Manogirl
@manogirl.bsky.social
Once a librarian, always a librarian. Founding member, Trifecta of Young Evil. Fat liberation. BL person, bed person, writer of fanfic. Self-possessed cool aunt, teenager girl, rad fat lady in my 40s and tbh it's pretty fucking great.
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This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.
December 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.
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I 100% did not expect the govt to point at banks on behalf of the adult industry. We need to leverage the hell out of this
Remember Mastercard and Visa blaming "banking partners"? If banks face repercussions their alibis could start crumbling as they get pinched between angry consumers and the feds
Remember Mastercard and Visa blaming "banking partners"? If banks face repercussions their alibis could start crumbling as they get pinched between angry consumers and the feds
Holy shit. Remember the Trump debanking EO? The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency identified adult entertainment as one such industry facing unfair treatment from banks. This is huge
www.occ.gov/news-issuanc...
www.occ.gov/news-issuanc...
December 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I 100% did not expect the govt to point at banks on behalf of the adult industry. We need to leverage the hell out of this
Remember Mastercard and Visa blaming "banking partners"? If banks face repercussions their alibis could start crumbling as they get pinched between angry consumers and the feds
Remember Mastercard and Visa blaming "banking partners"? If banks face repercussions their alibis could start crumbling as they get pinched between angry consumers and the feds
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It would be so incredible if at least 12 people wrote to @librariesftp.bsky.social about why they love their library :) 100 words! Take fifteen minutes this weekend to send us something?: forms.gle/oqTvmGJreEeU...
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
It would be so incredible if at least 12 people wrote to @librariesftp.bsky.social about why they love their library :) 100 words! Take fifteen minutes this weekend to send us something?: forms.gle/oqTvmGJreEeU...
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Takes less than 15 mins. Send us your photos and tell us about your library!: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Takes less than 15 mins. Send us your photos and tell us about your library!: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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how do women not die of rage aneurysms every single day
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
how do women not die of rage aneurysms every single day
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I’ve worked in public libraries for 20 years, today was the first time we’ve had to tell someone they couldn’t bring their chainsaw in the library.
December 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’ve worked in public libraries for 20 years, today was the first time we’ve had to tell someone they couldn’t bring their chainsaw in the library.
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Every time I encounter an AI use that seems sensible (usually involving parsing large datasets on behalf of scientific researchers), it puts into such stark contrast the actual use cases we normal folks increasingly encounter. For every “detect whale grammar” there are dozens of slop hallucinations.
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Every time I encounter an AI use that seems sensible (usually involving parsing large datasets on behalf of scientific researchers), it puts into such stark contrast the actual use cases we normal folks increasingly encounter. For every “detect whale grammar” there are dozens of slop hallucinations.
Turns out I can't get through Four Weddings and a Funeral (the 1994 movie) without crying my way through the funeral. 30 years, still crying.
December 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Turns out I can't get through Four Weddings and a Funeral (the 1994 movie) without crying my way through the funeral. 30 years, still crying.
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You used to have to do a layer or two of analysis to arrive at "Generative AI is fascist, don't use it."
jesus christ
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
You used to have to do a layer or two of analysis to arrive at "Generative AI is fascist, don't use it."
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Media consumers who don't read Romance: "I hate it when streamers make the characters say everything they're feeling."
Crave: "Here's a show where character development is explored through sex instead of long stretches of dialogue."
Media consumers who don't read Romance: "No, not like that!"
Crave: "Here's a show where character development is explored through sex instead of long stretches of dialogue."
Media consumers who don't read Romance: "No, not like that!"
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Media consumers who don't read Romance: "I hate it when streamers make the characters say everything they're feeling."
Crave: "Here's a show where character development is explored through sex instead of long stretches of dialogue."
Media consumers who don't read Romance: "No, not like that!"
Crave: "Here's a show where character development is explored through sex instead of long stretches of dialogue."
Media consumers who don't read Romance: "No, not like that!"
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Media consumers who don't read Romance: "Everyone is beautiful and no one is horny."
Crave: "Here are two queer couples fucking on screen."
Media consumers who don't read Romance: "No, not like that!"
Crave: "Here are two queer couples fucking on screen."
Media consumers who don't read Romance: "No, not like that!"
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Media consumers who don't read Romance: "Everyone is beautiful and no one is horny."
Crave: "Here are two queer couples fucking on screen."
