@locker1776.bsky.social
Software tester who lives in a Chicago suburb. Reads the books. Listens to the music. Watches the sports.
Umberto Eco's notorious postscript of "The Name of the Rose" was “I felt like poisoning a monk.”
@sarahgailey.bsky.social wrote "Spread Me" because she felt like screwing a virus.
This book takes you places you can never have imagined
@sarahgailey.bsky.social wrote "Spread Me" because she felt like screwing a virus.
This book takes you places you can never have imagined
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Umberto Eco's notorious postscript of "The Name of the Rose" was “I felt like poisoning a monk.”
@sarahgailey.bsky.social wrote "Spread Me" because she felt like screwing a virus.
This book takes you places you can never have imagined
@sarahgailey.bsky.social wrote "Spread Me" because she felt like screwing a virus.
This book takes you places you can never have imagined
Sorry @pazsays.bsky.social, those crazy Amazon algorithms were too much to resist. I know what I'm doing this weekend...
September 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Sorry @pazsays.bsky.social, those crazy Amazon algorithms were too much to resist. I know what I'm doing this weekend...
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we have both computers and science fiction because Byron was so insufferable it inspired all the women around him to come up with elaborate reasons to get away
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
August 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
we have both computers and science fiction because Byron was so insufferable it inspired all the women around him to come up with elaborate reasons to get away
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Okay. The people have spoken.
For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).
Let the games begin.
For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).
Let the games begin.
May 8, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Okay. The people have spoken.
For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).
Let the games begin.
For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).
Let the games begin.
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First full shelf. Need to order more…
July 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
First full shelf. Need to order more…
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I am so excited for this book that I co-edited with @drkarenlord.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social and featuring speculative stories about collective action from incredible writers, plus essays and interviews with activists - if you're excited too, now is a great time to pre-order!
July 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I am so excited for this book that I co-edited with @drkarenlord.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social and featuring speculative stories about collective action from incredible writers, plus essays and interviews with activists - if you're excited too, now is a great time to pre-order!
The lighting bugs are out!
June 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The lighting bugs are out!
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People outside tech starting to realize how quality software and typing/generating code fast are not correlated
June 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
People outside tech starting to realize how quality software and typing/generating code fast are not correlated
It's Passover, and you can not stream "The Ten Commandments" on ANY streaming service. Truly a breakdown of late stage capitalism.
#passover #latestagecapitalism #jewishlife
#passover #latestagecapitalism #jewishlife
April 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
It's Passover, and you can not stream "The Ten Commandments" on ANY streaming service. Truly a breakdown of late stage capitalism.
#passover #latestagecapitalism #jewishlife
#passover #latestagecapitalism #jewishlife
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not becoming less relevant
April 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
not becoming less relevant
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I love pre-ordering books, they just appear on your doorstep like magic, after you forgot you ordered them.
Can't wait to read the newest from @adapalmer.bsky.social and @amalelmohtar.com !
Can't wait to read the newest from @adapalmer.bsky.social and @amalelmohtar.com !
March 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I love pre-ordering books, they just appear on your doorstep like magic, after you forgot you ordered them.
Can't wait to read the newest from @adapalmer.bsky.social and @amalelmohtar.com !
Can't wait to read the newest from @adapalmer.bsky.social and @amalelmohtar.com !
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Wrote about the strange events that made the U.S. a super power in women’s sports—and why that could all too easily be undone by this administration.
Gift link so everyone can read it:
Gift link so everyone can read it:
Women's Sports Happened By Accident, And Could Be Taken Apart On Purpose | Defector
It’s Monday night, and I check my local TV listings to see what women’s college basketball games are on. I make a note to catch all the big women’s college gymnastics meets coming up on Friday. I duti...
defector.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Wrote about the strange events that made the U.S. a super power in women’s sports—and why that could all too easily be undone by this administration.
Gift link so everyone can read it:
Gift link so everyone can read it:
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1000% this. Public libraries are actually pretty radical--free to all, and based on the idea that info should be available to all. Get a library card! Use your library! Those numbers often play into their funding.
I also keep thinking that we have to support our libraries.
