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Poster for an event: The Power of the Happy Ending: Why We Read Romance - and Why You Should Too (Image: a cheeky black cat pouncing into an open book, with curly fern-like plants coming out. Artist identifier: yoko.a20250824) In conjunction with International Women's Day, KLBAC Romancing the Books Book Club invites you to an online conversation about the love stories that have shaped us - and the people we have become because of them. Romance is often dismissed as light reading, yet it is the only genre that guarantees growth, accountability, consent, and emotional partnership insisting that love must be chosen freely and lived safely. As the genre evolves, so too have readers' expectations of relationships, boundaries, and self-worth. Join us as we explore how the promise of a happy ending continues to matter - and why stories that center joy are anything but trivial. Meeting link: https://tinyurl.com/4cx3bukt Meeting ID: 873 9531 9019 Passcode: Romance Sunday, 8th March 2026 14:30-16:00 (MYT, +8 GMT) Bottom corners: image of a circle with an arrow indicating a cycle, with a small cross indicating the inner part of the circle is the symbol for "woman," with International Women's Day next to it, and in the other corner a stylized icon of 4 books on a shelf.

Poster with several people's smiling portraits, all of Malaysian woman except for one white American man: Panel and Moderator Genevieve Audrey An avid reader since childhood, Audrey explores diverse genres and is especially drawn to novels featuring strong female protagonists set in historical or mythological worlds. Mona Maria After decades of consuming thrillers and historical fiction, Mona now reads books that guarantees a happy ending with a rich, hot guy (with minimal red flags). Srividhya Ganapathy Sri is a lawyer, child rights activist, and baker who unapologetically reads only books that promise her joy. David Farnell David is an English professor in southwest Japan who loves romantic themes in science fiction, fantasy, and mystery, but hasn't read many romance novels aside from Jane Austen, and is looking forward to learning more. Sherena Siva Sherena is a civil engineer who enjoys unwinding with her dog and getting lost in meaningful stories that linger long after the final page. Rekha Balachandran Rekha is an ENT surgeon by day (and sometimes night), who is a lifelong lover of romance and a firm believer that there is no better treatment than a HEA. Suzainur KA Rahman Suze is a technical writer who dreams of being a charismatic megafauna of the book dragon variety. Tina Ishak-Dagoe (Moderator) Tina is a lawyer turned storyteller and tech regulation researcher, with a passion for performance and fine arts.

I am honored to have been invited to join a panel, "The Power of the Happy Ending: Why We Read Romance - and Why You
Should Too" being held online Sunday 14:30-16:00 (GMT+8, Kuala Lumpur time). As the least-knowledgable of the romance genre, I look forward to learning a lot!
#booksky #romance #women

More #romance and romance-adjacent books:
Malka Older's Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti series @older.bsky.social --these definitely center the romance and they're so good!
Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes cozy-fantasy series @travisbaldree.bsky.social

Today I learned that bogs are 3% of land but have the capacity to absorb 30% of carbon.

Here’s ANOTHER one of the best of all time.

Bicycles deliver the freedom that auto ads promise. #UrbanTruth

And @tomflood.bsky.social, my colleague in @urbantruth.bsky.social who used to create auto ads, would know.

Thanks again for the shirt, Tom.

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

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Kids reading books in cargo bikes 📖 🚲

Bessie Stringfield in stylish white overalls and a peaked cap, standing next to her motorcycle in B&W photo. #WHM26 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM

Bessie Stringfield, Motorcycle Queen of Miami US motorcyclist 1st African-American woman to ride across US solo, starting in 1930. #WWII 1 of few civilian motorcycle dispatch riders for US crossing US 8 times. Inducted in2 Motorcycle Hall of Fame b #OTD 5 Mar 1911/2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_...

I think one of implications is that an enemy of the US Constitution is running DOD

Why Missouri Prisons Can Be Deadly for People With Opioid Addictions In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri DOC of punishing people for addiction, rather than treating it.

