Reposted by Audrey, CMSdave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 9hloving cats, apparently, makes you more attractive to 28% of Americans, per a new survey. that compares with just 23% for owning a home. among Gen Z, the cat figure rises to 34%. having trouble on the apps? put down that mortgage application and get yourself to a cat rescue. 936441
Reposted by Audrey, CMSTim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · 10hit’s a basic point but any company that believes it has a divine right to steal cannot be allowed to exist letting tech companies fuck over creators because they promise magical ai is a devils deal that leads to your data harvested and sold in return for sycophantic chatbots they will let you rent 1487
Reposted by Audrey, CMSFeralfern @wickedferal.bsky.social · 13hAnd if you think maybe you can't afford a pet's care and feeding check out fostering from a local rescue. A lot of them pay for vet visits and food for their fostered animals. A great way to save a cat/dog, opens up space for the rescue to save more animals and you get all the love of a pet. 2103
Reposted by Audrey, CMSDev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social · 15hA plea to all you wonderful folks who are thinking to adopt (not buy) a dog or cat… The shelters are FILLED with animals who’ve been surrendered. Yesterday they had a bed and a family and now they are confused and terrified through no fault of their own. Consider giving them a next chapter. 731660491
Audrey, CMS @amayna60.bsky.social · 14hA spooky and funny pick for spooky month that I enjoyed! 😈 120
Reposted by Audrey, CMSRacheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 17hOR, maybe, generative AI keeps stealing my shit and these companies will do anything to avoid paying me for my labor and production. 116533
Reposted by Audrey, CMSBryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 15hFascinating new study of New Mexico's universal childcare program, first of its kind, finds the program dramatically increased work for lower-income moms www.the74million.org/zero2eight/n...the74million.orgNearly a Year In, Universal Childcare Is Reshaping Work for Moms in New MexicoA new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico. 8387144
Audrey, CMS @amayna60.bsky.social · 16hHere’s my September grouping of top books from StoryGraph. It fits with the variety of what I finished on the month. All fiction of romance, litfic, and mystery or thriller, and mostly print reads with some audio and ebooks. 📚💙 150
Audrey, CMS @amayna60.bsky.social · 20hGreat News! I could open Vibes Preparatory Academy in 14 states! 🤗😬 030
Reposted by Audrey, CMSAngri Bundel @anibundel.com · 01/10/2026Please accept this perfect photo of Maxx who believes himself invisible as my contribution towards your mental health for the day. Also, take a break, drink some water, and double check that curtain isn’t see-thru. 201103188
Reposted by Audrey, CMSFwank @gaymerotter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Starting a challenge called oktober where for the whole month everything is going to be ok 9505148
Reposted by Audrey, CMSSimon A Corvid @scrow1022.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Darkly: Black History & America's Gothic Soul" by Leila Taylor. A blend of culture studies, history, and memoir, reads easy but leaves much to think on. #ThursdayBookChat 122
Audrey, CMS @amayna60.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Enjoying Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma. Lots of 'Much Ado' banter and bickering with these professionals in wedding planning and restaurant management. And what sounds like an awesome specialized ice cream cake. 🍰 What can you share this #ThursdayBookChat? 📚💙 231
Reposted by Audrey, CMSWarwick Prize for Women in Translation @womenintranslation.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Announcing the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Longlist 2026! The list of 13 titles from 12 languages includes novels, poetry, short fiction, and memoir. The prize is judged in 2026 by Arifa Akbar, Véronique Tadjo, Boyd Tonkin. For the full list and announcement: tinyurl.com/394cypw6 25629
Reposted by Audrey, CMSTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When we struggle to express what we mean by literary value, we’re often beginning with a set of assumptions about market value. Cheap material without the supports of time, revision, editing, or the ability of the author to protect their vision for the work often gets translated as low value 2161
Reposted by Audrey, CMSZinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Did you know October is Disability Awareness Month? For K–12 students, @teachingchange.bsky.social’s Social Justice Books offers a list of recommended books on Disability. Learn more: ⬇️ www.socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/di...socialjusticebooks.orgDisabilityCritically reviewed selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. 12014
Reposted by Audrey, CMSCara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you're an avid reader and would like to support indie authors directly, this post has a large list of authors selling direct through avenues like Ko-Fi, Payhip, or Itch, where we receive much larger shares of the sale price than anywhere else! Take a look 👇️elisecarlson.comQueer-Normative SciFi & Fantasy Direct from Authors - Elise CarlsonIntroducing 20 Fantasy/ SciFi authors, where your can purchase books directly from them & their queer, disability & BIPOC character rep. 0811
