Geek With A Book
@geekwithabook.bsky.social
Tired GenX internet Auntie who reads and says fuck a lot. Queer & AuDHD. Orgasmic synesthete (flavor = color, intense flavor = orgasm). Let's cuddle with my pets and drink tea in my library while we plan our next fight for justice.
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I suppose I should do an intro thread for the new folks.
I'm Gilda. I read a lot of books and am lucky enough to hang around a bunch of people who make things up for a living. I do my best to help everyone around me I can and sometimes I get paid for it. How can I help you?
I'm Gilda. I read a lot of books and am lucky enough to hang around a bunch of people who make things up for a living. I do my best to help everyone around me I can and sometimes I get paid for it. How can I help you?
FUCK GAVIN NEWSOM AND HIS ANTI-TRANS BULLSHIT. We don't throw anyone under the bus, got it? Get a better candidate.
#GavinNewsom #Trans #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransLiberationNow
#GavinNewsom #Trans #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransLiberationNow
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
FUCK GAVIN NEWSOM AND HIS ANTI-TRANS BULLSHIT. We don't throw anyone under the bus, got it? Get a better candidate.
#GavinNewsom #Trans #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransLiberationNow
#GavinNewsom #Trans #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransLiberationNow
Everyone should support Makiko Itoh's patreon and buy her book, Real Japanese Cooking. I have been cooking and learning a lot. My proofreader heart even found spelling mistakes! Pics and links below. #MakikoItoh #RealJapaneseCooking
www.patreon.com/makiwi
www.booksamillion.com/p/Real-Japan...
www.patreon.com/makiwi
www.booksamillion.com/p/Real-Japan...
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Everyone should support Makiko Itoh's patreon and buy her book, Real Japanese Cooking. I have been cooking and learning a lot. My proofreader heart even found spelling mistakes! Pics and links below. #MakikoItoh #RealJapaneseCooking
www.patreon.com/makiwi
www.booksamillion.com/p/Real-Japan...
www.patreon.com/makiwi
www.booksamillion.com/p/Real-Japan...
Dear Universe: Please send my bestie an athletic Dom actually worth her fucking time to obsess over who will fall in love with her right back. These dusty idiots who pursue her for months only to leave after the first date or have partners who sabotage things are getting fucking tiring.
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Dear Universe: Please send my bestie an athletic Dom actually worth her fucking time to obsess over who will fall in love with her right back. These dusty idiots who pursue her for months only to leave after the first date or have partners who sabotage things are getting fucking tiring.
The US Government is purposely starving the population to "own the libs" and it will kill people. Crime rates will skyrocket because people are starving.
We are not out in the streets enough. There are more of us than them. Eat the fucking rich, starting with the president.
We are not out in the streets enough. There are more of us than them. Eat the fucking rich, starting with the president.
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The US Government is purposely starving the population to "own the libs" and it will kill people. Crime rates will skyrocket because people are starving.
We are not out in the streets enough. There are more of us than them. Eat the fucking rich, starting with the president.
We are not out in the streets enough. There are more of us than them. Eat the fucking rich, starting with the president.
Love is not complaining about letting your husband take the window seat and then watching as he leaves the shade down the entire time. At least, not to his face.
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Love is not complaining about letting your husband take the window seat and then watching as he leaves the shade down the entire time. At least, not to his face.
October 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Dear Dommy men of Chicago: Get your fucking shit together. I have never seen a sorrier sack of worthless assholes let their city get taken over by consent violators. Do better. Fuck ICE.
October 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Dear Dommy men of Chicago: Get your fucking shit together. I have never seen a sorrier sack of worthless assholes let their city get taken over by consent violators. Do better. Fuck ICE.
I was told today that I should "keep my husband well fed." Is he in a terrarium? A cage? If my husband doesn't choose me every day, I don't want him. I'm not his therapist or zookeeper. Anyone who thinks my husband needs me to keep him in anything hasn't grown up yet.
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I was told today that I should "keep my husband well fed." Is he in a terrarium? A cage? If my husband doesn't choose me every day, I don't want him. I'm not his therapist or zookeeper. Anyone who thinks my husband needs me to keep him in anything hasn't grown up yet.
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Please remember this in the days going forward:
Everything going forward could have been avoided if Republican Congress members simply did their job and obeyed their oath to the Constitution.
It’s that simple. They abandoned the country. They can say what they want, but that’s what happened.
Everything going forward could have been avoided if Republican Congress members simply did their job and obeyed their oath to the Constitution.
It’s that simple. They abandoned the country. They can say what they want, but that’s what happened.
AAAAND we are officially shut down!
October 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Please remember this in the days going forward:
Everything going forward could have been avoided if Republican Congress members simply did their job and obeyed their oath to the Constitution.
It’s that simple. They abandoned the country. They can say what they want, but that’s what happened.
