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Music of the day... Helen Svoboda, "Holy Basil" (2020): https://helensvoboda.bandc...
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Holy Basil by Helen Svoboda, released 29 June 2020

07:46 PM - Mar 08, 2024
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A few years ago, #writers would use titles like "Parkville Murder". The Amazon algorithms have trained a whole generation of hungry writers to use better, keywordful titles like, "Parkville Murder a thrilling gripping regency murder mystery with passion and plot twists galore" #namethatbook 🙄
12:08 PM - Jan 28, 2024
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Just in case anyone missed this, (unlocked) NYT article on T***p and 2024:

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Opinion | A Warning About Donald Trump and 2024 - The New York Times

Americans cannot afford to tune out Trump’s campaign to regain power.

02:15 PM - Jan 07, 2024
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Merry Xmas. Let's share one of this rodent's favorite Christmas songs from Foxtails Brigade. Quickly becoming a classic! https://www.youtube.com/wa...
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"I'm Not Really in the Christmas Mood This Year" by Foxtails Brigade - YouTube

If you like this video and wanna contribute to us making more, VISIT OUR NEW PATREON PAGE HERE:https://www.patreon.com/foxtailsbrigadeFor more fun stuff, vis...

12:03 PM - Dec 25, 2023
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Some #book news of the day: "Publisher drops author for using fake accounts to ‘review-bomb’ peers":
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Today's lesson in how NOT to help your book sales.
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Publisher drops author for using fake accounts to ‘review-bomb’ peers | Publishing | The Guardian

Cait Corrain, whose book Crown of Starlight was due to be published next year, admits to leaving notices ‘that ranged from kind of mean to downright abusive’

11:53 AM - Dec 17, 2023
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And as we approach the hohoholiday season, this is your reminder that #SROP books (from your friendly neighborhood rodent-run press) do not have #DRM , and if you read the fine print, you actually will "own a copy" of an ebook you buy, or get for free by following the breadcrumbs. #festivus
07:38 PM - Dec 15, 2023
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Dear Worthy Cause: Just because I sign a petition you're sponsoring doesn't mean I want to join your mailing list without explicitly opting in, so please fix that. Thanks.

I won't name culprits, but yeah... tired of having to unsubscribe over and over and over and over and over...
07:32 PM - Dec 15, 2023
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Just in case you forgot... why everything you buy is worse now:
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11:36 AM - Dec 08, 2023
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Book of the day: https://www.ucpress.edu/bo...
"My Girls The Power of Friendship in a Poor Neighborhood".
04:21 PM - Dec 06, 2023
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It's that time of year again! Our printer Lulu.com is having their annual 30% off sale, and that means #SROP books on paper are cheaper than they'll ever be! Use the code TWINKLE30 at checkout to get the deal, until Nov 28. Why not buy them all!? https://smashed-rat-on-pre...
10:54 AM - Nov 25, 2023
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Today I feel blessed to live in a wonderfully tolerant rodent family. We're very diverse. We'll take in and nurture anyone. No creature left outside in the snow while we have jolly holiday dinners.
05:53 PM - Nov 23, 2023
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In case you missed Skepchick's take on the state of the Internet:
https://skepchick.org/2023...
quote: "while Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook continue to circle the drain on their inevitable descent to the sewer, Wikipedia has only seemed to get better."
04:58 PM - Nov 16, 2023
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Well, crap. Just heard that Jezebel.com is shutting down. WTF? Where can I get equivalent daily dose of what Jez did? Serious answers only please. Last year we lost Bitch mag, now we lose Jez. 😢 (And, weird that NYT noted this, but the Jez front page says nothing!) https://jezebel.com/
04:14 PM - Nov 09, 2023 (Edited)
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Where on my keyboard is the "vomiting in to the void" emoji?
01:02 PM - Nov 04, 2023
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Catching up on some blogs this morning. Here's the latest from Forsetti's Justice, in case you missed it. https://forsetti.tumblr.co...
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Forsetti's Justice — On Personal Identity: It's Complex And Personal

On Personal Identity: It’s Complex And PersonalOnce gay marriage was upheld by SCOTUS, the right needed a new, under-represented group to attack in order to placate their base’s lust to make...

11:13 AM - Oct 29, 2023
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In case you missed this... https://www.wired.com/stor... Now is your chance to finally peruse those Whole Earth catalogs without the musty yellow-paper-acid smell of the pile stored for decades in your grandpa's garage.
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The Whole of the 'Whole Earth Catalog' Is Now Online | WIRED

The seminal DIY catalogs, journals, and magazines printed by the techno-hippie Whole Earth publishing house are finally available online in digital form, all for free.

