Geek With A Book

@geekwithabook.bsky.social

Tired GenX internet Auntie who reads and says fuck a lot. Demi, Pan & AuDHD. Orgasmic synesthete (flavor = color, intense flavor = orgasm). Let's cuddle with my pets and drink tea in my library while we plan our next fight for justice. #FuckAI

Me: You will need to get to the hardware store before your parents arrive. Husband: Why? Me: Because you know I am a bad liar and if they're coming with us to cut the Christmas tree, you don't want them questioning where we got that rope we usually use and why it's purple. H: Yep. Got it.

Feedings and cleaning every 6 hours is a LOT, but these fucking cute faces make it worth it. The ginger one now answers to Newton. He will be neutered Monday and will join the upstairs cats after recovery. My heart will break when the rest go to forever homes, despite my grumbling. #kittens

A beautiful silver and gray long-haired tabby kitten naps while draped over another sleeping long-haired tabby kitten with more caramel coloring on a black office chair. A drop dead gorgeous, long-haired tabby kitten with little black tufts on the points of her ears is posing with one paw extended, looking at the camera while sitting on a black office chair. A very handsome chonky silver and black tabby kitten is sitting on the carpet and looking quizzically at the camera. A blonde man in glasses, grey pants, and a t-shirt sits cross-legged on the carpet while a long-haired ginger kitten nibbles on his short cropped beard.

This is the last time I ever help out anyone without getting paid. A friend was facing an emergency move out situation. Her soon to be ex-husband is an abusive asshole. She had 14 pets: 13 cats and one dog. Moving to a place that limits her to two animals is the best thing that could've happened. 

NEW: Democrats have gained control over enough state governments to pass the National Popular Vote Compact and give it a majority of at least 283 electoral votes—13 more than it needs to activate by 2028. My story below explains the path forward for eventually electing the president by popular vote

Map titled “Projected Partisan Control Over State Governments After 2027” from The Downballot. Each state is sized by its 2020 census population and colored by which party controls its government. Full control means the party holds the governorship and legislative majorities. States with divided government where one party holds veto-proof majorities are shown with stripes, since that party has effective control. Population percentages are calculated using 2025 state population estimates. Proportion of population by category:
Fully Democratic: 52%
Arizona: 2.2%
California: 11.5%
Colorado: 1.8%
Connecticut: 1.1%
Delaware: 0.3%
Hawaii: 0.4%
Illinois: 3.7%
Maine: 0.4%
Maryland: 1.8%
Massachusetts: 2.1%
Michigan: 3.0%
Minnesota: 1.7%
Nevada: 1.0%
New Jersey: 2.8%
New Mexico: 0.6%
New York: 5.9%
Oregon: 1.3%
Pennsylvania: 3.8%
Rhode Island: 0.3%
Virginia: 2.6%
Washington: 2.3%
Wisconsin: 1.8%

Democratic veto-proof majorities with Republican governor: 0.2%
Vermont: 0.2%

Divided Government: 22%
Alaska: 0.2%
Georgia: 3.3%
Iowa: 0.9%
Kansas: 0.9%
New Hampshire: 0.4%
North Carolina: 3.3%
Ohio: 3.5%
Texas: 9.3%

Republican veto-proof majorities with Democratic governor: 1%
Kentucky: 1.4%

Fully Republican: 24%
Alabama: 1.5%
Arkansas: 0.9%
Florida: 6.9%
Idaho: 0.6%
Indiana: 2.0%
Louisiana: 1.4%
Mississippi: 0.9%
Missouri: 1.8%
Montana: 0.3%
Nebraska: 0.6%
North Dakota: 0.2%
Oklahoma: 1.2%
South Carolina: 1.6%
South Dakota: 0.3%
Tennessee: 2.1%
Utah: 1.0%
West Virginia: 0.5%
Wyoming: 0.2%
Stephen Wolf@stephenwolf.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: The 2026 elections could lead to enough states passing the National Popular Vote Compact for the Electoral College to activate it by 2028. Dems have already passed it everywhere they can—adding a few more states could give it a majority of electoral votes www.the-downballot.com/p/how-tuesda...

