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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thinking about this deleted post. "How was I supposed to know?" needs to be treated like gun safety. We shouldn't just expect that half the kids will play with guns until they shoot someone and have a learning experience.

Shawn. At fleshpockets BlueSky handle: I don't mean to downplay sexual assault but I also have known a lot of good people who had to learn healthy boundaries by violating someone else's and never forgetting the experience.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

October book display idea: romance!

Sign saying pumpkin and spice. Adult and ya romance

Shot showing titles such as a hexcellent chance to fall in love, you pierce my soul, ocean's godori, and how to lose a goblin in ten days

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Took the inner door trim off our EV to clean a spill and found the big union sticker. ✊🏻

Proudly built at orion assembly lake orion Michigan. Uaw local 5960

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Now I'm poaching everyone's eggs at once. That's just plain water.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

About about seven fails, project egg poaching is starting to turn the corner.

Poached egg on toast, with black pepper.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My sweet boy at the vet for a small leg wound. He's a little worried.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For a game plus DLC that now costs under $10, BROTATO gave me 215 hours of play to get Danger 5 done on everything in base game and then in DLC. (No interest in Nightmare difficulty so I can play other things now.)

Screenshot showing all characters with gold background

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bonus for the web version: This popular storytime rhyme combines a history of representing Black people with monkeys with the gator teasing and snapping motion. It's not just Florida football, but probably your kid's teacher or librarian doing this gator bait callback. We ~could~ stop doing that.

Book cover of Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow. Five monkeys in human clothes in a tree over an alligator below.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Why did new university president Stuart Bell bring it back now? We can make some guesses about the changed political environment.

Screenshot of X post from Department of Homeland Security showing AI generated alligators with ICE caps in front of a prison.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

VISIT SUNNY FLORIDA Florida is especially tied to the term, with a number of tourism postcards using the gator bait theme.

Two postcards. One c 1930 to 1945 shows a human-monkey hybrid illustration with no tail but shirt and shorts, being held by the shorts by an alligator while two others approach. Titled "A Darky's Prayer, Florida" and has a poem in negro dialect hoping the gator is a vegetarian. Other is titled "Alligator Bait, Florida" and shows three Black children on a log by the water with an alligator approaching.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

THE SONG There was a popular 1899 song called Mammy’s Little Alligator Bait, a lullaby including the lyrics, “She told him ‘bout de alligators dat ate up black boys dats bad and wouldn’t mind their mammy dear.”

Sheet music. image shows two Black children drawn in a minstrel show makeup style on a shore with an alligator approaching from the water.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A WIDESPREAD IMAGE In 1897, a Tennessee art studio put out this photo of nine naked Black babies and titled the piece “Alligator Bait.” Reproductions were shown in galleries across America and even in Honolulu.

sepia tone of nine naked Black babies, with censorship rectangles added

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What's the deal with the Gator Bait cheer? A thread and freely printable pamphlet to inform offline people. No AI. Pamphlet & refs here: www.friendlyexplanation.com

Pamphlet cover. What's the deal with the gator bait cheer? a friendly explanation. Sports style alligator head.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What's the deal with boycotting Harry Potter? A thread and freely printable pamphlet to inform offline people. No AI. Pamphlet & refs here: www.friendlyexplanation.com Why have so many Harry Potter fans stopped putting money in J.K. Rowling’s pocket? Because she proudly spends it on harming kids.

Trifold pamphlet cover. What's the deal with... Boycotting Harry Potter. A friendly explanation. Person surrounded by pink and blue ribbon holding a small trans flag like it's a magic wand.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Book display for cookbooks. In the most on-theme city.

Cookbooks around a sign that says Let's Cook. Clipart of character with dark glasses, goatee, and chef hat. Table below with kitchen and dining gear.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I finally figured out how to practice piano on lunch breaks.

Three octave MIDI controller set up at work desk with sheet music for Inventio 6.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's been a week for catching up on movies...

Epic handshake meme. Project Hail Mary and Masters of the Universe. Fisting jokes.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Do femme folks in general want other men assuming they should "step in" when they're having conflict with a man in public? Doesn't match up to my experience seeing / interacting with this sort of thing at work. (Have never seen it outside of work.)

Post screenshot: one constant i’ve noticed is when some man is getting in my face in public or whatever, AFTER he goes away, other men in the vicinity will come up to me all concerned like ‘hey you ok? that was messed up.’ oh so you did see it. well cool man thanks for stepping in

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yes. The Cat is a minstrel character. Can't condemn Target for the costume in the news and be okay with the Cat in the Hat. It's the same thing.

Cat in the Hat surrounded by aimilar images of minstrelsy.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Went to an antique mall today. They were selling cancer and dismembered limbs.

Display case labeled vintage uranium glass. Blacklight making glass glow green.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Whataburger / Alison Rumfitt collaboration.

Orange and white fries container saying: when I am empty please dispose of me properly.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The Peter Dinklage TOXIC AVENGER remake was the most fun I've had since watching PSYCHO GOREMAN. Toxie kept reminding me of someone's face. Halfway through I realize he pings my Daniel Craig face identification in that makeup. (Sorry, Daniel.)

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"This book is called WHAT?" display.

Library display shelving of books with interesting titles like Dracula vs Hitler and Knit Your Own Cat

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I have golden Brotatos across the board in the non-expansion game. Including the new one who dies in one hit! 🥔 Didn't expect this game to pull me in so much.

Screenshot of potato selection screen all in one color

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I was checking in a series called "I don't want to..." which were all about behavior problems with kids. In this one the kid doesn't want to give people kisses even though this embarrasses her mother. The lesson is that kids SHOULD give kisses to people who want them. It's how you show love. WTF! 🤢

Book cover titled no quiero... Dar besitos. Shows a kid with hands over mouth while adult tries to kiss her

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Lotta dinosaurs in public libraries this summer.

Me taking a selfie with a cardboard dino standup. Shelves behind.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Sorry y'all don't work with me today.

Picture of banana bread and a sheet of paper saying: banana bread at work, dude? A list of ingredients. By Garren. Pics of an interpretive dance.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Added my comments in opposition. Deadline today.

I oppose labeling programs with transgender or non-binary content because that's stigmatizing a minority group's existence in programs that do not contain mature levels of sex, violence, or language.
This is tantamount to rating based on "political or religious content" because it's being suggested to serve particular political and religious viewpoints over others.
Transgender and non-binary children would be harmed in particular by labeling depictions of themselves as a content warning for their own age group.
Labeling should remain a politically neutral tool for families, not a line of political attack.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The true problem with BlueSky. Patsy and Hedy. Feb. 1974.

Comic panel of a young white man and woman in an ice cream shop. He saying: Man! Like this roost is strictly squaresville! Nothin' but sodas and ice cream! Not a bongo drum in sight!

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Got my copy today! I knew of Uncle Devin when I first gave my own professional development a few years back. While prepping for the update, I found out he put out a book. Held off on ordering until I was finished with it. Now I can compare notes with someone else fired up about spreading this info!

Book held up with two dogs in the background. Title eeny Meeny Miney - no! The history of racism in children's music and entertainment by Devin Walker aka Uncle Devin.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Many storytimes begin or end with singing "Hello Friends" or "Goodbye Friends," often with ASL gestures. This song was written as "Farewell Ladies" in 1847 by E.P. Christy to end Christy's Minstrels blackface shows and included "We'll sing the minstrels' parting lay. So, darkies all now sing away."

A cover for a sheet music book for Christy's Minstrels showing E.P. Christy in top. A lineup of blackface musicians in the middle and blackface dancers below. Farewell Ladies is one of the 14 songs listed.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Literally me. (Image stolen from Reddit)

Meme format of bearded blonde man seeing a Zodiac circle diagram and saying who actually believes in this stuff? And then seeing a circle of fifths and saying music theory, nice.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The Cat in the Hat and comparison imagery.

Cat in the Hat in the Middle. Goofy with blue hat and black stripe. A felt illustration of the Cat and little cats in Black. A minstrel performer with hat and band and big bowtie. Bugs Bunnie in blackface with a banjo. Another blackface performer in bowtie band white gloves. Al Jolson in blackface with big bowtie and white gloves. A Seuss drawing of a Black man with large lips or animal snout from an insecticide ad. The cover of a book titled Was the Cat in the Hat Black?

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree and a gator bait postcard from Florida.

Florida postcard labeled A Darky's Prayer. Negro dialect poem and a human monkey hybrid character being dangled over alligator mouths. The cover of Eileen Christelow's Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree picture book. They look similar in style.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

A Seuss political cartoon in context.

A tweet from The Conscious Kid in 2018 saying "Many people are also aware of Dr Seuss' anti Japanese political cartoons that promoted fear and paranoia of Japanese Americans during WWII. This cartoon was published 6 days prior to the executive order to incarcerate all Japanese-Americans."
Seuss cartoon of smiling line-eyed men lined up from California to Washington receiving TNT. Sign says Honorable 5th Column. Captioned waiting for the signal from home.
On the right, the cover of They Called us Enemy by George Takei. Boy lined up with others in front of a camp.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Some preview slides. Bugs Bunny singing Ten Little Indians.

Bigs Bunny in a military outfit firing a rifle from a western fort in one photo, then erasing half a tally mark on the wall in the second photo. Singing Ten Little Indians then saying oops sorry that one was a half breed.
Below there's a quote from Alex Jacobs aka Dr Mohawk: Those Ten Little Indians will always stand in for murder, death, and genocide.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I keep having library patrons tell me "they said you'd have tax forms." On a hunch, I checked to see if Google AI is the "they." Yeeep.

Physical Pickup Locations
Many community centers provide printed versions of common forms during tax season.
Public Libraries: Most local library branches carry a supply of basic federal and state forms and instructions.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Every time I suggest reading romance to loneliness crisis guys

Gandalf from the movies saying: I'm trying to help you

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

There's a public "Kindergarten -Teaching virtually" Facebook group with 20k members that supports celebrating Doctor Seuss' birthday ... and has THIS racist drawing as the group banner. Yeah that tracks. I can guess the race of 99% of the members.

child-like drawings of people, with racist stereotyped Black hairstyles and line eyes and bowl cut for an Asian coded kid.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I need to talk about STRANGE PICTURES. I love this sort of thing, but I felt my time was wasted reading this particular thing. Undercooked YouTube creepy investigation with fun idea for a hook, a great instance of the hook early on, but then it's the dagger scene in Rise of Skywalker to the end.

Book cover for Strange Pictures by Uketsu. "The Japanese Mystery-Horror Sensation." Fluorescent green background. Several line art drawings of people and buildings.

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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I'll be posting it after giving the training locally in a couple of weeks. But, here, have a preview of what I think will be the final slide because it's so fitting. This is the thing I just found out about.

Slide showing the song Farewell Ladies by Edwin Pierce Christy in 1847 became Goodbye Ladies then the storytime favorite (with sign language) of Goodbye Friends. Includes original verse: Now ladies fair to you we'll sing / O Julius give dem bones a fling / We'll sing the minstrel's party lay / so darkies all now sing away...

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