Susanna Shore, Author

if lore is to be believed, fred astaire used to dance and glide around his tailor's workshop before taking a suit home to make sure the collar always stayed glued to his neck

According to a medieval Irish legal text on cats called Catslechtae (Cat-Sections), if a cat is able to purr and to catch mice, it’s worth three cows and if it’s only able to purr, it’s worth one cow and a half.

A wide angle image of the night sky is punctuated by a radio telescope on the lower left. Two bands of light run through the sky: the Milky Way and zodiacal light. The bands intertwine like a double helix. Near the top is an orange orb that is a totally eclipsed moon. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

🔭 A Double Helix Lunar Eclipse

Image Credit & Copyright: Chunlin Liu

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Atsuko-san and Nao-san bow to one another during a tea ceremony.

Boys dress in traditional armor for the 'Yoroi Kizome-shiki' (鎧着初式 'First Wearing of Armour Ceremony') at Kamigamo-jinja in November.

Nao-san enjoys a quiet moment of reflection at Ryoan-ji's dry landscape garden.

Atsuko-san dresses for her wedding day in traditional kimono and headdress.

🖌️CULTURE DAY🎎
November 3rd, 'Bunka-no-hi' (文化の日), is a national holiday in Japan. It's a day for promoting culture, the arts, and academic pursuits.

'Culture Day' was created in 1948 to commemorate the announcement of the post-war Japanese constitution.

#文化の日 #Japan

Susanna's review of Magical Midlifer, Vol. 1 4/5: Magical girls fight witches for social media ratings. But behind the scenes, there are deadlier foes that the girls are too weak to handle. That is a job for magical midlifers with powerful magic...

I read Magical Midlifer, Vol. 1 by MAKI & Nemumi Haiba. A fun take on the magical girl genre.
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#manga #bookreview

I mean, on page one and this is already amazing.

#amreading #scifi #books #BeautifulSchlock #booksky

What’s Changing at Amazon? How the A10 Algorithm Is Reshaping Book by Adanna Moriarty Amazon quietly rolled out a significant algorithm update in May, replacing the long-standing A9 system with what’s now known as A10. If that means

What have you heard about the A10 Algorithm that Amazon rolled out this summer?
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Susanna's review of Magical Midlifer, Vol. 1 4/5: Magical girls fight witches for social media ratings. But behind the scenes, there are deadlier foes that the girls are too weak to handle. That is a job for magical midlifers with powerful magic...

I read Magical Midlifer, Vol. 1 by MAKI & Nemumi Haiba. A fun take on the magical girl genre.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#manga #bookreview

Crunchyroll毫无理由地破坏其字幕 Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason (daiz.moe) 07:31  ↑ 116 HN Points

OH: "fully-featured ASS renderer" #anime #subtitles

(Yes I am finally getting around to reading that very deep post about #Crunchyroll's subs going down the tubes.)

https://daiz.moe/crunchyroll-is-destroying-its-subtitles-for-no-good-reason/

🎨 RedMatcha

Peach blossoms in Chinese lore bloom with love and longing.
In the Tang Dynasty(618–907), poet Cui Hu met a maiden beneath blooming trees during Qingming. Too shy to speak his heart, he left in silence. A year later, he returned, only to find her gone, the door shut.
On the wall, 1/2

Little Mushroom Manhua Vol. 1 and 2 + Bonuses (archived) This is a set of TWO books (vol. 1 + vol. 2) that is now out of stock! To pre-order/buy separate volumes, CLICK HERE! Sci-fi, drama, handsome boys, and beautiful art! Decades have passed since the Ear...

There’s a Little Mushroom manhua coming soon. Only in hardcover, as far as I could discover, but it looks utterly beautiful. The combo edition has sold out, but both volumes are still sold separately.
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#manhua #manga

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“Saturday began with my new boyfriend disappearing in front of my eyes. Not a good start for the day, to be honest.”

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i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris

Image of Yor Forger from Spy x Family with a very awkward smile and no idea what she's supposed to do.

There is something incredibly relatable, for me, about Yor's (from Spy x Family) ongoing struggle to figure out how to be a "normal"/conforming person and not just pretend to be one, while having no idea who or how to ask to acquire those "skills" as an adult.

