DangerJoan
@dangerjoan.bsky.social
Elder GenX nerd. Writer (both personally and professionally). Mom of 2 young adults and 4(!) cats. Formerly known as mamajoan/acertainzest. #BLM #ProtectTransKids 🏳️🌈
Me to Sylvester (cat): Sir, can you just be patient for one minute
Sylvester: *head-butting me*
Me: Nope, that word isn't in his vocabulary.
Kid: No words are in his vocabulary.
Me: That's not the point 😒
Sylvester: *head-butting me*
Me: Nope, that word isn't in his vocabulary.
Kid: No words are in his vocabulary.
Me: That's not the point 😒
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Me to Sylvester (cat): Sir, can you just be patient for one minute
Sylvester: *head-butting me*
Me: Nope, that word isn't in his vocabulary.
Kid: No words are in his vocabulary.
Me: That's not the point 😒
Sylvester: *head-butting me*
Me: Nope, that word isn't in his vocabulary.
Kid: No words are in his vocabulary.
Me: That's not the point 😒
Happy birthday to my favorite brother, @metafrantic.bsky.social, who once wrote on his birthday wishlist "Joan not to call for _1_full_week_" while I was away at college. 🤨 Sorry you probably didn't get that wish! 🤷🏻♀️
December 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Happy birthday to my favorite brother, @metafrantic.bsky.social, who once wrote on his birthday wishlist "Joan not to call for _1_full_week_" while I was away at college. 🤨 Sorry you probably didn't get that wish! 🤷🏻♀️
As a young adult the excitement is all "I can stay up as late as I want!" and then when you're an older adult it's "I can go to bed as early as I want!" 👵🏼
(this post brought to you by 25-year-old me who would never have expected 51-year-old me to voluntarily go to bed at TEN PM 😳😱)
(this post brought to you by 25-year-old me who would never have expected 51-year-old me to voluntarily go to bed at TEN PM 😳😱)
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
As a young adult the excitement is all "I can stay up as late as I want!" and then when you're an older adult it's "I can go to bed as early as I want!" 👵🏼
(this post brought to you by 25-year-old me who would never have expected 51-year-old me to voluntarily go to bed at TEN PM 😳😱)
(this post brought to you by 25-year-old me who would never have expected 51-year-old me to voluntarily go to bed at TEN PM 😳😱)
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NWS now has two scenarios for Tues.: Mainly rain on the coastal or a chance of up to 6 inches in the Greater French Toast Area. Frankly, we're no longer used to large amounts of snow, so we're getting vexed - and raising the alert to 3 Slices.
bostonfrenchtoast.com
bostonfrenchtoast.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
NWS now has two scenarios for Tues.: Mainly rain on the coastal or a chance of up to 6 inches in the Greater French Toast Area. Frankly, we're no longer used to large amounts of snow, so we're getting vexed - and raising the alert to 3 Slices.
bostonfrenchtoast.com
bostonfrenchtoast.com
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btw there's that NRSC poll floating around that says voters are more likely to support Platner after hearing about his tattoo
here's how the question was phrased lol
here's how the question was phrased lol
October 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
btw there's that NRSC poll floating around that says voters are more likely to support Platner after hearing about his tattoo
here's how the question was phrased lol
here's how the question was phrased lol
Boston, are we gonna have this kind of energy when it comes for us? I sure as hell hope so.
It's hard to overstate how fully engaged Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are in this ICE madness. There are neighborhood watch alerts, spontaneous crowds gathering outside schools at pick up & drop off plus madly blowing whistles and honking car horns, this city is fighting back and hard.
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Boston, are we gonna have this kind of energy when it comes for us? I sure as hell hope so.
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Very helpful field guide
Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull”
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided.
With me so far? 1/x
October 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Very helpful field guide
Who's watching the World Series? It's blowing my mind that this starting pitcher for Toronto is a month and a half younger than my firstborn child. Wtfffff. I cannot even. 😳
October 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Who's watching the World Series? It's blowing my mind that this starting pitcher for Toronto is a month and a half younger than my firstborn child. Wtfffff. I cannot even. 😳
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God I love this poem. It is gorgeous and angry and life-affirming. a perfect reflection after a weekend of protests.
