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• Post #4444397

  #JoyScrolling "Over a couple of months, he noticed that the things he used during the day were being mysteriously put away at night, so he set up a night-vision camera in his shed in Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, to find out what was happening. He discovered that an industrious mouse was picking up items such as nuts and bolts, clothes pegs and cable ties and tidying them away into a box." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLDPzQ42kws

• Post #4298118

  A masterful essay on gay (and generally queer) cinema: 12(ish) Essential Gay Films Everyone Should See. #Movies #GayCinema #QueerMedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_AldzY1_Z4

• Post #4096685

  From the depth of my "I can barely function enough to keep my job" depression: holy jesus fuck #MentalHealth #Depression

• Post #3887380

  "a Republic, for as long as you can keep it" #CallToAction #PSA Kelly Jensen on Bluesky: "Republicans in the Senate have drafted S. 4925, their companion to the House's HR 7616 bill. This nationwide book banning bill shows the GOP's priorities during the quiet summer season. S. 4925 is already in the HELP subcommittee." #Libraries #Censorship #BookBans #USPolitics https://bookriot.com/senate-bill-4925/

• Post #3846906

  Jared Pechaček: " wrote this piece about Hunt for Red October a couple years ago and fuck it, it's free now in Sam Neill's honor" #SamNeill #HuntForRedOctober https://www.patreon.com/jpechacek/posts/serving-hunt-107578256

• Post #3775389

  Via Kelly Jense: "WAKE NOW IN THE FIRE, an excellent comic about the banning of Persepolis in the Chicago Public Schools in 2013, is on sale across digital platforms today for $2." #Sale #Persepolis #BookBans #Censorship

• Post #3591990

  Heads up, Seattle! The Urbanist: "By far the most impactful amendment set to be considered to Katie Wilson's proposed transit measure renewal, Councilmember Bob Kettle's proposal would lead to more than 1 million fewer service hours over the course of 10 years." #Seattle #PublicTransit #PSA #SaveBusService https://www.theurbanist.org/kettle-proposes-slashing-seattle-transit-measure-halting-city-funded-bus-service-growth/

• Post #3583992

  #Libraries #Pride This is the fuck WHY. (have tissues handy)

• Post #3524542

  Epidemiologist Elizabeth Jabobs on Bluesky: "Hegseth proudly announced that the flu vaccine would no longer be required for people serving in the military. A flu outbreak is now happening at Lackland Air Force Base, and flu vaccinations are again required. The AF has now been forced to admit that a 25-year-old recruit has died of influenza." #USPolitics #FlueDeath #FluOutbreak #Antivaxx #Vaccines #LacklandTX https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/air-force-confirms-first-death-221...

• Post #2460904

  Note that women overwhelmingly kill their partners to escape their abuse, while men overwhelmingly kill their partners because a) their partners want to escape them, b) they want to marry someone else without loss of money/property/control of offspring, or c) both the above. (this is from 2020--it's only gotten worse since) #IntimatePartnerViolence #IntimatePartnerAbuse #Misogyny https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/in-the-news/women-serve-longer-prison-sentences-after-killing-a...

• Post #2401677

  2Cellos in concert: "We Found Love" (Rihanna) #JoyScrolling #2Cellos #Music #Rihanna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Am_VZFps9o

• Post #2384557

  You know you've grown as a person when, instead of spending your day educating the kid who has a whole ass YT video explaining how, "before social media there was no media fandom, or indeed, no lasting media discussion at all", you hit "don't recommend channel" and move on with your day.

• Post #2297874

  “When Barnett rails against the ‘didacticism’ of some books, we wonder who defines didactic? For Black and brown authors, for queer and trans authors, we have seen that very word used as a cudgel and dog whistle to decry the necessary diversification of children’s literature.” #Writing #KidLit #ChildrensLit #Racism https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/100361-children-s-book-community-responds-in-outrage-to-comment-by-national-ambassador-mac-barnett.h...

• Post #2290932

  #JoyScrolling #Music #TapDance An oldie but goldie: Christopher Rice dancing to Anna Kendricks' "Cups" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4FYNF02yEM

• Post #2261429

  HOLY FUCK SCIENCE "Brazil: "Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that high-frequency ultrasound waves similar to those used in medical exams can eliminate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1 without damaging human cells."" #COVID #GoodNews https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ultrasound-rupture-covid-flu-viruses.html Study: Ultrasound effectively destabilizes and disrupts the structural integrity of enveloped respiratory virus...

