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<p>There Is No Antimemetics Division. By QNTM.</p><p>You are the director of a secret agency that combats invisible ideas that take over people’s minds, particularly those trying to defeat them, so you must frequently wipe your own memory and start again; this makes for some tough days at the office (and at home).</p><p>3 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/memory/" rel="tag">#memory</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#memes</a></p>

Book cover featuring a large black obelisk.

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<p>John Hollander’s poem Kitty and Bug is self-explanatory in its simplicity. The cat’s unpunctuated, almost stream-of-consciousness thoughts fit into a physical ‘cat’ shape, while the bug – in sharp contrast – is but a 3-letter word near the edge of the page.</p><p>Happy <a href="/tags/caturday/" rel="tag">#Caturday</a> !</p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/cat/" rel="tag">#cat</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</a> <a href="/tags/kitty/" rel="tag">#kitty</a> <a href="/tags/catsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#catsOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

John Hollander’s poem Kitty and Bug

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What has this guy not written about? - Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King (1999) Review

<p>Lots of emotion with this one.</p><p>Right off the bat, I love Stephen King and IT is my fav book of all time. I prefer his stories to go as batshit crazy as they can and this has been delivered with books like IT and Misery and Pet Sematary but then there are his other works, like 11/22/63 and Hearts in Atlantis which seem to be much more grounded and calm because their main focus is just normal people.</p><p>So can Stephen King tell a good story when there’s no undead pets or clown monsters? Absolutely. Hearts in Atlantis is a solution of five stories taking place from the 60s to '99 that are interconnected to some degree.</p><p>It would be worth it to talk about those different stories in detail but I don’t wanna give away the discovery aspect of this book though I will say that I probably liked the first story most since it had that little children dealing with magic sort of charm which was very reminiscent of IT. Even had an old man wanting to give a suckjob to a kid so it was very similiar (Poor Eddie)</p><p>Other stories are more focused on Vietnam and the American war there. I’ll admit, I don’t know much about that part of history, I’m not from any western country and you just don’t read about stuff like that in schools. I think I picked it up casually through years of just reading books</p><p>Anyways, that whole Vietnam experience is here. We get to be there, running away from the heat of fire, camping and being drunk, and then back home trying to adjust to a normal life and trying somehow to forget and be forgiven for all the bad things we did there while trying to live a normal life. It’s presented very well though I will say some of the stories do get a little too smart-ass sometimes. It’s not something I would take out of the book but it is a little immersion breaking when you feel a character making a pointed speech about something that reads like a statement by the author.</p><p>Overral, I gave this book a solid 4 out of 5 and I think it has honestly helped me come to terms with King’s more “normal people” books. I had tried to read 11/22/63 but gave up because I was sort of expecting something more edgy but I think I’m ready to make peace with it after Hearts in Atlantis</p>

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<p>Did the First Robot Come from Oz?</p><p>Long before chatbots, fiction grappled with rule-bound intelligence, exploring what it means to build and rely on thinking machines.</p><p>By: Livia Gershon </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/did-the-first-robot-come-from-oz/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/did-the-first-robot-come-from-oz/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/did-the-first-</span><span class="invisible">robot-come-from-oz/</span></a></p><p>Wizard of OZ at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=wizard+of+oz" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=wizard+of+oz"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=wizard+of+oz</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

"The Soldier with the green whiskers led them through the streets."

