Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Thrilled to announce that my comedy Note to Boy will be on sale at MostlyBooks, Abingdon and Il Botanico, Headington from 1st October onwards. Please feel free to visit those esteemed booksellers and ogle in admiration. Or better still, buy a copy. @mostlybooks.bsky.social @ilbotanico
Staff Reads books Rebecca D. Caffe POLE POSITION Linda Castillo Preorder RAGE Ashley Poston A NOVEL LOVE STORY Jenny Erpenrick ZARION Carley Fortune ONE GOLDEN SUMMER Rachael Lynn Solomon WHAT HAPPENS IN AMSTERDAM Annabel Monaghan IT'S A LOVE STORY Steven Johnson THE GHOST MAP MostlyBooksAZ.com
Here's some of what our staff is reading this month! What is on your summer reading list?π
#indiebookstore #shoplocal #tucson #bookworm #booklover #romcom #romancennovel #nonfiction #mysterynovel #fiction #sportsromance
FYI: The Murderbot sountrack by Amanda Jones is for sale on iTunes, etc, and includes the title track and the theme to Sanctuary Moon!
Trying to get humans not to touch dangerous things was a full-time job.
This would have all been a lot easier if I wasnβt so worried about the stupid humans.
I sighed again. I was having a lot of opportunities to do it and I think I was getting good at it.
I love it when humans forget that SecUnits are not just guarding and killing things voluntarily, because we think itβs fun.
#OtD 2 Jul 1848 enslaved people in the Danish colony of St Croix rebelled. On 3 Jul the governor arrived and rebels said they would burn down Frederiksted if not given freedom. He relented and slavery was abolished on St Croix, St John and St Thomas stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9191...
Cover of Whack Job
Jen really enjoyed WHACK JOB: A HISTORY OF AXE MURDER on @librofm! This was a quick and entertaining #nonfiction read that covered different cultures, times, and places. You can check the book out at the link below.
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#indiebookstore #shoplocal #tucson #bookworm #booklover #audiobook
Elizabeth Freeman (βMumbetβ) portrait by Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick, 1811. Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Oil portrait of Freeman in white bonnet and blue dress and white kerchief.
βAny time, any time while I was a slave, if one minuteβs freedom had been offered me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it β just to stand one minute on Godβs earth a free woman β I would.β
Sharing 'Mum Bett' Elizabeth Freemanβs words on Juneteenth.
I just realized I donβt like the phrase βas far as I knewβ because it implies how much you actually donβt know. Iβm not going to stop using it, but. I donβt like it as much anymore.
A drawing of a sparkly raven sitting on a branch. The caption reads, "Hey, facing unknowns absolutely causes anxiety. It's not weird to be struggling right now."
The company is like an evil vending machine, you put money in and it does what you want, unless somebody else puts more money in and tells it to stop.
Pin-Lee had promised, βDonβt worry, Iβll preserve your right to wander off like an asshole anytime you like.β) (I said, βIt takes one to know one.β)
Today is my birthday! You know what I want for my birthday? For you to treat yourself (or a friend!) to a collectors edition hardcover of Magic University, my bi hero/trans mentor/rivals to lovers fantasy series. www.kickstarter.com/...
HI Y'ALL!!!!
Donna & I really could use a little help getting through the next month so I'm doing a 20% off EVERYTHING IN THE SHOP sale for the next 72 hours!
Fidgets! Gaming stuff! Book boxes! Little guys!
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Black cat on tree with sleepy eyes.
Mister Nyx wishes you would sleep, sleep, sleep. And heβs happy to kill whatever for you or at least give you a tiny smile.
If you are standing up for libraries, you are standing up for one of the most beloved institutions in America. If you are standing up for the right to read you are not standing alone. Quite the opposite! Read more in this study from the ALA.
Three people standing together smiling at the Tucson Festival of Books
Megan Miranda, Tricia, Wanda Morris at @tfob.bsky.social
Read ALL their books as they are amazing! πππ
It's Dollar A Follower Time - The Spring Edition
I do all the work on Whats Up Tucson for you... from crashes to lost dogs to fires. It's always been user supported. It's a job for me, and you can help support with a dollar or two now π΅
Click here: whatsuptucson.com/dollar
Thank you. Very cool and relaxing change.
I like to intersperse my news reading with a barnacle-observation cleanser. It helps my blood pressure, I think.
A sunny selfie in which Iβm wearing roundish sunglasses, my long dark wavy hair half up, half down, an orange sleeveless cowl-necked top, as well as earrings that dangle a black pearl rectangle and white pearl bead beneath a gold hoop, and a Parrish Relics necklace that encloses a floral tapestry image under reflective mica between two brass branches that bend to make an oval together.
A masked selfie from the Love in Spite of it All panel, angled to show the audience.
Just having such a lovely time at the Tucson Festival of Books. Todayβs Love in Spite of it All panel with @constancefay.bsky.social & @rebeccathorne.bsky.social was such joyful chaos!
The audience and my mic
The panel - Amy Gardner, Margarita Montimore, me and Lillian Rivera
Nnedi in sun and shade
The audience
Some pics from yesterdayβs panel at the Tucson Festival of Books. π The room was so packed that they wouldnβt allow any more peoplee in due safety regulations and my booksigning line was so long that I was still there signing after the festival closed for the day. π
Next panel is at 10am.
Tucson Festival of Books this weekend! 2:30 pm Saturday. Then 10 am Sunday. Come on out! We'll celebrate the rise of Coors State University! @azpm.bsky.social @mostlybooks.bsky.social @whatsuptucson.bsky.social @tucson.com @uarizona.bsky.social @arizonambb.bsky.social