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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Will House Democrats support the Affordable Loans For Students Act introduced by NY Rep Mike Lawler (R), FL Rep Anna Paulina Luna (R), & FL Rep Jared Moskowitz (D)? #StudentLoans #HigherEd #DebtRelief

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Call your reps and ask them to support this BIPARTISAN effort to cut student loan rates. It's not perfect. But it's a step in the right direction. #StudentLoans #HigherEd #DebtRelief www.newsweek.com/student-loan...

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Student loan interest rates could be cut for millions of Americans

If a new bill passes Congress, it will adjust interest rates on existing federal student loans down to 2 percent.

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Micah Epstein @micahepsteinart.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Let's get this #PortfolioDay started! I'm Micah: illustrator, concept artist, drawing geek. You may know my work from book covers, games, #mtgart, and my shiny behind-the-scenes Patreon over at patreon.com/micahepsteinart!

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Stunning. You've probably already heard the hype around this one...but every single word is true. Fantasy as it should be. #BookSky 💙📚🌈🪐 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

You wanna do something to #resist #Musk and his money? Write a letter to encourage someone in #Wisconsin to vote in the upcoming State Supreme Court election. Musk has spent millions to influence this race. You just need to buy a few stamps. votefwd.org

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Vote Forward

Vote Forward volunteers send heartfelt handwritten letters to unregistered and low-propensity voters encouraging them to participate in our democracy. The letters have been shown to significantly boos...

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Hey, when y’all were talking about walking away from these major corporations & investing our money into Black small business, I hope you meant publishing too. As a Black publisher, I could use that energy. Help me build my business with just $5 or $12 a month. 👇🏾 Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Don't want to buy from Amazon? Check out this independent e-book publisher. weightlessbooks.com @weightlessbooks.bsky.social 💙📚🌶️📚🪐📚🌈📚 #BookSky #romance #fantasy #scifi

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Weightless Books

(e)Books That Don't Weigh You Down

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

New a template to email your reps? "We stand with Ukraine. There will be no acceptance of ceding Ukrainian land to Russia, removing US troops from Europe, or limiting Ukraine's future ability to seek alliances or govern independently. Be an American patriot. No concessions to Russia."

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Remember when #kidlit taught us that a kid could solve world hunger by creating human photosynthesis, but it would be a threat to national security because...capitalism? #booksky 💙📚 🪐📚

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Still the best fantasy series I've read in the last decade. Highly recommend this trio by K.D. Edwards #booksky 💙📚 🪐📚 🌈📚

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Montfordparkplayers @montfordpkplayers.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Happy Black History Month! Ira Frederick Aldridge (1807 – 1867) was known for his portrayal of Shakespearean characters. James Hewlett (fl. 1821 – 1849) was was principal actor in and co-creator of William Alexander Brown’s African Grove Theatre in New York City. Source: Wikipedia

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Two Irish guys putting on an Athenian play in a slave quarry in ancient Syracuse? It's a tragedy, but I bet you laugh. #BookSky 💙📚And it's 50% off right now at B&N. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/glorious-e...

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I sat down with Clear last night after rehearsal and before I knew it, the clock was striking 10 and I was on the last page. A beautiful, lyrical story. #BookSky 📚💙

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

O Beautiful for children's lit, that sees beyond our years, To find our inner child inside, undimmed by adult fears, Go read a book, Go read a book, It will do your heart good. And savor each page til the last, the way you know you should. #BookSky #Kidslit 📚💙#iykyk

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Can I go to work for a cat? They may be the hero we need. #BookSky #cats 💙📚 @scalzi.com 🪐📚

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Maybe I just don't understand this poetry? I tried...I think... Any suggestions? #BookSky 💙📚 #poetry The Country Bunny on the cover was the draw.

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Don't forget to keep looking for the good things happening in our world! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkKl...

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The Stove that is Saving Lives | The Earthshot Report

YouTube video by The Earthshot Prize

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Wanna build some goodwill around the world AND support the US post office? Join Postcrossing and start sending postcards. A simple message and pretty picture to show that Americans aren't just what they see on TV. www.postcrossing.com

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Postcards connecting the world - Postcrossing

A postcard exchange project that invites everyone to send and receive postcards from random places in the world. For free!

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Quiet Sunday morning the villagers of Millside. Even in dark times, life can be beautiful and rich. Annie's diary stuck with me all day, and I look forward to reading it again #BookSky 💙📚 #romance #kidlit #YA #kidlitUK www.redchairpress.com/node/657 oneyearonenight.uk @redchairpress.bsky.social

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Great, free documentary to get your mind off things for a bit. #Booksky 💙📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM17...