Title: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Author: L. Frank Baum

Illustrator: W. W. Denslow

W.W. Denslow's original illustration from The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, Tin Man, and Scarecrow enter a grand hall, with Toto at their feet and observers watching from a balcony above.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/43936/pg43936-images.html

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<p>Book Promotion: First <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> in a series on <a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#Kindle</a> Unlimited</p><p>A collection of 107 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> for you. My book is DRM-free.</p><p><a href="/tags/ku/" rel="tag">#ku</a> <a href="/tags/spaceship/" rel="tag">#spaceship</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/aliens/" rel="tag">#aliens</a> <a href="/tags/legendary/" rel="tag">#legendary</a> <a href="/tags/fedibookfair/" rel="tag">#fedibookfair</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#boost</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/dwarfs/" rel="tag">#dwarfs</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/rogue/" rel="tag">#rogue</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodbooks/" rel="tag">#goodbooks</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a> <a href="/tags/sorcery/" rel="tag">#sorcery</a> <a href="/tags/monsters/" rel="tag">#monsters</a> <a href="/tags/futurism/" rel="tag">#futurism</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/young/" rel="tag">#young</a> <a href="/tags/newadults/" rel="tag">#newadults</a> <a href="/tags/teen/" rel="tag">#teen</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#ya</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookfunnel/" rel="tag">#bookfunnel</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-may/wcwas7u14r" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-may/wcwas7u14r"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-m</span><span class="invisible">ay/wcwas7u14r</span></a></p>

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky</a></p><p>Zechariah Jacobs has angered a vast empire that spans a third of the galaxy, which is far too much for his planet to stand against, but in a clash of wizards and magic versus technology, it’s hard to say which will win.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

(Left) The cover of Wrath of the Sky, by Owen Tyme.

On a black background, a planet much like earth burns, set aflame. The flames are on the top and sides, but haven't yet reached the bottom.

(Right) An ogre stands on a rocky cliffside path, clearly quite upset, with both his head and arms raised as he cries out! The background is blue sky with white clouds. The following quote is laid over the top of the scene:

Winzon grinned evilly. With great slowness and ceremony, he undid the draw-string of his sack and up-ended it, dropping an ogre skull at the brute’s feet!

The massive ogre’s entire demeanor changed in an instant! He backed away, carefully stepping out of reach of Winzon’s ax, even though it was still strapped to his back!

The brute whispered, “Ogre-slayer!”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky

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<p>Film Review: Slanted<br>A microcosm of race and gender that wanted to be far more daring than it is<br>Alex Wallace has the review at the NOAF blog:<br><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/review-slanted.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/review-slanted.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/</span><span class="invisible">review-slanted.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>

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<p>After a Poet’s Love Story Was Cut Short, His Letters Mysteriously Disappeared—Until Rare Book Dealers Acted on a Hunch</p><p>Eight letters that John Keats penned to his fiancée before his untimely death are “the literary find of a lifetime”</p><p>by Mary Randolph</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-john-keats-love-story-was-cut-short-his-letters-mysteriously-disappeared-until-rare-book-dealers-acted-on-a-hunch-180988585/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-john-keats-love-story-was-cut-short-his-letters-mysteriously-disappeared-until-rare-book-dealers-acted-on-a-hunch-180988585/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/after-john-keats-love-story-was-cut-short-his-letters-mysteriously-disappeared-until-rare-book-dealers-acted-on-a-hunch-180988585/</span></a></p><p>Keats at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/935" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/935"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/935</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Engraving of English poet John Keats from title page of "The complete poetical works and letters of John Keats, 1899," after a painting by Joseph Severn, 1899.

Engraved frontispiece portrait of John Keats, seated in a chair absorbed in reading, hand raised to his brow. Soft light from a draped window illuminates the pensive, romantic scene.

https://archive.org/details/completepoetical00keatrich/page/n11/mode/2up

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<p>Fae Reviews makes videos about books, especially the romantic fantasy (romantasy) genre. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/faereviews/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/faereviews', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/accounts/faereviews', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>faereviews</span></a></span> </p><p>They've already uploaded more than 30 videos. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/faereviews/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/a/faereviews/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/a/faereviews/vid</span><span class="invisible">eos</span></a></p><p>You can also follow their blog at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://www.faereviews.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>faereviews@faereviews.com</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/romantasy/" rel="tag">#Romantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#BookReviews</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a></p>

