ReadingDanger

What's the deal with boycotting Harry Potter? A thread and freely printable pamphlet to inform offline people. No AI. Pamphlet & refs here: www.friendlyexplanation.com Why have so many Harry Potter fans stopped putting money in J.K. Rowling’s pocket? Because she proudly spends it on harming kids.

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You know what doesn't get enough love? Horror short stories. From today through Halloween, I'll update this thread with Horror short story recommendations. Stuff you can read in a sitting while feeling like the shadows are watching.

Ah, Fall, when I imagine that I could dress in layers just before everyone cranks the heat indoors so I still can't.

I didn't read books for pleasure after grad school. Lots of informational reading, but nothing solely for the enjoyment. I restarted this old love in August and have devoured 3 books a week, nowhere close to how much I used to read. I have read every recommendation that my library has. Need more.

This looks fun

Such a strong urge to bake while my oven is broken and parts in the mail. (Yeah I have an air fryer but it's not big enough for my needs there.)

A strong relationship means you can assemble furniture together and still like each other afterwards.

Four day weekends always seem excessively long. I'd trade them in for two three day weekends.

If I make enough space for a baby grand, perhaps one will be summoned. 🕯️🎹🐔🩸

Almost no one in this thread has heard of the 21st century.

Can't believe there are now insane bans on books about pets, instead of understandable bans on books about queer kids.

The reason AI refusers have a holier than thou attitude is that they are holier than thou.

There’s a lot of back and forth, like “omg can you believe this totally innocuous book got banned?” To me, that inherently sets up a category of “yeah, I totally see why that one was banned” that is useful to banners. “Why was it banned?” “Queer.” “Oh, yeah, makes sense.”

Thinking about this deleted post. "How was I supposed to know?" needs to be treated like gun safety. We shouldn't just expect that half the kids will play with guns until they shoot someone and have a learning experience.

🧵 "Engaging with an existing trope or plot pattern, isn't about simplicity or robot formulas. It's rather about an acknowledgement of the history of your field, a constant intertextual conversation with (or against) the meanings that have built up around certain tropes.)"

Was told today that I have "safe cis guy aura."

It's really easy to determine whether a book is appropriate for the age group: consult the publisher and professional reviews. Is it appropriate for a particular parent's view that interracial marriage is wrong for their kids to read about? Maybe not.

Today I learned, after much struggle, that tire pressure monitors operate relative to something close to sea level, so if you drive at around 7k ft or 2100+ meters elevation (for random example), they show as 3-4ish PSI too low.

One issue is that men who "respect women" and put women on a pedestal only mean that for the women currently on that pedestal. The precarious need to be above to not be below.

emulsions… very “enemies-to-lovers”

Checkout this LibGuide for queer books that goes by age, genre/format, and representation. Even if you don't use this library system, it's a good way to find new titles in you fav area. Most recent releases at the top of every list. abqlibrary.org/rainbow

The people who say "family over politics" won't put families, plural, over their politics.

Took the inner door trim off our EV to clean a spill and found the big union sticker. ✊🏻

"Labor organizing not culture wars" profoundly misunderstands who works.

Opera was for the people. It can be for the people again.

All I'm asking is for cosmic horror without tentacles.

I'm enjoying BALL x PIT from my PS Plus subscription. It's like they took the most satisfying moments from BREAKOUT style games and turned it into synthetic heroin. I'm not sure kids should be allowed to play.

I'm loving the extended rain at the end of monsoon season here in Albuquerque. Got the patio door open so I can hear and smell it. ☔

It's really weird when (presumably) cis women call gender equality a single issue that should be given up for the greater good.

I think there's a subtext of some kind here. NSFW despite source. www.instagram.com/reel/DdPenbS...

No one can say a word about the writing in the RESIDENT EVIL movie, unless they want to say it needs to be much worse to match the games. I've played like 8 of them if we don't count remakes and they're all incredibly stupid. The ~atmosphere~ is why I kept playing.

I was the Leo-pointing-at-the-screen meme during RESIDENT EVIL. That featured knit cap design is very well known in the knitting community. www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

All I need is a winter storm lasting three days.

The key to learning piano is liking the practice most of all.

You don't have to say "from the river to the sea" to say "Free Palestine" and you don't have to say "Free Palestine" to say Israel is committing genocide on Gaza But if you just say the situation is bad, that's indistinguishable from being upset that you have to hear about upsetting things.