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Cali raised. rooted in Chicago. 🩵🪩⚡️ supporter of woman’s rights and wrongs. horror and thriller reading girlie. I root for the villain and sometimes the vigilante. in my ‘good for her’ era. cover by: Ai Weiwei
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Peonies are about at their peak where I live. (I did not grow these myself.)

I want a world in which my feeds aren’t flooded with mention of you know who.

An estimated 75,000 people flooded the Loop Saturday for the No Kings rally to protest President Donald Trump, according to organizers. 📸 Take look at photos from the day: blockclubchi.co/45UUZkP

When I say I'm proud to be American, this is what I mean

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#nokings

CHICAGO This morning I had the opportunity to share information about Organized Communities Against Deportations with some folks and I was kind of shamed by the level of gratitude - no one should have to be that grateful for common decency.

Free ebooks from @haymarketbooks.org, including Border and Rule by @harshawalia.bsky.social, which is one of the most important books I've ever read. Download and read, fam.

Happy birthday to the Robert Englund, the master monster actor who gave us Freddy Krueger! #horror #horrorsky #freddykreuger #anightmareonelmstreet

This Elonia Trump meltdown is EVERYTHING.

🌈 Happy Pride! To see our #PrideMonth book list, click here: ☺️ bit.ly/3ZddPj5 #LibbyApp #Bookish #LibraryLove #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries #BookSky

The Fraudacity.

Chose my last BOTM book today and canceled my membership after 6 years. James Frey isn’t a ‘bad boy’ he’s a fraud. Literally how dare you.

what the actual FUCK Book of the Month?

Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

my Uber driver this morning said that I should work in sales, that I have good energy. 🧐 literally no one says that. I’ll take that as a sign the new meds are working. 😂

🌵#cactus #succulent #aridgreenhouse #ChicagoBotanicalGarden

Spring time at the #ChicagoBotanicalGarden 🦢 🌳🦫🌷#MemorialDay

"Perhaps that’s the first thing we need to acknowledge to ourselves: nothing will feel like enough because everything we know and love is at stake. No individual’s actions will be commensurate with the threats we face. But we can each endeavor to do the next right thing, whatever that means for us."

Everything about this is a tragedy, every level, from cheated freelancers to authors obscured to readers who don’t get served either.

#HorrorSky

Page Turner Books in Kent, WA made this cool Paperbacks from Hell display for our books! If you're in the area, pop in and check out their selection and grab a book or two!

I love when I get random emails from companies long forgotten reminding me exactly who I need to unsubscribe from.

These are 6 books I think would be a great introduction to Horror, I'm curious to see which one of these you would choose for someone who wants a great first horror book!

Worried you won't get a physical ARC of my folk horror novel ITCH! for review purposes? I'm doing my best to accommodate all the requests for the limited hard copies we have, BUT, I can also share that ITCH! IS AVAILABLE TO REQUEST ON NETGALLEY! Request here: 🐜🐜 www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

🏕️Summer Camp Horror Book Recs🏕️ ⬇️ Have you read any of these? #indiebookstore #indiebookshop #upcomingreleases #horrorbooks #horrorbooksta #horrorbookstagrammer #bookstagrammer #fridaythe13th #horrorbookreleases #camphorror

Please tell your pet(s) I said hi.

i can’t get enough of the chicago pope jokes

Most of these appeared in one form or another on Bluesky yesterday but it's nice to have them all compiled in one place www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/chi...

Cassocks are red Conclaves are dope Wake up babe we got a

You mean to tell me that Chicago gets to claim Michael Jordan, the first Black President AND the first American Pope? Good lord you ain't going to be able to tell them NOTHING.