Yes, the louder any voices claim action is useless, the more action should be taken.

It all originates from the fear of those trying to suppress results that action will work against them.

(Resistance was actually NOT futile vs. the Borg #nerdcred)

Some of my 2025 GoodReads results

Let the record show that I am the only person ever to shelve the July 1937 issue of Thrilling Mystery on GoodReads.

#Pulp #BookSky #NerdCred

#nerdcred

North Korea has stolen billions in cryptocurrency and tech firm salaries, report says North Korean hackers have stolen billions of dollars by breaking into cryptocurrency exchanges and by creating fake identities to get remote jobs for foreign tech firms, a new report finds.

Any time this is in the news I love to remind everyone I lived in the same nerd dorm at Alabama as Virgil

#nerdcred

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3. The Eyre Affair – Jasper Fforde ✅ SKIP – Already read, rated ~3. 4. The Rook – Daniel O’Malley ✅ SKIP – Already read, rated 5. 5. Rivers of London series – Ben Aaronovitch ✅ SKIP – Already read, Buy-on-Sight. 6. The Murderbot Diaries – Martha Wells ✅ SKIP – Already read, Buy-on-Sight. 7. Discworld – Terry Pratchett ✅ SKIP – Already read entire series. 8. Dune – Frank Herbert ✅ SKIP – Auto-NO author, permanently ruled out. 9. The Hating Game – Sally Thorne ✅ SKIP – Already read, didn’t enjoy. 10. Redshirts – John Scalzi ✅ SKIP – Already read, rated 4. 11. Kaiju Preservation Society – John Scalzi ✅ SKIP – Already read, thought it was good. 12. Starter Villain – John Scalzi ✅ SKIP – Already read, thought it was good. 13. The Flatshare – Beth O’Leary ✅ SKIP – Already read, rated 3.

Non romance sckifi skips

#ai #nerdcred

9, 13 are bc source is multi genre.

14. Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn ❌ Dark thriller, unreliable narration, shocking ending — not your taste. 15. The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins ❌ Gritty thriller with alcoholism and unreliable narrator — not a fit. 16. Verity – Colleen Hoover ❌ Dark romance/psychological thriller with disturbing content — not for you. 17. It Ends With Us – Colleen Hoover ❌ Abuse-focused contemporary romance — hard pass. 18. Misery – Stephen King ❌ Horror, torture themes — firm no. 19. Pet Sematary – Stephen King ❌ Horror, child death — automatic no. 20. Salem’s Lot – Stephen King ❌ Horror — not your genre. 21. The Shining – Stephen King ❌ Horror, claustrophobic — not for you. 22. The Silent Patient – Alex Michaelides ❌ Psychological thriller, trauma-based — not your style. 23. Before I Go to Sleep – S.J. Watson ❌ Amnesia thriller — unreliable + dark. 24. Sharp Objects – Gillian Flynn ❌ Child abuse themes — instant no.

And bc I read multiple genre here’s some non romance “skip”

#ai #nerdcred

#TBT I’ve shared this pic a few times before, mainly for my tight fit. Looking at it closer, I realized I was creating a Dungeons and Dragons character sheet. In front of me are some painted LEAD miniatures and I think that’s a fresh AD&D Players Handbook or Monster Manual open. c.1980 #NerdCred

I actually have an oversized check from a high school math competition. I used it to buy a calculator.
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😁

I was on a Christmas Bird Count ages ago. After HOURS & hours (nearly all of which included scads of white crowned sparrows), I whisper-asked my husband (standing in a field full of the stripe-headed beauties):

"Do I REALLY have to KEEP counting white-crowned sparrows?"🥺

"Yes."

😨😆🤓
#NerdCred

Found my old winner voicemail greeting from Karl Kassel so if you call me don’t expect me to answer. (Not that I did before, but I have more impetus than then.) #NPR #WaitWaitDontTellMe #nerdcred

REV 105 floppy disk, a screensaver

Mystery science theater theme floppy disk

Ok #ThingThursday update, made files available on my janky Wordpress site at zanropa.wordpress.com for both of these.

Please enjoy scrolling all the way to the bottom of the page.

#MST3K #MysteryScienceTheater3000
#REV105
#NerdCred
#GeekOut

Referencing LOTR at 5? Ok, you win. 🏆 #NerdCred

Mystery Science Theater 3000 theme for your computer labeled floppy Desk the 1.44 MB kind. It’s green. Your very old computer. Back when you could do themes.

I still have the files on my current PC should I want to theme… ;)

#ThingThursday
#NerdCred
#MST3K
#MysteryScienceTheater3000

🤓 So I hooked up the Apple IIc to WiFi (via serial) and I’m now logged in on my Mac #nerdcred

Today I helped an *extremely* handsome African-American guy who was REALLY impressed that I'd heard of Warhammer. #librarylife #nerdcred

I'm currently using Visio to diagram quest flow for the Hardcore Quest mod for our Minecraft server. #nerdCred?

#bash.org is essentially #textsfromlastnight but back in the day when all the nerds were on #IRC. http://bash.org/?top #2003 #nerdcred