Jason

Jason

@avidbookreader.bsky.social

I love books, tea, and democracy. He/him. Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité

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I have a lot of new followers, and I hear bluesky has a lot of new users! Welcome, friends! I belong to the Bluesky School of Thought that when we see someone being trash, we do the thing that will upset them most: we immediately block them and forget they ever existed. Trust me: they HATE IT.

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This is my pencil drawing of the enormous Dolmen of Crucuno, a Neolithic burial monument near Erdeven in Brittany. Partially demolished in the 19th century, it was also used for many years as a barn. Its cap stone weighs around 40 tonnes. #TombTuesday

Then go back to the shithole if you miss it so much. I fucking left it because I don't want to support a white Afrikaner who probably jacks off to vintage Apartheid propaganda.

Michael Kruse@michaelkruse.bsky.social

“Leaving X because you don’t like Elon is the kind of purity politics that landed Democrats in this mess to begin with.”

This. I am so goddamn tired of the defeatism, the abject pessimism, the nihilism ever since the election. I get people are frustrated and scared, but the negative attitude isn't going to help matters.

Daniel Abraham@abraham.bsky.social

I am not a nihilist, though sometimes I wish I could be. I have hope for better, kinder, richer days. And I will work toward them in my way, much as I hope you will work toward them in your way. And now and then, I’ll rest.

It literally makes no sense to me that people will make an account here, then spend all of their time posting about Twitter. Like, who gives two scoops of flying monkey poop what's happening over there? I came here to get away from that.

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Disappointed seeing some of the publishing news. Just want to reiterate our position on "AI" training: We will never willingly allow someone to train "AI" tools on work we've received or published. There will not be any licensing deals here. No in-house projects either.

Five authors I've read 5+ books Jim Butcher John Scalzi J.N. Chaney/Terry Maggert Elizabeth Moon Jack Campbell

Alan K. Dell@alankdell.bsky.social

5 authors I've read 5+ books Ursula K Le Guin Drew Wagar J Dianne Dotson Gareth L Powell Frank Herbert

Yes, why did America decide that it would be better to have dedicated and free transportation to pick up kids and shuttle them back and forth to school instead of making them take public transportation? Surely, a five year old is in no danger on a bus full of strangers.

Thomas Ableman@freewheeling.info

At some point, you must explain to me why kids in America have dedicated yellow school buses. I know they're iconic but I've never really understood why it helps to have a dedicated fleet of buses that are only used twice a day for half the year. In England we just use... buses. Tell me!

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Octavia Butler being a time traveler or seer, will forever be a hill I'm willing to die on, because there's just no way. Parable of The Sower was published in 1993. Look at this date. #BlackBookSky #BookSky

Nature is healing. But also support indie bookstores too.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Barnes & Noble is making a comeback: The world’s largest retail bookseller is expanding at a breakneck pace and is on track to reach its goal of more than 60 planned openings this year.

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