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132nd read: The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon An incredibly 2016 book that, 10 years later, feels like a time capsule. I loved the YA romance of it all, but not necessarily how everything else was executed. 3/5 stars #Booksky #YABooks #Romancelandia

Book cover for The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

The cover has a white background with incredible, gorgeous string art in oranges, pinks, and purples, and the title appears in the recesses of the string.

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There were DC protests. There were not nation-wide ones like women's march 1 and 2 during Trump's first inauguration. There were no work stoppages. It didn't break containment. My Trump mother (pro choice) screamed at me when I informed her Trump's judges did Dobbs 2 years later.

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We were done when Dobbs leaked and no one did anything. No massive protests, no politicans trying to change anything, just rolling over and accepting the Heritage Foundation's version of reality.

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Always. My cat wants to sit in my seat at the dining room table, and she gets so impatient waiting.

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Theo @theokane.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

131st read: Trial of the Amazons by various creators Ultimately all over the place because so many creators are working on it, and there are so many characters. The plot itself is pretty straightforward: close the Doors of Doom and solve Hippolyta's murder. 3/5 stars #Booksky #Comics #WonderWoman

Book cover for Trial of the Amazons by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Stephanie Williams, Vita Ayala, Joëlle Jones, Jordie Bellaire, Laura Braga, Elena Caagrande, Rosi Kampe, Paulina Ganucheau, Alitha E. Martinez, Adriana Melo, Mark Morales, Skylar Patridge, Tamra Bonvillain, Kendall Goode, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Marissa Louise, Pat Brousseau, and Becca Carey

The cover is from issue #1, not the trade paperback, but it's the same art. Image is an illustration of Wonder Woman in the middle, holding a spear and wearing a long red cape in addition to her regular costume. You can see the faces shown in the cape of the other Amazons: Nubia, Artemis, and Yara. Behind Diana, Amazons fight each other in battle gear in a large Greek-style stadium. Hippolyta and Nubia are on one side, and Yara and Artemis are on the other.

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Aww you two are so cute 🥰

Theo @theokane.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Stevie, happy birthday!!! 💜 You're so close, yet so far away. Have a fantastic celebration.

Oh the irony, one of them just emailed with an attached NYT article to share. At least they don't assume everyone has a subscription anymore

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Yep. Or understand how ownership reflects all the way down. And the inability to track who the balant transphobes or just fail sons are and at least not read those. Do not tell me about David Brooks ever again!

If giant grocery and pharmacy chains don't want to be within a 2+ mile radius in the major metropolitan city I live in because it's the poors, immigrants, and black and brown people here, can we please get other options? 6.5 hours to get antibiotics for a raging UTI. 3 hours after directly bugging.

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My neighborhood political group is the same.

Kid Phantasm @kidphantasm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy early birthday 🎊 hope you're doing something special to celebrate

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Ther red hand was specifically created for MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women). Please do not co-opt it

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Sorry 😔 got a rejection myself this week. It sucks.

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Right?! I'm in a private Seattle discord for in-person events, and people share a lot of local happenings. So many AI posters (which everyone unilaterally hates). 😭 Just make a shitty poster in Paint.

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130th read of 2026: Delicious (The Marsdens #1) by Sherry Thomas Filled with longing, yearning, & desire! Loved it. So many descriptions of Verity’s delicious food that wake Stuart. Incredible writing & maneuvering from Thomas for how far she pushes everything. 5/5 stars #Booksky #Romancelandia

Book cover for Delicious (The Marsdens #1) by Sherry Thomas

Cover features a photograph of a white woman with her back to the reader. She has blonde hair in an updo and is wearing a light blue shift with the corset top undone. The background is white. A dark green strip of tapestry (?) runs along the right side, with gold outlines of flowers.

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That's so amazing. What a cool guy, and his performances are incredible. You love to hear that.

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 02/10/2026

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the Supreme Thursday Injection Gang is pleased to report another flawless left leg injection. take your meds!

