@craftyrachem.bsky.social
Reader, singer, crafter, corgi mom, and lover of life π€π³οΈβπ
My anxiety: "Your dog is home alone while you're at work. He doesn't understand why, and all he knows is you're gone. He's stressed and going to hurt himself."
*Checks Furbo expecting carnage and chaos*
The reality of my dog being home alone while I work:
#corgi #itsadogslife #petsky
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
22.03.2025 03:36 β π 6669 π 2520 π¬ 116 π 723Thank the gods for Sleep Token π€π΅
08.04.2025 13:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Some good news π
#booksky
TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY!
If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK!
Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore.
JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. π€¬ π·πΊ
#24HourEconomicBlackout
Just gonna leave this here....
#booksky
21.02.2025 12:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This is horrifying.
20.02.2025 13:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The good news is i saved you 60 billion dollars. The bad news is that is a typo i saved you 600 dollars and also your plane is falling out of the sky
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This should be on The Onion, not Congress.gov.
11.02.2025 22:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you have student loans or have a child who filled out a FAFSA and haven't filed a complaint for the breach of your FERPA and Title IV rights being violated by DoGE, you should. Drown them in complaints and bureaucracy.
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Now more than ever.
07.02.2025 15:07 β π 59899 π 12477 π¬ 429 π 220Hey #Booksky if youβre in the US and looking to step away from the zon for physical books can I highly recommend Thrift Books?
They donate and partner with non-profits to support school libraries in underserved areas, and prison libraries. Plus, the book prices are *very good*
www.thriftbooks.com
βPresident Trumpβs comments would, if implemented, amount to an alarming escalation of forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza. It would move the US from being complicit in war crimes to direct perpetration of atrocities.β -- Lama Fakih, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch
Widespread destruction in Gaza is no accidentβmuch of it reflects a calculated Israeli policy to make Gaza unlivable.
Trumpβs suggestion of βtaking overβ Gaza and further forcibly displacing Palestinians would amount to an alarming escalation in the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.
2/2 Plus it ties any media depicting "sexual acts" to child pornography which not only perpetuates the harmful propaganda that all romance readers are sexual deviants and violent predators, but also makes the bill harder to fight. Because who wants to go on record fighting a child pornography ban?
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1/2 This is so infuriating. If this bill passes in OK, it will open the door for similar bills in other states and even at the federal level. This would make writing, reading, buying, and selling most open-door romance books a felony per the definitions in the law. #booksky let's make some noise!
05.02.2025 23:38 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Paying attention to what's going on is crippling, but taking a break feels irresponsible. I like reading dystopian stories, not living them.
05.02.2025 01:40 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The last thing I'll say is if you're outside of the USβ
Look at what's happening as a lesson to take your country/local politics and elections seriously.
The political trends in other countries around the globe are growing more right-wing and are not so far behind what's happening here in the US.
Oh darn! I just missed this. I ordered one of the February crates yesterday!
31.01.2025 22:33 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So excited I snagged a copy of The Coven and The Cursed! Are y'all going to make editions for the next book too?
30.01.2025 23:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Cover for Brigands & Breadknives, depicting a campfire scene with an elven adventurer, a rattkin writing letters in the back of a wagon, surprised by a goblin in a patchwork coat brandishing a breadknife, with a demon chicken on their head. Okay, so it's hard to describe.
Oh, hi there! It's cover reveal day for Brigands & Breadknives, with art yet again by the amazing @emberwickart.bsky.social-
I love it so β€οΈ
Coming Nov 11 '25 from @torbooks.bsky.social-
VERY good news from @bookshop-org.bsky.social!!
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Queer Sex Ed is coming back with Sara (she/her) and Leigh (they/them) in April 2025!
Here are some ways you can help with your money or time!
1. Sign up for our Patreon to (there's also a free tier now!) www.patreon.com/QueerSexEd
Oh man! Epic is incredible π€π€
24.01.2025 01:00 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sleep Token is my latest obsession π€
24.01.2025 00:59 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Me, as I navigate all end of year things as the payroll manager:
24.01.2025 00:52 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I switched to Storygraph this year and I am loving it! It works so much better than Goodreads.
24.01.2025 00:50 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you are buying excess copies of anything in order to sell them for profit, you are the worst. You are creating a false demand that only harms us all in the end and makes everything more expensive. This isn't just Onyx Storm but live music, tarot decks, and a plethora of other goods and services.
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βIn 150 characters or lessβ by @nikitagill.bsky.social
21.01.2025 20:57 β π 3789 π 1035 π¬ 40 π 56another #BookishPetPeeve i have is the existence of exclusive/bonus chapters. π
why do we have to buy multiples of the same book from target, amazon, b&n, etc. to get different bonus chapters? ποΈ
how do you feel about store exclusive bonus content?
#booksky #booktok #readers #bookstagram
