ObligatoryToast
@obligatorytoast.bsky.social
A compulsory part of your daily breakfast. Slice of life. Miniatures. Librarian. im gay. Kind of a huge bitch.
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JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
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February 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Each time I point out that the Republican platform is simple (they want to sexually abuse children, and they want you to pay for it), a few people think I'm exaggerating, and usually some small number of people think I'm being sardonic or something. I mean it quite literally.
February 1, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Each time I point out that the Republican platform is simple (they want to sexually abuse children, and they want you to pay for it), a few people think I'm exaggerating, and usually some small number of people think I'm being sardonic or something. I mean it quite literally.
A lot of what I’m getting out of transphobia is that a *not insignificant number of child abusers* have a very strong gender preference for their victims and do not like it when the lines blur either way.
Kenneth Zucker, one of the researchers on this study previously published a research paper where he asked adults to rate the physical attractiveness of children.
Just to give you an idea of the types of people behind this m
Just to give you an idea of the types of people behind this m
January 31, 2026 at 2:42 AM
A lot of what I’m getting out of transphobia is that a *not insignificant number of child abusers* have a very strong gender preference for their victims and do not like it when the lines blur either way.
Reading his emails, he sounds like a sophomore burn out who’s hacking out an MBA on daddy’s money while selling his addys for weed and booze for underage sorority girls trying to convince them that they’re “model material” and offering to take pics “for their portfolio”
Noam Chomsky and Stephen Pinker say Epstein was an intellectual force with a mind like steel trap and then his e-mails read like the ending of Flowers for Algernon.
January 31, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Reading his emails, he sounds like a sophomore burn out who’s hacking out an MBA on daddy’s money while selling his addys for weed and booze for underage sorority girls trying to convince them that they’re “model material” and offering to take pics “for their portfolio”
This was one of my favorite films growing up as a kid.
i mean, dirty dozen w/ a ragtag multiethnic hit squad led by proto woke lee marvin? fucking cinema magic.
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
This was one of my favorite films growing up as a kid.
Here are all of this year's Youth Media Award winners and honorees. What a great day to celebrate something, and how nice that it is youth literature.
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The ALA Youth Media Awards Are Here: Meet the Latest Award-Winning Books for Young Readers
Here are the 2026 Youth Media Award winners and honorees, highlighting the best of the best in youth literature.
bookriot.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM
This was a conversation better had 10 years ago, but as a librarian, kids aren’t picking up HP because it’s not culturally theirs. It’s a millennial IP that its own generation won’t prop up it up anymore because it’s author is terminally online and a vocally unpleasant & miserable person.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This was a conversation better had 10 years ago, but as a librarian, kids aren’t picking up HP because it’s not culturally theirs. It’s a millennial IP that its own generation won’t prop up it up anymore because it’s author is terminally online and a vocally unpleasant & miserable person.
this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I also don’t follow football, but all my homies hate the patriots
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I also don’t follow football, but all my homies hate the patriots
If you think I’m being too quiet: I’m already on a list.
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 AM
If you think I’m being too quiet: I’m already on a list.
A lot of deride Hollywood’s “liberalism” for that reason and that reason only.
They’re mad they didn’t get picked.
They’re mad they didn’t get picked.
It really is kinda wild just how many MAGA influencers are either Hollywood hopefuls, has-beens or never-would-bes and you would think people would connect the dots when it comes to that. Hell, the MAGA Overlord himself is a B-list celebrity
Erika Kirk's Amazing Race audition tape shows that all these right wing grifters really just wanna be rich and famous and won't stop until they stumble on an audience dumb enough to let that happen
January 24, 2026 at 2:59 AM
A lot of deride Hollywood’s “liberalism” for that reason and that reason only.
They’re mad they didn’t get picked.
They’re mad they didn’t get picked.
“Roem has carried some iteration of this bill for several years but thinks the bill has a good chance of passing this year. It’s a stepping stone to a larger priority, she said.
“‘…I am using the School Breakfast bill to eventually get to breakfast and lunch..’”
virginiamercury.com/2026/01/23/c...
“‘…I am using the School Breakfast bill to eventually get to breakfast and lunch..’”
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Could a free school breakfast bill become law this year? • Virginia Mercury
Senate Bill 4 by Danica Roem, D-Prince William, and House Bill 96 by Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker, D-Alexandria, narrows the scope of free meals provided to students to just breakfast, and would have...
virginiamercury.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Mister Rogers Neighborhood‘s very existence as children’s programming was political, and I knew this when I was 4. He treated children like HUMANS because he believed they were and validated them. One of the most controversial things someone can say in this day and age.
This is quite literally one of the stupidest human beings alive
January 23, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Mister Rogers Neighborhood‘s very existence as children’s programming was political, and I knew this when I was 4. He treated children like HUMANS because he believed they were and validated them. One of the most controversial things someone can say in this day and age.
