<p>John Singer Sargent Painting Reveals Hidden Image During Conservation</p><p>A restoration of the work by the Mesdag Collection has uncovered fingerprints and a pair of legs.</p><p>by Vittoria Benzine</p><p><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mesdag-john-singer-sargent-restoration-indigo-2784316" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.artnet.com/art-world/mesdag-john-singer-sargent-restoration-indigo-2784316"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.artnet.com/art-world/mesd</span><span class="invisible">ag-john-singer-sargent-restoration-indigo-2784316</span></a></p><p>Books illustrated by John Singer Sargent at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/36606" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/36606"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/36606</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a></p>
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<p>JULY’S ESSENTIAL NEEDS $818 DEADLINE 16/07</p><p>Reblog via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@wrzky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wrzky</span></a></span>:</p><p><p>RE: <a href="https://wrzky.com/update-28th-of-june-2026/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="wrzky.com/update-28th-of-june-2026/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wrzky.com/update-28th-of-june-</span><span class="invisible">2026/</span></a></p><p>Didn’t meet last month’s minimum essential needs goal, as usual. The unmet $218 really needs to be added to July because it was for meds.</p><p>July essential needs: $818 (deadline: 16/07)</p><p>– $218 meds<br>– $375 monthly minimum basic necessities<br> • $90 electricity and water<br> • $35 Wi-Fi + phone data<br> • $250 groceries<br>– $225 building maintenance fee, charged every 6 months.</p><p>I’m too disabled for corporate jobs, and I don’t have a fixed income. Monthly pledges are what allow me to barely function and continue building the mutual aid infra I’ve been working on. One-off support also helps.</p><p>Support options:<br><a href="https://wrzky.com/links" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wrzky.com/links</a></p><p>Any support is much appreciated.</p><p>Please boost this so my request can reach further than my feed. Thank you, thank you 🙂↕️💜</p><p><a href="https://mutualaidspace.org/author/mutualaidspace/" rel="nofollow">@mutualaidspace</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ovo.st/club/mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutualaid</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ovo.st/club/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutualaid@fedigroups.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@actuallyadhd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyadhd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidspace/" rel="tag">#mutualaidspace</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#MutualAidRequest</a> <a href="/tags/fedihelp/" rel="tag">#Fedihelp</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidboost/" rel="tag">#MutualAidBoost</a> <a href="/tags/disabilitycrowdfund/" rel="tag">#DisabilityCrowdfund</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#poverty</a> <a href="/tags/disabilitymutualaid/" rel="tag">#DisabilityMutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/emergencycrowdfund/" rel="tag">#EmergencyCrowdfund</a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/@edendestroyer" rel="nofollow">@edendestroyer</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@QuyetPawz" rel="nofollow">@QuyetPawz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ellespeaks" rel="nofollow">@ellespeaks</a> <a href="https://wrzky.com/@posts" rel="nofollow">@posts</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergence/" rel="tag">#neurodivergence</a> <a href="/tags/cptsd/" rel="tag">#cptsd</a> <a href="/tags/audhd/" rel="tag">#audhd</a> <a href="/tags/adhd/" rel="tag">#adhd</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a></p></p><p><a href="https://ko-fi.com/wrzky/goal" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>ko-fi.com/wrzky/goal</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ovo.st/club/mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutualaid</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutualaid</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ovo.st/club/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@actuallyadhd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyadhd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@wrzky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wrzky</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#mutualaid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#mutualaidrequest</a> <a href="/tags/disabilitymutualaid/" rel="tag">#disabilitymutualaid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidboost/" rel="tag">#mutualaidboost</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergence/" rel="tag">#neurodivergence</a> <a href="/tags/anarchism/" rel="tag">#anarchism</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#writer</a> <a href="/tags/disabledwriter/" rel="tag">#disabledwriter</a> <a href="/tags/disabilityjustice/" rel="tag">#disabilityjustice</a> <a href="/tags/helpfolkslive/" rel="tag">#HelpFolksLive</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#poverty</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fedihelp/" rel="tag">#fedihelp</a></p>
