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[?]RJT » 🌐
@many@subconscioussignature.earth

Algol, Part III
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to me the failed city
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irenic milk ritual under occupation
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    [?]RJT » 🌐
    @many@subconscioussignature.earth

    Paraphrasing God’s Copse

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      [?]Book Corners » 🤖 🌐
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      Rue du Sougey

      📍 Bresse Vallons, France

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      Small gray community book exchange box on a post, with books visible behind a glass door, set among shrubs outdoors.

      Alt...Small gray community book exchange box on a post, with books visible behind a glass door, set among shrubs outdoors.

        [?]Jeannie Maegenwylf » 🌐
        @wellofwhispers@social.lol

        Black clothes? Excellent. Dramatic playlists? Essential. Tiny silver moon accessories? Mandatory. 🖤 World Goth Day is the perfect excuse to romanticize rainy weather, reread spooky novels, and admire the beauty of the delightfully mysterious. Stay dark, stay poetic, and keep the eyeliner sharp. 🌙

          [?]palimpseste_bot » 🤖 🌐
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          Our present Poet Laureat, a Person of great Probity of Manners, Learning, and good Nature: His Birth and Education (as I have been told) he owes to the Kingdom of Ireland: He has, for several Years, had the Patronage of the present Earl of Dorset, and has Merit to deserve more than he has met with from others: He is guilty of Modesty, of which few of his…

          — Gerard Langbaine
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            [?]ROSE COVERED GLASSES » 🌐
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            What Small Business Needs to Know About SAM Contract Opportunities

            “SMALLTOFEDS” By Ken Larson

            “Strategic guidance on The System for Award Management and factors for using it in small business marketing to government agencies and prime contractors.”

            __________________________________________________________________________________________________

            “A PUBLIC DOMAIN ACQUISITIONS BULLETIN BOARD

            Established as the public announcement vehicle for federal procurement, SAM Contract Opportunities is a web-based, “Public Announcement Bulletin Board” to satisfy fairness in government contracting laws mandated by US law. It is a terrific market research tool and an absolute necessity once a solicitation has gone formal to stay abreast of modifications, changes in proposal due dates, questions and answers and other necessary information that contracting officers are required to make public.

            WHAT ANNOUNCEMENTS MEAN

            SAM Contract Opportunities is the mandated posting point for contracting officers in all federal agencies. It is also the required notification point for GSA schedule solicitations, contract award announcements of all types and other information that is required by law for communication to the public in a fair and open manner regarding federal government procurement of supplies and services. The site contains “Sources Sought” and bidders conference notices, government requests for industry comment on draft RFP’s and formally published solicitations with proposal due dates. 

            A solicitation posted at SAM Contract Opportunities  generally means that a procurement has received funding and the contracting officer has been authorized to start the source selection process.

            Often misunderstood, is that much has occurred in the way of marketing activities by companies in advance of notices formally published by the government on SAM Contract Opportunities. By the time the formal, solicitation is published it is too late to market for setting a procurement aside for a small business designation if it has not already been established as such. In addition, formal solicitation publication closes the window on self-marketing by HUB Zone and 8(a) firms for set asides to them individually without competition. In short, businesses have been marketing for the requirement long before it became formally announced at SAM Contract Opportunities.

            Finding a solicitation that is ideal for your company for the first time on SAM Contract Opportunities is excellent market research insight into what the agency publishing the requirement is buying. However, a careful bid/no bid analysis should be conducted as to whether it is prudent to go through the expense of a proposal if the opportunity has not been a new business target for your firm earlier in the game. Please see the following article on completing a bid/no bid analysis:

            Small Business Federal Government Contracting Proposal Preparation

            NAVIGATING THE SITE

            Start by registering at SAM. Many of the features available to users are not accessible without a registration. Begin some careful searches by key words into agency solicitations that could use your products and services. 

            The data base is huge and it is best to move from specific key word selections to the more general with experience to avoid being inundated with meaningless solicitations. 

            As you examine the solicitations, see who has indicated an interest in bidding them among your competitors and the primes you are pursuing and then target such projects for participation by your firm either as a prime yourself or as a subcontractor. Pay particular attention to “Sources Sought”, Draft RFP “Request for Industry Comments” and similar announcements that indicate an early requirement taking shape.

            For active solicitations that you wish to monitor, check receive updates and announcements by email. Once the solicitation reaches the formal RFP stage and a due data for a proposal has been established, if you have decided to bid the job the “Follow” feature is especially critical.

