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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...

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How I Learned to Read Way, Way More

I had to rethink my relationship to attention

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RadiantHostility (he/him) @radianthostility.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

You have a moral obligation to steal *every* book, article, recording, film, mineograph, laserdisc, whatever, all of it, all of it. You have to steal it and you have to hide it. The more copies me make, the more we distribute the signal, the harder it will be fore them to kill our memory.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

from the table of contents of "dewey decimal system"

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I had a lot of fun writing this, and it's swell that Playboy is sharing it on here now! :)

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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 31/03/2026

This is a verified GoFundMe for librarian Luanne James from the Rutherford County Library Alliance. gofund.me/f7704eb98 Read what happened to this hero: www.newschannel5.com/news/rutherf...

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Rutherford County Library Board fires director after she refuses to relocate 132 children's books

Dr. Lu-anne James called the board's order to move books with LGBTQ+ themes to the adult section an unlawful act of viewpoint discrimination.

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Hipster Vampire Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Hey everybody, I have the only correct take on cursive discourse, which is that we should teach all the kids how to read it so they can interpret primary sources and fancy script, and the weird ones will immediately go off and teach themselves how to write it, and then everyone will be happy.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! I wrote a review for a Mexican-Irish fusion restaurant in Jersey City, but also wrote about American identity in an empire in decline ☘️ johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/everyone-i...

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Everyone Involved Needs to Be Arrested

A review of San Patricios, Jersey City

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 10/03/2026

AI companies are hiring people to produce data for practically any job you can imagine: chefs, management consultants, archivists, private investigators, rental-counter clerks. It is, as one industry veteran put it, the largest harvesting of human expertise ever attempted.

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The Laid-off Scientists and Lawyers Training AI to Steal Their Careers

Experienced white-collar workers are now part of a miserable gig economy.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Walking away from Omelas like

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Add the CIA World Factbook to the long and growing list of disappearing government datasets: www.cia.gov/stories/stor...

Screenshot of a CIA page that says, "Spotlighting the World Factbook as we bid a fond farewell," dated Feb. 4, 2026.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Big news for A Song of Ice and Fire fans! I spoke to George R. R. Martin and he said he’d finally come up with an ending for Winds of Winter. He explained the ending to me and I gave him my honest feedback that it stinks. He cried for a bit then said he’d maybe try again in 15 years or so

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I wrote about MAGA Minaj from the perspective of a Barb (a condition for which there is lamentably no known cure) johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/a-mf-monster

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A MF MONSTER

Thoughts on MAGA Minaj from a Barb in recovery

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404 Media @404media.co · 10/11/2025

This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.

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Podcast: A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)

This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I wrote about living with the chronic, debilitating anxiety that made me a "problem child" as kid, about trying to understand what anxiety is an adult, and how I discovered that it might be like prayer johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/line

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Anxiety as script, shape, and destiny

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Gritty's a librarian now thx. #ALAAC25

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 25/06/2025

I think this pretty much destroys the "no experience" narrative

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yolanda fister @yolandafister.com · 25/05/2025

Sharticles of Impeachment

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 11/05/2025

pulling a critique of the bell curve from a university library but not the bell curve is as concise a way i can think of to describe the goal of the speech discourse in the past 15 years

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

[Karoline Leavitt saying the Librarian of Congress was fired for having books in the library] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen *refreshes feed* [The mayor of Newark is being held at an unspecified facility] Wow that's the worst thing I've ever seen

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Georgia O’Queef @iamgautami.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

put your paws all over me you zombie pope

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

how do you say “diva down” in Latin

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Gillian Anderson playing the X-Files video game (1998)

The actress Gillian Anderson plays the X-Files video game on a pc at a promo event. It looks AA little like she's been held hostage.