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<p>We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.</p><p>Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/kundera/" rel="tag">#Kundera</a> <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> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/life/" rel="tag">#life</a></p>
<p>I would read this story about the weird observations of Dana Holmes and her sarcastic boyfriend I assume is called Watson 🤔😂 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <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="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span> <br> <br><a href="/tags/sherlockholmes/" rel="tag">#SherlockHolmes</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookmemes/" rel="tag">#BookMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#Funny</a><br><a href="/tags/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/bookshelf/" rel="tag">#Bookshelf</a> <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>
<p>Books I’ve Read Whose Titles Begin With the Letter B: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-ive-read-whose-titles-begin-with-the-letter-b/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-ive-read-whose-titles-begin-with-the-letter-b/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-books-ive-read-whose-titles-begin-with-the-letter-b/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#NonFiction</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>Bloody Scotland 2026<br>18–20 September, Stirling</p><p>Tickets are now on sale for Bloody Scotland 2026, Scotland’s international crime-writing festival.</p><p><a href="https://bloodyscotland.com/whats-on/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bloodyscotland.com/whats-on/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a> <a href="/tags/crimewriting/" rel="tag">#CrimeWriting</a> <a href="/tags/bloodyscotland/" rel="tag">#BloodyScotland</a></p>
<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon</a><br>Series Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheWizardsScion</a></p><p>On a world thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they be reaped like wheat?</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>
<p>New review: From Archaeopteryx then, to ten thousand species now: The Story of Birds sees Brusatte skillfully and captivatingly recount another chapter of life's evolutionary history.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/06/29/book-review-the-story-of-birds-an-evolutionary-history-of-the-dinosaurs-that-live-among-us/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/06/29/book-review-the-story-of-birds-an-evolutionary-history-of-the-dinosaurs-that-live-among-us/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/</span><span class="invisible">06/29/book-review-the-story-of-birds-an-evolutionary-history-of-the-dinosaurs-that-live-among-us/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#Evolution</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#Fossils</a> <a href="/tags/birds/" rel="tag">#Birds</a> <a href="/tags/ornithology/" rel="tag">#Ornithology</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</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>I was pleasantly surprised to get my hands on Glyph, by Ali Smith, with only one person ahead of me who had a hold on it at the library. Maybe she's not as well-known as I thought? </p><p>I think Ali Smith has brilliant moments in her use of narrative to comment on contemporary social issues. I have not fully connected with all of her work, but her Seasonal Quartet is my absolute favorite. Each season is a separate book, and presents a story within a story. You start with Autumn and work your way to Summer. Winter resonated with me the most, with that whip-smart dialogue. Right now, I'm skimming Gliff to make sure I remember the characters and the setting well enough to read Glyph, and ruminate on what the use of homonyms and different meanings might mean for the story.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <br>@<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>Have you heard of author Ali Smith, and are you from the UK, or outside the UK?</p>
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<p>Book Promotion: Sci-Fi & <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> books on Kindle Unlimited</p><p>A collection of 60 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> for you to read free on KU. Read my <a href="/tags/spaceopera/" rel="tag">#spaceopera</a> </p><p><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> <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/sci-fi-fantasy-kindle-unlimited-ku/5qbyps05g9" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/sci-fi-fantasy-kindle-unlimited-ku/5qbyps05g9"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/sci-fi-fa</span><span class="invisible">ntasy-kindle-unlimited-ku/5qbyps05g9</span></a></p>
