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Kelly Holmes @kellyjholmes.com · 14/07/2026

Ha! I don’t blame them because I *devoured* that whole series one after the other 🍩 Have you read it?

Kelly Holmes @kellyjholmes.com · 14/07/2026

Yep! We’ll be reading #10 in that series 🥰

Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

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Good morning. We are open!

Reminder, your TBR is not. To do list. It is a menu. Pick whatever feeds your soul.

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Kelly Holmes @kellyjholmes.com · 14/07/2026

Love that! My graduated senior and I are buddy reading a Dorothy L. Sayers book this summer 🤩

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Scare-emy Haunt Wheels @kateneely.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

One of my favorite fantasy reads in the last couple years! 🤩

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in honor of Sam Neill, here is one of my favorite movies he ever made

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I gobbled up The Duke by Anna Cowan 🔥🔥🔥

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LIFE RULES: Insulate your house with books to ward off evil Oppose the zombie AI apocalypse Never click on a link to the Daily Mail Use double the recommended amount of garlic Always stop to say hi to sheep And to horses too (but in a fake posh voice) I think that's more or less everything covered?

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The Road to Tender Hearts is a road trip adventure story with a splash of magical realism ✨ 5-star read for me!

Cover of The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett, featuring an illustration of a man pushing a station wagon with a child and another adult inside, plus another child on top of the car and a cat running alongside the car

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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

StoryGraph is a great alternative! ✨

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I bought a dumpster fire for my lab several years ago. It's regularly moved to the desk of a person who made a ridiculous error by the last person who made a ridiculous error Or we go claim it ourselves when we fuck up! It's okay to fuck up; it's the cover-up that gets people in trouble

my hand holding a small plastic dumpster with an anthropomorphic smiling face on the front and plastic flames shooting out of the lid

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Converting to Catholicism so I can tell my bosses using unregulated AI is against my religion and I will sue them like that cake lady who hated gay people if they make me use it

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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/03/2026

The breast cancer center appealed thousands of Blue Cross reimbursements for being too low. At trial, the insurer revealed that it had never considered any of the appeals — and that they were pointless: “An appeal is not available to review an underpayment.” (Published April 2025)

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“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

every amazon brand is called PZZAFARTZ and disappears from the earth 6 weeks after you buy the thing

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Kelly Holmes @kellyjholmes.com · 10/03/2026

I have a bookish friend whose daughter works at the bookstore where your event was last night. I'm sorry the event didn't go how you hoped ❤️ I just requested that my library in Austin order your book, so hopefully that will help in a small way!

Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

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Me: *doing free labor* The internet: you have a typo. 💀

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Haunted Hannah 👻 🍂🎃 @hannahposts.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Oh no it's 4 o'clock. That's practically dinner time, which is nearly bedtime, which means the weekend is over and we failed to accomplish all of our tasks

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Paige Tutt @tatertutt.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

On a very hot day in June, I took a risk. I made a beeline to the front of the room at ISTE so I could shake hands w/ Jason Reynolds. Nervously, I blurted out, "I know you have to leave, but my editor would never forgive me if I didn't ask to interview you." My latest for @edutopia.org:

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Jason Reynolds on What Fires the Imagination of Young Readers

The best-selling author on why "inappropriate" topics may be exactly what teen readers need, and the importance of raising the hair on the backs of readers' necks in the first 50 pages.

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Kelly Holmes @kellyjholmes.com · 02/03/2026

Just put this on hold at my library! 🤩

alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

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[DONOTREPLY] THERE'S A SECURE MESSAGE FROM YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER. LOGIN TO VIEW MESSAGES. CLICK TO RESET PASSWORD. CONFIRM LAST FOUR DIGITS TO RESET PASSWORD. LOGIN TO VIEW MESSAGES. MSG: 5 easy-sneazy tips for allergy season 🤧🌸

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🎃 Can't Think of Spooky Name 🎃 @noclevername.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

it is essential that I have this pan

Celebrate your favorite pastime by baking a dozen cakelets shaped like the iconic Le Creuset Dutch oven. It's simple with this cleverly designed two-piece pan, which re-creates the famous silhouette, handles and detailed lid. The heavy-gauge carbon steel heats quickly for even baking and consistent results while the nonstick silicone finish ensures easy release and fast cleanup. Use the pan to make everything from mini cornbreads and muffins to petite cakes and yeast loaves.

