R Golden
@rebekahgolden.bsky.social
Eats cheese, reads books, walks dog. All photos are taken by me unless otherwise noted.
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So we've got this problem (see below), and numerous folks have kindly bought book bundles to help us deal with it—and it'd be really useful if some more people did the same. If you can grab a bundle, or reskeet this for others' attention, it'd be great. Thanks very much (in advance) for your help! 😊
Friends, we're having an unfortunate backed-up rent situation here, so may I point folks at this offer? 36 DRM-free #ebooks for USD 39.99! If you can grab one of these (or repost the offer for others), we'd much appreciate it. Thanks! (Not valid in the UK, sorry.) ebooks.direct/products/ebo...
Ebooks Direct Whole Store Bundle
By popular demand! This ebook bundle contains our complete inventory of non-new-release* works. All our ebooks are DRM-free, and come with the usual EBD replacement guarantee: if you lose your ebook f
ebooks.direct
September 4, 2024 at 10:48 PM
So we've got this problem (see below), and numerous folks have kindly bought book bundles to help us deal with it—and it'd be really useful if some more people did the same. If you can grab a bundle, or reskeet this for others' attention, it'd be great. Thanks very much (in advance) for your help! 😊
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The clock has struck midnight on the Atlantic.
The time is upon us.
It is #Squidtember!
We have SO MUCH planned for you.
But first, what you've all been waiting for. Squid shirt 2024.
@coreydanks.bsky.social created some of the most deranged squid art I have ever seen. I'm obsessed.
The time is upon us.
It is #Squidtember!
We have SO MUCH planned for you.
But first, what you've all been waiting for. Squid shirt 2024.
@coreydanks.bsky.social created some of the most deranged squid art I have ever seen. I'm obsessed.
September 1, 2024 at 4:01 AM
The clock has struck midnight on the Atlantic.
The time is upon us.
It is #Squidtember!
We have SO MUCH planned for you.
But first, what you've all been waiting for. Squid shirt 2024.
@coreydanks.bsky.social created some of the most deranged squid art I have ever seen. I'm obsessed.
The time is upon us.
It is #Squidtember!
We have SO MUCH planned for you.
But first, what you've all been waiting for. Squid shirt 2024.
@coreydanks.bsky.social created some of the most deranged squid art I have ever seen. I'm obsessed.
I just watched a video about how aluminum foil is made and I'm freaking out that all that goes into this tiny thing
September 3, 2024 at 1:46 AM
I just watched a video about how aluminum foil is made and I'm freaking out that all that goes into this tiny thing
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On this Labor Day, I'm writing about my response to the growing demand for artist labor. "Against Performance" is the author's answer to the meme, "Darling, I do not dream of labor."
Out today and free to read. Happy labor day.
suyidavies.com/essays/again...
Out today and free to read. Happy labor day.
suyidavies.com/essays/again...
Against Performance — Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Suyi Davies Okungbowa writes about reconsidering his relationship with
social media as an author, and why other authors may want to reconsider
theirs.
suyidavies.com
September 2, 2024 at 2:20 PM
On this Labor Day, I'm writing about my response to the growing demand for artist labor. "Against Performance" is the author's answer to the meme, "Darling, I do not dream of labor."
Out today and free to read. Happy labor day.
suyidavies.com/essays/again...
Out today and free to read. Happy labor day.
suyidavies.com/essays/again...
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I've been on a found footage / mockumentary horror kick and it just occurred to me, I almost never hear anyone talking about Phoenix Forgotten. Maybe it just hit well with me because it hits on my specific fears and interests, but I think the ending is just spectacular. www.imdb.com/title/tt6574...
Phoenix Forgotten (2017) ⭐ 5.4 | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
1h 27m | PG-13
www.imdb.com
September 3, 2024 at 12:37 AM
I've been on a found footage / mockumentary horror kick and it just occurred to me, I almost never hear anyone talking about Phoenix Forgotten. Maybe it just hit well with me because it hits on my specific fears and interests, but I think the ending is just spectacular. www.imdb.com/title/tt6574...