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<p>📚 Something Deadly on Desert Drive by: Kris Bock</p><p>Starting over at fifty might be hard, but it shouldn’t be deadly…</p><p>Still recovering from an injury that might have permanently derailed her career as an international war correspondent, Kate Tessler is living in her childhood bedroom and pondering her second act when anothe...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/something-deadly-on-desert-drive" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/something-deadly-on-desert-drive"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/something-</span><span class="invisible">deadly-on-desert-drive</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/cozy/" rel="tag">#cozy</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

Starting over at fifty might be hard, but it shouldn’t be deadly…

Still recovering from an injury that might have permanently derailed her career as an international war correspondent, Kate Tessler is living in her childhood bedroom and pondering her second act when another case lands in her lap. Kate’s father and his coffee group are worried. Their friend Larry married a younger woman who now insists he has dementia and won’t let any of his friends visit. They’re convinced that Larry’s wife and her two adult, dead-beat kids are out to steal his money. Can Kate help?

Soon Kate and her unusual gang of sidekicks are unofficially, officially investigating. But before they can dig out the truth, a murder raises the stakes. Now they need to prove Larry is both mentally competent and not a killer. They’ll have to find the real murderer—without risking their own lives in the process.

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<p>Why Everyone is Talking About Salome These Days<br> <br>Leslie Baird on Exploring Enduring Questions of Patriarchy and Feminine Agency Through Fiction</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/why-everyone-is-talking-about-salome-these-days/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/why-everyone-is-talking-about-salome-these-days/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/why-everyone-is-tal</span><span class="invisible">king-about-salome-these-days/</span></a></p><p>Salome at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4881" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4881"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/4881</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Salome and the Apparition of the Baptist's Head, watercolor by Gustave Moreau (1876).

A bejeweled Salome recoils before the radiant, bleeding severed head of John the Baptist floating in a blaze of golden light.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salome#/media/File:The_Apparition,_Gustave_Moreau_1876.jpg

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<p>This Week in Literary History: Lord Byron Swims Across the Hellespont</p><p>“I plume myself on this achievement more than I could possibly do on any kind of glory, political, poetical, or rhetorical.”</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-lord-byron-swims-across-the-hellespont/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-lord-byron-swims-across-the-hellespont/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/this-week-in-litera</span><span class="invisible">ry-history-lord-byron-swims-across-the-hellespont/</span></a></p><p>"Don Juan" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21700" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21700</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

Portrait of George Gordon Byron. It is an engraving based on a painting by artist George Sanders. His head is turned towards the right, and he is wearing a white shirt with a scarf about the collar.

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<p>Manga was very good, just vol 1 but I am pleased with "Billy Bat" so far. Love the way the Manga world and the world of reality crash into each other and interact. </p><p>Next up will be Samantha Mills' Rabbit Test and Other Stories, heartily recommended by one of you, and looking at the ratings, pretty much everyone else who has read it so far!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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<p>Wistman's Woods, on Dartmoor, Devon, are allegedly haunted by hellhounds. 'Wistman' is a dialect word for the Devil, with 'wist' meaning 'eerie' or 'uncanny'. The woods and their legends are said to have inspired the Sherlock Holmes mystery 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. The woods are one of Britain's few surviving patches of ancient temperate rainforest. <a href="/tags/fairytaletuesday/" rel="tag">#FairytaleTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/folklore/" rel="tag">#folklore</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#gothic</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/weird/" rel="tag">#weird</a> <a href="/tags/ghosts/" rel="tag">#ghosts</a> <a href="/tags/paranormal/" rel="tag">#paranormal</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/mythology/" rel="tag">#mythology</a></p>

A photo of Wistman's Woods in winter, showing moss-covered rocks and twisting moss-covered tree branches.