Everything going forward could have been avoided if Republican Congress members simply did their job and obeyed their oath to the Constitution.
It’s that simple. They abandoned the country. They can say what they want, but that’s what happened.
I'm an avid reader and sewer systems are really fun plot devices. From Hugo's Javert chasing Jean Valjean to #RaymondFeist's Jimmy the Hand and the Mockers, sewer systems add so much detail to world building and I love it.
Please support sewage systems.
Please support sewage systems.
I'm a historian. Sewage systems have saved more lives than any medical intervention. Vaccines are second and antibiotics third.
Prior to the 1880s, the urban annual death rate was ~25%; it dropped to ~0.5% in under a generation.
Support your sewage system. Dispose of bodies responsibly.
Prior to the 1880s, the urban annual death rate was ~25%; it dropped to ~0.5% in under a generation.
Support your sewage system. Dispose of bodies responsibly.
I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I'm an avid reader and sewer systems are really fun plot devices. From Hugo's Javert chasing Jean Valjean to #RaymondFeist's Jimmy the Hand and the Mockers, sewer systems add so much detail to world building and I love it.
Please support sewage systems.
Please support sewage systems.
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DISABLED PEOPLE KNEW
In a country that still forcibly sterilizes the disabled, we knew.
In a country that still forcibly sterilizes the disabled, we knew.
I get furious when I hear people say they didn't know he would do this stuff. Black people knew. Indigenous people knew. LGBTQ+ people knew. Latinos knew. Environmentalists knew. You didn't know because you didn't want to know and didn't want to listen to the ones who did know.
October 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
DISABLED PEOPLE KNEW
In a country that still forcibly sterilizes the disabled, we knew.
In a country that still forcibly sterilizes the disabled, we knew.
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
All the queers in Seattle just took out their leather jackets for fall. The rustle of the lining against flannel is almost a benediction. I love this place.
#Seattle #Autumn #ReturnOfTheGreySkies
#Seattle #Autumn #ReturnOfTheGreySkies
October 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
All the queers in Seattle just took out their leather jackets for fall. The rustle of the lining against flannel is almost a benediction. I love this place.
#Seattle #Autumn #ReturnOfTheGreySkies
#Seattle #Autumn #ReturnOfTheGreySkies
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WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID?
It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.
It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.
September 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID?
It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.
It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.
Where does one get cute fall ankle boots with a heel height of no more than 1.5", made of leather, can be resoled, and absolutely does not have a side zipper? I can't stand having loose zipper pulls making noise and flapping about. And they make the boot far less waterproof. #shoes #boots #leather
October 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Did some yard work today and cut away some thorny vines that were eating the inflatable balls the children next door throw over the fence. I also ordered some new balls to inflate and throw over the fence. I wonder if they'll notice the difference.
#GoodNeighbor
#GoodNeighbor
October 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Did some yard work today and cut away some thorny vines that were eating the inflatable balls the children next door throw over the fence. I also ordered some new balls to inflate and throw over the fence. I wonder if they'll notice the difference.
#GoodNeighbor
#GoodNeighbor
Dear cis men over 40 on dating apps: For the love of fuck do not patronize me. I don't need to know how much you can "expand my consciousness" or whatever when I just need a direct answer to much BDSM experience you have.
More than one like this in a week is too much, let alone 3 in a day.
More than one like this in a week is too much, let alone 3 in a day.
September 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Dear cis men over 40 on dating apps: For the love of fuck do not patronize me. I don't need to know how much you can "expand my consciousness" or whatever when I just need a direct answer to much BDSM experience you have.
More than one like this in a week is too much, let alone 3 in a day.
More than one like this in a week is too much, let alone 3 in a day.
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There's a chunk of people not getting the UK's Online Safety Act.
The core problem is that the OSA assumes that (a) any device or connection might be used by an unsupervised child, and (b) that the world has to be child-safe by default.
Virtually all the issues with the Act fall out from this.
The core problem is that the OSA assumes that (a) any device or connection might be used by an unsupervised child, and (b) that the world has to be child-safe by default.
Virtually all the issues with the Act fall out from this.
July 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
There's a chunk of people not getting the UK's Online Safety Act.
The core problem is that the OSA assumes that (a) any device or connection might be used by an unsupervised child, and (b) that the world has to be child-safe by default.
Virtually all the issues with the Act fall out from this.
The core problem is that the OSA assumes that (a) any device or connection might be used by an unsupervised child, and (b) that the world has to be child-safe by default.
Virtually all the issues with the Act fall out from this.
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see how settled science suddenly gets turned into something unclear as soon as conservatives make it a political issue? this has happened on dozens of issues.
The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.
When it comes to Tylenol, what are parents to do?
The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.
n.pr
September 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
see how settled science suddenly gets turned into something unclear as soon as conservatives make it a political issue? this has happened on dozens of issues.
September 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM