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DangerJoan

@dangerjoan.bsky.social
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Elder GenX nerd. Writer (both personally and professionally). Mom of 2 young adults and 4(!) cats. Formerly known as mamajoan/acertainzest. #BLM #ProtectTransKids 🏳️‍🌈

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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Excuse me sir, you are not a peach
A gray tabby cat is crouched inside a cardboard box that bears the logo of the Georgia Peach Truck. A couple of peaches are partially visible next to the cat in the box. The lid of the box is half shut, covering part of his body. The cat is looking directly at the camera.
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
O the particular pain of rereading a favorite book series and going to AO3 to find the smutfic and reading a delicious little snippet only to notice that the author wrote "Chapter 2 coming soon!" in like 2014 😭😭
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Aaron Cohen @unlikelywords.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In which your favorite ice cream shop goes to war with dot cake, this summer’s most viral cake sensation.
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
If I were better-versed in national flags I could tell which countries are playing today's World Cup game based on the flags I see ppl wearing around Davis Square. Instead I'm doing the other way around - looking up game schedule to identify the flags. 🤦🏻‍♀️ A bunch of Norwegians & 1 Senegalese so far.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 25/06/2026
The Monterey Bay Aquarium PROUDly presents “Otter This World,” written and performed by Monét X Change with special guest Trinity the Tuck.
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Tell me 5 random things you love (that aren't people or pets) * my waterbed * chocolate * lilacs * "Alleluia" by Randall Thompson * the Atlantic ocean
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Egypt and Iran have requested that Pride events in Seattle during their World Cup match be canceled and… no. Welcome to Seattle. This might be the most patriotic I’ve felt in my life. Pride isn’t happening during your game; you’re here during Pride. Suck a rainbow. apnews.com/article/worl...
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Iran and Egypt will meet, uncomfortably, in Seattle's World Cup 'Pride Match'
Egypt and Iran are two of the most repressive countries for gays and lesbians. But by sheer coincidence they will square off in a World Cup “Pride Match” in Seattle coinciding with the city’s annual c...
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Show Pussy On Regular TV @turdguy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
WSJ announcing they're doing to do journalism like it's a new concept
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Highly relatable. I too would greatly prefer rest, legos, and french toast over *waves hands* all of this.
Post from @trudiibee that reads: "My 6yr old talking to himself on the toilet: every day I gotta get up for school. & then every day I'm gonna have to get up for work. When does it end. Did I ask for this? No. I don't remember that I asked for this. I asked for rest and legos and French toast."
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
well yeah I’m more stressed than at any time in the last 1000 years too but I guess I don’t rate a USA Today article about it
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12/06/2026
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.
“The bathroom of the future will have “embedded levels of technology,” says Kohler’s design vice president Michael Seum. Bathrooms will become beauty and wellness consultants, advising homeowners on everything from their hydration levels to warning signs in their stool. The American bathroom, he says, will become “a health coach.” On a more mundane level—but perhaps a leap in reducing marital strife—he expects AI-assisted toilets to do tasks like automatically lift a toilet seat for a man.”
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 11/06/2026
What I learned from CDC's All Hands yesterday (*actual slide!): The Public Is Smart because we follow the Scientific Methoooooo 👻 Stay tuned for these guidelines dropping soon.
AI slop from the CDC All Hands... this is what happens when politicals don't let the comms team (at least the ones not fired by DOGE) do their job.