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Pilot is releasing new fountain pen ink colors. The three new colors are "Touro", "Shungyou", and "Rikka". #fountainpens
September 3, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Pilot is releasing new fountain pen ink colors. The three new colors are "Touro", "Shungyou", and "Rikka". #fountainpens
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Cowboy is being so sweet to Macready it's absolutely ADORABLE - here we have him gently holding the tug rope but not tugging so Macready thinks he's winning 🥹🥹🥹
September 3, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Cowboy is being so sweet to Macready it's absolutely ADORABLE - here we have him gently holding the tug rope but not tugging so Macready thinks he's winning 🥹🥹🥹
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Eyes on systems.
Eyes on enablers.
Eyes on who benefits from problems and difficulties, and how.
Eyes on how things that suck got to be the way they are.
Eyes on who talks about individual solutions only.
Very few things are one person's problem.
Very few things are one person's fault.
Eyes on enablers.
Eyes on who benefits from problems and difficulties, and how.
Eyes on how things that suck got to be the way they are.
Eyes on who talks about individual solutions only.
Very few things are one person's problem.
Very few things are one person's fault.
September 2, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Eyes on systems.
Eyes on enablers.
Eyes on who benefits from problems and difficulties, and how.
Eyes on how things that suck got to be the way they are.
Eyes on who talks about individual solutions only.
Very few things are one person's problem.
Very few things are one person's fault.
Eyes on enablers.
Eyes on who benefits from problems and difficulties, and how.
Eyes on how things that suck got to be the way they are.
Eyes on who talks about individual solutions only.
Very few things are one person's problem.
Very few things are one person's fault.
If you were going to recast The Fifth Element who would play who?
September 2, 2024 at 1:04 AM
If you were going to recast The Fifth Element who would play who?
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Shalom friends! Wanna hear a shocking cautionary tale about identity theft between Ashmodai, King of the Demons and the Biblical King Solomon? That also somehow involves a ✨MAGIC WORM✨?! Gather ‘round the phone screen, it’s time for #JewishLoreReactions
youtu.be/AjX1vvlFDSs
youtu.be/AjX1vvlFDSs
September 1, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Shalom friends! Wanna hear a shocking cautionary tale about identity theft between Ashmodai, King of the Demons and the Biblical King Solomon? That also somehow involves a ✨MAGIC WORM✨?! Gather ‘round the phone screen, it’s time for #JewishLoreReactions
youtu.be/AjX1vvlFDSs
youtu.be/AjX1vvlFDSs
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Delightful. Reminiscent of those great Red Stripe Ambassador commercials.
Jim billed Purina $1,500 for the costs of building Rowlf (and a sidekick named Baskerville) then shot seven quick commercials for the company in 1962 and 1963. /3
Muppet Purina Commercials - Rowlf and Baskerville (1962-1963)
YouTube video by KermiClown
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August 31, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Delightful. Reminiscent of those great Red Stripe Ambassador commercials.
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Oh hi I fact checked this book and it’s absolutely fucking fascinating. I learned *so much* and I understand our world of propaganda and how we got here so much better now. You should read it!!
It's been psyop summer, but now it's time for fact-based fall. Find out more in my book "Stories Are Weapons: Psychological War and the American Mind," which the New York Times called "skillful at elucidating such a tangled, morally contentious history." wwnorton.com/books/978039...
Stories Are Weapons
One of <em>Publishers Weekly</em>'s Top 10 Politics/Current Events books of Spring 2024 <br /><br /> A sharp and timely exploration of the dark art of manipulation through weaponized storytelling, fr...
wwnorton.com
August 31, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Oh hi I fact checked this book and it’s absolutely fucking fascinating. I learned *so much* and I understand our world of propaganda and how we got here so much better now. You should read it!!
