Reposted by CrisMJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 10/12/2024The first 2 weeks of December are for warming up to the holiday spirit, and the last two weeks are for holiday stress, which is why the very best part of Christmas is the 25 minutes on the morning of December 16th when you can just drink your coffee and look at your tree like “ah this is nice” 1185476411
Reposted by CrisMMoniza Hossain @monizahossain.bsky.social · 07/12/2024“I have too many books” -judgemental -boring -implies impulse-control issues “The books... they have me.” - mysterious - occult - implies you are at the mercy of a library of books that have gained sentience and are holding you hostage #readingcommunity 225100451503
Reposted by CrisMDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Great man of history: Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian, Sage of Chelsea, instigated foundation of The London Library, born #OTD 1795. Portrait of the Carlyles at home in Chelsea painted in 1857 by Robert Scott Tait. Carlyle’s House Chelsea, National Trust 1256
Reposted by CrisMMaggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social · 25/11/2024"There was another life I might have had, but I'm having this one." —Kazuo Ishiguro 315219
Reposted by CrisMCranky Professional Organizer Bitch @totallydonna.kitrocha.com · 24/11/2024Doing my best to turn Bluesky into an echo chamber that only talks about sexy books, bonkers TV shows, hiking, ghosts, and maybe cats. 1147131
Reposted by CrisMswissmiss @tinarotheisenberg.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Tree.fm allows you to listen to a random forest. This is beautiful. 73986440
Reposted by CrisMJason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Every day there's a viral post about the torture of listening to a child/co-worker/date drone on and on about some obscure subject they're obsessed with. Which is weird because seeing somebody desperately, fiercely sharing what they're passionate about is objectively the coolest fucking thing 42852149
Reposted by CrisMLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18/11/2024@jpbrammer.bsky.social this morning on why he left X is giving me life open.substack.com/pub/holapapi... 301281270
Reposted by CrisMPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024i admit i live in an echo chamber of leftist politics, the only exception being when i hear things said by the president, the next president, the supreme court, members of congress, people on the news, my family, or people i encounter in my daily life. 4793872004
Reposted by CrisMSapna Maheshwari @sapna.bsky.social · 18/11/2024scoop from my colleagues @benmullin.bsky.social & Jess Testa: Elon Musk tried and failed to buy Substack. There are also more than 30 newsletters in politics and news bringing in at least $1 mln/year www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...nytimes.comSubstack’s Bet on Politics Newsletters Leads to Subscriber GrowthThe newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars. But profits remain elusive. 1017587