Reposted by KaretCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 21hThere is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 10766711913
Reposted by Karetnick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This LinkedIn post was deleted after I posted about it on the other website, but it’s archived here. I guess Christina cares now web.archive.org/web/20250411...web.archive.orgI returned home a few nights ago after being away for almost 2 weeks to… | Christina LiangI returned home a few nights ago after being away for almost 2 weeks to celebrate Lunar New Year with my NYC family, attend one of my favorite Cornell events, the annual Pan-Asian Banquet hosted by th... 454456
Reposted by KaretRachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · 19hWith both the Cubs and the White Sox playing in the MLB Wild Card Series today, here's a baseball-themed cover from CTA Transit News, the CTA's employee newsletter, from March 1968. www.instagram.com/p/Dd674z8Grkw/ 15614
Reposted by KaretSimon is on strike ✊🏻 @simonxix.com · 28/09/2026Historic England outsourced their digital image provision to a third-party company. Then the company went bust and now all their images are inaccessible. Tell me again how outsourcing to the private sector is sustainable? 7234126
Reposted by KaretDr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 26/09/2026This is misleading in a way that the genAI pushers are keen maintain. Machine learning models trained on manuscript images can be very useful for historical research, e.g. they can match disconnected scribal hands. But the 'AI' in this story is using Bodleian material to train fake image generators. 0188
Reposted by Karet𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Antique anti-suffrage posters. So what they feared most was being treated the way they treat women. 371337331
Reposted by KaretDaniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I commented on this “partnership” already, and this is not good news. Keep commercially acting AI firms out of our cultural heritage. 311635
Reposted by KaretAP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.apnews.comhttps://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d 5542261621
Reposted by KaretMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Todd Achilles, a veteran running for U.S. Senate in Idaho as an independent, has a new ad about starting wars. 19852260
Reposted by KaretTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It is breathtaking. Like many things these days it is hard, but necessary, to figure what is a continuity and what is a rupture. EdTech has always been a private sector parasite feeding off the public sector. The rupture is AI EdTech is experimenting on the rich instead of the poor. 8488138
Reposted by KaretGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 20/09/2026with Halloween approaching with increasingly louder and more menacing footsteps, here are some lists of spooky movies I've compiled over the years 📽️letterboxd.comTop Ten Horror Movie Recommendations for Spooktober '25I've done the Spooktober challenge (watch a horror movie a day for all of October) the last several years, here are my top 10 recommendations from that run 410619
Reposted by KaretGargarin @gargarin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Watched this last night and it's everything I'd heard and more . Koji Yakusho is just wonderful , it's perfectly shot, the music which could be a bit obv just sort of works .#FilmSky 4144
Reposted by KaretLisa 🇨🇦 @pinkmouse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Several other cat species have gained recognition after previously being considered subspecies. The tilcayo found in the cloud forests of the Andes Mtns. in Bolivia, is the 1st brand-new feline added to the cat family tree since the pampas cat was described in 1923. #TimelineCleanse #Blues #SheShednytimes.comNew Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century (Gift Article)The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia. 35413
Reposted by KaretRebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026PSA: you know what scholars love? Talking about their books! You know what you can do? Invite them to your class to do so. It’s great! You absolutely do not have to use AI or tell students to use AI to understand their books. You can get the actual real life person to help with that! For free! 320555
Reposted by KaretSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“Langston Hughes’ literary estate now belongs to International Literary Properties, which says a Harlem Renaissance licensing program is next on its list.”theankler.comPrivate Equity Is Coming for Authors, Dead or Alive - The AnklerLike music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by investment firms and changing how Hollywood will deal with IP 58559337
Reposted by KaretDr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is just a spectacular unintentional self-own 10065511391
Reposted by KaretBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026Once you understand the corporate culture of AI hyperscalers is everyone cooking their brains by locking themselves in the bathroom, holding flashlights under their chins, and saying "Aaaaaaaaaay Eyeeeeeee" until they wet themselves in terror, things snap into focus: pluralistic.net/2023/06/04/a... 231183431
Reposted by KaretMatthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Important and insightful thread 181
Reposted by KaretChicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 11/09/2026We are so excited to announce the launch of a brand new tool for getting engaged with biking in Chicago - our new ward biking map! It'll show you bike routes in your ward, which ones were built this latest aldermanic term, and more. Let's break it down 🧵chiwho.bikeWard Map | Chicagoans Who BikeA photo project documenting the stories of the wide variety of Chicagoans who bike around the city 912754
Reposted by KaretMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 09/09/2026The reason I don't like the "It's the phones!🤡" analysis, is that it's lazy and wrong. I don't care that much if people pick on smartphones. I don't. It's glass and metal and sand. It doesn't have feelings. I care because that lazy analysis causes people to stop caring about poor rural students. 28119
Reposted by KaretRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"Kennedy's department cited seven articles, two of which were apparently made up entirely and three of which did not exist in the journals to which they were attributed..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...ms.nowJudge slams HHS for referencing fake studies generated by misuse of AIThe Department of Health and Human Services has suffered more than its share of AI-related humiliations. The list, alas, is still growing. 24543231844
Reposted by Karets. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 08/09/2026All else aside there is nothing I want or need genAI to do for me. I like reading. I like doing research. I like playing around in spreadsheets. I like interviewing people. I like writing. I like doing these things for myself because I take pleasure in the doing and they make me a better thinker. 72192541
Reposted by Karet𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com 521190845425
Reposted by KaretJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Lizzie Keenan the artist with wood plank inspired crow with hidden owl in eye and salamander on foot!! Rose garden. 318715
Reposted by KaretDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Reading about past White House renovation projects + stumbled across this story about a tough Washington Post series that prompted JFK to call The Post’s publisher (with whom he traded girlfriends) as Jackie Kennedy wept in the background 37013
Reposted by KaretGregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is beautiful: Local Photographer Honors Chicago Street Vendors In 1-Day Exhibit. Story by @franciagarciah.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/04/l...blockclubchicago.orgLocal Photographer Honors Chicago Street Vendors In 1-Day ExhibitJesus "Chuy" Reyes, known on social media as CR Films, is raising funds for street vendors through a photo exhibit and sale Sunday. 1254
Reposted by KaretFree Cats Daily😻 @freecatsdaily.bsky.social · 04/09/2026sure man, whatever’s comfortable for you #Cat #Caturday 0l 1327292811
Reposted by KaretLesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph) @bitterkarella.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"in light of jk rowling being a terf, list some kids fantasy authors who are allies" lmao it's all of them, like literally all of them except rowling. like literally 822339
Reposted by KaretRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Do not be saying feminism is over or got overturned or women are worse off when it comes to rights than they used to be if you're talking about the bad old days before second wave feminism. Thread below: 14847209
Reposted by KaretGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/09/2026JD Vance told El-Sayed to stop invoking Usha after AES said: "Do we think JD is taking Usha with him back in time to meet Papaw, or no." But it turns out AES offered this *in response* to something vile that JD previously said about how Papaw would have viewed AES: newrepublic.com/article/2149... 201512302
Reposted by KaretSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Women buried with swords actually used them (how shocking! But also—seriously cool analysis). “These princesses were active practitioners of hunting or athletic skills rather than merely symbolic owners of the weapons found in their tombs,” says Zeinab Hashesh” ⚔️ www.snexplores.org/article/egyp...snexplores.orgAncient Egyptian princesses may have been skilled warriorsA study of six mummies from ancient Egypt challenges the idea that the weapons buried with some royal women were merely ceremonial. 7355112
Reposted by KaretLeah Reich @leahreich.com · 31/08/2026I’m sure most of you aren’t watching the US Open right now which means you missed this instantly iconic moment, now available in gif form 349162143296
Reposted by KaretAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously. 4331341632
Reposted by KaretLuke Knox @lukeknox.me · 27/08/2026THREAD: College football teams as Columbo screenshots Oregon 724470
Reposted by Karetstevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This is horrendous and not one damn life has improved by attacking brown people. 12011
Reposted by KaretEthan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 26/08/2026Here's my honest question, for any Chicago transit enthusiasts who want to chime in –– why would this train be necessary? Yeah, it can some time get ORD-Loop via the Blue Line, but there is *literally* already a train that makes this trip. All of this to shave 45 mins off a trip with no other stops? 7122
Reposted by KaretJes Steele ✌️ @piratito.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris performing “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow” on The Dolly Parton Show (1976) 213218838
Reposted by Karetr o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 24/08/2026found out Larry David just starts verbally abusing Alan Dershowitz whenever he sees him, this is very good 693664516
Reposted by KaretMedieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Soooo distracting - You're trying to read and someone is looking over your shoulder while nibbling your ear - 13th century, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 229, f. 133v 815453
Reposted by KaretJen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I am obsessed with this finalist in this year's Michigan “I voted” sticker design contest 63134242536
Reposted by KaretJohanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I'm planning on having students do more in-class writing in both my freshman and upper-level classes. If you are too, let's share prompts? Here are some of mine that I'm tinkering with: 1516943
Reposted by KaretDavid Nir @davidnir.com · 16/08/2026Very strange. The link in the final sentence goes to a polling database, updated the day before this article was published, that includes a poll showing El-Sayed up 6 points. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u... 1327466
Reposted by KaretCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Northwestern University admin accepting $35 million for the football program from MAGA donors Dick and Liz Uihlein while also shuttering the African Studies program and its 80-year-old history is a pretty good encapsulation of higher ed in the US. 311998646
Reposted by KaretJill Galvan @jillgal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026"But literacy researchers have long argued that literacy involves far more than reading novels or parsing Victorian prose." Add to this that Victorians themselves exchanged books as objects, had fan communities, read in parts, excerpted in commonplace books, did not "read" in just one way. 053
Reposted by KaretMarcin Wichary @aresluna.org · 11/08/2026I was hoping for your help with something. (Please RT for reach.) Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? 72259120
Reposted by KaretNed Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It's a good story, this. Really is.huffpost.comI Wrote A Famous Musician A Fan Letter. Decades Later, I Got A Response That Rocked My World.“Maybe he didn’t have a stamp and then forgot about it. At any rate, it was there, waiting to be found.” 17561224
Reposted by KaretAlexis @alexispace.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Next Senator from Minnesota btw 192949408