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they/she. middle-aged white queer w the 'tism and 80 of the HDs. me and yr dad probably like all the same movies. i have approximate knowledge of many things.
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A hit, a very palpable hit.
January 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
A hit, a very palpable hit.
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State supreme courts are a battlefield for pressing issues, from abortion rights to ballot access. But do you know how your court works?
Our guide breaks down the structure and procedures of every single state’s highest court.
Our guide breaks down the structure and procedures of every single state’s highest court.
Your State-by-State Guide to Every State Supreme Court - Bolts
Bolts breaks down the structure, selection procedures, and functions of each state’s highest court.
boltsmag.org
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
State supreme courts are a battlefield for pressing issues, from abortion rights to ballot access. But do you know how your court works?
Our guide breaks down the structure and procedures of every single state’s highest court.
Our guide breaks down the structure and procedures of every single state’s highest court.
Anyway I think the gay hockey show should always come out at the end of each year. A little helpful push to get through the fucking god-awful sludge of November/December, a little present for us in the darkest days just before we start up something new.
January 1, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Anyway I think the gay hockey show should always come out at the end of each year. A little helpful push to get through the fucking god-awful sludge of November/December, a little present for us in the darkest days just before we start up something new.
Did that thing where I was telling what I thought to be a light-hearted story rooted in my childhood and, based on the expressions and reactions of the people I was talking to, realized it was not in fact light-hearted. First of the year, I guess? Whoops.
January 1, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Did that thing where I was telling what I thought to be a light-hearted story rooted in my childhood and, based on the expressions and reactions of the people I was talking to, realized it was not in fact light-hearted. First of the year, I guess? Whoops.
I didn't make a holiday mix this year. When spouse asked why, my only real answer was that I always put those together in a spirit of hope for next year. While I keep trying, my hope for next year got real low the past couple of months. If I had made one, the key tracks would be, as always...
December 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I didn't make a holiday mix this year. When spouse asked why, my only real answer was that I always put those together in a spirit of hope for next year. While I keep trying, my hope for next year got real low the past couple of months. If I had made one, the key tracks would be, as always...
2025 Reading List: Final Tally - 212 (🧵)
![JANUARY
1. The Witch Elm - Tana French [reread]
2. League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions, and the Battle for Truth - Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru
3. Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree [reread)
4. Bookshops & Bonedust - Travis Baldree [reread]
5. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls - Grady Hendrix
6. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil - Ananda Lima *
7. Ordinary Monsters - J. M. Miro
8. The Disaster Tourist - Yun Ko-Eun (tr. Lizzie Buehler)
9. Age of Ash - Daniel Abraham
10. Black Sheep - Rachel Harrison
11. Clockwork Boys - T. Kingfisher *
12. The Half Life of Valery K - Natasha Pulley *
13. The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison [reread]
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving [reread]
FEBRUARY
15. The Orb of Cairado - Katherine Addison
16. Bonded in Death - J. D. Robb
17. The God of the Woods - Liz Moore
18. Lost Ark Dreaming - Suyi Davies Okungbowa *
19. Finder - Suzanne Palmer
20. The Wonder Engine - T. Kingfisher
21. Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor
22. Glory O'Brien's History of the Future - A. S. King
23. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson - Jeff Pearlman *
24. The Mountain in the Sea - Ray Naylor *
25. This World is Not Yours - Kemi Ashing-Giwa
26. Piglet - Lottie Hazell
27. A Sorceress Comes to Call - T. Kingfisher](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqdkcs2h6feag2bfoir43lj5/bafkreiemo3r4zndp2odjftk5d4svkst6ixnskcww3bdlj2q6pwesulkkzm@jpeg)