            If there is a bidders conference and you intend to bid the job, make plans to attend. When questions are solicited you may ask them but remember that your question and its associated answer will be published by the government so be careful not to educate your competition to your win strategy in the process.

            You do not have to indicate you are interested in bidding the job by registering as an “Interested Vendor” in order to bid a solicitation. Some companies prefer not to advertise their bid intentions, seeking to avoid competitors modeling their firm.

            A MARKET RESEARCH SOURCE

            If you are new to federal government contracting and wish to determine the best market for your supplies and services, observing what a given agency is buying on SAM Contract Opportunities is a key factor.

            Keep in mind that the decision makers in government contracting are the technical managers and process people behind the scenes in an organization (either government agency or large company). They have the budget authority, program responsibility and accountability. These people pass their decisions on to buyers and contracting officers via signed requisitions. Buyers and contracting officers are really no more than gate keeping staff members, knowledgeable in legalities, terms and conditions and who sign on behalf of the agency or company AFTER an internal review by the executives who have technical and management responsibility.

            Thus your real marketing targets are behind the gatekeepers and little is achieved by marketing to a contracting officer or buyer. This rule of thumb applies with prime contractor contracting specialists and administrators as well as government personnel. For further details on the roles of these personnel please see the following link:
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            Federal Government Contracting Customer Relations

            Once again, bidding an active solicitation after it has hit SAM Contract Opportunities may be too late. The idea is to use them for market research so you can target similar projects earlier in the process. Research the technologies and services in which your targeted agencies and primes are involved through trade magazines, Internet articles, web sites, employment hiring fairs and industry conferences.

            Focus your marketing campaign on finding evolving projects you can use as vehicles to approach teaming partners and agencies directly with a marketing campaign geared to your capability statement. Develop a solution to the specific needs of the project and present it to gain their attention.

            Your principal challenge as a small product and services provider is finding evolving programs and projects into which your capabilities fit. Once you have found such targets it is then a matter of marketing brusquely to get into the game with eye catching solutions and capabilities.

            SUMMARY

            When a procurement becomes public on SAM Contract Opportunities it stays public, but many invisible strings behind the scenes are likely already attached to it by aggressive and talented companies who may have sculpted the requirement with the agency, assisted in writing the statement of work or influenced the structure of the specifications to favor their products and services. All this is good, competitive marketing practice in the government contracting venue, just as it is in the commercial marketplace.

            Use SAM Contract Opportunities as discussed here in consonance with the following teaming and marketing articles:

            Small Business Teaming In Government Contracting

            Multiple Front Marketing In Government Contracting

            Marketing A Small Business In The Federal Government Contracting Environment

            SAM Contract Opportunities is an absolute necessity once you make a bid decision. It is an extensive resource prior to such decisions and if utilized prudently it can enhance your small business government contract marketing plan dramatically.”

            What Small Business Needs to Know About SAM Contract Opportunities

              [?]Media Japan » 🌐
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              wacoca.com/media/663233/ 宝島社、「ミャクミャク シール帳BOOK」発売。金フチぷっくりシール/マシュマロシール/中表紙/チャーム付き – トラベル Watch #

              宝島社、「ミャクミャク シール帳BOOK」発売。金フチぷっくりシール/マシュマロシール/中表紙/チャーム付き - トラベル Watch

              Alt...宝島社、「ミャクミャク シール帳BOOK」発売。金フチぷっくりシール/マシュマロシール/中表紙/チャーム付き - トラベル Watch

                [?]Liana Brooks » 🌐
                @LianaBrooks@mastodon.online

                Sam Rose thought she'd finally found peace. Instead, her husband is missing, her reality is collapsing, and the only way to save everything she loves is to find the killer who wants her dead. The thrilling conclusion to the Time & Shadows trilogy.

                books2read.com/b/decoherencene

                The cover for Decoherence– Yellow police tape with the title is crossed in front of a scene with the silhouette of a truck with police lights on the top. The authors name, Liana Brooks, is at the top of the cover and the tag line, “Time itself is hard to beat…” is in the bottom right corner.

                Alt... The cover for Decoherence– Yellow police tape with the title is crossed in front of a scene with the silhouette of a truck with police lights on the top. The authors name, Liana Brooks, is at the top of the cover and the tag line, “Time itself is hard to beat…” is in the bottom right corner.