<p>Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyon, France, on June 29, 1900.<br>The Little Prince was written and illustrated by him during exile in the United States and first published there in 1943; today it is one of the most translated works of fiction in the world.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> <a href="/tags/quotes/" rel="tag">#quotes</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> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/booklovers/" rel="tag">#booklovers</a> <a href="/tags/bookish/" rel="tag">#bookish</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/booklover/" rel="tag">#booklover</a> <a href="/tags/thelittleprince/" rel="tag">#TheLittlePrince</a> <a href="/tags/exupery/" rel="tag">#Exupery</a></p>
<p>How Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” Inspired the Beat Movement</p><p>With the 1957 publication of Kerouac’s On the Road, critics believed America’s “lost” literary generation of the 1920s had been overtaken by the Beat Movement.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/jack-kerouac-on-the-road-beat-movement/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/jack-kerouac-on-the-road-beat-movement/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/jack-kero</span><span class="invisible">uac-on-the-road-beat-movement/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>" <a href="/tags/beirutradical/" rel="tag">#BeirutRadical</a> provides a sketch of the life, death, and legacy of one of the some 170,000 people who perished during the <a href="/tags/lebanesecivilwar/" rel="tag">#LebaneseCivilWar</a>. [...] For Imad, the route was circuitous, phased, but always about the liberation of Arab people, and Palestinians in particular, from the structures of colonialism that oppressed them." </p><p><a href="/tags/jadaliyya/" rel="tag">#Jadaliyya</a> talks w/ <a href="/tags/dylanbaun/" rel="tag">#DylanBaun</a> about his new book</p><p><a href="https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/47449/Dylan-Baun,-Beirut-Radical-A-Global-Microhistory-from-the-Sixties-to-the-Lebanese-Civil-War-New-Texts-Out-Now" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.jadaliyya.com/Details/47449/Dylan-Baun,-Beirut-Radical-A-Global-Microhistory-from-the-Sixties-to-the-Lebanese-Civil-War-New-Texts-Out-Now"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.jadaliyya.com/Details/4744</span><span class="invisible">9/Dylan-Baun,-Beirut-Radical-A-Global-Microhistory-from-the-Sixties-to-the-Lebanese-Civil-War-New-Texts-Out-Now</span></a><br><a href="/tags/lebanon/" rel="tag">#Lebanon</a> <a href="/tags/lebanesehistory/" rel="tag">#LebaneseHistory</a> <a href="/tags/lebaneseleft/" rel="tag">#LebaneseLeft</a> <a href="/tags/newleft/" rel="tag">#NewLeft</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</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>
<p>🤔 The most effective "escape" from the world's problems?</p><p>It's not alcohol🍸 , drugs💊 , gambling🎲 , or a shopping spree🛍️ , <br> it's reading a book.📗<br> <br>Opening the front cover of a book 📖 is like walking through a doorway to another world. <br>📚 </p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p>
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<p>A friendly reminder: I am always open to more suggestions for my spreadsheet of space opera by cisgender women, trans, and binary writers! There's a handy form on the main page. Use it!</p><p>Otherwise, enjoy the list! <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p><p><a href="http://tiny.cc/spaceoperalist" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>tiny.cc/spaceoperalist</a></p>
<p>Leonardo’s ‘Codex Atlanticus’ Is Complete for the First Time in 400 Years</p><p>The Galileo Museum's Leonardotheka 2.0 reunites the artist's landmark manuscript with the 550 pages a 16th-century sculptor cut from it.</p><p>by Vittoria Benzine</p><p><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leonardotheka-da-vinci-codex-2779022" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.artnet.com/art-world/leonardotheka-da-vinci-codex-2779022"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.artnet.com/art-world/leon</span><span class="invisible">ardotheka-da-vinci-codex-2779022</span></a></p><p>LeonardoThek@:<br><a href="https://teche.museogalileo.it/leonardo/home/index.html?_gl=1*170qis2*_ga*MTQzMzk1MDE0Ny4xNzgwOTk5Nzk3*_ga_MR6699DG9Z*czE3ODA5OTk3OTckbzEkZzAkdDE3ODA5OTk3OTckajYwJGwwJGgw" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="teche.museogalileo.it/leonardo/home/index.html?_gl=1*170qis2*_ga*MTQzMzk1MDE0Ny4xNzgwOTk5Nzk3*_ga_MR6699DG9Z*czE3ODA5OTk3OTckbzEkZzAkdDE3ODA5OTk3OTckajYwJGwwJGgw"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">teche.museogalileo.it/leonardo</span><span class="invisible">/home/index.html?_gl=1*170qis2*_ga*MTQzMzk1MDE0Ny4xNzgwOTk5Nzk3*_ga_MR6699DG9Z*czE3ODA5OTk3OTckbzEkZzAkdDE3ODA5OTk3OTckajYwJGwwJGgw</span></a></p><p>Books by Galileo at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/39014" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/39014"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/39014</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/old_manuscripts/" rel="tag">#old_Manuscripts</a></p>