![28. Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency - Andy Greenberg
29. Countess - Suzan Palumbo
30. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - Karen Joy Fowler *
31. Daughter of the Merciful Deep - Leslye Penelope
32. The Woman Who Fooled the World: The True Story of Fake Wellness Guru Belle Gibson - Beau Donnelly & Nick Toscano
33. The Appeal - Janice Hallett
34. The Scandalous Letters of V and J - Felicia Davin
35. Chain Gang All Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah *
36. Diavola - Jennifer Thorne
37. Your Shadow Half Remains - Sunny Moraine
38. The Night Guest - Hildur Knútsdóttir (tr. Mary Robinette Kowal)
39. Ghost Station - S. A. Barnes
MARCH
40. Model Home - Rivers Solomon
41. Something in the Walls - Daisy Pearce
42. The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden
43. The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison [reread]
44. The Tomb of Dragons - Katherine Addison
45. The Sapling Cage - Margaret Killjoy
46. Fadeout - Joseph Hansen
47. The Boys from Brazil - Ira Levin [reread]
48. Single Player - Tara Tai
49. Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection - John Green
50. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions - Larry Mitchell with Ned Asta
51.. Two Truths and a Lie - Cory O'Brien
APRIL
52. The Hymn to Dionysus - Natasha Pulley
53. Spin - Robert Charles Wilson](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqdkcs2h6feag2bfoir43lj5/bafkreicabgpf5v6nwxlhw2uduczplwe7zbzg2y4sp5auzxo62o6dyutp7u@jpeg)
![54. The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon
55. The Traitor Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson [reread]
56. The Monster Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson [reread]
57. The Tyrant Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson [reread]
58. The Art of Repair - Molly Martin
59. All Systems Red - Martha Wells [reread]
60. Artificial Condition - Martha Wells [reread]
61. Rogue Protocol - Martha Wells [reread]
62. Exit Strategy - Martha Wells [reread]
63. Death Takes Me - Cristina Rivera Garza (tr. Robin Myers & Sarah Booker)
64. A/S/L - Jeanne Thornton
65. Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle - Clare Hunter
66. Network Effect - Martha Wells [reread]
67. Rose/House - Arkady Martine
68. Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells [reread]
69. System Collapse - Martha Wells [reread]
70. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism - Sarah Wynn-Williams
71. Notes From a Regicide - Isaac Fellman
72. One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston [reread]
MAY
73. Anathem - Neal Stephenson [reread]
74. Direct Descendant - Tanya Huff
75. Flying Solo - Linda Holmes
76. The Dream Hotel - Laila Lalami
77. Swordheart - T. Kingfisher
78. Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie [reread]
79. Ancillary Sword - Ann Leckie [reread]
80. Ancillary Mercy - Ann Leckie [reread]
81. The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie [reread]
82. Small Game - Blair Braverman
83. The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
84. Greta & Valdin - Rebecca K Reilly
85. The Ship Who Sang - Anne McCaffrey](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqdkcs2h6feag2bfoir43lj5/bafkreicswbagjstkqthltikai5zs52kbjuv4gdjrk6yv6mswpwrt2nuj2y@jpeg)
![JUNE
86. A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik *
87. Sister Snake - Amanda Lee Koe *
88. Manhunt - Gretchen Felker-Martin
89. Provenance - Ann Leckie [reread]
90. Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid
91. The Spellshop - Sarah Beth Durst
92. The Moon of the Turning Leaves - Waubgeshig Rice
93. The Starving Saints - Caitlin Starling *
94. The Last Graduate - Naomi Novik
95. The Golden Enclaves - Naomi Novik
96. Game Changer - Rachel Reid
97. Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid
98. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
99. The Ask and the Answer - Patrick Ness
100. Monsters of Men - Patrick Ness
101. Captive Prince - C. S. Pacat
102. Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew - Jonathan H. Ward and Michael D. Leinbach
103. Time Loops & Meet Cutes - Jackie Lau
104. Wearing the Lion - John Wiswell *
105. The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association - Caitlin Rozakis *
106. Prince's Gambit - C. S. Pacat
107. Harmattan Season - Tochi Onyebuchi *
108. Kings Rising - C. S. Pacat
108. The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
110. The Power - Naomi Alderman
JULY
111. Blood Over Bright Haven - M. L. Wang
112. Moon of the Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice
113. The Mercy of Gods - James S. A. Corey