AI graphic that has a man reading the Scientific Methoo
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
That mind-blowing feeling when your kid is out there in the world living his life and being an independent adult and all that good shit. You did it! You won at parenting! You can relax and stop worrying now! (You won't though. But you could!! Theoretically!!)
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Heard the boom even without my hearing aids in. And it scared the crap outta my cats!
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"The dogs were good again this week" -- Me every single week: oh thank goodness 🥰
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Listen, you gotta take your laughs where you can find them these days
The flyer for trump's "great American state fair" showing pictures of nine performers, seven of whom have been crossed out with red X's, indicating that those performers have backed out since the announcement was made. There's also a red line crossing out the words "and many more!"
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Ahem
Tumblr user existennialmemes: June is approaching and I am thinking fondly about bricks for no reason in particular
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Kinda blows my mind that this 52-year-old body still somehow thinks it could pop out another baby. Like, bitch why are you still ovulating? Have you consulted your hips and knees lately? Not to mention your back? Give it up already 😤
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Having one of those days where you wake up and sit up in bed and immediately get hit by an overwhelming wave of don't wanna. But you gotta, so you do. Sigh
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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 11/05/2026
I just pissed myself... this is the movie he is mad that people are calling slop... I demand you watch with the sound on... it is so much worse than you think it is going to be...
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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This is how you do it
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Alex The Blue Fox 🔜 BFC @alexthebluefox.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Spirit Airlines has officially shut down operations. Well, you know what that means...
A picture of an Airbus jet sitting on the tarmac with the Spirit Halloween livery painted on it. It's a cloudy day and the tarmac is wet, which slightly reflects the bright orange color of the airplane.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Apparently, journals, universities and publishers cannot do it but the Oscars can
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My favorite pair of glasses went missing for several weeks, and guess where I finally found them yesterday? In a glasses case, on my desk. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ (In my defense, who the hell puts glasses in a glasses case?? 😳🤓😂🤦🏻‍♀️)
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Oh, well, in that case—WAIT A MINUTE.
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I've reread this book a number of times, and this remains one of my all-time favorite authorial/editorial goofs. Truly a ✨gem✨. (Leverage In Death by J.D. Robb aka Nora Roberts)
Photo of a page from a book, in which police inform a woman that her ex-lover has been killed. I've highlighted part of the text, which reads: "She covered her hands with her face"
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Pyro Bloodstone @shadowknight100.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I cannot tell you how quickly my interest in a thing dies the instant it asks me to create an account or download an app. Unless I know from the get go that it's something I'll use regularly I really cba anymore.
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
A DONUT STUFFED WITH PECAN PIE 🤯 the diabetic coma would be so worth it
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
WaPo takes note of Trump’s “oscillating claims” about the war, but avoids the obvious conclusions — that Trump is deranged, that he is unfit, and that he shouldn’t be in charge. This is an example of the normalization of the dangerously abnormal. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump’s statements on Iran increasingly contradict each other
The president has made conflicting comments on questions both large and small related to the war.
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Have just finished rereading the Temeraire novels (one of the best fantasy series ever, I said what I said), and came to the somewhat startling realization that Laurence is a reckless hothead who does a lot of stupid shit. 🤔 This explains so much actually. 🐉
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Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Jasper has many many many opinions. He is very cute, if slightly loud.
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In stunning and infuriating news, looking at the same shelf repeatedly does NOT cause a book that isn't on that shelf to appear on that shelf. So rude 😭
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Crossword tournament day two: playoffs! Top 3 contestants in each division solve a puzzle on stage, on big whiteboards, in front of everyone. They get to wear noise cancelling headphones, and we audience members get color commentary from some word-nerd comedians. 😂😂❤️❤️
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I'm here in glamorous Stamford, Connecticut, for the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Yes, I am a nerd, currently happily in the midst of nearly a thousand of my fellow nerds. Contestants this year range in age from 17 to 100!!!
A slightly blurry picture of my torso wearing a t-shirt that reads "Crosswords, because life isn't puzzling enough"
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ChriSCREAMa Stephens (🐯🏈💜💛) @christinastephens.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
If I orbited the moon it would be the only thing I ever talked about for the rest of my life. This pizza is the shape of the moon, which I orbited. My dog has black fur, like space, where I went. Today is Saturday, which is a Day but there is not daylight in space, where I was last week.
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Chron.com @chron.com · 08/04/2026
Houston City Council approved a 12-5 ordinance limiting Houston Police Department cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, removing a 30-minute wait requirement during traffic stops tied to immigration warrants and requiring regular reporting on ICE contact.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/04/2026
Once-Adventurous Salmon Can’t Believe She Ended Up Moving Back To Birthplace, Having A Bunch Of Kids theonion.com/once-adventurous-salmo…
Once-Adventurous Salmon Can’t Believe She Ended Up Moving Back To Birthplace, Having A Bunch Of Kids
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
That moment when you take off your glasses and try to put them on top of your head but there are already TWO other pairs of glasses up there 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Absolute cinema watching that jar of Nutella escape contain behind the backs of the astronauts after packing other things away
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
My beloved firstborn child texted me today, April 3rd, to ask if he needs to file a tax return and if so, how. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
As of today I'm no longer a mom of teenager(s). Younger kid is 20!! Wtf. Crazy. Here's a screenshot of a recent text conversation for your edification. I learn so much from this kid, uhh I mean this young adult. 😳🤦🏻‍♀️🥰
Text conversation:
Me: is it true that you kids these days are using 😭 to mean laughing? Cause wtf
Kid: yes I thought you knew that oops
Kid: but like it's a specific kind of laughing idk how to describe it
Kid: got its own connotations or whatever
Me: but if crying is laughing then how is someone supposed to do crying?? 😩
Kid: idk like 😢 maybe
Me: well just for the record if u see me use 😭 then I still mean crying 😒
Kid: ok lol
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 23/03/2026
Airport lines are long because TSA agents aren’t getting paid. TSA agents aren’t getting paid because DHS funding is being held up in Congress. DHS funding being held up in Congress because Republicans want to illegally detain American citizens. And that’s what you missed on Glee.
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
TIL that if a prime number differs from another prime number by exactly 6, they're called "sexy primes." Who ever said math isn't fun? 😂 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexy_pr...
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Sexy primes - Wikipedia
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Bold words from the world's okayest brother 🤨😂
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Why was I today years old when it hit me that the dad in Mary Poppins is named Mr. Banks and he works at a bank 🤯
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 13/01/2026
BREAKING: I'm reintroducing my bill with @markey.senate.gov to end qualified immunity for federal officers—including ICE agents. This bill is for Renee Good, Keith Porter, & everyone in America to know that when ICE agents break the law & kill our neighbors, they'll be held accountable.
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Why do "I'm up for that" and "I'm down for that" mean the same thing?? English is ridiculous
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Me to Sylvester (cat): Sir, can you just be patient for one minute Sylvester: *head-butting me* Me: Nope, that word isn't in his vocabulary. Kid: No words are in his vocabulary. Me: That's not the point 😒
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Happy birthday to my favorite brother, @metafrantic.bsky.social, who once wrote on his birthday wishlist "Joan not to call for _1_full_week_" while I was away at college. 🤨 Sorry you probably didn't get that wish! 🤷🏻‍♀️
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DangerJoan @dangerjoan.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
As a young adult the excitement is all "I can stay up as late as I want!" and then when you're an older adult it's "I can go to bed as early as I want!" 👵🏼 (this post brought to you by 25-year-old me who would never have expected 51-year-old me to voluntarily go to bed at TEN PM 😳😱)
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