Reposted by Audrey, CMSPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I am going to say what I've been saying for some time. If they succeed in restricting and criminalizing abortion pills, more people are going to die. ALSO, I think that the public is overly complacent right now. 224880
Reposted by Audrey, CMSElla Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I've come up with a heinous idea to encourage people to subscribe on Bindery and help me start an indie romance publishing imprint. Force me to read books I already know I will hate!!! Like fundraising rewards but HORRIBLE! Here's how it works: rebeleverafter.binderybooks.com/item/Aj0nqZ1... 198
Reposted by Audrey, CMSSarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s that time of year: Meet the delightful winners of the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize!! I love this prize and always look forward to learning about these collections. Congrats to all the winners and bless Heather and Rebecca for creating this prize 📜 📚themillions.comMeet the Winners of the 2026 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize - The MillionsIn 2017, Honey & Wax Booksellers established an annual prize for American women book collectors, aged 30 years and younger. Our goal, at the time, was to expand the popular perception of who book coll... 02811
Reposted by Audrey, CMSKaitlin Ruiz @kaitlinruiz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026one thing I tell myself these days, when everything feels irreparable, is that you don't have to fix everything, and you never have to go it alone. if you find one thing you can do consistently in the company of others, you will have accomplished so much more than you can rightly enumerate. 26114
Reposted by Audrey, CMSBethany Baptiste @storysorcery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'd like to make a poster, and I was wondering if yall could share 1 fave scene or a quote from POISONS. I'm going to add every response that comes by way to the poster. Just as a reminder that POISONS did have a community of people who loved it. 🥹 I'd appreciate it. #booksky #blacksky 03415
Reposted by Audrey, CMSMelissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start: 29302157
Reposted by Audrey, CMSPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I posted in my newsletter about an incarcerated comrade named Kenneth who is running a mobile library in prison. He needed a new cart and some readers generously donated. Here's the new cart! Thanks to those who supported him. 3659129
Reposted by Audrey, CMSTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You know this is my third or fourth go around with this kind of technological innovation for consumers and citizens. And a lot of it is the same. Same pattern of exaggerated benefits, underestimated challenges. What’s new this time is the sector isn’t even pretending to care about the consumer. 563795
Reposted by Audrey, CMSMagen Cubed @magencubed.net · 29/09/2026This year, I set out to experience one new piece of art every single day. Here is the 2nd volume in my series documenting the experience, featuring 9 artists across a broad spectrum of forms and mediums Includes photography, illustration, animation, avant-garde film, sculpture, poetry, and musicbuttondown.comEngaging With Art Every Day: Vol. 2I decided to engage with a piece of art every day. Here's what came of it. 102929
Reposted by Audrey, CMSDr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪 15608177
Reposted by Audrey, CMSSleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him 2958971392
Reposted by Audrey, CMSKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/09/2026Lastly, this has been the toughest month of my career for subscription cancellations. I know money is tight for everyone right now, but I couldn't continue my career without reader support. If you have $5/mo or $50/year (or $10/$100), now would be a great time to subscribe. bsky.app/profile/kate... 214466
Reposted by Audrey, CMSTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I participated in some public library ai courses. I’m telling you that the state of literacies and the complexity of lives deeply enmeshed in the bowels of late stage capitalism cannot find a use case for an agent & if they could, people don’t have the scaffolding to imagine one that could be useful 7102184
Reposted by Audrey, CMSAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Wolves & wild horses have returned to Portugal’s Côa Valley. Rewilding Portugal has been working across the Greater Côa Valley, releasing Sorraia horses & Tauros cattle since 2021 to restore natural grazing. Iberian wolves have now returned to the area on their own buff.ly/xEAcxIx #ShareGoodNewsToobuff.lyThe return of the wild in Portugal's Greater Côa Valley - ELSPWhen Marta Calix moved to Portugal’s Greater Côa Valley in 2019, she joined an ambitious effort to bring nature back across one of western Europe’s important wildlife corridors. Six years later, new… 214641
Reposted by Audrey, CMSTom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Happy 50th Birthday to Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life, not only my favorite album is all time, but one of my favorite THINGS, up there with pizza, dogs, sunsets, and the laughter of children. 1332443
Reposted by Audrey, CMSGeorge Eliot @georgeeliotsays.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves. 153
