The thing with Gen X and music is that yes we had grunge but we also had rock and funk and hip hop and rap and pop and house and trance and lounge and reggae and soul and Gregorian chants ffs.

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

Apart from books, today at work I chatted to customers about: Behind the Bastards podcast, American politics, raising bilingual kids, cake, French v English sausages, and the shameful time I went into the big Foyles in London drunk and went insane shopping.

Standard day for Ms Chatterbox then.

I don’t remember it being this windy, even 10 years ago.

I hate sharing the most user unfriendly news site ever, but this actually made me cackle out loud. On the bus.

www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/glouces...

A variety of books about cats, because why not.

In our cat books display at @bookhaus.bsky.social

At this point, I think we need to come up with something more deterrent-ish than a war crimes tribunal. And fuck these guys for making me, a diehard abolitionist, feel like the only answer is a form of punishment that is terrifying.

Good man

You’re going to watch Babylon Berlin before you go, correct?

For anyone who wants to know more, this book is great:

archive.org/details/poli...

She’s also written an update:

www.lllgbbooks.co.uk/store/p173/W...

I know the tweet is Al generated when they use " ," before and.

“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”

She is living my dream dog owner life.

Someone sent me this.

Babygirl is studying Streetcar and the teacher had them watch the movie. None of them had seen it prior. When Brando first appeared the whole class reacted audibly.

I had warned her!

We really need this in Bristol! @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social please make this happen.

Marking day 2 of my 54th year by failing to open a Babybel correctly.

Update. He was lounging in the cat condo, and I said hey, we’ve not had a cuddle today, and he jumped down, came over and settled down for a cuddle. I’m genuinely blessed.

Here he is during an earlier cuddle

#catsofbluesky #catsky

This woman is correct - those of us with privilege need to use that privilege to protect and empower those without.

Behold the crime scene - a tiled floor covered in carpet glue

The victim - tiles under the glue

This will be the third home I’ve renovated. And this is by far the most enraging vandalism I’ve encountered - the original tile floor is covered in carpet glue. Ohh boy, this is going to be fun.

#homerenovation #diyfail #why

Please stop printing barcodes in red. Thank you, from all booksellers.

There’s a mother somewhere who is not a good place

I resisted all day but may have to cave. Even though I have a proof copy. It’s just so perfect.

Comrade Chapeau

Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat (that isn't Indiana Jones)

Colouring sheets made one little girl nearly cry in the shop today, she was so happy!

"Let's get dressed up and go to the bookshop" totally needs to be a thing.

My child explained the Manosphere documentary to me; all was going well until she mentioned this guy called something TICKYTOCKY and I utterly lost my shit. Still can’t stop laughing every time I think about. What stupid fucker thinks that’s acceptable.

Back in the bookshop and can sadly confirm that a week away has not reset my ability to smell the magical bookshop smell.

This man is so good.

One of the best books I’ve ever read