Ridley
@rid-ley.bsky.social
Hockey fan, romance reader, middle-aged nerd. Currently obsessed with anime and manga.
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Ridley
@rid-ley.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Happy New Year! It's time for a fresh thread of manga!
Same rules as the past two years: one post per volume read, and I'll note if it's licensed in English or not. If it's licensed, that's the version I read.
Last year I read 405 volumes. What will I reach in 2025?
Same rules as the past two years: one post per volume read, and I'll note if it's licensed in English or not. If it's licensed, that's the version I read.
Last year I read 405 volumes. What will I reach in 2025?
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The inside of a hockey glove smells like death itself.
IT STINKS OK! I do not mean that metaphorically I mean I grew up in a literal marital arrangement dojo with locker rooms and with half the three-peat state championship HS wrestling team all up in my house and NOTHING stinks like hockey pads. Nothing. Nada.
I’m trying Heated Rivalry. I’m here for the gay shit, but my own experience with hockey might stop me from actually enjoying this. 😂
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The inside of a hockey glove smells like death itself.
Ah, the classic!
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Ah, the classic!
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As Promised:
part 1
Least functional kitchen ever !
part 1
Least functional kitchen ever !
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
As Promised:
part 1
Least functional kitchen ever !
part 1
Least functional kitchen ever !
After 11+ years together, we had to say goodbye to our murder hound Mabel. She had a good long life, making it to the ripe old age of 13 or 16*, and we made sure to send her off in luxury with an entire Whopper of her own, which she heartily enjoyed.
Farewell, old girl. Try not to bite St. Francis.
Farewell, old girl. Try not to bite St. Francis.
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
After 11+ years together, we had to say goodbye to our murder hound Mabel. She had a good long life, making it to the ripe old age of 13 or 16*, and we made sure to send her off in luxury with an entire Whopper of her own, which she heartily enjoyed.
Farewell, old girl. Try not to bite St. Francis.
Farewell, old girl. Try not to bite St. Francis.
Wonderful Christmastime is a put down whatever I'm holding and immediately leave the store if it starts playing kind of song.
In the decades since its release, "Wonderful Christmastime" has become a seasonal staple beloved by some but loathed by others. n.pr/4pyKudI
Is Paul McCartney's 'Wonderful Christmastime' simply… horrible?
In the decades since its release, "Wonderful Christmastime" has become a seasonal staple beloved by some but loathed by others.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Wonderful Christmastime is a put down whatever I'm holding and immediately leave the store if it starts playing kind of song.
I ended up keeping quite a few series Lezhin released in November. I'm following:
* Master-Peace
* One-Room TA
* Courtside Courtship
* Rock and Rent
* You Are My World
* Haunted Tales
That's a lot more than most months. Should keep me busy.
* Master-Peace
* One-Room TA
* Courtside Courtship
* Rock and Rent
* You Are My World
* Haunted Tales
That's a lot more than most months. Should keep me busy.
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I ended up keeping quite a few series Lezhin released in November. I'm following:
* Master-Peace
* One-Room TA
* Courtside Courtship
* Rock and Rent
* You Are My World
* Haunted Tales
That's a lot more than most months. Should keep me busy.
* Master-Peace
* One-Room TA
* Courtside Courtship
* Rock and Rent
* You Are My World
* Haunted Tales
That's a lot more than most months. Should keep me busy.
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The Sanda anime and manga creatively captures the current conservative zeitgeist re: the fetishization of youth, reinforcing unrealistic beauty standards, and limiting freedoms to "protect the kids."
This makes the narrative feel like a deeply personal act of resistance that I've come to adore.
This makes the narrative feel like a deeply personal act of resistance that I've come to adore.
The SANDA anime and manga turn heads while exploring some of the most uncomfortable truths about being a young person on the verge of adulthood at a time when these topics are dominating public discourse.
Sanda Shows that Adolescence is Supposed to be Awkward
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Sanda anime and manga creatively captures the current conservative zeitgeist re: the fetishization of youth, reinforcing unrealistic beauty standards, and limiting freedoms to "protect the kids."
This makes the narrative feel like a deeply personal act of resistance that I've come to adore.
This makes the narrative feel like a deeply personal act of resistance that I've come to adore.
Takehito Koyasu. That'd keep me busy.
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Takehito Koyasu. That'd keep me busy.
I don't want to quote them myself, but I'll never understand why so many people have decided reading romance is something horny people do. Do they think only scientists read sci-fi?
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I don't want to quote them myself, but I'll never understand why so many people have decided reading romance is something horny people do. Do they think only scientists read sci-fi?
Today my husband and I watched The Blues Brothers from start to finish for the first time, and that's a ride, lol. Ellwood and his toast got us both real good in the music store scene.
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Today my husband and I watched The Blues Brothers from start to finish for the first time, and that's a ride, lol. Ellwood and his toast got us both real good in the music store scene.
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I’m DYING
November 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I’m DYING
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If you're looking for clever, imaginative, often heartfelt and deeply horny queer drama, the most-excellent @leemandelo.bsky.social has put together *two* lists of Thai dramas for @reactorsff.bsky.social many of which I've watched and adored. So, yeah.
reactormag.com/ten-more-que...
reactormag.com/ten-more-que...
