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The Darc
@darkreader.bsky.social
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Constant Reader / Book Masochist.
Dad with the bod to prove it.
Occasional jerk.
I'm not here to buy anything, sell anything, or process anything.
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The Darc @darkreader.bsky.social · Dec 15
It’s been years since I’ve had cause to think about this device for sucking snot out of babies’ noses (it works amazingly well) but I’ll never get over the missed marketing opportunity.

It should have been called the NoseFeratu.
The NoseFrida product image, a filtered nozzle and tube that lets an adult suck snot out of a baby’s nose.
darkreader.bsky.social
Who chose these colours and why do they hate my eyes?
📚💙
Front inside flap of dustjacket for Iced on Aran by Brian Lumley, with orange text against a teel background, very difficult to read.
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
Any I should play/replay before selling? #RetroGaming
PSOne and Dreamcast games
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
darkreader.bsky.social
Thanks to AI and self-publishing, you too can spam the market with slop novels based on current events within moments. #AIbooks 💙📚

What a time to be alive. 🤑🤮
An AI-generated book about the Louvre heist, not worth describing. An AI-generated book about the Louvre heist, not worth describing. An AI-generated book about the Louvre heist, not worth describing. An AI-generated book about the Louvre heist, not worth describing.
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
@372pages.bsky.social the fans persist.
eizebasa.baby Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 26d
no I will NOT calm down, they made Encyclopedia Brown have Dreamworks face
Cover of a modern Encyclopedia Brown book.
October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
Amazing and heartwarming book. I don't have much of a platform but if even one more person picks this up because I said so, the world will be just a tiny bit better. #booksky
infinitesquirrels.bsky.social J. Robert Matthewson ♾️🐿️♾️💻 @infinitesquirrels.bsky.social · Oct 5
Out now!

Tales of a Stranger Sister

A Small-Scale, Slice-of-Life Isekai Fantasy novel about Siblings, Stories, & Second Chances by J. Robert Matthewson

Available as an e-book & paperback!

books2read.com/stranger-sister

[📚🪐] [📚💙] #booksky #fantasybooks #indiefantasy #Kindle #ebooks #Indieauthor
A Promotional ad for Tales of a Stranger Sister by J. Robert Matthewson. The image is a green background with gold trim featuring a tablet computer and paperback novel. The cover is of a boy, girl, and cat sitting by the water's edge. The girl's reflection is that of an woman holding a coffee cup and tablet. Text: Tales of a Stranger Sister: A Small-scale, Slice-of-Life Fantasy Isekai about Siblings, Stories, & Second Chances Available as an e-book and in paperback! "Thoughtful and authentic" - Goodreads review "A good mix of light-heartedness and more heavy themes" - Goodreads review
October 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
When my teenager has friends over, it reminds me of being in public places and overhearing random boring conversations that are appropriately loud and you just have to try and tune them out because you’re stuck in that space for a time.

But inside my own house.
September 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
darkreader.bsky.social
Just in time for the first @372pages.bsky.social free-to-all episode covering this masterpiece, a giveaway for 100 print copies of the book was just launched by the publisher (US residents only, sorry). www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Really, with a book like this, aren't we all winners?
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
Physical game disc, double-wide case, full colour embossed game manual, wired controller … Alundra is go! This game does not hold your hand. #retrogaming
@sharkabytes.bsky.social @retroblast.bsky.social
Playstation 2 console with Playstation 1 game Alundra case and instruction booklet.
September 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
darkreader.bsky.social
If you don't know the extent of AI books, here are 374 I've categorized. Tip of the iceberg. 💙📚

