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David Futato

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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s not quite as drastic as my idea of pop-up spikes if you drive in the bus lane without a bus transponder, but perhaps it will have a similar effect.
apple.news
MBTA cameras aimed at bus-lane blockers go live next week. Here's what to know. — Boston.com
The automated cameras will be added to Silver Line buses at first, before expanding to the entire MBTA bus system in January. Fines range from $25 to $125.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Siri clearly misheard, but it’s sadly appropriate.
A screenshot of a Siri reminder: “Make your disappointment”
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@electerika.bsky.social and @benforward3.bsky.social, put pressure on @massago.bsky.social to hold providers like @fenwayhealth.bsky.social accountable and if necessary find state funds to cover federal funds lost. Massachusetts values demand no less than protecting and caring for our trans youth. 🏳️‍⚧️
apple.news
As Massachusetts Hospitals Bow to Trump, These Organizers Are Fighting to Protect Trans Futures — them
Major hospitals systems across Massachusetts have stopped providing gender-affirming care for trans youth. Protect Trans Futures wants the legal action taken to address the gaps in care.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My unaltered screen grab from Duolingo.
A screenshot from Duolingo featuring Lily, a cartoon character dressed entirely in shades of purple, with purple hair, looking despondent. The text reads: “Well done! Excellent job bonding with Lily over the futility of capitalism. You’ve matched her sarcastic style perfectly!”
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#fontnerdalert The artwork for Civilization VII: Earthrise is, uh, not great. But the typography is even worse. Non-proportional scaling on a geometric sans serif font is anathema to the whole point of a geometric sans.
The cover art for Civilization VII: Earthrise, featuring a strangely painted, almost impressionistic, astronaut in a space suit against a starry background, that somehow also has lens flare from the glass of the helmet. The title is to the left of the astronaut, and the all-caps EARTHRISE has been compressed horizontally, distorting what should be consistent-width strokes throughout.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Go back to Party City where you belong!” Except this time, Party City is a game night at Pandemonium Books & Games that I’ll be hosting for @qtlibrary.org. This Friday at 6pm! Lots of team games for those of you who like lower stakes or easier rules, with a hidden role game thrown in too!
eventbrite.com
Party City: A QT Game Night
Join the QT Library at Pandemonium Books & Games for a fun night of party games!
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I had the serendipity of being able to see a massive exhibition of his work at the @museoreinasofia.es in 2019. It was beautiful and devastating and righteously rage-inducing.
“One day this kid will get larger. One day this kid will come to know something that causes a sensation equivalent to the separation of the earth from its axis. One day this kid will reach a point where he senses a division that isn't mathematical. One day this kid will feel something stir in his heart and throat and mouth. One day this kid will find something in his mind and body and soul that makes him hungry. One day this kid will do something that causes men who wear the uniforms of priests and rabbis, men who inhabit certain stone buildings, to call for his death. One day politicians will enact legislation against this kid. One day families will give false information to their children and each child will pass that information down generationally to their families and that information will be designed to make existence intolerable for this kid. One day this kid will begin to experience all this activity in his environment and that activity and information will compell him to commit suicide or submit to danger in hopes of being murdered or submit to silence and invisibility. Or one day this kid will talk. When he begins to talk, men who develop a fear of this kid will attempt to silence him with strangling, fists, prison, suffocation, rape, intimidation, drugging, ropes, guns, laws, menace, roving gangs, bottles, knives, religion, decapitation, and immolation by fire. Doctors will pronounce this kid curable as if his brain were a virus. This kid will lose his constitutional rights against the government's invasion of his privacy. This kid will be faced with electro-shock, drugs, and conditioning therapies in laboratories tended by psychologists and research scientists. He will be subject to loss of home, civil rights, jobs, and all conceivable freedoms. All this will begin to happen in one or two years when he discovers he desires to place his naked body on the naked body of another boy.”
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is fascinating to see close-up. A lighthouse Fresnel lens over 9 feet tall at @capeannmuseum.bsky.social.
A gigantic Fresnel lens, consisting of a lower third of down-facing glass rings at a 45° angle, a middle third of concentric glass rings, and an upper third of conical glass rings in a rocket shape tapering at the top.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I am very much looking forward to seeing this documentary on the making of #EdwardII — #DerekJarman was a huge influence on me in the 90s.
apple.news
'Queer Edward II' Review: A Terrific Doc Portal to the Early '90s that Captures — and Liberates — Derek Jarman's Trailblazing Spirit — Variety
Consider, for a moment, the cupboard -- maybe in the spirit of irreverence we should term it a closet -- in which, for 30-odd years, lay undisturbed the footage that future star cinematographer Seamus...
