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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 5h

Spouse: [opens YouTube] Me: …were the dogs good this week? WeRateDogs: The dogs were good again this week. Me: THANK GOD.

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Sealdog Black Dog Wagging Tail

ALT: Sealdog Black Dog Wagging Tail

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1st response: WHAT THE ACTUAL 2nd response: holy shit does it feel good to be upset about something relatively low-stakes that I actually have a small lever of power to do something about as a NUMBalum with strong letter-writing skills.

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NUMB will not perform pregame at new Ryan Field

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. Last updated Oct. 1 at 12:00 p.m. The Northwestern University Marching Band will not perform on the field pregame ...

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Current read: James Lapine's "Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created 'Sunday in the Park With George'" and it is FASCINATING creatively, but it also nearly made me spit-take yesterday because I learned something I did NOT know about Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

[the choir has too few psalm sheets & while the librarian searches...] Conductor: Anyone got any good jokes? Tenor: Two psalmists walk into a bar... [laughter] Me: OH! Why did two psalmists NOT walk into a bar? Choir: WHY? Me: Because nobody pointed them in the right direction! #professionalism

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There is little more satisfying than holding a paper copy of something as you type up a bit of it with the published punctuation in order to quote it on the internet.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Writing "wisdom" I hate: WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW. This is the worst advice ever. It would be better if it was KNOW MORE SO YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT IT. Every good writer I know is constantly researching and getting new information and asking experts. It's a terrible bit of advice!

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

SO. Apparently I was wrong about never having before performed in Old English before Saturday, when SACRA/PROFANA sang the HECK out of Melissa Dunphy’s AMAZING double-choir Anglo-Saxon motet JUDITH. It was just the first time I sang Old English when it was called by its actual name.

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Inigo Montoya: Let Me Explain

ALT: Inigo Montoya: Let Me Explain

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today in AI enshittification: I needed to do a quick-n-dirty hum recording to loop it for ~1:30 using my usual stereo webcam/DAW. Windows oh-so-helpfully added default "✨audio effecs" to their camera app that includes noise cancellation. 💀 I wasted 20m figuring out WTF my hums faded out after 2s.

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Golden Globes Fuck Ai

ALT: Golden Globes Fuck Ai

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Wake up babe, new cat just dropped (and landed on its feet probably)

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

How is it that I have been actively seeking out the nerdiest of nerdy choral music for over a decade & only NOW am I singing in Old English for the first time?? @mormolyke.com 's Judith is a total banger & absolutely worth the wait! Gehīer ūs on sæternesdæg! www.sacraprofana.org/event-detail...

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Un Diálogo, Dos Conversaciones | SACRA/PROFANA

Don't miss the second concert of Season 18 -- Un Diálogo, Dos Conversations - as the ensemble explores the conversations that shape us, with Artistic Director Juan Carlos Acosta conducting.

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Email: Don't sleep on this one! Me: *yawn* Email: I saved $1500 with this weird tip! Me: Bully for you. Email: This $8 sunscreen blew our testers' minds! Me: Happy with mine. NYT Wirecutter: Get Thee a Rug Pad Me: *buys a rug so I can get a rug pad for it* You can take the girl outta the theatre...

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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Happy birthday to my favorite Chicago pope. #chicago

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Director: OK. So ♩ = 𝅗𝅥 here, so we slow to half-time. Accompanist: So it doens't go like this? [plays 2x fast] Dir: But there's "rit" here. Acc: And "a tempo" there. Dir: I'll ask the arranger. Acc: I'll check the recording. But... Me: I think it means we should choose _A_ tempo. #professionalism

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Enjoying a pleasantly cool, overcast day on the seacoast and looking forward to my one free night this week, which will of course be filled with working on music for every other night this week. 'Tis the season!

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Stanley Tucci as Nigel: Gird Your Loins! (Devil Wears Prada)

ALT: Stanley Tucci as Nigel: Gird Your Loins! (Devil Wears Prada)

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Howard Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history.

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This time of year is usually a challenge for me for a number of reasons. But this year, it's felt unexpectedly gentle and sweet. I'm also doing my best to feed that vibe that back into the universe, becuse so many of us are feeling vulnerable, and we could all use some tenderness, I think.

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

SACRA/PROFANA's season opener is a week from Saturday and this rep, which delves into living connections between music, text, performers, and audience, is 🔥🔥🔥! Join us for Un Diálogo, Dos Conversaciones on 9/19! Tickets/info: www.sacraprofana.org/event-detail...

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

spending rosh hashanah telling people preemptively i forgive them for their transgressions against me, in a holy and wholly passive aggressive move

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

First rehearsal of the liturgical year with my morning church job tonight , & I'm sort-of-re-auditioning for my evening church job on Saturday. Both are under new leadership. Funny thing: I never officially auditioned for either job. I just showed up when they needed me & they asked me to stay.

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Night of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Periodic reminder that your "concerns" about trans people are being beamed directly into your head by a small cadre of incredibly rich psychopaths.

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Fantasy League: [Autodrafts my team last night while I'm at rehearsal] Fantasy League: Your draft grade: C-!

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Cary Deuber: Gurl, Mirror. Look At It.

ALT: Cary Deuber: Gurl, Mirror. Look At It.

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

UGH FINE my regret over not immediately buying a Porg pie bird when Le Creuset did their 2019 Star Wars line WILL, IN FACT, result in me purchasing a Communi-grater from their #StarTrek60 line. www.williams-sonoma.com/shop/cookwar...

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Both church jobs are back this week after summer and/or extreme heat warnings under new leadership that I hope will be as pun-tolerant as former leadership. My last Sunday as a free agent was good fun, though a good reminder that the best way to avoid blisters when playing bass is to practice bass.

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The More You Know - Iconic Star Animation

ALT: The More You Know - Iconic Star Animation

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Me: [up at zero dark fifteen for an early call] NYT Wirecutter email: Your very best tips for more zzzz

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Gordon Ramsay: Oh F*ck Off Go Away

ALT: Gordon Ramsay: Oh F*ck Off Go Away

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Inserted myself into a discussion of AI-assisted genotyping by suggesting they call it Rat GPT. #professionalism

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I highly recommend procuring a quality tiara and wearing it all day on your birthday. 1. Looks amazing. 2. Feels special. 3. Everyone who comments on it, when informed that it's your birthday, joins you in this beautiful world where OF COURSE birthday people wear tiaras & join you in celebration.

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In happier news, for my birthday, I got: 1. Time off from my day job 2. Wonderful pressies, flowers, cards, and messages from loved ones 3. To make music in one of my special spaces with cherished colleagues 4. Three absurdly accomplished birthday serenades from my favorite musicians

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Me: *snort* Him: ? Me: Yeah. Folio Society ad for illustrated Shakespeare. “HAMLET! MACBETH!” Yes, those are Shakespeare plays? Him: Needs something not Shakespeare in there. Me: ROMEO & ETHEL THE PIRATE’S DAUGHTER! Him: TARTUFFE! Me: THE SPANISH TRAGEDY! Him: KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE!

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Awww. The Cathedral has cancelled Evensong this Sunday & next due to sweltering heat/humidity. We sang Street Clothes Evensong last week but still worked up a good sweat, so this is a sensible decision. At least I get to warble Sunday morning when it's a bit cooler! www.youtube.com/live/W4mo5SU...

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5 pm, Evensong (8.23.2026)

YouTube video by St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Tearing up with sorrow and pride reading this profile of my incredible friend Kellie and her family, who turned their indescribable grief into gifts to the world in honor of their amazing son and brother Grant. people.com/olympic-hope...

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Teen Olympic Hopeful Had Just Got His License When He Fell Asleep Behind the Wheel. Grief Transformed His Family

A year after teenage swimmer Grant Freeze died in a crash in Wisconsin on his way to practice, his family honors his legacy through grief, organ donation and a nonprofit

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In unexpected nice news, one of my BIL's amazing paintings is featured in the living room of this absurdly gorgeous Brooklyn carriage house! Art goals, bookshelf goals, outdoor space goals... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/r...

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A Park Slope Carriage House Filled With Sunlight (Gift Article)

A couple looking to avoid dark and stuffy brownstones found all the natural light they desired in a converted carriage house.

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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together

photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Today is another rough one, but it is it is a glorious thing to have shared this planet with Tim Curry for my whole life up until today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWzq...

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Tim Curry as The Pirate King - 'The Pirates of Penzance -1982 - Royal Variety Performance

YouTube video by Tim Curry

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Mark Jones @markjonesmotion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Fun fact: Dolly Parton spent decades quietly funding band uniforms and instruments at Black high schools across the South - never once putting her name on it. No headlines, no fanfare — just help, given because it was needed. Wonderful Heart ♥️ RIP Dolly ❤️

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Dina James @dinajames.com · 25/08/2026

When Rosalynn Carter passed, evil bastard Henry Kissinger followed shortly thereafter. It was surmised by some that she was allowed by the Universe to remove an asshole of her choosing from the world she left behind as a way to balance the scales. Dolly Parton has now entered the chat.

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Popcorn Guy Enjoys Popcorn While Relaxing

Alt: Gif Popcorn Guy Enjoys Popcorn While Relaxing

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Huh. Apparently losing $1000 in catering orders is what it takes for a restaurant branch to pressure its online ordering system into sucking less. I'll properly celebrate on Friday when I don't have to throw together last-minute catering in the 30 mins before the meeting, but auspices are good.

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Nervous Sign Of The Cross

ALT: Nervous Sign Of The Cross

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Had a delightful post-Evensong beverage with church/music friends and was flattered to be referred to as "so young" at one point. Which I promptly spoiled with a Joan Rivers impression. But! I also got to tell them about Joan's alphabetized-by-subject joke archive! www.nytimes.com/2017/10/22/n...

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Sorting Through All the Laughs Joan Rivers Left Behind (Gift Article)

The comedian squirreled away boxes and boxes of everything: jokes, scripts, even pillows. Out of that collection came the book, “Joan Rivers Confidential.”

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

(AI actually has been used in science and medicine for decades and is incredibly good at doing things like finding cancer that can’t be seen with the human eye but that is a completely different type of AI then we’re all angry about it and we shouldn’t discuss them in the same conversations TBH)

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I made the rookie mistake of asking my spouse for a ticket to the Pitt/ST:ToS Retro Reads WGA benefit for my birthday instead of hopping on it immediately, & in-person tix were sold out by the time he tried. BOO. Thankfully, livestream tickets are still available! watch.thirdbest.tv/products/wgf...

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WGF RetroReads: Star Trek 60th starring Noah Wyle

Join Noah Wyle, along with Katherine LaNasa, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Shabana Azeez, and Ayesha Harris of The Pitt, and some surprise guests, for a celebration of 60 years of Star Trek. Hosted by...

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Wholesome bat content ahoy! 😍

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Friend messaged me that campus internet keeps crashing. I misread it as "capitalist internet keeps crashing" to which I replied IN SOVIET RUSSIA, INTERNET CRASHES YOU. And that's what prompted me to find that Yakov"What a country!" Smirnoff is now 75, a US citizen, & has a doctorate in psychology.

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Libby Weber @libbyweber.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

When she was good, she was very good, but when she was bad, she was better. Happy birthday to one of the all-time greats and one of my personal heroes. "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

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