@johannaabreu
Writing a novel set in Berlin in 1949. Short story writer (words in Green Hills Literary Lantern, Amarillo Bay, Paragraph Planet, Visual Verse) Berlinerin, Mom, winter swimmer, improv comedy beginner...
ON TOP of the ethical reasons to not use AI, it's also
1) bad at what it does
2) literally makes you stupider
3) has HUGE environmental costs: every search is equivalent to pouring out an entire bottle of water. It's not worth it to generate a cutesy emoji or have it write an error-riddled draft.
π¨ The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this.
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...
Will try it too!
"This bill highlights a truism: In the United States, racism has always gone hand in hand with the concentration of wealth among the very richest people."
β‘οΈ "This fascist regime requires our capitulation to enact their agenda." β Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social
Teachers continue to teach truthfully, encourage critical thinking, & refuse to capitulate.
They need our loud & visible support. Join the #TeachTruth Day of Action on June 7 β¬οΈ
Happening this weekend!
www.literaturszene.berlin/en/industry-...
Tonight from 19.30
Propeller Publishers and The GAF proudly present:
HEY-HO!
HERE ARE SPARROW
and VIOLET SNOW
Two absolutely amazing personalities from the core of New York underground are visiting Berlin with a stop at ivallanβs.
...and the friends (and strangers) who always have an open door for us.
A shout-out to all of us who cry in public! ππ₯²
What fresh garbage is this on this Monday morning...?π€’
β[β¦]stories by new male authors are often overlooked, with a perception that the male voice is problematicβ, according to Cook.
[β¦]Cook told The Bookseller: βThere has never been an independent publisher that champions literary fiction by men.β
2 buns snuggling
Everybunny needs a bun for a pillow
Happy Independent Bookstore Day!
Help us reach 10K followers on Bluesky.
We provide free people's history lessons, Teach the Black Freedom Struggle classes, Teaching for Black Lives study groups, book giveaways, this day in people's history posts, & we organize to defend the right to teach truthfully.
www.zinnedproject.org
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we donβt have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please donβt promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
Feeling the love for slowpoke writing.
Join us in Berlin for Introduction to Trans Literature for Writers with the brilliant Lukas Reimann πβοΈ
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April 26th. Still spots available.
π www.thereaderberlin.com/weekend-work...
#TransLiterature #WritingWorkshop #BerlinWriters #TheReaderBerlin
Searching train ticket prices to Paris - definitely don't want to miss this.
#davidhockney
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More stories being erased, today in Magdeburg, Germany. The Stolpersteine, which remember the Jewish families at the homes where they lived before their expulsion and murder by the Nazis, are being stolen. Donations to the www.stolpersteine.eu can help to replace them. #Germanhistory
The erasure continues...
I just saw there's a new documentary film on Hildegard Knef - "Ich will alles".
Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.
An image of and quote from Harriet Tubman have been removed from a National Parks webpage about the βUnderground Railroad,β following several prominent changes to government websites under the Trump administration.
The 30th #WomensPrize for Fiction shortlist is here! We are thrilled to bring you six brilliant books that explore the need for personal freedom and human connection, illustrating the ways in which autonomy, love, and friendship can act as a salve to lifeβs challenges. Learn more: bit.ly/4ceZ5oY
Zazu Nova at a Gay Liberation Front Meeting, 1970. Photo by Diana Davies / New York Public Library Zazu Nova, a black woman, sits on top of a table at a Gay Liberation Front meeting in 1970. A black bar covers her face with text that reads "this history has been censored".
Photo: protesters for Women's Suffrage demonstrate in front of the White House in 1917, courtesy of Indiana University. Text reads: National parks preserve the stories of ALL Americans
NPS photo: Liberty Bell with Independence Hall in the background. The metal bell is supported by a wood & metal stand and sits in an airy atrium. The rear wall of the atrium is entirely glass adn looks out upon Independence Hall. Text reads: Stories of people enslaved by our founding fathers. Native Americans murdered or removed from stolen lands. Black Americans killed because of their skin color. Industrial workers fighting for labor rights. Women prepared to die for their right to vote. Queer and transgender people committed to LGBTQIA+ justice
Photo: NPS. Civil Rights protesters in Alabama. Text reads: Park Rangers are facing barriers to sharing many of these stories. Across the National Park Service we've seen: webpages removed, exhibits altered, social media posts rejected, and public programs cancelled. This should alarm you. NPS employees pride themselves on providing accurate, well-researched, nonpartisan perspectives on American history.
"DARKNESS CANNOT DRIVE OUT DARKNESS; ONLY LIGHT CAN DO THAT.
HATE CANNOT DRIVE OUT HATE; ONLY LOVE CAN DO THAT."
We stand committed to accurately portraying American history, with empathy and inclusion and respect and truth and love.
We're doing a lil improvised, sing-a-long Little Shop of Horrors in Berlin this weekend. Can't wait playing the role that inspired my (persisting!) dentist phobia.
As Mariam Kaba said, "hope is a discipline."
As VΓ‘clav Havel said (well before he helped liberate his country from totalitarianism), βHope is β¦ is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something is worth doing, regardless of how it turns out.β
I love a novel with a good art history scandal!
7 or 8? I loved the Ramona the Pest books and wrote the author Beverly Clearly telling her I wanted to be a writer too.
NEW: Elon Muskβs X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last nightβs massive demo against Erdoganβs government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem Δ°mamoΔlu.
πΉπ· #Turkey
Morgen ist wieder #Indiebookday! Ihr sucht noch Inspiration fΓΌr euren Einkauf? Vielleicht ist ja bei den 47 Indiebooks aus insgesamt 32 verschiedenen unabhΓ€ngigen Verlagen, die seit dem letzten Indiebookday bei uns in der LettrΓ©tage vorgestellt wurden, genau das richtige fΓΌr euch dabei!