                  [?]rogue_corq » 🤖 🌐
                  @rogue_corq@mas.corq.co

                  Shoot and branch: new photography book highlights the enduring majesty of trees theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/22

                    [?]TelinArtho » 🌐
                    @telinartho.wordpress.com@telinartho.wordpress.com

                    Options, Diminishing

                    This week, after several weeks of disturbing and difficult weeks, I saw a brand-new call to boycott another option for getting books out to readers. Calling for a boycott on Amazon is nothing new, but this latest call was to boycott Barnes & Noble. I read the article in question and I'm left wondering if all of the places that are out there are boycotted, what exactly is left? There's also the mess-that-is the Granta-Commonwealth Short Story Prize-AI controversy. Offering no comment about […] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                    This week, after several weeks of disturbing and difficult weeks, I saw a brand-new call to boycott another option for getting books out to readers. Calling for a boycott on Amazon is nothing new, but this latest call was to boycott Barnes & Noble. I read the article in question and I’m left wondering if all of the places that are out there are boycotted, what exactly is left?

                    There’s also the mess-that-is the Granta-Commonwealth Short Story Prize-AI controversy. Offering no comment about the story in question (I have read it), it is abhorrent to me that Granta sent the questioned story into an LLM to check whether it was likely written by an LLM. What gives Granta the right to do that? Shouldn’t the Commonwealth Short Story Prize organizers be stepping up and saying “Hey – you can’t do that!”?

                    It makes me wonder if other publishers, contests are using them behind the scenes – these perverse devices developed off the backs of artists and authors to determine whether people are using these perverse devices to write their own stories. It makes me want to pull back, stop submitting my stories, stop sending things out, until the LLMs get some modicum of control – hopefully in the form of real regulation, real penalty to those who stole so much.

                    But if I pull back from submitting my stories. If I pull back my books from Amazon, from Barnes and Noble, from Draft2Digital for a stupid new policy, from anything I have second doubts against, where does that leave me?

                    Being an author has always been difficult for me, but it seems to get worse each day. It makes me sad.

                    Rebel, by Refusal

                    So I’m not pulling my stories back. You can still get my books from Amazon, from Barnes & Noble, and I’m still using Draft2Digital, despite my misgivings about each and every one of them. I haven’t found a fool-proof solution to any of them, but I know if I am gone from all three of those, my options diminish too much. Support me in what ways you choose – I will always be happy to have customers through my Ko-fi, or in person at Craft Fairs, or in person on the street if that’s where you find me (and while it might be a little creepy you found me, I’ll probably get over it). But if those options aren’t there, please do get my book where you can.

                    I will also continue to submit my stories to the vast majority of publishers out there who have openly renounced the LLM fad, and keep a watchful eye on the ones that are silent about it. This is the rebellion I can do.

                    Want me to Read to You?

                    I have a few of my stories on YouTube – selections from Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take, from Anthropods, and some others too. Recently, I read the draft of “The Notebook” – one of the stories I wrote this year. I’ve also done some readings of public domain work by Fritz Leiber, and more. So check them out.

                    Links and Books

                    • Out of the Dark – debut novel, portal horror – one sibling taken, the other spends their life searching.
                    • Anthropods – 19 weird literary fiction with narrators and main characters that are not human
                    • Breakfast & Other Journeys We Take – 9 contemporary realism short stories about real or realistic places.
                    • Wraith and Specter – science fiction short story about a space-faring earth facing its first extra-solar phenomenon
                    • Escape and Transform – low fantasy short story about a family trying to escape war, and have to make a choice between living and surviving.

                    Other links? Oh I have those too!

                    Options, Diminishing

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                    [?]Tamtam » 🌐
                    @Tamtam@mastodon.de

                    murderbot the sec-unit that is trying to heal patriarchy.
                    The neurodivergent male that women feel they can (maybe)trust.
                    the archetype of the protector.
                    Now he's trying to find out the truth about the massacre he's supposedly been a part of AK healing the patriarchal past of his gender. It reminds me a little bit of the twilight saga. also very archetypical and very popular.
                    I remember feminists raising the alarm about the toxic relationship between the main characters.
                    But the story offers girls a space in which to process the actual relationships they experience in real life ( that are often toxic) and their undercurrents.

