Red Durkin
@daedsider.bsky.social
bookseller, book buyer, book scout, bookstore owner, horror & rare book collector. I don't read; it's my terrible secret, please don't tell anybody
Psalms 109:8
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Red Durkin
@daedsider.bsky.social
· Jan 12
The purpose of art is to show the world what it's not ready to see
I love running the kind of bookstore that sometimes causes people to make a big production of leaving in disgust. Like, bye Sheryl.
February 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I love running the kind of bookstore that sometimes causes people to make a big production of leaving in disgust. Like, bye Sheryl.
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Her: Draw me like one of your French girls
Me: [holding a crayon as thick as a birch branch in my fist] you got it
Me: [holding a crayon as thick as a birch branch in my fist] you got it
February 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Her: Draw me like one of your French girls
Me: [holding a crayon as thick as a birch branch in my fist] you got it
Me: [holding a crayon as thick as a birch branch in my fist] you got it
![Still from the Simpsons of Homer talking to Lisa. He's holding a tri-corner hat and saying "I've been called a [spine covered Heart urchin] too and it never stops hurting"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i2yqejjcgxqraht7utv3cn5q/bafkreibqxd4js2rwb7bt4nv6363hkdcwdfazs2mits25ds54bwpww5wt34@jpeg)
This is what trash turret placement gets you
February 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
This is what trash turret placement gets you
this has worked for me six or seven times.
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
this has worked for me six or seven times.
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it's 2026. PC Gamer is doing journalism while actual news outlets post more transphobia. a sandwich costs $16 or five easy payments of $5 with SandoLoan
Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel
Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.
www.pcgamer.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
it's 2026. PC Gamer is doing journalism while actual news outlets post more transphobia. a sandwich costs $16 or five easy payments of $5 with SandoLoan
Between bionics and AI, I can't wait to become a shattered, mindless skin-skeleton piloted around by a mech suit that keeps running into walls and suggesting rote endings to basic emails.
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Between bionics and AI, I can't wait to become a shattered, mindless skin-skeleton piloted around by a mech suit that keeps running into walls and suggesting rote endings to basic emails.
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it's not FOR us
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
it's not FOR us
I can't stress enough that Obergefell was decided in 2015 and, while clawing that back is 100% a goal of the reactionary movement, the shift to full-time trans panic was a DIRECT result of "losing" the gay marriage war. The anti-trans movement is just a bunch of rats that found a new ship.
This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
I can't stress enough that Obergefell was decided in 2015 and, while clawing that back is 100% a goal of the reactionary movement, the shift to full-time trans panic was a DIRECT result of "losing" the gay marriage war. The anti-trans movement is just a bunch of rats that found a new ship.
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If you think about it, monetizing the spread of Nazi ideas is the ONLY way to stop them
NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them.
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
February 12, 2026 at 4:37 AM
If you think about it, monetizing the spread of Nazi ideas is the ONLY way to stop them
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They're calling HRT a "sex-rejecting procedure" now. I guess that means my wife gives me HRT every night!
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
They're calling HRT a "sex-rejecting procedure" now. I guess that means my wife gives me HRT every night!
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10/10 response no notes
February 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
10/10 response no notes
Still thinking about this
An unattended child (maybe 10??) just came into my store, wandered around for a while, then came up to the counter, slapped down a copy of "a Self-Defence Study Guide for Trans Women," said, "excuse me. I don't get it," and went off about how trans women don't need self defense. WTactualF??
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Still thinking about this
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
With Discord's proven track record of protecting sensitive information? What could go wrong?
*slowly, ever so slowly, raises finger to earpiece*
*slowly, ever so slowly, raises finger to earpiece*
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
With Discord's proven track record of protecting sensitive information? What could go wrong?
*slowly, ever so slowly, raises finger to earpiece*
*slowly, ever so slowly, raises finger to earpiece*
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They're torture camps
The government says the people being deported are violent criminals, and they treat them inhumanely. But mostly they are subjecting ordinary people to extraordinary punishments.
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
They're torture camps
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I'm not an economist or a historian, but when a single technology product dominates half the Super Bowl ad block with a string of random celebrities telling you that it's *just about* to change the world, that's a good sign it's here to stay and a sound investment, right?
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
I'm not an economist or a historian, but when a single technology product dominates half the Super Bowl ad block with a string of random celebrities telling you that it's *just about* to change the world, that's a good sign it's here to stay and a sound investment, right?
Did any of their songs have names?
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
A rocking start to the Super Bowl.
pagesix.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Did any of their songs have names?
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The ‘You Don’t Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore’ guys have now made it against the law to use the word Black at college.
A Florida A&M University law student says the school told her to remove the word 'Black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law
‘Black’ banned from flyers for FAMU College of Law Black History Month event, student says
A student at FAMU College of Law says the school told her to remove the word 'black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law.
www.clickorlando.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
The ‘You Don’t Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore’ guys have now made it against the law to use the word Black at college.
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I'm stoked that the Humble Bundle of my and @annaleen.bsky.social's books from Tor has raised nearly $5000 for the TGI Justice Project and Miss Major/Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center.
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party
Humble Book Bundle: Charlie Jane Anders & Annalee Newitz by TOR
Don’t miss this bundle of novels and story collections from acclaimed authors Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz! Pay what you want and support charity!
www.humblebundle.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I'm stoked that the Humble Bundle of my and @annaleen.bsky.social's books from Tor has raised nearly $5000 for the TGI Justice Project and Miss Major/Alexander Lee Black Trans Cultural Center.
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Let me tell you about when I went to the TGIJP's anniversary party