03:55 PM - Oct 26, 2023
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My dream car is a small solar-powered two-seater just big enough to carry two people to the grocery store and haul back their weekly load. For night-driving it has batteries and pedal-assist. It's made entirely of non-toxic, renewable, recycled, and biodegradable parts.
08:07 PM - Oct 24, 2023
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Well, there ya go... Looks like nearly all #SROP books will be officially banned in Iowa public schools. Bet you can't guess why. https://www.dailykos.com/s...
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Iowa's new book-banning law just blasted tons of great titles from the canon

The forced-birth, book-banning, pro-insurrectionist wing of the GOP—which has become so dominant that the party spins around in circles like a dyspeptic chicken whenever it tries to elect a speaker—has spread its noxious extremism across the country...

05:38 PM - Oct 21, 2023
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Wonky typesetting seen in a K*ndle ebook sample on 'Zon today. Auto hyphenation, yay! Physically splitting an "ff" ligature across multiple lines... WTF? In what circle of hell does that happen?
Text in the image is irrelevant. Just illustrating the physical breakage of an "ff"ligature across lines, after obviously automatic hyphenation process.
07:14 PM - Oct 20, 2023
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Music of the day... Vivien Goldman: https://viviengoldman.band... "Launderette"
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Launderette | Vivien Goldman

Launderette by Vivien Goldman, released 16 July 2021

08:44 PM - Oct 18, 2023
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Well, this news sucks... I don't see how this news could, in any way, be construed as "good" for the indie musicians who distribute through the #Bandcamp platform.
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Bandcamp Undergoes Major Layoffs After Sale – The Hollywood Reporter

After Epic Games sold off the music discovery platform, its new owners said that 50 percent of employees accepted offers to stay on.

08:01 PM - Oct 16, 2023
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Question: which will come first: (A) some saint inventing a silencer for gas-powered leaf blowers or (B) gas-powered leaf blowers being outlawed in my state?
04:32 PM - Oct 13, 2023
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Happy Friday the 13th! Today only, drop a line to the rodent and get a free copy of this #SROP e-book. (Offer valid until the witching hour; specify EPUB or MOBI.) https://www.goodreads.com/...
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The Girl Who Grew Crutches From Seeds in a Garden of Exotic Delights by Sanguinity Hematode | Goodreads

Read 2 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Not long after Chlorina and her family moved into the old Locksley place, she discovered a m…

03:40 PM - Oct 13, 2023
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In case you missed this nice summary report last week... #bannedbooksweek2023
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School Book Bans: The Mounting Pressure to Censor - PEN America

School book bans continue to spread through coordinated campaigns by a vocal minority of groups, individual actors, and state legislation.

11:15 AM - Oct 12, 2023
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The headline should have read: "Greta Thunberg Fined Again for Being Sane"...
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg fined again for a climate protest in Sweden | AP News

A Swedish court has fined climate activist Greta Thunberg once again for disobeying police during an environmental protest in July in southern Sweden.

03:45 PM - Oct 11, 2023
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If, as MJ says, the "selfless billionaire is a rare creature"... I'd bet that species has now gone extinct. I didn't even know there was ONE of them living until I saw the obit.
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03:44 PM - Oct 11, 2023
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NYT headline: "Scientists Use CRISPR to Make Chickens More Resistant to Bird Flu". And The Rodent now predicts that in 25 years all birds but chickens will go extinct (from bird flu). Then, chickens will get larger and larger until they're the size of your average T-Rex. Welcome to the scary future.
11:53 AM - Oct 10, 2023
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One of my favorite authors on why they no longer sell their paperbacks on 'Zon... https://amberfoxxmysteries...
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Why I now sell paperbacks direct—and not on Amazon – Amber Foxx Mysteries

I am now selling my paperbacks on my web site, where they're priced the same as they were on Amazon, but my price includes tax and shipping. You don’t have to buy extra stuff to get free shipping (or pay to be in Prime). For $16.99 or $10.99, you get the book. Signed, if you…

07:39 PM - Oct 09, 2023
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Well, this "must-have" book went straight onto my TBR list. Thanks again Jez!
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'Eve' by Cat Bohannon Review

In Eve, author and researcher Cat Bohannon turns science's "male norm" on its head, and charts why our bodies are the way they are.

05:23 PM - Oct 08, 2023
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Cozy personal essay of the day... https://jezebel.com/ham-ba... (I didn't even know such places existed, but then, I'm not a New Yorker.)
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What It's Like to Be a Woman at a Ham Bar in 2023

On girl dinners, grief, and the meaning of cured meats.

06:38 PM - Oct 04, 2023
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