ReadingDanger
@readingdanger.bsky.social
Library worker. Union rep. Music, fiber arts, lifting, and coding hobbyist. He/him.
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Anyone picking the centrist path is a Republican. Jig is up, baby. Clinton Wing of the Dem party is done. Go that way and die. If you want to win a seat, get on the side of the good guys. Or run as a Republican.
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Anyone picking the centrist path is a Republican. Jig is up, baby. Clinton Wing of the Dem party is done. Go that way and die. If you want to win a seat, get on the side of the good guys. Or run as a Republican.
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My illustrations celebrating Nancy Drew entering the public domain
February 17, 2026 at 1:29 PM
My illustrations celebrating Nancy Drew entering the public domain
Real glad to see the Cumans (central Asian mercenaries in medieval Bohemia) humanized in Kingdom Come 2 because they were very much the "evil murderous foreigners" only in the first game.
February 17, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Real glad to see the Cumans (central Asian mercenaries in medieval Bohemia) humanized in Kingdom Come 2 because they were very much the "evil murderous foreigners" only in the first game.
Beautiful work. Good cause.
A good friend is going through it and needs help with groceries. All profits from this design will be sent to her for a while. I have stickers available and soon bookmarks & prints.
Profits from this design will always go to mutual aid for trans folks. #mutualaid #art #transrights
Profits from this design will always go to mutual aid for trans folks. #mutualaid #art #transrights
February 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Beautiful work. Good cause.
The MAIN reason men are against gun control laws is that they see a slippery slope from (a) not being able to easily murder a crowd of people to (b) not being able to easily threaten intimate partners with a gun.
February 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM
The MAIN reason men are against gun control laws is that they see a slippery slope from (a) not being able to easily murder a crowd of people to (b) not being able to easily threaten intimate partners with a gun.
One way to tell if you're marginalized or not is whether the concept of purity works against you or for you.
February 16, 2026 at 6:59 PM
One way to tell if you're marginalized or not is whether the concept of purity works against you or for you.
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here's my hot take on the HEA wars. I don't care if normies don't know about the genre requirements for romance.
I DO CARE when media outlets don't bother to learn and misinform their readers, & writers who want to cash in on romance readers without respecting the HEA/HFN can fuck all the way off.
I DO CARE when media outlets don't bother to learn and misinform their readers, & writers who want to cash in on romance readers without respecting the HEA/HFN can fuck all the way off.
February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
here's my hot take on the HEA wars. I don't care if normies don't know about the genre requirements for romance.
I DO CARE when media outlets don't bother to learn and misinform their readers, & writers who want to cash in on romance readers without respecting the HEA/HFN can fuck all the way off.
I DO CARE when media outlets don't bother to learn and misinform their readers, & writers who want to cash in on romance readers without respecting the HEA/HFN can fuck all the way off.
Well in MY playthrough of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, Sparta got its ass kicked by Athens with Socrates sending me out on kill missions, so...
February 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Well in MY playthrough of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, Sparta got its ass kicked by Athens with Socrates sending me out on kill missions, so...
A colleague asked what I thought about middle schoolers last week.
"I love middle schoolers as a group. They're becoming aware of the problems with the world they're inheriting. They want to know the real deal, not the little kid version, and then they want to do something about it."
"I love middle schoolers as a group. They're becoming aware of the problems with the world they're inheriting. They want to know the real deal, not the little kid version, and then they want to do something about it."
February 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
A colleague asked what I thought about middle schoolers last week.
"I love middle schoolers as a group. They're becoming aware of the problems with the world they're inheriting. They want to know the real deal, not the little kid version, and then they want to do something about it."
"I love middle schoolers as a group. They're becoming aware of the problems with the world they're inheriting. They want to know the real deal, not the little kid version, and then they want to do something about it."
My spouse saw me laugh on the couch watching Apple TV on my phone and said, "Oh I thought you were crying!"
"I'm doing both. This is the state I'm in EVERY time I watch Ted Lasso."
"I'm doing both. This is the state I'm in EVERY time I watch Ted Lasso."
February 16, 2026 at 2:51 AM
My spouse saw me laugh on the couch watching Apple TV on my phone and said, "Oh I thought you were crying!"
"I'm doing both. This is the state I'm in EVERY time I watch Ted Lasso."
"I'm doing both. This is the state I'm in EVERY time I watch Ted Lasso."
Somehow I didn't find out last time I prepared for this talk that "Jump Jim Joe" is a currently popular storytime action song.
Holy shit. You have to be kidding me. *Googles* *scrolls* *scrolls*
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*scrolls*
Holy shit. You have to be kidding me. *Googles* *scrolls* *scrolls*
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*scrolls*
February 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Somehow I didn't find out last time I prepared for this talk that "Jump Jim Joe" is a currently popular storytime action song.
Holy shit. You have to be kidding me. *Googles* *scrolls* *scrolls*
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*scrolls*
Holy shit. You have to be kidding me. *Googles* *scrolls* *scrolls*
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*scrolls*
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Scripts are really important for library staff to have and practice to help set boundaries and expectations around patron behavior. I made a Google doc for examples. Anyone can edit and add more docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#publibs #skybrarians
#publibs #skybrarians
Scripts for Setting Boundaries, Patron Expectations, and Correcting Behavior
Scripts for Setting Boundaries, Patron Expectations, and Correcting Behavior Setting boundaries with patrons is not about being unkind or rude, it’s about reducing emotional labor, preventing burnou...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Scripts are really important for library staff to have and practice to help set boundaries and expectations around patron behavior. I made a Google doc for examples. Anyone can edit and add more docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#publibs #skybrarians
#publibs #skybrarians
Historical tidbit of the day:
You may have known that Pepsi's Mountain Dew was named after moonshine and was intended to be a whiskey chaser, BUT did you know Coke's Mello Yello was named after the song Mellow Yellow which singer Donovan said he named after a dildo?
You may have known that Pepsi's Mountain Dew was named after moonshine and was intended to be a whiskey chaser, BUT did you know Coke's Mello Yello was named after the song Mellow Yellow which singer Donovan said he named after a dildo?
February 12, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Historical tidbit of the day:
You may have known that Pepsi's Mountain Dew was named after moonshine and was intended to be a whiskey chaser, BUT did you know Coke's Mello Yello was named after the song Mellow Yellow which singer Donovan said he named after a dildo?
You may have known that Pepsi's Mountain Dew was named after moonshine and was intended to be a whiskey chaser, BUT did you know Coke's Mello Yello was named after the song Mellow Yellow which singer Donovan said he named after a dildo?
My high-strung cattledog is sleeping with her legs pushing against new, chill cattledog's back and he's almost pushed off the edge of our bed. Any time he shifts, she wakes up and growls at him like *he's* the problem.
Anyway, he's on leash for all walks now. Came a loooong ways in two months.
Anyway, he's on leash for all walks now. Came a loooong ways in two months.
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
My high-strung cattledog is sleeping with her legs pushing against new, chill cattledog's back and he's almost pushed off the edge of our bed. Any time he shifts, she wakes up and growls at him like *he's* the problem.
Anyway, he's on leash for all walks now. Came a loooong ways in two months.
Anyway, he's on leash for all walks now. Came a loooong ways in two months.
I have this weird idea that manager hiring should involve asking the people the applicants have managed and supervised what they think.
February 12, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I have this weird idea that manager hiring should involve asking the people the applicants have managed and supervised what they think.
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Slurs have secondary impact on everyone in the class of people. You should really stop and learn this lesson before supporting misogyny against all women again.
February 12, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Slurs have secondary impact on everyone in the class of people. You should really stop and learn this lesson before supporting misogyny against all women again.
I've been in an old lady activist group chat for the last month and it's been great.
February 12, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I've been in an old lady activist group chat for the last month and it's been great.
We should all make a library display "Books written without AI" for the conversations.
February 12, 2026 at 12:31 AM
We should all make a library display "Books written without AI" for the conversations.
I'm needing to take a little break from racist historical research. Feeling sick. But I'll get back to it because no one gets to take a break from its legacy, one way or another.
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I'm needing to take a little break from racist historical research. Feeling sick. But I'll get back to it because no one gets to take a break from its legacy, one way or another.
Yes. And the answer isn't, "Close your heart to their suffering."
So many of the library workers I’ve talked to about this are heartsick over their inability to meet people’s needs, and are utterly exhausted and overwhelmed by the untenable workload they’ve been handed
February 11, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Yes. And the answer isn't, "Close your heart to their suffering."
I'm over here drowning in public domain books of 19th century dialect recitations and wondering where the popular history books ABOUT this are.
February 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I'm over here drowning in public domain books of 19th century dialect recitations and wondering where the popular history books ABOUT this are.
We've got a million men complaining about loneliness because they won't do care work besides leaving the house for work, then we've got this guy charting new worlds while looking like David Koresh.
the Snacks at Trader Joe's that Only Women Can See
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February 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM
We've got a million men complaining about loneliness because they won't do care work besides leaving the house for work, then we've got this guy charting new worlds while looking like David Koresh.
At what point will it become invalid to say "I'm old so I never figured out these computers"?
Or will today's infants be saying it?
Or will today's infants be saying it?
February 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
At what point will it become invalid to say "I'm old so I never figured out these computers"?
Or will today's infants be saying it?
Or will today's infants be saying it?
guy who will definitely for sure vote for civil rights unless you say he can only have ten cartridges in his gun
February 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
guy who will definitely for sure vote for civil rights unless you say he can only have ten cartridges in his gun
Whooo just walked around a full block on a leash?
Tonight we were able to walk him on a leash to the mailbox a few houses down.
Featured story doggums.
February 8, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Whooo just walked around a full block on a leash?