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Funny thing, I was reading by the pool when a British couple passed and asked if the book was good. When I said I was really enjoying it, they revealed that they know the author well and asked if they could take a pic of me reading it to send to him. I of course said yes. A real feel-good encounter

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View of Mount Titlis from Lake Arnisee 📍Arnisee, Uri Canton, Switzerland🇨🇭

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The Associated Press on Friday filed a lawsuit against top White House officials, accusing them of violating the First and Fifth Amendments by denying AP reporters access in retaliation for references to the Gulf of Mexico in its articles.

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And they are thriving! We always run into friends and neighbors on our weekly family library trip in Geneva.

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YOUR first draft doesn’t need to be perfect. but mine does

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this

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This is AMAZING news! Fuck Amazon www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

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“How do you write so much?” Simple! If I do not participate in the acts of creation I will explode

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The library is slipping copies of 1984 into the 1040 instruction booklets.

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This will always be my favorite thing ever.

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❗️If you are looking for alternatives for shopping for books and want to shop less at big companies here’s some alternatives❗️ (all have websites) • PangoBooks • Thriftbooks • BooksOutlet • eBay • Half Priced Books -If you have any other recommendations, leave them in the comments pls. #booksky

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I want Gen Z to know it’s not normal for official government documents to have this many spelling errors.

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The findings of the AHA’s recent report, American Lesson Plan: Teaching US History in Secondary Schools, served as the backdrop for Smithsonian magazine’s article on the ten best history books of 2024 🗃️:

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New year, same (or new!) reading habits: 💓Supporting indie bookshops & libraries 📚Getting so absorbed in a book, we lose all sense of time/place 🔎Discovering new authors ✅Making sure we’re reading a diverse range of authors/stories ❓Asking a bookseller for their recs

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Dozens of world leaders joined a dwindling group of Nazi death camp survivors on Monday in Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. nyti.ms/42wHSom

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#ACTUALNEWS U.S. President Donald Trump's order to pause spending from the country's climate and infrastructure laws is a chance for Europe to attract clean tech investments, Poland's deputy climate minister told Reuters.

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Elderly camp survivors, some wearing striped scarves that recall their prison uniforms, walked to the the Death Wall, where prisoners were executed. Across Europe, officials were pausing to remember.

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I got myself a library card this weekend. 1) to support my community 2) to join Libby 3) to give a big middle finger to Amazon #booksky💙📚 #booksky #library

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Mer de Glace glacier on the French side of the Mt. Blanc massif. #Hiking high route Tour du Mont Blanc. #photography

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“Creativity inhibits anxiety,” Martha Beck said recently on the @melrobbinspodcast.bsky.social which has encouraged me to return to writing my novel despite the incessant chorus that “the world is on fire.” How will you #resist? #booksky #writer

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#Booksky: If you haven’t already, export your data from Goodreads (an Amazon company) and import it into StoryGraph, a book-tracking app founded and led by a Black woman.

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This is a thread about book banning. Right now, today, books are being pulled from shelves in libraries and classrooms, some by direct order, some in fear of what's coming. This is exactly what Project 2025 said was going to happen. Make no mistake: this is not about books; it's about people. 1/8

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#millennial question: what do you think of cinnamon pop tarts? Half of my friends think it’s the best flavor. Half think it’s the worst. Is this the cilantro of our generation?

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Read. Read books. Reading books is resistance. Buy. Buy books. Buying books is resistance. Share. Share books. Sharing books is resistance. Celebrate Celebrate books. Celebrating books is resistance.

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After living in Switzerland for 10 years I can confidently say it has almost everything going for it… but it would never make this list. Any expats in 🇨🇭 out there?

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I had been considering getting an Apple Watch to track my movement… and then I inherited the Rolex my mother wore every day when she passed recently. I love looking at it and remembering her. And bonus: keeping this kinetically-charged timepiece has actually forced me to move. A lot. Thanks Mom.

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’tis true that we are in great danger, The greater therefore should our courage be.

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I’m torn between “let me make my silly little posts about my books” and “the world feels like it’s ending and this seems out of place”. I think it’s important to find joy when and where we can, but it’s becoming harder every day

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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

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“There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.” -Walt Whitman #photography #mountrainier #PNW #poetry #waltwhitman #resist #landscape #washingtonstate #stopglobalwarming #climatechange

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opens internet closed internet goes to finish first draft of book

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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

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#OnThisDay in 1862 #American #writer Edith Wharton was born in New York, US. Wharton drew upon her knowledge of upper-class New York "aristocracy" in he writing. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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Dear algorithm, help me find writers especially lady novelists, poets, journalists, philosophers and independent thinkers. Also: hiking, mountains, beaches, nature, scientific discoveries, francophiles, Swiss expats and other uplifting content ❤️. Do your thing.

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