@katefactorial.bsky.social
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ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.
June 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.
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At this point, I'd say that if you truly want to make a difference:
Cancel Prime, Netflix, Disney+ ... in fact, cancel all streaming services. Go get a Blu-Ray player and buy DVDs and BluRays from Goodwill or the Library.
Buy books from Used Bookstores.
Buy stuff locally - community grown
Cancel Prime, Netflix, Disney+ ... in fact, cancel all streaming services. Go get a Blu-Ray player and buy DVDs and BluRays from Goodwill or the Library.
Buy books from Used Bookstores.
Buy stuff locally - community grown
May 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
At this point, I'd say that if you truly want to make a difference:
Cancel Prime, Netflix, Disney+ ... in fact, cancel all streaming services. Go get a Blu-Ray player and buy DVDs and BluRays from Goodwill or the Library.
Buy books from Used Bookstores.
Buy stuff locally - community grown
Cancel Prime, Netflix, Disney+ ... in fact, cancel all streaming services. Go get a Blu-Ray player and buy DVDs and BluRays from Goodwill or the Library.
Buy books from Used Bookstores.
Buy stuff locally - community grown
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"Death Blowing Bubbles,"
'Created by Johann Georg Leinberger between 1729 and 1731 for the ceiling of the Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany.'
bamberger-dom.de/gotteshaus/N...
'Created by Johann Georg Leinberger between 1729 and 1731 for the ceiling of the Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany.'
bamberger-dom.de/gotteshaus/N...
May 28, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"Death Blowing Bubbles,"
'Created by Johann Georg Leinberger between 1729 and 1731 for the ceiling of the Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany.'
bamberger-dom.de/gotteshaus/N...
'Created by Johann Georg Leinberger between 1729 and 1731 for the ceiling of the Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany.'
bamberger-dom.de/gotteshaus/N...
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Stop buying books you cannot hold. If you do buy from Amazon, strip the DRM the day it arrives and keep a clean file somewhere they cannot reach. A book on your own drive is yours forever. A book in your Amazon account is yours until a lawyer in Seattle decides otherwise.
c: @Hostis on X
#Kindle
c: @Hostis on X
#Kindle
May 25, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Stop buying books you cannot hold. If you do buy from Amazon, strip the DRM the day it arrives and keep a clean file somewhere they cannot reach. A book on your own drive is yours forever. A book in your Amazon account is yours until a lawyer in Seattle decides otherwise.
c: @Hostis on X
#Kindle
c: @Hostis on X
#Kindle
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In the same way that Trump is a weak man’s idea of a strong man
GenAI is a talentless person’s idea of art
GenAI is a talentless person’s idea of art
May 22, 2026 at 7:47 AM
In the same way that Trump is a weak man’s idea of a strong man
GenAI is a talentless person’s idea of art
GenAI is a talentless person’s idea of art
I expect a fun new episode of Only in Monroe any day now
Stephen Colbert has been a gift for 11 years- brilliant, stunningly knowledgeable, kind & hilarious . From his home, he with his family, helped us thru dark pandemic times. He won 11 Emmy Awards, 2 Grammys & 3 Peabody Awards. Thank you for all of it Stephen. We'll miss you ❤️
May 23, 2026 at 7:43 AM
I expect a fun new episode of Only in Monroe any day now
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Ukrainian artist,
Olga Grigoreva Klimova
Self portrait
Olga Grigoreva Klimova
Self portrait
May 22, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Ukrainian artist,
Olga Grigoreva Klimova
Self portrait
Olga Grigoreva Klimova
Self portrait
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I recently watched an interview where actor /comedian Martin Short, talking about his daughter who passed away, said: “She did the best she could until she couldn’t,” and described mental illness as often being a “terminal disease.”
We need more compassionate honesty and conversations like this
We need more compassionate honesty and conversations like this
May 20, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I recently watched an interview where actor /comedian Martin Short, talking about his daughter who passed away, said: “She did the best she could until she couldn’t,” and described mental illness as often being a “terminal disease.”
We need more compassionate honesty and conversations like this
We need more compassionate honesty and conversations like this
This is why Google is no longer my default web search engine
In the middle 90s, I wrote articles for magazines on occult topics
One I’ve never reprinted from that time was on historic necromancy
Why? Because so much of it turned out to be wrong. The sources I had access to then were woefully limited
Early Google changed that, but now it has perished
One I’ve never reprinted from that time was on historic necromancy
Why? Because so much of it turned out to be wrong. The sources I had access to then were woefully limited
Early Google changed that, but now it has perished
Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.
May 20, 2026 at 7:36 AM
This is why Google is no longer my default web search engine
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In the US: a reignited surge in activism in YA literature including titles addressing union activism, environmental justice&community organising.
A surge close to our #LittleRebelsAward hearts 💜💜
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
#KidLit
A surge close to our #LittleRebelsAward hearts 💜💜
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
#KidLit
Reality Check: New YA Books Spark Awareness, Activism, and Empathy
This year, teen fiction across a range of genres is poised to ignite conversations about climate change, gun violence, and other timely issues.
www.publishersweekly.com
May 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
In the US: a reignited surge in activism in YA literature including titles addressing union activism, environmental justice&community organising.
A surge close to our #LittleRebelsAward hearts 💜💜
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
#KidLit
A surge close to our #LittleRebelsAward hearts 💜💜
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
#KidLit
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Man the sequel to The Truman Show looks wild
I genuinely needed the alt text...even as I didn't believe it.
My man looks like he directed an arthouse biopic about the Pillsbury Doughboy.
May 16, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Man the sequel to The Truman Show looks wild
It’s not gone. Just so well hidden under mountains of bullshit that you have to be intentional about it.
"They have removed the struggle to find anything. Book store owners and record store owners used to be oracles, in that way; you'd go in this dusty old place and they might point you toward something that would change your life. All that's gone." - Tom Waits
May 16, 2026 at 7:22 AM
It’s not gone. Just so well hidden under mountains of bullshit that you have to be intentional about it.
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Book illustration for Intermezzo, M. Stüler-Walde.
May 15, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Book illustration for Intermezzo, M. Stüler-Walde.
@lyceuminstitute.bsky.social A little wordy for a coffee mug but important nonetheless
Pope:”Reading nourishes the mind, helps cultivate a conscious and well-formed critical sense, guards against fundamentalisms and ideological shortcuts.” Reading is “an antidote to closed-mindedness which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo: Literature must be a 'school of fraternity and peace' - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV sends a message to the Turin International Book Fair, taking place this week in the northern Italian city, reiterating that literature ...
www.vaticannews.va
May 15, 2026 at 7:45 AM
@lyceuminstitute.bsky.social A little wordy for a coffee mug but important nonetheless
Umm maybe double check with the health department on that one?
May 13, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Umm maybe double check with the health department on that one?
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the magic of secret doors in old libraries
May 12, 2026 at 7:31 PM
the magic of secret doors in old libraries
I have bought a nonzero number of books based on Bluesky recommendations (hi @hankgreen.bsky.social)
me, buying a book written by someone who I've never met but we sometimes like each other's posts on Bluesky: my friend wrote this
I have bought so so so many books on the basis of Bluesky.
May 13, 2026 at 7:46 AM
I have bought a nonzero number of books based on Bluesky recommendations (hi @hankgreen.bsky.social)
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i show up to the function like this
May 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
i show up to the function like this
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