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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 2h

Hey Bluesky, could you help spread the word? My goal for the day is one new sale at my shop. Each Jeremy Creature is designed and hand-sewed by me and takes many hours to create. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely pic of some of my hand-sewn, fabric art Jeremy Creatures. The ground is green fur and the background is a beautiful galaxy print fabric. One creature is a gray rock with two different sizes black eyes and a little frown. There's a tall ghost with about 35 black eyes of different sizes and a wide mouth full of sharp teeth. There's another spirit with many eyes, twirly head wisps, and an open mouth with sharp teeth. There's also a ghost with a tiny face, with two different sized eyes and a little frown. There's a black ghost with a gray moon face, their body covered with hand-embroidered stars and planets of various sizes and colors. There's a frowny white ghost featuring embroidered red flowers. There's a super tiny frowny white ghost, and a super tiny black ghost with four eyes and embroidered stars.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 2h

It'd be awesome if you could also stop cozying up to and rolling over for wealthy donors. For example, like you did with Preschool for All. That'd be great. Thanks.

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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 2h

Today's "fuck you" to existential despair is a shoutout to neighborhood bookstore Stelton Distro in Jersey City. It's also a DIY art space with zines, mutual aid, writing & art workshops, screenings & community resources. Go visit if you're local, or check out their website. They're pretty great!

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Stelton Distro

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Big Trouble In Little China (1986) @bigtrouble1986.bsky.social · 18h

You are not brought upon this world to "get it".

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 18h

See also: bsky.app/profile/vote...

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 21h

Look at that perfect little face!

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 22h

*whispers* ...No wait no *SHOUTS* Hey authors! If you're using AI to advertise your books, I'm just gonna assume you used it to write them, too. Them's the breaks.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 23h

I took it as a sign of the decline of these platforms when I started getting fed ads for them more and more frequently. The harder you're trying to sell a thing, the more convinced I am that it's failing.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 23h

Thank you. It's supposed to rain tomorrow, so I figure I have at least one more day of this, but ice & Aleve & elevation will help.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 23h

I deeply hate this. I have been fascinated by the fall of the American chestnut tree and the efforts to bring it back. How grotesque this is.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 23h

Exactly what in my viewing history makes Hulu think I want to watch The Kardashians?

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 23h

It's too bad we're not neighbors because I have a huge pot of (vegetarian, with beans, don't @ me) on the stove & we could do an exchange.

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Bookstore Romance Day @bookstoreromanceday.org · 08/10/2026

Happening in just ONE WEEK: A FREE virtual event focused on Horromance with @claymcleod.bsky.social @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social #AlexisHenderson & #RosieSycamore. It'll be a great way to celebrate the Halloween season. Snag your tix @ the link. www.eventbrite.com/e/2002246412...

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Horromance

A scary sweet virtual event for the Halloweeen season.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 08/10/2026

Not sure what I did, but my wonky ankle is very swollen & sore today. Hauling laundry up & down stairs is going to have to wait, as is the semi-anual mattress flip. Sigh.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 07/10/2026

For me, it was the cooler mornings where a big pot of boiling water & a 500° oven aren't going to kill me. I use a recipe that does an overnight rise in the 'fridge & the spreading out the process is helpful for me.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 07/10/2026

It's been too long since I made bagels, but I just had a garlic one fresh out of the oven so this maybe needs to be a weekly-ish thing again.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

you can also boycott something just because you know it irritates transphobes when you do spite is a valid reason for a boycott!

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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 06/10/2026

We celebrate Eva Marie Saint, who died today at 102. A #SagAftraMember since 1947, Saint won an Oscar for her film debut in 'On the Waterfront' and starred in 'North by Northwest.' An advocate for organized labor, she leaves an enduring example for generations of union members.

Eva Marie Saint looking into the camera.
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Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint in 'On the Waterfront.'
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Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in 'North by Northwest.' Photo credit: Photofest

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 06/10/2026

I stuck with it and finished the first season and the relationship did get better, but I'm still not sure how believable it's going to be for these two to open a hotel and not implode.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 06/10/2026

Through tomorrow, Penzey's has vanilla extract for 25% off. If you stocked up on gift cards when they were on sale, now's the time to use them. You'll end up saving 47.5%. www.penzeys.com/shop/spices/...