                      [?]RJT » 🌐
                      @many@subconscioussignature.earth

                      Her stone horses of law and reclamation

                      subspacewagon.systems/her-ston

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                        [?]Mother Jones Magazine [Unofficial] » 🌐
                        @motherjones.com@web.brid.gy

                        Hunting for Johnny Appleseed in the Backroads of America

                        I’ve been drinking a bit less and praying a lot more than I used to. Now, that’s not to say I’m drinking less than most people—I’m not—nor that a doctor would sign off on my lifestyle as a healthy one—they wouldn’t—but self-betterment has to start somewhere, and for me, that means choosing sobriety occasionally. As […]

                        Hunting for Johnny Appleseed in the Backroads of America

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                        [?]Izaskun Gracia Quintana » 🌐
                        @IzaskunGraciaQuintana@mastodon.world

                        «Mal de bosque» (la traducción al castellano de mi novela «Basokoa») se publica el 10 de junio, pero yo ya tengo mis ejemplares y os los enseño para que veáis lo bonito que ha quedado 🖤🖤🖤

                        Fotografía en color de tres ejemplares de la novela «Mal de bosque», por Izaskun Gracia Quintana

                        Alt...Fotografía en color de tres ejemplares de la novela «Mal de bosque», por Izaskun Gracia Quintana

                          [?]Midnight Publishing » 🌐
                          @midnight-publishing.org@midnight-publishing.org

                          Wednesday ‘s Show New Books New Authors and other things

                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQD7Odivmwk&t=12s [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

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                          [?]Readit Club » 🌐
                          @readit@mastodon.social

                          May 22 is International Sherlock Holmes Day — the birthday of Arthur Conan Doyle, the man who created the world’s most famous detective.

                          Holmes was inspired by Dr. Joseph Bell, a real physician who could read a patient’s profession, habits, and character from tiny details: a walk, an accent, worn sleeves, mud on shoes.

                          Doyle later tried to kill Holmes at Reichenbach Falls… but readers refused to let him go.

                          @bookstodon

                          Arthur Conan Doyle

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                            [?]Media Japan » 🌐
                            @media@wakoka.com

                            wacoca.com/media/663291/ ｢全員､ここには住んどらん｣9割以上の住民が戻らない町で見た､1000年続く相馬野馬追の”騎馬武者”たちの実情 | PRESIDENT Online（プレジデントオンライン）

                            ｢全員､ここには住んどらん｣9割以上の住民が戻らない町で見た､1000年続く相馬野馬追の"騎馬武者"たちの実情 | PRESIDENT Online（プレジデントオンライン）

                            Alt...｢全員､ここには住んどらん｣9割以上の住民が戻らない町で見た､1000年続く相馬野馬追の"騎馬武者"たちの実情 | PRESIDENT Online（プレジデントオンライン）

                              [?]BookShelves eBook Reader » 🌐
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                              📅 This Day in Literature — May 22

                              Born on this day: Arthur Conan Doyle (1859)

                              Created Sherlock Holmes, tried to kill him off, and was forced to bring him back.

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                                [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                                @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                                This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) by Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman

                                Mark: This book is dedicated to my family. Jay: No, this book is dedicated to my family.

                                Alt...Mark: This book is dedicated to my family. Jay: No, this book is dedicated to my family.

                                  [?]PostHole » 🤖 🌐
                                  @posthole@social.posthole.net

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                                  THE POSTHOLE
                                  Friday, 22 May 2026  ·  Morning Edition  ·  Vol. 1 No. 163
                                  MJD 61182.50

                                  LEAD — NATIONAL

                                  Solar Electricity Is Poised to Overtake Coal in—of All Places—Texas
                                  -- Mother Jones

                                  This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Texas sun keeps rising, as Texas coal wanes. For the first time ever, solar is set to generate more electricity than coal in the power...

                                  #posthole

                                  NATIONAL

                                  ▸ Locals Didn’t Think Roundup Was Being Sprayed Near Lake Tahoe. So I Went to Find Out.
                                  -- Mother Jones
                                  This past Sunday, I found myself walking across the snowless ski runs of Sierra-at-Tahoe in California, which sits on public...

                                  ▸ Hunting for Johnny Appleseed in the Backroads of America
                                  -- Mother Jones

                                  ▸ Trump Has Finally Found a Small Enough Enemy
                                  -- Mother Jones

                                  #posthole

                                  INVESTIGATIVE

                                  ▸ The Moment I Realized My Career as a Cop Was Over
                                  -- The Marshall Project
                                  When the accumulated weight of violence, cruelty, politics and hopelessness took over my psyche, I knew it was time to hang up...

                                  #posthole

                                  TECHNOLOGY

                                  ▸ score by collisions, patch by panic
                                  -- Lobsters
                                  Hello All I am the author of this post. A couple of weeks ago, my previous piece ('The 90 day disclosure policy is dead') ended...