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

It's been two months since we lost our house in the Eaton Fire. A lot is happening on the rebuilding front, but the costs are astounding - likely into seven figures to build back. I appreciate your support on Patreon as I continue to document this harrowing time. Patreon.com/MikeRothschild

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Documenting the Eaton Fire and its aftermath

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journeyman folklorist @aniceburrito.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I found where they’re conserving you

Google Maps image of “Chuckle Head Conservation Area” in Tasmania

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

we’re about to get threeberculosis

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Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @mushtaqbilalphd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models. In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.

“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed

A photo of Aaron Swartz (1986-2013) when he was 19.

Last month, Meta admitted to torrenting a controversial large dataset known as LibGen, which includes tens of millions of pirated books. But details around the torrenting were murky until yesterday, when Meta's unredacted emails were made public for the first time. The new evidence showed that Meta torrented "at least 81.7 terabytes of data across multiple shadow libraries through the site Anna’s Archive, including at least 35.7 terabytes of data from Z-Library and LibGen," the authors' court filing said. And "Meta also previously torrented 80.6 terabytes of data from LibGen."

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Laura J. Nelson @laurajnelson.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Just a reminder that if you’re anywhere near the fires but haven’t received an evacuation order yet, it might be a good idea to charge your devices, pack a go bag — important paperwork, medication, hygiene items, cash, changes of clothes — and come up with a plan for where to go, just in case.

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Paul Cooper @paulmmcooper.com · 03/01/2025

Cats had an important role in Libraries and Scriptoriums. They controlled the mice and rats that loved to nibble on the pages of the books and caused a great deal of damage to many manuscripts, such as this one.

A medieval manuscript that has been nibbled by mice or rats.

A marginalia illustration showing a scribe batting down a cat who is trying to jump up on his table.

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👻 Dead Chachra 💀 @debcha.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Not only is this true for books in general but also? HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS explicitly advocates non-monetary measures of value, public goods, and taking care of each other. It makes me *ridiculously* happy that readers are finding my book in their local library.

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vineyille @vineyille.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

A Christmas Story narrator: My father had a look in his eye that said I’m gonna fuck that lamp. My old man! A lamp fucker!

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

aglio e polio

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

people say “you have to judge slaveholders by the morality of their own time, no one knew it was wrong” and then you read about some Quaker named, like, Mr. End-Slavery-Now who was also a feminist and a vegetarian and advocated the overthrow of capitalism.

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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

legacy news: Why would someone do this brazen shooting shooter’s statement: I did it because America’s healthcare industry is inhumane legacy news: Perhaps it was video games? shooter’s statement: I am literally citing sources about corporate greed legacy news: I guess we’ll just never know

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Brooke T. Sample @brookesample.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan. PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

happy "unearthing the bizarre politics of the shooter" day to all who celebrate the great American tradition

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i can be your long lost pal @pallavi.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

my neighbor (LA) has a brain disease and will be moving out of country for care dec 28th. i’m trying to find her pets fosters or a new forever home. please help me find June (cat, 8 yrs, no teeth/eats wet food, good w/dogs) and Baby (8 yrs, friendly w/everyone: dogs, kids & cats, neutered) homes!

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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 04/12/2024

Blue Cross Blue Shield will no longer cover anesthesia for the full length of certain surgeries in Connecticut, New York, and Missouri. If a surgery exceeds a specific duration, anesthesia costs for the additional time will not be covered.

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🦋Dr. Pokemon🦋 @turnerjoy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Found it. 3 Copies of Sims 3, it also included a somehow possibly even funnier, excellent penmanship Russian inscription including a clear “Signature Unclear”. Yes, instead of making a hard to read signature they clearly literally wrote Thanks for being great Nazis signed “Signature Unclear”.

Image of items supposedly captured including 3 copies of Sims 3 and no SIM cards.

Letter supposedly captured from “Ukrainian Nazis involved in foiled assassination plot.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Trimming my body hair and leaving it all over the place so my cats know how it feels. One of them is picking up the vacuum cleaner like "damn ok"

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