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Clockwork Librarian
@jsands84.bsky.social
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‘tis a blessed condition: to live in others’ dreams but not to have to be.

🎲🎮📚🏳️‍🌈 (he/him), lawful-neutral archivist (40) & vaguely humanoid void beast (emotionally unavailable cryptid). Formerly Jon_S_84 on Twitter.

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I inevitably fade into the background of most in-person dynamics and - while I know I should be used to it - it never quite loses its sting. *sigh* I don’t want to be the center of attention but being functionally invisible most of the time is not a good time.
A two-panel screenshot from the television series “Outsourced.” In the first panel, Todd (Ben Rappaport), a white, male, white-collar professional) and Manmeet (Sacha Dhawan), an Indian, male white collar worker, are staring in surprise at someone offscreen. Todd is saying, “Madhuri, I didn’t know you were there.” In the second panel Madhuri (Anisha Nagarajan), an Indian, female white collar worker, looks forlornly askance as she says, “The story of my life.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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October 31st November 1st
Emily Blunt in 2010 film The Wolfman. Emily Blunt in 2016’s The Huntsman: Winter’s War
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Attending a friend’s wedding.
A selfie of a black, bearded, bespectacled person wearing a black dress shirt and a black necktie with a red floral pattern.
October 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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four books to get to know me
Book cover for Patricia McKillip’s “The Forgotten Beasts of Eld.” Book cover for Peter S. Beagle’s “The Last Unicorn.” Book cover for Victor LaValle’s “The Ballad of Black Tom.” Book cover for Sir Terry Pratchett’s “Hogfather.”
October 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Yes, I ship Ugin, the Spirit Dragon and Azor, the Lawbringer and, no:
October 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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In Frankenstein (2025), Guillermo del Toro presents us with a sumptuous feast - not only for the eyes and ears but for the soul. The performances, music, and sets are masterfully arranged and deliverer. Definitely a film to see in theaters, if possible, and preferably with friends.
October 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Reader, I’m seated for Frankenstein.
A selfie of a black, bearded, bespectacled person wearing a black hoodie and black graphic with a four panel image of a startled Scarlett O’Hara and a weeping Frankenstein’s Monster each reading the others book. It’s captioned: Between the Covers. A selfie of a black, bearded, bespectacled person wearing a black hoodie and black graphic tee. They’re standing in front of a movie poster for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025). A selfie of a black, bearded, bespectacled person wearing a black hoodie and black graphic with a four panel image of a startled Scarlett O’Hara and a weeping Frankenstein’s Monster. They’re sitting in a movie theater.
October 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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What’s it like inside your head?
A seeker, a tentacled Eldritch creature, levitating a book in a strange, alien room. There’s a stack of books behind it. It’s from the Dragonborn expansion of Skyrim, which takes place in Hermaeus Mora’s realm of Apocrypha.
October 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Without downloading where are you mentally right now?
A toad holding a cheez-it and gazing pensively into the night sky, with the caption, “do not perceive me.” There’s a stack of three more cheez-it crackers beside it.
October 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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“Finally sitting down for my annual ‘Hellboy’/‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’ double feature.”
Text reads: You‘ve been kidnapped. Your kidnappers allow you keep posting on social media to pretend everything is alright. What would you post that would alarm your followers, without the kidnapper knowing you’re asking for help?
October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Andy Muschietti “Please stop character-assassinating King’s Black characters” challenge level: Impossible.

I low-key hate that I’m going to hate-watch at least the pilot of this series.
An entertainment weekly Facebook post about the upcoming IT: Welcome to Derry” series. The caption reads: “Pennywise won't be the only familiar face roaming around in 'It: Welcome to Derry.' A certain character from 'The Shining' is back in the Stephen King-verse, and he's not the 'nice' guy that fans remember. See the link below ⬇️” It includes a photo of Dick Hallorann (portrayed by actor Chris Chalk).
October 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Did I buy this shirt because the colors reminded me of copperhead snakes? Maybe.
A selfie of a black, bearded, bespectacled person standing outside.
October 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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So despite that fact that the cards haven’t released yet, I’ve already started putting this commander deck together. Maybe the borrowing will be less irksome since my opponents get their creatures back when I’m done with them. XD
A Magic: The Gathering card titled “Edea, Possessed Sorceress.” It’s a 2/5 legendary human warlock creature with “Ward 2, at the beginning of combat on your turn, gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap that creature, it gains haste until end of turn. Whenever a creature you control but don’t own dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner’s control and you draw a card.”
October 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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i miss REAL journalists
October 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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It’s been a while since I’ve worn this shirt but it felt… timely.
A black, bearded, bespectacled person wearing a black graphic tee with the words “these violent delights will have violent ends” and an image of a labyrinth with the walls connecting to the stick person at the center.
October 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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So, I got Progenitus out in my commander deck built around him…
The turn before my opponent’s Zhulodok Eldrazi deck went off in a wild cascade including Ulamog and Akroma’s Memorial. 😭
One Magic player’s board state. It’s a prismatic (5-color) commander deck, with various basic and non-basic lands and multiple creatures (including Progenitus) in play.
October 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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I did not anticipate Doomsday Excruticiator to appear in the Demonic Spite Deck’s first outing but here we are. XD
One Magic player’s board state. It’s a black commander deck, with swamps and demons in plays.
October 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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If you see this share a pic from your device with no explanation
Wizards of the Coast game designer, Gavin Verhey, replicating the Giorgio A. Tsoukalos “Aliens” meme but with the caption “Eldrazi” instead.
October 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Post a cartoon character you most relate to.
October 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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*sigh* I do love Peter S. Beagle.
A Facebook post from Peter S. Beagle, featuring the climactic scene from the film “The Last Unicorn” where the imprisoned unicorns rush out from the ocean. It’s captioned, ‘It was said that the Red Bull would “push the unicorns, all of them, to the ends of the earth.” Nobody said that they couldn’t push back.’
October 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Oh, they’re so precious! And that bottom one’s scrunchy face…!
September 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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This is after I escorted her off the bed (twice) for biting my knees.
A black, bearded, bespectacled person lying in bed with a black kitten resting on their shoulder.
September 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I watched “The Vourdalak” (2023) last night and tonight I’m watching “Bite Marks” (2011) and the tonal whiplash is *real*.
Movie poster for comedic vampire movie “Bite Marks” (2011).
September 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Share the last movie you watched.
Film poster for The Vourdalak.
September 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Petsitting for the weekend and sitting down to watch “The Vourdalak”, now streaming on the free library movie streaming app, Kanopy.
Two small terriers sitting on a blank in the photographers lap. Two small terriers sitting on a blank in the photographers lap.
September 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM