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I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

"amplify your people" is 100% the best strategy

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

"You need to hide any interest in 'dark' things or adults will think you're dangerous and act accordingly" is an INCREDIBLY damaging thing to teach a kid.

Exactly 10 years ago today: Hillary Clinton said Vladimir Putin would rather have "a puppet as president of the United States.” She absolutely nailed it. 🔨

Why, it contains no king.

tagging @girasoleazzurra.bsky.social because I think this would bring you joy

Hey seniors supporting this guy and republicans will cost you your social security

and I stand with the hectoring, pedantic weirdos. they are the thin blue line that's keeping this place unprofitable and therefore okay to look at during work hours

Made duro wat for dinner last night. Three heaping tablespoons of berbere. Soooo delicious, but I've been paying for it all day today. Do Not Care. Having it for dinner all week.

Highly recommended, do visit. I fell into the associated exhibit store, which features an astonishing array of tat. The sad thing is, I kinda desperately want it ALL.

i'd like to report a serial killer

[edit] The book Venn I am going to suggest: This is WHO: American Oligarchs by Andrea Bernstein + This is WHY: Caliban & Witch + This is HOW: Capital Is Dead by McKenzie Wark anyone you see missing in that formulation is in: Golden Gulag.

It's really discouraging to read fic depicting libraries as quiet museums with a few quirky patrons, & librarians as introverted angels living in the 1900s. Libraries can't survive these stereotypes. You think you're writing a love letter, but you're causing active harm. Please stop.

Donate this month if you can tinyurl.com/2942l9ka

Thys ys a refuge. Thys ys a quiet shore. Thys ys a forest full of lost songs. Thys ys a hope machine. Thys ys a treasurye of languages. Thys ys a beacon for wanderers. Thys ys a workshop for the broken heart. Thys ys wher we meet across tyme and space. Thys ys wher dreames begin. Thys ys a library.

How I arrived on Blusky:

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

My car was giving me weird alarms today. Only place open on Sunday is Wal-Mart Automotive. They checked everything, reinflated tires, informed me that the dealer installed tires BACKWARDS (hence alarms and deflation) and charged me nothing. Subaru dealership, that's gonna be tough to beat.

Okay, I don't usually tout my own fics, but because I love #JimHenson 's work and everything he stood for, here's my Muppets / Good Omens crossover: archiveofourown.org/works/48044272

Incredible thread.

this is what happens when cis women don't support their trans neighbors

Question for #historysky #medievalsky not sure who else to tag: Religious celibacy is often talked about in terms of a) theology of spirit/flesh dichotomy b) institutional discipline c) women's economic/social/reproductive emancipation Student interested in context of #asexuality validation. Ideas?

I resent being told that BAPWOOPLE isn't a word.

Wonderful #Tolkien news! Westminster Abbey has announced that J.R.R. Tolkien will be honoured with a memorial in Poets' Corner. I've known about this project for some years + was privileged to be consulted during its development. Great to see it made public! www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-news/a...

Some moms nag their children about their love lives. Other moms nag their children about their professions. This mom nags her children about their voter registrations.

Lol bsky.app/profile/smoo...

“There's nothing stopping libraries from not accepting [the Big Five’s] terms right now." The Big 5 have shown their cards. I think it's time to call their bluff. www.wordsandmoney.com/in-the-libra...

Gonna start referring to Democrats who take anti-trans stances as “Biological Republicans”

every single republican president of my lifetime has started a war in the middle east and destroyed the economy

macklemore calling kraft's bluff is so good

We elected them to do actual work, not to get nearly two months’ vacation.

When things that are objective facts start being labeled as “controversial” it creates just enough of a crack for the gaslighting to get in. Defend the truth.

OMG. One of the "Three Annies" (Dillard, Lamott, and Fadiman) whose writing I revere -- among the few authors who make me think not "did I like reading this?" but "how did I deserve to read this?" Annie Dillard did not write much, but every word she wrote was perfection.

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