Mike Sakasegawa

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Photographer, writer, podcaster. Host of Keep the Channel Open and LikeWise Fiction. Always tired. He/him.

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There were things I liked about this one—the best friend is very funny, the dynamic between the heroine and her daughter, and between her and her grandparents—but I'm coming to wonder if I'm just not that into contemporaries when it comes to romance. bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #BookThoughts 📚💙

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The Soulmate Equation a book by Christina Laurenbookshop.org INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Writing duo and reigning romance queens Christina Lauren are back with The Soulmate Equation, their most ambitious book to date." --PopSugar "A sexy, science-filled...

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this was a really fun one, listen to this podcast!

Ill omens abound as war continues in House of the Dragon episode five. @ivanhernandez.bsky.social and @redscott.com talk dragon heads, bad dreams, worse castles, burnt kings, new administrations, war crimes, and societal misogyny. #HouseOfTheDragon #HOTD boarsgoreandswords.com/2024/07/15/h...

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all my Skrillexes live in Skrilltexas

If that sentence is fully comprehensible to you, I think it’s really important to have both people in your life who do understand it and people who don’t. The former so you know you’re not alone, the latter so you understand that your internet bubble is, indeed, a bubble.

I saw a TikTok saying “hawk tuah girl milkshake ducked on X” is hypothetically a sentence that could be uttered and have meaning. I sent it to several friends and it’s been real enlightening to see which friends and how many understood it. (Pls note: afaik hawk tuah girl hasn’t milkshake ducked.)

Good evening

This is so niche and I love it so much

when someone says "uh" six times in a row on a podcast it looks like a rock skipping across a pond

This book is set in San Diego and the characters keep going to or talking about places I know, and it is so distracting. Is this how New Yorkers feel all the time?

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I really like what Daniel is doing by telling the same story through different viewpoints, but instead of different individual POVs, using class as the distinction. And particularly how that subverts or works across genre norms. bookshop.org/p/books/blad... #BookThoughts 📚📚

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Blade of Dream a book by Daniel Abrahambookshop.org From the New York Times bestselling author and co-author of The Expanse comes an "atmospheric and fascinating" novel that unfolds within the walls of a single great city, over the course of one tumult...

It finally happened. My phone autocorrected “duck” to “fuck.”

Just FYI, you can sing the phrase “Don’t you fucking tell me what to do” to the tune of Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.”

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This was a really nice recipe. I had to sub cod for the halibut, and I couldn’t find Calabrian chilis so I subbed piquillo peppers. So, somewhat different and less spicy, but still very nice. justinesnacks.com/breaded-hali...

Good evening. I’ve been making dinner and I don’t care to know anything else about anything.

Breaded Halibut over Sungold Tomatoesjustinesnacks.com I love an one-pan meal that makes people say “how on earth was this made in one pan?” I also love an unfussy recipe that still makes you feel like you are cooking something wholesome, balanced and fla...

Good evening. I’ve been making dinner and I don’t care to know anything else about anything.

This is such a useful labeler

Choose subscribe & block. It's not all of them, but it helps.

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for those who listen to their podcasts on YouTube I finally set up a YouTube channel for Between the Covers (and Crafting with Ursula): www.youtube.com/channel/UCng...

Between the Covers Podcastwww.youtube.com Between the Covers, hosted by David Naimon, is a podcast of long-form literary conversations

Summer surge is well under way in San Diego county. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/07/11/c...

County increases testing, UCSD Health workers return to masking as COVID surgeswww.sandiegouniontribune.com Continued increase in activity from two new variants spurs response in San Diego

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just used some remote control vibrating anal beads to win a hot dog eating contest

On the one hand, I am at work today. On the other hand, one of my coworkers brought his corgi to the office today. So, you know, things aren’t all bad.

It's been 6 years since I saw that lemon rolling down the hill, which happened on the 20th anniversary of my grandfather's death, and I still kind of can't get over the coincidence.

I woke up this morning and chose Viennetta.

I woke up this morning and chose violins

It's not so much that I'm despairing as a recognition that neither the world nor any person really needs my analysis or opinion on world events, and all a post of mine can really do is disappear into the ether, start an argument, or maybe make one or two people nod, if they already agree with me.

I keep having all these thoughts about our current political situation and then almost posting them, and then thinking "You know what, what is the fucking point." Is this... is this growth?

Happy Lemonversary to all who celebrate 🍋

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It’s interesting to be reading this series just after the first book of the Kithamar trilogy. They’re not the same but I feel like they’re interested in some of the same things. Maybe? Anyways, I’m looking forward to seeing how this series concludes. bookshop.org/p/books/shor... #BookThoughts 📚📚

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Shorefall a book by Robert Jackson Bennettbookshop.org As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant novel from the Hugo-nominated author of Foundryside and the Divine Cities trilogy. "An absolutely wild ride . . . Fou...

I feel like I hear a lot of parents of teens say something like "This is the thing that nobody told us, how hard this part is." Which, yes, it is very difficult. But also I kind of feel like that is the main thing that parents of teens talk about. Like, I've been hearing it since I was a teen myself

More and more I'm realizing that what I want from social media is actually a private Discord/Slack. Or maybe a group text.

Who all's ready to go back to literal corporate hell? 🙋‍♂️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULC9...

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