I just say, ‘You know, it’s hard for me to care about Riley Gaines tying for fifth when my swim coach is accused of raping my teammates.”
Absolutely in awe. Two separate musical moments that made me gasp and have to rewind to experience them again.
(Also, can somebody tell me what that piano piece used for the conclusion was? Because damn, that was beautiful)
(Also, can somebody tell me what that piano piece used for the conclusion was? Because damn, that was beautiful)
My new essay, on Silksong, faith, and the Book of Revelation, is now available on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/jacob...
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Absolutely in awe. Two separate musical moments that made me gasp and have to rewind to experience them again.
(Also, can somebody tell me what that piano piece used for the conclusion was? Because damn, that was beautiful)
(Also, can somebody tell me what that piano piece used for the conclusion was? Because damn, that was beautiful)
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Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.
the mcu will never give us an accurate wolverine adaptation (only role in the movie is to get the shit kicked out of him for ten minutes, adoptive father to sixteen teenagers, in a throuple with jean and scott)
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the mcu will never give us an accurate wolverine adaptation (only role in the movie is to get the shit kicked out of him for ten minutes, adoptive father to sixteen teenagers, in a throuple with jean and scott)
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My “I am not a malformed creep who groomed a child for years and then abducted her to my secret dungeon, I’m just a misunderstood tragic romantic” playlist is raising a lot of questions already answered by my playlist.
Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
My “I am not a malformed creep who groomed a child for years and then abducted her to my secret dungeon, I’m just a misunderstood tragic romantic” playlist is raising a lot of questions already answered by my playlist.
the people yearn for more solos on a hammond b3 organ.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
the people yearn for more solos on a hammond b3 organ.
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You been hit by a smooth hymnal
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
You been hit by a smooth hymnal
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going on twitter now is like the dark world part of link to the past, where the shape of things is roughly the same only now instead of the friendly villagers there's some demihuman freak snarling at you going "welcome to the village of assholes!! we hate you!!" also the trees shoot bombs now
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
going on twitter now is like the dark world part of link to the past, where the shape of things is roughly the same only now instead of the friendly villagers there's some demihuman freak snarling at you going "welcome to the village of assholes!! we hate you!!" also the trees shoot bombs now
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*Benoit Blanc voice* ah assewmed at first that he maht be connected ter the case, but it uppeeas he was just a fancy lad; a lad who laks ter be fancy
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
*Benoit Blanc voice* ah assewmed at first that he maht be connected ter the case, but it uppeeas he was just a fancy lad; a lad who laks ter be fancy
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an arc where the former governor of NY loses increasingly inconsequential elections until the series finale is him trying to run for senior class president at a local high school and getting his ass kicked by some 17 year olds.
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
an arc where the former governor of NY loses increasingly inconsequential elections until the series finale is him trying to run for senior class president at a local high school and getting his ass kicked by some 17 year olds.
Have realized that the feeling I get looking at the Great Lakes and the feelings from a Pollock are not dissimilar.
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Have realized that the feeling I get looking at the Great Lakes and the feelings from a Pollock are not dissimilar.
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THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017) | Dir: Guillermo Del Toro
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017) | Dir: Guillermo Del Toro
i am not going to let the sydney sweeney controversy drive me insane. i am not going to let the sydney sweeney controversy drive me insane. i am not going to let HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU DOWNPLAYING IT AS "MAKING A GENES PUN" AND THINK THAT HELPS? 'GOOD GENES' IS BY DEFINITION EUGENICS WHAT THE FUUUU
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
i am not going to let the sydney sweeney controversy drive me insane. i am not going to let the sydney sweeney controversy drive me insane. i am not going to let HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU DOWNPLAYING IT AS "MAKING A GENES PUN" AND THINK THAT HELPS? 'GOOD GENES' IS BY DEFINITION EUGENICS WHAT THE FUUUU
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A goth-themed ice cream parlor called The Creamatorium
Thank you for following me on BlueSky
Thank you for following me on BlueSky
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A goth-themed ice cream parlor called The Creamatorium
Thank you for following me on BlueSky
Thank you for following me on BlueSky
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When you recount this election day:
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
When you recount this election day:
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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i call this view 'reactionary centrism' - the problem with it is that modern fascism *cannot* be appeased; they don't want a few compromises in women's sports, they want a total social transformation and the end of liberal democracy
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
i call this view 'reactionary centrism' - the problem with it is that modern fascism *cannot* be appeased; they don't want a few compromises in women's sports, they want a total social transformation and the end of liberal democracy
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
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asldkfjs zohran coming off the top with a eugene debs quote rocks so hard
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
asldkfjs zohran coming off the top with a eugene debs quote rocks so hard
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Congratulations to the Cuomo team: it takes a lot of dedication and money to lose one election twice.
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Congratulations to the Cuomo team: it takes a lot of dedication and money to lose one election twice.