Actually, I’ve been ashamed of my country before it was cool 😏
January 21, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Actually, I’ve been ashamed of my country before it was cool 😏
It’s intentional signaling to others that they are part of the “in” group and hold power. White supremacy breeds the idea of visual conformity in its followers, particularly its mouthpieces.
I think you could do a comparison like this for a lot of the men too. The intense and widespread body dysmorphia in the right is under-discussed.
They've changed their faces to please the patriarchy. It's not about what types of women those patriarchal men personally prefer; it's about showing those men that they are willing to submit. And it's a specific kind of look. It shows their willingness to be controlled.
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 AM
It’s intentional signaling to others that they are part of the “in” group and hold power. White supremacy breeds the idea of visual conformity in its followers, particularly its mouthpieces.
What I’m hearing is Chicago has the Mandate of Heaven
January 19, 2026 at 2:42 AM
What I’m hearing is Chicago has the Mandate of Heaven
I love Philly, it’s a beautiful city, I would also never start shit with it.
I've heard rumors that Philadelphia is next for the ICE invasion after Minneapolis.
Maybe I'm wrong, but
1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city.
2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis.
3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.
Maybe I'm wrong, but
1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city.
2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis.
3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.
January 19, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I love Philly, it’s a beautiful city, I would also never start shit with it.
calling Bovino a short diaper baby who drops his pants to pee at the Target isn’t a crime, it’s a factual statement.
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 18, 2026 at 11:54 PM
calling Bovino a short diaper baby who drops his pants to pee at the Target isn’t a crime, it’s a factual statement.
Had to change my setup for this big ol’ friend. Victrola is going to work for a lesson on Jazz music and Black poetry!
January 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Had to change my setup for this big ol’ friend. Victrola is going to work for a lesson on Jazz music and Black poetry!
Peggy Parish still out here in spirit.
hearing from sources that Amelia Bedelia has been arrested in connection with the water-pouring assault. "but it was ICE headquarters," she said
January 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Peggy Parish still out here in spirit.
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Profiles in cowardice from the publishing industry.
Myself and many other queer independent authors are out there putting our work into the world whether publishers have the good sense and guts to or not.
Support indie & self-published queer authors.
Myself and many other queer independent authors are out there putting our work into the world whether publishers have the good sense and guts to or not.
Support indie & self-published queer authors.
Depressing news reported at @lgbtqnation.com:
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/publ...
#kidlit #queerkidlit #lgbtq #booksky
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/publ...
#kidlit #queerkidlit #lgbtq #booksky
Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president - LGBTQ Nation
"In the face of so many book bans and so much concern about decreasing school library sales of queer content" publishers are "passing" on LGBTQ+ books.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Profiles in cowardice from the publishing industry.
Myself and many other queer independent authors are out there putting our work into the world whether publishers have the good sense and guts to or not.
Support indie & self-published queer authors.
Myself and many other queer independent authors are out there putting our work into the world whether publishers have the good sense and guts to or not.
Support indie & self-published queer authors.
It sucks to hear about Adams, but a fair warning to all: don’t get redpilled. That dipshit ideology will make you kiss its ass and die.
January 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM
It sucks to hear about Adams, but a fair warning to all: don’t get redpilled. That dipshit ideology will make you kiss its ass and die.
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@libbityboo.bsky.social
Lib- do we know anyone who would like to have this book? I’ve had it 35 years and would love to pass it along and can ship anywhere (no cost). 🎄🎄🎄
Lib- do we know anyone who would like to have this book? I’ve had it 35 years and would love to pass it along and can ship anywhere (no cost). 🎄🎄🎄
January 12, 2026 at 1:52 AM
@libbityboo.bsky.social
Lib- do we know anyone who would like to have this book? I’ve had it 35 years and would love to pass it along and can ship anywhere (no cost). 🎄🎄🎄
Lib- do we know anyone who would like to have this book? I’ve had it 35 years and would love to pass it along and can ship anywhere (no cost). 🎄🎄🎄
That is a threat.
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
That is a threat.
She looks like an overcooked knackwurst someone dropped on a floor that was covered in dog hair and glitter. If she wanted to give off the vibes of a mourning professional, she looks like someone who absolutely fucked the VP.
Column: Erika Kirk, a mother to two toddlers, continues to take on public-facing leadership duties while promoting traditional ideas about prioritizing marriage and motherhood.
Here’s how her clothes are attempting to walk the same line: https://wapo.st/3N3czMn
Here’s how her clothes are attempting to walk the same line: https://wapo.st/3N3czMn
January 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
She looks like an overcooked knackwurst someone dropped on a floor that was covered in dog hair and glitter. If she wanted to give off the vibes of a mourning professional, she looks like someone who absolutely fucked the VP.