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129th read: Nubia & The Amazons by Alitha E. Martinez, Stephanie Williams, Vita Ayala, Mark Morales I liked the story beats & Nubia as a different leader than Hippolyta. The feminist forgiveness of Medusa worked well for me. The art & layouts were lovely. 3/5 stars #Comics #Booksky #WonderWoman

Book cover for Nubia & The Amazons (collects #1-6) by Alitha E. Martinez, Stephanie Williams, Vita Ayala, Mark Morales

Features an illustration of Nubia. She's wearing blue and gold Amazon gear, similar to Diana's. A large lion face is on her shoulder, and she's pointing a spear downward like she's ready to strike. She's a curvy Black woman with long, naturally curly hair. She has a fur cape. Behind her are Themyscira's buildings that seem damaged and have smoke coming from them.

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I'm currently reading a PDF of a friend's finished, but unpublished novel. Not only would uploading the PDF to any AI be a violation of his trust and copyright infringement, but would defeat the purpose of reading. In general, I love to read and research, so would also defeat what I love to do.

128th read: Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Through a Glass Darkly by various creators This felt like placeholders waiting for the Trial of the Amazons, and while I'm not sure what the trade collected, the backup stories about the Bana-Mighdall were so much more interesting. 3/5 stars #Comics #WonderWoman

Book cover for Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Through a Glass Darkly (collects Wonder Woman #780-784; Wonder Woman 2021 Annual #1; and a story from Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1) by Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad, Marcio Takara, Andy MacDonald, Travis Moore, Jim Cheung, Steve Pugh, Tamra Bonvillain, Nick Filardi, Marcelo Maiolo, Vita Ayala, Skylar, Patridge, Romulo Fajardo Jr, Becca Carey, and Pat Brusseau

Features an illustration of Wonder Woman flying in space. She wears her traditional costume, with her lasso hooked on her belt. One arm is forward and the other bent, as if she might be punching someone in space. Behind her, Earth orbits in space.

Yep no need to break the bubble. I heard about it on Wesley Morris' podcast Cannonball, which is put out by the NYT.

⛓️Nye🐇 @nigelgraz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Every professional conference I've been to in Vegas was the worst location. Also enabled industry sex pests to get their pest on. Weird how some of them only came to the Vegas ones.

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I always draw my favorite and most earnest pieces about really painful and vulnerable things that i was most resistant to create

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Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

127th read: Girlfriends by Emily Zhou Very lived-in, specific short stories about young trans women seeking love, affection, and validation. Parts reminded me deeply of being that age, around or after college graduation, and finding your "adult" footing without experience. 4/5 stars #Booksky

Book cover for Girlfriends by Emily Zhou

Features a painting of a young white woman's very messy apartment full of shopping bags, a nightstand crammed with everything, nothing on the walls, and a mattress on the floor. She is standing naked on the bed, and you can see half of her body, but not her face.

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Theo @theokane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

126th read: Simply the Best (Chicago Stars #10) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips The queen of romcoms throws down in 2024! There's a murder, and this still manages to be a romcom. Rory is fantastic & an absolute mess. Brett is okay & not a total retread of Heath. 4/5 stars #Booksky #Romancelandia

Book cover for Simply the Best (Chicago Stars #10) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Cover features an illustration of a white woman with long blonde hair. She's wearing a white, knee-length, short-sleeved dress with black outlines of flowers and green shoes with white bows. She's looking toward a house that kind of looks like a brownstone. There's a tree next to it and a pink and brown food truck that's her chocolate shop.

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Theo @theokane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes and also every single "announcement" like this has previously proved to be a PR lie.

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Three Flats Bettcher @bettchergonnabike.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Its *second* new light rail station

Screen capture of Jackson Park Golf Course in Google Maps with the Shoreline South and Pinehurst stations at either corner of the golf course circled in red

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Theo @theokane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That would be so incredible. I'd love something like that to have suggestions for "so you've never read Lorde, start here" or "you've read XYZ from Morrison, here's where to do next" or "so you've read all their traditional published stuff, here's other things or other authors to discover."

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What I hate about so many current popular cishet white romances. They're narratively written as a "blank" white lady (with 2 lovable quirks!) so you can see yourself as her. They employe present tense & 1st person POV to crank this up. Many are incredibly dull & shallower than a single rain drop.

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That it's significantly different from SEO in 2010, especially for content building. 😜

In news, a BBC director watched a 4 second clip and then was paid by the AI PR team.

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Anyone have a favorite reading app for PDFs on an ipad? #Booksky

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