AngryAlgonquin

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Creator of "A Booklovers Guide to Independent Bookstores". Nordic/Scandi Noir, polar history & exploration fan. Museums. Libraries. Animal rescues. #bookblogger angryalgonquin.com

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My latest Guardian Books cartoon.

I have to re-post this because it's sheer perfection #Atlanta

Hey bluesky buddies, I review books at angryalgonquin.com. I LIKE BOOKS AND I CANNOT LIE. The pic below is one side of our library. My husband and I have ZERO books in common.

Welcome! — Angry Algonquinangryalgonquin.com A Book Lover’s Guide to Independent Bookstores Welcome to Angry Algonquin! I am a voracious reader (see a pic of my library below) and I love independent bookstores, so I came up with this idea to enc...

#RIP Maxine Singer

Maxine Singer, Guiding Force at the Dawn of Biotechnology, Dies at 93 #Obituary #WomenInSTEM #Science #GeneticEngineering #RecombinantDNA www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/s...

Maxine Singer, Guiding Force at the Dawn of Biotechnology, Dies at 93www.nytimes.com A leading biochemist, she helped shape guidelines in the 1970s for genetic-engineering while calming public fears of a spread of deadly lab-made microbes.

REASSURE US @lukelukeluke.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/myst...

Mysterious ‘Dark Fungi’ Are Lurking Everywherewww.scientificamerican.com The land, water and air around us are chock-full of DNA from fungi that scientists can’t identify

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For the uninitiated, Cyberdog is an underground rave clothing/accessories store that has existed in its own remarkably unchanged aesthetic of extremely “cyber 1999” for 30 years. It has expanded since my last visit, they now have a kids section AND a cyber dildo basement! Don’t ever change, Cyberdog

Had a rare day off to just wander around London aimlessly. Took in some street art inspo off Brick Lane, discovered a tiny book shop inside a canal boat, and finally reached the android guardians who stand at the hallowed gates of cybergoth Valhalla.

@lukelukeluke.bsky.social From the other place:

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#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #author #writerscommunity #authorsky

Five Great Quotations about Book Criticsinventingrealityediting.com “It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at one end of the room, it will soon fall to the ground. To keep it up, …

Quark would be SO pleased

please sign my petition to post the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition on the wall of every Louisiana classroom

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EDITOR: this passage here, where you describe in detail an inconsequential copse of trees JRR TOLKIEN: yes EDITOR: do you see any issue with the amount of detail you put in JRR TOLKIEN: ah, yes, I shall write their history as well

this one tickled my funnybone

Took me half a minute :D

I'm PLOTZING

Frens

I'm not really a religious person but I think @andrew.heiss.phd has got a hold of something here.

Every day we stray further from God’s light

I trust @graskeggur.bsky.social IMPLICITLY when it comes to #BookRecs

Creepy slow-burn intrigue... It's been fun working on this one – and it's a bonus when the ending takes the translator by surprise.

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Just one "name a song you hate"? FFS, just the 70's provided SO MUCH FODDER: Billy Don't Be a Hero/The Night Chicago Died (Paper Lace FTW) Seasons in the Sun My Ding a Ling The Streak Having My Baby Annie's Song Afternoon Delight Muskrat Love You Light Up My Life Feelings Horse With No Name

Name a song you hate: Don't Stop Believin' It's just about the only thing I don't like about living in SF. Why can't it just leave us all alone and go away?

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Here are ours!

#Gardening I MUST get some of these beauties! Purple passionflower...

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THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR IDIOMS: Austria vs France 🇦🇹 An Austrian name for a tummy paunch is Backhendl-Friedhof. It means “cemetery for fried chickens” vs 🇫🇷 An old French term for a tubby tummy is les trois plis de la sagesse, or “three folds of wisdom”* * I always knew I was wise

GOOD, they are evil and their new TOS are positively Orwellian.

US sues Adobe for hiding termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions

US sues Adobe for hiding termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptionstcrn.ch In the complaint filed on Monday, the DOJ wrote that "Adobe has harmed consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription plan without clearly disclosing important plan terms." © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal…

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A very personal Tough Love, for both the letter-writer and for me. About how the stories we tell about our lives can both hurt us and help us. ❤️ www.outsideonline.com/culture/love...

Nature Heals. But an Outdoor Adventure May Not Be the Best Way to Grieve.www.outsideonline.com Before you take an ill-prepared trip to honor your loved one, consider looking for solace in your own backyard

A few former Turner colleagues work at Trilith Studios, about an hour south of Atlanta. We got a tour from our friend on Friday. Pics are not allowed, with two exceptions. In one of the (many) soundstages used for #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Vol 3, there is a whiteboard signed by crew members. Wonderful!

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June 17 2007 Emma Townshend, Pete's first child, pens an article for The Independent about life with her father including being taken to Woodstock when she was 4 1/2 months old. #TheWho www.thewhothismonth.com

Pete Townshend performing with the cast of "The Who's Tommy" on the #TonyAwards was PRIMO! We saw the show in March and I'm STAGGERED it only got one nomination and no wins. tvline.com/lists/tony-a... via @tvline.bsky.social

Tony Awards 2024 Performances: Watch Hell’s Kitchen, Merrily We Roll Along and Moretvline.com Watch every performance from the 2024 Tony Awards, hosted by Ariana DeBose.

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Saturday was Magna Carta Day, so I missed my chance to remind you that there's some eel history lurking behind the Great Charter. Let's do it now! Famously, the 1215 Magna Carta banned fish weirs on the Thames, the Medway, & all other major rivers in England. 1/2 🗃️🧪

Turns out our new lil pond buddy is an eastern box turtle!

Name a song you hate: Don't Stop Believin' It's just about the only thing I don't like about living in SF. Why can't it just leave us all alone and go away?

Now that I've taken early retirement, I'll be posting quite a bit more. For now, my most recent books reviews for @orendabooks.bsky.social and @corylusbooks.bsky.social: First up: Jenny Lund Madsen's fresh, unusual and satirical take on the Nordic Noir. angryalgonquin.com/thirty-days-...

Thirty Days of Darkness by Jenny Lund Madsen — Angry Algonquinangryalgonquin.com Translated by Megan E. Turney | Published by Orenda Books. Now in paperback! About 20 pages into Madsen’s “Thirty Days of Darkness”, I began to harbor a strong dislike of her main character, esteemed ...

These pics make me irrationally happy

Collect them all!

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Digitization & cataloging is complete for 2,929 objects at the Université Saint-Joseph, Bibliothèque Orientale in Beirut, Lebanon, one of the largest and richest collections of Eastern Christian manuscripts photographed by HMML. Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...

#Cybertruck owners have one thing in common. I won't debase this site by stating it.

Holy shit. This thing is built like an R/C car. No, really.