Kan. Stat. Ann. §43–156 (2000) (jurors must be qualified to be electors); Kan. Const., Art. 5, §1 (person must be 18 to be qualified elector)

— Anthony McLeod Kennedy
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#lit #bookstodon #books #literature

En "El atardecer de las vidas posibles": Ella no lanzó hechizos. Rompió recuerdos, dobló el tiempo y convirtió la culpa en un arma. Algunos monstruos no matan cuerpos… devoran lo que eres.
https://fictograma.com/d/2968-el-atardecer-de-las-vidas-posibles

#books #literature #writing #cuento

https://www.wacoca.com/media/662755/ 人気Podcast『VIVA VC』がついに書籍化！投資家だけが知る「起業とお金のリアル」に迫る一冊 | 全国ソーシャルビジネス事業者データベース #book #books #ソーシャルビジネス関連記事【ai自動生成】 #書籍

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Apple Podcast 1位の人気番組「VIVA VC」がついに書籍化！岩澤脩氏が語るベンチャーキャピタルのリアル | 全国ソーシャルビジネス事業者データベース

“ABODE” is one of the most technologically advanced and gloomy locations in the “Metro 2033” universe, described in detail in Andrei Grebenshchikov’s novel Metro 2033: Abode of Dreams. Unlike the half-destroyed and dirty Moscow Metro, this complex was originally conceived as a true autonomous paradise on Earth, but ultimately turned into a giant high-tech tomb.

Architecture and Level Layout

“ABODE” is located south of Moscow, in the Shcherbinka area. From the surface, the complex looks like a huge artificial hill, the base of which is constantly shrouded in poisonous yellowish fog. Thanks to its own nuclear reactor, the bunker is completely autonomous: it has functioning sewage, water supply, air regeneration systems, and full electricity.

The complex descends deep underground and is divided into functional levels:

• Upper level: A huge transport hangar with red emergency lighting. Heavy equipment is preserved here: evacuation buses, “Tiger” armored vehicles, and “Volk” chemical protection vehicles.

• Technical floors: Purification systems and warehouses stocked with food supplies for generations ahead.

• Minus 2nd and Minus 3rd floors: Residential zones with comfortable furnished apartments. The elite and specialists in key professions lived on the third tier.

• Minus 2nd and Minus 3rd floors: Residential zones with comfortable furnished apartments. The elite and specialists in key professions lived on the third tier.

• Minus 5th floor: The highlight of the project — a large-scale imitation of a pre-war city. Under a high ceiling with a painted daytime sky, there are asphalt roads, functioning street lamps, open cafes, shops, a library, a cinema, swimming pools, and flower beds with fountains.

• Lower levels: A high-tech medical block (Minus 6th floor), beneath which lie deep technical wells and elevator shafts.

Fatal Trap: The Mystery of the Hermetic Gate

The main vulnerability of ABODE was its own security system. The massive entrance hermetic gates could not be locked or opened at will.

All of the bunker’s automation is tied to a rigid timer linked to the date of the beginning of World War III (July 6). The gates open only once every four years and only for a very short period of time. For the rest of the time, the residents are locked inside with no chance of leaving.

History

Originally, the Object was built as a large commercial logistics center with underground refrigeration units. However, one of the investors — the architect Vladimir Aristarkhovich Sannikov (later known as the Dreamer) — had foreseen the nuclear apocalypse and secretly converted the project into an autonomous ark. On the day of the Catastrophe, buses carrying the families of shareholders and residents of an elite village managed to enter.

However, the utopia never materialized. The very first years were marked by a fierce power struggle between the official Bunker Administration and the dissenting residents, who were nicknamed the “Swamp People.” The “Swamp People” uprising was suppressed by the leadership with extreme brutality: people were shot with machine guns and burned with flamethrowers.

The Dreamer himself intervened in this conflict. Having lost his young son during the coup, he faked his own death and became a secret executioner. For years, he methodically eliminated the leadership and tormented the population of ABODE, forcing them to live in constant fear.

The Curse of the “Sleeping One” and the Fall of the Bunker

The final collapse of the shelter was caused by a biological threat from outside. During the next gate opening in 2021, the daughter of the Administrator — El — broke out while trying to save her young son Nick.

The boy was taken to the safety of the Metro, while El herself disappeared into the radioactive Fog.

