Joel A. Nichols
@jaynick.bsky.social
Librarian, sff writer, queer dad, Vermonter in Philadelphia, author of OUT OF THIS WORLD LIBRARY PROGRAMS: USING SPECULATIVE FICTION TO PROMOTE READING & "Come Back Yesterday: Paradoxes of Library Progress" in LIBRARY 2035 (ed. Hirsh)
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Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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Fight for power to, not power over.
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Fight for power to, not power over.
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genuinely not surprising at all to me that the transmisogyny moral panic is moving all through the same anglosphere media network that is and continues to do massive coverups for the fact that their entire ruling class is good buddies with jeffrey epstein
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
genuinely not surprising at all to me that the transmisogyny moral panic is moving all through the same anglosphere media network that is and continues to do massive coverups for the fact that their entire ruling class is good buddies with jeffrey epstein
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So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
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Can’t stop thinking about Alice Wong today. I couldn’t do any of what I’ve done and hope to do with disability justice in libraries without the foundation she laid, and I suspect that’s true of a lot of people in a lot of different disciplines.
I hope she knew what an impact she made.
I hope she knew what an impact she made.
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Can’t stop thinking about Alice Wong today. I couldn’t do any of what I’ve done and hope to do with disability justice in libraries without the foundation she laid, and I suspect that’s true of a lot of people in a lot of different disciplines.
I hope she knew what an impact she made.
I hope she knew what an impact she made.
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Friends! In May '26 I am leading "A Librarians' Tour of New York" through our Continuing Ed program. Think of it like Study Abroad - At Home! If you're interested in touring NY's amazing book & library world (Grolier, NYPL, Met Museum Lib, Morgan Library & more) w/ me please have a look & sign up!
Librarians’ Tour of New York City
Tour Dates: May 17-23, 2026 Location: New York City, see tour highlights Cost per person: $2,725* for a double room, $3,980* for a single room *Air fare not included, see cost details below for more ...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Friends! In May '26 I am leading "A Librarians' Tour of New York" through our Continuing Ed program. Think of it like Study Abroad - At Home! If you're interested in touring NY's amazing book & library world (Grolier, NYPL, Met Museum Lib, Morgan Library & more) w/ me please have a look & sign up!
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Andrew Jackson made reins out of human skin and committed genocide. Thomas Jefferson was also a child rapist. Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson (among others) thought owning humans was cool. Richard Nixon and George W. Bush both have seven figures worth of deaths on their heads.
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Andrew Jackson made reins out of human skin and committed genocide. Thomas Jefferson was also a child rapist. Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson (among others) thought owning humans was cool. Richard Nixon and George W. Bush both have seven figures worth of deaths on their heads.
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It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
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Saddened to learn of the passing of Alice Wong. Her disability advocacy work was important, and the best way to honor it is to continue it however we can.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Saddened to learn of the passing of Alice Wong. Her disability advocacy work was important, and the best way to honor it is to continue it however we can.
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You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
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Transition is revolution. Revolution is to transition to something new.
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Transition is revolution. Revolution is to transition to something new.
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I'm Thomas Chatterton Williams, and as the reality of our entire political and cultural elite's deep enmeshment with pedophilia and sex trafficking goes from obvious to undeniable, I will be writing about how it's bad to have principles.
I love writing one single article over and over again every month
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I'm Thomas Chatterton Williams, and as the reality of our entire political and cultural elite's deep enmeshment with pedophilia and sex trafficking goes from obvious to undeniable, I will be writing about how it's bad to have principles.
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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I was going to wait on selling these, because I feel weird about making money on glass while I still owe commissions, but I'm out of solder and just paid a $550 bill for that, so they're available now! Six stained Glass succulents in little ~3.5"x3" hexagonal pots. Pics/prices below, DM to claim:
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I was going to wait on selling these, because I feel weird about making money on glass while I still owe commissions, but I'm out of solder and just paid a $550 bill for that, so they're available now! Six stained Glass succulents in little ~3.5"x3" hexagonal pots. Pics/prices below, DM to claim:
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I already had ffs (facial feminization surgery), but the proliferation of surveillance tech is making me think i need ffs (facial foucaultization surgery)
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I already had ffs (facial feminization surgery), but the proliferation of surveillance tech is making me think i need ffs (facial foucaultization surgery)
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Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
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If you're hoping to read a "cozy romantasy like House on Cerulean Sea or Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping", try Secret of the Moon Conch by @davidbowles.us. #AskALibrarian
Secret of the Moon Conch — Multnomah County Library
Secret of the Moon Conch — Bowles, David (David O.), — In modern Mexico, Sitlali is all alone after the death of her beloved abuela. Targeted by a dangerous gang member, she flees to the United States...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you're hoping to read a "cozy romantasy like House on Cerulean Sea or Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping", try Secret of the Moon Conch by @davidbowles.us. #AskALibrarian
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This book is such an effective combo of body horror and also sweet compassion. No spice.
Yooo! Someone You Can Build A Nest In was picked as a Kindle Gold Box Deal! For today only, get it for just $4.99.
A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
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November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This book is such an effective combo of body horror and also sweet compassion. No spice.
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In the third shift years, I wrote 85% of the unpublished novel on the clock.
Thats.... way more money than selling an actual book gets you. And that was in 2010 dollars.
Thats.... way more money than selling an actual book gets you. And that was in 2010 dollars.
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In the third shift years, I wrote 85% of the unpublished novel on the clock.
Thats.... way more money than selling an actual book gets you. And that was in 2010 dollars.
Thats.... way more money than selling an actual book gets you. And that was in 2010 dollars.
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Remember: Trump tried to make this guy Attorney General
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Remember: Trump tried to make this guy Attorney General
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15 year olds are not adults, 16 year olds are not adult, 17 year olds are not adults. Have you ever had a conversation with them?
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
15 year olds are not adults, 16 year olds are not adult, 17 year olds are not adults. Have you ever had a conversation with them?
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November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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I’ve said this before, but a huge function of our carceral system is resource extraction from exploited communities, and that includes the fees, commissary, and essentials people send to their loved ones, not to mention the time, attention, energy, etc.
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to roll back limits on how much companies can charge incarcerated people and their families for phone and video calls ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/13/r...
FCC allows prisons, jails to charge more for phone and video calls • Ohio Capital Journal
The Federal Communications Commission voted to roll back limits on how much companies can charge incarcerated people and their families for phone and video calls.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I’ve said this before, but a huge function of our carceral system is resource extraction from exploited communities, and that includes the fees, commissary, and essentials people send to their loved ones, not to mention the time, attention, energy, etc.
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I think it does depend on how stringent the entry criteria were. A lot of queer anthos have low pay or no pay and the editor is a peer who happened to take on the work of putting the antho together. That's a different animal than a big traditional or more established magazine antho
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I think it does depend on how stringent the entry criteria were. A lot of queer anthos have low pay or no pay and the editor is a peer who happened to take on the work of putting the antho together. That's a different animal than a big traditional or more established magazine antho