Didn't really have a lot invested in the #Oscars this year, so happily surprised my picks for animated feature and live action short won.

Watched an odd movie today - Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose - and I really enjoyed it. It would make a nice double-feature night with Fairy Tale: A True Story.
#movietime #paranormal

Oldest child commenting on the new skins for the Marvel Rivals game: ""All I wanted to do was play a racoon who fights a god, and now the Invisible Woman isn't wearing pants."
#kidwisdom #marvelcomics

The doctor, trying to reassure me the sinus infection hadn't moved to my chest: "Luckily, it's all in your head."

#healthupdate #unintentionalfunny

Replaced the downspout with a rain chain this summer. First winter storm created awesomeness.
#snowday

A little late with the share.

A little late with the share; have been a little busy.

Completed jigsaw puzzle. Design is 12 sections. Each section is a US national park being visited by cats.

The family puts together a jigsaw puzzle over Christmas break. We start Christmas evening and try to finish by the end of New Year day. This went well.
#jigsawpuzzle #ChristmasTraditions

I put this box on the coffee table to sort the contents, went to refill my drink, and came back to this. Good thing we spent silk that money on cat stuff. #catphoto

It seems like no one else remembers it, but it really spoke to teenage me.

Sam and Frodo say "Hello!"
#puppers

Cover of The Mirror of Her Dreams from the series Mordant's Need by Stephen R. Donaldson. The image shows a young woman leaning against a mirror, that shows a young man in place of her reflection. Behind him is a snowy plane with riders approaching. Beyond the plain is a castle.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 13
The Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen R Donaldson

Book cover of Chip of the Flying U by B. M. Bower. The cover is red with an grey image of a cowboy on horseback, roping a steer.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 12
Chip of the Flying U by B. M. Bower

"I'm often mistaken for an adult because of my age." Picture if a penguin wearing a raincoat surrounded happy flowerpot and animals.

Have you tried the Otter key, Steve?

Book cover of A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher with the phrase Siege. Sorcery. Sourdough. at the top. There is a picture of an angry gingerbread man holding a sword.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 11
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

Book cover of Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine. The cover is mostly green with photos of endangered animals in a row across the center.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 10
Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine

Book cover for Small Gods: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett showing a turtle viewed from above against a celestial background

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 9
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

Book cover of The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey showing a man riding a bronze colored dragon and a woman riding a gold colored dragon.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 8
Dragonriders of Pern by AnneMcCaffrey

Black and white cat stretched out on a chair.

Our youngest kitty, Oreo. #catphoto

Just started "Strange Beasts" by Susan J Morris.

Book cover for Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham. A mostly white page with a pen and ink drawing of a rabbit's head that has feathers coming out of where the eyes should be.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Day 7
Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham

I think I know a few people who would like this.

At the risk of reading too much into Bluesky’s success at the moment, I do think it’s a signal that people don’t want to be surrounded by bots and manipulated algorithms

AI can only go so far. We want human connection.

Buying a book and actually reading it are two very different hobbies.

Barnes & Noble is making a comeback | CNN Business The world’s largest retail bookseller is expanding at a breakneck pace and is on track to reach its goal of more than 60 planned openings this year. The plan marks a dramatic shift from when it closed...

Good news for book lovers.
www.cnn.com/2024/11/16/b...

HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech. On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…

Buying up an author's words for a flat fee to train A.I. on them is predatory.
#AI #writing #publishing #justice

Still confused about why people use "WriterSky" and not "SkyWriters" and skeet instead of bleat or fleet. Oh well. No one ever said people made sense.

For the millions of newbies:

BlueSky does not have an algorithm.

Like means: "I like it."

Reskeet/repost/whatever: "I like it and I want others to see it."

Likes do not help visibility, only a reskeet does that, sharing to your followers, who can make their own choices.

You are the algorithm.