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Mark, Rick, or Steve

@rickyreads.bsky.social
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I like books, cats, and coffee. I like knitting, crocheting, and baking. I like making things, writing things, and putting things in groups of three. he/him/his

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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It's easier to verbalize feelings in Portuguese than in English (English being my native language). When speaking with someone who knows both, I have switched when the emotions got too heavy.
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 10/10/2026
I need your help to help trans people. Please share this around and add your voice 🏳️‍⚧️
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#BookSky #TJKlune #Wolfsong At the rate I was going, I'd never be a man like my daddy said a man should be. I didn't think that was such a bad thing anymore.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When Macbeth needs a breather, he meets Banquo at the pub. When Lady Macbeth gets angry, she accuses them of having a gay affair. Sometimes Macbeth buys a drink for Macduff, but they're not close friends.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AU where Macbeth is a modern primary school teacher married to a wealthy executive. They argue about having children. He reminds her that even if an 'accident' happened to head teacher Duncan, he wouldn't take his boss's job, no matter what the three dinner ladies say.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
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Evan Rachel Wood: I love watching two men together
Alt: Evan Rachel Wood as Queen Sophie Anne, trying to get the male vampires to fuck in front of her, because she's a lesbian who loves gay-male porn.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#BookSky #PatriciaAMcKillip #SolsticeWood Maybe this is what happened, maybe that. Something happened, that's what we know for sure. The story changes every time you take another look at it. It changes into what you need most at the moment you choose to look at it.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Solstice Wood by Patricia A McKillip, my favorite fantasy author.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One time, FB announced I had gotten to the end and it had nothing more to show me. I've been chasing that dopamine high ever since.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Slavic Myths by Charney and Slapsak, and Ursula le Guin's rendition of the Tao Te Ching.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Romy And Michelle Hairwhip Dance Party
Alt: Romy And Michelle in their Madonna-influenced stage, with one blonde ponytail whipping around like a safety hazard.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hexwood by Diana Wynne Jones. She somehow blends Arthurian fantasy with high-end sci-fi by means of a seemingly very confused robot, yet it all works together coherently.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#BookSky #UrsulaKLeGuin #TaoTeChing Those who think to win the world by doing something to it, I see them come to grief. For the world is a sacred object. Nothing is to be done to it. To do anything is to damage it. To seize it is to lose it.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#BookSky #ThursdayMurderClub #RichardOsman Donna has always been headstrong, always acted quickly and decisively. Which is a fine quality when you are right, but a liability when you are wrong. It's great to be the fastest runner, but not when you're running in the wrong direction.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Thursday Murder Club, and Ursula le Guin's rendition of the Tao Te Ching.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Adults smiling at me and speaking in a high-pitched voice. And, adults being nice when their motives were unclear. And, quicksand.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.
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𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥🎃𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ💀𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Your periodic reminder that All Nationalism Is Bad Nationalism. It feels “good” in the way meth or crack feel good, but it always leads to bad outcomes, because it’s made out of poison.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Last night I dreamed that I got a chocolate milkshake and a bunch of Oompa Loompas popped up to sing a song about it.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#WilkieCollins #ManAndWife But once ask them to get on from sitting down and grumbling about it, to rising up and setting it right; and what do you find them? As helpless as a flock of sheep - that's what you find them.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#BookSky #WilkieCollins #ManAndWife I have observed that people are oftener quick than not to feel a human compassion for others in distress. Also, that they mostly see plain enough what's hard and cruel and unfair on them in the governing of the country which they help to keep going.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#BookSky #WilkieCollins #ManAndWife Life has surely hardships enough that are inevitable, without gratuitously adding the hardship of absolute government, administered by a clock?
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I file this under Emotional Demand Avoidance. It feels less like people want me to be informed, and more like they want me to perform a specific emotional response. Now that my awareness has been raised, what am I supposed to do with it?
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"I am no sex goddess, but I haven't spent my life up a tree." I loved her in Cactus Flower!
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A few of the people I work with do wire wrapping, but none of them drill the stones! That's a real skill you have, and you make some beautiful pieces.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
That labradorite is stunning!
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) - I Will Always Love You Scene (10/10) | Movieclips
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Einstein's book on relativity, 100th anniversary edition, and Wilkie Collins, Man and Wife.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
describe your music taste with only three artists. no genres allowed. The Bangles John Grant Dolly Parton
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Check out 'zucchini bread recipes' on your favorite search engine. Delish.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I like a ribbed undershirt - it's like a strong cotton hug.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
#BookSky #AlbertEinstein #Letters The consideration is amusing and seductive; but for all I know, God Almighty might be laughing at the whole matter and might have been leading me around by the nose.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
emerald green with coppery orange
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Confession: I used to think that Pink Floyd was a Muppet. Specifically, one of the Electric Mayhem. Took me a long time to recognize that it was a real band.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I'll add that to my list as well. My fav of his is The City and The City.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I have not, but I like the title. I'll look out for it. Oh, and storygraph said you were looking at Kraken by China Mieville - not as cheery/funny as the reviews imply, but with some interesting thoughts on how belief shapes the world, a la Clive Barker's Great and Secret Show.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
That's a person named Eunice?
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Just finished Victory City by Salman Rushdie, a historical multigenerational epic with magical realism. It covers the fictional history of the real Vijayanagar Empire, fourteenth to sixteenth centuries CE, Indian subcontinent. Many connections to our current situation, so not exactly lighthearted.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
That fire demon is Sam the Eagle's sister.
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Sam Eagle: You Are All Weirdos
Alt: In London's Happiness Hotel, Sam the Eagle looks down on all the other Muppets and declares them to be weirdos. This moment has no effect on the rest of the film, The Great Muppet Caper.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
#BookSky #VictoryCity #SalmanRushdie Nothing endures, but nothing is meaningless either. We rise, we fall, we rise again, and again we fall. We go on.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I read a book labeled cozy fantasy, because I like both fantasy and cozy mystery, but I hated it. What happens next? Nothing. Nothing happens in this book. All worldbuilding, no plot, barely any character.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I remember this pain. I had a one-bed flat off of Charlotte St for a while, but the best I could do was live in Sylva and commute.
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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We'd like to get this space for the bookstore so we can reopen in a brick and mortar format and also adopt a shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 20% off your order with promo code Buster at checkout. carpelibrumbaltimore.com
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
#BookSky #SuTong #BinuAndTheGreatWall You can stop a spirited horse, but not a woman with her mind set on something, for she is willing to suffer for others.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A worthwhile subject to think on, the divergence of Netiquette from politeness. How the Internet Taught Nice People to Be Cruel justmerveilleux.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/h...
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How the Internet Taught Nice People to Be Cruel
Not to sound like Emily Post, but there is something faintly depressing about watching people who once considered empathy a virtue suddenly decide it is optional. For years, many of us absorbed a f…
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#ImpaqtGSO #GreensboroNC #GayGreensboro
Black screen with gold art deco corners. Text reads: ImpaqtGSO presents Masquerade Pride Prom, June 6th 7pm, at Boxcar Bar + Arcade, 120 W Lewis St, Greensboro NC. Below is a gold mask with some beads.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#BookSky #VictorPelevin #TheHelmetOfHorror #AndrewBromfield the concept of progress has been around for so long that now it has all the qualities of a myth. It is a traditional story that pretends to explain all natural and social phenomena. It is also a belief that is widespread and false.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
#BookSky #DashiellHammett #TheMalteseFalcon The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.
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Mark, Rick, or Steve @rickyreads.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
#BookSky #DashiellHammett #TheMalteseFalcon There's nothing like five thousand dollars here. You're betting your eyes. You could come in and say you'd pay me a million for a purple elephant, but what in hell would that mean?
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ILGA-Europe @ilgaeurope.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
#RainbowMap 2026 is live! Spain breaks Malta's decade-long hold on top spot. As the rules-based international order fractures and democracy is under pressure, Spain's No’1 ranking stands as proof that political courage remains the most powerful answer. Find out more at rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org!
Rainbow Map 2026
Laws and policies for LGBTI people in Europe
ILGA-Europe