Four years later, during the next automatic opening of the gates, El’s living but comatose body was found on the threshold of ABODE. It turned out that a dangerous telepathic mutant had possessed her. Becoming the “Sleeping One,” El began broadcasting waves of madness throughout the entire bunker. Residents of ABODE went insane en masse, killing their relatives in their sleep or committing suicide.

Within a few years, the entire population of ABODE died out in terrible agony. The only survivor was the mad Dreamer, who for years dumped the bodies of his former neighbors down the elevator shafts and cared for the body of the Sleeping One on the minus sixth floor — until the voice in his head ordered him to go outside and bring back her (El’s) grown son.

Finale

In 2033, ABODE finally ceased to exist. Lured by deception, Nick managed to destroy the creature inside his mother, ending the mental nightmare. The creator of the bunker himself, the Dreamer, fell under mental control while trying to escape and was crushed alive by the closing multi-ton hermetic gates of ABODE, which sealed this underground city forever.

Commentary

I can’t help but note the similarity between ABODE and the Vaults from the Fallout universe.

Both are highly technological shelters, but with a “Secret.” (While Vault-Tec’s involve experiments, In ABODE, this is a hermetic seal that cannot be opened at any time.).

And in both cases, they met a rather grotesque end.

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The underground bunker "ABODE" (A location from the Metro 2033 book universe)

It's Friday and I'm #currentlyreading

https://tinyl.co/4ZhB

and the last fortnight on AustCrime:

https://tinyl.io/BoNl

#Books
#CrimeFiction
#AusCrime
#YeahNoir

@bookstodon

#literature #Books

Do you which classic book the character Jonathan Harker appears?

If you want to post your answer use the CW to hide it so as not to spoil the answer.

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Nuts" (1979) by Gahan Wilson

I just realized that yesterday was the thirtieth day since I started doing this! Time flies. ☺️

This is one of my "secret lore" books; my oldest friend introduced me to it when I was in my early teens. He also introduced me to "The Young Ones", "Young Lust Magazine" (it's a parody), and a LOT of comic books. He ended up working at Marvel and DC later on, although not at the same time.

"Those of you who remember how great it was to be a little kid, gang, don't •remember• how it was to be a little kid..."

Drawn and written by the brilliant Gahan Wilson, this book is one of the most accurate representations of what childhood was really like that I've ever seen. Which is probably why it's also the funniest.

The Kid (as he's referred to) is an ordinary kid with the usual experiences. His parents don't understand. His friends (some of them, at least) are idiots. And he WANTS things so desperately much. Toys, and candy, and comic books...

One of the things I particularly love about "Nuts" are the magazine, book, and comic book titles—literally the titles and back covers of the various books that sometimes appear. They're •incredibly• funny. "What secret power did this man possess?"

Individual strips of "Nuts" appeared in National Lampoon during their golden era. The book was rare; I treasured my copy. Luckily you can borrow it for free from the Internet Archive. And there are PDFs of it out on the high, seas, too. I'm sure the Kid would understand.

https://archive.org/details/nuts0000wils_q2w6

Happy reading! 🤓📖

#Books #Bookstodon #humor #ComicStrip #BookRecommendation
#BookRecs #QuasitBookRecs

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NUTS First panel: Remember those things that you hated so much to do that the thought of them looming was so horrible you actually wished they would happen and be over and done with? Second panel: Mr. Knudson [visible only as an insanely muscular gnarled old leg]: No sissys, there! Everybody goes up Dead Pine Tor, there! The Kid [struggling, wearing a Camp Tall Lone Tree shirt]: How do they expect me to do this every year? Third panel: Mr. Knudson: Come on, there! I see you hanging back! You want I tell your Papa? The Kid: [thinking "GOD!"]: I'm not hanging, Mr. Knudson! Fourth panel: Mr. Knudson [Visible as a giant old muscular hand pointing back]: Come on, there! The Kid [Literally clinging for his life to the underside of a cliff face, thinking]: It never was this steep before! Mr. Knudson: COME ON, THERE! Fifth panel: The Kid [plummeting to his death]: AAHHHHHHHH! Mr. Knudson: THAT'S NOT DOING IT GOOD, THERE! Sixth panel: Mr. Knudson [a giant gnarled old hand ringing a huge hand-bell]: BREAKFAST TIME! No lazy boys! 5:30! Everybody up! The bell: KLANG! KLANG! The Kid [suddenly waking up in bed]: Oh God, it was a nightmare! Oh God, the day's just started!

