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So happy for a Teresa update!!

You know the economy is bad when scammers are trying to get emerging writers and authors. Baby, you got off at the wrong exit.

teewatterss on Threads: “losing an hour on international women's day feeling very 75 cents on the dollar”

10/10 take. no notes

Hey, you wonderful people were able to knock some money off this! We need $3700. I'm donating an additional $100 right now--does anyone want to match me?

"Toward the end of our conversation, Lee told me that she read an eyepopping 50 books in 2024. That averages out to about a book a week, and it completely lapped what I had accomplished in the same time frame. "

Those are rookie numbers

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

HuffPost headline The underrated author to read if you love Jane Austen and Brontë

Hell yeah. Hot Gaskell Summer!!

A four-panel comic strip featuring Llewellyn (a dragon) and Ozy (a fox child wearing a top hat.) Panel one: Llewellyn: "Of course, spring's arrival is not without its little inconveniences. Take daylight saving time." Panel two: Llewellyn: "People think it was created for farmers, but of course that's wrong. It's a remnant of an old dragon conspiracy." Panel three: Llewellyn: "The plan was to deprive mammals of an hour of sleep, then use their dental floss while they were too tired to notice." Panel four: Ozy: "That seems kind of unambitious for you guys." Llewellyn: "Well, we were out of floss."

Be sure to guard your vulnerable dental floss tomorrow!
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And my intro was Simon’s selections for our Indigenous poetry picks on the old site for library‘s poetry month

I love my team at work. Genuinely grateful.

I had them watch The Librarians documentary and gave them some accompanying articles: vocational awe (of course and rest in peace, Fobazi) and Kelly Jensen's Book Riot library worker mental health article.

Their discussion today on all 3 made me proud.

The Luddite Renaissance is already upon us.

And also,

That ship did get unstuck.

It’s the April library pick 🤗

Why is generative AI slop bad for language learning?

Because it's a RANDOM word generator!

Putting aside the theft/world burning ethical issues, LLMs are designed to pick the likelihood of a word based on the words that came before it. They're not designed to BE accurate but to SOUND accurate.

Toronto Film Critics Association Faces Collapse After Allegedly Censoring Indigenous Filmmaker’s Pro-Palestine Speech The mass exodus at the Toronto Film Critics Association is gathering pace after indigenous actress and filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returned her award trophy following the alleged censorship of her video acceptance speech, which included remarks in support of Palestine.

The mass exodus at the Toronto Film Critics Association is gathering pace after indigenous actress and filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returned her award trophy following the alleged censorship of her video acceptance speech, which included remarks in support of Palestine.

A vegetable looking like a person walking

YOU CAN TELL BY THE WAY I WALK
I'M A WOMAN'S MAN; NO TIME TO TALK

Illinois has legislation to ditch Daylight Saving Time! Tell your IL state legislators to sponsor HB5400 & SB2926: www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Cam...

When you know a series hooks you, it’s so hard to resist for long!

Sepia toned photo of a fairly dense wood with a path through a low gate.Credited as Castle Drogo, England. 1991 Lynn Geesaman

Just finished The Photograph, Penelope Lively. Masterly, precise excavation of people, memory, relationships, loss with a photograph its catalyst. This one will linger. Do you have something to share this #ThursdayBookChat? 📚💙

Today's #BookMail: Proofs of Ethel Mannin's An American Journey, with an introduction by @joannapocock.bsky.social. Coming in May in the Recovered Books series from Boiler House Press @bhousepress.bsky.social. A trip across America by bus in 1965, full of uncomfortable parallels with America in 2026

I believe the romance genre deserves the respect of robust, knowledgeable critical engagement, and you'll see me RTing amazing romance critics who do that!

....AND, I do not want my work to be used to bolster any "yeah! romance sucks!" arguments.

romance doesn't suck. it's great.

An intricate octopus cut from a single piece of paper

Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and then contrasting it against a black background to reveal the design.

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OTHER STAFF ADDRESS 124 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 MISSOULA OFFICE PHONE 406-218-2658 MISSOULA OFFICE ADDRESS 2620 Connery Way Suite 202 Missoula, MT 59808 BOZEMAN OFFICE PHONE 406-872-6350 BOZEMAN OFFICE ADDRESS 1 E. Main St. Suite 204 Bozeman, MT 59715 BUTTE OFFICE PHONE 406-782-2048 BUTTE OFFICE ADDRESS Silver Bow Center 125 W. Granite St. Suite 200 Butte, MT 59701 HELENA OFFICE PHONE 406-441-1069

HELENA OFFICE ADDRESS 208 N. Montana Ave. Suite 104 Helena, MT 59601 GREAT FALLS OFFICE PHONE 406-452-9587 GREAT FALLS OFFICE ADDRESS 119 1st Ave. North Suite 102 Great Falls, MT 59401 KALISPELL OFFICE PHONE 406-257-3398 KALISPELL OFFICE ADDRESS 8 3rd St. East Kalispell, MT 59901

For those that are outraged by Montana Sen. Sheehy breaking a protesters arm, here’s all his office contact info. I recommend calling the local offices as they often turn off or ignore DC voicemail after incidents like this.

One of my new rules for myself is everyone I feel the urge to fight with someone online, I try to instead write another sentence in the romance novel I’m working on — I’ve gotten out 2000 words in the last two days ✍️

Dead Collections, Isaac Fellman!

Snack time

My book has a cover! IN LATIN AMERICA YOU COULD BE FREE: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY tells the story of the place and promise of Latin America in the political imagination of African Americans and of their movements to the region in the antebellum period.

Out on Basic Books, November 11, 2026! 🥳

We still have a lot to go on this one. Rent is due right now. Please share widely, and every donation helps.

Laguna, a white and brown tabby kitten, lounging with his legs stretched and his belly up.

Hugh, an orange and white tabby cat, cuddling in his foster mom’s lap

Ophelia, a cute brown tabby and white kitten with round yellow eyes and stunning “eyeliner” markings, making a little “blep” with her tongue sticking out

Mercedes, a pretty brown and white tabby cat, lays on foster dad while he lays on the floor.

It’s International Rescue Cat Day! What better way to honor it than by adopting your very rescued cat? We have a cat for just about every adoption situation, some who’ve been waiting over a year for a home of their own. Meet them & apply at www.petfinder.com/member/us/md.... Elkton MD/Mid-Atlantic

39 years ago, there were only 27 California condors in the world. As of 2025, we now have 607, including 392 that are living free in the wild.

"Put that in your doom and smoke it" -Ursula Vernon

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