LightNews LightNews
zaffrekolinsky.bsky.social
@zaffrekolinsky.bsky.social
21 followers 27 following 7 posts
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted
thenerve.news
Lead story @pressgazette.co.uk
"To the journalists of the Washington Post I say, there is another way.... What if you could try to do journalism in a different way? And persuade a community of readers to build a new kind of journalism?"

THANK YOU to our community for making the Nerve a success 🔗👇
screenshot of Press Gazette homepage leading with "A letter to the 300 axed Washington Post staffers from Carole Cadwalladr"
February 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Reposted
bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
There are a zillion articles on the web about how to fight book bans. This is mine from 2 years ago. reactormag.com/book-bans-af...
Book Bans Affect Everybody — Here's How You Can Help - Reactor
I have been a librarian for more than a decade, and a school librarian for nearly half of that. I didn’t get into this field to wage a war against a political system that has declared me the enemy. Al...
reactormag.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Reposted
bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
For the last couple of years, library workers have been begging and pleading for attention on this. If you think this won't happen in your community, guess what, it will. You *have* to get involved. Now. Don't wait until the ban is in place.
slj.com School Library Journal @slj.com · Jan 25
With a press release titled “U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden’s Book Ban Hoax,” the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (DOE OCR) has dismissed all complaints of book banning that it had been investigating.
U.S. Dept. of Education Dismisses Book Ban Complaints, Rescinds Agreement in Civil Rights Violations in Forsyth County Book Removals
PEN America and EveryLibrary respond to the action taken by the Trump administration, which called the book bans
www.slj.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
zaffrekolinsky.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I like the inverted commas
Cat receives award for 'working' at Taunton charity shop
Eight-year-old Bean has been coming into the Sue Ryder shop in Somerset every day for five years.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reposted
catsofyore.bsky.social
Surprise dinner guest! Photo from my collection, no date/info.
Black and white photo that is a riot of constraint. Some food and drink is set up on a table with a white table cloth. Above it is a window through which a shorthaired black and white cat is emerging between very boldly printed floral curtains. The cat is so cute, a black tuxedo except is has a perfect black diamond on its nose. The bold pattern of the cat combined with the almost overwhelming pattern of the curtains makes the image a bit much at first until you see what’s going on.
January 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Reposted
chuckwendig.bsky.social
As I am a writer and must peddle my wares lest I die in the abyss, hey! In April 2025, THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS emerges from the fog and the trees and if you wanted to pre-order it from your favorite local bookstore -- or get signed, personalized copies from Doylestown Bookshop -- that'd be nice.
Cover reveal for Chuck Wendig's THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, listed as Coming April 29, 2025. On the cover a spiral staircase rises through eerie mist in a dim forest of crooked trees. A crow sits on the railing of the staircase. DEL REY is the publisher. Cover design by The Boland Design Co. Text: A group of friends investigates the mystery of a strange staircase in the woods in this mesmerizing horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Accidents. Five high school friends are bonded by an oath to protect one another no matter what. Then, on a camping trip in the middle of the forest, they find something extraordinary: a mysterious staircase to nowhere. One friend walks up—and never comes back down. Then the staircase disappears. Twenty years later, the staircase has reappeared. Now the group returns to find the lost boy—and what lies beyond the staircase in the woods. . . .
November 20, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Reposted
marineeyes.bsky.social
Mrs Jynx is a legend and i had the pleasure of chatting with her via cloud collecting! ☁️
open.substack.com/pub/cloudcol...
cloud collecting #20: Mrs Jynx (Hannah Davidson)
electronic music legend talks about patience, working with time constraints + getting geeky and giddy with sound
open.substack.com
December 19, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Reposted
stereogum.com
'DÍA,' the first new Ela Minus album in more than four years, is out today. Stream it and read why it's our Album Of The Week:
Album Of The Week: Ela Minus 'DIA'
“Abrir Monte,” the opening track of Ela Minus’ sophomore album DIA, comes from childhood. Translating to “open the mountains,” the phrase references the process of cutting through jungle undergrowth t...
www.stereogum.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
zaffrekolinsky.bsky.social
Clearing out loft - found all my old cds
November 17, 2024 at 12:49 PM
zaffrekolinsky.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=dAVP... Love this
youtube.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Reposted
chuckwendig.bsky.social
fuck it, the world is bad, birds are good, here are some more birds

also I took that bluebirds shot yesterday and I really like it

(remember, kids, and last reminder for now, make sure you turn ALT TEXT on as required in your settings under accessibility, please)
High up, a blue-grey gnatcatcher leans forward on a bare branch, facing right, and is very clearly yelling at an incoming bug (probably a wasp of some kind). I don't know what it's yelling. Maybe directions, or perhaps incomprehensible gibberish, or a conspiracy theory. Okay it's probably just planning to eat the bug, I dunno. It's beak is open is what I'm saying. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig Two bluebirds square off, though whether in a fight or in a mating ritual or both, I cannot say. On the post is a male, wings partially extended, leaning forward (away from camera) like, "Oh, you want some of this?" And a female (?) bluebird is in midflight, recoiling, as if she wanted to land but realized the guy on the post is a real asshole. The background is faded brown. The post is greenish brown, and scratched up, as if by tiny claws. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig A curious looking little orange-breasted gray bird which is a European robin (taken in Sintra, Portugal). It's standing there looking vaguely interested, and also slightly judgy. In left of frame, facing right. Foreground has blurry greenery. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig In a vignetted photo in some green shrubbery (forsythia), an American redstart (black bird with orange wings and side breast) is just open-beaked and singing his heart out, like, some real "LA LA LA" business. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig
November 15, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Reposted
hopehumphreys.bsky.social
I got another letter in the paper
November 15, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Reposted
irish-pickle.bsky.social
Nearly 400 books removed from school libraries in one Tennessee county. Based on my skim of the list, most of them appear to be books by women, authors of color, &/or LGBTQ+ authors.

www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...
Roughly 400 Books Removed From Wilson County School Libraries
District removes books including ‘The Bluest Eye,’ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Dr. Seuss’ ‘Wacky Wednesday’ to comply with state law
www.nashvillescene.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:11 PM