The carceral system is a major 'provider' of substance use disorder treatment except for how it actually doesn't provide treatment as seen here in Missouri.

it was really special to get your questions and answers them:

Yea, it’s just 3.159/gallon, and I have no idea why they’re allowed to price this way, but every gas station in America does exactly this.

We all just know that if the price you read at a glance is 3.15, then the actual price is 3.16

After doing the conversion from litres to gallons and AUD to USD, we're paying $5.38 USD per gallon here in Melbourne, AU this morning.

Perry: This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t forget Irish music’s anti-fascist roots Dropkick Murphys, the iconic Irish American punk band, are headlining a free block party March 6 near where Alex Pretti was killed by immigration agents, contributing columnist David M. Perry writes.

NEW “We’re celebrating a tradition that is at its core about resisting occupation and maintaining community in the face of horrors. You can’t keep politics out of Irish music. No one should try, for two reasons. First, it’s ahistorical. Second, Minnesotans are ready for a big anti-fascist party.”

Jackson protest focuses on attack on Iran, treatment of Palestinians and crackdown on immigration People with Mississippi for a Just World protested Thursday in Jackson against the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran, the treatment of Palestinians and the U.S. crackdown on immigration.

Jackson protest focuses on attack on Iran, treatment of Palestinians and crackdown on immigration

People with Mississippi for a Just World protested Thursday in Jackson against the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran, the treatment of Palestinians and the U.S. crackdown on immigration.

I cannot express how little I care about finding out some privileged dude's take on what it would be like to be a girl growing up in a misogynist, fascist society.

I didn't bother watching THE HANDMAID'S TALE because I thought it was incredibly eyerolling that it had a male showrunner, but hey, at least it had the female-written source material.

This one? No source material, just the same male showrunner.

🧵 Today’s news: Proton turned over payment info for a Stop Cop City account. Not good — it's state repression in action.

Controversial opinion: We don't think this means all activists should abandon Proton for docs/email.

It depends on your threat model. Let's explore.

(Long thread incoming 👇)

2/2 Westerkerk from across the Keizersgracht, Amsterdam, 1660. Love how Jan van der Heyden (born OTD 1637) denuded the central tree so you can better admire Hendrick de Keyser's splendid architecture.

Stunning view of the Westerkerk by Jan van der Heyden. Wish I were there right now! Today is his day.

my younger sister (an opera student herself) has been sending me the most delicious Insta shots-fired all day: www.instagram.com/p/DVesEEtj6Di/

Like lmaooo h/t @nitishpahwa.com

That clip of Timothee Chalamet being like “no one watches the opera or ballet” is wild and I am dying over every ballet and opera acct (correctly) being like “we’ve been here for hundreds of years before you and we’ll be here for hundreds of years after you” lmao

Get your news from real journalists. Abby Sewell is News Director for Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Turkey at @apnews.com. Her reporting, and that of her team, is careful, measured, and deeply knowledgeable about the region.

Follow: @sewella.bsky.social

Three covers of my novel MASSIF. The UK and Australian ones have a photo-realistic approach, the US one is illustrative. All feature a seated figure looking up at a mountain range ascending into space. US cover illustration by Matt Griffon. UK cover by blacksheep.

Cover reveal time!
An adult science fiction novel tinged with horror, about the crew of a small warship in a relatively near future where humans hitch rides to the stars on sentient star-faring mountain ranges called Massifs.
Can be pre-ordered at the usual places, *please* do so. Thank you.

Mitski review – pop meets performance art in a masterful spectacle The Shed, New York CityAt a six-night residency, the singer creates an immersive world filled with wry humor and big emotions

i know people on here don't rly care about culture coverage but sharing because I'm proud I did it: reviewed Mitski's new residency at NYC's The Shed @us.theguardian.com

seeing her perform for the ninth time in 9 years (!), I feel confident saying that Mitski is in her triumphant era.

why is this talking about scaling up when it's about local news? isn't "industry consolidation, including putting more newsrooms under group umbrellas" one of the biggest problems in US local journalism right now? (could be done differently! but that's not in the interview)

Nearly One in Five Americans Want to Ditch the Car.
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I was noticing this earlier and very annoyed by it. #Infomocracy