Map titled "Hypothetical Path to Activating the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact," with the subtitle "How the compact could obtain a majority of Electoral College votes by 2028." It is a stylized map of the United States in which each state is labeled with its number of electoral votes. States are shaded in three colors: green for current members, yellow for states possible by 2028, and gray for states unlikely to join.

A note on the map says the compact would take effect once states with at least 270 of the 538 electoral votes join. Current members and the states possible by 2028 together hold 290 electoral votes.

Current members (222 electoral votes):
California: 54
Colorado: 10
Connecticut: 7
Delaware: 3
District of Columbia: 3
Hawaii: 4
Illinois: 19
Maine: 4
Maryland: 10
Massachusetts: 11
Minnesota: 10
New Jersey: 14
New Mexico: 5
New York: 28
Oregon: 8
Rhode Island: 4
Vermont: 3
Virginia: 13
Washington: 12

Possible new members by 2028 (68 electoral votes):
Alaska: 3
Arizona: 11
Michigan: 15
Nevada: 6
New Hampshire: 4
Pennsylvania: 19
Wisconsin: 10

States unlikely to join (248 electoral votes):
Alabama: 9
Arkansas: 6
Florida: 30
Georgia: 16
Idaho: 4
Indiana: 11
Iowa: 6
Kansas: 6
Kentucky: 8
Louisiana: 8
Mississippi: 6
Missouri: 10
Montana: 4
Nebraska: 5
North Carolina: 16
North Dakota: 3
Ohio: 17
Oklahoma: 7
South Carolina: 9
South Dakota: 3
Tennessee: 11
Texas: 40
Utah: 6
West Virginia: 4
Wyoming: 3

Footer: "States are sized and labeled based on their total electoral votes. Files available at https://the-db.co/data." Source: The Downballot.

Dear Hakeem Jeffries: If you don't have the fucking balls to investigate and jail these assholes, get the fuck out of the way. The rest of us want revenge. I don't know who is paying you, but it must be laced with that good shit. Sit. The fuck. DOWN. If you know what's good for you. 

Guys, this has been a hard election, and I know that tensions have been high, and it’s gotten emotional, but let’s just remember that we are all human beings who live in this country together, and a whole bunch of those humans have spent a decade making it very clear that they are fucking Nazis.

Dear straight cis men: Pick a restaurant. Don't make it fast food, don't make it cheap, don't make it coffee. Just pick a restaurant so she doesn't have to do one more research and planning task that week. That will gain you more points than anything else. I promise you. Just. Pick. A. Restaurant.

It's all cops. All. Police. The nicest police officer you know will still shred a homeless person's tent when they know the homeless person has nowhere else to go. It's. ALL. Police. Build a better system and eliminate the police.

Paper Doll Effect: When you realize the person you are on a date with asks 0 questions about you as a person, only talks about themselves, and only cares about what you can do for them. You are a paper doll for them to attach their needs to with temporary tabs. You are replaceable. #kinkdating

wHy ArE yOu So mAd?! wHy Do YoU hAtE mEn?! I don't hate men. I hate men who do this and the people around them who keep enabling the behavior.  ISTG a good Dom in this area for me is a fucking pipe dream.

There are times when I want to learn more why people do what they do, but I could never help anyone fix it or or be a mental health provider because I would not be able to restrain myself from calling out assholes.  "Wow, Kyle, that is a lot. Have you tried not being a douchecanoe?"

For all the #authors on this app: A friend self-published their life story on Amazon and it's awful. Layout mistakes, missing text, bad cover. She pulled it pending corrections. They don't have a lot of capital and need beginner resources. Help a new author out with links to editors and such?