I stumbled across this after one too many law enforcement fanfic thrillers. I needed something truer to my own experiences & fears. This was a delight for me to read. Be kind to yourself when reading there are triggers pulled from start to finish.
I've somehow not sold a single copy of my domestic thriller The Silent Places on Amazon in six weeks, which clearly means I don't talk about it nearly enough. Standalones are tricky to sell, especially outside one's usual genres, but I'm tremendously proud of this book. www.amazon.com/dp/B08K5Z11LJ/
August 31, 2024 at 6:31 PM
I stumbled across this after one too many law enforcement fanfic thrillers. I needed something truer to my own experiences & fears. This was a delight for me to read. Be kind to yourself when reading there are triggers pulled from start to finish.
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as an immigrant, this whole "you rely on us" thing is so fucking annoying, putting it in the mildest terms possible. why do I need to serve you dutifully in some capacity to have the right to live in peace with my family, can we try maybe not looking at people as transactional utilities instead?
August 31, 2024 at 12:49 PM
as an immigrant, this whole "you rely on us" thing is so fucking annoying, putting it in the mildest terms possible. why do I need to serve you dutifully in some capacity to have the right to live in peace with my family, can we try maybe not looking at people as transactional utilities instead?
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been working on this to "happy and you know it" to teach my kids:
I don't answer questions, am I free to go?
I dont answer questions, ami free to go?
My mom said call her lawyer and we don't want to annoy her
I dont answer questions am I free to go?
I don't answer questions, am I free to go?
I dont answer questions, ami free to go?
My mom said call her lawyer and we don't want to annoy her
I dont answer questions am I free to go?
Teaching my kid a nursery song: "I don't answer questions, am I free to go? I don't answer questions, am I free to go? Case law says you have five minutes but this is going pretty slow, so I don't answer questions, am I free to go?"
August 29, 2024 at 11:45 PM
been working on this to "happy and you know it" to teach my kids:
I don't answer questions, am I free to go?
I dont answer questions, ami free to go?
My mom said call her lawyer and we don't want to annoy her
I dont answer questions am I free to go?
I don't answer questions, am I free to go?
I dont answer questions, ami free to go?
My mom said call her lawyer and we don't want to annoy her
I dont answer questions am I free to go?
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Reminder: if you get a notice from a debt collector, even if it's for a tiny amount, make them work for it! Send them a request to validate the debt and prove that they have the authority to collect it. The CFPB has sample letters: www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/wha...
What should I do when a debt collector contacts me? | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
First, determine important information about your debt—including if it’s legitimate and if you really owe it—and then use our sample letters to respond appropriately to the debt collector.
www.consumerfinance.gov
February 18, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Reminder: if you get a notice from a debt collector, even if it's for a tiny amount, make them work for it! Send them a request to validate the debt and prove that they have the authority to collect it. The CFPB has sample letters: www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/wha...
First concert: James Taylor
Last concert: Dessa
Worst: ???
Loudest: L7
Best: Paul Simon (east coast venue on the water, Graceland)
Most surprising: Patti Smith
Happy I got to see: Bonnie Raitt's dog come out on stage
Wish I could have seen: Maria Callas, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt...
Last concert: Dessa
Worst: ???
Loudest: L7
Best: Paul Simon (east coast venue on the water, Graceland)
Most surprising: Patti Smith
Happy I got to see: Bonnie Raitt's dog come out on stage
Wish I could have seen: Maria Callas, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt...