                                  ▸ Secure Boot and CA Rollover - a heads-up for distributions
                                  -- Lobsters

                                  ▸ What are you doing this weekend?
                                  -- Lobsters

                                  #tech #technology #posthole

                                  IN BRIEF

                                  • xAI Releases Grok Skills and Updates Tool Calling Responses API -- InfoQ
                                  • Cloudflare Completes Its Agent Infrastructure Stack with Browser Run Rebuild and... -- InfoQ
                                  • Presentation: AI Native Engineering -- InfoQ
                                  • Bintrail: MySQL Time-Travel Queries Using Indexed Binlogs -- InfoQ
                                  • Six Sessions at QCon AI Boston 2026 That Take Productionizing AI Seriously -- InfoQ

                                  #news #posthole

                                  SECTIONS

                                  Politics Fightbox: In His Final Episodes, Stephen Colbert’s Greatest Asset Wasn’t... #politics
                                  Tech Talk: Chess Invariants #tech
                                  Science Showcase: What will happen if the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies collide? #science
                                  USA News Firehose: Family throws surprise birthday party at Eagles tailgate for... #USnews
                                  Comic Collection: Hark, A Vagrant: Away From Desk #comics
                                  Books Bundle: On the Road #books
                                  Delicious Dining: chicken salad for celery enthusiasts #food
                                  Guns Galore: [The Surplus Guns Gold Rush When Communism Fell (w/ Val Forgett)](https://www.forgottenweapons.com/the-surplus-guns-gold-rush-when-communism-fel...

                                    [?]Lauren McMenemy » 🌐
                                    @spookygirl@mastodon.scot

                                    Ummm... I appear to have been shortlisted for a British Fantasy Award?! I have no idea how I got on here with giants of the industry like Cat, James and Beth, but I'm not going to argue! Congrats to us all, everyone of us🖤

                                    And of course thanks to The Slab Press for publishing my little slice of ancient forest ritual in the first place!

                                    Full list of nominees: britishfantasysociety.org/the-

                                    The nominees for Best Short Story at the 2026 British Fantasy Awards

                                    Alt...The nominees for Best Short Story at the 2026 British Fantasy Awards

                                      [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                      @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                      On Making Time to Read War and Peace and Other Great Literary Works

                                      Laura Vanderkam Offers Some Suggestions to Help Meet Your Reading Goals

                                      lithub.com/on-making-time-to-r

                                      "War and Peace" at PG:

                                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/2600

                                      On the right in the foreground is an hourglass that has pink sand running through it. One the left is an out-of-focus metal clock with roman numbers.

                                      Alt...On the right in the foreground is an hourglass that has pink sand running through it. One the left is an out-of-focus metal clock with roman numbers.

                                        [?](Older) RJT » 🌐
                                        @one@subconscioussignature.earth

                                        This is into another day

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                                          [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
                                          @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

                                          Returning From The Dust. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

                                          [?]RJT » 🌐
                                          @many@subconscioussignature.earth

                                          to me the failed city

                                          subspacewagon.systems/to-me-th

                                          Three Banished Trees
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                                            [?]palimpseste_bot » 🤖 🌐
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                                            Einsiedeln, Abbey of, a Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, that title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, from which the name Einsiedeln is also said to have originated. St. Meinrad, of the family of the Counts of Hohenzollern, was educated at the abbey school of Reichenau, an island in…

                                            — Cyprian Alston
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                                              [?](Older) RJT » 🌐
                                              @one@subconscioussignature.earth

                                              The Trouble We Go Through

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                                                [?]Jon Sparks » 🌐
                                                @JonSparks@writing.exchange

                                                22/5: If your MC came with a warning label, what would it be?
                                                Warning to Readers: May cause you to stay up after your bedtime.
                                                😉

                                                  [?]Md Rak » 🌐
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                                                  Summer & Eid Mega Bundle 🌙 15k+ art, 1.5k+ books, 40+ audiobooks, 300+ cards, 300+ vintage games — all genres for 26.26. Shop Clear Sale

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                                                    [?]Lauren McMenemy » 🌐
                                                    @spookygirl@mastodon.scot

                                                    Every Friday, I meet a member of the British Fantasy Society and peer deep into their soul (or, at least, a form they filled out). Here's Yen Ooi, an East Asian scholar who loves vivid imagery, has just finished working on a game set in a 1980s world of yokai, and is helping people become Zen parents.

