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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h
My friend Mark Cho, co-founder of The Armoury, visited Lovat Mill in Scotland some years ago. He filmed this charming video with Lovat co-owner and design director Alan Cumming, who explains what goes into making tweed. You can see how many bright colors are used to make a "simple" earthy color.
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You can't, and shouldn't seek to, replace public schools or libraries with bookstores. You can't replace a public good with a private business, no matter how well-meaning or well-organized it may be.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The grand jury reviewing the evidence in the death of Nolan Wells had found that no criminal charges are warranted at this point
abcnews.com
No criminal charges in the death of Nolan Wells: Grand jury report
The grand jury reviewing the death of Nolan Wells has found that, based on all the evidence they reviewed, no criminal charges are warranted at this point.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 30/08/2026
In the first half of this year, boards of trustees voted to shutter more than 50 schools. The reasons for this are numerous but what’s impossible to miss is the growing presence of shamelessly excessive wealth alongside austerity. @gusbova.bsky.social on the state of things in Texas:
texasobserver.org
Editor's Letter: Introducing Our September/October 2026 Issue
A note from the editor-in-chief
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Berkeleyside @berkeleyside.org · 26/08/2026
The all-ages Berkeley music venue that helped launch Green Day and Operation Ivy is working to buy its building and secure its future.
berkeleyside.org
How the punks of 924 Gilman beat the odds and built a DIY institution
The all-ages Berkeley music venue that helped launch Green Day and Operation Ivy is working to buy its building and secure its future.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."
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Consumers Are Worried About the Loss of Physical Media Ownership. Libraries Are Leading the Conversation. — Association of Research Libraries
Sally Sax is head, Collection Strategy and Partnerships, MacOdrum Library, Carleton University. In a recent Atlantic Monthly article about Sony’s plan to end physical sales of PlayStation console game...
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"Wyoming will become the first state in the US where you cannot receive a B.A. in Philosophy. The University of Wyoming will be the only R1 institution, the only state flagship university, and one of two land-grant universities that do not offer a B.A. in Philosophy." dailynous.com/2026/07/23/u...
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The Oaklandside @oaklandside.org · 31/07/2026
Loved ones greeted Morales Rojas — who was arrested by ICE in Denver last week — as she walked out of ICE’s Aurora detention center Thursday.
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Freed from immigration detention, Chantal Morales Rojas will return home to Oakland
Loved ones greeted Morales Rojas — who was arrested by ICE in Denver last week — as she walked out of ICE’s Aurora detention center Thursday.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 29/07/2026
When Texas asked the data center industry to report how much water they consume, fewer than 1/3 of companies responded. Less than 17% responded to a separate, "mandatory" survey by the Texas Water Development Board.
texasobserver.org
With Texas’ Data Center Boom, Uncertainty Is the Business Plan
Proposed projects are driven by sketchy numbers nobody has to prove: inflated demand, water use most companies never report, power plans that route around ordinary review. Either way, the public pays.
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PUML @puml.media · 23/07/2026
San Francisco's per capita police spending is higher than anywhere else in the country, by a longshot. Last year, San Francisco budgeted $1,017 on policing for every resident. New York City came in a distant second at $746 per resident.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/07/2026
Italy Issues Travel Ban On Italian Americans
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Italy Issues Travel Ban On Italian Americans
ROME—Calling the emergency order a direct response to “an imminent national threat,” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni issued a travel ban Wednesday restricting the entry of Italian Americans into...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I'm going to bite my tongue.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?
Three kittens in a cage. Two are orange and one is black. Three kittens. Two are orange, one is black. They are laying on a stuffed teddy bear. The black kitten in a scarf.The two orange kittens in a scarf.
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 08/07/2026
"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...
bangordailynews.com
These Maine librarians are helping patrons resist AI and Big Tech
Despite breathless reporting on how AI is going to change the world, Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian, said that, in her experience, most library patrons aren’t finding it helpful.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New limited edition library cards featuring Brooklyn-born artist Sahwn “JAY-Z” Carter will be available at Brooklyn Public Library locations. newjersey.news12.com/new-jay-z-li...