https://www.wacoca.com/media/662782/ 県の事業 “描いてみんね！長崎”から誕生「県内ゆかりの本」直木賞作家の作品も多数《長崎》（2026年5月21日掲載）｜日テレNEWS NNN #book #books #日テレNEWSNNN #日本テレビ #書籍

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FOGEY. Old Fogey. A nickname for an invalid soldier: derived from the French word fougeux, fierce or fiery.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

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Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FOGEY. Old Fogey. A nickname for an invalid soldier: derived from the French word fougeux, fierce or fiery. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Three cases. One body. Zero chance of staying out of trouble.
A cozy #mystery filled with twists, humor, and heart. 🕵️‍♀️
In The Accidental Detective humorous mystery series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty.
https://lttr.ai/ArYrL
#books

This is a beautiful story, wonderfully told, a timeless fantasy of the love between two sisters. #books #reviews #bookstodon #fantasy #fairytales

https://www.redheadedfemme.com/2026/05/review-river-has-roots.html

https://www.wacoca.com/media/662821/ 「私は0～6歳までの子供の時期を…」さくらももこと“ミッフィーちゃんの生みの親”の超貴重な会話とは？　さくらももこ・著『たびたび』試し読み | 試し読み | Book Bang －ブックバン－ #book #BookBang #BookBang #books #イベント #インタビュー #コミック #さくらももこ #たびたび #ニュース #ブックバン #ブックバング #まとめ #ライトノベル #ラノベ #レビュー #レビュアー #出版社 #単行本 #対談 #小説 #文庫 #新書 #新潮社 #書籍 #書評 #本 #立ち読み #著者 #評者 #鼎談

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「私は0～6歳までの子供の時期を…」さくらももこと“ミッフィーちゃんの生みの親”の超貴重な会話とは？　さくらももこ・著『たびたび』試し読み | 試し読み | Book Bang －ブックバン－

#Books #CurrentlyReading Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green. It’s a fascinating history of the disease, including various treatment regimens over the years. It’s also sad to see how stigmatized those who suffered from TB were, even if they recovered. Even families would abandon someone who had suffered with it. Still and all, though,it’s an interesting read.

I published my gay darkromance book. I just really think that it's not your usual darkromance and that it is actually very dark.
anyway this is the short resume:
A boy with a rich inner world. A man who will take everything. A storm that will destroy what's left. To bind themselves better?
#darkromance #gay #books
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GX56LFJ2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=13CJPEJPNVP08&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mw-uHfzh1lTvXzGiwuC1CPS-Qy3g7cac65_zCgfQwIo.pzXaXiQMI94oGVt-J02-UmiS

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the cover of the dark romance book called "blue storm" wher all the main protagonists are on the same page, in a post apocalyptic landscape

Been reading #RiversofLondon police procedural/urban fantasy by #benaaronovitch and really enjoying it. But, being born and raised in the US, I spend a lot of time looking up words and phrases like "the filth," "nazareth," "Asbo," etc. Fun!
#books https://www.benaaronovitch.com/

The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.

S03E04 - Vox Machinae

The Nova Sapien revealed, Schafer and Voight have the task of convincing Orin to help defend their section of the universe from The Silence.

Major Varma and Namor Skenn lead a prisoner of war rescue mission deep in UCH space. With a fleet of Poltergeist stealth ships at the ready to evacuate, it's a high-risk, high-reward mission.

https://www.ratchman.com/episodes/the-void-the-long-cold-dark-s03e04-vox-machinae

#bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books

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Illustration by Nuwan Tharaka. The HFC Agincourt defends itself from a Cadir battleship. Led by Captain Valerie Eden, the Agincourt would be evenly matched by the Cadir battleship, but the latter has been recently damaged in a confrontation with the Republic's flagship, the Liberator. The Agincourt is a Churchill-class battleship and, like all Heller Corporation warships, is vertically aligned. The main body is rectangular, with a hangar located to one side of the centre, giving it a asymmetric profile. There are also two sail-like wings, one ventral and one dorsal, that extend from the main body. The Cadir ship is a rounded triangle. Narrow at the top, and broad at the bottom with biomechanical tentacles emerging from the base. The Cadir use a mix of artificial construction with an organic resin and some biological components to give their ships a distinct look that is both metallic and bio-mechanical at the same time.

