Cian
@rubegoldbergskele.bsky.social
Just another transmasc local area cryptid. Sightings reported at bookstores and coffee shops in Maryland.
Here mostly to talk about books, especially fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and MM romance.
📚🐱🪴🫖🦖🎮🏳️⚧️ [He/They]
Here mostly to talk about books, especially fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and MM romance.
📚🐱🪴🫖🦖🎮🏳️⚧️ [He/They]
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Cian
@rubegoldbergskele.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Time for an intro
🎂Cian, late 30’s
🏳️⚧️transmasc He/They
🌈bi/demi, polyamorous
✨AuDHD
🥄hypermobile
🥄chronic illness
🇨🇳learning Mandarin
📚MM romance, trans MCs, genre fiction, diverse authors
🎮BG3, Fortnite, cozy games
🧱ACAB, punch nazis, fuck genocide, support sex work
Have a picture of my cat:
🎂Cian, late 30’s
🏳️⚧️transmasc He/They
🌈bi/demi, polyamorous
✨AuDHD
🥄hypermobile
🥄chronic illness
🇨🇳learning Mandarin
📚MM romance, trans MCs, genre fiction, diverse authors
🎮BG3, Fortnite, cozy games
🧱ACAB, punch nazis, fuck genocide, support sex work
Have a picture of my cat:
Updated my name at social security today! Get to update my license on Friday and then I will be officially me on all of my legal stuff.
Up next: months and months of updating everywhere else 😅
Up next: months and months of updating everywhere else 😅
March 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Updated my name at social security today! Get to update my license on Friday and then I will be officially me on all of my legal stuff.
Up next: months and months of updating everywhere else 😅
Up next: months and months of updating everywhere else 😅
After months of waiting, I finally got all of the Captive Prince series from my library. Kings Rising is one of the few books to make me cry. I really love C.S. Pacat’s writing.
Of course, now that I’ve finished these, I’m more impatient than ever for the final book of Dark Rise to come out!
Of course, now that I’ve finished these, I’m more impatient than ever for the final book of Dark Rise to come out!
March 20, 2025 at 11:17 PM
After months of waiting, I finally got all of the Captive Prince series from my library. Kings Rising is one of the few books to make me cry. I really love C.S. Pacat’s writing.
Of course, now that I’ve finished these, I’m more impatient than ever for the final book of Dark Rise to come out!
Of course, now that I’ve finished these, I’m more impatient than ever for the final book of Dark Rise to come out!
Finally decided to give Morning Glory Milking Farm a shot. Thus far, I’ve found it very wholesome. And surprisingly queer for a book not featuring any queer characters. 1/2
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Finally decided to give Morning Glory Milking Farm a shot. Thus far, I’ve found it very wholesome. And surprisingly queer for a book not featuring any queer characters. 1/2
without downloading any new pics, describe your gender:
March 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
without downloading any new pics, describe your gender:
Did I decide to abandon my other books to read all of Rogue Protocol tonight? Yes I did.
Was it worth it? Absolutely
Do I know what to do with myself while I wait *NINETEEN WEEKS* for the next murder or book to be available from the library? No. No, I do not.
My favorite Murderbot story yet.
Was it worth it? Absolutely
Do I know what to do with myself while I wait *NINETEEN WEEKS* for the next murder or book to be available from the library? No. No, I do not.
My favorite Murderbot story yet.
February 26, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Did I decide to abandon my other books to read all of Rogue Protocol tonight? Yes I did.
Was it worth it? Absolutely
Do I know what to do with myself while I wait *NINETEEN WEEKS* for the next murder or book to be available from the library? No. No, I do not.
My favorite Murderbot story yet.
Was it worth it? Absolutely
Do I know what to do with myself while I wait *NINETEEN WEEKS* for the next murder or book to be available from the library? No. No, I do not.
My favorite Murderbot story yet.
TFW multiple library books become available and you don’t want to have them delivered later because you’ve already waited *months* for them, but also you are hooked on two other books that you are smack dab in the middle of.
a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books .
Alt: a cartoon of a Linus from Peanuts surrounded by piles of books. He is picking up different books to read them and moving them to other piles as he does so.
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February 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
TFW multiple library books become available and you don’t want to have them delivered later because you’ve already waited *months* for them, but also you are hooked on two other books that you are smack dab in the middle of.
