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Tabby Arcade @tabbyarcade.bsky.social · 13h

Some dude explaining why he doesn’t read books. (From a video of a woman quoting a passage from a book she likes)

Books are second-hand experience, and importing them into my system risks diluting the structures I carved through direct contact with the world. Jade reads to feel held; I read the world by letting it bite. Fiction is beautiful, sure
- but beauty is bait, and I don't let bait rewire my neural architecture.

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Arlington County Government @arlingtonva.us · 12h

IMPORTANT 🧵The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) is taking public comments on the proposed $67 billion merger of Dominion Energy & NextEra Energy, which will shape the energy future of 2.7 million Virginian customers, including households & businesses in Arlington.

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LGR @lgr-yt.bsky.social · 15h

Aw yeah it's back to 1996 on LGR youtu.be/o0wDkCp3Eu4 Checking out the graphics card Sierra On-Line ever sold: the Screamin' 3D! That alone makes it a notable oddity, but it's also a Rendition Verite V1000, which can provide some awesome results!...and a slew of shortcomings and mid-90s quirkiness

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Sierra Screamin' 3D Graphics Accelerator from 1996

YouTube video by LGR

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Salvia Plath @manicophelia.bsky.social · 17h

Hannibal Loser's ugly mug reminds me to buy some eyebrow tint. Hairless from the forehead down is a bad look.

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Nolan Void @wolter.bsky.social · 18h

Someone has written a paper on the difference between Beorn and Bilbo’s response to unwanted company and how that compares to the Anglo-Saxon poetic hero vs. the late Victorian era novel protagonist. It’s the most annoying thing you’ve ever read.

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

tell me the vibe you are seeking and i will recommend you a gay romance novel (pls note if trashy is ok)

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librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The problem with being good at piracy is it also makes me a bad librarian sometimes when I just bypass a paywall instead of making ILL requests and purchase requests. But if one thing I've learned about evading barriers, is that it's an essential skill everyone

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The most preternatural fungi I saw today on the Oregon Coast.

i white with gray my eyeball black stares back on bed of moss all green

my face all orange and laid bare chewed by some left to rot away orange

stufous dufous shelf humungous orange black and gray magicians hat upon a tree

i was round once but soon was petals bite by bite so turned to flower gray and white

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Danielle (TBQ) @thebookqueen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Infamous rake + wallflower who runs a school. Fake engagement. He needs information on his missing brother, and her brother, a criminal lord, might know something. Historical Romance (MF) amzn.to/4rKjGcK Bookshop bookshop.org/a/111397/979... Kobo click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=...

Graphic that reads "No cover, no title, no author. Will the quick summary alone make you click this deal? 😉📚". The background is an off white and there are very light pink-purple flowers in the bottom left of the graphic, with the text in the middle.

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E. H. Lupton @pretensesoup.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hi hello yes, you like 20th century historical romance? So do I. We have put together a group of these novels all in one place for your convenience! Some of these I've read, others I'm excited to start. All AI-free and amazing. books.bookfunnel.com/20thcenturyh... #booksky #romancelandia

A photo of James Dean with the words, "I'm not saying the answers to all my problems aren't in this curated list of 20th century historical romance books but I'd better double check..."

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Princess Weekes @princesmweekes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Initially, I didn't plan to do a Star Trek video, but while I was in the shower, an idea popped into my head, and here we are. New Video: youtu.be/wmraygqDEx0

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How Star Trek: DS9 Saw 2024 Coming 30 Years Ago

YouTube video by Princess Weekes

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Lætus @bajamothblast.vanadiel.network · 02/10/2024

now that it's october im legally allowed to post this

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

every JCO take is the kind of thing your meanest, least-sober great aunt might announce at thanksgiving dinner. sometimes you're like yeah, let em have it!! and then very shortly you're like uh oh aunt joyce time for bed

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My Coach Of The Century is showing off his Minecraft city tonight

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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Getting that FOMO feeling from missing out on a sale? We've partnered with @sweetshop.app and for another week ALL eBooks hosted here (sweetshop.app/publishers/i...) are just ONE DOLLAR! 🪙 Pick up that title you missed for just a buck and save yourself a little for the physical copy later! 📚👀

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Iron Circus Comics

Hi there, everybody! We're Iron Circus Comics! We were born in 2007, and we're the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in...

