I AM GOING TO BURN DOWN THE SHED UNLESS WE HAVE PIZZA ROLLS FOR DINNER TONIGHT

[mom sighs, rolls her eyes, writes "pizza rolls" on the grocery list for next week]

I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO BURN DOWN THE SHED

Really enjoyed Recursion. How does Upgrade compare?

a man with long hair is sitting in front of a laptop computer Alt: a man with long hair is sitting in front of a laptop computer

When the holy trinity of open-source ereading comes together:

* DRM-free ebook
* Calibre library manager
* KOReader on an ereader

#BookSky #books #reading

Amazon changes how copyright protection is applied to Kindle Direct's self-published e-books | TechCrunch Amazon says it will allow authors to offer their DRM-free e-books in the EPUB and PDF formats through its self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing. Starting on January 20, 2026, authors who ...

@tkingfisher.com Do you know if this will apply to any of your titles on Kindle? I usually buy them elsewhere where they are already DRM-free, but do have a few stragglers on Amazon that I would like to download. techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/a...

Public Domain Day 2026 in Literature - Blog Read about the new ebooks Standard Ebooks is releasing for Public Domain Day 2026!

It’s public domain day and works from 1930 have now entered the public domain in the U.S.! @standardebooks.org has titles from Agatha Christie, William Faulkner, Franz Kafka, and more freely downloadable and built to look great on your ereader. standardebooks.org/blog/public-... #books #booksky

Books read in 2025

Another year in the books! 70 read in 2025. Thanks, @thestorygraph.com! Top 5:

1. The Secret History
2. Never Let Me Go
3. A Gentleman in Moscow
4. Misery
5. The Library at Mount Char

#booksky #books

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And they spoiled Project Hail Mary with the trailer… Anyway, it looks great and the book is incredible so I’m in.

Just had a client ask me to help in removing some em dashes from her copy because she doesn’t want it to be mistaken for AI, and I just feel like we as a culture need to do more to claw the em dash back. Do not obey in advance!!!!!

Kindle Paperwhite running KOReader

Really enjoying KOReader on my Kindle so far!

✔️ epub support
✔️ gesture shortcuts
✔️ status/progress bar
✔️ progress on sleep screen
✔️ an ereader that doesn’t delete legitimately sideloaded #books

What are the bookish shows for kids today? I grew up with Wishbone and Reading Rainbow. Anything similar? #books #parents

Giving @instapaper.com a try since they’ve recently integrated with Kobo. Really great service to save articles - even offline - for later!

The Pirates ($88M) sweeping the Dodgers ($321M) this week is my World Series. ⚾️ #mlb #letsgobucs

🤘🏻

Opinion | Ken Jennings: Trivia and ‘Jeopardy!’ Could Save Our Republic

Incredible op-ed by @kenjennings.bsky.social about the importance of trivia and facts, especially now. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...

Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers As technology marches on, some people get trapped using decades-old software and devices. Here's a look inside the strange, stubborn world of obsolete Windows machines.

ATMs stuck on Windows XP and trains that rely on floppy disks. This wild. #tech 💾 www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Lol one of the CBS correspondents in St. Peter’s square said they say someone in the crowd waving a Terrible Towel @sickoscommittee.org

The Penguins moving away from Mike Sullivan is the right call, but man… so much appreciation for what he was able to do in Pittsburgh. #pens #nhl

Humble Book Bundle: Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time Experience time reimagined in the world and stories of Robert Jordan’s 14-book epic Wheel of Time saga. Read great novels and help support the ACLU!

Incredible Humble Bundle deal for #fantasy readers: all 15 books in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series for ≥ $18. DRM-free epub ebooks. Even better, purchases benefit @aclu.org! www.humblebundle.com/books/robert... #BookSky #books #kindle #kobo

Opening Day! Let’s go @pirates.com! ⚾️ 🏴‍☠️

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Price Match Guarantee | Rakuten Kobo United States Kobo offers a Price Match Guarantee. If you find the same eBook on another website for a lower price, we'll credit you the difference plus an extra 10%!

Also, Kobo will price match ebooks in many countries:
www.kobo.com/us/en/p/pric...

Super Bowl Champion Kenny Pickett #H2P

Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, predicts more winter Watch live coverage of Groundhog Day 2025 as Punxsutawney Phil makes his prediction at Gobbler's Knob.

Rise and shine, campers! The groundhog Punxsutawney Phil is predicting six more weeks of winter. www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n... #GroundhogDay

Well deserved. Now please sell me a Libra BW.

Bookshop.org now sells ebooks! While I love their mission to support local indie bookstores with every purchase, not being able to read on an ereader (e.g. Kindle, Kobo) seems like a nonstarter. Would be great to see publishers (DRM) change course on this. bookshop.org/info/ebooks #books #reading

Texas Is Enforcing Its State Data Privacy Law. So Should Other States. States need to have and use data privacy laws to bring privacy violations to light and hold companies accountable for them. So, we were glad to see that the Texas Attorney General’s Office has filed i...

TIL that my state of Texas(!) has a data privacy law. And it has actually started to enforce it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... via @eff.org

They expect us to buy all-new maps in this economy?

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Guess he’ll just have to win three more, right? Let’s go Pens.

wolf moon | noun | first full moon in a calendar year

(FYI there is one tonight)

Public Domain Day 2025 in Literature - Blog Read about the new ebooks Standard Ebooks is releasing for Public Domain Day 2025!

Happy Public Domain Day! Standard Ebooks is ready w/ these bangers from 1929 that can now be freely downloaded in the U.S.:

A Farewell to Arms (Hemingway)
Cup of Gold (Steinbeck)
The Seven Dials Mystery (Christie)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Remarque)

standardebooks.org/blog/public-... #books