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<p>📚 Honey by: Imani Thompson</p><p>Yrsa is bored: bored with her PhD program, her entitled students, and the never-ending pages of racial violence and feminist theory she has to read. But most of all, she’s bored with the men in her life—especially the bad ones.</p><p>And then, one sunny afternoon, she accidentally kills one.</p><p>Suddenly a p...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/honey" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/honey</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/feministfiction/" rel="tag">#feministfiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/humorous/" rel="tag">#humorous</a> <a href="/tags/darkhumor/" rel="tag">#darkhumor</a></p>

Yrsa is bored: bored with her PhD program, her entitled students, and the never-ending pages of racial violence and feminist theory she has to read. But most of all, she’s bored with the men in her life—especially the bad ones.

And then, one sunny afternoon, she accidentally kills one.

Suddenly a problematic professor is dead, and Yrsa, well—she’s no longer bored.

Emboldened, she starts to chase the high, and soon no misbehaving sexist man within commuting distance is safe.

Finally Yrsa’s academic research feels useful. But how long can killing in the name of feminist and racial solidarity justify her actions? And how long until her actions—and buried family secrets—come back to unravel her?

A dark, provocative, adrenaline-rush of a novel about a graduate student who murders bad men and justifies it in the name of feminism, by a bold new voice in fiction

Might be the most-anticipated debut novel of the year thanks in part to its perfect-for-Hollywood premise.—Esquire

“A darkly comic novel about the tricky politics of race, sex, violence and love . . . the entertaining (and quietly damning) read you’ll need to kick off spring.”—Elle

A Most Anticipated Book of the Year: Glamour, Debutiful, Book Riot, Esquire, SheReads, Elle, Stylist

She just wants to know what justice feels like.

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106d

'Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis': Erich Fromm, D.T. Suzuki, & Richard De Martino

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<p><a href="/tags/nagornokarabakh/" rel="tag">#NagornoKarabakh</a>: Three Decades of Diplomatic Failure </p><p>In ep 115 of <a href="/tags/jadaliyya/" rel="tag">#Jadaliyya</a>'s Connections pod, Mouin Rabbani interviews <a href="/tags/hrairbalian/" rel="tag">#HrairBalian</a>, author of "<a href="/tags/anatomyofpeacemaking/" rel="tag">#AnatomyOfPeacemaking</a>: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict & Missed Opportunities" </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSaz_VKlwjc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSaz_VKlwjc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSaz_V</span><span class="invisible">Klwjc</span></a> <br><a href="/tags/artsakh/" rel="tag">#Artsakh</a> <a href="/tags/armenians/" rel="tag">#Armenians</a> <a href="/tags/armenia/" rel="tag">#Armenia</a> <a href="/tags/azerbaijan/" rel="tag">#Azerbaijan</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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<p>Happy International Tea Day!</p><p>It's always tea time.<br>Lewis Carroll, <br>Alice in Wonderland</p><p><a href="/tags/teaday/" rel="tag">#teaday</a> <a href="/tags/today/" rel="tag">#today</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#onthisday</a> <a href="/tags/lewiscarroll/" rel="tag">#LewisCarroll</a> <a href="/tags/tea/" rel="tag">#tea</a> <a href="/tags/carroll/" rel="tag">#Carroll</a> <a href="/tags/wonderland/" rel="tag">#Wonderland</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

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<p>How teaching the history of science can help equip students to face polarized times</p><p>For decades, science educators have been encouraged to “stick to the science” and leave politics at the classroom door. But as disinformation spreads online and public trust in science seems to erode in some contexts, this advice is no longer realistic.</p><p>By Cristiano Barbosa de Moura</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-teaching-the-history-of-science-can-help-equip-students-to-face-polarized-times-280332" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/how-teaching-the-history-of-science-can-help-equip-students-to-face-polarized-times-280332"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-teachi</span><span class="invisible">ng-the-history-of-science-can-help-equip-students-to-face-polarized-times-280332</span></a></p><p>History of Science at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/688" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/688"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/688</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>

Tycho Brahe's mural quadrant. Engraving from the book: Tycho Brahe (1598), Astronomiae instauratae mechanica, Wandsbeck.

Tycho Brahe's mural quadrant in Uranienborg (Uraniborg). The quadrant (radius c. 194cm) was made from brass and was affixed to a wall that was oriented precisely north-south. The observer (right) views a star through the opposite opening (upper left) to determine the star's altitude as it passes through the meridian. An assistant (lower right) reads the time off a clock and another one (lower left) records the measurements. The area above the quadrant is filled with a mural painting showing several other of Brahe's instruments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mural_instrument#/media/File:Tycho-Brahe-Mural-Quadrant.jpg

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International Booker Prize Goes to a Love Story Out of Taiwan

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This mutual aid checkpoint roundup gathers urgent requests from the week, including direct appeals and Palestinian campaign spotlights. Support what is possible, contribute where able, and circulate the original requests so help can move beyond exhausted circles.

<h4 class="article-title"> <a href="https://wrzky.com/mutual-aid-checkpoint-roundup-20-05-2026/">Mutual Aid Checkpoint Roundup 20/05/2026</a> </h4> <figure class="article-cover"> <img src="https://wrzky.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Building-International-Coalitions-Starts-Online--724x1024.png" alt="" loading="lazy"> </figure> <div class="article-body"> <p>Here’s the list of mutual aid requests needing immediate support this week: </p><p>You can find other requests under my <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@wrzky/116579001302455505" rel="nofollow">last week’s mutual aid checkpoint</a>. Please go through the posts, support what is possible, and boost the original requests directly. Some need urgent financial help, some need wider circulation, and many need both.</p><p><a href="https://cathode.church/@squirrellilly/116518167040725587" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cathode.church/@squirrellilly/116518167040725587"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cathode.church/@squirrellilly/</span><span class="invisible">116518167040725587</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@MariaBruxxxa/116578263567557841" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="eldritch.cafe/@MariaBruxxxa/116578263567557841"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eldritch.cafe/@MariaBruxxxa/11</span><span class="invisible">6578263567557841</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.redgarterclub.com/@AnthonyJK/116578742828146671" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.redgarterclub.com/@AnthonyJK/116578742828146671"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.redgarterclub.com/@An</span><span class="invisible">thonyJK/116578742828146671</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ellespeaks/116601748527844086%20" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@ellespeaks/116601748527844086"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@ellespeaks/11</span><span class="invisible">6601748527844086</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sassycassyshenanigans/116594286222652132%20" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@sassycassyshenanigans/116594286222652132"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@sassycassyshe</span><span class="invisible">nanigans/116594286222652132</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/@magicalgrrrl/116585833940217357%20" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="indiepocalypse.social/@magicalgrrrl/116585833940217357"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indiepocalypse.social/@magical</span><span class="invisible">grrrl/116585833940217357</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nolan_syreeta/116582091910518189%20" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@nolan_syreeta/116582091910518189"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@nolan_syreeta</span><span class="invisible">/116582091910518189</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@QuyetPawz/116580432777000507%20" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tech.lgbt/@QuyetPawz/116580432777000507"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tech.lgbt/@QuyetPawz/116580432</span><span class="invisible">777000507</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@frugalcoffee/116579489517838855%20" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="kolektiva.social/@frugalcoffee/116579489517838855"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@frugalcoffee</span><span class="invisible">/116579489517838855</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@cycletherapyHam/116594807118121931" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mstdn.ca/@cycletherapyHam/116594807118121931"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.ca/@cycletherapyHam/1165</span><span class="invisible">94807118121931</span></a></p><p>Palestinian Campaign Spotlight </p><p>Please help Dalia and her children escape this genocide</p><p>Dalia needs urgent help for daughter Canada, who suffers from malnutrition and severe burns from cooking over fire with plastic during displacement. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@daliarezk/116595527628292306" rel="nofollow">[View original post]</a></p><a href="https://chuffed.org/project/172129-please-help-dalia-and-her-children-escape-this-genocide" rel="nofollow">Donate</a><p>A Mother’s Cry for Help, Save My Children to Have a Future</p><p>Rania from Gaza lost her home and now lives in a tent with four children, struggling to cover basic needs. Please help however you can.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rania_gaza09/116579100906965882" rel="nofollow">[View original post]</a></p><a href="https://gofund.me/1f208b7a8" rel="nofollow">Donate</a><p>Gaza Verified Campaigns</p><p>GazaVerified lists 200 campaigns under $200 this past week; this first post includes 14 campaigns, many at $0, needing redistribution and urgent support.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gaza_verified_campaigns/116605341694416358" rel="nofollow">[View original post]</a></p><a href="https://gaza.onl" rel="nofollow">About Gaza Verified</a><p>Want the weekly roundup, plus occasional updates from yours truly, in your inbox? 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<p>Honoré de Balzac’s Greatest Fear? Being Photographed</p><p>Emily Doucet on the Development of the Daguerreotype—and What It Meant For Art and Technology</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/honore-de-balzacs-greatest-fear-being-photographed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KQNQVJHETFJ54VG3CZX93QDQ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/honore-de-balzacs-greatest-fear-being-photographed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KQNQVJHETFJ54VG3CZX93QDQ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/honore-de-balzacs-g</span><span class="invisible">reatest-fear-being-photographed/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01KQNQVJHETFJ54VG3CZX93QDQ&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Books by Balzac (including the whole series of La Comédie Humaine) at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/251" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/251"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/251</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Honoré de Balzac

