Reposted by JackofallbooksSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 15/10/2026🙂↕️ 1988184 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 15/10/2026A damn fine Squirrel of the Day for October 15, 2026 #sqrlpix 510718 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 14/10/2026Party registration of Ohioans who registered to vote in... 2022: 50% non-partisan, 29% Dem, 20% Republican 2024: 62% non-partisan, 26% Dem, 11% Republican 2026: 58% non-partisan, 33% Democratic, 9% Republican Big non-partisan share — don't know how they'll vote, but big Dem 620636 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 15/10/2026The polls are very close in half a dozen key states. A small uniform miss could have a big impact on Senate control. Democrats are a normal polling error away from 54+ Senate seats — or just 50 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-10-15...gelliottmorris.comDemocrats are a normal polling error away from 54+ Senate seats — or just 50Both parties are a historically average polling miss away from controlling the Senate majority 1217439 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Y’all have been in charge for decades @marshablackburn literally wtf are you talking about 960124303413 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I took my students to the Fisher Rare Book Library at U of T to see some of their Toronto collection. Look at this beautiful artist book by Liz Menard of the Don River. She calls her press Skunkcabbage. Beautiful thing. (The Fisher is public. Anyone can access.) 512514 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksGet To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I have Dolly Parton’s song “Coat of Many Colors” running through my head after seeing this bird. (Common Grackle) #birds 🌿 1343162 0
Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Driving by today, the one in Apex was busy! 000 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Basically I guess I’m saying bring back the personal pan pizza reading challenge but for kids and adults. 862062 0
Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This is a great thread. I’m so grateful for my liberal arts education and my field of sociology for some of these reasons. And yes, let’s make reading fun for people again! At work, some colleagues are trying a silent book club with follow up conversation for students (and faculty). 000 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksCenter for NC Politics & Public Service @ncpolitics.bsky.social · 15/10/2026It's here: NC's in-person early voting begins today. New analysis on "What to Watch as North Carolina Starts Early In-Person Voting" #ncpol #ncsen ncpoliticscenter.substack.com/p/what-to-wa...ncpoliticscenter.substack.comWhat to Watch as North Carolina Starts Early In-Person VotingAs early voting begins, a look at the history of how North Carolinians cast their ballots—and the turnout, party-registration, and voter-propensity patterns that could offer clues about 2026 032 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksEmily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Wide majority of Americans oppose livestreaming Hasan execution: ABC/Post/Ipsos poll abcnews.com/Politics/wid... 2838490 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 15/10/2026I would take more seriously the people promoting the idea of AI consciousness if they first materially grappled with the (much more obvious) consciousness of animals and how that affects our moral obligations to them. 53947635 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksDennis Mersereau 🛰️ @wxdam.com · 13/10/2026Love something as much as this state loves Roy Cooper. 435452 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksJames Pirruccello 🎃🦇🧹 @jamespirruccello.com · 13/10/2026He used ChatGPT to make the listening device that he put in OpenAI’s sensitive office? Bro sfstandard.com/2026/10/13/o...sfstandard.comOpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference roomFederal prosecutors say an employee planted an audio recorder and left another unattended in his bag. 913929 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 14/10/2026This is just an absolutely perfect flower. 41479 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 14/10/2026A Sandhill Crane giving a look as he/she was passing by on the nature trail. 191086151 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13/10/2026NEW: November will decide the super important officials in charge of running elections. These are the people who'll oversee the next presidential race. This is true in *35* states, so we at Bolts broke down each state one by one. Notably: election deniers running to take over swing states, again.boltsmag.orgThese 35 States Are Deciding Who’ll Run Their Elections - BoltsUpon retaking the White House, Donald Trump demanded that states share sensitive voter data with federal agencies—a key step in his broader project of controlling and manipulating election administrat... 1246117 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It’s a record for a midterm in Georgia: roughly 185,000 people voted in person today, on Day 1 of early voting. The prior record was set in 2022, with roughly 130,000 voters. 161081255 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 12/10/2026ENERGGGGGGGGGGGGY "Clinical levels of cowardice" is a bar. 0323 0
Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026To get the agenda for a conference, it seems like I have to get the two star app. I just want a PDF. 000 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Every night I got to fight to prove my love. Sigh. 101175 0
Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Talk about counting your chickens before they are hatched… 000 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 12/10/2026"AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTO"businessinsider.comAI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTOSome AI believers expect the technology to make smoking-related health risks like cancer a thing of the past, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said. 5191506394 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/10/2026About fifteen years ago I made the joke that everyone had to decide which tech corporation would own their data: Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, or Google. Now I know I was wrong, they all trade that data like Magic the Gathering cards 29945103 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The monotony of the playbook – the same things, in the same sequence, every time – is boring ➡️ Fabricate nonsense ➡️ Flood the zone with nonsense ➡️ Nonsense is debunked ➡️ Say the nonsense didn't matter b/c points were made Idk how sentient adults aren't bored to tears of this after a decade+ now 1212124 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Just ran into an elderly neighbor, who has dementia, wandering in the dark in the pouring rain. Took her to her friend's house. So glad I happened to be out walking the dog at just the right moment. If it looks like someone need help--ask, if you can. We need to take care of each other. 😕 281581120 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksK.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 12/10/2026Laughed so hard I scared everyone in the house. 328539 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Oh good another grant rejection. We have applied for 7 grants so far this year, with a bunch more we’ll be applying for this fall. We’ve been rejected by 6, and got runner up for 1 of them, resulting in $1000. Our annual operating budget is 250k. Oh wait that reminds me. Anybody need a tote bag?? 621088 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksProPublica @propublica.org · 11/10/2026Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org propublica.orgKen Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta... 7725451169 0
Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I hope that Bubba Wallace is okay. What a terrible hit. 000 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksT. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Ruin a book by adding a word: Starter Dough Villain 5865 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksMei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence. 50169155545 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksNick in NC @nicknc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Marbled Madness!!! Lots of Ambystoma opacum out tonight. I love how each marbled salamander has its own unique pattern of black and silver markings. #herps. 58118 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksJessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 11/10/2026At the last Austin FC home game, an Austin FC supporter was tossed from the stadium for wearing an Abolish ICE shirt, days after ICE shot a man in Austin a couple miles from the stadium. Supporter groups have tried to have a dialogue with the FO, but are unsatisfied. So tonight… 320070 0
Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Yes! I’ve been trying to take the perspective of (some) conflict is actually good, even necessary, but I find it challenging. It can help us grow. I heard a podcast recently where a book was recommended. I’ve ordered it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comHow to Be an Artful Fighter With Priya ParkerPodcast Episode · The Nature Of with Willow Defebaugh · September 22 · 34m 010 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I prefer it when Nobel Prize for literature synchs up overwhelming talent with eccentricity or obscurity. Bob Dylan seemed a gratuitous choice. Murakami both doesn't need it and increasingly writes bad women characters. Anne Carson in the spotlight is great. I find her work oblique in a good way. 521010 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026your moment of calm 418315 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksK.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 10/10/2026The autumn dahlias are being something extra today. #BloomSky #flowers 418215 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Thank. You! Someone is following the through-line here. 018029 0
Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It’s online asynchronous vs in-person. I feel like it takes more intentionality in online asynchronous, but I’m curious to see what they say. 110 0
Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The October @teachingsociology.bsky.social looks promising. I’m especially excited about the teaching empathy across modalities one. 110 0
Jackofallbooks @jackofallbooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I just finished Seanan McGuire’s “A Divided Duty.” The characters (and their relationships) have matured so much over 20 books! I also love the continuing world building. I *need* the next book now. #booksky 060 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksMartha Wells @marthawells.com · 13/05/2025Oh, I also have a book out today! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...bookshop.orgThe Emilie Adventures: Emilie and the Hollow World & Emilie and the Sky WorldEmilie and the Hollow World & Emilie and the Sky World 191070173 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10/10/2026I see a lot of this as men trying to outsource to technology the kind of lovingly nagging labor (think: "drink more water, honey" "don't forget to take your pills, honey" "I scheduled you a doctor's appointment, honey") that has traditionally fallen to wives. 1018539 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026School boards are way under the radar in a big year like this, but the same battles you've heard about (book bans, Moms for Liberty, trans kids) are happening this year too. I identified 19 school boards where there battles like this — and what's up: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the... 10645315 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksAnna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Read the book 👇🏽. Before the feds took over immigration in 1888, there was over a century of colonial and then state laws on migration 16729 0
Reposted by JackofallbooksJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10/10/2026This article offers half a dozen reasons why people have stopped having friends and family over, but it ignores the fact that the women who planned parties and kept homes tidy enough for unplanned guests are now working for pay full-time (usually more than 9-5). www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comThe dreadful decline of hosting at home: ‘I feel shame any time a friend comes over’It used to be quite normal to pop next door for a coffee or invite friends over for dinner. But not any more. What’s behind this change – and just how damaging is it? 1162653447 0