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@maxgbowman.bsky.social
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"So many people are coming to us who have never come to the food bank before. It used to be people who were working hourly-wage jobs. Now we see salary employees." Maybe we should measure the "strength" of the economy not by the stock market but by the length of the line at our local food bank?
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For people asking why the reversal to a more reasonable position, as the public health professional alludes to in the video, it’s because of ongoing legal challenges to the rollbacks under rfk jr. Medical groups have been suing: www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/h...
cnn.com
Medical groups sue to block new CDC vaccine recommendations | CNN
Seven prominent medical associations on Monday sued to reverse changes to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s childhood vaccine recommendations.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Find out where you can watch the film here.
bleeckerstreetmedia.com
MUSK | Only In Select Theaters October 9, Nationwide October 16
An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur” who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I am not saying everybody has the ability to follow this path, but: I was uncertain of my MMR status. I went into the CVS app, scheduled a booster, walked in, got one, walked out, paid nothing.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the US economy & our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable… that bet isn't looking good. The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more than you spend…“
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Jordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mainers will freeze to death in their own homes. Susan Collins is to blame. Vote for Troy.
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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
On my Reading List:
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You know what gets a library perpetual access to a book??? Purchasing the physical book. I guarantee the publisher won’t come steal it back!!!
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Remember earlier this year when I did write a literal "I worked with a company, decided the harms were too great, and then left and spent the next decade and a half campaigning against its unregulated growth" piece? Those AI confessions sound like BS to me. news.mongabay.com/2026/04/deep...
news.mongabay.com
Deep-sea wildernesses are more important than the promise of seafloor mining (analysis)
When I set sail on the MV NorSky in the summer of 2008 to probe the depths of Manus Basin off the coast of Papua New Guinea, I believed in the promise of deep-sea mining. As an early-career deep-sea e...
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Matthew Murray 🦇 @midnitelibrary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I occasionally get to remind people of the system I use for converting between Celsius and Fahrenheit. It won't give you ever temperature, but it seems like a good baseline to help you figure out how hot or cold something is. 04 C is 40 F 16 C is 61 F 28 C is 82 F 40 C is 104 F
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Brooke Foster @lonesometoast.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
HUGE news in candy innovation. an “apple harvest” varietal from the geniuses at albanese
Apple harvest gummies in a bag
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A.J. Wilden🏳️‍⚧️ @wcwit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"They're not misunderstanding the film; they're co-opting a message"
Screencap from the interview linked in the quoted post

Marlow Stern (the interviewer):  You have one of the most renowned replies in Twitter history. Elon Musk tweeted out, “Take the red pill,” then Ivanka Trump enthusiastically wrote, “Taken!” to him, and then you replied, “Fuck both of you.” I’m curious how you feel about the co-opting of “The Matrix” by those on the right who don’t really seem to understand its messaging.

Lilly Wachowski: I mean, I can’t sit in a room and explain the movie to every single person who watches it. Even if I did sit in a room with Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump — yikes — it doesn’t matter. They’re not misunderstanding the film; they’re co-opting a message. And that’s what fascists do: They co-opt the messages of progressives and use it to their benefit to confuse and obfuscate what is going on and the intention of their ideology. They do it with everything. They do it with Martin Luther King Jr. Look at how they’ve changed the idea of what antisemitism is.
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
MMR is 97% effective. BUT: - Some may not mount a robust enough immune response to vax for a variety of reasons - Protection CAN wane if there's been a major immune disruption, though this is rare - Most pertinent: intense, prolonged exposure to someone with measles can supersede protection
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is not what slop refers to. I'm not being purely academic about this. The conflation does matter. Because this is a type of conglation that people do to make any reasonable critique of "A.I." seem overwrought. "Oh they said the same thing about the internet!" And it is not true.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is an eye-opening look into the campaign to pressure everyone- especially the news media- into dropping “far right” from descriptions (& headlines!) about the far right. Don’t fall for it.
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murmurations @murmurationsjrnl.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🪶New in Murmurations: our first creative work, a piece by Lauren Poole titled "A Collage about Gender Euphoria" that is partially composed of weeded library materials.
A collage. Full description in post
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Travis Wagner (they/them) @drtlwagner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It was such a joy to talk through this paper and wish it was an approach more journals took!
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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
First day of classes 26-27, which marks my 27th year in libraries, and my 27th academic year 🎉 I usually take a first-day-of-school picture every year. First set of pictures are my first day of classes (1st pic is day before) here in Maine, and today (2019–2026). 2026 Max has seen some things!
Me, taking a selfie in a bathroom mirror, the day before classes begin. I’m wearing a blue button up shirt, blue jeans, and a gray cardigan. I am wearing dark glasses, and I am smiling real wide.
First day of classes 2019 selfie in my new office. I’m wearing another gray cardigan, a plaid shirt, and dark glasses. I am smiling-ish.2026 selfie on the first day of classes, in a full length mirror I’m wearing blue jeans, a belt, a navy sweatshirt, and a mustard yellow bandana.2026 Max, first day of classes selfie in my office. I am wearing a blue sweatshirt, and a mustard bandana.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
People tell me they like suits but don't have occasions to wear one. You can wear a suit to court, funerals, and religious services. Doesn't have to be your trial, friend's burial, or religion you believe in. Go to random trials, attend a stranger's burial, join multiple religions. Try it sometime.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
So young adults, who usually interact with their friends online, are told that type of contact doesn’t count. And disabled young adults who need to lean on that style of connection are disregarded in the analysis—even as we make more of them in an ongoing public heath disaster.
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The pandemic seems to have permanently increased (or coincided with) asocial behavior. On an average day, one in 10 young adults now has no in-person contact with another human
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Chart: On an average day, one in 10 young adults now has no in-person contact % of US 23- to 29-year-olds surveyed in each year who spent no time with other people that day*
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"this edible ain't shit" two hours later:
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Oh, hooman! That's science? Very interesting, let me show you physics science . 🤣
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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in 2027! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out next year (or publicist), share the link/info here!
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18/08/2026
Yuuuuuuup. "Don't Engage, Just Block" was a terrific ethos to have instilled early on, and when the main feed doesn't have an algorithm to promote shitty engagement, so much the better. Also why people here are unbothered by being smaller than X - most everyone here is actually real, and not a dick.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Begging folks to wake up and realize that the massive increase in food borne illness and infectious diseases is not an accident. This was always the goal. The regime removed protections because they want “the vulnerable” to die. Fascism and eugenics go hand in hand.
cnn.com
Foodborne illness outbreaks are especially bad this summer | CNN
Federal data suggests that this is a particularly bad summer for foodborne illness outbreaks in the US.
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Making this opt-out instead of opt-in because of all the nuances involved is exactly the wrong way to address nuance
Upcoming Change to AI-Assisted Search and Ask This Document (AI Ask)
Effective September 1, 2026, EBSCO will transition AI-Assisted Search and Ask This Document (AI Ask) beta from opt-in to opt-out, making both features available by default across applicable researcher interfaces, including EBSCOhost and EBSCO Discovery Service.

