Zesmerelda

Great, now that's stuck in my head

Huh

Ebs 🏒

It's quietly uplifting & doesn't put you through the ringer. (BTW, a pup has already died before the story begins & it's not sad. I have to throw that in for the pet-aware readers.)

Book cover of "The Ferryman and His Wife" -Frode Grytten

"The Ferryman and His Wife" -Frode Grytten #88 #booksky ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 This is a well-crafted novella that explores the relationships a simple man with a humble job has with his close-knit community & family as he lives through his last day. I'm going to throw this book into the path of everyone I meet now

book cover of "The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change" -Rebecca Solnit

"The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change" -Rebecca Solnit #87 #booksky ⭐⭐⭐/5 I always find Solnit's takes on society enlightening and well worth reading.

book cover of "Happening" -Annie Ernaux

"Happening" -Annie Ernaux #86 #booksky ⭐⭐⭐/5 Memoir of her abortion in 1960s France. Which I guess is what we're headed back to here in the U.S.A. It's not pretty.

book cover of "Golden Delicious" -Christopher Boucher

"Golden Delicious" -Christopher Boucher #85 #booksky ⭐/5 Reads like a knock-off of a Jasper Fforde book. If you like a gentle interweaving of messed-up family dynamics with a world guided by "meaning" and parts of speech, I guess this is your book. But really, go pick up Shades of Grey instead.

book cover of "How Books Can Save Democracy" -Michael Fischer

"How Books Can Save Democracy" -Michael Fischer #84 #booksky ⭐⭐⭐/5 Very brief, more of an essay. Discusses the role of literature in fostering mutual toleration and forbearance in society. Clearly people aren't reading enough.

book cover of "Haiti: After the Earthquake" -Paul Farmer

"Haiti: After the Earthquake" -Paul Farmer #83 #booksky ⭐⭐⭐/5 First-hand accounts of what the days/years after the massive earthquake that leveled Port-au-Prince. I read it to glean what I could re: emergency response/public health approaches. It's dire, y'all, and doesn't bode well for the next.

book cover of "The Everything Box" -Richard Kadrey

book cover of "The Wrong Dead Guy" -Richard Kadrey

"The Everything Box" & "The Wrong Dead Guy" -Richard Kadrey #81-82 #booksky ⭐⭐⭐/5 Ensemble supernatural heist books centered around snappy dialog & improbable chains of events that wrap up nicely by the end. I think he writes these to draw down his stock of pop culture snark. Fun & brainless.

Public office attracts oligarchs & those easily captured by capitalists. I'd rather see sortition & public assemblies, referendums than continue to go down the road of this sham democracy.

Spite with extra foam

Fuck these guys. I'm going to salted caramel mocha latte even harder now. ☕️

Some examples are....

Adding books to my To Be Read queue like I’m gonna live forever.

My grandfather didn't go to church, and that made me question things. And when I didn't get good answers, I questioned more.

I enjoy singing the Canadian national anthem more and have always belted it out at games.

A.I. is accelerating the enshitification of everything. As an antidote, we'll all start spinning wool, composting & investing in horse & buggies. Maybe people will be nicer after this happens.

Gives me the big ick, TBH. Bluesky aside, I'm currently investigating neo-luddism.

An Allegra commercial just popped up on t.v. with a small "created with a.i. assistance" disclaimer in small type. Looked like slop.

teewatterss on Threads: “losing an hour on international women's day feeling very 75 cents on the dollar”

10/10 take. no notes

Just read Wendy Sherman's book that discusses that whole process and how hard fought it was. All that work, trashed by that ignorant man. 😒

My dog has not adjusted his clock accordingly and thinks daylights savings time is fucking stupid. I agree. Good boy.

🥓 🥓 🥓 over it.

It was freaky.

This game is a kick in the face #seakraken 😳

Love an ugly 4th line goal #seakraken 🦑

Ebs! Earn that contract!

I reupped my MMR vaccine because of these asshats. (💯 covered by insurance, thankfully)