Pan includes base and lid.
Makes 12 cakelets.
Durable, heavy-gauge carbon-steel pan distributes heat quickly and evenly to promote consistent rising and uniform baking with no hot spots.
Nonstick silicone finish promotes easy release with details intact and quick cleanup.
Wide rims with heat-resistant silicone grips make it easy to transport pan – even while wearing oven mitts.

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/02/2026

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment. Here’s what experts say you need to know.

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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Kelly Holmes @kellyjholmes.com · 25/02/2026

@lutzfernandez.bsky.social I thought you might be interested in this ❤️

s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 24/02/2026

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This is cool as hell: An app designed to ping people about nearby smartglasses. Also cool: The creator was inspired by @404media.co coverage, a great illustration of why their journalism is so essential. This kind of work is funded by paid subscribers so become one of those if you can.

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This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to ...

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kelly @kickinson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

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Kelly Holmes @kellyjholmes.com · 24/02/2026

@heymrsbond.com I thought you or folks you know might be interested ❤️

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

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Kelly Holmes @kellyjholmes.com · 22/02/2026

I haven’t heard of this one before! Just put on hold at my library 🥰

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pistachiOoOoOo 👻👻👻 @streetlightlily.horntforgood.com · 31/01/2026

You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Writing is thinking. It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The best refutation to grind culture mentality is a gold medal.

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Kelly Holmes @kellyjholmes.com · 17/02/2026

This is fantastic! The world needs more bookish joy like this 🥰

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Fun idea for school librarians. For the past couple years I've offered book bundles over winter, spring, & summer break for students and faculty/staff. They fill out a quick, easy Reader's Advisory form & I pull 3 books for them. I check out to their accounts then wrap the books and hand deliver. 1/

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Kelly Holmes @kellyjholmes.com · 16/02/2026

I think they fixed this recently and added pagination instead of infinite scroll on that page 👏

Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again

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@JenYetAgain@beige.party
in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.
this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.
Feb 9, 2026 at 4:35:18PM
Boosted by 968:
Favourited by 1324:

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 13/02/2026

Didn't want this to get buried because it's important: You really can request a proclamation for basically anything you can imagine. Elected officials LOVE doing this shit and a wise and stealthy prankster could, I am just saying, probably trick an office into proclaiming something subversive.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/2026

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

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Gina @perilinpink.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I have so many things I need to do, but all I really want to do is stay in bed. A memoir.

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Kelly Holmes @kellyjholmes.com · 05/02/2026

Same! Trader Joe's pizza dough is pretty good, so I always keep some in the freezer in case we haven't left enough time for making dough 🤩

So when that first person rates a book 4/5 stars, I try to prioritize that on my TBR 💃

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Here’s an example! The first person had 15 4/5 star books that I also read, and my rating for those averages out to 4.67. Books that they love, I also tend to love 🥰 The second person and I have 7 books overlapping, and my average rating for their 4/5 star reads is 3.86. Not as good a fit for me.

Spreadsheet showing: The first person had 15 4/5 star books that I also read, and my rating for those averages out to 4.67. The second person and I have 7 books overlapping, and my average rating for their 4/5 star reads is 3.86.

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Recommendation sources 🤩 I list anyone I follow on Goodreads or StoryGraph who rated the book 4 or 5 stars. Then I have another tab that looks at every book each person rated 4/5 and averages MY rating for those books. So I can see for a recommender if what they love is likely to work for me too.

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