![[second page of poem]
not the gods who teach us all that comes
from dirt returns to it holy—
the holiest word i know is no.
no more money for the endless
throat of money. no more
syllogisms that permission
endless suffering. no more.
and on the eighth day of a holiday
meant to represent a people
fighting occupation my teachers
who stretch a drop of oil into a week
of light take each other's arms
across eight bridges of this settler colony
singing prayers older than any country
as the chevron burns in the distance.
o stilted vernacular of life—
o pedagogs of the godly pausing—
what mycelia spreads its speaking
limbs beneath the floors of our cities.
the only holy land i know
is where life is. in the story
i was taught alongside my first
language it takes god six days
to make the terrible world
and on seventh day he rested
and on the eighth we blocked traffic.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gemibcrbznvsjnysicxvww6p/bafkreigfas4hcs7davfywim2hba76nnz3edhnlqimpgsden4hnsztrscce@jpeg)
October 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
God I love this poem. It is gorgeous and angry and life-affirming. a perfect reflection after a weekend of protests.
Imma need the Mariners to get this shit done tonight, 'cause I won't be able to watch tomorrow. LFG guys, pls, kthx
October 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Imma need the Mariners to get this shit done tonight, 'cause I won't be able to watch tomorrow. LFG guys, pls, kthx
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I’ve heard AI described as “mansplaining as a service“ by Silicon Valley women in tech
September 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I’ve heard AI described as “mansplaining as a service“ by Silicon Valley women in tech
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I have a lot of complex thoughts about how old our (MA) senators are, but they are IN THE MOMENT. And Markey is facing a challenge from a much younger rep who's come out anti-trans. This is Markey's response. He knows that standing for something MATTERS.
Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."
October 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I have a lot of complex thoughts about how old our (MA) senators are, but they are IN THE MOMENT. And Markey is facing a challenge from a much younger rep who's come out anti-trans. This is Markey's response. He knows that standing for something MATTERS.
Who robbed the Louvre, right answers only
October 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Who robbed the Louvre, right answers only
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“You have to spend your whole day looking at dead bodies and crime scenes,” Ephantus Kanyugi, a Kenyan data label, told AFP. “Mental health support was not provided.”
“…for an AI chatbot to generate an autopsy report, contract workers have to sift through thousands of gruesome crime scene images, a gig known as ‘data labeling.’”
The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies
AI is propped up by a global sweat shop operation, where exploited workers polish the software for wealthy corporations in the west.
futurism.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“You have to spend your whole day looking at dead bodies and crime scenes,” Ephantus Kanyugi, a Kenyan data label, told AFP. “Mental health support was not provided.”
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With alt text.
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
October 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
With alt text.
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
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#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
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this brought me so much joy.
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
this brought me so much joy.
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Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
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Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
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October 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Laws are not self-executing. Is this an obvious Hatch Act violation? Of course. But without good men and women in government faithfully executing the laws, it doesn't matter.
When this is all over, assuming we still have a constitutional government, there needs to be an accounting.
When this is all over, assuming we still have a constitutional government, there needs to be an accounting.
By my count: Of the 15 Departments of the US Government, 13 launched new BlueSky accounts tonight (all but Justice and HUD), and all 13 have posted explicitly partisan political posts blaming Democrats and/or Chuck Schumer for the government shutdown.
October 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Laws are not self-executing. Is this an obvious Hatch Act violation? Of course. But without good men and women in government faithfully executing the laws, it doesn't matter.
When this is all over, assuming we still have a constitutional government, there needs to be an accounting.
When this is all over, assuming we still have a constitutional government, there needs to be an accounting.
Why are so many people going to the airport at 5am?? Go back to bed, everyone! Sheesh
October 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Why are so many people going to the airport at 5am?? Go back to bed, everyone! Sheesh
Imagine your sister being so universally beloved that you make an innocent little post about her having the sniffles and the entire internet loses its shit to the point where you have to issue a retraction 😂🥰
“I didn’t mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious … She’s been a little under the weather and I simply asked for prayers bc I believe so strongly in the power of prayer. It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister. Thank you all for lifting her up.”
DON’T SCARE US LIKE THIS, FREIDA www.wsmv.com/2025/10/08/i...
October 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Imagine your sister being so universally beloved that you make an innocent little post about her having the sniffles and the entire internet loses its shit to the point where you have to issue a retraction 😂🥰
Me: I've been working on this trip prep stuff for a while now, it must be almost bedtime
The clock: 7pm
Me: 🤨
The clock: 7pm
Me: 🤨
October 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Me: I've been working on this trip prep stuff for a while now, it must be almost bedtime
The clock: 7pm
Me: 🤨
The clock: 7pm
Me: 🤨
Yes it's still 85°F (wtf) but it's definitely fall, because I got jump-scared by a leaf falling directly in my face. 🍂🍁😱😳😂
October 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Yes it's still 85°F (wtf) but it's definitely fall, because I got jump-scared by a leaf falling directly in my face. 🍂🍁😱😳😂