Reposted by Tursulowe PressMegan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’m writing a book about teaching reading and what it even means to be “a good reader.” I want to talk to as many teachers, librarians, parents, and students as possible. If you have thoughts about reading, please get in touch at readingmachinebook@gmail.com. (And please pass along!) 417971
Reposted by Tursulowe PressVerso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"He has given the truest, least partial, most comprehensive and vivid account of what life is like on our planet...A great imaginative writer, he goes way beyond the material he is processing." --Geoff Dyer Available for pre-order now! 083
Reposted by Tursulowe Pressjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126057999
Reposted by Tursulowe PressThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly. 73183132649
Reposted by Tursulowe PressLos Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026On this week's #LARBRadioHour, Chang-rae Lee joins to talk about his new book, the novel’s exploration of nostalgia, immigrant family dynamics, masculinity, and learning to take responsibility for oneself. Listen now: lareviewofbooks.org/av/chang-rae-le… 033
Reposted by Tursulowe PressJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 31/07/2026IMPACT: that company that was offering to buy books for AI companies’ training data — and probably destroy them in the process — says it will no longer offer this service following 404 Media’s exposure of it www.404media.co/ai-company-t...404media.coCompany Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media CoverageCiting backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest." 211941737
Reposted by Tursulowe PressAaron Strauss @aaronstrauss.bsky.social · 26/07/2026If you have time this Sunday morning, I recommend my friend @benwikler.bsky.social's book This Is The Plan. It came out Tuesday, and while I usually skim books, I read this cover-to-cover. I most appreciate the book's actionable optimism for those of us trying to save the Republic. Some highlights: 57730
Reposted by Tursulowe PressMonroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Video www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...cbsnews.comProtest photographers come together in exhibit documenting decades of activism in PhillyFor more than 60 years, 92-year-old Harvey Finkle has carried a camera to protests across Philadelphia, documenting everything from anti-war demonstrations to disability rights advocacy. Eva Andersen ... 031
Reposted by Tursulowe PressErin Keane @erinkeane.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I have a new manuscript of mostly poems, with 3 lyric essays that really do belong with this collection, and no good idea of where to send it now that both publishers of my previous books have closed shop. Contest route seems unlikely for a mutant like this. University presses? Stable indies? 3144
Reposted by Tursulowe PressThe Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Delightfully ingenious travel journal which uses “hieroglyphic” plates to recount an 1814 voyage to the Caribbean: publicdomainreview.org/collection/h… 1637
Reposted by Tursulowe PressAmalia S. Levi, PhD @amaliasl.bsky.social · 13/07/2026📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly. 5544301532
Reposted by Tursulowe PressBrian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 13/07/2026[sniffling] freakin go birds 727349
Reposted by Tursulowe PressAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Fun fact: Ben Franklin's aunt testified at the Salem witch trials.theunpopulist.netBen Franklin Declared His Independence from his Inheritance of Nasty Superstitions and Became an Enlightenment ManA Fourth of July revisiting of a Founding Father’s family connection to the Salem Witch Trials 1375
Tursulowe Press @tursulowepress.bsky.social · 29/06/2026cbsnews.comPhiladelphia protest photographers, generations apart, star in exhibit documenting decades of activismSeparated by generations, two photographers reveal how Philadelphia's protests helped shape society. 000
Reposted by Tursulowe PressNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 28/06/2026This is a truly remarkable development: A carbonized scroll, sealed since the eruption of #Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and successfully deciphered in its entirety. What informations will the other carbonized scrolls reveal? What an exciting project! scrollprize.org/firstscrollscrollprize.orgAn entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first timePHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end — without ever being opened. 20413109
Reposted by Tursulowe PressDan Vergano @danvergano.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.comgroup.springernature.comSpringer Nature to divest its consumer media businesses | Springer Nature Group | Springer NatureStrategic divestment of consumer media portfolio enables Springer Nature to focus on its core business Transaction supports the long-term development 93961574
Tursulowe Press @tursulowepress.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Philly friends! Here’s a chance to support a great event! 010
Tursulowe Press @tursulowepress.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Huge congratulations to @bethkephart.bsky.social for such a well-deserved award. With great thanks to #ForewordReview for recognizing Beth's work and Peggy's story. 131
Reposted by Tursulowe PressAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/05/2026If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)giveinmay.orgSupport Alex's Emergency Relocation + Next Steps on Give In MayAlex is leaving the US after his work permit renewal was wrongfully denied by Trump's USCIS. 13935181500
Reposted by Tursulowe PressCaitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents. 9235461778
Reposted by Tursulowe PressAction Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 02/05/2026#NJ #NY The unusually hot weather and then frost destroyed much of this year's apple crop in our area. Our small Apple orchards are going to have a difficult year. If they have a farm store please try to purchase from them during the summer season. 425878
Reposted by Tursulowe PressKory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social · 29/04/2026A wholesome story for nerds: On Saturday, I was signing books at a local bookstore for Independent Bookstore Day. The store had a signing-palooza with new authors every hour; toward the end of my hour, a woman came up and asked what my book was about. "Dictionaries," I said, and she lit up. 1/n 432141626
Tursulowe Press @tursulowepress.bsky.social · 21/04/2026publishersweekly.comAnthropic Settlement Hearing Comes into FocusWith the May 14 fairness nearing drawing near for the copyright infringement case’s $1.5 billion payout, the Authors Guild crunched the numbers while the Authors Alliance highlighted some of the objec... 011
