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Kaitlin @sleepyphoenix28.bsky.social · Oct 19
My current reading interests, for anyone who stumbles upon my profile:
SFF
Classics
Nonfiction (focus on history, sociopolitical)
Manga
Horror
Historical Fiction
Romance (kinda)
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meyoco.bsky.social
🌊 the wave witch 🌊
an artwork of a woman wearing a witch hat and bodysuit with ocean wave pattern. Her bodysuit has a long tail with sparkles. She also wears thigh high boots with wave patterns.
November 15, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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syllareads.bsky.social
In light of Everything Going On, I would like to get the attention towards the QLL (Queer Liberation Library), a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing queer books to a queer audience for FREE, no age restriction. nada.
www.queerliberationlibrary.org
Please support them. Visit them.
November 6, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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susankayequinn.bsky.social
Well, if you were looking for something to read for the fascist takeover of America, here you go: www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
ten book covers including Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
November 9, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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drmendozan.bsky.social
Below is a link to a short reading (8 pages) I use in my MexAm history class in which I've distilled some of scholarly research on mass removal in the 1930s.

1930smassremovalcampaigns.tiiny.site
Mendoza, Deportation and Repatriation during the Great Depression (2021)
Mendoza, Deportation and Repatriation during the Great Depression (2021)
1930smassremovalcampaigns.tiiny.site
November 8, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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phdrachel.bsky.social
On the other site I was asked me for recs on the history of the US deporting citizens in the Great Depression. Thought it would be useful to share on here too.
The book “Decade Of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation In The 1930s” is a great source. 🗃️
For a quick summary see: www.npr.org/2015/09/10/4...
www.npr.org
November 8, 2024 at 2:14 AM
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tracivw.bsky.social
My new profile to match my mood for a while.
Tears and fears and all kinds of emotions going on.

I will roll up my sleeves soon...

#kidlitart #tears #dragon #art
Splatter painting of a red dragon entwining a girl in a flowing white dress -- both are crying face-to-face
November 8, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
At last, there's a searchable directory of Bluesky starter packs, courtesy of @mubashariqbal.com! Just one more way third-party developers are helping to make this place better.

Search starter packs by keyword, and sort by "Uses" to see which ones people are finding the most helpful
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
November 8, 2024 at 3:58 AM
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meyoco.bsky.social
🌊 waterfall dress 🌊
November 7, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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miski.bsky.social
stargazing 💫 #art
a black cat looks into a glowing starry pool, his distorted reflect peers back at him
November 7, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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falkoopa.in
Outlive the people who hate your existence
November 6, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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ssoybeans.bsky.social
old qifrey, i want to draw him again in the future #witchhatatelier
November 3, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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birdingtothemax.bsky.social
Blue Jay ringed in southern Ontario today 🪶
November 6, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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nghivo.bsky.social
Smarter people than me are talking today, so I'll let 'em at it, but I will say this.

If your brain's trying to kill you and your chest is caving in, go do something tangible, something with effects you can see and touch.

Put a few stitches on the sweater, water the plants, tidy that one corner.
November 6, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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meyoco.bsky.social
warm and fluffy
November 6, 2024 at 1:22 PM
sleepyphoenix28.bsky.social
I found a virtual sticker!
A virtual sticker that states "I voted by mail" for the US election
November 5, 2024 at 7:23 PM
sleepyphoenix28.bsky.social
I read the first chapter of And Then She Fell a while ago and I really want to read more.

