Genxian

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Jesus is my God | Nerdgasms | Reader and dreamer | May have brief moments of lucidity.
Apparently, "transrace" is a thing. After the mental kick back of wrapping my head around the ultimate appropriation of someone else's race, I realised my identity as a "21-year-old billionaire dictator of a small, mineral-rich country" is looking more realistic every day.

Ki te kimi koutou i papakupu o te reo Māori, he papakupu tinopai te Aka.

#TeReoMāori

https://maoridictionary.co.nz/

Te Aka Māori Dictionary

Search the Māori dictionary with the online version of Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index

Te Aka Māori Dictionary

This is great news for libraries in the USA! Libraries need generous funding, and we do not need tax cuts for the rich.

#Libraries #Books

https://www.ala.org/news/2026/04/trump-administration-withdraws-appeal-securing-historic-victory-libraries-and-imls

Trump administration withdraws appeal, securing historic victory for libraries and IMLS

On April 6, 2026, a federal court granted the Trump Administration’s request to withdraw its appeal of a federal judge’s earlier ruling that struck down the Administration’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Again, not the greatest movie around. I should not have rewatched this one, either.

https://letterboxd.com/film/raw-deal-1986/

Raw Deal (1986)

Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.

Watching Highlander, and realised it is not as good as I recall. Another time when I should have left the nostalgia alone. What movies have you gone back to and regretted?

#Movies

https://boxd.it/20GE

Highlander (1986)

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.

I just submitted my second assignment for the semester. Feeling pretty good about this.

#Education #FossilStudent

DRM-free ebooks? There are plenty about. This list from @libreture is about as comprehensive as you get.

#eBooks #NoDRM

https://libreture.com/bookshops/

The Ultimate List of DRM-free Bookshops

A regularly updated list of online shops that sell DRM-free ebooks, digital comics, magazines, and RPGs. Helping hundreds of readers a month discover over 400 DRM-free bookshops.

Libreture.com

I found A.M. Blackmere on Substack and really liked his writing style. This is really dank, medieval horror, and its pretty cool.

#Books #Horror #IndieAuthors

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c418ce63-933e-49af-8269-ed2a2799c25e