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News 12 | New Jersey | New Jay Z Limited Edition Library Card Available At Brooklyn Public Library LocationsNews 12
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Doctors 25% more likely to miss a diagnosis on a patient within 3 months after Ai is implemented. The results indicate Ai has an immediate negative effect on professionals skillsets vs prolonged reliance. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
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NYC Public Library Action Network @nycplan.org · 19/06/2026
@mayor.nyc.gov NYC’s authors and scholars call on you with this letter to fulfill your campaign pledge and commit 0.5% of the city’s annual budget to its public libraries, this year and throughout your tenure as mayor. 📸 Roxas Timmons with Human Flower Productions docs.google.com/document/d/e...
Two New Yorkers raise their fists while holding signs that say “find our public libraries” and “mayor Mamdani keep your promise”
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
@mayor.nyc.gov NYC's cutest urge you to honor your promise to allocate 0.5% of the city budget to public libraries! Don't let them down.
A smiling woman, man, and child pose together holding colorful signs that say "Fund Our Public Libraries" and "Public Libraries." The man wears an orange mask and holds a sign reading "0.5% or bust!.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Hello! 👋 I'm hoping to raise money for two Bay Area cat rescues. If you post a screenshot of you donating at least $20, I will answer a style-related question for you. But first, let me tell you about the rescues, why they're worthy of your support, and hopefully get you to adopt a cat. 🧵
Two gray cats. One has their pawn on a person's knee. Two cats sleeping next to each other.
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Jonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
EVs = they’re going to crash the grid!! Data centers = “let’s build 3,000 of them!”
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 11/06/2026
Excited to finally have @katiejwells.bsky.social on the podcast, especially to discuss such an important issue. We can’t let the gig work model makes its way into healthcare, and degrade not just working conditions, but patient care along with it.
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 10/06/2026
Seattle City Council votes 9-0 to enact a one-year moratorium on new large data centers and study their impact; Mayor Katie Wilson is expected to sign the bill (Greg Kim/The Seattle Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
devastated to find out this is untrue
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 07/06/2026
I think anyone who worries about security should read this paper asap. @filippo.abyssdomain.expert does not mince his words.
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A Cryptography Engineer’s Perspective on Quantum Computing Timelines
The risk that cryptographically-relevant quantum computers materialize within the next few years is now high enough to be dispositive, unfortunately.
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Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
In case people have not got it yet...this is not faulty tech but the point of the AI Industry: "Google’s AI Overviews are peddling misinformation on a scale that may be virtually unprecedented in human history."
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"Australia has surpassed 400,000 home battery storage installations under the federal government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program, reaching 11.2GWh of cumulative storage capacity in less than a year since the scheme launched." www.energy-storage.news/australia-hi... via George Heynes 🔌💡
energy-storage.news
Australia hits 400,000 home battery installations with 11.2GWh capacity in under a year
Australia has surpassed 400,000 home battery storage installations under the federal government's Cheaper Home Batteries Program.
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"Fake citations have turned into a nightmare for research librarians, who by some estimates are wasting up to 15 percent of their work hours responding to requests for nonexistent records that ChatGPT or Google Gemini alluded to." open access link: archive.ph/qt59c 2/🧵
rollingstone.com
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Proud. 🏆 Photo from my collection, no date/info.
Color photo of a longhaired ginger tuxedo cat lying on a bathroom floor, casually surveying an exuberantly shredded roll of toilet paper strewn across the floor. It should also be noted that that toilet has a mottled yellow carpeted lid and floor mat which appear to be on top of a brown carpeted floor.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/05/2026
“I’m just so goddamn fed up with all this,” Gina Small, 29, said in a comment on the U.S. economy that one of her friends assumed was about the world’s ongoing humanitarian crises, another friend thought was about the weaponization of America’s military against its own people.
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Everyone In Conversation Under Different Impression As To Which Horrific News Being Discussed
HENDERSON, NV—Solemnly nodding in agreement as they took turns speaking, each person engaged in an intense dinner conversation at a local restaurant Tuesday was reportedly under an entirely different ...
