ReadingDanger
@readingdanger.bsky.social
Library worker. Canon disrupter. Guitar plucker. Knitter. Union rep. He/him.
This is the ENTIRE cause of the male loneliness crisis.
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is the ENTIRE cause of the male loneliness crisis.
FROG AND TOAD ARE "FRIENDS" was the original title.
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
FROG AND TOAD ARE "FRIENDS" was the original title.
Reposted by ReadingDanger
Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions
There's nothing wrong with literary porn, but some of the crap those guys wrote was "Have you actuallly ever HAD sex?"
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions
I was stumped on explaining what was happening in a bit of Python code. Searched for a whole hour split over two attempts, and finally asked a GenAI something for the first time.
ANNOYINGLY, it told me an answer and linked to two documentation sources so I could confirm it was right.
ANNOYINGLY, it told me an answer and linked to two documentation sources so I could confirm it was right.
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I was stumped on explaining what was happening in a bit of Python code. Searched for a whole hour split over two attempts, and finally asked a GenAI something for the first time.
ANNOYINGLY, it told me an answer and linked to two documentation sources so I could confirm it was right.
ANNOYINGLY, it told me an answer and linked to two documentation sources so I could confirm it was right.
I'm all for alt text existing, but when I can't look at an image without it covering the bottom of the image I'm mad at the implementation.
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I'm all for alt text existing, but when I can't look at an image without it covering the bottom of the image I'm mad at the implementation.
Missing the north country so much that I'm watching hours long YouYube videos of walking around in Scandinavian snowy streets.
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Missing the north country so much that I'm watching hours long YouYube videos of walking around in Scandinavian snowy streets.
It's actually okay to have no public library service over segregated library service. Keep them shut down.
1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
popular.info
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It's actually okay to have no public library service over segregated library service. Keep them shut down.
My library system has at least three sets of instructions for using the RFID wands, so naturally I'm writing a fourth to fix the situation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
My library system has at least three sets of instructions for using the RFID wands, so naturally I'm writing a fourth to fix the situation.
I lift for this physique.
Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I lift for this physique.
What are y'all learning about for fun these days?
I want to hear about your special interests!
(I'm on a web programming kick, and revving up for adventofcode.com. No expects this of me as a librarian.)
I want to hear about your special interests!
(I'm on a web programming kick, and revving up for adventofcode.com. No expects this of me as a librarian.)
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What are y'all learning about for fun these days?
I want to hear about your special interests!
(I'm on a web programming kick, and revving up for adventofcode.com. No expects this of me as a librarian.)
I want to hear about your special interests!
(I'm on a web programming kick, and revving up for adventofcode.com. No expects this of me as a librarian.)
The sound of every person in Albuquerque screaming at the new Pluribus episode.
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The sound of every person in Albuquerque screaming at the new Pluribus episode.
Disappointed to hear the main compiler for the Rust programming language is named rustc not crust.
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Disappointed to hear the main compiler for the Rust programming language is named rustc not crust.
Critical hit
What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Critical hit
I have never heard a single Democratic voter in real life "condemn socialism."
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I have never heard a single Democratic voter in real life "condemn socialism."
Beautiful
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Beautiful
On this International Men's Day I'm pumping iron while my dough for dinner rolls is rising.
My message to other men is to stop sabotaging yourself and blaming others for it. Or: keep it up, bro! Depending.
My message to other men is to stop sabotaging yourself and blaming others for it. Or: keep it up, bro! Depending.
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
On this International Men's Day I'm pumping iron while my dough for dinner rolls is rising.
My message to other men is to stop sabotaging yourself and blaming others for it. Or: keep it up, bro! Depending.
My message to other men is to stop sabotaging yourself and blaming others for it. Or: keep it up, bro! Depending.
Good for Scrivener!
I have mixed feelings about what Apple is doing. On the one hand, they're effectively inserting a GenAI icon (and menu!) into someone else's app. On the other hand, this is similar to providing OS level spell check to all apps with text fields.
Apps should be able to say 'no.'
I have mixed feelings about what Apple is doing. On the one hand, they're effectively inserting a GenAI icon (and menu!) into someone else's app. On the other hand, this is similar to providing OS level spell check to all apps with text fields.
Apps should be able to say 'no.'
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Good for Scrivener!
I have mixed feelings about what Apple is doing. On the one hand, they're effectively inserting a GenAI icon (and menu!) into someone else's app. On the other hand, this is similar to providing OS level spell check to all apps with text fields.
Apps should be able to say 'no.'
I have mixed feelings about what Apple is doing. On the one hand, they're effectively inserting a GenAI icon (and menu!) into someone else's app. On the other hand, this is similar to providing OS level spell check to all apps with text fields.
Apps should be able to say 'no.'
Nothing is more p̶u̶n̶k̶ socialist than the public library.
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Nothing is more p̶u̶n̶k̶ socialist than the public library.
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Finished S2 of SLOW HORSES. This really is just British '24' now.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Finished S2 of SLOW HORSES. This really is just British '24' now.
Ya know, maybe erasure isn't so bad compared to this.
Rep. Sarah McBride: "It goes both ways. A big tent is bisexual. It goes to the left and the right . And that starts with us being kind to one another, being respectful to one another and being welcoming to one another."
www.advocate.com/pol...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ
www.advocate.com/pol...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ
Sarah McBride explains how Democrats’ ‘big tent is bisexual’
The Democratic congresswoman from Delaware told an audience at Crooked Con, "You can’t build a diverse working class coalition if people don’t feel like you like them."
www.advocate.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Ya know, maybe erasure isn't so bad compared to this.
This is rad
(so is Jack)
(so is Jack)
Lots of my fellow Unitarian Universalists are already a part of this. Makes me proud 📚
“Faith for Libraries” Campaign Will Combat Book Censorship and Defend Religious Freedom
Interfaith Alliance, a national leader in defending civil rights and multi-faith democracy, today is launching a new campaign with the American Library Association and Unite Against Book Bans to comba...
www.ala.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is rad
(so is Jack)
(so is Jack)
Yo, fellow cis people, it's actually still okay to assume pronouns for people with a strongly indicative gender presentation instead of suddenly saying "they" for *everyone.*
Just stay sensitive to cues that say otherwise and you'll be fine.
Just stay sensitive to cues that say otherwise and you'll be fine.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yo, fellow cis people, it's actually still okay to assume pronouns for people with a strongly indicative gender presentation instead of suddenly saying "they" for *everyone.*
Just stay sensitive to cues that say otherwise and you'll be fine.
Just stay sensitive to cues that say otherwise and you'll be fine.
Had a patron frustrated and on the verge of tears because she needed to access a website related to social services and couldn't manage to create a password by typing the same thing into two obscured fields. Begging library staff to make up a password and type it in for her. /
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Had a patron frustrated and on the verge of tears because she needed to access a website related to social services and couldn't manage to create a password by typing the same thing into two obscured fields. Begging library staff to make up a password and type it in for her. /
