Ridley
@rid-ley.bsky.social
Hockey fan, romance reader, middle-aged nerd. Currently obsessed with anime and manga.
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Ridley
@rid-ley.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Happy New Year! It's time for a fresh thread of manga!
Same rules as the past two years: one post per volume read, and I'll note if it's licensed in English or not. If it's licensed, that's the version I read.
Last year I read 405 volumes. What will I reach in 2025?
Same rules as the past two years: one post per volume read, and I'll note if it's licensed in English or not. If it's licensed, that's the version I read.
Last year I read 405 volumes. What will I reach in 2025?
Scan readers are so feral these days that Kusanagi herself had to tweet to ask overseas readers not to post manga panels from the Yona finale.
That's devastating. Like your favorite teacher saying she's disappointed in you.
That's devastating. Like your favorite teacher saying she's disappointed in you.
December 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Scan readers are so feral these days that Kusanagi herself had to tweet to ask overseas readers not to post manga panels from the Yona finale.
That's devastating. Like your favorite teacher saying she's disappointed in you.
That's devastating. Like your favorite teacher saying she's disappointed in you.
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I said “it sounds like you’re just feeding municipal vehicles to the hill” and the mayor of Montreal started crying
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I said “it sounds like you’re just feeding municipal vehicles to the hill” and the mayor of Montreal started crying
It is with deep embarrassment and whiteness that I must admit that Crate & Barrel totally has my number, as I spent $100 on five Christmas ornaments.
December 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It is with deep embarrassment and whiteness that I must admit that Crate & Barrel totally has my number, as I spent $100 on five Christmas ornaments.
I don't know who told retailers to send shipping emails with subjects like, "Knock, Knock: Your Order Is Here!" but it's not cute.
December 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I don't know who told retailers to send shipping emails with subjects like, "Knock, Knock: Your Order Is Here!" but it's not cute.
I love when a story captures the magical relationship between a woman and her younger brother.
December 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I love when a story captures the magical relationship between a woman and her younger brother.
Hmm. Do I push off my seasonal anime episodes and watch the 10 Dance movie today, or do I get caught up on everything and watch it tomorrow night?
December 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hmm. Do I push off my seasonal anime episodes and watch the 10 Dance movie today, or do I get caught up on everything and watch it tomorrow night?
This is such a nice surprise! I love how they've been feeding shoujosei fans lately.
December 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is such a nice surprise! I love how they've been feeding shoujosei fans lately.
Never kill yourself. Sometimes your favorite anime will get a sequel announcement 11 years after the first season aired.
Yona, Hak, and Su-won will be back in anime form — the Yona of the Dawn anime is finally getting a sequel! The original manga ended on Friday after 16 years of serialization.
Yona of the Dawn Gets Sequel Anime
1st anime debuted in 2014; original manga ended on Friday
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Never kill yourself. Sometimes your favorite anime will get a sequel announcement 11 years after the first season aired.
It's so rude to read a BL with one of the guys having crow's feet and graying hair, calling himself an old man, then you get to the end and find out he's only 34.
Get out of here. You don't even remember rotary phones.
Get out of here. You don't even remember rotary phones.
December 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
It's so rude to read a BL with one of the guys having crow's feet and graying hair, calling himself an old man, then you get to the end and find out he's only 34.
Get out of here. You don't even remember rotary phones.
Get out of here. You don't even remember rotary phones.
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None of these laws passed a single state legislature until five years ago, and now:
Today House Republicans voted 216-211 to pass MTG’s bill to criminalize gender-affirming care for minors nationwide, marking the first time a national ban on care for trans youth has reached — and passed — the House floor.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
Marjorie Taylor Greene's Bill Punishing Doctors And Parents Clears House Floor
If passed, the bill would punish doctors and parents who provide or consent to a minor receiving gender-affirming care.
www.huffpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
None of these laws passed a single state legislature until five years ago, and now:
Going forward, all takes on the asshole love interests supposedly plaguing BL and shoujo romance need to include titles, so I can read them.
Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥
December 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Going forward, all takes on the asshole love interests supposedly plaguing BL and shoujo romance need to include titles, so I can read them.
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I hate making non-cat posts. I hate "discourse". But the number of comments I've seen degrading and dehumanizing sex workers because of that Melania trailer is appalling. That ghoulish woman will never see your "whore" jokes but they absolutely contribute to the stigma that gets sex workers killed.
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I hate making non-cat posts. I hate "discourse". But the number of comments I've seen degrading and dehumanizing sex workers because of that Melania trailer is appalling. That ghoulish woman will never see your "whore" jokes but they absolutely contribute to the stigma that gets sex workers killed.
