Learning and Laughing

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book cover showing sunrise and a castle, reflected on a river; black text advertises KL Noone's novel Apprentice's Luck as part of the 99 cent Queer Your Bookshelf sale

It's Queer Your Bookshelf time! It's a giant sale with over 400 #lgbtqia books for 99 cents - including my #fantasy #mmromance novel Apprentice's Luck! #BookSky @jms-books.com
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Go pick up Apprentice's Luck, Tal is adorable and K. L. Noone is a fantastic writer!

And if you're looking for an aro ace cozy fantasy, Haroun and the Study of Mischief is also on sale today. (Come for the weaponized fiber arts, stay for the puppy fluff?) queeeyourbookshelf.com

...dammit Bsky CSS selectors, the dark blue of the links against dark mode has beaten me again: that was queeR your bookshelf, let's try again: queeryourbookshelf.com

*so I’m game to try something that may not fit any patterns I’ve read before, too. That was where I was going with my last post. 😊

To be clear for BlueSky, I ordered it from your store. 😁 That’s actually how I discovered Carpe Librum, and of course, now I’m a regular customer, too. 🧡📚🥰

She said the town had once been kind, but kindness wears thin when too many souls suffer and the community forgets how to carry them. It had been a slippery slope from take care of everyone to take care of your own to take care of yourself.
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Happily! I gifted Cinrak the Dapper to the most capybara-loving person I know (and I snuck a peek inside to check the writing first). It looks rather adorable! 😊

The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper, by A.J. Fitzwater Dapper. Lesbian. Capybara. Pirate. Cinrak the Dapper is a keeper of secrets, a righter of wrongs, the saltiest capybara on the sea and a rider of both falling stars and a great glass whale. Join her, ...

Currently available for sale on our website: The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper. It's new, $10, and fantasy with lesbian capybaras.
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Graham Linehan proves the point that trans liberationists have been saying from the start:

If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.

This whole thread but this in particular. The rules of the game have not changed and will never change: All you have to do is tell a good story.

Well, and be patient, persistent, and resilient. You gotta earn success honestly if you want to keep it.

Wow! Now I want to take a look, too! 😄

(Thank you both for the recommendation here, too!)

Oh already done 😁

Thanks! I had missed it, and it’s a great short read! 📞😄

In case you missed it, I've got a new story up!

How do I follow this thread?!? 🤣🤣🤩 (At least, I’d love for it to be a thread!)

Every accusation from the right is a confession.

I’ve never used it and am glad to hear you don’t either, now!

Also more evidence that it’s far easier to destroy something, even something “amazing”, than to do real good anywhere in the world 🤬

I love everything in this picture! 🤩

Fascinating insights! Thanks for the thought-provoking Monday read. 😃

From Words to World: The Case for Embodied AI (Part 1) “We know not through our intellect but through our experience.” ~Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher Recently, “What’s Right with the Future” has been looking at some potential alternatives to t...

Imagine how different your understanding of the world would be if you didn't have a body.

No spaces? :)

Sounds about right! :D

Magnificent! 🤩

This is evidence of a double victory then, because this photo is fantastic! 😃

The Desire for Terror And the defense of democracy

A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or “federalize” the coming Congressional elections.
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I *LOVE* this book! I first read it a solid 150 years after publication, and when I finished my (purchased) copy, I gifted it to a library friend who was also interested. Delightful!

We just listed a bunch of used books for sale on the website that we bought at 2 different library book sales this weekend.
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That cover looks familiar, and I wonder if I grabbed this for my (towering) TBR. Glad you're enjoying it; I'll have to see if I have it, too!

😂 I am duly warned! 😁

And once I discover that I enjoy someone’s writing style, I will give almost anything of theirs a try. (I tend to be bored by vampire tropes in general, but both “The Vampire’s Raven” by C. Gold and the R. Fahrudeen trilogy starting with “A Rare Vintage” surprised me well. 😊)