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ReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

In a way this isn't new. There has long been a tension between treating libraries as a completely content-agnostic delivery system for what's on the market that patrons ~might~ be interested in vs. simultaneously wanting the brand of a place to go for reliable information. You have to choose.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So, you don’t have to hand it to Anthropic because it’s weird to talk mean to its talking word toaster. It’s not real.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anyone who sells you a tool that promises to outsource the work of your relationships, or the loving tasks of connecting to our friends and family, is someone who is trying to rob you of your own humanity. For god's sake. Say no to this. Say no to all of it.

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Annie the Book @anniethebook.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is one of the saddest things I've ever seen on social media.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Look at this, a nation state, nationing and stating.

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the tech industry is about to invent books

Andrew Yeung
@andruyeung
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026

it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/09/2026

y'all if you get mad about women saying "choose the bear" please look up bear assault and murder statistics and then contrast with human men. It is objectively reasonable to choose the bear.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s also really clear to me this week that the people telling us that AI will transform work…haven’t seen a lot of jobs where people work.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Imagine if Sarah J. M@as told her legion of followers what book bans were, the frequency with which her books are being yanked from libraries, and how they could put an end to this. Kinda like imagining Stephen King doing it. Alas, the privilege to not have to do or say anything and be FINE.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lots of pieces in the print media recently about the decline of reading in children. Here's a little thread on ways to help your kids get reading again:

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

we need to be forming like, literacy pods or something

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clsreads.bsky.social @clsreads.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This was a fun distraction from all the things.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I assume anyone who points out how small the trans population is doesn’t know any trans people & I guess that’s what it takes to care? Because if you know even ONE trans person, like a person in your life, how can you think about that person and conclude it’s okay if they get thrown under the bus?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"My department has also dispatched three of our finest schooners to explore the part of our maps that say 'here be dragons.' We vow to get to the bottom of this mystery."

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Kyle Costs Billions @boldlybuilding.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's just some dudes going: "Say you're sentient" "I am sentient" "My god"

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15/09/2026

Also, any artist who claims that their art isn't political either doesn't understand art or doesn't understand politics. "My art is about bringing us all together!" Okay, that sounds political. "My art is just about having a good time, it's not that deep." Okay, that's also political.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Great montage of one of Bob Mackie's signatures--the Cher unveilings, circa 1976.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If you cannot be trusted to stand up for transgender Americans when they’re facing what some experts call a genocide, I don’t trust you to stand up for anything.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's just not that hard to answer by saying, "I'm not playing this game. Next question."

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Anxious Pickle @pdnell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Please read this.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We talk a lot about the importance of voting but in doing so, we romanticize it, and I've come to believe that's a mistake. It's not romantic, it's not glorious, it's not an expression of your ideals or your identity. It's selecting the best outcome for the most people. That's all it is. Do that.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I always knew that I had a marathon in me, but until recently I didn't realize that I was just waiting for permission to have a robot run it for me while wearing my race number. All those hard months of not training were tough, but when you don't run that course, man ... it's all worth it.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I am perfectly open to the idea that some of the data center panic is overblown, what I am telling u is I don’t care

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 30/08/2026

Recently it was “oh no DEI.” Five years ago they were obsessed with willfully misunderstanding Critical Race Theory and using it as a catch-all for giving a shit. Ten years ago it was just Diverse. Ten years before that it was Political Correctness.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I hate this kind of thing, because just beneath its surface is a smug piety that treats "politics" as nothing but mess and rancor rather than as something with a direct connection to people's lives, and argues for being "above politics" as a kind of virtue. It's so dishonest. Anyway, good morning.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 26/08/2026

I would love to talk to someone who was like "look lemme explain why dolls are colonialism in a microcosm" and I would, uh, affirmatively try not to talk to someone who was like "okay but have you heard of our lord and savior, bitcoin?"

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

the thing is like public health child literacy civil rights social justice rural poverty once you personally have become rich and successful, those things only matter if you still have the capacity to care deeply about people outside your immediate circle and that is harder than becoming rich

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

and one person choosing to demonstrate what the world COULD look like is such a scorching reproach to all the people in the world with more money even than Dolly earnestly trying to convince us that we are gullible rubes for expecting better

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 25/08/2026

it's possible to live a life where everyone grieves its end

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Not to bring more downers to the downer party, but it is really worth remembering how many states have cut Imagination Library and/or have threatened to do so. Dolly cared far more about young people and literacy than any politician. It's been a brutal year for IL cuts.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Just 10 billionaires have already poured nearly $670 MILLION into this year's midterms. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. If you're wondering what the real threat to "election integrity" is, it's Big Money.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This. Libraries are places where HUMANS with EDUCATION and EXPERTISE help you navigate information and connect you with resources. Data centers are warehouses. Libraries are not warehouses. They can be repositories, but they don't just store. They're alive. Support the fuck out of the PEOPLE.

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Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦 @raphlife.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

Boromir from THE LORD OF THE RINGS, holding The One Ring. He thought he could use it for good, but everything done with the ring turns to evil. He was one of the mightiest warriors of middle earth, and he could not resist its powers. Others even mightier fell to the ring. Do you think you are stronger than them? The One Ring is generative AI.

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clsreads.bsky.social @clsreads.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Watching this will improve your day.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

400 library workers begin their strike Monday after endless months of trying to negotiate with management. Already the anti-union propaganda machine is calling the library workers entitled. The LIBRARY workers. You don't staff the desk at the free stuff store because you're greedy.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

this thread is amazing

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right

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clsreads.bsky.social @clsreads.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

And if you say this too emphatically in public people look at you like *you're* the weird one.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"doesn't understand the appeal of patina" feels like neat summation of American aesthetics

A BBC story headline reads: "Worth $5M? Visitors react to renovated Washington horse statues." There are two photos. One from 2013 that shows the horse statues in their older, patina state. And one from 2026 that shows them covered in 23.75-karat gold leaf.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

and I want one of those speeder bikes Leia rides through the forest on Endor, but we must all learn to live with disappointment

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This is never getting fixed until Democrats start vocally arguing that IMMIGRATION IS GOOD instead of just saying, "well, we'd like to enforce immigration laws a bit less harshly than the Trump administration"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

i find that burritos are cheaper in mexican communities, particularly ones with large immigrant populations. if you lower tariffs on the inputs — such as rice, tomatoes, and avocado — and allow mexican immigrants to own and run their own businesses here, seems like you can get pretty cheap burritos

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

this is the take

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 31/07/2026

As I've said before: What high-paying long-term jobs do they pretend exist here? A data center isn't a place where execs come and do Big Deals. Go to the server room at your workplace; are there lots of rich people in there spending money?

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