Gavin, Small Beer, long covid, &c.

government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires

media of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires

Top of an envelope from Columbia Gift Planning which I have copyedited to more accurately read “Grift Planning”

Why would I want to give money to Columbia when they just pass it on to the Trump administration? Would be happy to give back my degree, though.

economy of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires

The Naming Song Check out The Naming Song - <p><b>A gorgeously imaginative fantasy in the spirit of Hayao Miyazaki and Guillermo del Toro.</b><br><br>“<i>The Naming Song</i> understands the fundamental magic of langu...

1) bookshop.org is offering free shipping today
2) The Naming Song is just out in paperback
3) bookshop.org sells many other excellent books, some with trains, some without
4) I was driving alongside a train for a minute yesterday and it was awesome
5) Thank you

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Screenshot from Lise's interview with 5 books and covers (titles and authors below): What are 5 Consortium titles you love and why? Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions by Valeria Luiselli (Coffee House Press) This short book about Valeria Luiselli’s work translating for immigrant children will make you sob on the BART train. Carmen Dog by Carol Emshwiller (Small Beer Press) After learning that former rep Bob Harrison named his dog Carmen for this book, I knew it would be a great read. So true! I Hotel by Karen Tei Yamashita (Coffee House Press) Epic, brilliant blend of real and imagined history of SF Chinatown. Blue Marlin by Lee Smith (Blair) I’m not from the South but the family dynamics and life seen through a young teen’s eyes is so perceptive and universal. Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello (Sarabande Books) Learned a lot and laughed a ton, damn she is funny.

Kevin Huizenga pencil sketch for the cover — a stage with many people, a dog-headed woman, some more animals, all signing, with some trees and buildings behind and the silhouettes of an audience in front.

Carol Emshwiller's great, weird, gentle novel Carmen Dog is always worth re-upping. Consortium are celebrating their 40th anniversary with mini interviews and Lise Solomon's & Bob Harrison's (new to me!) recs are doggone amazing.
Now I get to close 3 tabs, phew.
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Ack, so sorry to hear it! Seems like few the processors are coming off well recently. Fingers crossed it all goes ok.

A reply with an image; alt text reads: 'Charlie Kirk sitting in a white T-shirt that says "Freedom." A negative consequence follows!

This is the image and the alt text that got Link permabanned from Bluesky servers

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

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TOMORROW!

Tachyon 30th Anniversary shindig 12-5 PM #SanFrancisco Public Library.main branch

FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

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Readings from @joerlansdale.bsky.social and @samtasticbooks.com

Food! Giveaways! Door Prizes! And other surprises!

#sfpl #tachyon30

In other words, I keep telling it hoping to ward others from it and am happy to be used as an example to scare someone into getting vaxxed or masking, etc etc

I could not get a review or response to that book, ah well. Gray insisted we use his page design, I love the art, although the typography was fun, too. We got to visit him which was a surreal treat. His books are dark and cutting but playful, too. He was having a lot of fun.

Schattenfroh aside, there remain so many experimental works by small presses that fly under the radar. E.G: Old Men in Love by the great Alasdair Gray. Pub'd by Small Beer & prob. the most beautiful contemporary book object I own. & it totally disappeared. Other Examples?

Always reading, always hoping!

Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched
With a woeful agony,
Which forced me to begin my tale;
And then it left me free.

Since then, at an uncertain hour,
That agony returns;
And till my ghastly tale is told,
This heart within me burns.

I pass, like night, from land to land

Benicio recommends:

if exercise knocks you out 1-2 days later, then don’t. From the linked Yale article:

“these findings may not hold true for those with post-exertional malaise (PEM), the defining characteristic of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and a persistent symptom of Long COVID.”

Popcorn and a $10 coupon?!

Got my covid shot plus . . . bonuses?! I’m into it.
Shuffled music on my phone and it played “I want it now”
Everyone’s a comedian!

He literally took a principled stand on Gaza repeatedly, once more today.

The man is working on becoming mayor of NYC, let him get there before demanding he tackle international politics 24/7.

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I grieve the passing of Jane Goodall. As a child went to hear her speak and was so mezmerized and enchanted by her humility, purposefulness, and love of our closest animal relatives. Her work was extraordinary, her life an example. RIP

6/ anyway I don't have anything smart to say. In the past I really enjoyed having a brain so I strongly recommend the Covid vaccine because Long Covid suuucks. At least I can read good-ish news here in the #greensky and #urbanism feeds. & obviously fuck fascism & trans rights are human rights

You say chocolate, I say chocolate, I think it's all back on

5/ although this summer, I was at Readercon for about 15 minutes and used the word book instead of post in a conversation and I was too tired to fix it. So maybe it's good not to go out in public that much.

4/ it only happens when I get pretty tired, I suppose this is part of brain fog although I think of that is something different where parts of my brain just seem inaccessible. I'm not really embarrassed by it anymore

3/ yesterday I was asking Kelly's mum whether she was going to keep the last of her rhubarb or or harvest it and instead of saying rhubarb, I said radiator

2/ losing access towards words was something I expected to happen somewhat later in my life. Although with this one, I think I'd be happy if free, simple solar took off in the US the way it has elsewhere

1/ This is me dictating from flat on the couch, knocked out I think by overdoing things on Monday. Last night, I posted this, and I could not figure out which one I meant: inception point or, as Mike points out below, inflection point.

Halloween Special: Celebrating Peter Straub w/ Nat Cassidy, Dan Chaon, Kelly Link, & Emma Straub | Books Are Magic Your Favorite Indie Bookstore!

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Cover art by Abi Stevens for Reckoning: A Chorus, Divergent, featuring an eight-winged moth framed in pink and orange moons and rainbow colored clouds

A CHORUS, DIVERGENT is out today! Edited by @cgaubrey.bsky.social, with artwork by @abistevensart.bsky.social, this special issue celebrates neurodiverse creators with reprinted work from Reckoning's first 10 years. Check out the full ToC and read CG's editorial here: reckoning.press/a-chorus-div...