2026-05-07T03:33:05Z https://yabu.me jack the nonabrasive https://yabu.me/npub190hw6z8jyn32ekw0vxusmuxmctcg0kn2069mvj3927vxzs5zdyssj99wch https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/108/196/212/828/711/423/original/ece5e2c311ea9e1f.jpeg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/108/196/212/828/711/423/original/ece5e2c311ea9e1f.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs23jg803apw6ye0qr2x4kyfl38xctfe5e7d3xe04ag9g85cs6wr6czyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzugl4hn &#34;a harried-looking man with flushed skin and pale clothes that suggest an unidentifiable spring vegetable in a CSA basket.&#34;<br/><br/>A description that goes hard from Joanne McNeil in &#34;Wrong Way&#34; 📚💙<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-03T04:30:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyxyrqd3cpsz8wkqd2nv62a7n69k98j6h9sdzsfffuyedj9vekepgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz0aw9x5 &#39;Altman warned that some investors are likely to get “very burnt” ... He also repeated the word “bubble” three times in 15 seconds ... Dalio warned that the current cycle on Wall Street appeared to be “very similar” to that seen before the dotcom bust in 1998 and 1999.&#39;<br/><a href="https://fortune.com/2025/08/19/wall-street-ai-bubble-sam-altman/">https://fortune.com/2025/08/19/wall-street-ai-bubble-sam-altman/</a> 2025-08-20T01:08:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs07nemf84gxjtwx66mkvscca0vza0k7nva3djz9wmjl7w5y4daq6czyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzfrm2ce Announcing the 2025-26 Year of Les Miserables, starting Bastille Day, July 14, 2025<br/><br/>🥖🚓<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AYearOfLesMiserables/s/brCI1qohqQ">https://www.reddit.com/r/AYearOfLesMiserables/s/brCI1qohqQ</a> 2025-06-22T22:22:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0vetadyugy7kw3ws6uduw65yvxaj0qpm4wxwlvn643j3jrnqfcwgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzjt0c84 If you are interested in a yearlong read of Les Miserables, in the original or translation of your choice but with discussion in English, I will probably be starting one with discussion on the r/ayearoflesmiserables subreddit on Bastille Day, Monday, July 14, 2025. Watch this space: #LesMis2025 🇫🇷🚩<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-18T15:11:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswcn6zcpyladgsuhc6ur4m42c0cdkw4kyj57rhr9yqf5sfdd36nkgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzu039qj Friends of friends run a vineyard. They forwarded this GFM for Moises Sotelo, owner of a vineyard services company, who was detained by ICE.<br/><br/>I donated. Hope you can, and will forward this to others who might help.<br/><br/><a href="https://gofund.me/c7abf858">https://gofund.me/c7abf858</a> 2025-06-15T18:29:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqravjwre5htw3htxu4jrphzxxjwtz4x6ltqn95cnr476m2mf9yxczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzve8ugs dayum Dashiel goin all legal realist on us 📚💙 #noir <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/666/891/869/818/068/original/a316cd3f6ad649fd.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-11T21:39:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8kxzdzr0wwcjn7jyuh7eufxnqxg5wapvp0nsq7uym97cyr0m5nrgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzv90cg9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9k5zhcypcmlzx8j4nhagv9p6xcgmc30dq4h58rvcfcq5dnglal6clp93ua'>nevent1q…93ua</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you! 2025-06-09T05:55:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqgjtu62dhrv56wywqpk90nmk3tjmd8dnsjmqfjuuf9x2k859zt5czyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzguymy2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstqx2esspfu0hs4vkdgh4wspq923gr3rhf35yjc3e6mczfssxmcrcusdge5'>nevent1q…dge5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can only find references to these Limoges Artois Bleu sets from 1986 onward. Is it possible that the ceramic color came after a fashion dye in the 1920&#39;s? 2025-06-09T05:10:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstqx2esspfu0hs4vkdgh4wspq923gr3rhf35yjc3e6mczfssxmcrczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jza7sfw0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstzyd202uxxazjg65kzvam7rwk2entn0h3gfr8nxsdfznldxxnfgsxq0svj'>nevent1q…0svj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Interesting that the American version adds an &#34;e&#34; to the end. The contemporary newspaper article indicated a much less vibrant blue for the fashion side. 2025-06-09T03:34:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstnlhvr822235ras9a6pky2959zqj8q0k8f5t3q5z8p2lwl2v9rnszyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzdxrwya In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstj9hp83mpxqnp2j2gywczzrqcjnl6453gwlqpvh047ay4x074wqs3lejxx'>nevent1q…ejxx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Got a really good response on bsky!<br/><br/>Now I&#39;m seeing a color like the fog on the Smoky Mountains? Very very delicate, more than I would&#39;ve thought. I think it goes better with the chalcedony straps he described.<br/><br/>Hammett has Tolstoy&#39;s eye for fashion.<br/><br/>(I turned up French dinnerware with bright blue flowers; didn&#39;t seem right.)