KMo
@justfnread.bsky.social
Librarian. Reader. She/her
Elder millennial who still feels weird having an online presence with my real name.
Elder millennial who still feels weird having an online presence with my real name.
This holds up. Want a fantasy reframing of Tess d’Ubervilles with dragons and (maybe) a giant serpent?
Read Tess of the Road! Written by Rachel Hartman. Loved it so much I bought a signed copy.
Read Tess of the Road! Written by Rachel Hartman. Loved it so much I bought a signed copy.
"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This holds up. Want a fantasy reframing of Tess d’Ubervilles with dragons and (maybe) a giant serpent?
Read Tess of the Road! Written by Rachel Hartman. Loved it so much I bought a signed copy.
Read Tess of the Road! Written by Rachel Hartman. Loved it so much I bought a signed copy.
Finished Accomplice to the Villain on my vacation. Which was perfect. They always end on a cliff hanger, but it’s wonderful seeing characters grow.
I hesitate to call it cozy. It’s not really, but I feel cozy while reading it.
I hesitate to call it cozy. It’s not really, but I feel cozy while reading it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Finished Accomplice to the Villain on my vacation. Which was perfect. They always end on a cliff hanger, but it’s wonderful seeing characters grow.
I hesitate to call it cozy. It’s not really, but I feel cozy while reading it.
I hesitate to call it cozy. It’s not really, but I feel cozy while reading it.
Hawaii is beautiful. Just don’t go in December unless you want to hear holiday songs in the worst way possible.
December 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Hawaii is beautiful. Just don’t go in December unless you want to hear holiday songs in the worst way possible.
Seriously giving me Ramses II vibes.
“I didn’t lose this war. I created the first peace treaty ever.”
“I didn’t lose this war. I created the first peace treaty ever.”
President Donald Trump is eager to be recognized as a peacemaker.
His administration obliged by renaming the building that houses the U.S. Institute of Peace in downtown D.C. https://wapo.st/48zkAzK
His administration obliged by renaming the building that houses the U.S. Institute of Peace in downtown D.C. https://wapo.st/48zkAzK
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Seriously giving me Ramses II vibes.
“I didn’t lose this war. I created the first peace treaty ever.”
“I didn’t lose this war. I created the first peace treaty ever.”
Quentin Tarantino has been an asshole for years.
Why do y’all care now?
Just kidding. I know why.
Why do y’all care now?
Just kidding. I know why.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Quentin Tarantino has been an asshole for years.
Why do y’all care now?
Just kidding. I know why.
Why do y’all care now?
Just kidding. I know why.
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
We should just impeach every member of his cabinet.
December 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
We should just impeach every member of his cabinet.
Listening to a Hercule Poirot book and I will forever believe the producer who let Kenneth Branagh (and Branagh) play Poirot was the worst casting decision ever.
Tell me you don’t understand Poirot without telling me you don’t understand Poirot.
Tell me you don’t understand Poirot without telling me you don’t understand Poirot.
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Listening to a Hercule Poirot book and I will forever believe the producer who let Kenneth Branagh (and Branagh) play Poirot was the worst casting decision ever.
Tell me you don’t understand Poirot without telling me you don’t understand Poirot.
Tell me you don’t understand Poirot without telling me you don’t understand Poirot.
Are all states allowed like only one good senator or something?
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Are all states allowed like only one good senator or something?
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post
I don’t need a bunch of death threats lobbed at me to know that people with the most power should watch what they say.
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I don’t need a bunch of death threats lobbed at me to know that people with the most power should watch what they say.
I can’t tell you how many admin people in libraries will work for over 20 years in one state then move to another where they work just long enough to qualify for another pension then retire at 65.
Meanwhile the rest of us are begging for meaningful policy changes.
Meanwhile the rest of us are begging for meaningful policy changes.
AOC has said this about Marjorie Taylor Greene retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I can’t tell you how many admin people in libraries will work for over 20 years in one state then move to another where they work just long enough to qualify for another pension then retire at 65.
Meanwhile the rest of us are begging for meaningful policy changes.
Meanwhile the rest of us are begging for meaningful policy changes.
I would love for libraries to lead the way and demonstrate responsible use of AI. But…
1. No such thing as responsible use. Most usage violates a lot of our values.
2. We have no money to pay developers to create something useful (and then it would violate our values).
1. No such thing as responsible use. Most usage violates a lot of our values.
2. We have no money to pay developers to create something useful (and then it would violate our values).
November 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I would love for libraries to lead the way and demonstrate responsible use of AI. But…
1. No such thing as responsible use. Most usage violates a lot of our values.
2. We have no money to pay developers to create something useful (and then it would violate our values).
1. No such thing as responsible use. Most usage violates a lot of our values.
2. We have no money to pay developers to create something useful (and then it would violate our values).
THIS is the bad place!
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
THIS is the bad place!
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I wrote about the indignity of being ruled over by these people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I wrote about the indignity of being ruled over by these people. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is how you know that it's not about the money. Because if it were, then libraries would not keep being defunded.
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This is how you know that it's not about the money. Because if it were, then libraries would not keep being defunded.
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Using E.B. White to name the horrible shit they're doing is particularly galling considering
(From his essay "Freedom" published in July 1940, it's available in the collection ONE MAN'S MEAT, but you can find the whole thing online. I recommend picking it up.)
(From his essay "Freedom" published in July 1940, it's available in the collection ONE MAN'S MEAT, but you can find the whole thing online. I recommend picking it up.)
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Using E.B. White to name the horrible shit they're doing is particularly galling considering
(From his essay "Freedom" published in July 1940, it's available in the collection ONE MAN'S MEAT, but you can find the whole thing online. I recommend picking it up.)
(From his essay "Freedom" published in July 1940, it's available in the collection ONE MAN'S MEAT, but you can find the whole thing online. I recommend picking it up.)
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I can reassure the New York Times that networks of mutual protection, and misogynist retaliation efforts that benefit abusive men at the expense of the young women they prey upon, are very much still intact post-Me Too.
This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I can reassure the New York Times that networks of mutual protection, and misogynist retaliation efforts that benefit abusive men at the expense of the young women they prey upon, are very much still intact post-Me Too.
David Byrne is one of those artists who is just in the 80’s. Do I know WHICH band? I do not. That’s my parents’ music.
November 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
David Byrne is one of those artists who is just in the 80’s. Do I know WHICH band? I do not. That’s my parents’ music.
A 50 year mortgage is indentured servitude, right?
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
A 50 year mortgage is indentured servitude, right?
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AMERICAN BLACK PEOPLE aren't even getting approved for mortgages! You expect me to believe undocumented POC are rolling up with backing from Wells Fargo or the minimum $300K needed for a house? In CASH? Brother, are you high?
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
AMERICAN BLACK PEOPLE aren't even getting approved for mortgages! You expect me to believe undocumented POC are rolling up with backing from Wells Fargo or the minimum $300K needed for a house? In CASH? Brother, are you high?
Alright Dems, this is a can of corn. “Republicans are willing to keep you from your family’s Thanksgiving.”
The first day of the Trump administration’s flight cuts at the nation’s 40 busiest airports passed without widespread disruption, but uncertainty about cancellations and the air traffic control system overall has some travelers rethinking whether to fly at all.
Shutdown Casts a Shadow Over Travelers’ Thanksgiving Flight Plans
Frustration with cancellations and concerns about air traffic control are driving passengers away from flying and casting a shadow over Thanksgiving plans.
nyti.ms
November 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Alright Dems, this is a can of corn. “Republicans are willing to keep you from your family’s Thanksgiving.”
How do these people think we’ll hit the future of Star Trek?!
Wow, sounds like Jeff Bezos is mad
(from A Washington Post editorial entitled "Zohran Mamdani’s victory is bad for New York and the Democratic Party")
(from A Washington Post editorial entitled "Zohran Mamdani’s victory is bad for New York and the Democratic Party")
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
How do these people think we’ll hit the future of Star Trek?!
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We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement: