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March Violets, by Philip Kerr I was on some kind of a kick when I picked up Berlin Noir , though I don't remember now what it was. Had I decided I wanted to read more det...

This morning I finished Philip Kerr's March Violets and decided I probably won't be reading the rest of Berlin Noir www.hada.ly/2025/09/marc...

Death at the Sign of the Rook, by Kate Atkinson I didn't know Kate Atkinson had a new Jackson Brodie book out until I came across this copy at Housing Works. I bought it on the spot, of co...

I'm on a tear! I read Kate Atkinson's Death at the Sign of the Rook in 3 days just after finishing Transit www.hada.ly/2025/08/deat...

Transit, by Anna Seghers As I mentioned in my last post, I picked up  Transit  to read ahead of a trip I made to Provence in July. I spent a good while scanning my b...

Hot on the heels of my last book, I finally got around to finishing Anna Seghers' Transit, which I started way back at the end of June. It shouldn't have taken me 2 months to read. I loved it! www.hada.ly/2025/08/tran...

Awww! Sorry in advance but I'm a much worse reader than I used to be

Donate to Nuno Needs Your Help for Recovery, organized by Ivy Nelson Dear Friends, My friend Maura Johnston's beloved cat Nuno was recently diagnosed with… Ivy Nelson needs your support for Nuno Needs Your Help for Recovery

my incredible friend ivy set this up to help nuno. i have reached the max reimbursement from my pet insurance and we still have radiation to go. if you can help i will be so very grateful. if not. just your thoughts are appreciated. thanks. www.gofundme.com/f/nuno-needs...

Heart Lamp, by Banu Mushtaq After finishing  A Gentleman in Moscow  – ages ago now, it seems – I searched my bookshelves for something to read that might put me in the ...

For my Women in Translation book club I read the recent International Booker Prize winner, Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq www.hada.ly/2025/08/hear...

Just like you should not be on Twitter, you should not be on Substack. There are viable alternatives that aren’t The Nazi Bar.

Take a Ride on the Interborough Express, New York City’s Future Train Line The Interborough Express, a new rail line that would link Brooklyn and Queens, could change the face of the city.

I live next to this light rail line in-the-planning and am thrilled to see the project get the serious attention that it deserves. It will improve the lives of entire neighborhoods of New Yorkers.

A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles What a beautiful book this was. I really didn't know what I was getting into. I first heard of Amor Towles when his subsequent book,  The Li...

I finished Amor Towles' A Gentleman in Moscow yesterday. I had no idea what to expect, but it was great www.hada.ly/2025/06/a-ge...

Dance with Snakes, by Horacio Castellanos Moya, and Apocalypse, by Lizzie Wade I had four other books in progress when I finished Amulet (and when I started it for that matter), but I felt like I wanted to stick with...

I finished two books in the last week-ish. Dance with Snakes by Horacio Castellanos Moya and Apocalypse by Lizzie Wade (now updated with the sfw book cover as the preview image) www.hada.ly/2025/05/danc...

Amulet, by Roberto Bolaño The Savage Detectives was the first book I read by Roberto Bolaño. That was more than 15 years ago. I loved it, but I remember it only vagu...

I read Roberto Bolaño's Amulet over the last few days. It felt a little like a sneak preview for The Savage Detectives www.hada.ly/2025/05/amul...

By the Ionian Sea, by George Gissing (Again) By the first time I read By the Ionian Sea , I had already read two other books by George Gissing: The Odd Women , which kicked off a year (...

I've just finished a reread of By the Ionian sea by George Gissing. I have such an affection for Gissing, and now I want to go back to Calabria www.hada.ly/2025/05/by-i...

SAME

A door with a sign that reads Department Motor Vehicles and another sign that reads Marilyn Farrell County Clerk

I'm at the DMV. I'm at the County Clerk's Office. I'm at the combination DMV and County Clerk's Office

Testament of Youth, by Vera Brittain I started  Testament of Youth  back in January, just after I finished  Voyage Along the Horizon . I tore through nearly 200 pages of in a fe...

Over the weekend I finished Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth, which I started way back in January. It's a remarkable book www.hada.ly/2025/04/test...

The Night Guest, by Hildur Knútsdóttir I have three other books that I've been moving through slowly these last two months, but I set them all aside to read the next book for my b...

Remember when I used to finish books? (Maybe not - I barely do.) Well I finished one today. www.hada.ly/2025/04/the-...

Hey New Yorkers, today is actually a #NoNYMaskBan day of action. PLEASE PLEASE call your STATE reps -- senate and assembly -- and tell them to push back on this idiocy.

