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former journalist! former television writer! former [a million day jobs]! now opening a worker-owned bookstore + cafe in astoria @nobordersbooks.bsky.social they/he

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we are so close to hollywood doing a "we are all paul dano" campaign

05.12.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

honestly had been half-hoping she wouldn't get fired solely bc of this

05.12.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

we especially love: fiction by authors of color, queer books, picture/board books, books in languages other than english, radical/progressive (think: haymarket + verso titles).

astoria food pantry is also a 501c3 btw if you happen to work at a publisher that loves to donate to nonprofits :)

05.12.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

we recently moved the bookshelves to the front of Astoria Food Pantry and ppl have been using them much more which makes me SO HAPPY but also means we need more books! we love donations from neighbors, authors, publishers, (galleys are great), etc. you can DM me or email therollinglibrary@gmail.com

05.12.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
red bull pink edition
wild berries

red bull pink edition wild berries

why is this one so vague. why won't they tell me which berries

05.12.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
no borders holiday pop-up
diamond dogs 34-04 31st ave
sat december 6th, 12:30 to 4:00pm

no borders holiday pop-up diamond dogs 34-04 31st ave sat december 6th, 12:30 to 4:00pm

no borders tote bag
no borders shirts in black and white

no borders tote bag no borders shirts in black and white

handpainted bookmarks

handpainted bookmarks

greeting card w a flaming cop car

greeting card w a flaming cop car

Tomorrow! Come to Diamond Dogs in Astoria for our holiday pop-up! New & used books, 2026 Slingshot planners, tote bags and shirts, hand-painted bookmarks, greeting cards, and more! Plus the bar is open at 12:30 with their usual menu. Buy some gifts while supporting a worker-owned bookstore!

05.12.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
charlie underneath a blanket with her head on a pillow

charlie underneath a blanket with her head on a pillow

every day i look at my dog and i think, how the hell did you ever survive living on the street

05.12.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
a v small paper ripped off a business card being used as a bookmark

a v small paper ripped off a business card being used as a bookmark

have resorted to using the tiniest little bookmarks in the hopes that she won't notice them

05.12.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Try To Have A Little Fun, by Sadlands 10 track album

new-ish Sadlands record is also a very good purchase for bandcamp friday: sadlands.bandcamp.com/album/try-to...

and Oceanator has new merch (i need the hat): oceanator.bandcamp.com/merch

05.12.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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gladie gladiephilly@gmail.com

very glad i actually left my apartment and saw gladie last night, i obviously already loved them but they're even more amazing live (i'm obsessed with their bassist now?!) and the new songs sound SOOO good. also finally bought a vinyl which you can too today :) gladie.bandcamp.com/music

05.12.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Your pals in Weaklung have new shirts for sale this #bandcampfriday. Please enjoy our bootleg Itchy design. Printed locally here in Chicago. S-XL

They will start shipping next week

weaklungband.bandcamp.com

05.12.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

the sellout by paul beatty

05.12.2025 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh my god this is unfortunately heaven for me

04.12.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

now that we have all posted our recaps from various evil streaming services, it's time to think about what records + merch we're going to buy on bandcamp friday tmrw :')

04.12.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

some great news is you can buy the waffle mix online and it tastes *almost* as good when you make it yrself

04.12.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.

04.12.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2261    πŸ” 808    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 22

important to note this was a pet store in manhattan where i once got screamed at for about 15 minutes straight because we had sold out of the martha stewart brand poop bags and only had regular poop bags and i had the audacity to say "i don't think your dog's shit will know the difference"

04.12.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

just remembered when i worked at a big chain pet store and after a particularly hellish Black Friday, we were gathered to get our Holiday Bonuses which turned out to be a company-branded travel coffee mug ... but they didn't come with lids so we couldn't actually travel with them

04.12.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

actually this is probably going to be my healthiest month because i'll end up drinking like, five sips of each of the weird flavors instead of the usual amount of red bull i consume on a daily basis!!

03.12.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ok juneberry is actually pretty good although it is definitely purple and not sea blue

03.12.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spotify stands by ICE recruitment ads despite artist backlash Spotify stands by ICE recruitment ads despite artist backlash

how quickly the internet forgets

03.12.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 20
Puzzmo β€” The (new) place for thoughtful puzzles. Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.

If you're trying to ditch NYT Games, which you should be since their games singlehandedly prop up the entire dogshit rag financially, you should switch to Puzzmo. An annual sub is 50% off today for a crazy $19 and as a bonus doesn't enable the genocides of Palestinians and trans people

02.12.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1073    πŸ” 472    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 35

good news my friends finally agreed to get matching shirts with me

02.12.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
red bull green edition
curuba elderflower

red bull green edition curuba elderflower

this is full of flavors i'd never heard of and i am already full of regret

02.12.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the funniest AND rudest thing my dog does is if i leave a book on the coffee table, she WILL take the bookmark out of it and lose my page. she won't chew the bookmark. she'll just remove it from the book and drop it on the floor and walk away. why does she hate me

02.12.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this giving tuesday please give your nonprofit employees a raise

01.12.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

sorry but i absolutely refuse to believe that a higher power exists and that he put me on this earth solely to make graphics in canva

01.12.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this giving tuesday please give your nonprofit employees a raise

01.12.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
dog yawning? yelling? in front of a box of red bull advent calendar box with 24 cans of various flavors of red bull

dog yawning? yelling? in front of a box of red bull advent calendar box with 24 cans of various flavors of red bull

it's red bull advent calendar time

01.12.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

i am normally not one to defend THR reviews but do feel like there is a difference between the words β€œcould” (as in, this is how many recent streaming shows approach this plot/queer romance in general) and β€œshould” (which is not what he said!)

30.11.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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