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If I were to rank the Star Trek season seven "sure, why not" romantic pairings from worst to (questionable) best, I would actually go 3) Chakotay and Seven 2) Julian and Ezri 1) Worf and Troi

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You can't unsee this.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/09/2026

reading this, it does seem as if “rationalism” is an elaborate intellectual architecture designed primarily to support the idea that if you were born white, male and clever then you are the genetic elite and entitled to rule.

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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 27/09/2026

Knives Out but Benoit Blanc is investigating a murder at SlutCon

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

To celebrate the launch of Sweet Shop, the Comixology We Truly Deserve, ALL Iron Circus ebooks are ONE. DOLLAR. EACH. GET ON THIS.

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Nathaniel C. Green @nathanielcgreen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Huang differentiates between "lower-level knowledge," like basic math literacy, and "higher level" understanding, but evidently misses what that framing implies: that the "higher order" stuff builds off of the "lower-level." Without the "lower-level" stuff, the whole system collapses.

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Uhhh is someone doing CRM work ahead of the terrible arch or are some workers lying about being archaeologists? 🤔 🏺🧪

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Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Manwë told me Melkor keeps harrying the Firstborn of Ilúvatar so I asked how many Elves he has and he said he just goes to Middle-Earth and invites more Elves on the Great Journey so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding the Quendi to Morgoth and then Nienna started crying.

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 21/09/2026

SILVER & BLOOD is a BookBub deal today, and the ebook is on sale for just $2.99 in the US! 🎉 Amz: miha.li/SB_Amzn BN: miha.li/SB_BN Apple: miha.li/SB_Apple Bkshp: miha.li/SB_Bkshp Kobo: miha.li/SB_Kobo Google: miha.li/SB_Google Read three chapters: miha.li/SB

A screenshot of the BookBub deal:

When untrained mage Riela ventures into the forbidden forest to defend her village from a mythical beast, she falls into the hands of handsome, cursed Garrick. “A riveting tapestry… crafted by an expert storyteller. If you only read one fae romance this year, let it be this one” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews).
$2.99, Limited time only!

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 19/09/2026

I assume that when whoever is making it IPOs they will reveal the full lineup implied by the existence of Tilly Norwood.

Grid of logic gate options as Venn diagrams of Tilly Norwood, Tilly Orwood, Tilly Andwood, Tilly Xorwood, Tilly Nandwood, and Tilly Xnandwood

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Narnia books as Isekai Manga

1. My Sweet Tooth Made Me The Villainess’ Slave
2. In Another World, The Dwarves Picked Me To Lead The Revolution
3. All At Sea With My Level 0 Sailing Skills
4. On A Mission In Another World And I Can’t Remember The Cheat Codes
5. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Horse
6. Help! My Uncle’s In Love With The Demon Queen!
7. Reincarnated In Another World Just As The Game’s Ending

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 18/09/2026

been thinking a lot recently about this piece by me & @lollardfish.bsky.social in @slate.com. specifically, how there's a certain kind of medievalism that's so playful and generative - that resists techbro neofeudalist fantasies there's a lot more to say about that, I think

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Every Era Has Its Own Way of Thinking About the Middle Ages. Here’s 2025’s.

Tapestries, stone walls, chain mail, crossbows. This era’s medieval mashup has it all.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

LIBRARIES BUY BOOKS. In fact, they buy ebook licenses with rather unfavorable terms because of how much the service benefits the community. The only people getting screwed in this situation are libraries and library users. The only people doing the screwing are publishers.

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 15/09/2026

Please admire this slop-guide to the U.S. government that my kid received in his ninth grade government class. “Watergsstate Impreachment Imeachment bolity Precedent”

A sort of map of US government, with lots of arrows and words. It’s labelled “SIMPLIFIED CONCEPT MAP: U.S. GOVERNMENT.”

Close up of the diagram:

Example: Watergate Impeachment Key 2473 - Watergsstate Impreachment
Imeachment bolitiy Precedent
Legislative Checks
Executive
Veto
No
Executive Cheeks
Example:
Washington's 2-Ter-in Precedent
Example 3: Impeachment Precedent Key 2016 - Declares political inconinitional comnoladunt precedions hutsite avothov Uncostitutional: Bleachmens on the divisience of the Barizon Precedent

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 11/09/2026

Why is 'lb' the abbreviation for 'pound'?

