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Friends, the @heroinitiative.bsky.social is genuinely one of the best things about the comics industry. If you have any extra dollars this holiday season, I hope you'll keep them in mind. www.heroinitiative.org

a snowman made from books by turning the white spines outward for the snow, then red spines forward making a hat, with felt eyes, nose, and scarf attached

I have now raised $1,000 for Authors Against Book Bans with pigeon painting sales 🥰

Wow. Gorgeous.

share this post with your friends who want to join the #booksky community! 💙📚

Pink and white book cover with elaborate floral border showing a woman and children. Cover of Tasha Tudor "A Time to Keep" 1978 second printing.

Tasha Tudor "A Time to Keep" 1978 second printing.

Happy December!

#illustrated
#holiday
#vintagebooks

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I would like to say that while Xero and LinkMyBooks are very cool, it's possible I am not good at accounting. Still! Working on it and glad to have the help.

kind of obsessed with this custom binding for Moby dick by Susan and Chaim Ebanks at Exeter Bookbinders

a man in a green elf costume is standing in a room with his mouth open and screaming . ALT: a man in a green elf costume is standing in a room with his mouth open and screaming .

Quick update - we just got our first delivery from WB Mason!

Swiss Family Robinson book 1920 illsutrated copy

A pretty book. Burt stopped publishing in 1937 so this dates before then - a nicely illustrated gift edition reprint of the classic novel, maybe 1920's?

#antiquebooks
#vintageillustration
#classicnovel

Your Family’s Thanksgiving Fight Schedule Due to the overwhelming number of anticipated brawls this Thanksgiving, we decided to streamline your day with an Official Family Thanksgiving Figh...

Happy Thanksgiving!

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#thanksgiving
#family
#humor

Support Literacy Nonprofits, and Fight Against Book Bans Here is a list of nonprofit organizations that promote literacy, and access to the literature of othersTo support organizations that promote literacy for children and adults, consider these:Room To Re...

#GivingTuesday is coming right up! If you're a book lover, here's a list of nonprofits to #donate to! (Orgs that support children's #literacy, adult literacy... literacy ed for #immigrants and orgs that are fighting against book bans).

www.hannahlorenzobooks.com/post/support...

Whoa, so cool!

And your model is also awesome. The world needs more employee-owned businesses.

(We are family-owned ..... and dammit I can dream, can't I!
JK fam, see you Thurs! 🦃🤣🤗)

lucky ducks!

they say grassroots
their funding says heritage foundation
free guide exposes the whole operation
get it here:
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after 9 seasons talking about book bans, we made this guide to stop them

Book bans aren’t abstract — they impact classrooms and democracy.

📚 Join us Dec. 15 in Fort Worth for TDD’s screening of The Librarians at Southside Preservation Hall.

Save the date! Details coming soon.

A call to boycott major corporations like Amazon that enable MAGA/Trump

and just a plug, in case any of our neighbors to the north shop at Amazon Home Depot or Target....
weaintbuyingit.com

#weaintbuyingit
#massblackout
#boycottamazon

Proud to announce that Rhuckus is officially boycotting Amazon. As in, we deleted the account.

We now purchase only from businesses whose community & political activity we've vetted.

- packaging/shipping materials
- storage
- office supplies
- sourcing

#boycottamazon
#amazon
#myboycottcounts

been actively resisting fascism since 2015. I get your disappointment in the USA, I feel it too. open to sincere suggestions and meaningful critique.

wts "do nothing" feels a bit hyperbolic. bear in mind that however angry you are the US, I guarantee many of us here are quite. a. bit. angrier.

bugs bunny from looney tunes is crying in a black and white cartoon and asking to come in here . ALT: bugs bunny from looney tunes is crying in a black and white cartoon and asking to come in here .

believe me, as far as I'm concerned you should absolutely be in our business. we need all the help we can get

"Electrons (+ and -), Protons, Photons, Neutrons, Mesotrons, and Cosmic Rays" Revised Ed 1947 by Robert Millikan

"Electrons (+ and -), Protons, Photons, Neutrons, Mesotrons, and Cosmic Rays" Revised Ed 1947 by Robert Millikan

"Electrons (+ and -), Protons, Photons, Neutrons, Mesotrons, and Cosmic Rays" Revised Ed 1947 by Robert Millikan

"Electrons (+ and -), Protons, Photons, Neutrons, Mesotrons, and Cosmic Rays" Revised Ed 1947 by Robert Millikan

A favorite book sold, this am did the condition check (we doublecheck that condition matches our description.) Indeed it does, so a new home awaits...

"Electrons (+ and -), Protons, Photons, Neutrons, Mesotrons, and Cosmic Rays" Revised Ed 1947
by Robert Millikan

#booksky
#physics

Vintage Books & STEM Collectibles Vintage Books & STEM collectibles by Rhuckus: antique maps to vintage slide rules, classic photography gear, and antique math textbooks.

Thanks for asking! Last year we decided to move fully online. It's.... awesome? So far. Great team working space but no in-person store, so we can focus on the books and buyers (regardless of location.)

Our catalog is sloooowly coming online at www.rhuckus.com. We are also on ebay :)

#books

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Yep. And.
More books, more life 😅😁

A snippet from an ai chatbot explaing thag The Dao is like the current of a river - it’s the natural flow and order that underlies everything, but you can’t capture it in a jar or fully explain it with words. For a twelve-year-old, this might mean trusting that life has its own rhythm instead of forcing everything to happen exactly when you want it to.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

And my final use case as a small business owner, I have found AI invaluable in creating content on-the-fly that empowera me and my coworkers to work together as a team to retroactively win any arguments we had with our kids before work.

#ai #kids #smallbusiness #dao #parenting

A sad beige dark image of a brick room with a christmass tree and lights, presents all wrapped in the same basic brown paper and red ribbon, and a lonely table for one, with what I can only assume is a very uncomfortable wooden chair.

So onto
3) writing
4) image generation.

Claude
- OK writing, if bland
- can critique *if* you insist on critical fb

ChatGPT
- writing bad
- OK basic image gen but w a sadness tendency

"cozy warm christmas holiday nook with lights and a table and chair and presents piled nearby"

#ai #aiart

ChatGPT and Claude are both pretty not-good at ....

2) IT support. If your problem is simple, maybe? but i that case you probably know already. Troubleshooting laptop perf issues, building your toolchain..faster to research yourself (or pay a human.)

#ai #it #techsupport #smallbusiness

Frozen Spinach Recipes 1. Spinach With Garlic, Lemon & Parmesan Rich, bright, and takes 5 minutes. How: Sauté 2–3 minced garlic cloves in olive oil. Add well-squeezed frozen spinach. Salt, pepper, squeeze of lemon. Finis...

ChatGPT & Claude are both reliably good at:

1) Generating recipes based on what's in my fridge e.g., "is there any delicious way to prepare frozen spinach?"
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

For small business owners who *also* cook dinner, highly recommend.

#foodsky #ai #smallbusiness

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As a small business owner, want to share:
- how we use AI*
- what works for us
- what doesn't

*In this post, starting with ChatGPT and Claude.

#ai #smallbusiness #bookseller