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Derek Brauders
@derekbrauders.bsky.social
Explorer of new horizons. Irish, EU, Retd Irish Military. Interests in politics, wine, photography, and really anything else of interest. Lurking on former twitland. On Mastodon and IG. Same name.
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If you're a person who cares about book banning this is a sexy bit of news. It's worth saying, PRH is too big, and we can talk about monopolies in publishing separately and ALSO they are the ones LEADING THE WAY among publishers. This is a big move, and a big deal. slate.com/culture/2024...

America’s Biggest Publisher Just Hired a Lobbyist to Fight Book Banning. She’s Got a Plan.
America’s Biggest Publisher Just Hired a Lobbyist to Fight Book Banning. She’s Got a Plan.

An interview with Rosalie Stewart, the new senior public policy manager at Penguin Random House.

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Their regular pasta is delicious as well.

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They'll just give you a dish of pasta with a vermouth sauce instead of rum.....😊 Or throw something sharp and pointy at you....

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Rummo brand ( blue label, the red is regular pasta) is very tasty and cooks like regular pasta. It's Italian, recommended by an Italian to my wife while in Italy. I can barely tell the difference. A certain other "big" name brand is just awful.

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Sigh Chortle

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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #340,009! I did not know this! I'm a certified elder it seems. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that.....(some people might suggest I should be both.....)

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #340,009, Derek Brauders ‪@derekbrauders.bsky.social‬, joined on Jul 23, 2023"
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thank you! I love you Laura Barnes & Noble! I wish I could visit every Barnes & Noble in all of America…

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Texted w/ my college roommate who teaches ESL to adults near Chicago. She had to spend a whole class trying to allay the fears of her immigrant students that Americans think immigrants are going to eat their pets instead of ESL. Once again I will post the true purpose of racism from Toni Morrison.

A quote from Toni Morrison from Goodreads explaining how racism distracts you from doing your own work and sends you running to explain and rebut racist claims about your lack of language, culture, or abnormal skull size.
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Derek Brauders
@derekbrauders.bsky.social
Explorer of new horizons. Irish, EU, Retd Irish Military. Interests in politics, wine, photography, and really anything else of interest. Lurking on former twitland. On Mastodon and IG. Same name.
126 followers418 following382 posts