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David Futato
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Age verification? My first home PC was a TRS-80 Color Computer II.
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I had dozens of blank VHS tapes I would use to record X-Files reruns
February 10, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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Post a banger not in English
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February 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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160 years ago today, Gregor Mendel presented his paper describing his research into the inheritance of traits in pea plants. The importance of his work wouldn’t be realized for almost 40 years. Now, there is a fabulous board game based on his studies. Who doesn’t love a game with Punnett squares?
The front cover of the board game box for Genotype, picturing a journal, pea plants, pods, and tendrils.
February 8, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Reposted by David Futato
qtlibrary.org
Hi, a small note from your local LGBTQIA+ library 💜
It’s Fuck ICE today, just like it was Fuck ICE yesterday, and just like it will be Fuck ICE tomorrow. No one is illegal on stolen land. Like you, we’re devastated and furious. The QT Library stands with Minneapolis, Maine, and everywhere else being traumatized by ICE We also stand with our partners locally and around the country in the fight against fascist, racist state violence – a violence that we are watching being wielded like a weapon against so many communities, including immigrant and Native American communities, in real time.
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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It is a single degree out. 1°. Fahrenheit, so that’s –17° for the rest of the world that has switched to a modern, sensical measurement system. DO. NOT. WANT. (Seriously, though, be safe out there, people.)
January 31, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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qtlibrary.org
A true honor to be spotlighted by @bookriot.bsky.social in this breakdown of how to protect the right to read through the Horrors. We're only screaming a little. 😱💜

But seriously, there are a lot of great ideas here. Read the full thing! https://loom.ly/HJbyi7A
A screenshot from a Book riot article titled, 60-plus small tasks to defend the right to read: book censorship news, january 9, 2026. The screenshot says, "Help build the Q.T. Library, a queer library in Boston that aims to grant access to queer and trans literature. How can you help “build” the library? Donate money or books, if you’re able. If those are not in your budget, spread the word about the institution. You can also participate in their virtual Trans Y.A. book club."
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Yourself, but as a cartoon
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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This includes you, #glennagoldis.
dfutato.bsky.social David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · Feb 21
Just a reminder…
A red button on a khaki shirt pocket flap. The button reads “Every gay transphobe is a traitor”.
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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The energy I bring to Bluesky
A before and after shot of a children's ball pit, the top photo showing a jumble of rainbow colored balls, while the lower photo shows the same pit with the balls organized by color (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple).
January 21, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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I designed and printed a 3D-printed insert for the game Darwin’s Journey and all available expansions. I’m quite proud to have fit everything in the base box! #boardgameinsert #thundergryph

Find it here: www.printables.com/model/156219...
A board game box with hundreds of small pieces, organized into multiple gray trays and cubbies, also including color-coordinated player trays printed in blue, green, yellow, and white. A second shot of the same board game box, with coins, cards, tokens, and various cardstock tiles organized into multiple trays.
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.
January 5, 2026 at 4:58 AM
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ITMFA. He is a danger to the country and the world, and has broken national and international law time and again without consequence. @pressley.house.gov @warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov
January 4, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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We need a war
We need a war to show ‘em
We need a war to show ‘em that we can
We need a war to show ‘em that we can do it
Whenever we say we need a war

If they mess with us
If we think they might mess with us
If we say they might mess with us
If we think we need a war
We need a war
We Need A War
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January 3, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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A purple transparent illustration of a queer person with a mustache and party glasses holding up a peace sign with the caption “New Year, Still Queer” surrounding them.
January 1, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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Why are you gay?
A young Harry Hamlin with brown curly hair, dark eyes, in gladiator gear with a snake around his shoulders, from the film Clash of the Titans.
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Reposted by David Futato
qtlibrary.org
A holiday message from all of us to all of you. ❄️
To our queer and trans family. As we head into the holiday season and the world outside darkens both physically and politically, we want to take a moment to remind you that you are loved; that you are deserving of respect, safety, and the right to be whoever you want to be. You’re a baddie; you’re our favorite; you’re a brilliant light in this dark and impossible world. The Q.T. Library stands with you. For the next few weeks, remember to take care of yourselves, spend time in community and around those who love AND support you. Remember to drink water, take some deep breaths, and have compassion for yourself. Treat yourself to a few phone-free hours, maybe curl up with a good book. We love you and we’ll see you in 2026. x.o.x.o all of us at the Q.T. Library.
December 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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And now for something completely different: if you’re playing Salmon Run in Splatoon 3, use your goddamn specials. There’s no bonus points for saving them. #splatoon3 #gamerproblems
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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In memory of Carl Sagan, who left us 29 years ago today, The Pale Blue Dot. A good reminder to recenter one's perspective.
NASA photo taken by Voyager 1 from over 6 billion kilometers away. Earth is a tiny dot in a beam of sunlight on a blue field. Overlaying the image is the following: Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every “superstar,” every “supreme leader,” every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and cha…
December 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.
Many translucent tubes at multiple heights lit from within with pink, purple, and blue lights. In the center is a large pair of bright red lips, open and backlit with neon, with a tunnel leading inside.
December 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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My Christmas tree! Can you spot the @qtlibrary.org ornament I 3D printed myself? (If you want one, send me a DM!)
A Christmas tree thickly covered with ornaments in a room with blue walls. Front and center is a lavender ornament that resembles a sugar cookie with the QT logo from the QT Library.
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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🌱 Today is the FINAL DAY of our annual campaign! If you can give, your support will help us achieve our dream to — drumroll, please — open a pop-up in summer 2026! YOU can join us in making our dream an on-the-ground reality.

#BookSky, let's see if we can get to $25K! https://loom.ly/mQH2k_0
A wooden sign that says "Q.T. Library: From Seed to Shelf." Under that is a bookshelf with the top row colored in and covered in plants. A wooden board says "$20,000 raised."
December 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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It’s past time to ditch Facebook, Insta, and WhatsApp. I know many of you are in the choir already as I preach this (seeing as you’re here), but beyond allowing hate speech against us to go unchallenged, Meta now shadowbans or outright shut down accounts that share our histories and our stories.
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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"When someone reads a book and sees a character who looks like them, loves like them, and lives a full vibrant life, that isn't just entertainment — it is permission. It is a mirror that says, "You are real, you have a lineage, and you belong here." 👏👏

~ QT Library board member Jen Sarduy
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM