Thomas Maluck
@maluckamuck.financialflock.com
Writing machine, teen services librarian, Kirkus reviewer, public speaker, accredited personal finance instructor, he/him, opinions mine
https://thomasmaluck.carrd.com
https://thomasmaluck.carrd.com
Age verification? My gateway into Pokemon was a VHS tape Nintendo mailed with the S.S. Anne episode.
Age verification? I got to see Superman the Movie in the theater for free because a poem I wrote about the planet Krypton won a contest they held at Kaufmann's department store in downtown Pittsburgh.
Age verification? The definitive pop star, the performance and musical standard against which I subconsciously judge all others, is a guy with a stripe painted on his nose dressed as an 18th century bandit yelling “fa-diddly-qua-qua”
February 10, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Age verification? My gateway into Pokemon was a VHS tape Nintendo mailed with the S.S. Anne episode.
The "trends" portion of my manga & anime presentation includes a bit about AI and I am very tempted to use this...
February 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
The "trends" portion of my manga & anime presentation includes a bit about AI and I am very tempted to use this...
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hard to like... talk to people about how fraught it is for queer American creatives--particularly for kids/MG/Y, and particularly for comics rn--in terms of planning your life trajectory. this stuff has to start years ahead of time but who knows what years ahead will look like haha
February 10, 2026 at 2:20 AM
hard to like... talk to people about how fraught it is for queer American creatives--particularly for kids/MG/Y, and particularly for comics rn--in terms of planning your life trajectory. this stuff has to start years ahead of time but who knows what years ahead will look like haha
Finished reading/notes for one article and sent off a draft of another. Let's keep this writing momentum going!
February 10, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Finished reading/notes for one article and sent off a draft of another. Let's keep this writing momentum going!
Wonderful video, and I will endorse the Eternal Editions as performing well on the teen shelves (setting up the next generation for senshi success)
February 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Wonderful video, and I will endorse the Eternal Editions as performing well on the teen shelves (setting up the next generation for senshi success)
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Art by Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestami | www.instagram.com/neyestanimana
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Art by Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestami | www.instagram.com/neyestanimana
*smiling through envious tears*
I saw Cowboy Bebop Big Band last year, they're probably just as good
I saw Cowboy Bebop Big Band last year, they're probably just as good
Yoko Kanno concert tix acquired for anime boston~
February 7, 2026 at 3:37 PM
*smiling through envious tears*
I saw Cowboy Bebop Big Band last year, they're probably just as good
I saw Cowboy Bebop Big Band last year, they're probably just as good
Film students can't sit through movies, manga editors won't read widely, the rest of us drink deeply from the well of life and belch proudly.
February 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Film students can't sit through movies, manga editors won't read widely, the rest of us drink deeply from the well of life and belch proudly.
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Vinland Saga manga ending in America the same year Kingdom takes off... Pretty great baton pass between series going on.
February 6, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Vinland Saga manga ending in America the same year Kingdom takes off... Pretty great baton pass between series going on.
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
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In addition to all this, Fobazi was funny. Really funny. She wasn’t just vocational awe. She would have hated that. RIP.
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
In addition to all this, Fobazi was funny. Really funny. She wasn’t just vocational awe. She would have hated that. RIP.
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I don't do library reference work anymore, but when I did, the CIA World Factbook was indispensable. It was detailed, authoritative, and brimming with loads of arcane facts. I can't tell you how many country assignments this resource supported, but it had to be in the millions.
CIA ends publication of its popular World Factbook reference tool
The CIA is ending the publication of its popular World Factbook reference manual
abcnews.go.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I don't do library reference work anymore, but when I did, the CIA World Factbook was indispensable. It was detailed, authoritative, and brimming with loads of arcane facts. I can't tell you how many country assignments this resource supported, but it had to be in the millions.
Sharing some royal/palace intrigue on a chilly #WeebWednesday
It's never too late to get into The Rose of Versailles
February 5, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Sharing some royal/palace intrigue on a chilly #WeebWednesday
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Gramsci once observed "the old is dying and the new struggles to be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear," and I'm not sure there would be any better encapsulation of our society's comorbidities than this headline.
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended det...
prospect.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Gramsci once observed "the old is dying and the new struggles to be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear," and I'm not sure there would be any better encapsulation of our society's comorbidities than this headline.
Thread!
It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Thread!
The Phoenix itself is a neutral phenomenon; it witnesses events both joyous and calamitous.
February 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM
The Phoenix itself is a neutral phenomenon; it witnesses events both joyous and calamitous.
It's never too late to get into The Rose of Versailles
February 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
It's never too late to get into The Rose of Versailles
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This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Oh goody, and a week before my manga/anime presentation, too. Allow me to shine a juicy apple for Prof. @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Oh goody, and a week before my manga/anime presentation, too. Allow me to shine a juicy apple for Prof. @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social
Frieren Season 2 Blu-ray cover, perfect snow day vibe
February 1, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Frieren Season 2 Blu-ray cover, perfect snow day vibe
Just starting The Return over here. Each stage (original series, Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, Fire Walk With Me, The Missing Pieces) meaningfully built on what came before and has been more than worth the ride.
Twin Peaks was incredible, and also every single person who ever described it to me made it sound like the first season versus the entire story through The Return. Really powerful. Loved every minute
February 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Just starting The Return over here. Each stage (original series, Secret Diary of Laura Palmer, Fire Walk With Me, The Missing Pieces) meaningfully built on what came before and has been more than worth the ride.
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❤️ reading indoors ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 5:31 PM
❤️ reading indoors ❤️