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affiches-concerts · 3 months

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Glenn Miller Band, Ray McKinley, Bala, Ontario, Canada, 1962.

#Glenn Miller Band #Ray McKinley #1962

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introspect-la · 4 months

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PORTRAIT OF RAY MCKINLEY, HOTEL COMMODORE, NEW YORK IN APRIL 1946 BY BILL GOTTLIEB

#Portrait #jazz #jazz photography #music photography #photography #drums #drumming #1946 #1940s #40s #40s jazz #Ray Mckinley #new york #Bill Gottlieb

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jazzdailyblog · 4 months

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Bob Brookmeyer: The Jazz Innovator Who Redefined the Sound of Brass

Introduction: Bob Brookmeyer, a name that resonates in the realms of jazz innovation, left an indelible mark on the genre through his groundbreaking contributions as a trombonist, composer, and arranger. Born ninety-four years ago today on December 19, 1929, in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer’s musical journey traversed traditional jazz, bebop, and experimental territories, earning him acclaim…

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#Bob Brookmeyer #Claude Thornhill Orchestra #Gerry Mulligan #Gunther Schuller #Jazz Composers #Jazz History #Jazz Trombonists #Ray McKinley #Stan Getz #Tex Beneke #Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

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awesomefridayca · 2 days

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Podcast: Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver & Civil War

Salutations applications! This week, we’re catching up on the latest from beefcake auteur filmmaker Zack Snyder, the second part of his Seven Samurai riff, Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, which I promise you is its actual title. After that, Simon finally had a chance to catch up with Alex Garland’s latest film, Civil War, which is a discussion not to be missed. Continue reading Podcast:…

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marialeto · 1 year

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Anahita Mya

4 Directions of the Wind

Red ray of light, flame, color, candle

Feminine Masculine

Amber Gemstone

Throat Chakra

Day of the Goddesses

Multicosmos

Element Wind

Heart Elohim

Number Two

Planet Earth

Purity

Waters High, Mighty, Immaculate

Waning Crescent Virgo ♍️

Lucifer, Derek, Shannon

Tarot

Archangel Gabriel oracle deck

New Project - growing your idea into a reality

Happy News - prayers are answered in a creative way

Inspiration - your idea is divinely inspired, take action accordingly

Book - Goddess Messages page 39

We are important to the world of development.

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November 17

McKinley Beach

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Titled Patience

Waves

Mother Nature

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moviesandmania · 2 years

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ERASER: REBORN (2022) Reviews of sci-fi thriller reboot plus a clip

Eraser: Reborn is a 2022 science fiction thriller film about a US marshall that fake deaths of witnesses leaving no trace of their existence. The movie is a reboot of Eraser (1996), the Chuck Russell directed action thriller that stars Arnold Schwarzenegger. Directed by John Pogue (Deep Blue Sea 3; The Quiet Ones; Quarantine 2: Terminal) from a screenplay written by Michael Weiss (Jarhead3: The…

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#2022 #Blu-ray #Dominic Sherwood #Eddie Ramos #Eraser: Reborn #Jacky Lai #John Pogue #McKinley Belcher III #movie film #review reviews #sci-fi thriller

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mogai-sunflowers · 1 year

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MOGAI BHM- Belated Day 16!

happy BHM! today i’m going to be listing different important inventions by Black people!

Black Inventors-

Marie Van Brittan Brown invented modern home security systems.

Jane C. Wright invented several chemotherapy drugs still in use today.

Alan Emtage invented the first internet browser, which he called ‘Archie’.

George Carruthers invented the ultraviolet spectrograph, which eventually accompanied probes to the moon.

Mark Dean invented forms of processor chips and co-created the IBM computer in 1987.

Patricia Bath pioneered early laser cataract surgery.

Lonnie Johnson invented the popular Super Soaker.

Lewis Howard Latimer helped invent the telephone and invented carbon filaments which hugely improved incandescent light bulbs.

Garrett Morgan invented a form of a gas mask and the three-position traffic signal.

Dr. James West helped co-invent microphone technology.

Lisa Gelobter was crucial to inventing Shockwave, the internet’s first web animation technology.

Frederick McKinley Jones invented and innovated refrigeration technology, including refrigerated trucks which were crucial in WWII.