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The Booksellers | Full Documentary | WATCH FOR FREE

YouTube video by Samuel Goldwyn Films

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

This morning's writing tip: if your characters are stuck in a conversation that's too long, imagine an irritation in the way of one character. A rock in a shoe, a too-tight waistband, the need to fart in private, something. Then the character will find your way out. #WriteSky #author #writing

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Tip for tonight: If you're stuck in a scene, make someone hungry. Hunger gets something done. #WriteSky #author #writing 💙📚

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

“He does not rule us. No one can rule us. No one can rule anyone who does not first agree to the ruling." She smiled a trace at Aeriel and patted the little camp dog, which was whining for more tidbits. "One must rule oneself.” The Darkangel by Meredith Ann Pierce #BookSky #books 💙📚

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Today's writing tip: When stuck, insert a cat into the scene. They will determine what happens next. #authorsky #authors #books #BookSky #cats🐈 💙📚✏️📝⌨️

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

“What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree...” Comfort read of the day: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare #BookSky 💙📚 #skybrarians #TLSky

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Montfordparkplayers @montfordpkplayers.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Upcoming book to remind us all that the past isn't that far behind us. #BookSky 💙📚

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

If you like to help a library AND a bookstore recover post Helene, consider buying a book off the East Asheville Library's wishlist. The book will be mailed to the library; a portion of the sale will benefit Asheville's independent Malaprop's Bookstore. #Booksky #books bookshop.org/wishlists/80...

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East Asheville Public Library Wishlist

Bookshop.org Custom Registry

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Adding to the TBR pile for 2025! #BookSky 💙📚 Cheap Therapist Says You’re Insane by Parker Young futuretensebooks.com/product/park...

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

BIG NEWS. I have left the Post. Corporate and billionaire media are failing to meet the moment. With @normeisen.bsky.social I'm launching @contrariannews.bsky.social. We'll have politics but also cooking, humor, film and even pets. Please subscribe and join the fight. contrarian.substack.com

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The Contrarian | Substack

Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. Click to read The Contrarian, a Substack publication. Launched 13 hours ago.

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

New Directions is offering a cat bundle! 25% off www.ndbooks.com/shop/product... Cat Poems, ed. Tynan Kogane All My Cats, Bohumil Hrabal The Guest Cat, Takashi Hiraide A Cat, A Man, and Two Women, Junichiro Tanizaki #BookSky 💙📚 #cats

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

If you're not quite ready to let go of one of our most decent political figures, how about going fishing with him? The Bitter Southerner has put together 12 stories about President Carter's fly fishing & diplomacy. @bittersouth.bsky.social #BookSky 💙📚 bsgeneralstore.com/products/jim...

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

A 90 year-old heroine. A nursing home cult. A cross-dressing Abbess. The Holy Grail. The Goddess Venus. Mexico City. Oh, and the apocalypse is coming. What more do you need in a book? www.nyrb.com/products/the... @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social #BookSky 💙📚

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The Hearing Trumpet

An old woman enters into a fantastical world of dreams and nightmares in this surrealist classic admired by Björk and Luis Buñuel.

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

If Cinderella's Stepmother lived on the Upper West Side and you're totally on her side. "I felt myself becoming ominously poised and slim and well-groomed while I looked at her. She made me feel far too feline." #BookSky 💙📚 @mcnallyeditions.bsky.social www.mcnallyeditions.com/books/p/the-...

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The Stepdaughter — McNALLY EDITIONS

Caroline Blackwood Foreword by Heidi Julavits A wicked stepmother finds her ideal prey in Caroline Blackwood’s “quite brilliant” debut ( The Times ).

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Now that A Room of One's Own is public domain in the US, we need some creative adaptations. A ballet? Oratorio? Someone call Judy Chicago... #BookSky 💙📚

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Maybe you need an escape? Nothing takes you back like a good song from the 90's @hachettelibrary.bsky.social www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rob-h... #BookSky 💙📚

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women's Lives Forever by Lydia Reeder One woman's fight to stop fake science from hurting women. History and prophecy? #BookSky 💙📚

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms: The Chronicle of One of the Strangest Stories Ever to Be Rumoured About Around New York by J.P. Donleavy an "angst-and-arsenic-laced little bonbon" -- Kirkus Reviews #BookSky 💙📚

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

It's almost time to dive back into Hendrix's mind. Releasing 1/14 💙📚 #BookSky www.gradyhendrix.com#/witchcraft/

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Textbook example of blowing one's own horn. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

💙📚 #BookSky Reading Guy Davenport's The Geography of Imagination Describing the painting American Gothic, Davenport says, "Martin Luther put her a step behind her husband; John Knox squared her shoulders; the stock-market crash of 1929 put that look in her eyes." Highly recommend.

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Daniel Gainey @gaineyd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

After twenty years on facebook, it's time to start a new journey. Here's hoping that bsky can be a better platform.

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