https://www.wacoca.com/media/662856/ 『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 #book #books #書籍

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中村江里子さん新刊『366日 日々を楽しむフランスの暮らし』４月10日発売！

#bookstodon #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books

The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America by Aaron Robertson #books #literature #dedication

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This is dedicated to the founders of Promise Land, Tennessee, the founders of the Shrine of the Black Madonna, and those who carry on their work

Book Review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
#ReaderCommunity #ReadingCommunity #BookCommunity #Reading #Books #BookReview #TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #comedy

http://georgelthomas.com/2026/05/22/book-review-the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-by-douglas-adams/

Something Prowling in Paradise Park is out now! It's the perfect blend of cozy #mystery, female sleuth suspense, and found-family crime solving.
"Part heist movie, part three stooges one hundred percent must read!”
https://lttr.ai/ArYwN
#books

Martha C. Nussbaum, El conocimiento del amor: ensayos sobre filosofía y literatura.

#libros #books #literatura #literature #filosofía

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Martha C. Nussbaum, El conocimiento del amor: ensayos sobre filosofía y literatura.

I wonder how long it will be before the big publishing companies sue to have all public libraries shut down?

#books #bookstodon

Dua Lipa interviews Claire Keegan, who is one of my all time favorite authors (and needs to write at least 5 more books because I have read them all), about her short story So Late In The Day and the themes of misogyny therein:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdRL491yBQs

#ClaireKeegan #books #interview #DuaLipa #feminism #misogyny #writing

The Half-God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams #books #literature #dedication

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For Veronica Ellams, Mariam Asuquo, Hadiza Alex Ellams, Claire Trévien, Annabel Stapleton Crittendon, Imogen Butler Cole, Joelle Taylor and Michaela Coel. In solidarity with women who have spoken against or stood up to male abuses of power in all its forms.

#books

Thrutopia

it has thrutopian elements because it leans on the ideas of human empathy and collective action to offer solutions amid a near-dystopian society

This new world includes collective climate action but also an elevator to space, a three-hour work day and an army run by a council of grandmothers

https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-thrutopia-9.7206857

#ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

AFTER the little party had descended from the marvellous trolley, concerning which the March Hare observed, most properly, that under private ownership nothing so safe and sane would ever have been thought of, they walked along a beautiful highway, bordered with rose bushes, oleanders and geraniums, until they came to a lovely little park at the entrance to which…

— John Kendrick Bangs
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#lit #bookstodon #books #literature

More than a decade before the Czech playwright Karel Capek coined the word "robot", there was Tik-Tok.

"Dorothy and other characters repeatedly question whether Tik-Tok is, in fact, alive."

https://daily.jstor.org/did-the-first-robot-come-from-oz/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tik-Tok_(Oz)

#essay #robots #books #literature

From the Leanpub Blog: Leanpub Book LAUNCH 🚀 Claude Code: Building Production Agents That Actually Scale by Thomas De Vos

https://leanpub.com/blog/leanpub-book-launch-claude-code-building-production-agents-that-actually-scale-by-thomas-de-vos/

#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing [#keywords]

Preview ‘Star Trek: Timelines’ – A Visual Guide To Star Trek’s Future History (Actually, Histories) https://trekmovie.com/2026/05/21/preview-star-trek-timelines-a-visual-guide-to-star-treks-future-history-actually-histories/ #StarTrektimelines #preview #Books #books

Happy release day to me!
'Welcome, Please Leave' is now available wherever fine electronic books are sold!