Alexander Miles invented automatic elevator doors.

Madame CJ Walker invented a huge hair and beauty line for African American hair.

Elijah McCoy invented the portable ironing board and Sarah Boone innovated it.

Alice Parker invented a heating furnace system still used by many today.

Charles Brooks invented the design and technology for modern trucks that clean and sweep city streets.

George Alcorn invented x-ray imaging spectroscopy.

Benjamin Banneker invented America’s first clock.

Otis Boykin invented improved electrical resistors that are used today in everything from TVs to computers to radios.

Dr. Charles Drew created innovations in blood plasma that led to the creation of blood banks.

Dr. Philip Emeagwali invented the world’s fastest computer.

James Parsons work led to the invention of stainless steel.

George Washington Carver invented many, many culinary products derived from peanuts.

There are many, many more. I can not list them all here. I highly recommend looking more into the history of Black inventors and innovators, especially in the field of STEM! There are some good resources below to get you started!

Tagging @metalheadsforblacklivesmatter

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https://www.black-inventor.com/

https://www.eduporium.com/blog/eduporium-weekly-celebrating-significant-stem-accomplishments-by-black-innovators/

https://sphero.com/blogs/news/black-leaders-in-stem

https://www.idtech.com/blog/black-stem-innovators-who-defined-modern-world

https://news.vmware.com/dei/10-black-technology-inventors-innovators

https://www.biography.com/inventors/madam-cj-walker-black-inventors

https://www.black-inventor.com/george-alcorn

https://www.black-inventor.com/benjamin-banneker

https://www.black-inventor.com/otis-boykin

https://www.black-inventor.com/dr-charles-drew

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/african-american-inventors-20th-and-21st-century/

#mogai bhm #mogai #mogai community #black history month #bhm #blm #black lives matter

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daughter-of-melpomene · 9 months

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𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙀𝙎𝙏 𝙋𝙇𝙊𝙏 𝘽𝙐𝙉𝙉𝙄𝙀𝙎

Alright, since I realize I haven’t exactly been as active on here recently as I would like to have been, I thought I would attempt to make up for it by letting you guys in on some of the newest OC babies I’m planning on introducing soon. I hope you guys like these little tidbits, and (even though I don’t have any of their intro posts up yet), feel free to ask me whatever questions you’d like about them!!

BAILEY TAYLOR, GLEE:

— Texas native who transfers to McKinley at the beginning of season two after her mother’s job is relocated to Lima.

— Generally your typical sweet Southern belle, but also fiercely independent and has a feisty streak.

— Well-set up to be popular when she first transfers, but quickly becomes an outcast after giving a tongue-lashing to some jocks after she watches them slushy Tina, so she joins New Directions.

— Generally sings country and pop music outside of the group numbers, but occasionally busts out a showtune (and does some country duets with Sam).

— Either a Tina or Santana ship, I haven’t quite decided yet.

CLARKE TALEB, TRIPLE FRONTIER:

— Her story is set in kind of an AU post-canon after the boys recover the stolen money from the ravine, where Santi officially retires and they all move to the same town close to each other (and also where Frankie doesn’t have a baby and broke up with his girlfriend because I just. Can’t really deal with that).

— Quite literally bumps into Frankie at a bar (and spills her drink all over him) and very quickly becomes friends with all four of them.

— A total energetic and social ray of sunshine who’s very comfortable in her bisexuality and active in her local queer community, and helps the boys come to terms with their various non-straight identities.

— The main singer at a local burlesque club, and KILLS it as a performer.

— In a poly ship with all four former Delta Squad boys, who are all also dating each other (except for Will and Benny, obviously).

GRETA DWARF, DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS:

— Daughter of Grumpy of the seven dwarves fame.

— Pretty much lives up to her father’s name; doesn’t put up with one bit of crap and is never afraid to speak her mind (which normally doesn’t make most people happy, but she doesn’t really like people anyway).

— Is definitely an outcast in Auradon and at school; the only people who actually talk to her at school outside of the teachers are Ben and her cousin Doug, who’s actually a little scared of her.

— Befriends Mal almost immediately after the VKs get to Auradon (they are truly kindred spirits) and decides to try and help them steal Fairy Godmother’s wand because she resents Auradon and how fake and falsely cherry it is.

