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Reader. Writer. Go Birds! ๐Ÿฆ… Always looking for my next favorite book ๐Ÿ“š Read my reviews on Insta: @checking_out_books

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#BookSky

20.07.2025 08:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 20189 ๐Ÿ” 4660 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 389 ๐Ÿ“Œ 237
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Donate to Tyree Ford, Philadelphiaโ€™s DC33, organized by Crystal Purnell-bolden Greetings, my name is Crystal Purnell-bolden, one of the siblings of Tyree Fordโ€ฆ Crystal Purnell-bolden needs your support for Tyree Ford, Philadelphiaโ€™s DC33

Two striking DC33 workers, one of whom is pregnant, were the victims of a hit-and-run last week when a drunk driver drove into their picket line.

Tyree Ford, a sanitation worker and father of four, sustained serious injuries and is still in critical condition.

www.gofundme.com/f/tyree-ford...

10.07.2025 18:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 778 ๐Ÿ” 543 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
Embroidery hoop with embroidery image of a turquoise seascape inside with rolling waves

Embroidery hoop with embroidery image of a turquoise seascape inside with rolling waves

Using embroidery and yarn, Peruvian artist Ana Teresa Barboza creates textile art depicting land and seascapes #WomensArt

03.07.2025 04:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 765 ๐Ÿ” 97 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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This is Tub and Blue. They simply cannot figure out how to get their tennis ball that fell in the pool. Still 12/10 because they really are trying

16.06.2025 15:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 28171 ๐Ÿ” 2859 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 711 ๐Ÿ“Œ 272

honestly god bless Philadelphia

14.06.2025 16:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 132 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We as a society place too much emphasis on appearance when it comes to picking a romantic partner and not enough on being someone who will always always talk shit with you about people who annoy you

09.06.2025 23:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 114 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The perfect bird feeder doesn't exi--

03.06.2025 11:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 22072 ๐Ÿ” 3717 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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My Coming Out Story, Sponsored by Bank of America Since I was a kid, Iโ€™ve always known something about me wasโ€ฆ different. Sure, my parents would look at me funny when Iโ€™d play with Barbies, but the...

"I was so relieved my parents were supportive, but I knew I had one more person to tell: Sharon, my familyโ€™s Bank of America Wealth and Investment manager."

02.06.2025 01:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 112 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I have been sick for a week and I just read about "something going around" in a subreddit, which I guess is how I get my information now that the CDC is officially spending the next four years determining when and how microscopes became gay.

28.05.2025 19:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 22752 ๐Ÿ” 3392 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 445 ๐Ÿ“Œ 93
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YOU CAN FIND THE FULL WORLDWIDE LIST OF INDEPENDENT RECORD STORES, WHERE YOU CAN LISTEN TO AUDIO FRAGMENTS FROM "MIXES OF A LOST WORLD" AT THECURE.COM/MOALW/

THE UNIQUE RECORDS WILL THEN BE AUCTIONED OFF WITH ALL PROCEEDS GOING TO WARCHILD

22.05.2025 11:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 383 ๐Ÿ” 54 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I swear I'm not trying to start shit, but if you need to ask ChatGPT a question about your job every day, you might consider that you are bad at your job.

20.05.2025 21:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 319 ๐Ÿ” 36 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

a writing residency where you go for a long nature walk, sleep for three days straight, & then write one or two paragraphs before you go home

20.05.2025 03:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 131 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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The world needs more of this and less of most other things

12.05.2025 22:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 24534 ๐Ÿ” 4167 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 379 ๐Ÿ“Œ 239

Loss of white privilege should not be a criteria for fast-tracked asylum.

13.05.2025 11:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 9353 ๐Ÿ” 1858 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 228 ๐Ÿ“Œ 87
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Your School House Rock moment......

11.05.2025 07:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 31092 ๐Ÿ” 5104 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 338 ๐Ÿ“Œ 140

Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.

08.05.2025 00:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 11375 ๐Ÿ” 3595 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 112 ๐Ÿ“Œ 133
โ˜ ๏ธTHE TROOP- classic, iconic, graphic (beware of the animal cruelty)
โ˜ ๏ธTHE WILDING- this is a new book, and itโ€™s on my folk horror summer list, Iโ€™m excited
โ˜ ๏ธYOUโ€™RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE TONIGHT-on my TBR
โ˜ ๏ธBREATHE IN, BLEED OUT ๐Ÿฉธ coming soon
โ˜ ๏ธTHE LAWS OF THE SKIES- ๐Ÿฆ‡ ๐Ÿ’ฉ crazy! Super graphic (loved it)
โ˜ ๏ธCAMP SCARE - middle grade horror
โ˜ ๏ธIT CAME FROM THE TREES- middle grade horror (photo slide)
โ˜ ๏ธTHE BOY IN THE WOODS- find this in the Midwestern Gothic collection by @scottthomascaresaboutyou one of the BEST summer camp horror stories ever
โ˜ ๏ธHOW TO SURVIVE CAMPING:The Man with no shadow- cozy horror! @sagapressbooks
โ˜ ๏ธKILL HILL CARNAGE- Classic indie horror
โ˜ ๏ธCAMP DAMASCUS- gay conversion camp horror with heart
โ˜ ๏ธUNDER THE BLADE -final girl horror! So good and underrated indie book
โ˜ ๏ธCAMP SLAUGHTER- classic indie horror