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 24/04/2026
This is Draco. He was found as a stray with a rectal prolapse. The shelter performed surgery to fix it, without which he would not have survived. He is now at an emergency hospital where he still needs supportive care, including fluids and a feeding tube. You can help him below ❤️‍🩹 1510.fan/draco-bsd
a small black puppy sits in a stainless steel vet kennel on a light blue blanket. he's wearing a cone and looking at the camera with sad eyes. perched in front of him is a brown stuffed bear with antlers.Draco, the tiny black puppy, is wrapped up in a blanket in a cardboard box being held by a smiling human. Draco is wearing a cone and he gives a teensy little grimace. he's accompanied in his box by a green dragon stuffie.Draco, still wearing a cone, is on a new pile of blankets in a vet kennel. he looks at the camera with incredibly sad puppy eyes. an I.V. tube runs through the kennel and to his left leg.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/04/2026
www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
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UC Berkeley CS major enrollment on pace to drop by 59% as part of nationwide trend
The decline in campus computer science graduates mirrors a trend across the UC system, with CS major enrollment across the university decreasing in 2025 for the first time since the
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
do. you. believe. girls & women yet?
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Here is an easy solution: Food stains are humiliating, as they suggest you're a little baby who can't feed themselves. Oil stains, such as those you'd get from working on your car, suggest you're tough, independent, and skilled. Thus, simply cover your food stains with used motor oil.
A white garment with some kind of food stain. Humiliating. A pair of dirty hands rest on a car engine. Rough, tough, cool.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/04/2026
The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Pope Leo XIV theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-i…
The Onion: It must be boring having to go to church so much.
Pope Leo XIV: Yes.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"i have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working." The Astronauts truly representing us all up there.
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The Oaklandside @oaklandside.org · 02/04/2026
An estimated 72,000 lawfully present immigrants in California will be impacted, including at least 5,000 in Alameda County alone.
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Thousands in Alameda County will lose CalFresh this week. Here's what to know
An estimated 72,000 lawfully present immigrants in California will be impacted, including at least 5,000 in Alameda County alone.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/03/2026
“It is not that AI is taking our jobs per se, but that AI is being prioritized over many of our jobs.”
insidehighered.com
Faculty Push Back Against OpenAI Deals
As higher ed institutions pay tech companies millions to provide students and faculty access to custom AI-powered tools, some faculty in Colorado and California are pushing back.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 22/03/2026
Before it was anything else, the United States was an investment opportunity: a high-risk startup. Adam Gopnik writes about the men who bankrolled the American Revolution. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/9MCBkP
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Who Bankrolled the American Revolution?
Our history too often sidesteps the question of finances. But sonorous ideals don’t keep an army supplied with uniforms, guns, and grub.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
An anti-suffragette postcard from the early 1900s 'First she gets the vote, then she gets your wife!' #WomensHistoryMonth
Cartoon illustration of two white women kissing wearing hats and jackets with the text above 'Girls are doing all the fellow's jobs now'
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Texas keeps failing to release people from jail when their time is over, leaving people languishing there unable to be released www.texastribune.org/2026/03/19/t...
texastribune.org
Texas jails’ failure to free inmates on time costing counties
The state does not track the prevalence or provide guidance on the issue, leaving inmates to languish in jail and eventually sue counties for damages.
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The Oaklandside @oaklandside.org · 18/03/2026
"A Feather and a Fork," from Crystal Wahpepah, whose eponymous restaurant is in Fruitvale, is now available.
oaklandside.org
The debut cookbook from this Oakland-born, decorated Native chef centers seasonality and knowing whose land you're on
"A Feather and a Fork," from Crystal Wahpepah, whose eponymous restaurant is in Fruitvale, is now available.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I don’t know the story here but my best guess is “tripped over the cat going down stairs in the dark but still love him”. Photo from my collection, 1958.
Black and white photo of a smiling white woman sitting outside on a sunny house stoop, wearing a cast and sling on her right arm and cervical collar. A happy little shorthaired black cat rubs up beside her.
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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
50 years ago today 🔥❤️⚡🥂 The Runaways released their debut studio album, The Runaways. It features the singles "Cherry Bomb," "Blackmail," and "Secrets." #punkrock #womenofpunk #womenofrock #therunaways #allfemaleband #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Nora Kenworthy @kenworthy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I can do you one better - it combined my name with that of another scholar in the field, @saralmdavis.bsky.social! I guess we're a hybrid bot now 🫤
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404 Media @404media.co · 10/03/2026
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 10/03/2026
Sugar, a World Dog Surf champion, is battling cancer, says owner
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Sugar, a World Dog Surf champion, is battling cancer, says owner
A five-time World Dog Surf Champion is battling cancer after being the first animal inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame.
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