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Congrats to @benforward3.bsky.social for today’s primary win!
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Downgrade a movie: The Semi-Lit Crystal
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I know this was well intended, but I could argue that at a minimum the late 1980s, the late 1940s, and all of the 19th century were objectively scarier.
A screenshot of a headline from The Guardian: “Opinion | The end of Heartstopper is a bittersweet loss — it’s never felt scarier to be young and queer”
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Name a band using only emojis 🦮🏪👦👦 ♾️🚫👧 ✂️👯‍♀️
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Tomorrow night! I'm hosting another game night for @qtlibrary.org at Pandemonium in Central Square, and there are still a few spots available: www.eventbrite.com/e/cute-critt...
eventbrite.com
Cute Critters: A QT Library Game Night
Join the QT Library at Pandemonium Books & Games for a fun night filled of animal themed games!
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
So no one outside of @cityofsomerville.bsky.social will care about my ballot endorsements, and even those here in town probably won't, since I'm just a concerned citizen, but if you are curious, a thread:
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I don’t remember my first album, but this was my first purchase on the media. (I didn’t own a CD player of my own until college.)
A cobalt blue CD single cover with a silhouette of a rose in white, with “depeche mode” and “enjoy the silence” written in cursive.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
#TheCriterionCloset
A graphic from thecriterioncloset.com, showing four film covers: Jubilee, Being John Malkovich, The Piano, and The Shape of Water.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thank you, Massachusetts, for leading the way in library protections. #booksky
apple.news
Lawmakers send Healey bill governing library book access — NBC10 Boston
The Massachusetts Legislature on Friday sent to Gov. Maura Healey's desk legislation that establishes guidelines for how schools and public libraries make decisions about the availability and appropri...
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It's Saturday! Post a cartoon TV series you love.
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The Powerpuff Girls on Cartoon Network
Alt: The Powerpuff Girls on an animated heart background.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Presented without comment. #botoxbabies
youtu.be
The Dream Eaters: Botox Babies
YouTube video by The Dream Eaters
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Post a perfect album from the 90s.
The cover art for Saint Etienne’s “Good Humor,” with the faces of Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs, and Sarah Cracknell in a posterized black stamp look, each on a block of green getting progressively more vivid.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Without saying your age, what's your favorite movie that came out when you were 18
static.klipy.com
River Phoenix My Own Private Idaho
Alt: River Phoenix as Mike Waters in "My Own Private Idaho", waking up in an airplane seat wearing a red t-shirt and mustard jacket.
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Ian Lekus 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ianlekus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
LGBTQI+ folks -- anywhere, but especially in the Global South / East / Majority -- please fill this out! Takes 2-5 minutes & helps my colleagues assess the lived experiences of LGBTQI+ folks in as many countries as possible.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I have missed the camaraderie of P-Town Bear Week. Love to friends new and old.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Hello Provincetown! Hello bears! 🐻 🏳️‍🌈
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
David Altmedj, “The Shepherd”, at @mbamtl.bsky.social
A very tall (12-foot) sculpture of a figure, covered in horsehair and crystals, with a spiral of mirrored steps going around and through the form, with cavities and entrail-like tendrils, quartz crystal recesses, and a small pine tree beneath.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I’m so sick of respectability politics. (Which, by the way, won’t save you.) Unsurprisingly, both pieces were written by cis white men (we need to do better!), and Ben Appel is a “drop the T” gay traitor — when your book is praised by Julie Bindel, the company you keep is clear.
apple.news
Why are America's largest newspapers stigmatizing queer people? — Advocate
Opinion: Both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal recently ran opinion pieces essentially preaching "gay is respectable, queer is the problem." It's not helpful, writes Josh Ackley.
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Boston Gaymers @bostongaymers.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Diversity Lounge / The Intersection at @officialpax.bsky.social is what made Boston Gaymers what it is today. The outreach and visibility it gave us were game-changing. Inclusive spaces in gaming are essential, and we need PAX to continue supporting them now more than ever.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
As if this wasn’t already clear to anyone who’s been following the NYT over the last decade or so.
apple.news
The New York Times helped turn trans rights into political controversy, analysis finds — Advocate
A new data investigation says the paper of record increasingly framed transgender rights as a debate instead of a lived reality.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Hey! If you want to know what @qtlibrary.org got up to in 2025, check out this Instagram post and link in bio to our 2025 Annual Report! 🌈📖 www.instagram.com/p/DZsfcKOuzi_/
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Instagram
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Reminder to all Boston-area peeps: I’m running a space-themed game night TONIGHT at Pandemonium for @qtlibrary.org. (If you want a Central Square queer double feature, Playland: A Queer Affair at @manraynightclub.bsky.social is happening later right around the corner!)