A reminder that Slippery Creatures is on sale everywhere just for the weekend!

Great tit sitting on a pine branch.

Great tit posing on a pine branch.

Crows flying low over the sea surface, fighting over a small fish the other one has.

Little birds on branches of a small tree, eating.

I don't usually photograph birds and definitely not with my phone, as it's too slow for it, but this tit stood still for long enough for me to photograph it. 😀 There were also crows fighting over a fish and some other little birds that I didn't recognise.

Autumnal colors at Seiryoji Temple in the Sagano area of Kyoto, Japan.

Happy weekend from #Japan!

The current #BlueSkyArtShow prompt is #Autumn - here is a set of seasonal photos from Seiryoji Temple in the Sagano area of #Kyoto. Great spot for viewing the foliage 🍁.

#photography #streetphotography #naturephotography #ArtYear #EastCoastKin @bskyphotos.bsky.social

Susanna's review of The Hitman Stans, Vol. 2 5/5: The series really gets going in this second volume. The retired hitman, Owaru Endou, is ordered to return to his crime organisation, but he’s not going quietly and now he has everyone after him. ...

I read The Hitman Stans, Vol. 2 by Rintarou Ohshima. This is a fun and unique series, and the story really gets going in this second volume.
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#manga #bookreview

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Susanna's review of The Hitman Stans, Vol. 2 5/5: The series really gets going in this second volume. The retired hitman, Owaru Endou, is ordered to return to his crime organisation, but he’s not going quietly and now he has everyone after him. ...

I read The Hitman Stans, Vol. 2 by Rintarou Ohshima. This is a fun and unique series, and the story really gets going in this second volume.
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#manga #bookreview

I saw one Rumi and Mira when I went to grocery shopping tonight and Halloween isn't even celebrated here the way it is elsewhere. 😀

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I don't really have Halloween books, but Tracy Hayes, P.I. to the Rescue (P.I. Tracy Hayes 3) takes place on Halloween, so it sort of counts. 😀 Nothing spooky or paranormal though... 👻

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They never came! 😠 They didn't even call to cancel.

I've waited since 2 o'clock for people to come and fetch some furniture I'm donating. They said it would be sometime between 2 and 6, but I'd hoped it wouldn't take the entire evening. 😩

Halloween Sale 2025 by Lee Burton A bundle by Lee Burton, $3.98 for The Lion: Speaker Origins, Book One, Strayed: Speaker Origins, Book Two

Oh yes, the first two books in my Speaker Origin #fantasy series are half off this week in ITCH's #Halloween sale, 'cause what's spookier than meeting your god and realizing he's an idiot?

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💙📚 #Books #readingcommunity #bookcommunity #readers #bookish #readersofbluesky #booksonbluesky #booklovers

Very well! Just because the author did his own promotion, here are 5 US Kindle copies of @kevinhearne.bsky.social's Hounded (with two bonus short stories): Book One of The Iron Druid Chronicles, which I have and have read and have enjoyed! I also got more for random giveaway.

#KindleBookGiveaway

Image: three figures in protective suits watch from behind a screen as a child approaches a door-like mechanical structure in which stands a man. Between them is an amorphous glowing shape. Caption: Scientists at the institute of halloween studies have succeeded in creating "The treak": a quantum state that is simultaneously trick and treat. It is stable for a millionth of a second before decaying into a half-hearted prank and a mediocre candy bar.

A halloween cartoon for @newscientist.com

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I don't really have Halloween books, but Tracy Hayes, P.I. to the Rescue (P.I. Tracy Hayes 3) takes place on Halloween, so it sort of counts. 😀 Nothing spooky or paranormal though... 👻

Az: www.amazon.com/dp/B06X18NMM9
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A blue bird sits on a branch in a red maple tree.

'Blue Bird in Autumn' - Ito Sozan, ca. 1910's.
#JapaneseArt #shinhanga

Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. The pair is outside, seemingly mid-season because calvin is wearing a light jacket but no gloves or scarf. He's on one of his monologues: "In the future, everything will be effortless. Computers will take care of every task. We'll just point to what we want done and click. We'll never need to leave the climate-controlled comfort of our homes. No nuisance, no wasted time, no annoying human interaction." " no life," Hobbes observes as they walk off. "Life is too inconvenient," Calvin confirms.