โ˜ ๏ธTHE TROOP- classic, iconic, graphic (beware of the animal cruelty) โ˜ ๏ธTHE WILDING- this is a new book, and itโ€™s on my folk horror summer list, Iโ€™m excited โ˜ ๏ธYOUโ€™RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE TONIGHT-on my TBR โ˜ ๏ธBREATHE IN, BLEED OUT ๐Ÿฉธ coming soon โ˜ ๏ธTHE LAWS OF THE SKIES- ๐Ÿฆ‡ ๐Ÿ’ฉ crazy! Super graphic (loved it) โ˜ ๏ธCAMP SCARE - middle grade horror โ˜ ๏ธIT CAME FROM THE TREES- middle grade horror (photo slide) โ˜ ๏ธTHE BOY IN THE WOODS- find this in the Midwestern Gothic collection by @scottthomascaresaboutyou one of the BEST summer camp horror stories ever โ˜ ๏ธHOW TO SURVIVE CAMPING:The Man with no shadow- cozy horror! @sagapressbooks โ˜ ๏ธKILL HILL CARNAGE- Classic indie horror โ˜ ๏ธCAMP DAMASCUS- gay conversion camp horror with heart โ˜ ๏ธUNDER THE BLADE -final girl horror! So good and underrated indie book โ˜ ๏ธCAMP SLAUGHTER- classic indie horror

You could have an intense Summer Camp Horror season if you want. Here's a curated list with something for everyone. Slashers, Middle Grade, Cozy, Folk, Graphic, Emotional, enjoy!
@chucktingle.bsky.social @brianmcwriter.bsky.social @delilahsdawson.bsky.social @timmeyer.bsky.social check the alt text

04.05.2025 14:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 103 ๐Ÿ” 22 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Type design peaked with Winona Ryderโ€™s drawers in Heathers

25.04.2025 17:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 68 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

On Dec. 23, 1776, Thomas Paine wrote in โ€œThe Crisis,โ€ these words: THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. ...

25.04.2025 21:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I would like for stupid people to stop making important decisions that affect my life

24.04.2025 04:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 15103 ๐Ÿ” 2395 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 341 ๐Ÿ“Œ 172
"Tesla Inc. employs an odometer system that utilizes predictive algorithms, energy consumption metrics, and driver behavior multipliers that manipulate and misrepresent the actual mileage travelled by Tesla vehicles," reads the lawsuit. "In so doing, Defendants can, and do, accelerate the rate of depreciation of the value of Tesla vehicles and also the
expiration of Tesla vehicle warranties to reduce or avoid responsibility for contractually required repairs as well as increase the purchase of its extended warranty policy."

"Tesla Inc. employs an odometer system that utilizes predictive algorithms, energy consumption metrics, and driver behavior multipliers that manipulate and misrepresent the actual mileage travelled by Tesla vehicles," reads the lawsuit. "In so doing, Defendants can, and do, accelerate the rate of depreciation of the value of Tesla vehicles and also the expiration of Tesla vehicle warranties to reduce or avoid responsibility for contractually required repairs as well as increase the purchase of its extended warranty policy."

It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service

Just incredible grift

16.04.2025 04:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 18298 ๐Ÿ” 7053 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 553 ๐Ÿ“Œ 943

my husband has invented a dish he calls โ€˜cheez it salad.โ€™ no further questions

15.04.2025 17:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 940 ๐Ÿ” 24 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 86 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
Pictorial embroidered artwork featuring the head and shoulders of a Black woman facing left with short hair yellow top and smiling, the subject is presented within a decorative circle and with embroidered patterns to the left

Pictorial embroidered artwork featuring the head and shoulders of a Black woman facing left with short hair yellow top and smiling, the subject is presented within a decorative circle and with embroidered patterns to the left

Ruth Miller, artist who creates hand-embroidered portraits from her studio on the Mississippi Gulf Coast #womensart

11.04.2025 05:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 2644 ๐Ÿ” 362 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
Quit with image of a river with a small boat being steered next by a standibg figure bext to moored boats and boat houses under a sky with white clouds

Quit with image of a river with a small boat being steered next by a standibg figure bext to moored boats and boat houses under a sky with white clouds

Contemporary Nova Scotia textile artist and quilter Laurie Swim creates quilt art which captures her local landscapes #womensart

09.04.2025 11:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 419 ๐Ÿ” 51 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Just seen this poem by John McCullough in Broken Sleepโ€™s โ€˜Opening Lineโ€™. It has stopped my heart - itโ€™s like it was written just for me!

02.04.2025 18:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 40 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Never trust anyone who hasn't fallen in love with a pen.

31.03.2025 20:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 201 ๐Ÿ” 26 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Thereโ€™s no such thing as A.I โ€œart.โ€ Itโ€™s a soulless amalgamation of plagiarised data. That is the antithesis of art.

29.03.2025 12:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 8952 ๐Ÿ” 1545 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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ร‘andutรญ, Paraguayanย lace. The name means "spider web" inย Guaranรญ, the official, indigenous language of the country. Due to Spanish colonialism, it is related to Tenerife lace #WomensArt

28.03.2025 11:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 494 ๐Ÿ” 74 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8