Sign reads HEY! You're about to walk by a BOOKSTORE. Are you okay?

2 books, the handmaid tale and the color purple

The indie bookstore around the corner had this sign. So I went inside and bought 2 books from the banned book section. Support local small businesses. Read banned books. Drink your Ovaltine.

From COVID to fascism: Tapping into our collective humanity | Shay Stewart-Bouley March 13, 2020. The day that the United States declared Covid a National Emergency and life as we knew it would change forever. I remember the day clearly; I had gone down to Boston earlier that week ...

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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.

☎️: (202) 224-3121

Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.

The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.

Call retiring Senators too!

TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!

If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!

Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.

JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺

#24HourEconomicBlackout

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Also if you feel strongly about Eric Adams, you should call your city councilmember to express that and ask for their position.

You’d be surprised. Hochul’s stance is highly disappointing but it doesn’t come from nowhere. Press all your electeds. City elections are in 5 months. Ask candidates too.

Bayou prototype

#pixelart #art #mtg #magicthegathering

Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library - NewsBreak Dolly Parton has called on Indiana’s governor to reverse course on plans to do away with her popular “Imagination Library” program. The country singer, wh

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How sad. Indiana wants to stop free books for kids. #FUINDIANA

An angel flies close to a demon lying on their bed.

Angel and Demon. 🪽

Happy:
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤

Take yall children to those black history events that will be held at some local libraries. It starts at home

A lot of ya'll need to learn about inside thoughts. It's not a game. Less is more when online now.

I love this time of year because people will post something super dramatic and vague like “Nooooooo” and I can’t tell if it’s about football or *gestures outside window* all of this.

When the 4 Non Blondes said “And so I wake in the morning and I step outside, and I take a deep breath and I get real high
and I scream from the top of my lungs WHAT’S GOIN ON?!”

I really felt that.

Co-hosted by Bangor Pride & the Wilson Center at UMaine, queer hangouts will be happening the second Saturday of the month from 6-8 PM, starting on Feb 8th!

This event is open to everyone seeking connection & community in an inclusive environment. We can’t wait to see you there!

The mossy root of a dead American Elm is covered in hundreds of vibrant brown and gray turkey tail mushrooms, layered and cascading across it like a dense colony of muscles on a rock All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

Ok #booksky, let’s talk.

👎🏼Goodreads, owned by Amazon, fuels its monopoly on books.

👍🏼StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform, offers an ethical, ad-free alternative with mood-based recommendations, user control over data, and a focus on inclusivity. Support diversity over corporate power!

Horror Preview, LIVE January 20th, 12 PM set, 9 am pst, on the Night Worms YouTube channel. Several Readers blowing up your TBR. Come hang out with us!

What are you doing on Monday? Come hang out with a bunch of horror fans frothing at the mouth for new books! Each one of us will present 10 books we're excited about this year!
Here's the link:
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illustration from the upcoming "Vampire Tarot" Death card featuring a shrouded figure of Death kissing a woman kneeling on a grave in a cemetery.

illustration of a woman at a kitchen table with her head down while two goblins look at her curiously

Cover illustration for "Come Find Me" for DSTLRY depicting a woman opening a door to a warmly lit room while tendril shadows follow her

illustration of a winged male vampire embracing a human woman in a room with an arched doorway

Some of my favorite pieces from this year 🖤

A ghost knitting and a hippo reading

Don’t bother inviting me to your holiday party unless this is the vibe

Decriminalize survival Image shows a drawing of 3 tents indicating that one should not make laws against basic survival

#homeless #unhoused #harmreduction

If this is a difficult season for you I want you to know that the band that had a hit with the blender song in 1998 thinks you're alright

the night we heard about the tiktok ban, i had a dream about an early 2000s, late 90s, y2k style magazine w the quizzes and shit but make it bookish and filled w culture and media and community book reviews…

today i bought a squarespace domain 👀

#booksky

Instead of another anime/comic con, we need a Scholastic Book Fair con with dozens of vendors selling fun reading accessories. I use to set money aside as a kid to make sure I got the best bookmarks, erasers and fun trinkets 😂

Has a bee ever landed on you, and instead of getting scared, you appreciate the possibility that you got confused for a flower.

me: i have a bunch of anxiety rn

brain: how bout a coffee

me: idk sounds like a bad idea

brain: iced coffee

me: ok yeah that makes more sense

The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble

When you and the hubs go out for a date and the restaurant chain still has their train