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<p>A long and detailed review by Alex Wallace today on the NOAF blog:<br>Book Review: The Palace of Eros, by Caro de Robertis<br>On making Mount Olympus' foundations shake<br><a href="https://creativewriting.social/@SpanishSpy" rel="nofollow">@SpanishSpy</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/06/review-palace-of-eros-by-caro-de.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/06/review-palace-of-eros-by-caro-de.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/06/</span><span class="invisible">review-palace-of-eros-by-caro-de.html</span></a><br>@bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>
<p>Books with Handwriting on the Cover: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-handwriting-on-the-cover/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-with-handwriting-on-the-cover/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-books-with-handwriting-on-the-cover/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</a> <a href="/tags/cover/" rel="tag">#Cover</a> <a href="/tags/handwriting/" rel="tag">#Handwriting</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>This year is the centennial of World Literature Today (WLT), the low-key and well-thought of journal that is read by over 2 million people worldwide, gives out the biennial Neustadt International Prize of Literature, and is based in Norman, Oklahoma of all places. Each issue is worth reading for the book review section alone.</p><p><a href="/tags/wlt/" rel="tag">#WLT</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/cultural/" rel="tag">#cultural</a> <a href="/tags/worldlit/" rel="tag">#WorldLit</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://soonermag.oufoundation.org/stories/a-century-of-vision" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="soonermag.oufoundation.org/stories/a-century-of-vision"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">soonermag.oufoundation.org/sto</span><span class="invisible">ries/a-century-of-vision</span></a></p>
<p>50 Great Classic Novels Under 200 Pages</p><p>Short and Sweet</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/50-great-classic-novels-under-200-pages/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/50-great-classic-novels-under-200-pages/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/50-great-classic-no</span><span class="invisible">vels-under-200-pages/</span></a></p><p>Many of these are at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>The Master and Margarita. By Mikhail Bulgakov, translated by Mira Ginsburg.</p><p>It’s Soviet-era Moscow and you, Satan, show up with your retinue (which includes a giant talking black cat) to wreak some havoc, particularly on the literary and theatre scene, with the special goal of rehabilitating the reputation of Pontius Pilate.</p><p>CW: casual racism<br>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/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/satan/" rel="tag">#satan</a> <a href="/tags/jesus/" rel="tag">#jesus</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a></p>
<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace</a></p><p>The Hunter seeks peace and quiet to mourn the loss of her best friend in a world that seems bound and determined to make that task impossible. Enemies attack when she’d rather be alone, allies can’t take a hint and the arch-demon Wrath seeks the Hunter’s hand in marriage, even though she’d sooner kill him.</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/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/citationsneeded/" rel="tag">#CitationsNeeded</a> pod's Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson have a live convo @ Brooklyn's Word is Change bookstore about Adam's new book, "<a href="/tags/howtosellagenocide/" rel="tag">#HowToSellAGenocide</a>: The <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a>'s Complicity in the Destruction of <a href="/tags/gaza/" rel="tag">#Gaza</a>," all royalties from which go to Middle East Children's Alliance. </p><p><a href="https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/live-show-how-to-sell-a-genocide-book-talk-at-the-word-is-change-bookstore-in-brooklyn-ny" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="citationsneeded.libsyn.com/live-show-how-to-sell-a-genocide-book-talk-at-the-word-is-change-bookstore-in-brooklyn-ny"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">citationsneeded.libsyn.com/liv</span><span class="invisible">e-show-how-to-sell-a-genocide-book-talk-at-the-word-is-change-bookstore-in-brooklyn-ny</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/gazacoverage/" rel="tag">#GazaCoverage</a> <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> <a href="/tags/palestinecoverage/" rel="tag">#PalestineCoverage</a> <a href="/tags/usmedia/" rel="tag">#USmedia</a> <a href="/tags/westernmedia/" rel="tag">#WesternMedia</a> <a href="/tags/mediacriticism/" rel="tag">#mediaCriticism</a> <a href="/tags/mediaracism/" rel="tag">#mediaRacism</a> <a href="/tags/msm/" rel="tag">#MSM</a> <a href="/tags/liberalhypocrisy/" rel="tag">#liberalHypocrisy</a> <a href="/tags/mediashitlibs/" rel="tag">#mediaShitlibs</a> <a href="/tags/shitlibbingforgenocide/" rel="tag">#shitlibbingForGenocide</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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