Clockwork Librarian
@jsands84.bsky.social
‘tis a blessed condition: to live in others’ dreams but not to have to be.
🎲🎮📚🏳️🌈 (he/him), lawful-neutral archivist (40) & vaguely humanoid void beast (emotionally unavailable cryptid). Formerly Jon_S_84 on Twitter.
https://linktr.ee/jsands84
🎲🎮📚🏳️🌈 (he/him), lawful-neutral archivist (40) & vaguely humanoid void beast (emotionally unavailable cryptid). Formerly Jon_S_84 on Twitter.
https://linktr.ee/jsands84
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
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I thank everyone doing the sharing and donations on my fundraiser. And this is my reality right now. I get dialysis three days a week to keep on going. It is no fun but has to be done.
gofund.me/89050de6a
gofund.me/89050de6a
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I thank everyone doing the sharing and donations on my fundraiser. And this is my reality right now. I get dialysis three days a week to keep on going. It is no fun but has to be done.
gofund.me/89050de6a
gofund.me/89050de6a
One of my friends is showing me the Record of Lodoss War anime and - I’m very much enjoying it but - I’m still waiting for Heterosexual™ explanations for the early dynamic between Protagnoist Parn and Mercenary King Kashue.
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ALT: Gay Vibe Gaydar GIF
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December 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
One of my friends is showing me the Record of Lodoss War anime and - I’m very much enjoying it but - I’m still waiting for Heterosexual™ explanations for the early dynamic between Protagnoist Parn and Mercenary King Kashue.
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I just had my mind blown by SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN by @wiswell.bsky.social. It's about a monster in a fantasy setting, but really it's a psychological thriller...I mean a romance...a mystery...horror elements....
Oh, I can't explain it. Go read it and decide for yourself!
Oh, I can't explain it. Go read it and decide for yourself!
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I just had my mind blown by SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN by @wiswell.bsky.social. It's about a monster in a fantasy setting, but really it's a psychological thriller...I mean a romance...a mystery...horror elements....
Oh, I can't explain it. Go read it and decide for yourself!
Oh, I can't explain it. Go read it and decide for yourself!
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'A Bram Stoker Award winning novel, The Fisherman is a masterpiece of cosmic horror that contains elements of Lovecraft, Moby Dick and the ghost stories of M.R. James.'
#JohnLangan's The Fisherman is No 16 in The Quietus 25 best pieces of #Horror Fiction of the 21st Century so far
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#JohnLangan's The Fisherman is No 16 in The Quietus 25 best pieces of #Horror Fiction of the 21st Century so far
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November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
'A Bram Stoker Award winning novel, The Fisherman is a masterpiece of cosmic horror that contains elements of Lovecraft, Moby Dick and the ghost stories of M.R. James.'
#JohnLangan's The Fisherman is No 16 in The Quietus 25 best pieces of #Horror Fiction of the 21st Century so far
buff.ly/C4B49ZM
#JohnLangan's The Fisherman is No 16 in The Quietus 25 best pieces of #Horror Fiction of the 21st Century so far
buff.ly/C4B49ZM
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
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This is a profoundly anti-Black country. Not just racist but ANTI-BLACK. It is foundational and everpresent.
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is a profoundly anti-Black country. Not just racist but ANTI-BLACK. It is foundational and everpresent.
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Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
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Re-skeeting for the afternoon crowd. This is very much one of those where if you know the stories behind the stories, you have a deeper appreciation of the story. But if you know the real life stories behind the stories behind the stories, you find new and unfathomed horrors.
Today on Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein we review "Under an Arkham Moon" (2014) by Jessica Amanda Salmonson & W. H. Pugmire, and delve into the terrible secret of Lovecraft's "The Unnamable."
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“Under an Arkham Moon” (2014) by Jessica Amanda Salmonson & W. H. Pugmire
(To the memory of Robert Bloch)—Jessica Amanda Salmonson & W. H. Pugmire, “Under an Arkham Moon” inBlack Wings III (2014) 57 Teratophilia is the love of monsters and the monstrous. …
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December 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Re-skeeting for the afternoon crowd. This is very much one of those where if you know the stories behind the stories, you have a deeper appreciation of the story. But if you know the real life stories behind the stories behind the stories, you find new and unfathomed horrors.
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first of all how dare u
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
first of all how dare u
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This is how you can find me this weekend - I'm at table N6, between @bleucan.fish and @campmustelid.bsky.social! Amongst my regular wares, I have several new items in limited stock. Can't wait to see you all there!