— Doesn’t really lose her prickly streak by the time the Coronation rolls around, but does come to realize that not everyone in Auradon is so bad and she needs to let people in more.

— Definitely besties with Mal, but also strikes up unlikely friendships with Carlos and Lonnie (and kind of becomes Carlos and Jane’s unofficial protector since they’re both pretty quiet and she is. Not).

— Also an Evie ship because I simply have to give my beloved girl a girlfriend. <3

ISAAC HOLLIDAY, TWLIGHT:

— A boyfriend for my bi king Charlie Swan. <3

— A tailor who runs a clothing shop in downtown Forks - Charlie constantly brings his uniform to his shop whenever it gets ripped.

— Definitely suspects the Cullens of being vampires but can never prove it until Charlie lets him know about Edward and this man just jumps up and shouts “I KNEW IT!”

— Sweet but fiercely loyal and protective Gryffinpuff king. <3

— Definitely acts as a non-Charlie adult confidant to Bella and is the best stepdad when he and Charlie finally get together.

— Also used to have a bit of a crush on Carlisle and still gets nervous around him even after getting together with Charlie because Carlisle is just. So pretty.

LUCY SCRUBB, INDIANA JONES:

— A British archeologist working with American Army Intelligence who gets assigned with Indy to help him find the Ark of the Covenant.

— Kind of shy and socially awkward (mostly due to constantly being underestimated in her field for being a woman) but incredibly intelligent and observant and knows when to stand her ground and not take other people’s crap.

— (Also probably autistic, but, well, they didn’t really have the language for that back then. But she is.)

— An incredibly sweet and compassionate woman who would do anything to help people in need (but also tends to trust too easily, which is why Indy is good at balancing her out).

— Indy likes to call her Lou, and she pretends to hate it, but she secretly loves that he thinks enough of her to give her a cute nickname.

— A ship for the daring professor himself, obviously!

VIA WINCHESTER, SUPERNATURAL:

— (Yes, I know Winchester sister OCs are overdone, I don’t even care.)

— Technically her first name is Olivia, but she doesn’t like it and prefers to go exclusively by Via.

— Sam and Dean’s half-sister, fifteen years old in the first season, who was born out of a three-night stand between John and her mother.

— John didn’t stick around, obviously, but he kept tabs on Via and her mother and when the woman was killed in a car accident shortly after Sam left for collage, he came and got her and started training her to be a hunter.

— Immediately loves her two older brothers and is fiercely loyal to and protective of them, but shares a closer bond with Dean since she’s spent more time with him.

— Doesn’t like John at all, however, both for essentially abandoning her and her mother and for trying to turn all his children into hunters rather than letting them have normal childhoods, which is a point of contention between her and Dean.

— Despite her anger towards John forcing his kids into early training, she loves being a hunter and has a particular affinity for taking down vampires.

— A badass baby lesbian (who not only knows Dean is bi WAY before they even meet Cas but takes one look at Sam the first time they meet and is like, “Well, this one’s not straight either”).

— Might not have a love interest, or I might make another OC to give her a girlfriend, I haven’t decided yet (I’ll probably wait until I get a little further into the series).

Alright, that’s it for my more immediately upcoming OCs!! Again, feel free to ask me any questions you want about my newest babies!!

Tagging some of my OC community besties: @dancingsunflowers-ocs, @luucypevensie, @carmens-garden, @endless-oc-creations.

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brokehorrorfan · 11 months

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Beau Is Afraid will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 11 via Lionsgate. The 2023 surrealist horror-comedy-drama is available on Digital via A24.

Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) writes and directs. Joaquin Phoenix stars with Patti LuPone, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Parker Posey, Kylie Rogers, Hayley Squires, Michael Gandolfini, Zoe Lister-Jones, and Richard Kind.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Finally Home: Making Beau Is Afraid

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A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother in this bold and ingeniously depraved new film from writer/director Ari Aster.

Pre-order Beau Is Afraid.