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Spices | Penzeys

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 06/10/2026

I'm trying to watch Ghosts Australia because I love the US & UK editions & I'm just not sure about it, mostly because I don't buy Sean & Kate as a couple who could face obstacles together well.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 06/10/2026

Ooooh. Tiny typewriter is adorable.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 05/10/2026

Bookstores should also take note. Your Banned Books Week displays can actively, positively impact the livelihoods of living authors whose books have been banned. And it's super easy to avoid including harassers (Gaiman, Alexie) and/or bigots (Rowling) on your displays. Be thoiughtful.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 05/10/2026

HILL-A-REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE We're dying out here.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 05/10/2026

I realize that the Holiday shopping season starts earlier & earlier, but I am so very not ready for TV ads yet. I'm adding pre-Halloween Xmas ads to the list with "AI" ads for companies to avoid.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 05/10/2026

If I ever won the Powerball, one of the things I would do would be to search out properties like this and restore them (as much as possible) to their former glory to then serve as retreats for writers & artists & musicians &c.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 04/10/2026

Not just bookstores, but libraries & charity auctions & other giveaways. I don't honestly think they'll be granted the trademark or, if they are, it will be highly circumscribed.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 04/10/2026

They actually cite the commonality of the phrase in their current denial (of 9/15), which is awaiting response from (I shit you not) Ivory Chapters, LLC & their legal counsel.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 04/10/2026

BTW: The company that filed for the trademark is Ivory Chapters, LLC & their website is as white as their name implies.

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Very excited to be participating in this!!

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 04/10/2026

I discovered today that some company tried to trademark "Blind Date With a Book" back in April. It looks like the US Patent & Trademark office has asked them for more proof of the uniqueness of their service, but I'm gobsmacked they even tried. (They still have the ™ on their website.)

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 04/10/2026

So easy to say as a cis white man. And of-fucking-course it's on Substack. Gotta hang out on the Nazi platform to understand Nazis, I guess.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 04/10/2026

Dear indie bookstores: Please stop creating your logos (& posts & graphics &c.) with genAI. Those tools are built on the stolen work of the authors & illustrators you're supposed to be supporting & promoting. It's like someone using you for recommendations & buying from Amazon, only worse. 💜Me

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 04/10/2026

I couldn't find the individual sketch, but it's Stray Businessman/Can I Keep Him? from S1e06. It's at the very end of the episode. I've literally made friends with people because we got the sniffing the business card reference. youtu.be/kDYvCgMvbho?...

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The Kids in the Hall - S01E06

YouTube video by The Kids in the Hall

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Bookstore Romance Day @bookstoreromanceday.org · 03/10/2026

ICYMI: We have two special virtual events scheduled for Halloween season. One more serious focusing on #Horromance & one potentially very silly w/ this year's author sponsors. Details & free tix at the link. www.eventbrite.com/cc/halloween...

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Halloween 2026 by Bookstore Romance Day | Eventbrite

Two special virtual events to get you in the mood for the Halloween season.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.

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404 Media @404media.co · 03/10/2026

help jason pls

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And there is, I think, a similar line to be made about the inherent contradiction of claiming to use AI responsibly to help with things outside your expertise, because if you lack the expertise to fact-check AI, you can't be using it responsibly, but if you have the expertise, you don't need AI.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 03/10/2026

If you ever have the opportunity, Trader Joe's has Deli Sandwich flavored chips that are like dill pickle + other flavors. I'm not sure what the other flavors are & the chips, for me, are more interesting than good, but I'd buy them again.

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 03/10/2026

When your spouse says those wonderful words: “You know, I would like a fountain pen.” Good starter pen and ink recs for someone in the US, anyone? Aesthetic ideally 1980s, tech, NASA, midcentury. The kind of fountain pen you imagine you’d find in an abandoned missile silo or a numbers station.

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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 03/10/2026

This may be the Platonic Ideal of Dog. If you look up "dog" in the dictionary, this is the picture you'll see. The absolute Doggiest of Dogs. (Boop)

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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Only $308 to go to cover all bills and utilities!! Help a disabled queer trans artist out? Just trying to survive. paypal.me/rookkilljoy CshApp/Vmo: foxrook gofund.me/659e1b65

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Pay Brandi Michelle Burnett using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/rookkilljoy and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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