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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

@thewaroncars.bsky.social have y’all watched the movie practical magic? There’s a scene where a guy thinks he’s gonna die from a pack of bicyclists but then a delivery truck ends up killing him. The rest of the movie is insane. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are sisters and witches

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

@maris.bsky.social love your book recs! I’m getting married in September. Do you have any books that you’d recommend to read during the week of a wedding? Do you remember what you were reading around the time of yours? Is that a thing people remember? Haha

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

must’ve been terrible to date AOC as a regular man because one minute you’re dating a bartender who’s a bit out of your league and the next there are tabloid stories like “you’re not gonna believe how ugly this guy is”

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I’ve been constantly thinking about this quote

There’s a famous passage in the prison journals of the Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci. He wrote, around 1930, “The old world is dying. The new one is slow in appearing. In this light and shadow, monsters arise”

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I’m in the middle of this one now and it’s making me feel a little bit of hope in a hopeless time

The beginning comes after the end by Rebecca Solnit

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Civilizations was awesome. Really cool story about an alternative history. The different forms it was told in was super interesting

Civilizations by Laurent Binet. Cover art is a drawing of a black ship with two sails over a red background

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I flew through Celestial Lights. Another book about space travel, which I normally don’t give a shit about but this really caught my attention. The whole debate about pursuing scientific discovery was really interesting to me. Definitely recommend

Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin. Cover art is an astronaut laying on a blue planet in space

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Night Night Fawn by Jordy Rosenberg was great. A weird one, but entertaining. Also very funny at some points. There were definitely some deeper points to the store that I wasn’t picking up, but I had a nice time

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Parable of the Sower was awesome. Really interesting story about a scary future that seems entirely possible. Terrifying and entertaining

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler. Cover is of a black woman wearing a red head wrap and dress

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Big Fan was pretty good. Some of the stories were great! I really liked the chapter about the USA men’s Olympic basketball team. Some chapters were skippable

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The Gales of November was awesome. Really interesting the whole time even when talking through the science stuff. A really sad story. Capitalism killed these men

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Famesick was interesting. I read it quite quickly and was entertained most of the time. It made me really appreciate my health. Holy fuck, poor Lena

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

@kentremendous.bsky.social reading your new book. Your chapter on the US men’s basketball team was awesome! It made me appreciate all those players even more. And it was great to hear you guys on Katie Nolan’s podcast!

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I’m about half way through Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin and it’s great! A really cute story with interesting relationship dynamics. I have a feeling I’m going to cry a bunch at the end

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Last Night in Brooklyn by Xochitl Gonzalez was pretty good! It was a fun read

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This one just kind of made me depressed. I quit it after a couple of chapters. Some of the predictions are accurate and sad

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This one was fantastic! I really loved each story. Provides a lot of interesting insight into interracial relationships. My Dear You by Rachel Khong

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Flesh by David Szalay was great! Kind of a weird book but I was captivated the whole time! I loved the flow of it. Definitely recommend!

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Half His Age by Jennette Mccurdy was a disappointment. I really enjoyed her memoir and had high hopes for this. This was just ok. Nothing all that interesting happens in it.

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Time to go through the backlog: this one was ok. There were some interesting stories, but way too many of them. Skipped a bunch of chapters. Human History of Drugs

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Now reading Wuthering Heights. I feel like I don’t understand half the words in this but my brain is enjoying as my eyes pass over the pages. Not entirely sure what is going on most of the time, but I feel cozy.

Cover of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This was pretty good. Nothing crazy surprising in it, but some interesting stories. These gambling companies really fucking hate American men age 18-35. Made me a little sad.

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I absolutely loved Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico. Really interesting way to tell a story and I really connected with these characters. A book that I hope to remember to read again in 5 years

Cover of Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico some pretty flowers sitting in a peligrino bottle as a vase

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This one was super boring. I try not to quit until I’ve read at least 100 pages and gave up on this at like 70.

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Also finished How to Smoke Pot (properly). This was better than I expected! Really informative on the history of marijuana and really made me appreciate living in a state with legal weed. Great book. Need to get to Amsterdam

How to smoke pot (properly) by David Bienenstock

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Really makes you feel so small learning about these amazing creatures that have been around forever and have shaped everything in the world

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Finished the genius of trees. This one was really interesting at points, but boring other times when it got too into the science. I would recommend, but skip the chapter on soil

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

You are an active senator. Do something. My grandma posts things like this. She isn’t a senator

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Great use of your time, Mike. The world is on fire and you want more weapons in the world. You’re a monster. Abolish the senate

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Thank you for continuing to call people out on this bullshit! It’s important work and appreciated!

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

@kylec.bsky.social congressional candidate Wanda James’ dispensary, Simply Pure, might be closing. An employee told me it was an issue with the landlord. Please help save Simply Pure!

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Found myself often crying during this one. Randomly at one sentence that would be very sweet. A good book that makes you feel good. You finish it and feel a little hopeful about the world.

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I read this before starting the thread, but this was a favorite for me. Recommended by my mother. I was a little hesitant because I didn’t like Beartown at all

My Friends by Frederik Backman. Image of three kids swimming in the ocean from under the water

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The Hitch was great. Flew through this one and one of those books that feel good on your brain. The flow of it was perfect. Highly recommend

The Hitch by Sara Levine. Cartoon corgi that looks rabid on the cover

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Read like the first 50 pages and never picked it up again before I had to return to the library. Maybe I’ll try again later.

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Did the Emmys give Alia Shawkat what she’s owed or what? Search party closing remarks scene is art

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Next we begin the Score by C. Thi Nguyen. Heard about this on a Pablo podcast

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I enjoyed this one! The love story is really cute. However, it’s difficult for me to empathize with people risking their lives going into space. No one is making you do that. Just stay on Earth

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

30 Rock is most laughs per minute of any show

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Now we begin Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Cover of book. Cool lady with curly dark hair wearing sunglasses. In the reflection of the sunglasses you see a space ship launching into the atmosphere. Rented from the Denver public library

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Finished the veteran book. Pretty solid. Lots of interesting information, a little boring at times. Every chapter has a portion about how black veterans were constantly getting fucked over by the US government. The US needs to give every black person 20 million dollars

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

US soldiers landing in New York after years spent fighting in Europe. Reuniting with family, a beautiful moment.

Paragraph of book: “The lucky ones were greeted by family as they disembarked. “I pulled into New York harbor and my mother and father met the ship,” Joseph Argenzio of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, recalled in his oral history. “I had sunglasses on and if your parents were there to meet you they let you off the ship first ahead of the bulk of them. I came down the gangway and my mother is yelling ‘He’s blind, he’s blind. I knew it.’ I said ‘Mom, I’m not blind. I just have a pair of cheap glasses on’”

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Next up. So far pretty good. Any time I read a book about war it baffles me that we continue to do this shit

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otisoatmeal.bsky.social @otisoatmeal.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Almost done with this one. Fun and gay! I didn’t love it at the start but it has won me over. Why do books about Greek gods have 4 different names for the same person

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