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Oh nausicaa of the valley of the wind. ❤️ this film so much

You're welcome! And my tbr stack on my bed stand has The Worst Ronin, and The Siren, The Song, and The Spy. Cannot wait to dive into those two😃

All three are amazing.

His eyes there looks like they can just peer into ones soul.

Ugh. Love Dragonball. Not the ughly, hideous as fuck vehicle its on though. Too many of those across my city.

❤️that Le Guin book.

What an amazing set of games. Loved playing these when i was a teen. 😁

Same here. I think it wise to focus on the road.

How to Be a Good Literary Citizen (in Seven Easy Steps) Last Sunday I spent hours at the Brooklyn Book Festival, a too rare occasion for me to pull myself away from the internet for an entire afternoon. As I looked around at the crowd on their way to pa…

My way of coping with all of the madness is focusing on what I can do to make my community a little bit stronger. So excuse me for all of the earnestness, but I wrote about ways we can all pitch in to support a thriving literary culture. lithub.com/how-to-be-a-...

I wish people cared about the first amendment rights of authors and artists who are getting their works banned in schools and libraries across the USA as much as they care about the rights of white male comedians to be on national TV

If it were reading a single queer novel that did it for all queer people then I would love to know how older quiet millennials, gen-x, and baby boomers all figured out they are queer with far less access to media that represented queerness.

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power.

This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.

Such a fantastic read; one of my favorites. ❤️

YouTube video by TEDx Talks The art of discomfort | Leigh Bardugo | TEDxUCDavis

youtu.be/DCtbFZtoQ88

I agree. It isn't that hard. Some art just isn't for a person, does not make it garbage.

"Freedom shouldn't be something that only some people can buy."

*slaps table*

THANK YOU!

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Finally watching the Murderbot tv series. Fantastic adaptation.