Media consumers who don't read Romance: "No, not like that!"
Crave: "Here are two queer couples fucking on screen."
Media consumers who don't read Romance: "No, not like that!"
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Every time someone's like "I could never live in Chicago because of the winters" I'm like nah it's not that bad, but it's not even winter and this is already one of those years where it's like yeah, I get it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Every time someone's like "I could never live in Chicago because of the winters" I'm like nah it's not that bad, but it's not even winter and this is already one of those years where it's like yeah, I get it.
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Resistance can take many forms; get those slippers ready for your holiday travel.
Travelers respond to Duffy video by wearing pajamas to the airport
www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...
Travelers respond to Duffy video by wearing pajamas to the airport
www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...
Travelers wear pajamas to airports in protest of government request
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy asked travelers to skip the pajamas and slippers. Many said: Nah, we’re good.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Resistance can take many forms; get those slippers ready for your holiday travel.
Travelers respond to Duffy video by wearing pajamas to the airport
www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...
Travelers respond to Duffy video by wearing pajamas to the airport
www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...
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No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
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> google a question
> scroll past Google's AI slop widgets
> read first actual search result
> it's AI slop from a content mill
> scroll past Google's AI slop widgets
> read first actual search result
> it's AI slop from a content mill
December 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
> google a question
> scroll past Google's AI slop widgets
> read first actual search result
> it's AI slop from a content mill
> scroll past Google's AI slop widgets
> read first actual search result
> it's AI slop from a content mill
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DUFFY: You should wear a tuxedo to your flight.
ALSO DUFFY: But the airport will be a gym.
ALSO DUFFY: But the airport will be a gym.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
DUFFY: You should wear a tuxedo to your flight.
ALSO DUFFY: But the airport will be a gym.
ALSO DUFFY: But the airport will be a gym.
I think one of my most neurodivergent traits (is that a thing? I don't know how else to describe it) is that I simply do not believe in relationships that are solely maintained because of duty. Family included.
People do not generally like this. It makes them uncomfortable.
People do not generally like this. It makes them uncomfortable.
December 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I think one of my most neurodivergent traits (is that a thing? I don't know how else to describe it) is that I simply do not believe in relationships that are solely maintained because of duty. Family included.
People do not generally like this. It makes them uncomfortable.
People do not generally like this. It makes them uncomfortable.
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here are Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science.
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
here are Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science.
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
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A very interesting interview with Chala Hunter, the intimacy coordinator for Heated Rivalry:
Everyone's Talking About the 'Heated Rivarly' Sex Scenes—Meet the Woman Who Choreographed Them
Intimacy coordinator Chala Hunter talks about crafting the show’s steamiest moments, and why they’re revolutionary.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A very interesting interview with Chala Hunter, the intimacy coordinator for Heated Rivalry:
My sister and her children only. Her husband only sometimes. (Love you @kateromoo.bsky.social )
Is anyone allowed to show up at your house unannounced?
December 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
My sister and her children only. Her husband only sometimes. (Love you @kateromoo.bsky.social )
...They never forgot
That even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course
Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot
Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse
Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.
Musee des Beaux Arts, Auden
That even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course
Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot
Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse
Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.
Musee des Beaux Arts, Auden
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
...They never forgot
That even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course
Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot
Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse
Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.
Musee des Beaux Arts, Auden
That even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course
Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot
Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse
Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.
Musee des Beaux Arts, Auden
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Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
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NEW — Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources, one resident writes.
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
OPINION: The Chicago Public Library budget is under threat. Let’s remember what libraries do for us • The TRiiBE
Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources.
thetriibe.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
NEW — Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources, one resident writes.
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
Read this opinion submission about protecting city libraries in the 2026 budget.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...
There is so much gay romance TV out there, she yells into the wind. It's just not in English, she screams.
December 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
There is so much gay romance TV out there, she yells into the wind. It's just not in English, she screams.
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I can’t stop thinking about the “maybe build up to a chaste kiss at the end of the season” review and just laughing
what if at the Red Wedding instead of being murdered everyone was just lightly bonked on the head
what if at the Red Wedding instead of being murdered everyone was just lightly bonked on the head
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I can’t stop thinking about the “maybe build up to a chaste kiss at the end of the season” review and just laughing
what if at the Red Wedding instead of being murdered everyone was just lightly bonked on the head
what if at the Red Wedding instead of being murdered everyone was just lightly bonked on the head