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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My Instagram feed just showed me a list that some creator made of the top things you need to do as you age. #1 was “not be fat.” #5 was “curate your feed.” So I took their advice and unfollowed them.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My toxic trait is believing that everyone between the ages of 32 and 42 is my age

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We all stand on the shoulders of giants. Even David S. Pumpkins.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Do you think any college football teams have pink as their team color or are they too scared

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Nothing against the University of Texas as an educational institution or as a sports team, but many people don’t look great in the color of burnt orange

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I want to throw a squash party and call it a Calabash

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I sent out a newsletter for the first time this year! Incredible! If you're not subscribed, you can read it here: mailchi.mp/9888601fdea3...

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What Exactly Do You Do for an Encore?

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Within my own not-very-long lifetime, summer used to be a thing to look forward to. This is fucking unacceptable. There was truly no reason why clean energy needed to be politicized. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Opinion | Summer Has Gotten Much Hotter. See How Bad It Is Where You Live. (Gift Article)

The notion of enduring the summer rather than embracing it has spread far beyond the Sun Belt.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

in other news, my mother just told me to post a photo on the social media site "instapot"

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

When it’s 105 degrees in Texas and 75 degrees in New England, you do find yourself wondering whether westward expansion really was such a good idea after all

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Right, and I need a meal that’s nutritious, and tastes good. I need an outfit that’s presentable, and comfortable. I need a house with walls, and doors. What’s your point.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 22/08/2026

Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…

MYTH: DSA policies like universal healthcare would help millions of Americans.

FACT: Israel has the right to defend itself.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is so, so dumb and shortsighted of Vox. I read pretty much everything Constance writes. She's a brilliant writer and big-picture thinker who gives popular culture the analysis it deserves. Her inbox had better be full of job offers, stat.

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

In 2019, I started a newsletter with the hopes of making the internal workings of getting an agent and getting published more transparent. Have I succeeded? Look here and let me know. www.agentsandbooks.com

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The most impressive thing about the band Train is that they invented time travel, all so that they could journey from the year 2009 into the year 2026, where an A.I. could write the song "Hey Soul Sister" for them.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026

Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…

MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.

FACT: You are the poor.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Can someone explain how it is that I am constantly doing too much and yet also somehow never doing enough?

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GOP Delenda Est @qed2.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

this one's so old no one ever mentions it, so it falls to me

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Yes, this is just where we should be spending our resources: on in-party in-fighting. Know the real enemy. Brilliant work, Dems.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

An important thing to know about me is that I subscribe to a newsletter that exclusively lists upcoming auctions for arcades shuttering in the state of Texas. That is how committed I am to someday owning a MegaTouch.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I don’t care whether people drink, but I care very much about the continued existence of nightclubs, which rely almost entirely on alcohol sales. Folks will gladly pay $5 cover + $40 for drinks. But if you ask them to pay $45 at the door, nobody’s coming. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/s...

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What Else Do We Lose When People Give Up Booze? (Gift Article)

Yes, there are many benefits of cutting back. But bars are closing. Jobs are going away. And a way of being together can feel harder to find.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Huge day for me, a person who just started watching Off Campus

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I dearly wish that people all across the board would be less credulous on social media. Just somebody said something in an Instagram Reel and they sounded really strident about it, that doesn't mean it's true.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I’m watching The Sheep Detectives and so far my primary takeaway is that is that even Nicholas Galitzine is short compared to Nicholas Braun

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

let me guess is the one ingredient banana

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Correct. I don’t need to read this article to know that in fact I need ten hours of sleep.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Complaining about transit hassles is boring, so I’m going to do it here, where few people follow me and they can all scroll right past: I’ve been waiting at a bus stop for 10 minutes. Google Maps said the bus would be coming in 3 min. Then 2 min. Then 1 min. Then it said that it departed 1 min ago.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We as a society are just about due for a Notting Hill remake

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

If this was all it took to win an election, I’d be a senator by now www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/n...

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What’s the Hottest Spot in New York for Campaigning? The Club.

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Readers of #BookSky Announcing The Porter Square Review of Books! Starting RIGHT NOW, the PSRB will publish one review, written by a PSB libromancer or a Writer in Residence every week or so...

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Announcing The Porter Square Review of Books

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

My cats' daily schedule: 9-12: Act aggressively adorable in the hopes that this behavior might lead to receiving lunch 12-12:01: Gulp down lunch with disturbingly manic enthusiasm 12:01-12:02: Brush against my legs, which I assume means "thanks" 12:02-6: Disappear completely

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Thank God the Knicks won in five, because a lot fewer words rhyme with “six”

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Walking 20 minutes in NYC: a delight, a pleasure, an opportunity, an adventure, a cultural expedition Walking 20 minutes in Austin: a wasteland, a slog, a burden, a brush with heatstroke

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I don't aspire to be a household name. I just want to be famous enough that, should I ever suffer an unforeseen medical crisis, enough people will donate to my GoFundMe that I won't be left with crippling debt.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Roughly 98% of the conflicts in Rivals could be resolved if these people just outwardly embraced ethical non-monogamy rather than clandestinely embracing unethical non-monogamy

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Jim Hoover @jimhoover017.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Jane was a legend, and the world of children’s literature won’t be the same.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The Knicks accomplished more in 5.7 seconds than I’ve done all year

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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Freelancing is hard enough already, and inflation sucks. Defector is raising our base freelance rates by 20 percent. Great time to pitch us. Email me or pitches@defector.com

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

If you liked THE MUSEUM OF LOST AND FOUND, you’re going to be delighted by this @nytimes.com piece about a 15yo operating a military museum out of a trailer on a goat farm (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/o...

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Opinion | The 15-Year-Old Keeping War Memories Alive

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Hidden Door @hiddendoor.co · 21/05/2026

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

is it photoshop is the household item photoshop

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Regrettably, I forgot to tell the barista that I wanted my mocha to be decaf. Having paid $8 for these caffeinated 16oz, I am in too deep to start over. I stand before you preemptively ashamed of the choices I will make in the coming 1 to 12 hours.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Time for another round of Guess What My Next Book Is About Based Only On Its Style Sheet

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Every year for the Eurovision finals, my friends do a potluck of food from the host nation. For this reason, I am rooting for Italy to win.

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Leila Sales @leilasalesbooks.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

One of the greatest cons ever played was when raisins evolved to look like chocolate chips

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