A stylized pastel board game board with flower spaces. 

The text reads: 
QT Library 
Out of This World Game Night!
Friday June 12
6–10 PM
Pandemonium Books and Games
Cambridge MA
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Ranbir Sidhu’s “Asteroid 3033 X1” at AGO. It was an amazing piece of sculpture and soundscape.
A detail of the back half of the sculpture, featuring crystalline-like structures made of sheets of engraved steel, with light reflecting off the facets of the metal. A near-full image of the sculpture, made from many interlocking triangular steel shapes, lit in tones of silver and gold light with bits of blue. LED lights and engravings dot various panels of the sculpture.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Even the gem collection at the Royal Ontario Museum is celebrating Pride Month!
A museum display of a row of small corundum gemstones in a repeating rainbow pattern, illustrating the wide variety of colors that sapphires can have.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Happy Pride from the #CNTower!
David on the left, Ron on the right, with a rainbow pride arch between them with an indigenous symbol in the center, downtown Toronto out the window behind them.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Boop! from Toronto…
Ron and David at a wooden table in a board game café called Snakes and Lattes, playing a board game called Boop!
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
G.D.I., Memphis TN, 1990.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The gall. At the start of Pride month no less. They want to “acknowledge any hurt” — that’s like saying “I’m sorry you can’t breathe” to a person you have in a chokehold. You could easily end the hurt and drop the lawsuit. And they couldn’t even provide fucking ALT text.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Hey Boston peeps! I’m hosting another game night June 12 with @qtlibrary.org at Pandemonium Books & Games in Cambridge! Let’s blast into orbit with some space-themed games for Pride month.
eventbrite.com
Out of this World: A QT Library Game Night
Join the QT Library at Pandemonium Books & Games for a fun night filled of space themed games!
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I think @honeydavenport.bsky.social’s IML win is fantastic, as the leather community (like most LGBTQ+ groups) is getting queerer/less binary. But it sure has made a small, vocal group of people unhappy — mainly older white cis gay men — who are too stuck in the past to see our shared queer future.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Either no one in branding is gay, or everyone in branding is gay. @icecreamforbears.bsky.social
A pint of ice cream with a bright yellow top and a posterized, flat illustration of a bear with a yellow cone of ice cream. The brand is “Ice Cream for Bears”, and the flavor is “Cubbies and Cream.”
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live Pet Shop Boys The Gossip The Knife John Grant Goldfrapp Underworld Rufus Wainwright Janelle Monáe ADULT. Gus Gus
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
“The data revealed the curved relation the researchers were expecting: the highest intelligence levels seemed to be associated with declines in mental health.” ☑️ I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.
apple.news
Depression scales may not work the same for highly intelligent people — Scientific American
Research suggests depression assessment questionnaires can’t reliably compare people with differing intelligence Psychologists have found that two common questionnaires for assessing depression don’t ...
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Urge your representatives to vote against this draconian bill. And thank you, @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social — it’s a shame the other big four didn’t join you. (Though it’s not surprise @harpercollins.bsky.social didn’t, given their ownership.)
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Presented without comment.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Dressed up for my nephew’s wedding. We clean up nice!
Ron on the left, David on the right. Ron is in a blue and white striped shirt with a blue tie and blue glasses, while David is wearing a dark blue shirt with multicolor (mostly orange) stripes, an orange tie with blue stripes, and orange and white checkerboard glasses.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
This is just one of the reasons why I love my work with @qtlibrary.org
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I mean, tell me your opinion section is a mouthpiece for the billionaire class without… oh, wait, you just told me. (Screenshot as opposed to link as to avoid driving any more traffic to this bullshit.)
A screenshot from a Washington Post opinion piece from a series called “Make it Make Sense”, with the caption of “Californians get free diapers. But at what cost?” over a woman working really hard to hang on to her Milton, Massachusetts white privilege despite being from an ethnic background this administration would prefer to denaturalize.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I really want someone to write a cautionary tale about the excesses of right-wing influencers called “Clavigula”.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is a very cool project that I may submit a few sentences for — all the work at @qtlibrary.org has really laid bare the number of queer book bans and reinforced the necessity of queer and trans voices, expression, and representation, especially for at-risk queer youth.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
My work at @qtlibrary.org (and that of all of my fellow volunteers) gets more important by the day as public and school libraries (and librarians) face increasing hostility. Almost 40% of banned titles that @penamerica.bsky.social is tracking are likely targeted because of LGBTQ+ representation.
theguardian.com
Report shows banned non-fiction books doubled over last school year in US
New PEN America report analysed 3,743 unique titles removed from libraries and classrooms and found books about activism and social movements were targeted
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