114. Livesuit - James S. A. Corey
115. Clark and Division - Naomi Hirahara
116. A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine
117. The Dragon's Path - Daniel Abraham [reread]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yqdkcs2h6feag2bfoir43lj5/bafkreid6tlcqngosh35sn4vc2pquupfqyvcr775ugrdl2vzh5ph5opwkei@jpeg)
December 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
2025 Reading List: Final Tally - 212 (🧵)
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Trump vetoes bipartisan bill to fund clean water pipeline in southeastern Colorado
Trump vetoes bipartisan bill to fund clean water pipeline in southeastern Colorado
The "Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit" act was supposed to help rural communities on the Eastern Plains pay for their share of the pipeline
coloradosun.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Trump vetoes bipartisan bill to fund clean water pipeline in southeastern Colorado
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Whenever we're out of this shit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be built into an absolutely nightmare bureaucratic goliath. Increase the original funding by a million times and hire thousands of staffers trying to fuck shit up for business.
December 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Whenever we're out of this shit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be built into an absolutely nightmare bureaucratic goliath. Increase the original funding by a million times and hire thousands of staffers trying to fuck shit up for business.
Achievement unlocked: got asked for directions by a tourist. Unfortunate that they asked me, who was not helpful not out of malice but out of being bad at maps. But still!
December 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Achievement unlocked: got asked for directions by a tourist. Unfortunate that they asked me, who was not helpful not out of malice but out of being bad at maps. But still!
At any given moment I'm equally likely to be the Schmidt or the Nick here, so. Happy liminal last few days to all, may your beans and/or bees be appropriately housed.
i can't hear any part of this song or see any mention of the person who sings it without imagining this. for those wondering which word schmidt mispronounces, it's 'beekeeping.' thank you for your time
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
At any given moment I'm equally likely to be the Schmidt or the Nick here, so. Happy liminal last few days to all, may your beans and/or bees be appropriately housed.
Trying to decide if I think I'm going to read another book in the next 3 days, or if I should call the year at 212. It's a nice number, and I don't have anything out from the library at the moment.
But, I did get the newest Siken in the mail yesterday sooooo maybe I'll wait.
But, I did get the newest Siken in the mail yesterday sooooo maybe I'll wait.
December 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Trying to decide if I think I'm going to read another book in the next 3 days, or if I should call the year at 212. It's a nice number, and I don't have anything out from the library at the moment.
But, I did get the newest Siken in the mail yesterday sooooo maybe I'll wait.
But, I did get the newest Siken in the mail yesterday sooooo maybe I'll wait.
Sometimes I think I should compile a list of media that has either helped me face or made not feel alone (or both) about the whole religion thing. I use exvangelical sometimes but it's not a word I like. Religious trauma is legit but I have a hard time claiming it for myself personally. But, a list.
December 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Sometimes I think I should compile a list of media that has either helped me face or made not feel alone (or both) about the whole religion thing. I use exvangelical sometimes but it's not a word I like. Religious trauma is legit but I have a hard time claiming it for myself personally. But, a list.
My kid is 12, which means sometimes we get to introduce her to an entirely new word or concept because she hears it for the first time.
Today, Spouse used "ditto" to mean "likewise," and she was baffled. Jer only knowledge of the word is, obviously, the Pokemon. I then, because I'm me, added...
Today, Spouse used "ditto" to mean "likewise," and she was baffled. Jer only knowledge of the word is, obviously, the Pokemon. I then, because I'm me, added...
December 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My kid is 12, which means sometimes we get to introduce her to an entirely new word or concept because she hears it for the first time.