Wil and the Rogue Enterprises team have been hired to show Earth’s first ambassador to the Galactic Commonwealth around before his swearing in ceremony. He wants to see ‘the real GC.’

https://johnwilker.com/book/welcome-please-leave/

#books #scifi #scifibooks @reading @scifi

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An iPad displays a digital book cover against a solid black background. The cover features a futuristic cityscape at night with skyscrapers and a large, glowing purple celestial body. A spacecraft flies between the buildings, leaving a trail of orange and yellow light. The text on the cover reads, "ROGUE ENTERPRISES", "Book 3", "Welcome, Please Leave", and "JOHN WILKER". 🌱 Energy used: 0.163 Wh

"Tom, what do you suppose that strange man who looked like a French peasant, yet wasn't one, could have been up to late yesterday afternoon?"
"You mean the fellow discovered near the hangars at the aviation camp, Jack?"
"Yes. He seemed to go out of sight like a wreath of smoke does. Why, if the ground had opened and swallowed him up, once the hue and cry was…

— Charles Amory Beach
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#lit #bookstodon #books #literature

The Unwritten Job Description: How to Redesign Work and Life on Your Terms by Serena Martino

NEW CHAPTER RELEASE!

Get your copy for a great discount in the next 48 hours!

https://leanpub.com/theunwrittenjobdescription/C/chapter5

Most career advice tells you to want more, move faster, or start over. This book does something harder and more useful. It helps you figure out what you actually want, and gives you the tools to build it, without burning down what you have already made.

#books #career #executivecoaching

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

#books #literature #writing #novela

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...
https://fictograma.com/d/2967-capitulo-2-codigo-azultu-mente-necesita-aire

#books #literature #writing #novela

En "El atardecer de las vidas posibles": Ella no lanzó hechizos. Rompió recuerdos, dobló el tiempo y convirtió la culpa en un arma. Algunos monstruos no matan cuerpos… devoran...
https://fictograma.com/d/2968-el-atardecer-de-las-vidas-posibles

#books #literature #writing #cuento

ICYMI

One of my favorite stand-alone novels I've written.

"In a world where the ugliness cannot be eradicated, it only grows stronger.

The icecaps have melted and New York City stands tall on concrete stilts, protected by a beautiful dome. But beneath the dome lies a polluted, walled ghost of a city where criminals are banished to serve life sentences.

Richard Smith, a street-sweeper who once enjoyed a happy life with his wife until the government terminated their deformed child at birth. Haunted by this loss, Richard's soul is consumed by darkness.

But when a mysterious group known as Right-To-Life contacts him with a distressing message, Richard's world is turned upside down. Could his child still be alive, living among the criminals below in old New York? There's only one way to find out, and the truth may be more than society above can handle.

Fans of the Blunt Force Kharma series will love this tense and wild ride of a sci-fi dystopian novel. Don't miss out on this thrilling read from a talented author. Buy now!"

https://mepurfield.gumroad.com/l/hbxfd

#scifi #sciencefiction #bookstodon #books #punk #indie

printing humble... a video
#humble #books #printing

Fetters of Common Expectations

https://subspacewagon.systems/fetters-of-common-expectations/

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@poetry
@writingcommunity

#Poetry #PoemADay #PoetryCommunity #Poem #TodaysPoem #WritingCommunity #Literature #Songs #books #humanities #amwriting #CreativeWriting #WritersOfMastodon #writing #art #poetics #critcalThinking #community #bookstodon #humanRights #disability #SmallWeb #SupportHumanArtists

#AmericanPrestige welcomes #TheaRiofrancos for a great interview about her book #Extraction: The Frontiers of #GreenCapitalism

https://americanprestigepod.com/episodes/7058544218
#energyTransition #greenwashing #environment #lithium #lithiumMining #extractivism #geoeconomy #politicalTheory #degrowth #ecosocialism #ecomarxism #books @bookstodon

my last memory of Itamar Ben-Gvir

https://subspacewagon.systems/my-last-memory-of-itamar-ben-gvir/

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@writingcommunity

#Poetry #PoemADay #PoetryCommunity #Poem #TodaysPoem #WritingCommunity #Literature #Songs #books #humanities #amwriting #CreativeWriting #WritersOfMastodon #writing #art #poetics #critcalThinking #community #bookstodon #humanRights #disability #SmallWeb #SupportHumanArtists #Palestine #FreePalestine

branded

https://subspacewagon.systems/branded-and-staked-time/

@poetry
@writingcommunity

#Poetry #PoemADay #PoetryCommunity #Poem #TodaysPoem #WritingCommunity #Literature #Songs #books #humanities #amwriting #CreativeWriting #WritersOfMastodon #writing #art #poetics #critcalThinking #community #bookstodon #humanRights #disability #SmallWeb #SupportHumanArtists #international #ICJ #Justice #legal #law #RuleOfLaw

Are there any good books where the narrator/MC talks directly to you throughout the book, and not just tells you the story?