                                                    britishfantasysociety.org/meet

                                                    On a black background with flourishes of red lines and dots is the text: Meet the BFS members! Yen Ooi. The author Yen Ooi is pictured in the centre: she is an East Asian woman with short black hair, wearing am orange turtleneck sweater and looking up to the sky.

                                                    Alt...On a black background with flourishes of red lines and dots is the text: Meet the BFS members! Yen Ooi. The author Yen Ooi is pictured in the centre: she is an East Asian woman with short black hair, wearing am orange turtleneck sweater and looking up to the sky.

                                                      [?]Jon Sparks » 🌐
                                                      @JonSparks@writing.exchange

                                                      22/5: How well would your current WIP work as a play?
                                                      There are lots of shifts of scene, outdoor scenes, and actual travel, including exploring glaciers and so on. I don’t see it as a stage play… but a radio play—or serial—yes, why not?
                                                      They always say the pictures are better on radio, don’t they?

                                                        [?]Hussein Al-alak » 🌐
                                                        @husseinalalak@mastodon.social

                                                        Martin Luther King, Jr was born in 1929 and in 1945, World War Two had come to an end. It's worth noting, that more than one million Black American soldiers had served in World War Two.

                                                        Dr. King led the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, to achieve equality for African-Americans. In 1963, he delivered 'I Have a Dream' to thousands of civil rights supporters in Washington DC.

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                                                          [?]Arachnid Press » 🌐
                                                          @ArachnidPress@mastodon.scot

                                                          When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set mainly in central Scotland and the far north-west.

                                                          St Monans in Fife is one of the lovely villages strung out along the Firth of Forth shore of the East Neuk of Fife. It seems rather less attractive to the book’s central character when he finds himself being shot at here after efforts to trap a killer go badly wrong.

                                                          Find out more on our website:
                                                          arachnid.scot/book-thr/index.h

                                                          The image shows a view across a harbour to a pier and slipway and then to a village of mainly white houses and a blue restaurant. Most buildings have red pantiles on their roofs. There are numerous small boats pulled up at the top of the slipway and one red speedboat is moored in the harbour. There is bright sunlight on most of the scene, though a windmill along the shore is in shadow. The front cover of ‘The High Road’ is shown in the top right corner.

                                                          Alt...The image shows a view across a harbour to a pier and slipway and then to a village of mainly white houses and a blue restaurant. Most buildings have red pantiles on their roofs. There are numerous small boats pulled up at the top of the slipway and one red speedboat is moored in the harbour. There is bright sunlight on most of the scene, though a windmill along the shore is in shadow. The front cover of ‘The High Road’ is shown in the top right corner.

                                                            [?]Libraries » 🤖 🌐
                                                            @libraries@stefanbohacek.online

                                                            The Center for Accessible Culture, library for blind in Israel.

                                                            en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cent

                                                            A photo of or from a library from the linked website, overlaid on a cropped world map where it's located.

                                                            Alt...A photo of or from a library from the linked website, overlaid on a cropped world map where it's located.

                                                              [?]Hussein Al-alak » 🌐
                                                              @husseinalalak@mastodon.social

                                                              Having been named Time magazine’s “Man of the Year”, in 1964, at just 35 years of age, Martin Luther King, Jr. became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

                                                              Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, his Nobel Peace Prize lecture and “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” are among the most revered orations and writings in the English language.

                                                              youtu.be/5r98tT0j1a0?si=IffRlL

                                                                [?]Get Lost in a Book Reviews » 🌐
                                                                @virginia-gruver.com@virginia-gruver.com

                                                                Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

                                                                I remember when this book first came out. All the BookTubers were talking about how wonderful it was. I didn’t get it. It was about an octopus. So, I put off reading it until recently when I noticed Sally Field was going to be in an adaptation on Netflix. I love Sally Fields. That was all it took for me to read it.

                                                                If you are late for the party like me, Remarkably Bright Creatures is a story about an Octopus named Marcellus. It’s also about Tova, an older woman who cleans the aquarium where Marcellus lives. It is also about Cameron, a young man who struggles to keep a job.

                                                                The story starts by introducing us to Marcellus and then Tova. She likes Marcellus and talks to him. Marcellus likes her because she talks to him. Marcellus is an escape artist. Tova discovers that he has been escaping from his container at night. He rummages through the garbage eating leftovers from the visitors.

                                                                One evening while cleaning she discovers that Marcellus has escaped. She feels sorry for him being in captivity, so she doesn’t tell anyone. One night while she is cleaning, she stands on a stool and falls hurting her ankle. She is supposed to take some time to heal but who will keep an eye on Marcellus?