Getting home late from a party and my kitchen still smells like the red beans and rice I cooked for it. It’s a nice feeling, knowing you have friends feed.
February 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Getting home late from a party and my kitchen still smells like the red beans and rice I cooked for it. It’s a nice feeling, knowing you have friends feed.
The Gilda Stories has a chapter set in 2020 and it’s kind of fun seeing what someone in the 90s thought this time period would look like.
February 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The Gilda Stories has a chapter set in 2020 and it’s kind of fun seeing what someone in the 90s thought this time period would look like.
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Since January of this year, US government websites have been removing any reference to trans and nonbinary identities---including the website for the Stonewall National Monument. Yes, that Stonewall. But we’re still here, and we’re not going anywhere.
February 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Since January of this year, US government websites have been removing any reference to trans and nonbinary identities---including the website for the Stonewall National Monument. Yes, that Stonewall. But we’re still here, and we’re not going anywhere.
For Valentines, my partner and I took the trek up to Wonderbook in Frederick. We got a little worried when it started snowing halfway there, but it was worth the weather to see how excited they got picking out their presents 😊
February 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
For Valentines, my partner and I took the trek up to Wonderbook in Frederick. We got a little worried when it started snowing halfway there, but it was worth the weather to see how excited they got picking out their presents 😊
I’m about halfway through The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez and am continually wondering how I hadn’t heard of it until recently. Provided things continue at this level of excellence for the second half, this may become my favorite vampire novel of all time.
February 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I’m about halfway through The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez and am continually wondering how I hadn’t heard of it until recently. Provided things continue at this level of excellence for the second half, this may become my favorite vampire novel of all time.
The Gilda Stories is off to an incredibly strong start. I’m enjoying the take on vampires so far.
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The Gilda Stories is off to an incredibly strong start. I’m enjoying the take on vampires so far.
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Be gay, read gay books
February 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Be gay, read gay books
I needed some good news today. Remember that it’s still early days, and while a lot of irrevocable damage is being done, people are fighting it.
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statuskuo.substack.com/p/is-somebod...
Is Somebody Doing Something?!
Yes. Let me break it down for you.
statuskuo.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I needed some good news today. Remember that it’s still early days, and while a lot of irrevocable damage is being done, people are fighting it.
statuskuo.substack.com/p/is-somebod...
statuskuo.substack.com/p/is-somebod...
Today, I finally managed to find a way to wear a binder that hides my chest instead of emphasizing it. I’ve tried binder after binder for years with no luck, and have worried I’d be have nothing until top surgery. With how things have been in the US, that has been a scary thought. But not anymore!
February 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Today, I finally managed to find a way to wear a binder that hides my chest instead of emphasizing it. I’ve tried binder after binder for years with no luck, and have worried I’d be have nothing until top surgery. With how things have been in the US, that has been a scary thought. But not anymore!
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If you’re looking for great diverse horror recs, this is your list! Follow and share. #booksky #diversebooks
If you’re looking for great diverse horror recs, this is your list! Follow and share. #booksky #diversebooks
February 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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If you’re looking for great diverse horror recs, this is your list! Follow and share. #booksky #diversebooks
If you’re looking for great diverse horror recs, this is your list! Follow and share. #booksky #diversebooks
Sk8 was the vines I needed tonight. Colorful, queer, and super goofy. Glad I got the chance to introduce a friend to one of my favorite comfort watches.
February 4, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Sk8 was the vines I needed tonight. Colorful, queer, and super goofy. Glad I got the chance to introduce a friend to one of my favorite comfort watches.
Everything I read in January. Still working on putting up reviews in StoryGraph.
Also started but not yet finished:
*I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram
*One Hundred Years if Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Also started but not yet finished:
*I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram
*One Hundred Years if Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
February 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Everything I read in January. Still working on putting up reviews in StoryGraph.
Also started but not yet finished:
*I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram
*One Hundred Years if Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Also started but not yet finished:
*I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram
*One Hundred Years if Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
It was good to get out and be with queer community tonight, to be collectively visible and share joy.
