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Westerner. Small town shit-talker & goat wrangler. Occasional essayist. Boss mare at https://PaoniaBooks.com IG: @SemiEmilyColorado and @PaoniaBooks https://emilysinclair.net
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Because Bezos has been so hampered by all the absence of support for the free market. Glad to know "the internet" does the job of covering all views.

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A companion piece to Animal Farm called Vegetable Farm, a parable about the opposition party that watches the events of Animal Farm taking place and sit there buried in the dirt, doing nothing.

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Culture, books, life in the rural west. Also, farm animals and small town shit-talking. Free. open.substack.com/pub/emilysin...

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It was never about immigrants and always about slumlords.

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The people who actually do research are being fired in favor of the University of YouTube 'do your own research' crowd.

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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I'm aware of some local projects not being funded in my valley, if there are reporters who want sources for Colorado angles. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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Hmm. Isn't "No taxation without representation" part of the American origin story? Should we be paying federal income tax this year if an unelected individual is making decisions about our government, outside legislative channels?

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A bit gaslighting of iPhoto AI to call this 2009 wildfire in the canyon above my old home "golden hour".

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I live an area so conservative that R candidates often run unopposed. My Republican representative's staffer said they were being inundated with calls this morning expressing concern about ::gestures wildly all around:: They listened and they are worried, too. Call, call, call.

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From Kaveh Akbar's MARTYR!:

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I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.

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solid life advice from an exceptional author from Colorado

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Calling book bans a "hoax", the Department of Education says it no longer sees book bans as a civil rights issue and has dismissed all complaints. Watch your libraries and schools--better, get involved--to prevent further threats to free speech and freedom to read. abcnews.go.com/US/departmen...

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Rural Readin' Vehicle

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I cannot be the only person who sees the token names as Strump and Smelania.

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Thanks to @nickarvin.bsky.social for flagging this grim news.

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All true except #19. Signs You Are a Gen-Xer Who’s About to Turn Sixty www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...

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Been wrestling with MS Word's intrusive Copilot, which I CoDon'tWant. Pages is fine. I miss WordPerfect.

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Lol no.

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Fantastic Ryan Warner interview with Auden Schendler about "Terrible Beauty", which gets real and gets big on climate change. Auden will be speaking in Paonia Wednesday January 15, at 5 pm at KVNF. Books for sale at Paonia Books.

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I’m taking suggestions for whatever I meant by “etc etc” on my pre-holiday to-do list.

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it’s that time again

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Being a heavy packer isn't about organizing. It's about dreaming into the future and not being able to fully imagine the person you might become for a week in a new location in a suitcase. Signed, Checked Bags4Lyf

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A book we need (or tell me if it exists): fossils/paleontology/geology for elementary students. Real info, not dumbed down.

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CPR asked what we’re reading on the Western Slope this holiday season! Check out this interview and learn more.

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Favorite customer of the week: Senior woman who says, "I’m microdosing LSD and I keep trying to get the dose right. Some days, I take a little too much and WOOOOOO….” I sold her Charles Baxter’s BLOOD TEST, a witty social commentary/love story.

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This week, I'll be back on CPR talking to Ryan Warner about some of my favorite 2024 books by Colorado authors. Here's a sneak peak. What are yours??

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