Revised daguerreotype taken in 1842.

Early daguerreotype portrait of Honoré de Balzac, French novelist. Heavyset, open-collared, hand resting on chest, gazing sideways. One of the few known photographic images of the Human Comedy author.

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<p>Seven of the Greatest Farts in Western Literature</p><p>Elizabeth Zaleski Finds Famous Moments of Flatulence in Classic and Contemporary Works</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/seven-of-the-greatest-farts-in-western-literature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/seven-of-the-greatest-farts-in-western-literature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/seven-of-the-greate</span><span class="invisible">st-farts-in-western-literature/</span></a></p><p>At PG:</p><p>Canterbury Tales</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=+Canterbury+Tales" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=+Canterbury+Tales"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=+Canterbury+Tales</span></a></p><p>Inferno</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Inferno" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Inferno"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Inferno</span></a></p><p>Don Quixote</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Don+Quixote" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Don+Quixote"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Don+Quixote</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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<p>Honoré de <a href="/tags/balzac/" rel="tag">#Balzac</a> (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) wanted to do with the pen what Napoleon had done with the sword.</p><p>And in a way, he did. His influence reached <a href="/tags/dostoevsky/" rel="tag">#Dostoevsky</a>, Zola, Flaubert, Proust, Dickens, Wilde, and Baldwin. Dostoevsky’s first published book was a Russian translation of Balzac’s Eugénie Grandet. </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheNextHorizon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheNextHorizon</a></p><p>Amelia and The Book of Newts are in conflict. She wants to explore her feelings. It wants to explore space, taking back the gift for mathematics and piloting it gave her. She’s left unable to plot a direct course home. She’s desperate to see the man she loves, lest she lose him forever and The Book is in her way…</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

(Left) The cover of The Next Horizon, by Owen Tyme.

The black silhouette of a man and woman embracing. They stand atop the dark side of a planet or moon in space, which has a slim crescent along the right side. The background is the stars of space, but some have been highlighted with a heart shape that surrounds the couple. Everything is in shades of blue.

(Right) Deep space, displaying the edge of an orange and blue gaseous cloud from a nebula, while most of the stars appear golden in color. Floating in space is a square, red leather book with the image of a newt stamped on the cover. Over the top of everything is the following text:

“You can back down and cooperate, right now, or Marta will hit you so hard, you should reach a tenth the speed of light…”

“No one will ever find you again, but even if someone does, there’s no way they’ll have the capacity to safely slow you down, before you’re gone to them!”

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