The Importance of Being Scared: Polish Nobel Laureate Wisława Szymborska on Fairy Tales and the Necessity of Fear “Andersen had the courage to write stories with unhappy endings. He didn’t believe that you should try to be good because it pays … but because evil stems from intellectual and emotiona…

The importance of being scared – Polish Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska on fairy tales and the necessity of fear www.themarginalian.org/2026/04/12/w...

This infuriating attitude shows up on the bookshelves in learning environments, too. We expect girls to empathize with boys, but we kneecap every opportunity to let boys empathize with girls. And look where we are.

Little & Friedman will discuss the Mayan Ch’ol language, share video & audio of Peñate reading the poems in Ch’ol, and read their translations.

The Floating Bookshop
3 NW 9th
downtown OKC’s bookstore

Thursday, April 16 @ 6:30, we welcome Carol Rose Little & Charlotte Friedman, translators of “From Lightning’s Strike,” by Juana Karen Peñate, for an extraordinary night of world literature.

It’s time once again for “you do not need to share the horrors in order to communicate that they are horrible. You do not need to imbibe the horrors to bear witness to them. Be kind to yourself and others right now.”

You know what doesn't get its support unceremoniously pulled by a tech company? Fuckin' books, brother

As good a time as any to be reminded that EFF *is* here on Bluesky. 🦋

Buoyant News from The Floating Bookshop | Substack A periodic newsletter from The Floating Bookshop, downtown OKC’s bookstore, located in historic Automobile Alley, and open 7 days a week. Click to read Buoyant News from The Floating Bookshop, a Subst...

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be kind.
stay weird.
read books.

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.

Best Stark Trek crew, wrong answers only

Now I’m just a backwoods small town hyperchicken, but it seems to me that if a company is big enough to existentially threaten the government then you don’t actually have a functioning government anymore.

Man, you ever think how lucky we are to have BOOKS? And how no matter how fast we read or how long we live, we will never run out of fantastic books to read? What a life

we live in the ruins of a greater civilization

Yikes.

Yikes.

"I want a story, but not enough to get myself killed." Oklahoma's small-town editors speak candidly about local journalism's risks and rewards.

https://ow.ly/8wKt50YC54H

Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪

Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones

“But after tens of billions of dollars of school spending…studies have found that digital tools have generally not improved students’ academic results or graduation rates. Some researchers &organizations like UNESCO even warn that overreliance on technology can distract students and impede learning”

A picture of the bookstore right before I locked it up for the night, with the porch of the rainbow house lit up and light shining out from inside.

Weird, wonderful 9th Street is brimming with magic, and yesterday’s Future of Sound Fest was no exception.
Thank you to @factoryobscura.bsky.social for showcasing local music and art.
And thank you, dear readers, for an incredible day.

be kind.
support local, human made music & art.
read books.

Nothing but love for the trans people in my family, in my life, and out there in the world. The future will look back on this era in horror, but unfortunately we don’t live in the future. I encourage every cis person I know to speak up, say “not in my name”, to fight for the lives of our loved ones

‘Your Data Will Be Used Against You’: Author of new book on the dangers of a surveillance society The author of a new book on surveillance discusses how an upcoming Supreme Court case could limit what data police can dig up showing individuals’ locations.

After the Super Bowl ad backlash, Ring quietly ended its partnership with license plate reader company Flock Safety. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson spoke with @suzannesmalley.bsky.social about what that moment revealed, and what it didn't, about how far police surveillance already goes.

‘Solid Light’ illuminates striking art, historic collab at Contemporary OK Contemporary has partnered with London's Tate Modern to bring the unique "solid light" artworks of Anthony McCall to OKC in a breathtaking new exhibit.

NEW — OK Contemporary has partnered with London's Tate Modern to bring the unique "solid light" artworks of Anthony McCall to OKC in a breathtaking new exhibit. | Brett Fieldcamp reports:

Cast off your norms with these weird, wild, left-field music drops If you're looking for something decidedly different from OKC music lately, jump into these new releases with chaotic electro, junkyard blues, and computerized hymns.

NEW — If you're looking for something decidedly different from OKC music lately, jump into these new releases with chaotic electro, junkyard blues, and computerized hymns. | Brett Fieldcamp reports:

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

This is utterly jaw-dropping.

A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils.

www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

Thanks for this! I hadn’t seen Colossal for at least five or six years.
I forgot how much I like it (and exactly how difficult it is at times).

‘I will not comply’: Tennessee librarian refuses to move LGBTQ+ books Rutherford County library director Luanne James’s stand against a vote to relocate more than 190 titles draws national support as the board weighs firing her.

A reminder to support your Librarians!
www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

Join us in supporting the @locusmag.bsky.social annual fundraiser! We snagged some amazing signed editions, but there’s still incredible stuff left, AND you can support one of the absolutely vital parts of the speculative fiction ecosystem!

Excited to participate in @smallpressday.bsky.social in the USA again this year!

Definitely ordering for my shop.

Left this in a comment on @comicbookyeti.com’s thread, but it bears its own post.
Others have addressed this, but the dissonance between “never fully remove the human from the workflow” & AI being ok for “coloring assistance, idea exploration, background generation, effects, animation” is HUGE.
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