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is how you can find me this weekend - I'm at table N6, between @bleucan.fish and @campmustelid.bsky.social! Amongst my regular wares, I have several new items in limited stock. Can't wait to see you all there!
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Looking for one or two big publications open to horror/speculative book review pitches. Hope to work with some cool folks in 2026.
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Looking for one or two big publications open to horror/speculative book review pitches. Hope to work with some cool folks in 2026.
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lol you'll never convince me a huge part of the reluctance isn't that there's no legal way to make UBI white-only.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
I wish more people didn't get mad because "why can't I have $1000 a month for nothing!"
And instead went "why not universal basic income?"
And instead went "why not universal basic income?"
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
lol you'll never convince me a huge part of the reluctance isn't that there's no legal way to make UBI white-only.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
Lotta white people in this country are happy to lose as long as nobody Black or brown wins.
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Hey, you there! eagerly downloading that new Full Cast version of those books by the mouldy bigot lady, this is YOU doing that. This is what you are funding, the needlessly cruel ripping up of trans people's lives
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Hey, you there! eagerly downloading that new Full Cast version of those books by the mouldy bigot lady, this is YOU doing that. This is what you are funding, the needlessly cruel ripping up of trans people's lives
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That's right... Harrison Ford
You know who was also a carpenter and spoke truth to power 🤔
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
That's right... Harrison Ford
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Not joking: has one reporter responded to his preposterous Sgt Schultz “I know nothing” schtick by immediately asking:
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Not joking: has one reporter responded to his preposterous Sgt Schultz “I know nothing” schtick by immediately asking:
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
* Doesn’t this level of ignorance disqualify you as speaker?
* Do you really think we are so dumb to believe you?
* Do you think it is appropriate to insult the voters like this?
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Old man overheard grumbling that the trains never ran this late in the last 20’s. #Newyork #newyorkfashion
December 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Old man overheard grumbling that the trains never ran this late in the last 20’s. #Newyork #newyorkfashion
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Schooling! One of those strangely fascinating fish behaviours that I love watching
What is that hairy creature in the sea? 😱
Oh, it's just a bunch of fish going to school together 😸😋
#marinelife #fish #nature
Oh, it's just a bunch of fish going to school together 😸😋
#marinelife #fish #nature
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Schooling! One of those strangely fascinating fish behaviours that I love watching
Started doing the Bluesky Year in Review trend before realizing it was going to highlight aspects of 2025 that were just going to make me sad.
*sigh* I won’t say I’m aiming to have a better year ahead (not falling for that trap again), just ideally a less shitty one.
*sigh* I won’t say I’m aiming to have a better year ahead (not falling for that trap again), just ideally a less shitty one.
a man with curly hair and a beard says " the bar is super low "
ALT: a man with curly hair and a beard says " the bar is super low "
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December 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Started doing the Bluesky Year in Review trend before realizing it was going to highlight aspects of 2025 that were just going to make me sad.
*sigh* I won’t say I’m aiming to have a better year ahead (not falling for that trap again), just ideally a less shitty one.
*sigh* I won’t say I’m aiming to have a better year ahead (not falling for that trap again), just ideally a less shitty one.
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HEY LOOK IT!
It’s the back cover of Omens of Chaos. With four more students. Let the speculation commence!
It’s the back cover of Omens of Chaos. With four more students. Let the speculation commence!
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
HEY LOOK IT!
It’s the back cover of Omens of Chaos. With four more students. Let the speculation commence!
It’s the back cover of Omens of Chaos. With four more students. Let the speculation commence!
The way that studios have convinced general audiences that an adaptation only needs the barest resemblance to the source material and that anyone who would like more than that is an “unreasonable purist who just doesn’t understand how adaptations should work” will never not madden me.
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The way that studios have convinced general audiences that an adaptation only needs the barest resemblance to the source material and that anyone who would like more than that is an “unreasonable purist who just doesn’t understand how adaptations should work” will never not madden me.
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This is why people who insist that capitalism/profit motive will ultimately trump racism are unfortunately and demonstrably incorrect
We’ve had endless examples of how much money there is to be made, and yet they consistently do this
We’ve had endless examples of how much money there is to be made, and yet they consistently do this
I still can't believe Sony sold K-Pop Demon Hunters to Netflix thinking it would be a flop, but are betting that basketball movie with a goat is going to be a huge hit in cinemas.
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is why people who insist that capitalism/profit motive will ultimately trump racism are unfortunately and demonstrably incorrect
We’ve had endless examples of how much money there is to be made, and yet they consistently do this
We’ve had endless examples of how much money there is to be made, and yet they consistently do this