www.goodreads.com/list/show/22... www.goodreads.com/list/show/22... www.goodreads.com/list/show/23... www.goodreads.com/list/show/23... www.goodreads.com/list/show/22... www.goodreads.com/list/show/22...
AI slop books about farts and poo (79 books)
79 books based on 2 votes: Miss Farts-A-Lot’s Busy Classroom by Annie Noor, Golden Poopoo: A Tale of Resilience, Kindness, and Magic: Kids bed time moral...
www.goodreads.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
This is me. I'm that dad.
September 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
The perfect promo for Brown's new book coming out this fall. 📚💙
372pages.bsky.social 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back @372pages.bsky.social · Sep 11
We announced our next book today, and it's DECEPTION POINT, by master of the microchapter, DAN BROWN! Listen to the announcement then read along with us!
youtube: youtu.be/ITp3OD9lvq8
spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2UF0...
apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
September 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
My free Kindle Unlimited trial came just in time this year. 📚💙
Book cover: Seduced by the Pumpkin Spice Latte by Evelyn Cloves. Picture is a PSL being held by a woman (seen only from the lips down) in two hands, done in warm tones.
September 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
‘Crowds of young men swaggered beerily to and fro, …’

🪐📚💙
Title page: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.
August 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
Around page 100 she's naked again, and apparently she has enchanted her underwear (not currently worn) to give off bright light on command, because ...??? 🪐📚💙
darkreader.bsky.social The Darc @darkreader.bsky.social · Aug 25
I don’t know why I’m still reading these. Ed Greenwood’s books are uniquely unbearable. Here, he is committed to making his FMC inexplicably naked as many times as possible, and that’s just by page 66. 🪐📚💙
Book: Stormlight by Ed Greenwood, a Forgotten Realms novel.
August 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
I understand reading for pain, and choose to do it more than is likely healthy. For example, I am about to take advantage of a Kindle Unlimited free trial month. Between that and @372pages.bsky.social -worthy books, it’s a lot of pain. Glorious, self-inflicted pain. Still beats AI books though. 📚💙
August 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
I don’t know why I’m still reading these. Ed Greenwood’s books are uniquely unbearable. Here, he is committed to making his FMC inexplicably naked as many times as possible, and that’s just by page 66. 🪐📚💙
Book: Stormlight by Ed Greenwood, a Forgotten Realms novel.
August 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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amybrown.xyz
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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372pages.bsky.social
Our final Night of the Crabs episode is now live on the main free feed! Listen with your favorite 8 year old!
youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyJk...
spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3eMQ...
apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
August 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
Being a parent means you notice when Annie’s mac & cheese changes the material for their cheese powder packet and you have to use scissors to open it now but there are no longer 1 in 10 packets with the powder hard and clumped up, and you appreciate that.
August 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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everylibrary.bsky.social
Like, follow, and share if you love libraries!

Take action to support libraries at action.everylibrary.org
July 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
Ready to see the movie. I’ve been looking forward to this one for years. #FF #Fantastic4 #FantasticFour
Completed build of the Fantastic Four vs Galactus Lego set
July 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
Forget leaving an AI prompt in your book. This guy left the prompt in his book's TITLE. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... #AIbooks #AIslop #deathtoAI 📚💙
Here’s a fun and engaging title for your ebook: "Wiggly the Worm’s Garden Adventures: Fun Short Stories for Kids"
Amazon.com: Here’s a fun and engaging title for your ebook: "Wiggly the Worm’s Garden Adventures: Fun Short Stories for Kids" eBook : Nawaz, Asif: Books
www.amazon.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
It’s a very good book and you know you need some positivity in your life. 📚💙
infinitesquirrels.bsky.social J. Robert Matthewson ♾️🐿️♾️💻 @infinitesquirrels.bsky.social · Jul 13
It's my birthday today & I'm totes pulling a Hobbit by giving a gift to everyone else.

For the next 24 hours, the ebook of Tales of a Stranger Sister will be 99¢. That's a 67% discount!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYWD9GS5

[📚🪐] [📚💙] #booksky #fantasybooks #indiefantasy #Kindle #Kindlebooks #ebooks
July 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
darkreader.bsky.social
My love of book/publishing drama is hindered by my slow discovery of said book/publishing drama. Could someone tag me the next time something juicy comes up? 💙📚

Never heard of the Salt Path before this anyway, so maybe I'm better off this way.
July 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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372pages.bsky.social
Our next book is NIGHT OF THE CRABS by legendary British pulp author and pipe smoking champion Guy N Smith! We're recording our first full episode for it on Wednesday, so get reading! amzn.to/4n7oia9
July 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM