Reposted by groofay Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 3hI'd like to once again remind you for #BannedBooksWeek that Huckleberry Finn and Animal Farm don't need you to go out of your way to read them. Instead, support a book, and author, who a ban can actually hurt. 210865
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Am I capable? (no) Cooking: some Whistle: yeah Draw: I can do a mean stick figure Paint: no Swim: I haven't drowned English: I can English Dance: hell no Sing: I've been known to carry a tune or two Drive: no Gifting: no Write: sure Guitar: no Speaking: technically, yes 020
Reposted by groofay Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 24/09/2026in the age of AI, making art is a radical act 2082283143
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Every day, we crawl ever closer to tech companies unironically trying to sell us a free 7-day trial of Xenu. 010
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So...Netflix is emulating MrBeast, except instead of ripping off a fictional TV show without any understanding of the point, they're ripping off and gamifying an actual historical, highly unethical "experiment" with no understanding of why it was awful to do in the first place. Fuck Netflix. 010
Reposted by groofay Sasha Fury @sashafury.myatproto.social · 06/09/2026“If only this could’ve been predicted,” says the capitalist about the thing everyone warned him about.futurism.comMajority of CEOs Alarmed as AI Delivers No Financial ReturnsA survey found that more than half of CEO respondents said "their companies aren’t yet seeing a financial return from investments in AI." 03615
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Make your favourite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Random guy goes on a spur-of-the-moment road trip with a bunch of totally platonic guy friends with a totally ordinary piece of jewelry inherited from his uncle. 161
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I might sound insane, but my formative memory about Dolly Parton was her voice-acting in a special on the Magic School Bus, about the dangers of plastic and pollution, as Miss Frizzle's cousin. Long before climate change was a "thing," Dolly was speaking out about these things. 150
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I don't have playlists, so maybe like this and I'll post a random piece of music I happen to think of. (I did make the mistake of listening to Shostakovich's Cello Sonata and Viola Sonata back to back this afternoon, so it'd be a nice excuse to think of something else...) 771
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It's really shocking how good Pierre Boulez was at conducting Bruckner. 010
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The one time adding syllables made something objectively better. 040
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I would be interested to try this, especially given that I regularly shock friends with how little of modern pop culture I know. But I'll steal @kiraofthewind.com's idea and choose purely on vibes if (when) I don't know what you're talking about. 281
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 03/08/2026QTP with a game that released in the year you were born.static.klipy.comFinal Fantasy V Bartz Klauser DanceAlt: Bartz from Final Fantasy V being a dingus. 130
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Okay. I'm gonna watch Tár for the first time and attempt to live skeet it. I'm kinda nervous about this one, because I have never seen a classical-music-themed thing that didn't seem fake as hell immediately. BUT I know Blanchett worked with professionals and put in the work, so...here goes 130
Reposted by groofay Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.” 1670801754
Reposted by groofay Brent/Barb 🏳️⚧️ @vibrent.bsky.social · 17/07/2026CDs don’t make you listen to 10 minutes of gambling ads before playing 3 songs. 8576542277
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 08/07/2026It's official: I'm playing a trans woman in my public library's next D&D campaign. I'm simultaneously excited and scared. But I'm gonna do it. 020
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Just get this and read it. I read Paper Crane Memories one story a day for about two and a half weeks, and it became sort of a ritual that I would wait for. And it felt like sinking into a familiar warm bath. A beautiful thing. I'm just glad I already have the next two books in this sequence. 021
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Listening to some Satie tonight. It's always felt weird, but also somehow fitting, to feel so completely at home in music written for an instrument toward which I've been at best ambivalent, at worst openly hostile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI7a...youtube.comErik Satie: Ogives (Reinbert de Leeuw)YouTube video by nadaniente115a 100
Reposted by groofay Liam Quane 🏳️🌈 📖 @specificityarchives.com · 15/06/2026"And ignore the people who are saying we are doing this because America's war crimes are being exposed to the public at a young age and are therefore turning the youth against the empire" 0305
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Yesterday I learned that my Minnesotan accent (where I was born and learned to talk but haven't lived in ~25 years) comes out *really* strongly when I'm playing Dungeons & Dragons. 010
Reposted by groofay John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses 138137364419
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 01/06/2026HAPPY PRIDE🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ QRP this with your flags, explain what they mean to YOU, and block all haters! I'm ace and nonbinary. I don't ascribe much meaning to them personally, but it's nice to let the flags fly on occasion, if for no other reason than to let certain people know they can fuck off. 050
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Oh goodness, I'm watching 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time in a bunch of years. 120
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 25/05/2026For the first time in a long time, I've started a book I have to force myself to put down: Vita Nostra, by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko. It is fucked up in all my favorite ways, and I'm only a third of the way through; I have it on good authority that it gets even better. 020
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I am (your name) God/dess of (predictive text) bringer of (predictive text). Fear me because (predictive text) I am groofay, god of the bunch, bringer of course you have to be careful. Fear me because you don't want to go back to work tomorrow morning or Friday night. 171
Reposted by groofay Steve Hugh Westenra 🕷️🧛♂️🏳️⚧️📚✒️ @stevewestenra.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I'm a trans person, and if that makes you feel icky I really don't care. Our rights are not worth less than your discomfort. The world does not belong to you & the idea that you can dictate our ability to exist and move freely reveals an entitled cowardice that you should be ashamed of 614842
Reposted by groofay Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind. It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty. Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face. Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up. 114130974414
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 10/05/2026A gratitude thing for the day: I ate a strawberry from a farmer's market today, and it was transcendentally good. The kind of thing that taught me what a strawberry was again, what they were meant to be. The Platonic Ideal of Strawberry. 100
Reposted by groofay Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 08/05/2026Don't stop spreading the word. Do not stop. 05223
Reposted by groofay Hook & Quill Press @hookandquillpress.com · 06/05/2026THE GODS OF ATALANTIS by @professoremily.bsky.social is available NOW digitally on most major platforms! Grab your copy here: books2read.com/u/bP21wz #booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #hqpress #atlantis 12512
Reposted by groofay Khonri 🎃 @khonri.com · 01/05/2026Hey so SNAP is apparently getting cut further because these monsters really just want poor people to die in the most atrocious ways. If you have the means, donate money to your regional food bank. Set it up as an auto-deduction. They can take your dollar so much further than you can. 16341
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 30/04/2026What are you people doing? Go get this hecking book! I haven't finished it yet, but from what I have read, I trust the rest of it to be amazing. Beautifully crafted independent work during a time that we very much need it. 041
groofay @groofay.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I didn't know Florence + The Machine had a new album out until today. Now I'm listening to it and it's wrecking me with how wildly and unapologetically intense it is. 100
Reposted by groofay Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This is what political violence really means 08330