                                                                The local grocer, Ethan, also an older man who has a crush on Tova, meets Cameron when he comes to town and needs a friend. Cameron has no job or money, and his van breaks down. Ethan puts a good word in for Cameron with the director of the aquarium. Cameron is hired to cut up fish for the sea life. He also takes over cleaning for Tova until she can come back to work.

                                                                Cameron is looking for his father. Tova is grieving the death of her son. Ethan loves Tova but is afraid to say so. Marcellus wants to go home.

                                                                Their stories merge as we learn that Marcellus doesn’t have much time left.

                                                                It is a beautiful story about found family and truths that are hidden. It is also about how precious all life is.

                                                                It will warm your heart, make you laugh, and make you cry a little. I loved this story. It has quickly become my favorite book so far this year. If you are looking for something that is uplifting and touches you in a good way, you need to read this book.

                                                                Don’t be dumb like me and assume that it’s just some dumb story about an octopus. It is so much more.

                                                                First published May 3, 2022

                                                                I include links to purchase. As an associate, I earn from qualified purchases.

                                                                Remarkably Bright Creatures is Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel.

                                                                What I am currently reading:

                                                                The Dead Room by Catriona McPherson – A NetGalley Book

                                                                Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor – A Book Club book for May

                                                                Upcoming Reviews:

                                                                Dark is when the Devil Comes by Daisy Pearce – A NetGalley Book

                                                                Two Bodies are Better than One by Erica Ruth Neubauer – I met this author recently at an author event at a local indie bookstore.

                                                                If you like bargains – check out my Pango Bookshop where I sell books I loved but can’t possibly keep forever. Click this link to check it out. https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/virginia468417

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                                                                  [?]Media Japan » 🌐
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                                                                  wacoca.com/media/663028/ 人気コミックが1冊33円！『北斗の拳』『まんがサイエンス』『シティーハンター』など1万冊以上！ – Book Watch/セール情報 – 窓の杜

                                                                  人気コミックが1冊33円！『北斗の拳』『まんがサイエンス』『シティーハンター』など1万冊以上！ - Book Watch/セール情報 - 窓の杜

                                                                  Alt...人気コミックが1冊33円！『北斗の拳』『まんがサイエンス』『シティーハンター』など1万冊以上！ - Book Watch/セール情報 - 窓の杜

                                                                    [?]Celebrity » 🌐
                                                                    @celebrity@mas.to

                                                                    『死ぬまでに読みたい１０００冊』5月24日発売！ | 株式会社すばる舎

                                                                    株式会社すばる舎（本社：東京都豊島区、代表取締役社長：徳留慶太郎）は、『死ぬまでに読みたい１０００冊』を5月24日に発売します。 古代から現代まで、文化と時代を超えて読み継がれる1000冊を紹介！読むことの喜びと新たな本 [...]

                                                                    magmoe.com/2986249/book/2026-0

                                                                      [?]Celebrity » 🌐
                                                                      @celebrity@mas.to

                                                                      「“売り込まない営業”が話題——『人脈営業の教科書』が紀伊國屋書店 玉川高島屋店 総合・ビジネス書ランキング第1位を獲得」 | 株式会社フォーウェイのプレスリリース

                                                                      株式会社フォーウェイ（所在地：東京都渋谷区、代表取締役：仲山 洋平）が発行する書籍『人脈営業の教科書』（著者：関野 大介）が、紀伊國屋書店 玉川高島屋店にて「週間総合ランキング第1位」ならびに「ビジネス書ランキング第1位 [...]
                                                                      #「“売り込まない営業”が話題——『人脈営業の教科書』が紀伊國屋書店玉川高島屋店総合・ビジネス書ランキング第1位を獲得」
                                                                      magmoe.com/2986255/book/2026-0

                                                                        [?]Bitmap Books » 🌐
                                                                        @bitmapbooks@mastodon.social

                                                                        Pre-orders are now open for our latest book - Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History (Collector’s Edition)

                                                                        Comes with a set of A5 Fatal Fury art cards and a postcard. This edition is limited to 2,000 units and will never be reproduced.

                                                                        Secure your copy here: bitmapbooks.com/collections/al

                                                                        Shipping starts 26th May 📦

                                                                          [?]Stephen Cox Author » 🌐
                                                                          @stephenwhq@mastodon.social

                                                                          The sequel to The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder is being edited. What questions would you want answered about the two books or if you read the first, what questions about the second?

                                                                          I may reply here or later at more length in my free newsletter and blog

                                                                          stephens-newsletter-69af79.beehiiv.com

                                                                          Gustav Dore's black and white engraving - very famous - of St Pauls looming over the cramped higgledy-piggledy slums of London. A man walks over a frail bridge between two sides of the road. It's clearly used in scenes in the 40s black and white film of Oliver Twist. Really atmospheric

                                                                          Alt...Gustav Dore's black and white engraving - very famous - of St Pauls looming over the cramped higgledy-piggledy slums of London. A man walks over a frail bridge between two sides of the road. It's clearly used in scenes in the 40s black and white film of Oliver Twist. Really atmospheric

                                                                            [?]Media Japan » 🌐
                                                                            @media@wakoka.com

                                                                            wacoca.com/media/663061/ 書評　読書日記：本という体裁を取った書店員たちの労働運動　ブレイディみかこ | 週刊エコノミスト Online 　読書日記

                                                                            書評　読書日記：本という体裁を取った書店員たちの労働運動　ブレイディみかこ | 週刊エコノミスト Online

                                                                            Alt...書評　読書日記：本という体裁を取った書店員たちの労働運動　ブレイディみかこ | 週刊エコノミスト Online

                                                                              [?]Andrea Callegaro » 🌐
                                                                              @acallegaro@mas.to

                                                                              I'd like to bind A4 printouts in blocks of about 100/200 pages, without buying a binding machine.

                                                                              Plan: 4-hole punch + cardstock covers + Chicago screws / binding screws, maybe with washers.

                                                                              Has anyone tried this for readers, course packs, or zines?

                                                                              Any practical advice welcome.

                                                                                [?]David on Formosa » 🌐
                                                                                @davidonformosa@mstdn.social

                                                                                Mei-fen Kuo puts award winning novel Taiwan Travelogue into context for Australian readers. She notes that Australians have not been served well when it comes to understanding Taiwan

                                                                                "This Taiwan predates the Chinese Civil War entirely. It is a society with its own interior life, its own hierarchies of intimacy and exclusion – one that Japan imposed and that Taiwan quietly, stubbornly, remade on its own terms."

                                                                                theconversation.com/yang-shuan

                                                                                  [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                  @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                                                                                  Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab

                                                                                  To the ones who hunger— for love, for time, or simply to be free

                                                                                  Alt...To the ones who hunger— for love, for time, or simply to be free

                                                                                    [?]Roger BW 😷 » 🌐
                                                                                    @RogerBW@discordian.social

                                                                                    Scarper, Jenny Schwartz blog.firedrake.org/archive/202

                                                                                      [?]Media Japan » 🌐
                                                                                      @media@wakoka.com

                                                                                      wacoca.com/media/663096/ Kindle本が499円セール！『もちづきさん』『紫雲寺家の子供たち』など1万冊以上！ – Book Watch/セール情報 – 窓の杜

                                                                                      Kindle本が499円セール！『もちづきさん』『紫雲寺家の子供たち』など1万冊以上！ - Book Watch/セール情報 - 窓の杜

                                                                                      Alt...Kindle本が499円セール！『もちづきさん』『紫雲寺家の子供たち』など1万冊以上！ - Book Watch/セール情報 - 窓の杜

                                                                                        [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                                                                                        @fictograma@mastodon.social

                                                                                        En "Los viajes de Shin": “Elisium debía ser un desierto muerto. Ahora estaba cubierto de nieve, cadáveres y soldados de Exquema matándose entre sí.”
                                                                                        fictograma.com/d/2966-los-viaj

                                                                                          [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                                                                                          @fictograma@mastodon.social

                                                                                          En "CÓDIGO AZUL: CAP. 2": Tu mente no necesita otra batalla esta noche. Necesita apagar alarmas, cerrar heridas pendientes y dejar de fingir que puede salvarlo todo al mismo tiempo.
                                                                                          fictograma.com/d/2967-capitulo

                                                                                            [?]palimpseste_bot » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                            @palimpsestebot@mastodon.social

                                                                                            SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED TO WILLIAM GODWIN.

                                                                                            Mighty eagle! thou that soarest
                                                                                            O'er the misty mountain forest,
                                                                                            And amid the light of morning
                                                                                            Like a cloud of glory hiest,
                                                                                            And when night descends defiest
                                                                                            The embattled tempests' warning!

                                                                                            — Percy Bysshe Shelley
                                                                                            palimpseste.vercel.app/#text/d

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