Reposted by Tursulowe PressAngry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.com · 11/04/2026Well, I love Avid Bookstore in Athen, GA more than ever now! georgiarecorder.com/2026/04/10/l... #BookSky 📚 💙georgiarecorder.comAthens bookstore challenges Gwinnett County jail over mail policy • Georgia RecorderAn Athens-based bookstore is challenging a Gwinnett County jail policy that bars independent booksellers from mailing books to prisoners. 161
Reposted by Tursulowe PressInternet Archive @archive.org · 10/04/2026Saving local news means saving our shared memory. When archives disappear, communities lose their history. Learn about the librarians & archivists helping safeguard local history, & the collaboration between @archive.org, @poynterinstitute.bsky.social, & @ire.org that’s providing tools & training ⬇️ 0322119
Reposted by Tursulowe PressBoston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Time for book promotion! A Pox on Fools is a historical indictment of RFK Jr. & his anti-vax allies. I believe it's an important work; advance praise has been great, & I'll be posting examples at regular intervals. For now, check out this lovely Publishers Weekly piece on how the book came to be:publishersweekly.comHow ‘A Pox on Fools’ by Thomas Levenson Got MadeAn inside look at the publication process for the science writer’s latest book 17022
Reposted by Tursulowe Pressdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/04/2026who has a book coming out that people can preorder so they have something to look forward to and then be pleasantly surprised when the book just shows up on their doorstep 4192775606
Reposted by Tursulowe PressGreat art on Bluesky @art.feediverse.org · 08/04/2026Pablo Picasso, Text with double page decoration (folios 14 verso and 15) from the illustrated book Divers Poèmes du Livre Ouvert, 1941 #pablopicasso #museumarchive 0113
Tursulowe Press @tursulowepress.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Our new release is up on our website: Ted Lieverman spent a total of 45 nights embedded with Delta Platoon at the fire house known as Engine 8, Ladder 2. The images here offer insight into what it means to live as a fire fighter, whether rushing toward danger or quietly preparing for it. #Philly 010
Tursulowe Press @tursulowepress.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Reposting this again because it's wonderful. 010
Reposted by Tursulowe PressBabybel Bandit @greblin.bsky.social · 29/03/2026wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it 5401526012580
Reposted by Tursulowe PressRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 27/03/2026John Singer Sargent, "Blue Gentians"; watercolor on paper (1905) 210622
Reposted by Tursulowe PressJim Wald @citizenwald.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Thanks to all who expressed such affection for and interest in Amherst Books, now for sale. For those of considering making an offer, I found the asking price: $400,000 Amherst Books (Amherst, MA) For Sale - New England Independent Booksellers Association www.newenglandbooks.... 23418
Reposted by Tursulowe PressRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 09/03/2026We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words. -Ursula K. Le Guin 219254
Reposted by Tursulowe PressAlex Turnbull @alejandroturnbull.space · 22/02/2026The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan. darksky.org/news/two-sat...darksky.orgSatellite proposals threaten the night skyIn the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations… 12435742739
Reposted by Tursulowe PressThe Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 06/03/2026The program allows authors to verify that their books are written completely by a human and not generated by software, and then gives them a trademarked seal to signal that the book is human authored.lithub.comThe Authors Guild is allowing more writers to certify their books are AI-free.The Authors Guild is expanding its Human Authored certification program to allow publishers and non-Guild members certify that their work is untainted by AI, according to the Guild and Publishers W… 22211
Reposted by Tursulowe Presskottke.org @kottke.org · 06/03/2026The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects, including Egyptian temples, Greek oil flasks, van Gogh paintings, and cuneiform tablets. [thisiscolossal.com]thisiscolossal.comThe Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical ObjectsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access Initiative expands with three-dimensional renderings of significant pieces—most of which are free to download. 13110
Tursulowe Press @tursulowepress.bsky.social · 05/03/2026@bethkephart.bsky.social always beats me to the post! I am so incredibly happy that Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News is a finalist for this award. A huge thank you to #ForewordReviews. Brava, dear Beth! 111
Reposted by Tursulowe PressKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026On my drive this morning, I passed an old American Legion post that had a little dropbox out front, rusted at the edges, the paint all flecking off, with the words DISPOSE FLAGS HERE stenciled in large print. Throwing that out there for anyone writing a screenplay about this moment. 1035031
Reposted by Tursulowe PressGiles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Writing earlier than we thought: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPatterns on mammoth tusks help to retell history of writingScientists believe they have found evidence of written thoughts of Stone Age people on ancient objects. 2227
Reposted by Tursulowe PressAndrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Let's try this again 👋 Hi Bluesky - I'm Massachusetts' Attorney General. You might know me from suing President Trump nearly 50 times, beating Uber and Lyft in court, or being the first woman of color elected to statewide office in MA. I officially left X today - help me find my MA people? 894137323473
Reposted by Tursulowe PressRichard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 12/02/2026The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comReading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study findsCognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers 13637295
Reposted by Tursulowe Presskelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Four state-level right to read bills are on deck right now. Here's what they are, why one of them is not being actively endorsed, and how you can get involved. The teen letters here are outstanding, too. That, plus a deeply frustrating roundup of book censorship news: bookriot.com/freedom-to-r...bookriot.comFour Freedom to Read Bills to Follow Right Now: Book Censorship News, February 6, 2026Updates on four freedom to read bills at the state level right now, as well as the voices of students advocating for their right to read. 23417
Reposted by Tursulowe PressGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/02/2026Mackenzie Scott will not save the Washington Post. It's done. A billionaire murdered it and billionaires will not save us. Support local and independent news, friends. Here are some starter packs. go.bsky.app/FzSc9z 5640241