Staying cozy and watching the magnolia trees!
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Writing is rather a shush to the sparse thoughts of my very existence, than it is to convey out loud on paper, through concerning consistence, whatnot I live, bearing of you.
— Tomie Yamazaki, To the Love I’ve Never Met, 2024
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I didn't attend or even knew "Readers Take Denver" existed until yesterday. I have been watching it explode in real time on Threads. Y'all it's a literary convention that turned into an absolute shitshow. & I find it bizarre that no one on Tumblr is talking about it:
Some Authors & Influencers who were guests had to pay for the privilege.
Authors & Influencers who decided not to attend this year were promoted like they were going to be there. & volunteers & directors made it seem like they were there or going to be there DURING the convention.
Authors & Influencers who were guests were double-booked including their tables & panels.
They didn't receive all the items they were promised including badges, stickers, lanyards & table placards.
Because of the over & double booking of everything - guests & their PAs were verbally assaulted, sometimes including physically, by volunteers & directors.
They had the lights turned off on them.
They had their items thrown off tables & across the room if they didn't move fast enough.
They missed panels they didn't know they were a part of or were thrust into them without knowing they were a part of them.
There were no snacks or water provided to guests.
Volunteers kept attendees from finding or interacting with guests when they were on con floor. & vice versa.
Guests had valuables stolen - cookies, books, purses, etc
During the ball people were sexually harassed & assaulted by people who weren't even part of the con.
Volunteers & directors were going in guest hotel rooms without permission.
Several guests are not coming back & many others who weren't there this year are no longer attending.
Apparently in the FB group moderators aren't allowing in posts disparaging the con.
The con chair was supposed to answer questions in a video chat, but dipped out last second.
Like this was quite literally a clusterfuck to end all clusterfucks.
So if anyone knows or has heard anything let me know. I want to share it with those affected on Threads.
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oops! it seems i tripped and dropped several million free books, papers, and other resources
https://annas-archive.org
https://sci-hub.se
https://z-lib.is
https://libgen.is
https://libgen.rs
https://www.pdfdrive.com
https://library.memoryoftheworld.org
https://monoskop.org/Monoskop
https://libcom.org
https://libretexts.org
http://classics.mit.edu
https://librivox.org
https://standardebooks.org
https://www.gutenberg.org
https://core.ac.uk
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Bumblebees, according to our standards of aerodynamics, should not be able to fly. Yet they can. These chunky, fuzzy guys who often sleep in flowers are little pieces of proof that no matter how much we figure out of our world, there will always be more magic to discover. Welcome, new tattoo (by @millie.ink).
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