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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 20h

“Social Considerations: If time allows, the design should be discussed with the community before installation. It should reflect local user preferences… and account for the accessibility and safety of all users, including men, women, children, elderly & disabled people.” sanihub.info/topic/deep-t...

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Deep Trench Latrine - Humanitarian Sanitation Hub

A Deep Trench Latrine is a widely-used communal latrine option for emergencies. It can be quickly implemented (within 1–2 days) and consists of several

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 16/09/2026

Happy Baby Safety Month.

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Pleasantly surprised to get mine, a pre-order from @bookshop.org, a day early! bookshop.org/p/books/cybe...

A copy of the 2026 reissue of Paulina Borsook’s book Cyberselfish, originally published in 2000

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A message for our time. For all times!

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Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center @maisrc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

MAISRC’s Quantitative Ecologist Alex Bajcz has created ggplotplus, an accessibility component for ggplot2, to produce graphs for posters, presentations, papers, and exploration. Especially helpful for ggplot2 users with limited time, energy, or experience. github.com/MAISRC/ggplo...

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

TFW the digital deal speaks to you even when you already have the analog version on the shelf

Screenshot of a Purchase Complete screen on ebooks.com, showing that the user has bought a digital copy of The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Finding you don’t spend enough time stressing about the presentation and structure of data in your app? Well, have you tried also adding a CSV download?

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

@roopikarisam.bsky.social Spotted today at @politicsprose.bsky.social @ Union Market (plus the one they had on hold for me)

A bookcase in a bookstore, showing several shelves of nonfiction books. Most are shelved spine-out, a few are faced to show the cover. Most prominent among them is Data Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and Dominate by Roopika Risam (published 2026)

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

There's a ringing in my ears that's heaven sent. There's a beast out on the ruins, Some broken down lover's lament. It goes on and on but it won't go away.

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I am absolutely gobsmacked. And trying not to pass out from hyperventilating. Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social — you just made my secret dream for DATA EMPIRE, spoken aloud to NO ONE, come true.

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

ahhh I remember that phrase from the other place, so pleased to see you use it again

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I feel so much love for that face. ❤️🐶

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Apparently this is topical this morning www.insidehook.com/culture/worl...

Of all your characters, whom do you most identify with?
Parker, from Alien. He decided to give his life up for the woman. He's totally a hero. He never blinked once. He knew he wasn't going to make it off the ship and he knew he was going to protect Lambert, and that's what he did. He was more of a hero than Sonny Boy Mosby, who was a different kind of an angry hero; the act of killing the Caucasian male in The Liberation of L.B. Jones had never been done before in Hollywood. The only thing we got close to was a slap from Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night. But the next year, Willie Wyler said, "You're going to be the first black man to strike back violently."
That role psychologically impressed me, but he was not the hero-he was the antihero.
But Parker is a hero, completely. TIl never forget that character. He was ready to die.

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Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Horace Silver "The Cape Verdean Blues" (1965) horacesilver.lnk.to/TheCapeVerde... Horace Silver, piano Woody Shaw, trumpet J. J. Johnson, trombone Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone Bob Cranshaw, bass Roger Humphries, drums

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Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

FATHERS—the collective comprised of pianist Kiefer, bassist CARRTOONS, drummer Nate Smith & producer Kenneth Blume—have released a video that features the trio performing stripped-down live versions of songs from their forthcoming studio album “FATHERS” out July 10: youtu.be/UeWOUtvP8y4?...

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FATHERS - Live At Wonderland Park (Official Video)

YouTube video by Blue Note Records

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Zach Leatherman @zachleat.com · 01/07/2026

Today the good people of the world commemorate the passing of Google Reader thirteen short years ago on July 1, 2013. To honor their memory (and in lieu of flowers) please add an RSS/Atom/JSON feed to your web site and keep building a web that connects people in meaningful and positive ways.

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Actually, my first thought was “Is that in the Netherlands or something?” And then my second thought was “Oh no”

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The last word is “Stemm” - I don’t even know what to say. Luckily Woodstock from Peanuts has seen it all.

Screenshot of the final sentence in the article under discussion. The last word (“Stemm” - S t e m m) appears to be a misspelling of STEM, the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

The final frame from a Peanuts comic, showing Woodstock the yellow bird typing a letter that Snoopy dictated. Snoopy has left. A caption at the top of the image, where in earlier panels typed words from the letter have appeared, here reads “Dictated but not read.”

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 09/06/2026

Ultimately, we're hoping to add a few hundred new paid subscribers. That will let us complete the current cycle of pay increases, including a bump to 15 cents/word for fiction. Our target is October, but it is not the end. We'll be working on this until the pay rates are where they should be.

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I’ve been a print subscriber to Clarkesworld for two years. Brings me more joy and wonder than any streaming service.

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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

“get answers from [thing]” or “ask [thing]” is not actually a replacement for “search [thing]” - search is a specific, useful general function & I cannot freaking believe apps are giving up on it

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

going to put my Kendrick #47 jersey on and have a good cry

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I just watched the “highlights” (derogatory)

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

When you’re trying to be incendiary but you end up igniting your strawman

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This is… so… ugh. “I know how this sounds given the title, but my folder of markdown files is my Obsidian vault. This piece is more about where my notes live rather than which app reads them… what I "ditched" was the assumption that Obsidian had to be the default.“

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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 04/06/2026

Album of the Day: The Visitors, “Motherland (Remastered 2026).” The saxophonists' fourth album is evidence of mainstream jazz's success in re-establishing its place in the music world.

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The Visitors, “Motherland (Remastered 2026)”

The saxophonists' fourth album is evidence of mainstream jazz's success in re-establishing its place in the music world.

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I will listen for a long, low howl

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

🤝 I regret that I lost mine a long time ago

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David LaCroix @daviddlacroix.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The jamming on high tonight will make Tenor Madness look like a mere etude.

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Alan Henry @halophoenix.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

ICYMI: This went out to all subscribers on Friday - i'm getting over my own creative block by writing about how to get over creative blocks. buttondown.com/alanhenry/ar...