Alison loves stories

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

End Times Fascism I approached End Times Fascism with bracing trepidation, fearing it would be a dark and depressing read. Instead I found a surprisingly hopeful one. Anyone familiar with Klein’s work, will not be surprised with the breadth and depth of research and reporting. Those uninitiated…

Happy #BlueSkyMonday, Susan! @sdcushing.bsky.social How are you? Will you please pour me a cup of your rich, aromatic #BlueBrew #coffee? 🌫 ☕️ 🌫 #MondayMotivation "Be an instrument of light." - Molly Hahn #Art by Molly Hahn for Buddha Doodles #BuddhaDoodles 💙✨️💙 BuddhaDoodles.com

How To Be An Informed Voter for Libraries and Books bookriot.com/how-to-be-an...

Yes! Agree! 👇

A complex, shape shifting book that travels between narrative voices, perspective, and time. All the while serving writing so beautiful and compelling I felt completely entranced.

Today’s #WalkupMusic

"-that's what loving words are for, to hold each other with them-"

There’s something to be said for how most of the political spectrum can unite around hounding some lesbians over niche drama in their spaces but huge segments of society are silent about pervasive campus rape impacting a huge population of primarily youngwomen

"... she needs to find out where these threads that run through her life come from, whence this capillary lace of human destinies."

The drama! I watched all the way through!

I’m really late to the game, but if you’ve got something you can pitch in, please help me raise some money for UNRWA’s children’s mental health programs in Palestine getinvolved.unrwausa.org/mjkranz

I think its important to understand the campus sexual assault crisis is way worse than you think. universities suspend just 1/12,400 students each year for sexual misconduct & expel 1/22,900. once you read title ix administrators in their own words, you get a sense why that is:

I want to love Rebecca Thorne’s new Moss’d in Space but I also keep finding it not Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei. Which disappoints. Definitely a me problem. Maybe better in print than audio? #Booksky #Skybrarian

Happy Dolly Parton day to all who celebrate!

1. The audiobook is exceptional, Hao narrates herself. 3. Draws together many thinkers & ideas in development of genAI tech, not just OpenAI 2. Don't want to deep dive through all the development & drama? This book is worth reading for the Epilogue and recommendations alone. #BookSky #Skybrarian

In case today feels like Muesday (Monday disguised as Tuesday) a little walk up music: Dirty Heads Better

When you begin something new and the writing casts a magical spell forcing everything else out. #Booksky

Remember: every time you repeat a story about how awfully, terribly dangerous their products are, you help them raise more investment capital, which is a key input for their business (hooking up statistical engines to money-furnaces): peoples-things.ghost.io/youre-doing-...

Hoping to finish this one today. What’s your #WeekendRead?

Happy #Muesday to all who celebrate the Tues. masquerading as Monday. May your soundtrack bang with no skips; your disasters dissipate into near misses and your day be filled with a comfortable joyous re-entry to the work week.

Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women's well-being with a benefit show featuring a women-led lineup. Her show raised $10 million and Melinda French Gates pledged another $10 million. Rodrigo said the festival's artists and activists give her hope despite the “regression of women's rights."

It doesn’t get any cuter than this, folks. 😍

Israeli restrictions on food entry are stalling recovery from famine in Gaza as malnutrition cases climb, an IPC report finds. Two-year-old Hashem Abu Mustafa, born hungry in a Rafah tent, may already be beyond saving. mondoweiss.net/2026/08/gaza...

It’s the authenticity that speaks to us; underneath, we all felt how real she was.

This one has me by the throat! @gabino.bsky.social #HouseOfBoneAndRain As group of friends try to avenge a mother's murder, they must face down a drug kingpin, an active hurricane and something much more sinister. Horror that feels like a mystery as new things are revealed. A propulsive read #Books

GOOGLE DOCS USES AI THAT TRAINS ON ANYTHING YOU WRITE IN IT, EVEN IF ITS A “PRIVATE” DOCUMENT. It’s now possible for users to get Google Docs’ AI to share information that is otherwise not publicly accessible, if it was written in Google Docs at some point. You CANNOT trust it w/ confidential info

Fascinating article because it demonstrates how reading both physically builds brain capacity and cultural capacities for true democracy. Also includes reading suggestions.

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Sending this out to whoever needs to see it: It's okay if you read slowly, there's no great victory in being able to read quickly, everyone kind of has their own reading speed, and that's perfectly fine. I'm just really happy you're reading. I hope it gives you joy at any pace. Thank you!

The Typing Lady "Believe in everything. Believe in nothing. The world is beautiful, and the world is a disaster. Accept it." A collection of character studies offering a complex glimpse into personalities that are emotionally deep, engaging, deeply intimate and achingly real. Each hinges on…