#BookishQOTD 💙📚
Book cover of And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott It features an illustration of a woman falling in the middle of the cover. Around her is a somewhat abstract arch of what I believe to be tree branches. Goodreads synopsis for And Then She Fell: A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous woman who discovers the picture-perfect life she always hoped for may have horrifying consequences. On the surface, Alice is exactly where she thinks she should be: She’s just given birth to a beautiful baby girl, Dawn; her charming husband, Steve—a white academic whose area of study is conveniently her own Mohawk culture—is nothing but supportive; and they’ve moved into a new home in a posh Toronto neighborhood. But Alice could not feel like more of an impostor. She isn’t connecting with her daughter, a struggle made even more difficult by the recent loss of her own mother, and every waking moment is spent hiding her despair from Steve and their ever-watchful neighbors, among whom she’s the sole Indigenous resident. Even when she does have a minute to herself, her perpetual self-doubt hinders the one vestige of her old life she has left: her goal of writing a modern retelling of the Haudenosaunee creation story. Then strange things start to happen. She finds herself losing bits of time and hearing voices she can’t explain, all while her neighbors’ passive-aggressive behavior begins to morph into something far more threatening. Though Steve assures her this is all in her head, Alice cannot fight the feeling that something is very, very wrong and that in her creation story lies the key to her and Dawn’s survival. She just has to finish it before it’s too late. The genre tags listed are horror, fiction, indigenous, thriller, magical realism, adult, and mystery
November 2, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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dremenec.com
Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs.

However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!
An infographic. There are six panels. 1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded. 2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text. 3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky. 4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german. 5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say. 6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.
October 28, 2024 at 10:20 PM
sleepyphoenix28.bsky.social
New read! 💙📚
Cover of Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones It's a mostly plain cover featuring what I believe is a wooden wall with a jagged hole in it. The end of a hook is featured prominently, spanning the cover horizontally and over the hole. The quote above the title and author name is from Esquire, reading "A genuine horror superstar." The text between the title and author name is New York Times Bestselling Author of The Only Good Indians
October 31, 2024 at 2:02 AM
sleepyphoenix28.bsky.social
A lack of interest
#BookishQOTD 💙📚
bookishquestions.bsky.social Bookish QOTD 📖🦋 @bookishquestions.bsky.social · Oct 30
⋆ ˚｡⋆୨ October 30 ୧ ‧₊˚ 🍂⋆

જ⁀➴ What would make you DNF a book? If you don’t believe in DNFing, what keeps you reading?

#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚
A desk is set with an open book a warm latte, a muffin, a few candles and a plant. A window reveals a view of rainy street with European style buildings.
October 30, 2024 at 7:20 PM
sleepyphoenix28.bsky.social
I'm hoping that by posting a reading thread (even if it's super short) for most books I read, I will remain focused and actually finish what I start.

My reading mood has been so scattered all year. I keep picking up books and forgetting that I'm even reading them. 😓
October 30, 2024 at 12:24 AM
sleepyphoenix28.bsky.social
Currently reading 💙📚
Cover of My Brother, My Land: A Story From Palestine, written by Sami Hermez with Sireen Sawalha as the primary contributor The cover features a quote from Sandy Tolan, author of The Lemon Tree. Quote: "A powerful, gripping, disturbing account of the struggle for dignity and freedom in a West Bank village." The cover shows a Palestinian woman walking towards a street with trees and houses in the distance
October 30, 2024 at 12:02 AM
sleepyphoenix28.bsky.social
A bittersweet book haul!

My local used bookstore is closing soon so I went in one last time.
A stack of nine used books: Sorcerer's Legacy by Janny Wurts That Way Lies Camelot by Janny Wurts Traitor's Knot by Janny Wurts Mama Day by Gloria Naylor Orientalism by Edward W. Said Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by Jacqueline L. Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
October 29, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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librariediabolique.bsky.social
Bookstores to support in particular:
Massy Books*
Birch Bark Books
Strong Nations

OR a bookstore near you: blog.libro.fm/indigenous-o...
Indigenous-Owned Bookstores in the USA and Canada
Check out this directory of Indigenous-owned, independent bookstores!
blog.libro.fm
October 29, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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librariediabolique.bsky.social
The Library is excited to announce our book club options for November! Our picks this month are:
1) Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
2) Thunder Song by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe
3) Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
4) Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

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November Book Picks: Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich Thunder Song by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline
October 29, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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supergalaxyfox.bsky.social
Hello hello Bluesky 🫒
I'm Andreea and drawing is the only thing filling the hole in my soul ✧
October 13, 2024 at 7:12 PM