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The Good Samaritan, by Joseph Highmore, 1744, 📸 by @patricksmith04

Agent Layne stares at me for a long, long beat. “Are you always like this?” he finally asks.

“Like what?”

“Weird is the word I’d use.”

“I got significantly weirder after a monkey dressed as Hamlet beat my friend’s skull in with a typewriter.”

—Lucky Day, pgs. 57-58 #booksky

Lovely Aardvark hardcover copy of Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle without dust jacket, showing green and pink foil version of the book cover. A senior, caramel-colored chug snoozes, curled up against my thigh.

CR: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle #booksky

🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
FINAL

✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.

beautiful orange flower in a hellscape of calming shadow and a gorgeous white picket fence during a morning of peace and quiet

an explosion... of yellow leaves on a winsome tree on a lazy fall day

a riotous... number of white pollinator blossoms in front of the purple haze of a nicely maintained house with a lovely set of stairs leading to the street

the civil disobedience of a quiet, well kept street with delightful gardens beyond moss encrusted stone terracing

"War-ravaged" Portland today... #WarRavagedPortland

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

this exists it is called thinking

just had a religious experience

[saw Real Estate perform all of ATLAS live]

41-40 is scorigami, congrats everybody

Me holding up a hardcover Aardvark copy of A Witch’s Guide To Magical Innkeeping. Cover is a rich raspberry ombré with a dark green spine with gold foil lettering.

CR: A Witch’s Guide To Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna – honestly a perfect segue into Fall #booksky

he’s probably also the type of guy to walk into an indie bookstore and ask the booksellers why Amazon is so much cheaper

while waiting in line at Costco today, an older guy behind me commented on my t-shirt (that of an iconic local record store) and asked if they were still in business. I said, “yes, still doing well, fortunately.”

with zero shame, he then admitted to me he hasn’t paid for music “since Napster” 🤨😑😮‍💨

LOBOS TOSSING OUT HEAT 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

“Daniel Jones looks like a concussed milliner chasing after a flyaway peacock feather” — @harrisfootball.com in 2024 PPA

“It’s amazing to me […] how he’s the savior
of the Colts offense, when this is the idiot who almost ruined my podcasting career a couple years ago” — Cousin Josh in 2025 PPA

Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.

TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!

Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

not proud to admit it, but I may have scream-yelled at a jumpscare while seeing Weapons in theaters today 🫣

Tiny Bookshop promo art which shows a cute, roadside bookstore and several locals and animals hanging out and reading on the grass nearby.

Tiny Bookstore design screen: shows items that can be used to decorate your bookstore.

Tiny Bookstore area sceeen: shows goals for ‘The Waterfront’ area including selling 20 books to local sailors.

Tiny Bookstore customer recommendation screen: user gets to pick out a book for customer based on their preferences.

TINY BOOKSHOP, the cutest, most cozy-looking game was announced on this morning’s IndieWorld Direct. Players run their own roadside bookshop and befriend locals by giving them book recommendations. It’s out today, too ($20 USD on Nintendo eShop)! #booksky

Hardcover copy of Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan, with pink Aardvark bookmark peeking out of the top. Next to the book, a macadamia nut latte sits on a round table.

enjoying an iced macadamia nut latte while reading a strong contender for my favorite book of 2025 #booksky

all the Diamond Dry in the world wasn’t going to make that field playable last night!

Padres Sandless Beach Towel Giveaway. The yellow, white, and brown striped beach towel with Padres logo and white tassels at the bottom is folded in quarters and draped on the back of an armchair.

can confirm last night’s Padres giveaway, a Sandless Beach Towel, is, indeed, sandless

Me holding up a hardcover copy of The Compound by Aisling Rawle on the patio with a chug resting next to my legs

CR: The Compound by Aisling Rawle #booksky

BREAKING: Concession workers at Fenway are on strike.

This is the first walkout in the 113 year history of the Boston Red Sox’s stadium.

These essential workers will be on strike as the World Series champion Dodgers come to town this weekend.

Killer on the Road horror novel: a woman’s face with a car slashing across, revealing the skull underneath

The Babysitter Lives horror novel: a house with a tear across it, exposing the giant spider underneath

Today’s the day: two books in one, live. Harper and Charlotte, both trying to fight through to daylight, one out on the open road, one locked in the house next door. Thanks for reading, y’all. Hope to see you, the next couple weeks.

A hardcover copy of The Devils by Joe Abercrombie with dust jacket on and a chug snoozing on a blanket between my legs

CR: The Devils by Joe Abercrombie #booksky

They claim they want to be a paper for everyone across the political spectrum, but if they really believed that, they’d publish these didactic pieces telling parents not to snub gay children, too.

Our Greatest Gaucho, Shane Bieber, might have some competition now!

(we must now pray for Bremner to be traded to a club that can actually develop pitching)

We need to bring back PSAs, but to teach people not to fuck their computers

Screenshot of audiobook of ‘So Happy Together’ by Olivia Worley. It depicts 4 rows of multicolored hearts that say LOVE on a pink backdrop. One of the candy hearts is shattered into pieces.

I’d recommend So Happy Together if you’re looking for a fun, cat & mouse thriller. Especially recommended for those who enjoyed Death of a Bookseller or Cross My Heart — 3⭐️ #booksky

Are you prepared to see the dumbest thing anyone has ever done in Mario Kart

I just wanted to see what would happen and the obvious thing happened

dang, even their K% are similar:

Tony Gwynn — 6.81%
Jacob Wilson — 7.01%

Colmanara Masai Red @ San Diego Botanic Garden

Zygopetalum Artur Elle @ San Diego Botanic Garden

Cymbidium Valley Champion Gorgeous @ San Diego Botanic Garden

Cymbidium Scarlet Vintage @ San Diego Botanic Garden

some highlights from World of Orchids at the San Diego Botanic Garden! 🪷