It was also the first time I’d been around anyone other than my partner and my neighbor since shaving my head on new years. I forgot it was a thing people didn’t know about 😂
It was also the first time I’d been around anyone other than my partner and my neighbor since shaving my head on new years. I forgot it was a thing people didn’t know about 😂
January 30, 2025 at 4:13 AM
It was good to get out and be with queer community tonight, to be collectively visible and share joy.
It was also the first time I’d been around anyone other than my partner and my neighbor since shaving my head on new years. I forgot it was a thing people didn’t know about 😂
It was also the first time I’d been around anyone other than my partner and my neighbor since shaving my head on new years. I forgot it was a thing people didn’t know about 😂
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Had a Barnes and Noble gift card from Christmas + rewards to spend, so I finally went out for some retail therapy.
Most excited to read The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez. Black, sapphic vampire novel, originally published in the 90s, written by a founding member of GLAAD? Yes please 🙌🏻
Most excited to read The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez. Black, sapphic vampire novel, originally published in the 90s, written by a founding member of GLAAD? Yes please 🙌🏻
January 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Had a Barnes and Noble gift card from Christmas + rewards to spend, so I finally went out for some retail therapy.
Most excited to read The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez. Black, sapphic vampire novel, originally published in the 90s, written by a founding member of GLAAD? Yes please 🙌🏻
Most excited to read The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez. Black, sapphic vampire novel, originally published in the 90s, written by a founding member of GLAAD? Yes please 🙌🏻
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So Trump's shutting down of the entire government's funding system for American projects is literally so he can go line by line and target transgender people and other minorities.
When we said transphobia affects cis people too, well... here you go.
When we said transphobia affects cis people too, well... here you go.
January 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So Trump's shutting down of the entire government's funding system for American projects is literally so he can go line by line and target transgender people and other minorities.
When we said transphobia affects cis people too, well... here you go.
When we said transphobia affects cis people too, well... here you go.
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Hi I’m Hillary and I own Black Walnut Books. I’m Southern Pomo and Coastal Miwok and am a member of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians. I created Black Walnut Books to lift up the voices of Indigenous, BIPOC & queer authors.
January 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hi I’m Hillary and I own Black Walnut Books. I’m Southern Pomo and Coastal Miwok and am a member of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians. I created Black Walnut Books to lift up the voices of Indigenous, BIPOC & queer authors.
My listening hours are up on Spotify, so I guess I’m not finishing I’ll Have What He’s Having this month. Only 2hrs left too! 😭😭😭
January 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
My listening hours are up on Spotify, so I guess I’m not finishing I’ll Have What He’s Having this month. Only 2hrs left too! 😭😭😭
Time for an intro
🎂Cian, late 30’s
🏳️⚧️transmasc He/They
🌈bi/demi, polyamorous
✨AuDHD
🥄hypermobile
🥄chronic illness
🇨🇳learning Mandarin
📚MM romance, trans MCs, genre fiction, diverse authors
🎮BG3, Fortnite, cozy games
🧱ACAB, punch nazis, fuck genocide, support sex work
Have a picture of my cat:
🎂Cian, late 30’s
🏳️⚧️transmasc He/They
🌈bi/demi, polyamorous
✨AuDHD
🥄hypermobile
🥄chronic illness
🇨🇳learning Mandarin
📚MM romance, trans MCs, genre fiction, diverse authors
🎮BG3, Fortnite, cozy games
🧱ACAB, punch nazis, fuck genocide, support sex work
Have a picture of my cat:
January 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Time for an intro
🎂Cian, late 30’s
🏳️⚧️transmasc He/They
🌈bi/demi, polyamorous
✨AuDHD
🥄hypermobile
🥄chronic illness
🇨🇳learning Mandarin
📚MM romance, trans MCs, genre fiction, diverse authors
🎮BG3, Fortnite, cozy games
🧱ACAB, punch nazis, fuck genocide, support sex work
Have a picture of my cat:
🎂Cian, late 30’s
🏳️⚧️transmasc He/They
🌈bi/demi, polyamorous
✨AuDHD
🥄hypermobile
🥄chronic illness
🇨🇳learning Mandarin
📚MM romance, trans MCs, genre fiction, diverse authors
🎮BG3, Fortnite, cozy games
🧱ACAB, punch nazis, fuck genocide, support sex work
Have a picture of my cat: