Don Yarman
@yarmando.com
Another atheist commie queer knitting librarian.
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I don’t want to hear about norms, I don’t want to hear about looking forward not back, I don’t want to hear about “bipartisanship”
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I don’t want to hear about norms, I don’t want to hear about looking forward not back, I don’t want to hear about “bipartisanship”
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
I want the filibuster gone, the court packed, new states, and a top to bottom cleaning of the federal government that ends with a lot of people in jail
"My name is Talky Tina, and I don't think I like you."
toy company CEOs: "at long last, we have created the Sinister Talking Doll Factory from the acclaimed movie 'Don't Create the Sinister Talking Doll Factory'"
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AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"My name is Talky Tina, and I don't think I like you."
October 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Remembering that I grew up with John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum as senators, but now I have the car salesman and Mr. Lint-for-Brains.
As an undergrad at Kent State in the 80s, I quietly used to think that if students weren't protesting, no one would have been shot. Then I heard Senator Metzenbaum speak at the 15th memorial, reminding us that protest is necessary and patriotic. It was transformational.
October 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Remembering that I grew up with John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum as senators, but now I have the car salesman and Mr. Lint-for-Brains.
Body-shaming is bad, of course, and completely beside the point, but my fellow Ohioans, these guys are giving "Larry Householder," right?
October 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Body-shaming is bad, of course, and completely beside the point, but my fellow Ohioans, these guys are giving "Larry Householder," right?
In honor of the season, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"Reporters attending board meeting."
"Reporters attending board meeting."
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"The bathroom. It's... bad."
"The bathroom. It's... bad."
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.
Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.
October 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In honor of the season, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"Reporters attending board meeting."
"Reporters attending board meeting."
"Let's do the fucking news"
October 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"Let's do the fucking news"
I have zero faith (no pun intended) that our reactionary legislature or doddering governor will move on this, but I signed anyway, and you can too.
October 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I have zero faith (no pun intended) that our reactionary legislature or doddering governor will move on this, but I signed anyway, and you can too.
Needed to burn off pancake calories from breakfast, so biked into the office for the afternoon shift.
(I do not work at iHeart; they're just the anchor tenant.)
(I do not work at iHeart; they're just the anchor tenant.)
October 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Needed to burn off pancake calories from breakfast, so biked into the office for the afternoon shift.
(I do not work at iHeart; they're just the anchor tenant.)
(I do not work at iHeart; they're just the anchor tenant.)
To Sunday Knitting Brunch
September 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
To Sunday Knitting Brunch
Where do I report an attempted murder? Exhibit A: this text from my baby sister.
September 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Where do I report an attempted murder? Exhibit A: this text from my baby sister.
Got carded at the liquor store yesterday. While pulling out my ID, I mused, "You know, I'm almost old enough to drink x 3."
September 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Got carded at the liquor store yesterday. While pulling out my ID, I mused, "You know, I'm almost old enough to drink x 3."
Reposted by Don Yarman
I'm sure that there are people who voted for him for president more than once who are now deeply regretful about the situation they helped create, and I can only say that I have not the slightest iota of a smidge of a skosh of compassion for them.
September 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I'm sure that there are people who voted for him for president more than once who are now deeply regretful about the situation they helped create, and I can only say that I have not the slightest iota of a smidge of a skosh of compassion for them.
When this showed up near my neighborhood this year, I first thought, "You're not fooling me, fairies." Pretty soon, I began walking through it deliberately.
September 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
When this showed up near my neighborhood this year, I first thought, "You're not fooling me, fairies." Pretty soon, I began walking through it deliberately.
Day 16: Favorite Queer Mystery/Thriller 🌈📚
The Henry Rios Mysteries by Michael Nava. Brilliant series of modern noir detective novels addressing gay and Latino identity amid the AIDS crisis. Audible released terrific recordings performed by Thom Rivera.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
The Henry Rios Mysteries by Michael Nava. Brilliant series of modern noir detective novels addressing gay and Latino identity amid the AIDS crisis. Audible released terrific recordings performed by Thom Rivera.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
Lay Your Sleeping Head
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A completely revised edition of the first Henry Rios mystery, The Little Death, Lay Your Sleeping Head introduces Michael Nava’s singular protagonist, gay L...
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September 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Day 16: Favorite Queer Mystery/Thriller 🌈📚
The Henry Rios Mysteries by Michael Nava. Brilliant series of modern noir detective novels addressing gay and Latino identity amid the AIDS crisis. Audible released terrific recordings performed by Thom Rivera.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
The Henry Rios Mysteries by Michael Nava. Brilliant series of modern noir detective novels addressing gay and Latino identity amid the AIDS crisis. Audible released terrific recordings performed by Thom Rivera.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
#ShowMeYourKnits scarf week.
Finished just last week: Pierre Skinny Scarf by Stephen West.
The annual shawl mystery knitalong isn't for me, but I dig when he designs simple pieces showcasing texture.
#menwhoknit #queerknitters
Finished just last week: Pierre Skinny Scarf by Stephen West.
The annual shawl mystery knitalong isn't for me, but I dig when he designs simple pieces showcasing texture.
#menwhoknit #queerknitters
September 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#ShowMeYourKnits scarf week.
Finished just last week: Pierre Skinny Scarf by Stephen West.
The annual shawl mystery knitalong isn't for me, but I dig when he designs simple pieces showcasing texture.
#menwhoknit #queerknitters
Finished just last week: Pierre Skinny Scarf by Stephen West.
The annual shawl mystery knitalong isn't for me, but I dig when he designs simple pieces showcasing texture.
#menwhoknit #queerknitters
Day 15: Queer Book I Want to Read Next 🌈📚
I've already preordered the audio of @kjcharleswriter.com's Copper Script. It drops tomorrow. Cornell Collins narrates, and I can't wait.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
I've already preordered the audio of @kjcharleswriter.com's Copper Script. It drops tomorrow. Cornell Collins narrates, and I can't wait.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
Copper Script Audiobook on Libro.fm
Detective Sergeant Aaron Fowler of the Metropolitan Police doesn’t count himself a gullible man. When he encounters a graphologist who deduces people’s lives and personalities from their handwriting w...
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September 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Day 15: Queer Book I Want to Read Next 🌈📚
I've already preordered the audio of @kjcharleswriter.com's Copper Script. It drops tomorrow. Cornell Collins narrates, and I can't wait.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
I've already preordered the audio of @kjcharleswriter.com's Copper Script. It drops tomorrow. Cornell Collins narrates, and I can't wait.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
Day 13: Queer YA Recommendation 🌈📚
This is more middle grade than YA, but I think that's a higher degree of difficulty.
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle
Nate Foster is my hero. And the scene where he stands outside the gay club is breathtakingly well-written.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #YA #LGBTQ
This is more middle grade than YA, but I think that's a higher degree of difficulty.
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle
Nate Foster is my hero. And the scene where he stands outside the gay club is breathtakingly well-written.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #YA #LGBTQ
September 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Day 13: Queer YA Recommendation 🌈📚
This is more middle grade than YA, but I think that's a higher degree of difficulty.
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle
Nate Foster is my hero. And the scene where he stands outside the gay club is breathtakingly well-written.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #YA #LGBTQ
This is more middle grade than YA, but I think that's a higher degree of difficulty.
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle
Nate Foster is my hero. And the scene where he stands outside the gay club is breathtakingly well-written.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #YA #LGBTQ
Day 12: Favorite Queer Poetry 🌈📚
Prelude to a Bruise by @theferocity.bsky.social. I don't think I've read it since it won the Barbara Gittings Literature Award. I should rectify that.
And I didn't learn that Saeed lived in my city until just before he moved away. 😔
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky
Prelude to a Bruise by @theferocity.bsky.social. I don't think I've read it since it won the Barbara Gittings Literature Award. I should rectify that.
And I didn't learn that Saeed lived in my city until just before he moved away. 😔
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky
September 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Day 12: Favorite Queer Poetry 🌈📚
Prelude to a Bruise by @theferocity.bsky.social. I don't think I've read it since it won the Barbara Gittings Literature Award. I should rectify that.
And I didn't learn that Saeed lived in my city until just before he moved away. 😔
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky
Prelude to a Bruise by @theferocity.bsky.social. I don't think I've read it since it won the Barbara Gittings Literature Award. I should rectify that.
And I didn't learn that Saeed lived in my city until just before he moved away. 😔
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky
Day 11: Hidden Gem 🌈📚
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
First chapter? Tough to get into. The comparisons to Joyce are apt. But once this gets going, it's entrancing.
What’s your hidden gem queer book?
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
First chapter? Tough to get into. The comparisons to Joyce are apt. But once this gets going, it's entrancing.
What’s your hidden gem queer book?
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
At Swim, Two Boys: A Novel
A Novel
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September 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Day 11: Hidden Gem 🌈📚
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
First chapter? Tough to get into. The comparisons to Joyce are apt. But once this gets going, it's entrancing.
What’s your hidden gem queer book?
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
First chapter? Tough to get into. The comparisons to Joyce are apt. But once this gets going, it's entrancing.
What’s your hidden gem queer book?
