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Books on Libby have started disappearing.

My friend pointed it out first, and then I started noticing too. Why would books that multiple libraries definitely, 100% had digital access to a couple of months/weeks/days ago disappear?

Amazon is getting exclusive rights to them.

Ebooks that the public library once had digital copies of are now only available through Amazon. Audible boasts on their covers about Audible-exclusive audiobooks that did not used to be Audible-exclusive. Entire series and collections are disappearing overnight.

Keep your eyes on the privatization of media and your libraries.

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my favourite thing is characters who just met the person theyre literally going to be wildly in love with for the rest of their lives and theyre like “:/ they’re not all that” this is so embarrassing for u

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do y'all think the parallel mouse America is like also dealing with resurgent mouse fascism or have they been doing better

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characters apologizing for things they have no control over. mumbling sorry while losing consciousness. feeling ashamed of a bleeding wound. embarrassed when an infection sets in. deep seated feverish guilt when they need to be carried, when their legs won't keep them upright anymore and they lean heavy on a friend, slurring apologies..........

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if you say you like my writing i build a little shrine for you in my mind and lay imaginary flowers at it every day. just so u know

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Find the word tag

The kind @talesofsorrowandofruin tagged me many moons ago to find remember, recall, forget and overlook -- thank you! Let's see what we've got in Stars and Ships today, on account of me pulling that document up and actually writing in it again two days ago!

Remember: {Quin POV}

Aaliyah, Quin’s mother and sister and friend rolled into one. He couldn’t remember a life without her; he didn’t want to.

Recall: {Jax POV}

Aaliyah laughed and them seemed to recall she was feeling melancholy and glared again. Jax stepped into her space, slow enough that she could move or push him away. She didn’t. Holding her gaze, he reached down, leaning a little, to her thigh holsters. She didn’t breathe as he gently released her knives one at a time and straightened, setting them aside. She was waiting when he turned back to her, arms winding around his waist, eyes large and vast. Jax slid one arm around her shoulders and cupped her head with the other, the fabric of her scarf cool beneath his shaky hand.

Forget: {Quin POV}

Quin sighed. “Nearly blow people up one time, and they never let you forget it.” “Was that a joke? Did you just make a joke to me?” “Whatever,” Quin said, trying not to smile.

Overlook: {Quin POV}

Darting a look over his shoulder—Jax was shepherding everyone toward the hatch—Quin climbed up inside, doing his best to overlook the twitch of pain from his leg. When they were away and safe, he’d go bother the mechanic about it again. Right now, he had bigger problems.

I'll tag @avrablake @imbrisvastatio @vsnotresponding @aalinaaaaaa @author-a-holmes @charlesjosephwrites @kitsandkats-writing and anyone else who wants to look for the words welcome, wander, wish, and will! Go crazy! 🌈

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Find the word tag

I was tagged by @oh-no-another-idea on my favorite tag game ever, thank you, friend! These are extremely Insuppressible Electra Ray words so I went in that direction this time :)

race, why, heist, and square

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race // Simon POV

“You’re saying Nauxial’s followers made this thing?”  “As a safe space to store everything they knew about him, and all the things they planned to do to further his agenda, to make magicians the ruling race.”  Terrible, the way such things rolled off his tongue with ease. “What makes you think I’d want to see something that ugly?”  “Because you want to understand everybody, Simon, even people you disagree with,” Adrian said simply. “I thought... well, I suppose I thought you’d want to understand what you were up against. Maybe I’m off the mark.”  He considered it, and he had admit that Adrian was right. He did want to understand. He couldn’t expect to bring vastly different people together if he only ever looked into mirrors.  “What do I do?” 

why x3 // Electra POV

“The seventh field changes everything,” Anka insisted, like she hadn’t heard a word Electra’d said. “It has power over all the other powers. It’s the end, and the beginning.”  “Okay, movie trailer voice-over. Lay it on me. What’s the damn thing do?”  Anka leaned in close and whispered into her ear what the damn thing did.  And then Electra understood. Why she should absolutely risk everything to get it. Why Anka wanted her to. Why, with that kind of power, she could reasonably expect to bring reality to its knees.  She wasn’t supposed to think about the future. But how could she not when it was morphing into strange, shocking, fantastic new shapes before her very eyes?  Fuckin’ hell. Now she was gonna have to break out of prison. 

heist // Electra POV

“Oh, sorry,” Electra said, dusting off her suitcase. “I was just enjoying the sight of the supervillain without a plan.”  Riley stood and allowed herself a pure moment of frustration, massaging the bridge of her perfect little nose. “I’m not a supervillain,” she sighed. “I’ve never even so much as shoplifted.”  “Well, I have and I am,” Electra said cheerfully. “And I already have some really good ideas. We got plenty of time to pick the best ones.”  Just like that, a dreary night at the bar turned into a road trip and a heist with someone she could be herself around, use her magic around, who knew who she was and didn’t care!  Well, okay - she probably cared. Peter was her brother but maybe they weren’t close. She tried to remember if he’d ever talked about her but she came up blank.  Then again, she hadn’t done a lot of listening back then. 

square // Simon POV

He searched her eyes for any kind of mockery, found broken blood vessels - the magic she’d been summoning before he interrupted her must be tearing her apart. “I am so close,” she said, “and I won’t let you stop me. If you try again, I will kill you.”  He swallowed. “If I weren’t stronger than you, I’d already be dead.”  Her eyes widened at that, in anger or surprise he wasn’t sure, but the sight ignited a spark of energy in his depleted body. He spit blood onto the ground and pulled himself to his feet. If this was how he went, so be it.  “Come at me, Electra,” he dared, ignoring the pain that thrummed in time with his pulse. “Give me everything you’ve got. Otherwise, I’m gonna take that from you, put you down, and make sure you never see the light of day again.”  Her mind was fraying; he felt it as she drew an uneven breath, sizing him up, and it just made her more dangerous. He swore he saw the corner of her mouth quirk up in the glimmer of her gathering magic, coalescing between her hands.  “Go fuck yourself, Bell.”  Turn, he sent.  The blow still hit him square in the chest, but it hit her too.

Tagging @avrablake, @harps-for-days, @andthebubbles and @cilly-the-writer with the new words burn, freeze, fire and shiver :)

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Kaori is plotting a murder, Nolan is ready to rip her apart in a fight, Ryu has sad puppy dog eyes for Nix, Thea accused Nix of being a burglar (it’s how she flirts), Kai is just a happy guy—friends with everyone and loves tending his garden.

Making your OCs as sims is the best. 10/10 highly recommend. Unless of course you want to actually get any writing done. Then avoid avoid avoid.

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Making your OCs as sims is the best. 10/10 highly recommend. Unless of course you want to actually get any writing done. Then avoid avoid avoid.

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my favorite kind of character is the kind who deep in their soul is constantly screaming LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME and outwardly expressing literally anything else

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Specified Lines Tag

Thanks again @oh-no-another-idea

This time I'm finding a line about a smell, a line that's yelled, a line about a drink, a line about hands

Pulling these from Nightshade:

a line about a smell

Nix’s stomach rumbled as the smell of grilled meat drifted up to where he sat perched on top of the wall. He didn’t have any money, but that wasn’t a problem. He could take what he needed easily enough.

a line that's yelled

“I won’t trust my son’s rescue to that monster!” he shouted. “He’s done enough harm already. If it were up to me he’d be thrown in prison and we’d never have to deal with him again.”

a line about a drink

“Here, Kid, drink this. It’s kinda gross, but it will help with the pain. And the nausea.”

a line about hands

“I don’t suppose you are going to tell me about this?” Gram raised the kid’s hand slightly, indicating the cut across his palm that was once again oozing blood. The kid shrugged. “No.” Gram let out a chuckle. “Ya, I figured as much.”

Open tag for anyone who wants to do this and also tagging @kingragnarok-writes @thatndginger @aalinaaaaaa

Find a line about something hard, a line where someone is hurt, a line where someone is cared for, a line you think is beautiful

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twenty years across the sea

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"i can fix him" ok well i will try to make him realize how loved and cherished he is outside of the narrative he created for himself

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i do write for attention, actually, because that's a normal reason to create art

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A heavy sword went through my head

Stuck in the skull and still I tread

They took a stab but I stand strong

I have to live long even if I'm wrong

I've been chained trying to change

They want to kill everything strange

Lonely for love and longing to last

Cemented and clawing out of the past

I'm bleeding but it's all right now

I'm hurting but it's all right now

Not in the least, I have to break free

Rip the staples from the town and be me

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Scientists have just discovered some rocks at the bottom of the ocean can make oxygen... and they do it in complete darkness!

These aren’t magic stones, they’re polymetallic nodules, potato-sized metal lumps packed with manganese, cobalt, and nickel.

But here’s the twist; when seawater flows over their surfaces, they generate tiny electric currents that can split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. No sunlight, no photosynthesis, just deep-sea chemistry creating breathable gas in the pitch black.

This “dark oxygen” could explain how deep-sea creatures survive in low-oxygen zones far from the surface. What's even wilder is that if this can happen on Earth, it could be happening right now in the hidden oceans of Europa or Enceladus, two icy moons that scientists think might host alien life.

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Just over here thinking about my book and the fact that sometimes good people are shitty dads (Nolan), and sometimes good dads are still imperfect (Jonah) and sometimes the people we need the most are the dad figures who aren’t related to us at all (Gram and Lucan)