Today, Spouse used "ditto" to mean "likewise," and she was baffled. Jer only knowledge of the word is, obviously, the Pokemon. I then, because I'm me, added...
Today, Spouse used "ditto" to mean "likewise," and she was baffled. Jer only knowledge of the word is, obviously, the Pokemon. I then, because I'm me, added...
I'm so mad, still, that Ali Larter turned out to be shitty. When I had figured out I was queer but hadn't yet looked at the gender stuff she was one of the Julia Stilesian spectrum of women I wanted to look like (yes I was anorexic at the time). I watched Drive Me Crazy (1999) about a hundred times.
December 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I'm so mad, still, that Ali Larter turned out to be shitty. When I had figured out I was queer but hadn't yet looked at the gender stuff she was one of the Julia Stilesian spectrum of women I wanted to look like (yes I was anorexic at the time). I watched Drive Me Crazy (1999) about a hundred times.
Anyway say what you will about the gay hockey show but I knew the ending the whole time and still gasped in delight. There's something to that. And to not going for Shock! Twist! Surprise! Queer stories can be happy endings, can be sweet, can be hopeful and promising and joyful. It's allowed.
December 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Anyway say what you will about the gay hockey show but I knew the ending the whole time and still gasped in delight. There's something to that. And to not going for Shock! Twist! Surprise! Queer stories can be happy endings, can be sweet, can be hopeful and promising and joyful. It's allowed.
It is objectively wild to watch the blonde one from the gay hockey show talk as himself vs his character. His face is. A different shape? I think it's mostly his neck posture and his brow tension plus the mouth's loose vs clenched placement. But it's just a different person up there to me.
December 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It is objectively wild to watch the blonde one from the gay hockey show talk as himself vs his character. His face is. A different shape? I think it's mostly his neck posture and his brow tension plus the mouth's loose vs clenched placement. But it's just a different person up there to me.
The salesperson at Ulta unprompted complimented my skin so I will be riding that high for a year now thanks.
December 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The salesperson at Ulta unprompted complimented my skin so I will be riding that high for a year now thanks.
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So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
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Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.
"Babe, you okay? You've been listening to the same Gang of Youths song on repeat for two hours." - the measure of when to check in with me is extremely specific. My spouse could give a TED Talk about it. (Girl Talk or rap on repeat just means I'm in the zone, other songs can go either way).
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Babe, you okay? You've been listening to the same Gang of Youths song on repeat for two hours." - the measure of when to check in with me is extremely specific. My spouse could give a TED Talk about it. (Girl Talk or rap on repeat just means I'm in the zone, other songs can go either way).
I understand and support Ao3 not showing you who is subscribed to you. I would love a way to tell whoever mine are that after more than a year of silence I'm very close to done with a fic that emerged like Athena, nearly fully-formed. And another on its heels. And to thank them for sticking around.
December 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I understand and support Ao3 not showing you who is subscribed to you. I would love a way to tell whoever mine are that after more than a year of silence I'm very close to done with a fic that emerged like Athena, nearly fully-formed. And another on its heels. And to thank them for sticking around.
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If you got a problem, yo, I'll solvent, check out the gunk, isopropyl dissolves it
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you got a problem, yo, I'll solvent, check out the gunk, isopropyl dissolves it
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Officials said the error is likely be too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals. n.pr/3NbOdQk
How a power outage in Colorado caused U.S. official time be 4.8 microseconds off
Officials said the error is likely be too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Officials said the error is likely be too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals. n.pr/3NbOdQk
Was not prepared to see Lance Reddick again. What a loss.
December 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Was not prepared to see Lance Reddick again. What a loss.
Ohhhhhh shit. I'm wrapping presents to this now, thank you for the gift.
Fringe is streaming on Hulu! This is not a drill. You can watch Fringe now!
December 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Ohhhhhh shit. I'm wrapping presents to this now, thank you for the gift.