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The Solitary Summer Elizabeth von Arnim ©️1899

We're so back. An entrepreneur is restoring Pizza Huts to their former glory.

@CrypticChrncles San People. Kaggan

Mantis alien abduction stories are among the strangest and most unsettling encounters in UFO lore. Witnesses often describe towering insect-like beings with large black eyes, immense intelligence, and an eerie sense of calm or authority. Some claim these entities perform examinations, communicate telepathically, or act as overseers behind the classic “Grey” encounters. Are these beings extraterrestrials, interdimensional intelligences… or symbols emerging from the deep unconscious? The mystery only gets stranger the deeper you go. 🛸👁️ What do YOU think about the Mantis beings? Let me know in the comments, and follow the journey into the unknown on Cryptic Chronicles. #MantisAliens #AlienAbduction #CrypticChronicles

The Original Search Engine

There’s a High Chance If You Were Around in the 1980s, You’ll Remember the Children’s Book Series “Choose Your Own Adventure. Unlike Every Book You’ve Ever Seen Up Until Then, You Didn’t Read it Front to Back. Instead You Were Faced With Choices After Being Presented With All Sorts of Random Dilemmas. Best of All, There Were Dozens of Endings So if You Didn’t Like Your Fate, You Could Always Try Again. #chooseyourownadventure #books #reading #1980s #80s

Amazing News: The number of independent bookstores in the U.S. has grown by 70% since 2020. In 2025 alone, 422 new bookstores opened, according to the American Booksellers Association. The world is healing.

On a world of ice, survival depends on trust. ❄️ Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness follows a perilous journey across Gethen, with illustrations by David Lupton. foliosociety.com/the-left-hand-…

@StarFireV2 😆

@TheLibrary101 I’ve made myself ban book purchases until I catch up on more of my book stacks 😂

@StarFireV2 Haven’t read it yet. These were the books I picked up “bookstore browsing” on Saturday. I’m looking forward to the movie (excellent reviews so far) & based on a quick read of the first couple pages, writing seems pretty good. I’m trying to read more current authors.

@TheLibrary101 I want to see Project Hail Mary! I haven’t read it yet though because I’m too ADHD to not juggle books. What are your thoughts on Project Hail Mary?

Bibliotecas maravillosas. 📚

@incentivising generalist for the win

Pattern recognition is not the highest form of intelligence. You've been lied to. The highest indicator of intelligence is synthesis: the ability to connect topics coherently, allowing for the creation of new ways of approaching a problem or a situation. Everyone can see patterns. Few can connect them properly.

@Cowboyw2b2 @VincentCrypt46 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,…

Serendipity… @VincentCrypt46 returned to X on April 1 (the day of the Artemis II launch) and posted, “Hello World” His timestamp = 12:34 Q1234 = AMERICA WILL BE UNIFIED AGAIN! 11.11.18. The next day NASA posted a picture of earth, taken by Reid Wiseman the commander of Artemis II. The pucture is titled “Hello, World” Bonus, Reid Wiseman was born on 11.11.

@VincentCrypt46 @thestoicplumber en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,…

My first human interaction.

$100 to anyone who could do this

A form of book art known as a fore-edge painting, where a scene is painted on the edges of the book's pages. The art practice was particularly popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.

"Books only have two smells. The smell of a new book, which is good, and the smell of an old book, which is even better." —Ray Bradbury