Map of Europe with different shades of green, yellow and red for each country based on their scores:
1.	Spain 89%
2.	Malta 88%
3.	Iceland 86%
4.	Belgium 85%
5.	Denmark 85%
6.	Finland 70%
7.	Germany 70%
8.	Norway 69%
9.	Sweden 68%
10.	Luxembourg 68%
11.	Greece 68%
12.	Portugal 67%
13.	Netherlands 64%
14.	Ireland 61%
15.	France 60%
16.	Austria	55%
17.	Slovenia 54%
18.	Montenegro 53%
19.	Croatia 51%
20.	Switzerland 50%
21.	Estonia 46%
22.	United Kingdom 44%
23.	Andorra 43%
24.	Albania 41%
25.	Moldova 38%
26.	Czechia	37%
27.	Bosnia & Herzegovina 37%
28.	Kosovo 35%
29.	Serbia 34%
30.	Cyprus 34%
31.	Liechtenstein 31%
32.	Latvia 30%
33.	North Macedonia 29%
34.	San Marino 29%
35.	Slovakia 25%
36.	Italy 24%
37.	Lithuania 24%
38.	Hungary 23%
39.	Poland 22%
40.	Bulgaria 20%
41.	Ukraine	19%
42.	Romania 19%
43.	Monaco 14%
44.	Georgia 12%
45.	Armenia 9%
46.	Belarus 7%
47.	Turkey 5%
48.	Azerbaijan 2%
49.	Russia 2%
 
https://rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/
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