#beau is afraid #ari aster #a24 #joaquin phoenix #patti lupone #amy ryan #nathan lane #stephen mckinley henderson #parker posey #lionsgate #dvd #gift #horror #richard kind #zoe lister jones

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cheddar-baby · 4 months

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Cheddar's AOTY 2023

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1. HMLTD - The Worm 2. Sampha - Lahai 3. Kara Jackson - Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love? 4. Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus 5. Dorian Electra - Fanfare 6. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin 7. Underscores - Wallsocket 8. Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! 9. Dev Lemons - Delusional 10. EABS - In Search of a Better Tomorrow 11. George Clanton - Ooh Rap I Ya 12. Marina Herlop - Nekkuja 13. Ana Frango elétrico - Me Chama De Gato Que Eu Sou Sua 14. Yoni Mayraz - Dybbuk Tse! 15. Maruja - Knocknarea 16. O. - Slice 17. CMAT - Crazymad, For Me 18. Magdalena Bay - mini mix vol. 3 19. Oneohtrix Point Never - Again 20. JPEGMAFIA - scaring the hoes 21. Paramore - This Is Why 22. McKinley Dixon - Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? 23. Billy Woods - Maps 24. SLAUSON MALONE 1 - EXCELSIOR 25. Fever Ray - Radical Romantics 26. Chini.png - El día libre de Polux 27. Shame - Food For Worms 28. feeble little horse - Girl With Fish 29. Geese - 3D Country 30. Lauren Auder - the infinite spine 31. urias - HER MIND 32. Yves Tumor - Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) 33. Speakers Corner Quartet - Further Out Than The Edge 34. The Go! Team - Get Up Sequences Part Two 35. Jeff Rosenstock - HELLMODE 36. Rebecca Black - Let Her Burn 37. Doja Cat - Scarlet 38. SPARKLE DIVISION - FOXY 39. Ballaké Sissoko - Les Égarés (with Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Emile Parisien & Vincent Peirani) 40. Genesis Owusu - STRUGGLER 41. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs 42. grouptherapy. - I Was Mature For My Age, But I Was Still a Child 43. Ukandanz - Kemekem (ከመከም) 44. Meitei - Kofū III 45. Liv.e - Girl In The Half Pearl 46. Feist - Multitudes 47. Le Cri du Caire - Le Cri du Caire 48. katie dey - never falter hero girl 49. CHAI - CHAI 50. Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music

#music #aoty

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bookcub · 1 year

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20 book challenge

@aliteraryprincess tagged me a while back!!

Hypothetically, you are only able to keep 20 of your books. Only one book per author/series. So what books are you keeping?

the name of the wind by patrick rothfuss- this is an obvious choice. i am bringing my 10th anniversary version. i love this book and its enormous. easy to read over and over again and full of mini stories within as well.

graceling by kristin cashore- full of action and character growth, a consistent favorite of mine. i never get sick of analyzing it.

spindles end by robin mckinley- lyrical and one of my favorite retellings. super easy to get lost in the words

kiki strike: inside the shadow city by kirsten miller- super fun and contains 98% of the useful information i know

beauty queens by libba bray- clever, funny, and ruthless in its take down of american society.

in the hand of the goddess by tamora pierce- i reread this book the most out of the series and has some of the best fight scenes ever. if im angry, i read the fight scenes and feel so much better

hold me by courtney milan- queer you've got mail but make it nerdy? your faves could never

girl gone viral by alisha rai- this isn't technically an ace romance novel but to me, it is. warm and lovely, this is the perfect warm drink of a book

in other lands by sarah rees brennan- every reread, i discover new details and i also laugh and cry. i can't not include it.

strange the dreamer by laini taylor- a big ole book to keep me occupied. fantastic characters and themes and writing.

elatsoe by darcie little badger- i have not reread this book enough times to be able to part with it

starless sea by erin morgenstern- it's about the STORIES

an ember in the ashes by sabaa tahir- another long book that i need to reread so i can read the rest of the series

bloodmarked by tracey deonn- alas, i don't own legendborn, otherwise that would be here instead

emma by jane austen- i havent finished this (it's been like 2 years omg) so if its one of 20, i might actually finish it, no?

dread nation by justina ireland- owned this a long time. have not read. see above reasoning

jane eyre by charlotte bronte-

refusing compulsory sexuality: a black asexual lens on our sex obesessed society by sherronda j brown- another book i need to finish (it's only been a few months and i should have one (1) nonfiction in here)

the girl who drank the moon by kelley barnhill- a new addition to my collection. its sticking around

red white and royal blue by casey mcquiston- an addictive book. gotta keep it

tagging @logarithmicpanda @druggeddraccus @elenajohansenreads @flyingcrowbar and anyone else who wants to do this!!