Reposted by Audrey, CMSSkye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Why you should use a PHYSICAL scene separator (e.g. asterisks) in your books instead of an empty space: 1) Some ereader / app somewhere may simply not show the empty space. 2) Some people read on devices with the text REALLY BIG. Your chance of the empty space being at the end of the screen is... 1417665
Reposted by Audrey, CMSDogMa @drdogma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oakleaf hydrangea. Welcoming autumn. #hydrangea #bloomscrolling #gardening #nature #autumn🌻🌿🍂 071
Reposted by Audrey, CMSAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026California is weaning itself off fossil gas, fast. Gas-fired electricity generation in California fell by 26% in the first half of 2026, as utility-scale solar, batteries and the new SunZia wind project feed power in via a dedicated transmission line. buff.ly/QWQoLPc #ShareGoodNewsToobuff.lyHow California Is Kicking Its Natural Gas Habit - Inside Climate NewsSolar and batteries matter, but they’re not the only reasons for the steep decline in gas-fired electricity. 10354100
Reposted by Audrey, CMSjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Are You A Librarian: The Untold Story of Black Librarians follows the librarians who kept the doors open when the law said they shouldn't-from segregated reading rooms to freedom libraries to the branches serving our communities now" Rentable/streamable 📚 www.historysplayground.com/are-you-a-li...historysplayground.comWatch Are You a Librarian | History's PlaygroundRent the Are You a Librarian documentary for $3.99 and stream it for 72 hours on History's Playground. 218574
Reposted by Audrey, CMSTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Don’t believe people who tell you ai can be liberatory or any other misappropriation of movement talk or justice frameworks. Find some people who are preparing to rebuild and cast your lot with them. Then read a bit more. Just keep your wits about you because they are trying to run game. 91733326
Reposted by Audrey, CMSTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain. 52525659
Reposted by Audrey, CMSGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 205189365401
Reposted by Audrey, CMSAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Bison have returned to Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert. 44 bison were released at Coahuila’s El Santuario reserve late last year, followed by 29 more into Sonora’s Cuenca Los Ojos region in February 2026, where the herd produced 10 calves within months. Yucatán Magazine buff.ly/0SEucl3 #ShareGoodNewsToobuff.lyThe Return of the Bison to Mexico's Chihuahua DesertA species lost for over a century is once again shaping northern Mexico's landscape. 124685
Reposted by Audrey, CMSC.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Finally someone in the Democratic Party has started listening to you! 617232
Reposted by Audrey, CMSs. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 25/09/2026My work at The Flytrap is so important to me. I love the deep connections the worker-owners have formed with each other. I love being part of the indie media ecosystem. And on a personal level, I love being able to chase the stories and things I am interested in, like books coverage. 27833
Reposted by Audrey, CMSSimon A Corvid @scrow1022.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tore through Ruthie Knox + Annie Mare's "Homemaker". I've loved Knox's romances in the past, and the same care and keen observation are present in this mystery. I'm very much looking forward to more in the series - I have the second already on hold at the library. #ThursdayBookChat 023
Reposted by Audrey, CMSMarlena quindi @quindimarlena.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm reading Come Again No More by my friend @greyhoundfanatic.bsky.social 's husband. Enjoying it so far. One of my favourite things about reading is all the different lives you can get a glimpse into. In this case reporters and writers in a dying newsroom. 📚 bsky.app/profile/davi... 242
Audrey, CMS @amayna60.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Kiss a cute stranger in a club, run into him soon after. He’s your neighbor! What are the odds?! It’s Les Normaux Vol 1 by Janine Janssen with S. Al Sabado, a graphic series that began as a webcomic. A book club pick. Anything surprising or not for #ThursdayBookChat? 📚💙 381
Reposted by Audrey, CMSPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I was just pointing out a couple of days on here that this is the LOWEST HANGING FRUIT of low hanging fruit for Democrats to promise if they take control of Congress. RAISE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE from $7.25. It has not risen since 2009. It's criminal. 101080271
Reposted by Audrey, CMSTom Fitton @tomfitton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026After more than two decades of conservation work, Kent Wildlife Trust has removed the beaver enclosure barrier at Ham Fen Nature Reserve, allowing beavers to move freely in the wild and play their role as ‘ecosystem engineers’ across the wider landscape. www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/beavers...kentwildlifetrust.org.ukBeavers take a major step back into the wild at Ham Fen as Kent Wildlife Trust removes enclosure barrierAfter more than two decades of conservation work, Kent Wildlife Trust has removed the beaver enclosure barrier at Ham Fen Nature Reserve, allowing beavers to move freely in the wild and play their rol... 0146