Five Vibrantly Queer Thai TV Shows - Reactor
Welcome back for the second installment of Queering SFF’s Big Gay Pride Month Recommendation List(s), for getting our vibes right via arts and entertainment. Last week I gathered four weird and sexy b...
reactormag.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you're looking for clever, imaginative, often heartfelt and deeply horny queer drama, the most-excellent @leemandelo.bsky.social has put together *two* lists of Thai dramas for @reactorsff.bsky.social many of which I've watched and adored. So, yeah.
reactormag.com/ten-more-que...
reactormag.com/ten-more-que...
I just don't like this technique at all. Decide how much you want to see your character, and pose them in their surroundings accordingly. This kind of video game style inactive layer business is just distracting.
November 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I just don't like this technique at all. Decide how much you want to see your character, and pose them in their surroundings accordingly. This kind of video game style inactive layer business is just distracting.
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*chef’s kiss*
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
*chef’s kiss*
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It’s never occurred to me to wonder what Edward Gorey animating the Ministry of Silly Walks would look like & now I don’t have to
@jemsmith.bsky.social and I made a 2D physics-based game in 4 days with sounds and music by Jaybooty Sutherland!
This is Fallbearers.
Here's a little clip of the other jammers playtesting it:
#gamedev #gamejam #indiegames
This is Fallbearers.
Here's a little clip of the other jammers playtesting it:
#gamedev #gamejam #indiegames
November 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
It’s never occurred to me to wonder what Edward Gorey animating the Ministry of Silly Walks would look like & now I don’t have to
Hi. Hello. *taps microphone*
You don't have to increase the reach of a bad article on Louis C.K. by quoting it with your take or reposting others' dunks. We could just ignore it!
You don't have to increase the reach of a bad article on Louis C.K. by quoting it with your take or reposting others' dunks. We could just ignore it!
November 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Hi. Hello. *taps microphone*
You don't have to increase the reach of a bad article on Louis C.K. by quoting it with your take or reposting others' dunks. We could just ignore it!
You don't have to increase the reach of a bad article on Louis C.K. by quoting it with your take or reposting others' dunks. We could just ignore it!
Between the Lines came back today and immediately dropped the gloves and punched me in the face. Poor Dohu.
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Between the Lines came back today and immediately dropped the gloves and punched me in the face. Poor Dohu.
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is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
Lucky in Love was a cute series. The sex was a little rote sometimes, like it is in a lot of BL manhwa, but I can't dislike an especially lucky x unbelievably unlucky pairing.
[🇺🇸] SERIES FINALE
↳ Side story, 14 episodes (73)
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🇰🇷: www.bomtoon.com/comic/ep_lis...
🇺🇸: www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/luc...
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↳ Side story, 14 episodes (73)
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🇰🇷: www.bomtoon.com/comic/ep_lis...
🇺🇸: www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/luc...
🍬
November 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Lucky in Love was a cute series. The sex was a little rote sometimes, like it is in a lot of BL manhwa, but I can't dislike an especially lucky x unbelievably unlucky pairing.
The way the For You feed amplifies niche takes, engagement bait, and straight up misinformation is wild. Anyone still using it regularly is pickling themselves in unreality, whether they realize it or not.
'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The way the For You feed amplifies niche takes, engagement bait, and straight up misinformation is wild. Anyone still using it regularly is pickling themselves in unreality, whether they realize it or not.
I thought of @isobelcarr.com yesterday when the manga I was reading put a corset on bare skin, laced it like a pair of sneakers, and talked about how unnatural corsets felt. I miss the period dress pedant.
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I thought of @isobelcarr.com yesterday when the manga I was reading put a corset on bare skin, laced it like a pair of sneakers, and talked about how unnatural corsets felt. I miss the period dress pedant.
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I am in this picture, and I approve 100%. piracy is part of a healthy visual media ecosystem, it just shouldn't be the main/only thing. I got tons of ISOs and rips of various old shit, just _even more_ DVD/BD.
(sorry to screenshot @hecuba.bsky.social but I can only QT one post at a time)
(sorry to screenshot @hecuba.bsky.social but I can only QT one post at a time)
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I am in this picture, and I approve 100%. piracy is part of a healthy visual media ecosystem, it just shouldn't be the main/only thing. I got tons of ISOs and rips of various old shit, just _even more_ DVD/BD.
(sorry to screenshot @hecuba.bsky.social but I can only QT one post at a time)
(sorry to screenshot @hecuba.bsky.social but I can only QT one post at a time)
I'd say you've got your bases covered. What else do you need to know.
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I'd say you've got your bases covered. What else do you need to know.
I once went down icy snow face-first on a snow tube and scraped all the skin off my nose and part of my forehead when I hit something.
Great fun that builds character.
Great fun that builds character.
I’m sorry but I can’t stop laughing, yeah we would sled down hills in the winter with whatever we had on hand, toboggans, crazy carpets, tubes 😂 someone always got injured because of jumps on the hills or wipeouts #Canada
Credit to momodoulk
Credit to momodoulk
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I once went down icy snow face-first on a snow tube and scraped all the skin off my nose and part of my forehead when I hit something.
Great fun that builds character.
Great fun that builds character.