#tag game #booklr #20 book challenge

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ereborne · 7 days

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For the bookworm! 7, 10, 21, & 45 please?

Also I didn't notice it as a question, but what are you reading right now?

Thank you for the questions; sorry for the delay! I had to really think about some of these, and then I fell into work and got distracted, whoops

7) What kind of common romance tropes do you enjoy and what kind do you dislike? I like forced proximity and some types of inhibition-reduction scenarios (both for similar reasons--I want them to talk! not a huge fan of full-on 'drunken confession' style feelings dumps, I just want them to be more open/honest than they would otherwise be. the inhibition-reduction should be the beginning, not the end of the romance arc, if that makes sense). Also loyalty/dependability is the most important thing to me, so I love combat couples and that aspect of hurt/comfort and caretaking stuff. Big fan of only one bed and cuddling for warmth, for all of these reasons and because they're cute.

There aren't really any tropes that I won't ever consider reading, but I have to be really careful with enemies-to-lovers (they don't have to like each other while they're still in the 'enemies' stage but if they don't respect each other all along, or if they still don't like each other once they get to 'lovers', I'm bailing) and mentor-mentee-type dynamics (the consent vibes are often too dicey for me, in a that-dynamic-specific kind of way that I haven't ever been able to articulate well enough to pick out precisely what I dislike, even to myself, so I often get partway through a story and then have to dip just because I'm ambiently uncomfy. very unfortunate).

10) Favorite classical literature: I have such trouble with 'classical literature' as a set. What counts? I like Dracula but not Frankenstein, I like Austen but not Bronte, I like epics--Gilgamesh, Beowulf, the Odyssey, the Iliad--I love Alexandre Dumas and JRR Tolkien and Shakespeare and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Lewis Carroll. I've liked the entire story of about half of the Oscar Wilde and Ray Bradbury works I've read, and I've liked about half the story in every Dostoevsky work I've read. I like most but not all of the Narnia books, and I love Watership Down, and I feel like this is a really British list but so are most of the 'classics you have to read!' lists I'm seeing in my quick google search, so what can you do.

21) The book(s) on your school reading list you actually enjoyed: I wasn't a terribly obedient or focused student, so I sort of read the textbook but didn't follow along with most of my classes? Definitely they covered Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet, and I enjoy Shakespeare. I don't know which Twain they read in class, but I like all the Mark Twain I've read. Edgar Allan Poe, also. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls! That one I didn't read in class because I'd read it before and knew it would make me cry, but it was definitely on the list and I definitely enjoyed it (though it does definitely make me cry).

45) What book(s) would you sell your soul to get a TV or movie adaptation of? My first and overwhelming response is a tv series for the Heralds of Valdemar books by Mercedes Lackey, though that might be because the idea of a Last Herald-Mage Trilogy adaptation got dangled in front of us in 2021 and it's been crickets since. The Enchanted Forest (or even just Dealing with Dragons) by Patricia C Wrede, or the Tortall books by Tamora Pierce, or the Charlie Bone/Children of the Red King series by Jenny Nimmo would make good shows, I think. I really enjoyed the tv adaptation of The Dresden Files, also, and would love more of it--it was diverging significantly from the stories as written by Jim Butcher, but not in any way I objected to, and the actors were great. I would absolutely sell my soul for a good movie of The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley.

What am I reading right now? I was reading Phoenix & Ashes by Mercedes Lackey, Indexing: Reflections by Seanan McGuire, and The Art of Deception by Stephanie Burgis when you asked. Now I'm reading The Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lackey (backtracking slightly to get this reread of the Elemental Masters series in better order--I jumped in at Phoenix & Ashes after my bookworm ask meme answers the other day), Silver Silence by Nalini Singh and Canyons of Night by Jayne Castle, and there's a ton of paperbacks in my room waiting for me to make my next hardcopy decision. I think probably it'll either be the Dragonlance: Dwarven Nations books by Dan Parkinson (first book The Covenant of the Forge) or The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey.