#books #naration

Are there any good books where the narrator/MC talks directly to you throughout the book, and not just tells you the story?

#books #naration

and that day another reluctantly comes
https://subspacewagon.systems/and-that-day-another-reluctantly-comes/

Naaman’s Cipher of Sparked Joy
https://subspacewagon.systems/naamans-cipher-of-sparked-joy/

A National Market of Wells and the Inaudible Homecoming
https://subspacewagon.systems/a-national-market-of-wells-and-the-inaudible-homecoming/

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@poetry
@writingcommunity

#Poetry #WritingCommunity #Literature #books #humanities #amwriting #CreativeWriting #WritersOfMastodon #writing #art #community #bookstodon #disability #theology #capitalism #jury

Now that I'm retired/moving soon, I have a house full of books I'll never re-read (tho keeping some faves).
I recall selling books to used bookstores for $ in the 2000s, but no more!
I wasn't looking forward to just dumping these in my recycling bin, so I'm glad I found this place called The Book Rescuers nearby. They accept donated books, records, CDs, DVDs, and sell them for $0.99, 1.99, or 2.99 (teacher's materials are free).
At least I'll be able to live w/ myself now.
#Books
#literature

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Schedule A, Section VIII, paragraph 1, of the civil-service rules, is hereby amended by the addition of the following words at the end of the paragraph:

— Theodore Roosevelt/Executive orders
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#lit #bookstodon #books #literature

School Kits, Big Impact: Inside El Salvador’s Quiet Education Push

Not just items—this is access, dignity, and a fair chance.

Dear Cherubs, there’s something oddly powerful about a cardboard box that doesn’t contain chaos, delivery delays, or “please assemble yourself” furniture instructions. In El Salvador, it contains something far rarer: opportunity, neatly folded and mildly creased.

Across the country, thousands of children have been receiving full school kits—uniforms, shoes, books, stationery, backpacks, and in some cases digital devices—aimed at reducing the everyday friction that keeps education just out of reach. According to UNICEF, such school supply initiatives are widely used in developing education systems to improve attendance and reduce dropout rates, especially among lower-income families.

THE BOX THAT CHANGED THE MORNING ROUTINE

On paper, it sounds simple: give kids the tools they need for school. In practice, it’s a quiet reshaping of daily life. No scrambling for notebooks. No “borrow a pen again?” conversations. Just a child getting ready for school without the background noise of scarcity.

The initiative has been associated with government-led education support programs in El Salvador under President Nayib Bukele’s administration, which has prioritised visible social interventions alongside broader security reforms. As noted by thisclaimer.com in its coverage of public welfare initiatives, such programs often carry a dual effect: practical support for families and a strong symbolic message about inclusion.

One widely shared moment showed a young girl opening her kit and reacting with visible excitement. Not because it was luxurious, but because it was enough. And sometimes, enough is revolutionary in its own quiet, inconvenient way.

DIGNITY, BUT MAKE IT PRACTICAL

Here’s the uncomfortable part: school supplies shouldn’t feel like a headline. They should feel like background noise. Yet in many regions, they still function as a financial barrier disguised as a shopping list.

Critics of large-scale distribution programs often point out logistical challenges and long-term sustainability questions. Fair. But supporters argue that immediate access matters more than theoretical perfection when children are currently sitting in classrooms without basic tools.

And there’s a dry irony here: we live in a world where high-tech solutions for education are debated in conference rooms, while the simplest fix—actually giving kids what they need to learn—still qualifies as a policy achievement.

The emotional centre of this story isn’t political branding or viral clips. It’s a child seeing possibility packaged in a backpack and not having to translate it into something else to understand it.

Whether one views these initiatives as transformative policy or practical optics, the result on the ground is hard to ignore: fewer barriers between a child and a classroom.

And maybe that’s the real headline nobody prints loudly enough: sometimes progress doesn’t arrive as disruption. Sometimes it just arrives on time.

Sources list:
UNICEF — https://www.unicef.org/
World Bank Education Overview — https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/education
Government of El Salvador — https://www.presidencia.gob.sv/
BBC News Education Coverage — https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cp7r8vgl2lgt

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