Moss
@mossmothreads.bsky.social
Reader | Aspiring Writer | Full-time Moth
She/They 🏳️🌈❤️🏳️⚧️
She/They 🏳️🌈❤️🏳️⚧️
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A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
5 star reads of 2025 💙📚
January 2, 2026 at 7:39 PM
5 star reads of 2025 💙📚
2025 — Farewell. I’m ready to drop kick you into the dust, shake myself off, and fill 2026 with more words and wonder. 💙📚
January 2, 2026 at 6:44 PM
2025 — Farewell. I’m ready to drop kick you into the dust, shake myself off, and fill 2026 with more words and wonder. 💙📚
Another month another potpourri of reads. Used the fun fiction ones to carrot-and-stick my way through. Buffalo Hunter Hunter will stick with me for a lifetime just…harrowing. 📚💙
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Another month another potpourri of reads. Used the fun fiction ones to carrot-and-stick my way through. Buffalo Hunter Hunter will stick with me for a lifetime just…harrowing. 📚💙
Feeling loved and grateful. Received some thoughtful bday gifts that I am excited to read. 💙📚
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Feeling loved and grateful. Received some thoughtful bday gifts that I am excited to read. 💙📚
A mixed treat bag of spooky reads this October. Loved having some comics in the mix, it’s not Halloween without one! Most were hits, but I ended the month with Ring, and oof…that one left a sour taste. Sometimes adaptations really do trim the fat for a reason imo. #booksky
November 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A mixed treat bag of spooky reads this October. Loved having some comics in the mix, it’s not Halloween without one! Most were hits, but I ended the month with Ring, and oof…that one left a sour taste. Sometimes adaptations really do trim the fat for a reason imo. #booksky
About 35% in and absolutely devouring this book. A hive-minded doctor investigating another entity? So superbly weird and perfect for the spooky season. 💙📚
October 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
About 35% in and absolutely devouring this book. A hive-minded doctor investigating another entity? So superbly weird and perfect for the spooky season. 💙📚
Wrapped up 18 books this September, helped along by some spooky shorts, poems, a couple carry-overs from August, and plenty of audiobooks. I seem to read more when I’m anxious…and this month shows it. #booksky
September 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Wrapped up 18 books this September, helped along by some spooky shorts, poems, a couple carry-overs from August, and plenty of audiobooks. I seem to read more when I’m anxious…and this month shows it. #booksky
Finished The God in the Woods audiobook on Friday and glad I listened instead of read. It’s a slow-burn mystery that unfolds over three decades through multiple POVs. Beautifully written, but definitely a gradual build. 💙📚
September 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Finished The God in the Woods audiobook on Friday and glad I listened instead of read. It’s a slow-burn mystery that unfolds over three decades through multiple POVs. Beautifully written, but definitely a gradual build. 💙📚
For Sapphic September, I decided to go to the source and read the original diva. I’ve been comparing different versions and so far, I prefer the Josephine Balmer translation. 💙📚
September 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
For Sapphic September, I decided to go to the source and read the original diva. I’ve been comparing different versions and so far, I prefer the Josephine Balmer translation. 💙📚
I did it! Completed my goal and am still hungry for more reads. 💙📚
September 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I did it! Completed my goal and am still hungry for more reads. 💙📚
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Sappho didn’t write tiny poems with giant leaps. They were torn. Everybody, mostly men, Swinburne, for example, has been filling her holes ever since. She said…well, actually, you can say Sappho said anything. She says about two words and then everyone, the world, jumps in.
Eileen Myles, Inferno
Eileen Myles, Inferno
September 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Sappho didn’t write tiny poems with giant leaps. They were torn. Everybody, mostly men, Swinburne, for example, has been filling her holes ever since. She said…well, actually, you can say Sappho said anything. She says about two words and then everyone, the world, jumps in.
Eileen Myles, Inferno
Eileen Myles, Inferno
Spooky season is creeping closer. I’m warming up with The King in Yellow. I didn’t expect it to be so romantic. Perfect way to set the mood and ease into my list of horror reads. 📚💙
September 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Spooky season is creeping closer. I’m warming up with The King in Yellow. I didn’t expect it to be so romantic. Perfect way to set the mood and ease into my list of horror reads. 📚💙
Glad I read Iris Chang’s The Thread of the Silkworm before picking up Last Night at the Telegraph Club. Chang’s book traces the life of Tsien Hsue-Shen, founder of JPL, later deported during the Red Scare. #booksky
August 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Glad I read Iris Chang’s The Thread of the Silkworm before picking up Last Night at the Telegraph Club. Chang’s book traces the life of Tsien Hsue-Shen, founder of JPL, later deported during the Red Scare. #booksky
Love an in-depth book talk. It was a delight going to Small Format’s discussion of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and getting to meet fellow local book lovers. 📚 Cozy spaces with new faces are a treasure. #booksky
August 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Love an in-depth book talk. It was a delight going to Small Format’s discussion of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and getting to meet fellow local book lovers. 📚 Cozy spaces with new faces are a treasure. #booksky
To make reading feel even more magical, I’ve started collecting bookmarks from every bookstore I visit. If we're ✨romanticizing life✨, we start with the pages.
August 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
To make reading feel even more magical, I’ve started collecting bookmarks from every bookstore I visit. If we're ✨romanticizing life✨, we start with the pages.
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ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness:
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Creativity vs. Control: Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and A.I. "Art" - Reactor
Wendy Xu discusses creativity and the importance of getting through hardship.
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August 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness:
reactormag.com/creativity-v...
reactormag.com/creativity-v...
After a long dry spell with reading, I’m thrilled to be 80% into my goal. I don’t know if 60 books is going to be the annual goal moving forward, and am interested to check out other challenges, but this pace has been good to rebuild the habit. It has definitely helped curb my doomscrolling. 📚💙
August 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
After a long dry spell with reading, I’m thrilled to be 80% into my goal. I don’t know if 60 books is going to be the annual goal moving forward, and am interested to check out other challenges, but this pace has been good to rebuild the habit. It has definitely helped curb my doomscrolling. 📚💙
The sweetest baby who loves to snooze and flex her beans while I read.
August 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The sweetest baby who loves to snooze and flex her beans while I read.
I can do it! I’m sooo close 💙📚
August 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I can do it! I’m sooo close 💙📚
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Island of Doctor Moreau but yuri
((I’m gonna write out the name of the book on every post, apologies in advance))
((I’m gonna write out the name of the book on every post, apologies in advance))
February 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Island of Doctor Moreau but yuri
((I’m gonna write out the name of the book on every post, apologies in advance))
((I’m gonna write out the name of the book on every post, apologies in advance))
Picked up The Island of Dr. Moreau because I like a short audiobook for work. About halfway in and I can’t help but view it through a queer-coded lens, tho I’m certain that wasn’t in the intent. The laws, however loudly they are recited, cannot extinguish the truths we carry in within us. #booksky
August 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Picked up The Island of Dr. Moreau because I like a short audiobook for work. About halfway in and I can’t help but view it through a queer-coded lens, tho I’m certain that wasn’t in the intent. The laws, however loudly they are recited, cannot extinguish the truths we carry in within us. #booksky
A personal lesson that bears revisiting before the healing can begin. May we all find the peace we crave. #writersky #poetry
August 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A personal lesson that bears revisiting before the healing can begin. May we all find the peace we crave. #writersky #poetry
It’s always a joy to discover a botanical garden close to home. 🌱
August 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s always a joy to discover a botanical garden close to home. 🌱