MC
@crutchingreader.bsky.social
Cranky queer disabled book nerd. My kid and my cat both move faster than me. Avid romance reader. Writer and researcher. Erstwhile historian of modern Russia and the Soviet Union.
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I don’t know exactly what I’m looking for in a politician but not having every day be a nightmare of horrors would be pretty high up so someone should run on that
January 4, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I don’t know exactly what I’m looking for in a politician but not having every day be a nightmare of horrors would be pretty high up so someone should run on that
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Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
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Happy Public Domain Day, gang! Nancy Drew, The Shadow, Japanese superhero Golden Bat, and Betty Boop (dog version) have all just had their copyrights expire.
Go nuts!
Go nuts!
January 1, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Happy Public Domain Day, gang! Nancy Drew, The Shadow, Japanese superhero Golden Bat, and Betty Boop (dog version) have all just had their copyrights expire.
Go nuts!
Go nuts!
Every year in December I listen to “This Year” by the Mountain Goats when I feel like I might in fact survive said year. It says a lot about my
2025 that I only just now tried it at 12 PM my time on December 31st.
2025 that I only just now tried it at 12 PM my time on December 31st.
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Every year in December I listen to “This Year” by the Mountain Goats when I feel like I might in fact survive said year. It says a lot about my
2025 that I only just now tried it at 12 PM my time on December 31st.
2025 that I only just now tried it at 12 PM my time on December 31st.
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How does Good King Wencelas like his pizza?
Deep pan, crisp and even.
Deep pan, crisp and even.
December 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
How does Good King Wencelas like his pizza?
Deep pan, crisp and even.
Deep pan, crisp and even.
Sometimes my partner hilariously forgets who he married: he actually googled Heated Rivalry because someone mentioned it at work instead of just asking me about it. (I’m not normally a sports romance fan but it’s in the queue since my book club is reading it in 2026).
December 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Sometimes my partner hilariously forgets who he married: he actually googled Heated Rivalry because someone mentioned it at work instead of just asking me about it. (I’m not normally a sports romance fan but it’s in the queue since my book club is reading it in 2026).
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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!
www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
I’ll be reading Rebecca Taussig’s We Are The Scrappy Ones today. Alice’s appearances in children’s lit were so powerful for me and for my parenting.
What a privilege it is to be a younger disabled person in a community shaped by Alice Wong. Rest in peace, Alice.
November 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I’ll be reading Rebecca Taussig’s We Are The Scrappy Ones today. Alice’s appearances in children’s lit were so powerful for me and for my parenting.
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So how are all my former gifted and talented kids who used to read several books a day and now rot their faculties doomscrolling while ignoring a TV show doing tonight
September 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
So how are all my former gifted and talented kids who used to read several books a day and now rot their faculties doomscrolling while ignoring a TV show doing tonight
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well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
Aaron Sorkin is a Jeopardy! Category tonight so I just said “shoe money tonight!” to the TV. As one does.
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Aaron Sorkin is a Jeopardy! Category tonight so I just said “shoe money tonight!” to the TV. As one does.
Doing anything with customer service in 2025 feels like the 30 Rock episode with Tracy Jordan looking at the flowchart and discovering the Sheinhardt Wig company owns NBC and also has North Korean subsidiaries. Defeating the Chatbot to get to the phone number is basically an extreme sport.
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Doing anything with customer service in 2025 feels like the 30 Rock episode with Tracy Jordan looking at the flowchart and discovering the Sheinhardt Wig company owns NBC and also has North Korean subsidiaries. Defeating the Chatbot to get to the phone number is basically an extreme sport.
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The Democratic Party is out there trying to pick the perfect candidate like they look up the perfect coffee-maker on wirecutter. If they have this doodad and that price point, they’re a winner.
That’s not how politics works. It’s a game we play together, not catalogue shopping.
That’s not how politics works. It’s a game we play together, not catalogue shopping.
October 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Democratic Party is out there trying to pick the perfect candidate like they look up the perfect coffee-maker on wirecutter. If they have this doodad and that price point, they’re a winner.
That’s not how politics works. It’s a game we play together, not catalogue shopping.
That’s not how politics works. It’s a game we play together, not catalogue shopping.
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Look I’m not blaming anyone I’m just asking if anyone has checked the British Museum for the Louvre’s jewels
October 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Look I’m not blaming anyone I’m just asking if anyone has checked the British Museum for the Louvre’s jewels
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“why do wokerati have to make everything about gender?”
Listen, my toddler’s preschool has different lines for girls and boys on the Wheels On The Bus, why the fuck are YOU making everything about gender
Listen, my toddler’s preschool has different lines for girls and boys on the Wheels On The Bus, why the fuck are YOU making everything about gender
October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“why do wokerati have to make everything about gender?”
Listen, my toddler’s preschool has different lines for girls and boys on the Wheels On The Bus, why the fuck are YOU making everything about gender
Listen, my toddler’s preschool has different lines for girls and boys on the Wheels On The Bus, why the fuck are YOU making everything about gender
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Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union representing the agency's employees. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Special education isn't a "nice thing to have." It isn't "charity" or doing something to make us feel better. It is a right. The right to a Free Appropriate Public Education is codified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed by a Republican president.
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all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
October 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
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If you’re looking for a scary read this Halloween season, my roundup of the best horror lit of the year, w/ @raforall.bsky.social @keithrosson.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/02/h...
Poking around the scary, horrible, disgusting, excellent cauldron of new horror lit
Horror lit is in an unprecedented renaissance right now, driven by a diverse crop of new writers, robust horror sections in bookstores and the spread of horror-only book clubs. But all roads lead b…
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October 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you’re looking for a scary read this Halloween season, my roundup of the best horror lit of the year, w/ @raforall.bsky.social @keithrosson.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/02/h...
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LAUREN BACALL: you just put your lips together and blow
HUMPHREY BOGART: *holding nintendo cartridge* i know how to get it to work lauren
HUMPHREY BOGART: *holding nintendo cartridge* i know how to get it to work lauren
February 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
LAUREN BACALL: you just put your lips together and blow
HUMPHREY BOGART: *holding nintendo cartridge* i know how to get it to work lauren
HUMPHREY BOGART: *holding nintendo cartridge* i know how to get it to work lauren
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Sometimes Old Millennial parenting is using YouTube to explain to your kid why you say “Aaron Burr” a lot after someone tries to talk with their mouth full.
September 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Sometimes Old Millennial parenting is using YouTube to explain to your kid why you say “Aaron Burr” a lot after someone tries to talk with their mouth full.