Jeff Baxter

BOOK FAIR: Over 25 authors, illustrators and publishers in the heart of Pontypridd town centre. Storytelling and crafts for the kids!

Saturday 7th March 10am-3pm

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They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.

The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.

Bookshop browsers who keep their hands in their pockets! What’s that all about - how do you browse if you don’t pick up a single book to look at the blurb? Weirdoes

Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.

ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.

North London measles outbreak hits several schools with tens of children infected A number of children have been hospitalised as officials urge families to check they are up to date with their vaccines.

The consequences of listening to fake news & not vaccinating our children!😔

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We have a fantastic and diverse collection of titles from our friends at Firefly Press in store now!
A range of books from middle grade up to YA of a mix of genres perfect for readers of all interests and ages.

📸 NASA

February 14, 1990: Voyager 1 took the famous "Pale Blue Dot" photo.

"Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives."
~ Carl Sagan

On Valentine’s Day, 1990, at the request of Carl Sagan, NASA turned Voyager 1's camera back toward home for one last look. From 3.7 billion miles away, it captured this: a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. Here is how Carl Sagan beautifully described it: “Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

"The Pale Blue Dot"

The Earth as seen from 3.7 billion miles away by Voyager 1 on #ValentinesDay in 1990:
📸NASA

Signed copies of Ben Wildsmith's "Whose Song to Sing?" are now available in store!

If you're looking for something to do while out and about in Ponty, our board game library and games tables are free and open to all!
Why not grab a drink, a snack, and a table and enjoy a board game or a puzzle for a little while? We have plenty of tasty drinks and snacks available in store.

£240m. With no tender. Palantir.

I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.

Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.

Palantir out.

‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.

“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

After 22 years as a letterer, I now only have enough regular lettering work to keep me busy for 2 days per week. So if you’re staffing a new project, please keep me in mind as your letterer! Or request me via your editor! Recent clients include DC, Marvel, BOOM, Dark Horse, 2000AD, etc.
Thank you 🙏🏻

If Epstein is Trending, Why Isn’t +1.7°C? The news cycle has become a hall of mirrors: Epstein, Trumpism, war, outrage, retribution. A thousand scandals designed to keep us anxious, tribal, and tired. We have to hold multiple truths at once: ...

"This is the hard truth I want to land: climate does not care what’s trending. It’s not interested in Jeffrey Epstein, Gaza, or Greenland. There is no algorithmic mercy. Physics is physics, and it is getting more abrupt."
#climatecrisis #ElNino #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-are-...

Epstein was in and out of Russia every few months according to his travel documents, but Mandelson was partying in nightclubs in St Petersburg and regularly in Moscow.

How did our intelligence services fail to pick this up? Or were their reports and investigations suppressed?

We are thrilled to announce that @emilygarside.bsky.social, author of Gay Aliens and Queer Folk, will be joining us on June 20th at our Pride Book Fair to discuss her new book Rainbow Wales: Queer Icons Past and Present. Published by @calonbooks.bsky.social

A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Artists and Makers Fair today as both an artist and a guest!
It was wonderful having everyone here today and we look forward to seeing you at the next one.

Love in the Palm of His Hand 01 Check out Love in the Palm of His Hand 01 - Through sign language and acting, two young men seeking their places in the world discover a connection that transcends the spoken word. ''To think that jus...

Kaden's Weekly Recommendations!
Week Ninety Five: Love in the Palm of His Hand by Rinteku

Available in store or online via: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/love...

A tender romance manga about self discovery and exploring communication beyond spoken words.

Our Artists and Makers Fair is in full swing!
Everyone will be here until 3PM so there's still time to pop in and meet some wonderful creators.

Our Pride Bookfair this June has moved to the 20th!
If you are an author, artist, poet, publisher or you make comics, zines, etc and would like to take part tickets are available via: www.ticketsource.co.uk/Storyville-B...

If you have any questions please email us at info@storyvillebools.co.uk

Photo shows a young girl with her cat

This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.

She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.

Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/

Join us today for our Arts and Makers Fair!

A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.

Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠

The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody

I note saying that I believe that even if you think you have no artistic skill, I'd rather see your effort than your A.I.

In today's installment of Old Lady Yells At Clouds:

Brandon Sanderson to Write Mistborn Movie Script and Co-Showrun Stormlight Archive Series - Reactor In a recently released video, the author shares details on his new deal with Apple TV

Brandon Sanderson confirms a Mistborn movie is coming first, and he'll be the one writing the script:

#Mistborn

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.