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Karen Wynn Fonstad was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth
She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
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January 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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🚨Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store during the duration of our ULP strikes. 🧵

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Red and white text on black, grungy background: "DO NOT BUY FROM STARBUCKS WHILE WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE!" The SBWU fist logo with fire around it sits at the bottom of the graphic.
December 22, 2024 at 12:44 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
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#BookChallenge

Day 20/20:
Photo of the novel The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali.
December 7, 2024 at 4:07 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 19/20:
Photo of the novel Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
December 5, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 18/20:
Photo of the novel Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden.
December 4, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 17/20:
Photo of the novel, City of Brass, by S.A. Chakraborty.
December 4, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 16/20:
Photo of the book Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating by Christy Harrison, MPH.
December 2, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
In high school, all the creative writing awards were won by my friend Daniel Alarcon--who has gone on to become a Macarthur Fellow, the creator of Radio Ambulante, and an accomplished novelist.
Now, he has made an extraordinary podcast with Serial and @nytimes.com.
open.spotify.com/show/67Gy3bv...
The Good Whale
Podcast · Serial Productions and the New York Times · Fans of the movie “Free Willy” are outraged to learn that the real whale who played Willy lives in a tiny pool at an amusement park in Mexico City...
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November 14, 2024 at 12:24 PM
velescope.bsky.social
Scientific Method: How music can be used as medicine
It doesn't just sound good.
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December 2, 2024 at 6:26 PM
velescope.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 15/20:
Photo of the book Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age by Sarah Hendrickx.
December 1, 2024 at 11:20 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 14/20:
Photo of the novel My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell.
November 30, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 13/20:
Photo of the novel Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant.
November 30, 2024 at 2:24 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 12/20:
Photo of the novel True Biz by Sara Novic.
November 29, 2024 at 12:35 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 11/20:
Photo of the novel Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar.
November 29, 2024 at 12:33 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 10/20:
Photo of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi.
November 27, 2024 at 3:57 AM
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November 26, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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Send life-changing cash directly to Kenyans in need | GiveDirectly
Your favorite Nebula video creators teamed up to deliver life-changing funds for all 164 families in a rural village in Akorian, Kenya where most residents live on less than $1/day.
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November 26, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 9/20:
Photo of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, Never Let Me Go.
November 25, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 8/20:
Photo of the novel, Elatsoe, by Darcie Little Badger.
November 25, 2024 at 2:31 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 7/20:
Photo of Susan Abulhawa’s novel, Against The Loveless World.
November 24, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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This is one of those videos that you could work on forever, but suddenly it felt very important to make it, so I finally did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
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November 22, 2024 at 7:59 PM
velescope.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 6/20:
Photo of Julia Armfield’s novel, Our Wives Under the Sea, which features ocean waves on a pink sky.
November 22, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 5/20:
Photo of Ruta Sepety’s novel, I Must Betray You.
November 21, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky 💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

Day 4/20:
Photo of Michelle Zauner’s memoir, H Mart.
November 20, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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Jeremy Allen White - "You should always have a book with you. You don't wanna be out there looking like a bozo."
November 20, 2024 at 4:21 PM