<br/><br/><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/tcmwithatwist.bsky.social/post/3lqzx6fgs222u">https://bsky.app/profile/tcmwithatwist.bsky.social/post/3lqzx6fgs222u</a> 2025-06-07T18:48:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstj9hp83mpxqnp2j2gywczzrqcjnl6453gwlqpvh047ay4x074wqszyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzg7ak7a Reading The Maltese Falcon and utterly failing to find what color blue the &#34;artoise&#34; gown Brigid O&#39;Shaughnessy wears is.<br/><br/>Anyone? <br/><br/>#Noir<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-07T15:50:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxlvh4avm3p3j2e4jh207gzfhl5sgwdl27fmy8yjvp7aq2w8m0n6qzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz8q2hxw It took until ep 5, but now I understand that #Murderbot is one of the best #StarTrek properties that explicitly talks about fandom since #GalaxyQuest 2025-06-07T02:22:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxwstl4qz0mvtrw84xef9kpyx7394v7dzxdxecrumv7veumm6mv0qzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzzv5alc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyx34a27pa84uw9q24sws6s0u5ft7e2galdjcrxt9v4k2sw5x9s0qcuxf5n'>nevent1q…xf5n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, but as a person whose family hails from Achilles hometown, I&#39;m a little biased. 🤣 2025-06-06T23:29:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstyv0pzjqkye4zgjmzm0vr5yga6wxwz4watw8v6jkz784kj3w97hszyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzkgj6kk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvk2vmppga4zkt09r2ym7eghd0l8754vgpuufkdu08ny6pfcvndvgwwv02f'>nevent1q…v02f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This looks great. I&#39;m also a big fan of Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths by Bernard Evslin. It does not stint on the tragic nature of many of the stories, does not moralize or talk down, and is a model of clear, engaging prose.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.rhcbooks.com/books/47547/heroes-gods-and-monsters-of-the-greek-myths-by-bernard-evslin">https://www.rhcbooks.com/books/47547/heroes-gods-and-monsters-of-the-greek-myths-by-bernard-evslin</a> 2025-06-06T20:08:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqlvk4c98vsg04h2cwqrfqfqd5882khhkk6lcmwzxtfye9t4mjpnqzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzws0lf3 While in Spain the last couple weeks, I visited Montserrat, which has an excellent art museum. A hidden gem. A few of the paintings reminded me of Anna Karenina. I&#39;ll post them in this thread.<br/><br/>#AK2025 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> <br/>/1<br/><br/>​ 2025-05-25T13:07:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyjufl95pwcu4yynqgq97arqhmzeytp39w9ds3m3vlattnc7hexrqzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz4q97a0 I&#39;m rereading Allegra Goodman&#39;s Intuition on this flight and I had not forgotten how good it is. Even more relevant today with the purposeful destruction of the USA&#39;s scientific capacity. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-20T18:09:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdpd9muhh06f6pajrmxvnkn4tgyyceq76kdx590wgvnrf5y5lvh6gzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz2w9qt3 Ursula Le Guin, the author as Pandora, is chided by her character, the Archivist of the Library of the Madrone Lodgeat Wakwaha-na in ULeG&#39;s novel Always Coming Home,. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/534/744/724/537/882/original/0ac7f72d26a09269.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-19T13:32:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8vvx230fgxdm7980x2macgnwufwlvcjcnyjvwp44ujna2gj49kkszyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzyvqjmj i feel as if all of &#34;a visit from the goon squad&#34; has been leading up to this page and it just about killed me <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/502/646/977/122/409/original/b3413ee6c477700e.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-13T21:29:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszte4kk8g69ukrqc48wq63cq9d3q5yvplfp6m0yhy9suyd7znt23czyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzmsjq9f &#34;TEASING THE KITTEN&#34; from Ursula Le Guin&#39;s Always Coming Home for #catstodon and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/490/820/162/513/801/original/547bc7866b745b9d.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-11T19:21:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8rre9ne5l2jpnlylygwtd0cjp05smxdng5cyfx0s6kts3fzklhxczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz6h4cht Seriously, if you are enjoying #Andor this season, read #SurrenderOnDemand by #VarianFry. Ghorman is Marseilles and they&#39;ve literally named a character Varian Skye.<br/><br/>Note: Fry&#39;s lieutenant in the book goes by an alias. He&#39;s actually Albert Hirschmann, writer of of Exit, Voice, and Loyalty.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-01T19:58:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsteku9yrvv4nnr87p768a370n47nqv4jzn7vxuvvwepe8d6y520pgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jznre802 This passage from Goa: A Daughter&#39;s Story by Maria Aurora Couto reminded me of the Anne Frank house, the upper stories hidden from street view affording temporary protection from persecution. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/325/555/826/520/402/original/94c7ea4ee8de3ab3.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-04-12T14:52:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszg7m6rve4tk30gj27v6wtcu8hpuzujr7h3093l8wjjycyxrvzqvgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzk9vztz Just finished Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, Harmony Becker, &amp; George Takei&#39;s They Called Us Enemy, a graphic memoir of Takei&#39;s childhood experience in WW2 USA concentration camps. It&#39;s powerful and inspiring. The very final illustration made me laugh and get a little verklempt. Recommended. 📚💙<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-10T06:32:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp8r2279ggurldj0cw4rgafm38muhux6j4ah5x4dtupgttq3jc36gzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzq8fm7j Enjoying Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank by Eric Orner. 📚💙 <br/><br/>Here&#39;s a couple book-themed panels of Barney leaving for DC after quitting Mayor White&#39;s administration.<br/> <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/127/722/410/123/607/original/c3453bdf4468dc67.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-08T16:21:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszrpz9shu5e4xnxnqfe7qwk2fsjnqun5k5ht550aes45e4am9tqcqzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzayec23 Tolstoy to Americans, June 21, 1900<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/107/387/144/363/281/original/f40516843806ac64.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-05T02:09:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrpy3h7c5w6cs0uynglj0ynjutuujg9h2r5w2dh939xual4trheuczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz59swff In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswewp4r6te9xkpdt4nn9d3cq6y9tjkys092c98lxh03nahxg2068qszsx3u'>nevent1q…sx3u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just finished it. I can&#39;t believe it hasn&#39;t been optioned for a movie or series yet. 2025-02-07T01:46:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgyw4y5h7dryzhlvzekqr50kxxz7wrthah7w6y8yw0my78gyw0lfczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz7pw83q Finished up Grace Lee Boggs&#39;s autobiography Living for Change. What a tour through 20th Century radicalism! <br/><br/>Now reading Kate Beaton&#39;s Ducks, about her time working in the oil sands 20ya. It&#39;s a graphic novel. Very good so far.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-06T22:43:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2lpn2s9k4zk37jwmaz3nkr65659l0fffjf0vj970pr7jxa720l3gzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz8593dw I was in USAF training 10 years after Vietnam, but this was drilled into me: 𝘋𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯.<br/><br/><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3lh37kgwqt22v">https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3lh37kgwqt22v</a> 2025-02-01T01:58:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszyjrmelddhgnvvzj9ewt72cm3vv8zprqk5smt5nwfjvam8mlpetqzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzww274n With us finally having met Anna in 1.17 today, we note that we&#39;ve encountered 100 characters before we met her.<br/><br/>That is now known as a &#34;Tolstoy&#34;: the number of characters one must encounter in a work of fiction before one meets the eponymous main character. <br/><br/>100 characters is &#34;one Tolstoy&#34;. <br/><br/>For example:<br/><br/>Bridget Jones&#39;s Diary is 0 Tolstoys. <br/><br/>Nicholas Nickelby is .04 Tolstoys.<br/><br/>Nicholas Nickelby is also 40 millitolstoys.<br/><br/>Join us at <br/>#AK2025 <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-23T21:04:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyu7nqe7tf6ljrq4tx0mel3e0kk0g5n963y73dvnard35h3j9fudqzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz6uq6dk Reminder to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> that you can still join. We&#39;re at chapter 1.15, less than 65 pages in!<br/><br/>From: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub190hw6z8jyn32ekw0vxusmuxmctcg0kn2069mvj3927vxzs5zdyssj99wch" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>jack the nonabrasive</span> (<span class="italic">npub190h…9wch</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@karabaic/113715693870400847">https://mastodon.social/@karabaic/113715693870400847</a> 2025-01-22T01:54:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsplf6ewsc98l3kps04u60hg4avkce8m2zwaqcjnjs64sjfg0th2dczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzh3j2v7 Bicycles are fucking magic<br/><br/>From Goa: A Daughter&#39;s Story by Maria Aurora Couto<br/><br/>The speaker is Dr Xencora Camotim, AKA Shankar Kamat &amp; Priti Camotim<br/><br/>#bikes 🚲 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/862/661/421/042/578/original/926de246e9b9ae4b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-20T20:53:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0jt36vn98krz0pz67z72jwk7wwuf0gzzwemfr6v0hfhvr4pxa0nczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzxt2hkq &#34;Go lick a boot, Mark.