#asks #angelrtsy95 #sorry for the lag! work ate me #the italicizing in this one is a bit haphazard but I think it's followable enough

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valiantarcher · 11 months

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3-7 and 15-19. The ask game about books. Thank you in advance.

Thank you!

3. A popular book that you love. I suppose The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien counts. ;))

4. A popular book you dislike. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein.

5. A book you love that it seems like no one else has read. There are a number of rarer books I love, but I think at least one friend or another (!) has read the majority of the list. That said, I really enjoyed Song of Thunder by Mary Ray when I read it and don't know of anyone else currently who has read it.

6. A book with one character who stood out from the rest. It feels a bit like cheating to say the titular character from Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, but as narrator and protagonist, he does colour everything in the best possible way.

7. A book that left you feeling overwhelmed with happiness. I don't know about overwhelmed by happiness, but I do remember being pretty gleeful over the last sections of The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (though how much of that was self-satisfaction with figuring out how some threads were coming together, I don't recall now).

15. A book you love for its characters. Maybe Black as Night by Regina Doman? It's not that I dislike the plot, but I do think the cast of characters carry so much of what I enjoy about it.

16. A book you love for its themes. Love might be a bit strong, but The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham has some thematical elements that still stand out to me after several years' distance.

17. A book that’s well-written that you like. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger!

18. A book that’s well-written that you dislike. Looking through my notes, one would be The Sword and the Circle by Rosemary Sutcliff.

19. A book that’s not well-written that you love anyway. I don't know that it's poorly written persay, but Beauty by Robin McKinley seemed a little clunkier on the last read than the first time I read it - but I do love it still.

#Thanks again!#informedimagining #books #asks

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inclineto · 2 months

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Books, January - February 2024

Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night - Katherine Fabian and Iona Datt Sharma

The School for Good Mothers - Jessamine Chan

A Thief in the Night - KJ Charles

The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On - Franny Choi

The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper

Secret Life of the City: How Nature Thrives in the Urban Wild - Hanna Bjørgaas, translated by Matt Bagguley

Sunshine - Robin McKinley

A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet - Sarah Jaquette Ray

Haven - Emma Donoghue

Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital - Elise Hu

#books 2024 #books practical and pleasurable

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thoughtfulfangirling · 1 year

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2023 Reads

A new year means a new book list! I don't think I can top my 2022 count, but that's okay! I'm not totally sure what my reading goals this year will actually be, but I guess I'll sort it out on the way! XD For future reads, here's my 2024 list!

Four Treasures of the Sky - Jenny Tinghui Zhang

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass+

The Bear and the Nightengale - of the Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden

The Secrets We Keep - Mia Hayes

Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal - Patty Loew+

The First Sister - Linden A. Lewis^

The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury~

Fin Mac Cool - Morgan Llewlyn^

How Long 'til Black Future Month by N. K. Jemisin

Lavinia - Ursula K Le Guin^

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin*

Black Cowboys of the Old West: True, Sensational, and Littke-Known Stories form History - Tricia Martineau Wagner+

The Mysteries of Thorn Manor - Margaret Roberson%

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space - Amanda Leduc+

Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson^

She Who Became the Sun~ - Shelley Parker-Chan*

The Witch King - H.E. Edgmon^

Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree*

Mistress of the Art of Death - Ariana Franklin^

The Adventures of Amina El-Serafi - S.A. Chakraborty

Humankind: A Hopeful History - Rutger Bregman+

The Folk Keeper - Frannie Billingsly*%

Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens - (Suzy) Eddie Izzard+

Juniper & Thorn - Ava Reid

Upright Women Wanted - Sarah Gailey%

I Await the Devil's Coming - Mary MacLane+

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut~

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights - Molly Smith & Juno Mac+

The Woman in White - Wilke Collins^

King of Battle and Blood - Scarlett St. Clair

Sarah - J.T. LeRoy^

The City Beautiful - Aden Polydoros^

Freshwater - Akwaeke Emezi

Always the Almost - Edward Underhill

All Systems Red - Martha Wells%

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Nevada - Imogen Binnie

A Dowry of Blood - S. T. Gibson

The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli

The Second Rebel - Linden A Lewis

Get a Life Chloe Brown - Talia Hibbert

The Hero and the Crown* - Robin McKinley

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing - Bruce D Perry & Oprah Winfrey+^