Libraries will continue to have full administrative control through EBSCO Experience Manager (EEM). Any existing customizations or decisions to disable these features will remain unchanged through the transition. EBSCO initially used an opt-in model to respect libraries’ varying policies and readiness to adopt AI. However, customers reported that limited awareness, competing priorities, and uncertainty about administrative responsibilities often prevented enablement. Customer feedback and usage data also indicate that these features help researchers discover and use trusted, library-provided content more easily.

Moving to an opt-out model will make the features more accessible while preserving institutional choice. Libraries may disable either feature based on their policies, and both are clearly labeled and optional for users.

For more information about these features or instructions for opting out, visit EBSCO Connect.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I hope you can find as much comfort & contentment today as this Redditor's dog named Haru: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Get calling!
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 09/08/2026
Here's a bit of good news www.cleveland.com/news/2026/08...
cleveland.com
Ohio Supreme Court protects public vote in data center fight
The unanimous ruling said the village never explained why a 30-day delay would harm the EdgeConneX project.
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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Every now and again I’ll think: gosh, I don’t feel like I’ll be 50 soon. And then I recall my excitement at discovering the iOS magnifier app, and it all falls into place.
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Joyful Elderly People Dancing
Alt: Joyful Elderly People Dancing
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
In case you don't follow basketball, Royce White was only rostered on an NBA team for a single season. He was used as a substitute in just three games, scoring a total of zero points. He made the stat lines by fouling twice. This is an NBA washout trying desperately to cash in and find some fame.
https://www.espn.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/6629/royce-white
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
truly sounded like an Onion headline at first
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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The first article in a 3 part series — you can read the article here: murmurations.space/2026/08/05/a... This is such a good article. If you’ve ever wondered about the extent that mis/disinformation plays in anti-trans bias, Heath’s article addresses that very issue.
murmurations.space
A Library Worker’s Guide to Anti-Transgender Misinformation, Part One: Understanding Anti-Transgender Misinformation by Heath Umbreit
AbstractAuthorLicenseRecommended CitationDownloadable PDFIntroductionPositionality statement and content notesLocating ourselves in present realityConstruction and interpretation of informationExam…
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Liz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Billy, the music loving dog is taken to the music hall filled with musicians practicing and listens for the sound that pleases him the most. It’s the cello. 🎻 He lays down basking in the waves of sounds he chose out of all the others. Music is the universal language. #DogsofBluesky #MusicSky
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.
axios.com
Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic
The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Somebody DO something!!!!!!!!
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
they know what they’re doing
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Just a reminder that in this country, the process is punishment. 24 hours in jail to process your arrest, money for bail, money for a lawyer, missed work for your court appearances...it all adds up. We do this to poor people every single day in this country. Many never really recover.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/08/2026
Okay, let it
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Wait, it’s August???????????? WHO APPROVED THIS, omg??????
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I strongly believe that your circle of people is a direct reflection of who you are.
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maxgbowman @maxgbowman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Such a good piece - please read and share, friends!
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Lia @liadanmakes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Homosaurus (homosaurus.org), an international LGBTQ+ linked data vocabulary, is recruiting! I'm a member of the English Term Development Committee, and we anticipate reaching out to applicants in September. Application here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 21/07/2026
Gillian Anderson has officially revealed the upcoming 1,478-piece LEGO set for THE X-FILES. The set is centered on Mulder’s office, paired with a forest clearing scene and a hovering UFO. Includes 8 minifigures, featuring Mulder, Scully, The Flukeman & more. August 4.
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Brad @bradwhipple.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
mass layoffs at Pixar despite Toy Story 5 about to cross $1 billion at the box office. there is simply no amount of money that will make corporations happy enough to not upend people’s lives.
variety.com
Pixar Bears Brunt of Disney Studio Layoffs as Company Axes Several Hundred Staffers
Pixar Animation Studios, despite riding high on the success of summer blockbuster "Toy Story 5," was hit particularly hard in a wave of corporatewide layoffs at Disney.
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That guy @stuartbayens.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A federal judge has approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about US$3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.
ctvnews.ca
Judge approves a US$1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot
A federal judge approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay authors about US$3,000 per book.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I’m at the lettuce parasite outbreak I’m at the air quality disaster I’m at the historic flooding I’m at the combination parasitic outbreak air quality flood
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