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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 11/09/2026

El Niño is surging toward historic strength. It’s already the strongest on record for this time of year — reshaping weather around the globe and potentially setting the stage for a warmer, wetter winter in the Mid-Atlantic. Details: www.capitalweather.com/intensifying...

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Intensifying El Niño likely to reach ‘historic’ strength, Weather Service says

A record-strength El Niño is already reshaping weather around the world, with potentially important implications for the Mid-Atlantic this winter.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Okay, Itchio babes, if you have a horror, spooky, Hallowe’eny, Octobery, fallish book with vibes and chills, and want to join the creepy bundle, I’m going to make this after work! Drop your book links below for me to add! 😘

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👁️👅👁️ @alisonbuki.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

From @valeriocapraro.bsky.social — another incident of OpenAI stealing the work of mathematicians and claiming it as their own. It shouldn’t be surprising that this is the way OpenAI behaves. Culture is top-down and Altman is a compulsive liar

Valerio Capraro @ValerioCapraro on X:

BREAKING: OpenAl might have stolen another major proof.
In a detailed Mastodon post, which I report in full in the comments, Andreas Thom presents several pieces of evidence suggesting that OpenAl may have trained Astra on
conversations in which he and Gábor Kun were working on Gromov's soficity conjecture, one of the ten problems OpenAl later announced Astra had solved.
I know Andreas. We met several times early in our careers. He is an exceptional mathematician, a leading expert on sofic and hyperlinear groups, and one of the most respected scholars in the field. He has spent two decades working on this problem.
If his account is correct, this is not a minor dispute over attribution. It would mean that unpublished human work was absorbed into a model and then presented to the world as a

If his account is correct, this is not a minor dispute over attribution. It would mean that unpublished human work was absorbed into a model and then presented to the world as a breakthrough by the model itself.
And if the allegations raised by Levent Alpöge, Tristan Buckmaster, and now Andreas Thom are all substantiated, we are no longer looking at isolated incidents.
We may be looking at one of the greatest intellectual scandals in the history of science.
Al is not discovering new mathematics.
Al is stealing human discovery.

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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 07/09/2026

Artist Ulli Lust wants to redraw women's role in prehistory. "The 'manosphere' is always referring to the past as a place where men were strong and superior and women were weak and submissive. Archaeological evidence shows us that’s a myth, and I felt I had to deconstruct it," she told @science.org

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This comic is drawing women into prehistory

Comic book artist Ulli Lust counters myths about the roles of ice age women

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Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In 2027, for the fourth year in a row, I’ll be introducing a budget amendment to end the data center sales tax exemption. I’ll also have the bill for a statewide data center moratorium, a bill to empower localities to enact data center moratoria and several other bills to fight data center sprawl.

“Virginia
“In 2026, Virginia lawmakers proposed ending the state's data-center sales-and-use-tax exemption through S.B. 30, Item 3-5.24 #3s, a member-request budget amendment sponsored by Senator Danica Roem. The amendment would have made the exemption unavailable to qualifying data-center operators and their tenants beginning July 1, 2026. A companion revenue amendment, S.B. 30, Item 0 #14s, projected roughly $1 billion in additional general-fund revenue in the first year and $1.1 billion in the second.
“Virginia lawmakers did not ultimately enact Roem’s proposed rollback of the data-center sales-tax exemption. Instead, the 2026 budget compromise preserved the exemption for qualifying data-center equipment while imposing a new $0.011-per-kilowatt-hour tax on data-center electricity consumption, making Virginia an example of policymakers shifting toward a new tax rather than eliminating the existing incentive.“
Source: Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-scrap-tax-breaks-data-centers-12419874

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 09/09/2026

I do not believe that these guys are about to summon a world-ending superconsciousness from Nvidia graphics cards. But they either believe they can or want me to believe they believe they can. So I think "fuck them" is the only rational response

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 09/09/2026

Librarians, good news if you like queer romance!

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S E Case @secase.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The KS has launched! This book has it all: fetal pig dissection, bisexual disasters, skeevy house parties, AIM breakups — plus it examines how childhood events you'd rather forget can effect your sense of self & the decisions you make, even years later. Get one: www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

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Rigsby WI - Volume 3: Flux by SE Case

Volume 3 of SE Case's Eisner-nominated webcomic is up for grabs! Welcome back to Rigsby, Wisconsin!

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Rachel Gluckstern @rgluckst.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.

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