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea - Rebecca Thorne

The Eye of the Heron - Ursula K Leguin

Artificial Condition -Martha Wells%

The Kraken's Sacrifice - Katee Robert%

Crown Duel - Sherwood Smith*

Rogue Protocol - Martha Wells%

Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self Involved Parents - Lindsay C Gibson+

Wildcat: The Untold Story of Pearl Hart, the Wild West's Most Notorious Woman Bandit - John Boessenecker+

The History of Wales - History Nerds+%

Ander & Santi Were Here - Jonny Garza Villa

The Glass Castle - Jeanette Walls^

Rosemary and Rue - Seanan McGuire^

The Gilda Stories - Jewelle Gomez

Irish Fairy and Folk Tails - Various+

The Dead and the Dark - Courtney Gould

Haunted Wisconsin - Michael Norman and Beth Scott+

The Other Black Girl - Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Ruins - Scott Smith

He Who Drowned the World - Shelley Parker-Chan

Fledgling - Octavia Butler

Vampire Forensics: Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend - Mark Collins Jenkins+

The Vampyre - John Polidori%

This is Halloween - James A Moore

Sorrowland - Rivers Soloman

The Lamb will Slaughter the Lion - Margaret Killjoy%

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Love Her or Lose Her - Tessa Bailey^

One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston*

The Last Hero - Linden A. Lewis

Lovelight Farms - B. K. Borison

Reindeer Falls Collection: Volume One - Jana Aston

Currently reading: One Last Stop (Audiobook to help me sleep XD)

Nonfiction is annotated by + A Re-read is annotated by * A book completed from the list below is annotated by ^ A Read with Empty will be annotated by ~ A Novella %

My current, loose and not that interesting goal for this year is to really work on the books I have current access to right now... at the start of this year. Because it's a lot XD This means books currently favorite in Scribd, on my StoryGraph 'to read' pile, or a book I currently own on my shelves. Main goal is at least one of these a month.

For my own personal reference, I'm putting a list of such books below to hold myself accountable.

Edit: Now the end of 2023, and here's a breakdown of my goal to read books I already had access to at the start of 2023:

I didn't read one a month per se, but I got more than 12 done, so I call this a win. These books are:

-Can't Spell Treason Without Tea - Rebecca Thorn -The City Beautiful - Aden Polydoros -Finn Mac Cool - Morgan Llewlyn -The First Sister by Linden A Lewis (proceeded by the other two in the series) -Get a Life, Chloe Brown - Talia Hibbert -The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls -Haunted Wisconsin - Michael Norman & Beth Scott -Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson -I Await the Devil's Coming - Mary McClane -The Kraken's Sacrifice - Katee Robert -Lavinia - Ursula K Le Guin -Love Her or Lose Her - Tessa Bailey -Mistress of the Art of Death - Ariana Franklin -Nevada - Imogen Binnie -The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli -Rosemary and Rue - Seanan McGuire -The Ruins - Scott Smith -The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller -Sarah - J.T. LeRoy -Vampire Forensics - Mark Collins Jenkins -What Happened to You? - Oprah Winfrey -The Witch King - H. E. Edgmon -The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins

The books I did not get around to reading from this list are as follows: Black Water Sister by Zen Cho; Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye (o); The Book of M by Peng Shepard (o); Charity and Sylvia by Rachel Hope Cleves (o); The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (a); The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (s); Fallen by Lauren Kate (o); Fanny Hill by John Cleland (o); Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (s); The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea (s); The Great Hunger by Cecil Woodham-Smith (o); Helping Her Get Free by Susan Brewster (o); The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang (s); Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (o); The Merry Spinster by Daniel Lavery (o); On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (o); The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang (s); Radiance by Grace Draven (a); Watching the Tree by Adeline Yen Mah (o); The Willows by Algernon Blackwood (s); Wings of Fire (o); Witches Steeped in Gold by Clannon Smart (o); The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid (s)

23/46 Whoa! That's exactly 50% of the books I had on my list! That's pretty cool! All in all, I consider this 2023 goal successfully done!

#tf reads #2023 reads #books #yearly lists #long post #well it will be ok even without the readmore eventually #reading #my reading index

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This Black History Month, Feeding America is celebrating the Black inventors who had a profound impact on our mission.

