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David Futato

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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ho studiato l’italiano per milleduecento giorni!
A yellow Duolingo screen showing Duo wearing sunglasses in a fireball and a 1200 day streak / Una schermata giallo di Duolingo che mostra Duo con gli occhiali da sole all’interno di una palla del fuoco e una seria di 1200 giorni
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you can be a vocal ally and win in Kentucky, it just reconfirms how craven and unprincipled so many other Democrats are.
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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.
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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 · 25/09/2026
It couldn’t have happened to a nicer stadium-owning billionaire.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’d much rather have a furry as my air traffic controller than Tommy Tuberville as my senator. And he gets paid for this “representation”. That’s what’s actually terrifying.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He is loathsome. I might also use the word craven. And I want so badly for him to be absolutely crushed in the 2028 US primary (assuming we have one).
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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. 🏳️‍⚧️
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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
The what now? I feel very glad not to know.
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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
This is what the proportions should look like:
EARTHRISE, set in Ray Larabie's typeface Nasalization.
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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!
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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 · 15/09/2026
Gambling over stained glass church windows? (I am playing the digital version of Sagrada as I type this…)
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What? I can’t even fathom how that’s possible. Enjoy!
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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 · 10/09/2026
Congrats! 🍾
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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.
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'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 · 08/09/2026
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Man with Mustache in Falling Glitter
ALT: Man with Mustache in Falling Glitter
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Definitely not an AI photo, because the dust on the hat is a detail AI would not consider.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I tried it too. It also didn’t ask if you called a vacuum a sweeper, or if you would “read up” your room…
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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
I didn’t think the leopards would eat *my* face!
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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 · 27/08/2026
One plus two plus two plus one… his Wadsworth was 🧑‍🍳💋
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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...
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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
I'm happy to explain my reasons (and cite my sources).
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Senator in Congress: @markey.senate.gov Governor's Council, Sixth District: Diann Mary Baylis Senator in General Court, 2nd Middlesex: @electerika.bsky.social Rep in General Court, 27th Middlesex: @benforward3.bsky.social District Attorney, Northern Middlesex: Marian T. Ryan
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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 · 18/08/2026
Why are you so homophobic? (Ask Ron if you need explanation.)
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Revolution Guillotine
Alt: An animated loop showing a sequence of three guillotines from different angles quickly dropping.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Be the punk rock euchre night you want to see in the world, Steve!
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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 · 06/08/2026
We have two in @qtlibrary.org's collection that look to fit: Buffalo Is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel, a collection of Métis futurism short stories, and Sordidez by E.G. Condé, a dystopian novel set in near-future Puerto Rico/Yucatan with an Indigenous resurgence. Both w queer/trans characters!
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We have two in @qtlibrary.org's collection that look to fit: Buffalo Is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel, a collection of Métis futurism short stories, and Sordidez by E.G. Condé, a dystopian novel set in near-future Puerto Rico/Yucatan with an Indigenous resurgence. Both w queer/trans characters!
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Thank you, Massachusetts, for leading the way in library protections. #booksky
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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 · 30/07/2026
Just gross.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I often think a few strips of pop-up blades in the road would do it — no bus transponder and your tires get shredded.
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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Presented without comment. #botoxbabies
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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 · 24/07/2026
I haven’t listened to the Shamen in so long…
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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
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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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David Futato @dfutato.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Ooh, and French flaps too!
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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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