First concert: symphony for kids or Alanis Morisette
Last concert: Edmonton Folk Fest 2019
Worst: Van Morrison
Loudest: Metallica
Best: David Byrne & St Vincent & full brass band
Most surprising: Kraftwerk
Happy I got to see: Pearl Jam, Jovanotti, Amadou & Mariam
Wish I could have seen: Soundgarden
Last concert: Edmonton Folk Fest 2019
Worst: Van Morrison
Loudest: Metallica
Best: David Byrne & St Vincent & full brass band
Most surprising: Kraftwerk
Happy I got to see: Pearl Jam, Jovanotti, Amadou & Mariam
Wish I could have seen: Soundgarden
First concert: Skinny Puppy
Last concert: Swans
Worst: Pantera portion of White Zombie/Pantera
Loudest: Swans
Best: My Life w the Thrill Kill Kult/KMFDM/Pig Face triple header
Most surprising: Luscious Jackson
Happy I got to see: Nirvana
Wish I could have seen: The Breeders
Last concert: Swans
Worst: Pantera portion of White Zombie/Pantera
Loudest: Swans
Best: My Life w the Thrill Kill Kult/KMFDM/Pig Face triple header
Most surprising: Luscious Jackson
Happy I got to see: Nirvana
Wish I could have seen: The Breeders
August 27, 2024 at 5:07 AM
First concert: James Taylor
Last concert: Dessa
Worst: ???
Loudest: L7
Best: Paul Simon (east coast venue on the water, Graceland)
Most surprising: Patti Smith
Happy I got to see: Bonnie Raitt's dog come out on stage
Wish I could have seen: Maria Callas, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt...
Last concert: Dessa
Worst: ???
Loudest: L7
Best: Paul Simon (east coast venue on the water, Graceland)
Most surprising: Patti Smith
Happy I got to see: Bonnie Raitt's dog come out on stage
Wish I could have seen: Maria Callas, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt...
Today I learned (and love) the term QUILTBAG translanguageprimer.com/quiltbag/
QUILTBAG – The Trans Language Primer
translanguageprimer.com
August 27, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Today I learned (and love) the term QUILTBAG translanguageprimer.com/quiltbag/
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It won't work ironically because of racism. White women are routinely stereotyped as weak, but Black women are stereotyped as oxen. Hence the not your mule hashtag ( lifted from the Zora Neale Hurston book)
For my sins, I read this column.
It’s not really about virtue per se, but a call for Trump and his campaign to exercise message discipline by calling Harris unfit for the presidency due to “weakness” over and over again.
It’s not really about virtue per se, but a call for Trump and his campaign to exercise message discipline by calling Harris unfit for the presidency due to “weakness” over and over again.
Today's "the paywall is my friend" moment.
August 26, 2024 at 12:58 PM
It won't work ironically because of racism. White women are routinely stereotyped as weak, but Black women are stereotyped as oxen. Hence the not your mule hashtag ( lifted from the Zora Neale Hurston book)
Since I'm only just returning to social media I'm not sure if this made the rounds but damn this is important to me. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Biden administration announces a plan for removing medical debt from credit reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released proposed federal regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on consumers’ credit reports.
www.npr.org
August 25, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Since I'm only just returning to social media I'm not sure if this made the rounds but damn this is important to me. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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if you're looking to 'do something,' well the presidential race isn't the only option — there's a good chance that there's a highly important STATE SUPREME COURT race in your backyard.
i wrote a guide to each and every state's races in here: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...
i wrote a guide to each and every state's races in here: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...
Your State-by-State Guide to the 2024 Supreme Court Elections
Voters this year are deciding the fate of 82 seats across 33 states’ high courts. Cases involving abortion, democracy, and other critical issues hang in the balance.
boltsmag.org
August 24, 2024 at 1:21 AM
if you're looking to 'do something,' well the presidential race isn't the only option — there's a good chance that there's a highly important STATE SUPREME COURT race in your backyard.
i wrote a guide to each and every state's races in here: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...
i wrote a guide to each and every state's races in here: boltsmag.org/your-state-b...
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My first post. Wednesday Morning's great Saturn occultation by the Moon.
August 24, 2024 at 7:13 AM
My first post. Wednesday Morning's great Saturn occultation by the Moon.