• Post #2089561

  TFW you are *dying* to know whether (and when) further books in a series you love will come out, but you most definitely do *not* want to put undue pressure on the author (or hit a sore spot), so you just cross your fingers, bite your nails off, check their social media/website often, and wait. #Reading @bookstodon

• Post #2042216

  Antisemitism, Zionism, and allyship. #USPolitics #Israel #Antisemitism #Zionism

• Post #2042214

  #JoyScrolling Childhood memories, small boats, and war as entertainment. (This particular iteration in operation since 1927, via the always delightful Tom Scott) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMYYcddinkE

• Post #2042213

  "Black romance deserves to be the thesis and not the footnote, and we deserve to be in all spaces" #BlackRomance #UrbanRomance #Romancelandia @bookstodon https://baltimorebeat.com/black-urban-romance-deserves-to-be-taken-seriously/

• Post #2042210

  Anthony Horowitz admits he uses the plagiarism regurgitron: ETA: touting the "human need for absolute truth" while using ChatGPT in his writing speaks volumes. Cognitive dissonance? what cognitive dissonance? #GenAi #AnthonyHorowitz #Reading @bookstodon https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/news/anthony-horowitz-chatgpt-writing-ai-b2970598.html

• Post #2042208

  RE: https://kind.social/@azteclady/116517137893894793 ICYMI:

• Post #2040640

  "Just ONE WEEK LEFT for you to stream THE LIBRARIANS for free on the PBS app and YouTube channel! Already seen the film? Be sure to let your friends and family know to watch it before May 9th while it's still FREE to stream! Watch and share now" #Libraries #Librarians #USPolitics #BookBans #Censorship #PBS #FundPBS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQOCY-qDzE

• Post #1989595

  #JoyScrolling #BronzeAgeGamerGirl (because I was just reminded about this, and my old server will soon disappear) ETA: Also! Here's the link to the original post (yes, it was tumblr)

• Post #1976360

  #JoyScrolling #YuzuryHanyu #2015Seimei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OqntPbh0aw

• Post #1956653

  Frank Strong, co-founder of the Texas Freedom to Read Project, posted a long thread with updates in the many races for school board seats across his state over the weekend (start of the thread here: https://bsky.app/profile/frankstrong.bsky.social/post/3mkvua5t25c25 ) He put up a google document with updates, and context notes, here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gj-61CqFdvEPmqlgoO-0tpoKQIsuJ3638SaebjoqqxI/edit?tab=t.0 #USPolitics #SchoolBoards #Texas #Censorship #FreedomToRead

• Post #1898339

  For those not familiar: Romancing the Vote started when two genre romance authors decided to do *something* to help get out the vote for the two Georgia Senate seats in November 2020. Since then, they've raised over a million dollars for voting rights organizations. And they're back, for democracy. For updates, to donate items, or otherwise get involved: https://www.romancingthevote.com/ #USPolitics #RomancingTheVote @bookstodon #Romancelandia #2026Midterms

• Post #1820517

  Because I was feeling a certain way, I checked last year's attempt to complete @SuperWendy's #TBRChallenge. It turns out, while I certainly didn't do great, I did better than I thought I had. Crossing fingers for a better showing this year. #2025Reading #RomBkBlog @bookstodon https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/04/12/tbr-challenge-2025-not-completed/

• Post #1783278

  #PSA #UK #MedicationRecall #Sertraline https://www.gov.uk/government/news/precautionaryrecall-of-antidepressant-medication-due-to-manufacturing-error

• Post #1665153

  @xograndmagg Please improve your alt-text with the tips in the images below. Otherwise, it's not useful for blind or low vision people, and they're excluded from the conversation. When sharing a graphic with text, you can copy/paste it, adding a line of context at the top. (see alt-text in the first image for an example) Thank you. #Accessibility

• Post #1665152

  RE: https://journa.host/@taniel/116463287270813818 This is another example of a very centrist party encouraging centrists to move right, by virtue of their milquetoast responses to fascism, then facing the actual base of Democratic voters, who are not, by and large, centrists, and haven't been for a long while. #USPolitics #ICE #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #NorthCarolina