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Carmen Sandiego from the 90s cartoon

Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman

Quote from Rebel of the Regency by Ann Foster: “Mary Shelley, who wrote, ‘I wish with all my heart downfall to her enemies.”

This is the kind of energy that I always want to give to and receive from my friends.
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The cover of Rebel of the Regency by Ann Foster shown from my ereader. The cover has a portrait of Caroline of Brunswick centered. She is wearing a white dress from the regency era with a white hat. Her hair in the portrait is brown. The title is graffiti in hot pink across the portrait.

For Intl Women’s Day it’s fitting I finished Rebel of the Regency by Ann Foster about the fierce Caroline of Brunswick. For as much regency histrom that I have read you would think I would know more about her, but a lot of this was new to me. Great read, very conversational, lots of fun.
#booksky

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This International Women's Day, please remember that trans women are women. Full stop. No qualifiers.

Happy International Women's Day.

Brilliant 🏆

Isata Kanneh-Mason absolutely tears through Rachmaninoff’s fiendish Piano Concerto No. 3 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

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a cat with its eyes closed is sitting on a table Alt: a tabby cat with its eyes closed is sitting on a table basking in the sun

I’’ve had a very busy week but today is a mostly down day. Hooray! It’s also the beginning of DST which I have been counting down to since January. Can’t wait to have more sunlight.
(The first week of DST is rough though, ngl)

I have watched this approximately 47 times and laughed out loud 47 times

Just requested this from my library. I love medieval history and can’t wait to read this!

ME: omg i have so much to do today

BRAIN: best i can do is none of it so that you don't feel bad for only doing some of it

ME: that doesn't make any sense

BRAIN: don't tell me how to do my job

A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

Made it to Friday but at what cost

a pack of kittens closes in a a large dog standing on a chair

David Attenborough [whispering]:

“As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”

The fact that it is not yet Friday is some high grade bullshit.

Oooooh no! I’m sure it’s a short in the wiring or something but I would still be super tempted to burn it with fire. Too bad garbage cans are so damn expensive!

A good few days for publications by long-time romance scholars @profromance.bsky.social , @jessicatripler.bsky.social and @emselinger.bsky.social:

Kamblé, Jayashree (2026). "Recolouring the romcom: humor, respectability, and race in a 1986 American category romance novel." Comedy Studies.

Congrats on the piece!
I discovered Chloe Liese this year (thanks @chessawrites.bsky.social) and the author’s belief that HEAs are for every body really shines through. A joy to read that kind of work.

Note to self: Read more Tia Williams & Talia Hibbert.

hey guys quick question. does anyone know what’s going on. with anything

LOLOL!

The world sucks, so you get a cat:
Javier Mayoral, Sleeping Cat, 2021

Obvious ai manipulation on the left. Original photo by David Batcheller on the right. Look at the wings, feather shape, head, neck and bill shape, lack of tail etc. This is way more than a filter and absolutely destroys the joy and wonder of the original.

So loads of people are sharing an obvious ai "glow up" of an actual photo. I never share ai stuff even to dunk, but in this case I'm sharing a comparison to show the problem. We have to stand against this slop at every level or it becomes normalised. They want us to stop caring. See alt text.

STAR SHIPPED by Cat Sebastian earns an A grade:

"This book is exemplary. It can literally be held up as an actual example of what a romance novel should be. I am in awe."

Full review: https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/reviews/star-shipped-by-cat-sebastian/

Welp, I’ve been influenced. Just one-clicked that with a quickness.

My Boox sitting on a chair in the sunshine with the cover of Professional Development by Kate Canterbary. The cover is a snow-covered scene with big evergreens.

“I lived in a world where I wanted my colleague so much, I plowed all the way through lust and came out the other side in the deep end of resentment.” A quote from Professional Development by Kate Canterbary

One of my last reads for Feb was Professional Development by Kate Canterbary. Enemies to lovers, coworkers sent to a PD to better work together…and boy do they. Short, fun, and hot!

Def has shades of The Wrong Guy (top-tier romance). If you loved that one, this might be for you.
#romancelandia
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Embrace the soul crushing certainty that you’ll never finish reading all the books you own. OK, now let’s go buy more books.

I’ve accepted it. Still gonna get more books #booksky

Yay! I will set it up in the next few days. 💚

Total Lunar Eclipse on March 2–3, 2026 – Where and When to See Total lunar eclipse on March 2–3, 2026: Where and when is the Blood Moon visible and what will it look like? Visibility map, animation, and local times.

🌕➡️🔴 Lunar eclipse alert!

Depending on where you are (mostly: Central/Eastern Asia, Oceania, most of North/Central America), you may be able to see a TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE ("blood moon") overnight!

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