January 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
1000% this. Public libraries are actually pretty radical--free to all, and based on the idea that info should be available to all. Get a library card! Use your library! Those numbers often play into their funding.
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Spent the morning shoveling snow with my kid. We talked about how--because the world is increasingly stupid, unkind, and selfish--we need to work hard at being curious, kind, and helpful to others. Even if we're just starting with shoveling the walk for our community.
January 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Spent the morning shoveling snow with my kid. We talked about how--because the world is increasingly stupid, unkind, and selfish--we need to work hard at being curious, kind, and helpful to others. Even if we're just starting with shoveling the walk for our community.
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I had a walk today and thought about the relationship between civility, discomfort, and abuse.
Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.
Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.
January 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I had a walk today and thought about the relationship between civility, discomfort, and abuse.
Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.
Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.
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Please do not lose the ability to identify bullshit when you see it. There is enormous pressure right now to pretend bullshit is not bullshit, and that pressure will only increase with each passing day. Please fight that, if only in your own mind, so you do not deceive yourself.
December 19, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Please do not lose the ability to identify bullshit when you see it. There is enormous pressure right now to pretend bullshit is not bullshit, and that pressure will only increase with each passing day. Please fight that, if only in your own mind, so you do not deceive yourself.
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older I get the closer i get to thinking trees are gods
December 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM
older I get the closer i get to thinking trees are gods
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Confirmation that Star Trek II is a holiday movie... ✨️
December 10, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Confirmation that Star Trek II is a holiday movie... ✨️
Perhaps the most amazing thing of the 21st century. How quickly solar power became economical.
“The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the ‘cheapest…electricity in history’ with the tech cheaper than coal & gas in most major countries.”
And that’s before you consider the MASSIVE (countable & uncountable) costs & consequences of the #ClimateCrisis. www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now...
And that’s before you consider the MASSIVE (countable & uncountable) costs & consequences of the #ClimateCrisis. www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now...
Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA
The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries.
www.carbonbrief.org
December 8, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Perhaps the most amazing thing of the 21st century. How quickly solar power became economical.
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Compliment strangers.
Make yourself a favorite meal.
Join a mentoring program.
Make a donation to a food bank or diaper bank.
Tip extra at your favorite small business.
Email a writer, artist, or other creative person about how much their work means to you.
Make plans to see friends.
Sleep early.
Make yourself a favorite meal.
Join a mentoring program.
Make a donation to a food bank or diaper bank.
Tip extra at your favorite small business.
Email a writer, artist, or other creative person about how much their work means to you.
Make plans to see friends.
Sleep early.
November 17, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Compliment strangers.
Make yourself a favorite meal.
Join a mentoring program.
Make a donation to a food bank or diaper bank.
Tip extra at your favorite small business.
Email a writer, artist, or other creative person about how much their work means to you.
Make plans to see friends.
Sleep early.
Make yourself a favorite meal.
Join a mentoring program.
Make a donation to a food bank or diaper bank.
Tip extra at your favorite small business.
Email a writer, artist, or other creative person about how much their work means to you.
Make plans to see friends.
Sleep early.
The best "self help" book from Britain has arrived on this side of the pond! @eleanormorton.bsky.social #booksky
November 14, 2024 at 1:26 PM
The best "self help" book from Britain has arrived on this side of the pond! @eleanormorton.bsky.social #booksky
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And… speaking of Starter Packs. I made this one with Nebula Finalists and Winners across the years. I know it's far from complete. If you're a Nebula finalist or winner in any category or know of anyone who is missing, feel free to tell me and I'll add you there.
go.bsky.app/TJiz2ct
go.bsky.app/TJiz2ct
November 12, 2024 at 8:59 PM
And… speaking of Starter Packs. I made this one with Nebula Finalists and Winners across the years. I know it's far from complete. If you're a Nebula finalist or winner in any category or know of anyone who is missing, feel free to tell me and I'll add you there.
go.bsky.app/TJiz2ct
go.bsky.app/TJiz2ct
Really would like keyboard shortcuts on this site...
November 9, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Really would like keyboard shortcuts on this site...