&#34;<br/><br/>made me llol 2025-01-18T22:31:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz73lppssd95e9w77aaazr47ecq07wm4ynsf6697gz9jyserrexkgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzh6r93f Enjoying Kashana Cauley&#39;s The Survivalists immensely. The writing is funny and precise, the characterization well-done, and it&#39;s filled with sentences like this: &#39;At work she could stand up and announce that a legal defense plan involved killing off all the remaining giraffes of the world, &amp; no one would flinch as long as she phrased it in technical terms like &#34;reducing giraffes&#39; global emissions by pursuing a 100% elimination of their carbon footprint.&#34;&#39; <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-14T18:52:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxsgjktwa09ytrysjq38m9mrvf0pvnp9znhtwj4nhq4vamnhvf09szyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz3qfqf8 &#34;The question of race was like the power of the moon in my house. It&#39;s what made the river flow, the ocean swell, and the tide rise, but it was a silent power, intractable, indomitable, indisputable, and thus completely ignorable.&#34; James McBride, The Color of Water. 📚💙<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-07T18:52:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswlzdcfjpav9tjz5p3j9z9t9994crdekk6735mk9kta82w5wa9mmgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz46zjgu I&#39;m leading a yearlong Anna Karenina slow read on r/yearofannakarenina. I&#39;m happy to do parallel threads here, using the same prompts, if anyone is interested. Please like &amp; boost this post if you are. <br/><br/>I&#39;ll use the hashtag #AK2025.<br/><br/>It starts 1/1/25, does 5 chapters/week M-F w/weekend rollup, ends 12/3/25.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2024-12-09T14:50:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz33hvptk6r9qzws9n050lmfzncymg2x5uvds8dhr86xl399qrmfgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz88gkxh January Jones has a real Jean Wallace vibe <br/><br/>#TheBigCombo<br/><br/>#NoirAlley<br/><br/>#TCMParty 2024-11-17T06:04:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxwufm9mq00jhsygam9ujztt9u637v8kge8zj9akz85qpuj7pvufqzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz6fvpcj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9gr28x99xga2q5aer725ta8tf2akvqw06j0fgpy288gn709x3g6q52wnkj'>nevent1q…wnkj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Curious... did you ever find something? 2024-11-11T05:44:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqfgehr052r2k9xrlfsz73tj3v8x9k97tdf8pxnr7apnps7pltpnczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzj7hl4r I am something of a free immigration advocate across all borders, but if we&#39;re going to have prioritization, it should be cuisine-based.<br/><br/>You must bring recipes and share them. Maybe the meeting at the consulate is like an episode of GBBO. I&#39;m open to ideas. 2024-10-23T17:13:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdetlawuee9kk4wamje67j59tu8fg3hyfzys3z9ys9nrrn2t0pt2czyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzsq0dj5 Only 57 more chapters in War &amp; Peace and 27 of those are epilogue. I&#39;m not sure he&#39;s gonna wrap up every character&#39;s arc. If he leaves Sonya dangling, I&#39;m going to build a time machine to go kick his ass. <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2024-10-15T04:22:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs929qcaeucnvkuxcuqlyxcsv7d54nccghtfzarcm30zrvju2zh9fgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzf6l29s tired: swift boating<br/>wired: Swifties voting 2024-09-11T04:25:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstcpl09gltwk3pp844ndfwdwt8zda2ew7mt03gk9wjag67zadcscczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzgmy0hh New use case for generative AI just dropped.<br/><br/>Killing your dog.<br/><br/>cc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1e2zt6n5m6h6x0a659artfnv700kyl2nsp6v00nzyv2l5en24huustsn97d" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alex Hanna</span> (<span class="italic">npub1e2z…n97d</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15xvq07ttjr063lkf99nvm62y74w9fgkhqsehg96ynjqpmh37uukqmq0jms" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)</span> (<span class="italic">npub15xv…0jms</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/dialhforhagai.bsky.social/post/3l2bfmf7kff2n">https://bsky.app/profile/dialhforhagai.bsky.social/post/3l2bfmf7kff2n</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/006/972/643/721/182/original/98e2df54b9c6bc0b.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/006/972/643/606/018/original/8963a3cfb96cf388.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-22T18:01:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2l9kw8jl9hmc443gmhuptr6x6my7x24xyvctrrzpeq3v4pcz7s6szyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzpw2cmt It took Bon Iver performing it today for me to understand that that the song Charlie Brown is singing in this cartoon from before I was born is &#34;The Battle Cry of Freedom.&#34; I had never heard it before. And I was raised up North!<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/924/686/131/088/749/original/4cffe4f844ee9b02.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-08T05:13:08Z