Here's info & scripts: www.jewsformaskrights.com/resources/ma...

Here's where to look up your reps: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

Oh yeah I love an extremely low stress movie

Examples:

5. Book Club
4. Rififi
3. so many options, but... Don't Look Now
2. Simple Men
1. Last Year at Marienbad

My five favorite film genres:

5. Conflicts so inconsequential I can't possibly experience anxiety
4. Gonna hold my breath for as long as it takes for them to complete this very delicate operation
3. I want her wardrobe
2. Spontaneous dancing
1. Wow that shot is perfectly symmetrical

A measles crisis decades in the making: How RFK Jr. helped drive America to this moment Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sits atop the very health system he spent years attacking, and he’s already chipping away at the institutions he’s been appointed to lead.

Hey Hey RFK

How many kids did you kill today?

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

I even realized mine was lost when I was still close enough to where I had lost it that I could have reasonably gone back and looked for it, but instead I just said "Good riddance!"

I really enjoyed this. I got a fitness tracker on the advice of my trainer who wanted me to at least have a baseline on my regular steps etc. I lost it on vacation in Yucatan last month and I was so relieved. I bid it a happy farewell and have gone back to wearing a mechanical watch

Moving Parts, by Magdalena Tulli I've had Moving Parts as well as a second Magdalena Tulli book on my shelves for some time and I'd considered reading each before but never...

I finished Moving Parts by Magdalena Tulli a couple weeks ago. I didn't have much to say about it (though I did kind of like it), so I didn't really write much about it but I want to keep up my practice so here is my little post www.hada.ly/2025/02/movi...

You guys have fucked up so bad you made Quebec patriotic

Federal workers: Here’s how to lock down your communications Under the new administration there’s an increased need for digital security. Here’s how everyone, even you, can communicate and post safely, from using Signal to thinking twice about what you post on ...

Under the Trump administration, privacy experts say there’s a new urgency to making sure people understand the risks of their digital communication and take the proper precautions. This is especially true for anyone who works with the government.

Bumping this with the hope that a senator might see it

TRANS ORGANIZATIONS FUNDRAISER Hi, everyone! Here are the rules: Below is a list of organizations that provide assistance to transgender folks in need. Donate a minimum of $10 to one of the organizations and send me a screenshot of the receipt. If you feel less comfortable posting online, you can email me at aklingusbsky@gmail.com with the screenshot. You will then be entered into the raffle. Please note that you will not get extra credit for more donations, but those are certainly welcome. The deadline for donations is 11:59 PM on February 16, 2025. I will conduct a drawing on February 17, 2025, and post the video of the results on Bluesky. The first winner will get a $200 Criterion gift certificate, the second winner a $100 Criterion gift certificate, and the third and fourth winners a $50 Criterion gift certificate. Good luck! ps: love to all my trans friends pps: to whoever wins - may I humbly suggest Dazed and Confused Organizations To Donate: Trans Lifeline: https://translifeline.org/donate/. Transgender Law Center: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/. Sylvia Rivera Law Project: https://srlp.org/srlp/2page=CiviCRM&g=civicrm/contribute/. transact&reset=1&id=44 Black & Pink: https://www.blackandpink.org/DONATE/. Trans Justice Funding Project: https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/support-us/. Trans Defense Fund LA: https://transdefensefundla.org/pages/donate Lambda Legal: https://lambdalegal.org/ways-to-give/. Advocates for Trans Equality: https://donate.ncteactionfund.org/g/a4te

🚨FUNDRAISER TIME!!!🚨 Donate to any of the trans support organizations in the attached note and YOU can win one of four gift certificates to the Criterion website. Details in the note below, which I will pin to my profile

NYC Is in Store for an LA-Level Housing Loss Calamity in Floods, Report Predicts Some 19,000 homes could be wiped out in the next 15 years in high tides and storms supercharged by climate change, destruction surpassing the toll of Hurricane Sandy.

“It’s our version of what’s happening now in L.A.,” said Eric Sanderson, vice president for urban conservation at the New York Botanical Garden’s Center for Conservation and Restoration Ecology. “They have the fire, we have flooding.”

A guide to using Signal for government workers 🔒Editor's note: A friend of mine works in the federal government and wrote a guide for their fellow federal workers on how to use Signal. There are lots of good reasons for switching to Signal for mes...

For friends who are in the federal government, this is a very good guide on why you should be using Signal. In short, it’s safe and it’s free! a.wholelottanothing.org/a-guide-to-u...