Gasping, wheezing, and clutching my chest. Oh please let it be true!
December 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Gasping, wheezing, and clutching my chest. Oh please let it be true!
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A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.
December 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A podcast asked me to record a voice note about my prediction for 2026 and here it is.
Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance newrepublic.com/article/2042... via @newrepublic.com
Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance
Residents have organized a formidable network to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s brutal deportation program. Their efforts are making a genuine difference.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance newrepublic.com/article/2042... via @newrepublic.com
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incredible stuff over at r/ididnthaveeggs
It’s a eggnog recipe
It’s a eggnog recipe
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
incredible stuff over at r/ididnthaveeggs
It’s a eggnog recipe
It’s a eggnog recipe
Dear book and librarian friends, I once again need your help to buy some gifts.
What would you recommend for someone who likes reading Lee Child and Clive Cussler? Thrillers are just not a genre I know anything about.
What would you recommend for someone who likes reading Lee Child and Clive Cussler? Thrillers are just not a genre I know anything about.
December 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Dear book and librarian friends, I once again need your help to buy some gifts.
What would you recommend for someone who likes reading Lee Child and Clive Cussler? Thrillers are just not a genre I know anything about.
What would you recommend for someone who likes reading Lee Child and Clive Cussler? Thrillers are just not a genre I know anything about.
I am fascinated by the girl in this music video wearing a Lidstrom Red Wings jersey with a Yankees hat. I can't even imagine what would lead to that combo IRL. It'd be like an interfaith marriage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFRb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFRb...
ELSEE "Wondrous" Music Video
YouTube video by ELSEE Official YouTube
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I am fascinated by the girl in this music video wearing a Lidstrom Red Wings jersey with a Yankees hat. I can't even imagine what would lead to that combo IRL. It'd be like an interfaith marriage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFRb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFRb...
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Harlequin France is canceling contracts with translators to use AI.
Publishers rushing to cut their own feet off befuddles me.
Publishers rushing to cut their own feet off befuddles me.
"Bradage de la traduction, plan social invisible : Harlequin passe à l’IA"
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
December 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Harlequin France is canceling contracts with translators to use AI.
Publishers rushing to cut their own feet off befuddles me.
Publishers rushing to cut their own feet off befuddles me.
I really want to see Champignon no Majo get licensed in English. We deserve a properly translated release of it. The fans want more fantasy shoujo like this.
December 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I really want to see Champignon no Majo get licensed in English. We deserve a properly translated release of it. The fans want more fantasy shoujo like this.
A reliable leak account is saying we're getting a Firefly Wedding anime!
December 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A reliable leak account is saying we're getting a Firefly Wedding anime!
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Happy Hannukah friends, I hope it is filled with love and light and good things, here’s a wobbly cat playing dreidel.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Happy Hannukah friends, I hope it is filled with love and light and good things, here’s a wobbly cat playing dreidel.
For a couple years now, my brother in law has run something like this in his town.
Kids bring toys and clothes in good condition, then everyone shops for gifts to give their siblings or friends. Whatever is left over gets donated. It's such a fun way to do two things at once.
Kids bring toys and clothes in good condition, then everyone shops for gifts to give their siblings or friends. Whatever is left over gets donated. It's such a fun way to do two things at once.
my friends and i did a regifting market today. it was so fun, everyone brought newish, or vintage or homemade stuff they had around their houses to make a christmas market we could shop at for free.
we even staged it all like a store. i got some good stuff.
we even staged it all like a store. i got some good stuff.
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 AM
For a couple years now, my brother in law has run something like this in his town.
Kids bring toys and clothes in good condition, then everyone shops for gifts to give their siblings or friends. Whatever is left over gets donated. It's such a fun way to do two things at once.
Kids bring toys and clothes in good condition, then everyone shops for gifts to give their siblings or friends. Whatever is left over gets donated. It's such a fun way to do two things at once.
This isn't a criticism of the original post, but I just want everyone to remind themselves that this would have been just as illegal and morally reprehensible if everyone was undocumented, and would have lead to national outrage and calls for impeachment just a few years ago.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This isn't a criticism of the original post, but I just want everyone to remind themselves that this would have been just as illegal and morally reprehensible if everyone was undocumented, and would have lead to national outrage and calls for impeachment just a few years ago.
This holiday season, give yourself the gift of not looking at Twitter or Facebook after multiple mass shootings.
December 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This holiday season, give yourself the gift of not looking at Twitter or Facebook after multiple mass shootings.