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
Day 9: Queer Sci-Fi Pick 🌈📚
The Mnevermind Trilogy by Jordan Castillo Price
Daniel used to sell mnemes, temporary recreational memories, but one of these false memories went permanent for his father. Then one day, a stranger shows up in the mneme Daniel is running.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks
The Mnevermind Trilogy by Jordan Castillo Price
Daniel used to sell mnemes, temporary recreational memories, but one of these false memories went permanent for his father. Then one day, a stranger shows up in the mneme Daniel is running.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks
Remember Tomorrow: Mnevermind Trilogy Collection
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. When artificial memories are everywhere, how can you tell what’s real? Daniel was a hotshot memorysmith, a major innovator in the field of recreational memo...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Day 9: Queer Sci-Fi Pick 🌈📚
The Mnevermind Trilogy by Jordan Castillo Price
Daniel used to sell mnemes, temporary recreational memories, but one of these false memories went permanent for his father. Then one day, a stranger shows up in the mneme Daniel is running.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks
The Mnevermind Trilogy by Jordan Castillo Price
Daniel used to sell mnemes, temporary recreational memories, but one of these false memories went permanent for his father. Then one day, a stranger shows up in the mneme Daniel is running.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks
Day 8: Favorite Queer Fantasy 🌈📚
The Door Into Fire by @diane.dianeduane.com
I first fell in love with Diane Duane when I spotted the gay mentors in the background of the Young Wizards books. It's only recently I learned that their origin is here.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
The Door Into Fire by @diane.dianeduane.com
I first fell in love with Diane Duane when I spotted the gay mentors in the background of the Young Wizards books. It's only recently I learned that their origin is here.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
The Door Into Fire
Book 1 of The Tale of the Five
"Good strong stuff with the right light touch." (Terry Pratchett) •"Expands the limits of the swords and sorcery genre.Exciting, magical, intelligent." (Publishers Week...
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September 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Day 8: Favorite Queer Fantasy 🌈📚
The Door Into Fire by @diane.dianeduane.com
I first fell in love with Diane Duane when I spotted the gay mentors in the background of the Young Wizards books. It's only recently I learned that their origin is here.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
The Door Into Fire by @diane.dianeduane.com
I first fell in love with Diane Duane when I spotted the gay mentors in the background of the Young Wizards books. It's only recently I learned that their origin is here.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
Day 6: Queer Memoir (Nonfiction) 🌈📚
WHEN WE WERE OUTLAWS by Jeanne Córdova.
Amazing story of the years between Stonewall and AIDS, when liberation meant different things to men and women.
What queer memoir sticks with you?
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
WHEN WE WERE OUTLAWS by Jeanne Córdova.
Amazing story of the years between Stonewall and AIDS, when liberation meant different things to men and women.
What queer memoir sticks with you?
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
When We Were Outlaws
Check out When We Were Outlaws - A sweeping memoir, a raw and intimate chronicle of a young activist torn between conflicting personal longings and political goals. <i>When We Were Outlaws</i> offers ...
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September 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Day 6: Queer Memoir (Nonfiction) 🌈📚
WHEN WE WERE OUTLAWS by Jeanne Córdova.
Amazing story of the years between Stonewall and AIDS, when liberation meant different things to men and women.
What queer memoir sticks with you?
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
WHEN WE WERE OUTLAWS by Jeanne Córdova.
Amazing story of the years between Stonewall and AIDS, when liberation meant different things to men and women.
What queer memoir sticks with you?
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #books #gay
Day 5: Queer Horror 🌈📚🩸
I had to consult lists for this one, and some of the books on the lists I know I read but didn't remember queer content.
THE DEAD TAKE THE A TRAIN by Cassandra Khaw & @richardkadrey.bsky.social
This is a book not on those lists, but I liked it.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks
I had to consult lists for this one, and some of the books on the lists I know I read but didn't remember queer content.
THE DEAD TAKE THE A TRAIN by Cassandra Khaw & @richardkadrey.bsky.social
This is a book not on those lists, but I liked it.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks
September 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Day 5: Queer Horror 🌈📚🩸
I had to consult lists for this one, and some of the books on the lists I know I read but didn't remember queer content.
THE DEAD TAKE THE A TRAIN by Cassandra Khaw & @richardkadrey.bsky.social
This is a book not on those lists, but I liked it.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks
I had to consult lists for this one, and some of the books on the lists I know I read but didn't remember queer content.
THE DEAD TAKE THE A TRAIN by Cassandra Khaw & @richardkadrey.bsky.social
This is a book not on those lists, but I liked it.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks
Day 4: Queer Romance You Loved 🌈📚
Not previously much of a queer romance reader, but this is the year I've binged all of @kjcharleswriter.com. It's hard to pick just one, but JACKDAW stands out. I legitimately couldn't see a way for that story to end happily.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #gay
Not previously much of a queer romance reader, but this is the year I've binged all of @kjcharleswriter.com. It's hard to pick just one, but JACKDAW stands out. I legitimately couldn't see a way for that story to end happily.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #gay
September 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Day 4: Queer Romance You Loved 🌈📚
Not previously much of a queer romance reader, but this is the year I've binged all of @kjcharleswriter.com. It's hard to pick just one, but JACKDAW stands out. I legitimately couldn't see a way for that story to end happily.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #gay
Not previously much of a queer romance reader, but this is the year I've binged all of @kjcharleswriter.com. It's hard to pick just one, but JACKDAW stands out. I legitimately couldn't see a way for that story to end happily.
#30DaysOfQueerBooks #booksky #gay