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Banned Books Week starts today! This year’s theme is: #LetBooksBe What do you think books should be? Share your answer in the comments: ✨ Let Books Be Free 🎉 Let Books Be Fun 🌎 Let Books Be Diverse 💡 Let Books Be Thought-Provoking ❤️ Let Books Be Themselves

Drawn image of a woman reading, surrounded by books, birds, flowers, clouds, vines, stars. Text reades: Protect the Freedom to Read - Let Books Be - Banned Books Week, Oct. 4-10, 2026. American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Seen you at book conventions. Can confirm. 🤣

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Did it safely survive the underwear incident?

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I love how each checks in with the other's human as well. Peak canine manners!

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Head of Zeus @headofzeus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

37 stories, more than 600 pages, the ultimate collection of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s (@aptshadow.bsky.social) short(er) fiction. #TheBestOfArianTchaikovsky is now available on @netgalley.bsky.social Request it now: bit.ly/4hZ6LQQ

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Don't laugh at her; she's bilingual. That's impressive

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Let me restate. I bet there are people who follow Mark Hamill for only his politics, others who just want his Star Wars/entertainment posts, and some like me who want both. How do we let the Followers pick? Seems like it should be on followers, not posters? Maybe intersection of tags and posters?

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@merriam-webster.com is “beclowns” a real verb? Asking for a friend

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

THE FEELING OF POWER is a famous short story by Isaac Asimov published in 1958. In the distant future, Myron Aub reverse-engineers computers (AI?) and figures out how to do math using only a pencil, to the astonishment of the establishment. Read it here! hex.ooo/library/powe... #BookSky #scifi

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Isaac Asimov: The Feeling Of Power

A classic short story by Isaac Asimov.

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I learned about the Tacoma Narrows bridge (and why soldiers don't march in step over bridges) in college, and we spent an interesting week going over Three Mile Island in detail. All useful knowledge.

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

THIS is the kind of highbrow cat video I seek from Bluesky! Bravo

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mozart would have been charmed!

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was worried that I have a dirty imagination, but the comments reassured me. Thanks, Bluesky. 🤣

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Now I want to try reindeer sausage 😋

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

United States citizens: the midterm elections are in only 42 days. Every vote matters! Check that you're ready to vote with this link: www.vote411.org/check-regist... Last midterm election turnout was below 50%. Citizens need to raise their voices by VOTING! See you at the polls!

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Check Voter Registration

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Like, the orange? Or like a small inscrutable Chinese dude? I've visited Texas and know both are possible.

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

⚠️ This is not a sentence to be read out of context!

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I could picture Jerry as the Mikado

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Try being a Cleveland Browns fan. (I am not but I am related to some die-hards)

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Don't you wish you could upload a personalized male AI into a person (Manual Interface) and take HIM? Hm...where have I heard that before? 🤣 clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_10_25/

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Wire Mother by Isabel J. Kim

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@scalzi.com has just won the 2026 #Hugo award for Best Series! My entry point was book #1, OLD MAN'S WAR. Geriatrics can become soldiers with new, young bodies. The catch? They're fighting a brutal intergalactic war. Fun for all ages, but especially for older sci-fi fans. #Books #BookSky #SciFi

The cover of OLD MAN'S WAR by John Scalzi. A fleet of fighting spaceships flies in front of a red alien planet.

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

IN MY COUNTRY by @thomasha.bsky.social has just won the 2026 #Hugo award for best short story! You can read this wonderful story for free at this link: clarkesworldmagazine.com/ha_04_25/ #Books #BookSky #SciFi

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In My Country by Thomas Ha

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

NEVER EATEN VEGETABLES by @hhpak.bsky.social has won the 2026 #Hugo award for best novelette! It's a wonderful story: read it for free here and see for yourself! clarkesworldmagazine.com/pak_01_25/ #Books #Booksky #SciFi

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Never Eaten Vegetables by H.H. Pak

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

2026 #Hugo WINNER for best novella! THE RIVER HAS ROOTS by @amalelmohtar.com!

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

2026 #Hugo WINNER for best novel is THE EVERLASTING by @alixeharrow.bsky.social!

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Kiju Gently @kijugently.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

HEATING METAL TO BE RESHAPED. YOU KNOW, SMELTING.

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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

When I say the system is rigged, this is what I mean: Members of Congress are trading stocks related to the legislation and committees they work on and making money from it. That’s corrupt. If you can’t agree to stop trading stocks, you have no business in public office.

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Alicia @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Food safety is a thing of the past in the U.S. Remember when you could trust the food you bought to be safe? If you miss those good old days, consider voting blue to bring them back.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

As you explore the work of @clarkeaward.bsky.social winner E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social , dive into her standalone time travel novel -PARIS ADRIFT! Hallie's bartending gig has taken a turn: there's a time portal in the keg room, & who is the mysterious Chronometrist? Buy geni.us/ParisAdrift

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