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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · 8h

ANYWAY WE'RE BUILDING A GAY LIBRARY AND WE NEED YOUR HELP (ask me how)

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 15h

🌱 A small seed is capable of turning into a beautiful garden. Likewise, from the simple idea of liberation and hope, QT Library has sprung up.

Introducing From Seed to Shelf: the QT Library's annual campaign! Donate, volunteer, RSVP... help us grow today: https://loom.ly/MRSIouU

QT Library covered in tiny flowers on a wooden board. Text underneath says, "from seed to shelf" surrounded by leaves. Text under that says, "our annual campaign to deepen our roots, grow our team, and raise $100,000. For, by, and with you." At the bottom is a brown bookshelf with blank books and some colorful potted flowers.

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QT Library @qtlibrary.org · 15h

🌱 A small seed is capable of turning into a beautiful garden. Likewise, from the simple idea of liberation and hope, QT Library has sprung up.

Introducing From Seed to Shelf: the QT Library's annual campaign! Donate, volunteer, RSVP... help us grow today: https://loom.ly/MRSIouU

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QT Library @qtlibrary.org · Jul 23

“We want to support young people in understanding themselves as a powerful movement-centering gathering force."

👏👏👏

nonprofitquarterly.org/holding-the-...

Holding the Line for LGBTQ+ Youth: Community, Care, and Resistance - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

LGBTQ+ youth are on the frontlines of these assaults on identity, care, and rights. But there are ways to support them in times of crisis.

nonprofitquarterly.org

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 23

the Boy has been Beached

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valentine @dozygay.bsky.social · Jul 20

when oomfs are flirting in the comments

Bus driver looking back at two passengers.
i want to be fucked
i want to fuck someone
i want to watch those two fuck

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 21

the best thing about the Gilded Age is that I get to explain to my very-gay-but-in-very-different-way boyfriend how important people like Celia Keenan-Bolger are

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 21

thanks MrsFishVEVO 🥹

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 21

I took a really fucking great nude this weekend. More of that!

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 20

I’m in Provincetown for the first time ever and … wow

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 19

a really interesting branding pivot for them but I’m here for it

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 19

“Fox in the Library” could be a heartwarming children’s story or a novel about our looming dystopian future. In this essay I will…

www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

London library forced to briefly close after fox 'made itself comfortable' inside

Foxes have been known to live everywhere in London from back gardens to the top of the Shard

www.standard.co.uk

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 17

labubus are like if tamagotchis weren’t fun

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 17

at this point it’s become very clear to me that at least half of our Senators and Representatives have realized that Hell must be significantly more fun than Heaven and consequently are working overtime to earn admission before they croak

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 17

has every man in New York City just decided to stop wearing underwear? because the dickprint is RAMPANT out there this summer and I don’t know what to do about it

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 14

Charisma, Uniqueness, Old, Mean, OscartheGrouch

Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 14

a big big big Rest in Peace and Power to Andrea Gibson – we lost one of the greats today, y’all 🥺🥺🥺

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 14

but can AI choke me out

NPR @npr.org · Jul 14

It started as a one-off dinner with a chatbot — a night of shrimp, sarcasm — then veered into something unsettlingly human.

I went on a date with my AI dream guy. Then I cried over shrimp

It started as a one-off dinner with a chatbot — a night of shrimp, sarcasm — then veered into something unsettlingly human.

n.pr

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 13

Sunday

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 13

🫦 (as a friend)

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 12

I mean –

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 11

*GAY gasp

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · Jul 11

*gasp*

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 11

Realized I never did an intro post on here! Here goes:

if you’re reading this you’re SOOOOOO gayyyyyyy

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QT Library @qtlibrary.org · Jul 11

Today is the LAST DAY to get free shipping from @bookshop.org if you buy us a queer or trans book from our wishlist! We're so close to a lovely round number 😯

QT Library @qtlibrary.org · Jul 10

📣 It has come to our attention that we are just 250 books away from a whopping 3,000 BOOKS IN OUR COLLECTION. 😱

This is a huge milestone, and you can help us hit that by buying us a book off our @bookshop.org wishlist with free shipping this week!

bookshop.org/wishlists/57...

A pastel, rainbow gradient background with polaroids of piles of books in storage. Text on the graphic reads, "Help QT reach 3,000 books with bookshop dot org."

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Jake Stepansky @jakestepansky.bsky.social · Jul 11

I'll send you a #fcf pic in my Bluesky DMs if you make a donation to the QT Library and I'm not even kidding

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QT Library @qtlibrary.org · Jul 10

📣 It has come to our attention that we are just 250 books away from a whopping 3,000 BOOKS IN OUR COLLECTION. 😱

This is a huge milestone, and you can help us hit that by buying us a book off our @bookshop.org wishlist with free shipping this week!

bookshop.org/wishlists/57...

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