People like George Washington Carver, also known as Mr. Peanut for his revolutionary work creating new products from a single crop, the lowly peanut. And Alice H. Parker, a Black woman who never got the credit, or the fortune, for inventing what we now know as zoned home heating using natural gas. These trailblazers helped America transition to a major agricultural exporter. Their inventions helped farmers increase the harvest to the point that American farmers now feed the world, and those in need. At Feeding America, our work is tied to moving food from farmers to food banks. It is our mission to end hunger in America and many of these Black inventors helped pave the way for U.S. farmers to grow more food.

George Washington Carver (1861-1943)

Born a slave in 1861, George Washington Carver went on to become one of the most prolific agri-business inventors in American history. He invented crop rotation, and more than 300 uses for the peanut. including Worcestershire sauce, cooking oil, and cosmetics. His work is at the foundation of modern farming. It is because of crop rotation and the introduction of grain crops like corn and soybeans, that Feeding America can help our food banks provide for our neighbors in need. Carver helped American farmers feed America.

He was the first African American to earn a bachelor’s in 1894, then a master’s degree in agricultural science from what’s now known as Iowa State University. Carver invented crop rotation. Farmers were struggling to grow anything after years of harvesting a single crop. Carver suggested they plant peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes which would add nutrients to the depleted soil. This method gave farmers a second chance at becoming leaders in agricultural exports.

It would be impossible for the Feeding America network of food banks to get the much-needed food they need to nourish feed our neighbors without the work of this man, Frederick McKinley Jones. He invented refrigerated trucks, which help food banks provide fresh produce and meat to their communities safely. And, because of his work, food banks can rely on our massive distribution network to transport fresh produce from farmers across the country on a regular basis. In fact, our network moved 3.8 billion pounds of dairy, produce, and meat -- perishable foods that wouldn’t be available were it not for refrigerated trucks, trains, planes, and ships.

His work revolutionized global logistics. It’s at the heart of what’s now known as “the supply chain.” That is, he made it possible to transport perishable food safely from one place to the next. He co-founded the U.S. Thermo Control Company (Thermo King) which was worth millions by 1949 and later acquired by Westinghouse.

A self-taught mechanic and World War I Army veteran, Jones received more than 60 patents for refrigeration as well as X-ray machines, engines and sound equipment. He was the first African American to receive the Presidential National Medal of Technology.

A farmer and a free man before the Emancipation Proclamation, Henry Blair invented two devices to increase agricultural productivity. The first was the corn planter in 1834, and the second was the cotton planter in 1836. His goal was to reduce inefficiencies from manual labor. The Mechanics Magazine published August 6, 1836, described it as “saving the labor of eight men.” Blair’s discoveries helped farmers grow more food for the masses, not just their local communities. For Feeding America, farmers are at the heart of what we do. A large percentage of the food our neighbors receive at their local food pantry is packaged right on the farm where it's grown thanks to our partnership with the USDA. Inventions like Blair's are what fuel the heartland.

While not at the heart of our mission, Feeding America often helps people in need who have to make the tough choice between paying for heat or buying food. During cold winter months, there are many who choose to pay their heating bill and forsake food. They turn to their local food pantry as a stop-gap. The Feeding America network of food banks provides a safe, consistent place for families in need to access food.

Alice H. Parker, the mother of modern heating, invented the gas-forced air heating system because she too wanted to provide a safe place for families.

Before her invention of the gas furnace, home heating wasn’t safe. Homes were heated with coal or wood-burning fireplaces. Parker was the first to develop natural gas as a cleaner, more efficient alternative to home heating in 1919.

An unsung hero of home heating technology, she revolutionized how we live today. But Parker didn’t have an easy go of it as a Black female inventor. The Civil Rights Movement had yet to give African Americans their rights and the Women’s Liberation Movement was further off. She never profited from her invention. So, we salute her. We know there are many families that struggle with tough choices these days with the rising costs of home heating. But for those who have a warm place to sleep and the modern advances of zoned heat, the next time you adjust the thermostat, say a silent thank you to Alice H. Parker.

#Black History Month: Feeding America celebrates 4 Black inventors who impacted our mission

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