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Mx M
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Bisexual. Queer. Bookworm. Survivor. Books are my comfort food. They/them. Spoonie. Chronic pain. Social worker.
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I was also thinking about doing a thread with all the books I read this year, so maybe I can start that before going to bed.

Okay, let's see.

Books I've read in 2025
Wait, wait, wait, wait, WAIT. I am confused and I feel like I need to ask a US social worker directly bc my mind is not grasping this.

So like, over here we have laws, as in several social law books specifically, that regulate in detail what social workers do & how they should do it in what field.
February 14, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I will say I'm getting more appalled the longer I watch the availability of the Heated Rivalry books in English in my city. It is now the middle of February, two episodes of the show are officially out here. At no point in time could you order any of the books & get an actual delivery time.
February 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Holy shit what a sprint. Again with the upsets and surprises, it's wild to see.
February 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I've read the article about Heated Rivalry fandom bringing rpf and toxicity to the Olympics and i find the whole concept just as infuriating as disturbing, no matter where they bring it.

I also want to yell at them a lot about real life bc of their refusal to actually engage with real queer life.
February 14, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Just had dinner with Mr M and watched the sprint relive and holy moly, that sure was something. Never thought I'd feel sympathy for Jacquelin but man, missing the podium by 0.2 seconds after *that* performance is bitter as hell.
February 13, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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so many families are in awful positions because ICE’s bullshit has collapsed the already fragile social safety net.

this family is living in their van in minnesota in winter. they’ve applied for help at over a dozen orgs and are still unhoused. with babies.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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Hugo noms are open, and I want to talk about Best Pro Artist!

I was making a thread of some never-before-nominated artists... but I quit after three because it's taking an eon to research which pieces were published in 2025.

So maybe just share eligible artists here?

Here's the three I found!
February 13, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I think a lot of the romance authors I read now I found bc someone recommended them to me with a ton of enthusiasm so I had to check them out. It's been years now, but Alyssa Cole, Beverly Jenkins, Alisha Rai, Talia Hibbett, Suleikha Snyder, Mia Hopkins & Alexis Daria became faves bc of recs.
Here's a fun question: what book and/or author do you now love because someone else put you on to them? For me, last year I was convinced to read Elmore Leonard's Swag (never read him before last year!) and I loved it. And Jordan Harper, also loved!

What about you?
Someone sent me a friend request on Facebook and i know them but i don’t KNOW them. So i was hesitant to accept. But, i did. It’s FB. I’m not there very often and it’s not a big deal.

They just wanted to send me this message. And it made my whole day.
February 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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One of my buddies in MN is really going through it right now (TO SAY THE LEAST) and could use some help.

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February 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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"Billie's orgasm tore through her like a lightning bolt." The first sentence of Beverly Jenkins's 2013 romance Destiny's Surrender—and a classic. I've written people having sex in the first chapter. I can't remember the last time I read a romance with the below template.
I love how you can time romances to certain beats. The kiss at exactly 50%. The big breakup at 75-80%. The grand gesture and reconciliation at 95%.

I don't mind predictable and formulaic... as long as the books still have -soul- and aren't paint by numbers.
February 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I don't argue with ppl who come into my mentions to 'well, actually' me about abusers & predators bc "he was proven innocent". I just block.

For one, the fuck he was. (It doesn't really matter which one of the prominent cases you look at, innocent is the last word to find there).
February 12, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Holy fuck, I need to ban myself from the Internet bc someone was just on my TL, being absolutely shocked that ex soccer superstar Frank Ribery is mentioned in The Files.

The scream I just screamed. Ppl really haven't given a shit about survivors for decades & want to be pretend outraged now.
February 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I've been trying so hard to sleep right so I can get up a little earlier to take care of my back exercises and it's not going at all. Here I am at almost 3 am, being angry about extremely bigoted reviews of mm books by readers who read a ton of mm books and are the worst homophobes on this planet.
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 AM
My grandmother has been Heidi her whole life. I didn't know she had another name & thought my grandfather calling her "Inge" in emergency situations was the actual nickname for large parts of my life.

The name on her adoption papers (she doesn't have an original birth certificate) is "Ingeborg".
Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.
February 11, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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I did a partial payment today but I still need to take care of the rest of my back rent to keep my housing. It needs to be taken care of ASAP. You can also buy books in my digital shop to help!
January rent is past due and I also need some help to keep the lights on and pay me health insurance. Any amount helps and so do shares 💖

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February 11, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I Feel Free, probably 😂
what's the first song you're gonna blast when It Happens
February 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Teheheheheeeee, that was a good night
February 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM
And the best part is, I won't see a single halftime commercial ever bc they don't air here. I'm really good with that.
February 9, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Also I didn't imagine Pedro being right there, right?
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
The way I yelled "I called it!" just now 😂
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
The joy on that stage, my God
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I can't wait for the same ppl who were 'disappointed' last year to be more disappointed this year after Green Day is done. I don't understand why ppl truly believe there's such a thing as protesting anything at an NFL game. Least of all on your tv screen.

You do remember who the NFL is, yeah?
February 8, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I'm not reading that trash panda article, I don't need more grifter bs in my life. I have however read a new article over here discussing a flood of ai-generated "celebrity biographies" on amz that are clearly scams and also filled to the brim with wrong information & non-existent family members.
February 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Ah, finally the first biathlon race. 🥰
February 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I fucking love Emma Aicher. Her authenticity, the way she makes noises instead of responding to questions she doesn't have a good answer for, the shoulder shrugs and looks all a language of its own. I love watching her interviews.
February 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM