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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Unfortunate meat discontinuity” Goddamnit @scottlynch78.bsky.social I just lost it 🤣

A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I have been slowly listening to @aptshadow.bsky.social 's "Children of Strife" over the course of the last month. It's spectacular. I consider it to be one of the two best works in the Children of Time series as a whole, and a real step up in the scope and mythos of that universe. ***** of *****

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Gingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

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Tom Toro @tbtoro.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

📚🤔 My latest for @climateconnections.bsky.social

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Just finished @fondalee.bsky.social ‘s latest, •The Last Contract of Isako.” What a ride. I can’t say too much about it without spoiling so many parts, but there are certain narrative choices that have this book bouncing between cyberpunk and sci-fi noir until it’s all blended smoothly together.

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

"Only an economy oriented around coveting and coddling losers would have let AI get this far."

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Tell me again why we need to build reactors that leave poison lying around for longer than human civilization has existed? Batteries and Solar+Wind cost less to build, do the job better, and don't leave our children and their children dying of radiation sickness. Nuclear just isn't worth it.

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California’s Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants. Here’s What’s on the Horizon. - Inside Climate News

An expert in the state’s energy grid explains how the state is faring amid federal cuts.

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

When I count up all the novels (files or links to full novels via netgalley) in the Hugo Voter Packet this year... It appears that @seananmcguire.bsky.social has breached the 25% mark of included books (19 of 69, since it contains all of the October Daye novels). This amuses me greatly.

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David Mack @davidmack.pro · 04/05/2026

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!

Photoshop collage of images from the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Pictured, from left to right: a Klingon ambassador above the captured bird-of-prey "HMS Bounty"; a Starfleet delta emblem framing the trio of Spock, Captain Kirk, and Dr. Gillian Taylor; Earth spacedock; the Original Series crew on the streets of 1986 San Francisco; a humpback whale; and at lower right, the TOS crew back in uniform aboard a newly commissioned Starship Enterprise NCC-1701-A.

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Rizabeth @rizabeth.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

GOOD RIDDANCE #ffxiv #fanfest #evercold

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el gatito @elgatito.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

23 de Abril - Dia Mundial do Livro

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

@diane.dianeduane.com 's Young Wizards should be the top of any list like this, in my humble opinion....

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Based on @seananmcguire.bsky.social’s glowing recommendation, I just finished reading “How to Survive Camping: The Man with no Shadow” Somehow a gore splattered yet wholesome camping season with cryptids who are downright terrifying, and a major body count… it works perfectly. #books #booksky

The cover of the book referenced I. The post, by author Bonnie Quinn.

The cover features a forest illuminated red by a campfire, where the fire casts a shadow of one camper sitting on a log, and another man stands while casting no shadow.

Glowing balls of light can be seen in the deep shadows of the forest.

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I just DNF'd my first book of the year... well, audio-drama. It was extremely jingoistic, features military leaders barking orders and pounding the table a lot, and a constant scientific mistakes like "geosynchronous orbit over the south pole" which threw me right out of suspension of disbelief.

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

okay, @djangowexler.bsky.social , I'm invested in this silly steampunk alien world (and this absolutely bonkers pilots). Are we getting a squeal to Last Stop soon(ish)?

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Every year, I put together a collage of the covers of books I read during that year. here's 2025: Too many authors to tag; Titles and Authors in the alt text. Favorites were written by @aptshadow.bsky.social, @seananmcguire.bsky.social, @travisbaldree.bsky.social, & @charliejane.bsky.social

Sixty book covers arranged in a 12x5 grid. Unfortunately, the character limit is too low for me to list all sixty. I tried, so this image gets rows 1-3 See the second post of this image for the rows 4 and 5!

Snake Eater, by T. Kingfisher
Automatic Noodle, by Analee Newitz
Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Except Me), by Django Wexler
Picks & Shovels, by Cory Doctorow
Web of Angels, by John M. Ford
Alien Clay, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Service Model, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Benett
When the Moon Hits Your Eye, by John Scalzi
The End of All Things, by John Scalzi
The Human Division, by John Scalzi
The Shattering Peace,, by John Scalzi

Swordheart, by T. Kingfisher
Floating Hotel, by Grace Curtis
Immortal Dark, by Tigest Girma
The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association, by Caitlin Rozakis
Lessons in Magic and Disaster, by Charlie Jane Anders
The Raven Scholar, by Antonia Hodgson
Sunbringer, by Hannah Kaner
Accomplice to the Villain, by Hannah Nicole Maerer
Tea You at the Alter, by Rebecca Thorne
Alchemy & A Cup of Tea, by Rebecca Thorne
Gravity Lost, by L.M. Sagas
Cascade Failure, by L.M. Sagas
Just One Damned Thing After Another, by Jodi Taylor
A Symphony of Echoes, by Jodi Taylor
Bad Intentions, by Amanda Cherry
Silver & Lead, by Seanan McGuire
Installment Immortality, by Seanan Mcguire
The Tomb of Dragons, by Katherin Addison
The Adventures of Amina El-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty
Starwell, by Alexi Panshin
The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley
Micky 7, by Edward Ashton
Abundance, by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Chuck's basic point about AI apologism demands that we accept the idea that "AI is inevitable" is correct. It's fundamental economics. Stein's Law: "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop." AI investment cannot go on forever. AI growth cannot go on forever.

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Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Sexiest bookstore person in the history of the movies.

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Another day, another @seananmcguire.bsky.social preorder to be had. This time... Velveteen vs. The Consequences of Her Actions! I believe that makes.. five 2026 books up for preorder, now? Wayward Children, Incryptid, MTG: Strixhaven, Inkpot Gods, and Velveteen.

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 01/11/2025

“FUCK AI” is turning into a movement. After his Frankenstein Q&A at the Chinese Theater, Guillermo del Toro asked the audience to scream “FUCK AI.”

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

@annaleen.bsky.social My almost 12 year old child is resisting going to bed. Tonight’s form of resistence is grabbing books off the shelf in my bedroom and checking what they’re about. Child stopped and opened “Stories are Weapons” and read for 20 minutes… I think it’s a hit…

A tween alances between the edge of a bed and a car station, starting to read “Stories are Weapons” by Analee Newitz.

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Gris 🇲🇽 @ FRU @harething.com · 27/10/2025

my faded ass otw to the air fryer:

a text dialogue box from wicked thunder reading "if one needs wings, one need simply make them!"

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

People act like all the men are gone. The men are attending protests. The men are putting together scooters for their kids. The men are getting a set of turntables for the first time. The men are buying Nikes. The men are getting super into noir. They're not Nazis and they're fine. Keep your freaks.

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I’m in this picture and I don’t like it…🤣

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Just finished the latest October Daye novel from @seananmcguire.bsky.social , entitled “Silver & Lead.” As expected a wonderful outing, even if there were some events in the back half that made me wondering I was going to have to riot. Here’s hoping I get to see Toby and crew again soon…

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I have finally finished reading @charliejane.bsky.social ‘s most recent novel, “Lessons in Magic & Disaster,” and I have to say: I think this is her best book yet. It is grounded, completely personal, and wonderfully whimsical. Worth your time.

The cover of the book “Lessons in magic and Disaster” by Charlie Jane Anders.

There is a tagline that reads “witchcraft is hard. Families are harder.”

The background is purple, cracked concrete through which daisies have pushed through and taken root.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 18/09/2025

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

@repkimschrier.bsky.social Never misses an opportunity to disappoint. For someone who was voted into office in 2018 on the back of Indivisible as an anti-Trump candidate, she sure seems dedicated to giving the republicans and their dear leader *whatever they want.*

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

@assignedmale.bsky.social

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Today, I got to work and had the "joy" of a coworker asking me to check his figures on something. The query he used to get his raw data came from ChatGPT and he didn't know how it worked, so he needed someone who actually knows SQL to figure it out. So I had to rework the entire problem.

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Perfect Alexander's Fujoshi Cuck @brutejussy.etheirys.social · 06/09/2025

"this silksong boss is so hard" and a pic is posted and this is the boss i see

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Bucket was caught licking his chops today, and the picture came out better than I could imagine.

A fluffy white cat is sitting on a cat structure, caught mid face lick. his little pink tongue is all the way up his nose, and he's winking at the camera.

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Marko Kloos @markokloos.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

There is no ethical, legal, or moral difference between a missile strike on a civilian boat in international waters and a missile strike on a civilian vehicle on I-95.

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I am watching the Thunderbolts movie. I am reminded that the original shooting title for The Avengers was “Group Hug.”

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I've been binging Star Trek: Voyager in the evenings, and last night just finished episode 2.16: "Meld." I'm entirely amused by the solution to the episode. Vulcan Tech Support: "have you tried turning them off, and then on again?" Remember kids, reboot your Vulcan after a bad mind-meld!

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

There’s a clip going around of a 10-year old, talking about his experiences and his injured friend, taken after the shooting this morning. The majority reaction on that post is to chastise MSNBC for interviewing a child. It’s true, a kid can’t give good consent for filming. It’s also true that..

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

@charliejane.bsky.social and @asterolsen.bsky.social at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park tonight, reading from and talking “Lessons in Magic & Disaster.”

Charlie Jane (left) reading from her new book, “Lessons in Magic and Disaster,” with co-host Aster Olsen (right).

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

That moment where you notice Tony Shaloub in Addams Family Values.

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

@andypeloquinauthor.bsky.social I bought a book directly from you at WorldCon. Imagine my surprise when I received an unsolicited email. I respect that you've gotta hustle and sell books to people who buy them, but you should re-think pulling an email out of the buy order and sending a newsletter.

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A stack of unread books in a trenchcoat @schyzm.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Okay, done with worldcon and home. I will now collapse into a puddle for the next two hours, then it’s on to the next thing. Gotta work tomorrow and life resumes.

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