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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata)

@personanondata.bsky.social
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Practitioner of the Irish exit | Publisher | Marathoner (15) Half (16) | MUFC | Westie | Life long Traveler | Photographer | EWR, LHR, BKK, AKL, MEL, OGG, DCA, BOS | The thinking about it is always worse than the doing it.

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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Man City Must Be Penalized and Banned.
The Integrity of the Premier League Depends on It.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/10/2026
Dude Wipes Introduces New Flushable Khakis theonion.com/dude-wipes-introduces-…
Dude Wipes Introduces New Flushable Khakis
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is just state barbarism. Nothing less.
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 01/10/2026
Rebecca Sinclair, president of the Publishers Association and chief brand officer of PRH UK, called for a National Decade of Reading at the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday 29th September. 👇
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PA renews call for National Decade of Reading at Labour Party Conference
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump seeks to label Democrats as communists, but he was the one who rolled out the red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping and kissed his ass. He is clearly Putin’s comrade and buying government stakes in private companies, so why aren’t more people calling out this bullshit? #ComradeTrump
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Is Diamond Access a 'loss leader'? Hundreds of ‘free’ academic journals have started charging fees www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Hundreds of ‘free’ academic journals have started charging fees
A study tracking diamond open-access journals has found an increase in titles switching to other publishing models — especially over the past few years.
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Last week I marched into the Apple Store and demanded they sell me my iPad. They insisted it wasn’t mine, but I could use it whenever I wanted which triggered me. I responded like any reasonable adult...
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Be Best! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Kash Patel defends FBI hiring policy on applicants who have engaged in bestiality
Senators question FBI chief on move to cut restrictions on agent applicants who have engaged in bestiality
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I think that the challenge tour - currently the “Hotel planner tour” should buy LIV out of bankruptcy and combine into one tour. Golfers may have to earn out their receivables. Probably raise the level of LIV tour. www.wsj.com/sports/golf/...
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LIV Golf Files for Bankruptcy—and Owes Top Golfers Millions
The league lost its Saudi backers earlier this year and star players now stand as LIV’s biggest creditors.
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
With every thing else we now have to deal with this. He who smelt it died by it.
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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Do you know who this student might be? We are trying to trace the identity of this part-Māori student, who attended the University of St Andrews in the 1860s. You can read more about this here: www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m... Courtesy of University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, ID ALB-1-65
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
To the barricades! White collar revolution. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Oxford University Press staff strike over offshoring plans
Oxford University Press plans to relocate some of its financial operations to India.
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So excited this series is coming back. The storytelling is excellent. Watch. Also, the books are very good as well. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Goodbye to Babylon Berlin, the 1920s TV drama that has eerily foreshadowed real-life politics
The long-running drama reaches Hitler’s rise to power in its final season as its creators reflect on the unsettling parallels between Weimar Germany and the present day
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I own shares in this company. They are appeasing surrender monkeys of the worst kind. Sell @Google #sundarpichai
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Mystery solved: the Freedom Fuel Network was able to charge so little for gas because it stiffed its supplier and refused to pay for it
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Trump lauded low prices at Freedom Fuel. A supplier says some gas wasn’t paid for.
Mansfield Oil Company of Gainesville claimed in a federal lawsuit this month that it was never paid for more than a million gallons of fuel from a terminal in Pennsylvania between late May and early J...
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infoDOCKET @infodocket.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Roundup: Honoring the Life and Work of Dolly Parton (Statements From #Libraries, #Literacy Organizations, & Others) www.infodocket.com/2026/08/26/r... #publiclibraries #books #reading
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NEW: A Florida grand jury finds the DeSantis Administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer funds when it diverted the money to the Casey DeSantis’-related nonprofit, Hope Florida Foundation. I track the money flow in this outrageous corruption and grift! youtu.be/JDOh1GUZrfs?...
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DeSantis CAUGHT By Grand Jury FUNNELING MILLIONS Away From Floridians!?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
BOSTON…😕 ✈️
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Personanondata chat
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Lincoln Project: The GOP tells you that the guy who falls asleep daily on live tv and hid in a catering cart after an Iranian assassination threat is making USA look more powerful on the world stage. All while raising prices on everything and weakening our economy. Wake up, this isn't winning.
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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MediaWeek: Publishing Company Reporting -RelEx, T&F, Thomson Reuters, Springer
Four major publishing and information companies reported financial results over the last month and across all four, revenue growth is accelerating, operating margins are improving, and AI is the state...
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Current leader of the Conservative Party. She must have been worried he’d be recruited by the black shirts. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Kemi Badenoch gives former neo-Nazi advisory role after he withdraws as Tory candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine says Conservative leader has asked him to work with party’s culture and integration commission
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/08/2026
NEW: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he's willing to "micromanage" Corpus Christi's water crisis. But he's gone quiet on the financial troubles of an agency that could help expand the region's water supply — despite Abbott having appointed its entire board. With KRIS 6 News and @texastribune.org
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Greg Abbott Blasted Corpus Christi for Its Water Crisis. A River Authority He Has Power Over Is Falling Apart.
The Nueces River Authority is working on a project that could expand the Corpus Christi region’s water supply. But the Texas governor has done little to address the agency’s financial problems, despit...
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 04/08/2026
You could grow a spine and do your damn jobs.
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Pallonate in Faccia @pallonateinfaccia.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"A real football gangster. The whole world is turning its back on you. F*** you, Infantino!" 🇨🇭 During yesterday's Swiss league match against Basel, Lausanne-Sport fans directed a message against FIFA president (and Swiss citizen) Gianni #Infantino. 👇
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/08/2026
Josh Kerr storms to Commonwealth Games mile title in golden Glasgow moment
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Josh Kerr storms to Commonwealth Games mile title in golden Glasgow moment
* Home favourite blazes clear to delight Scottish fans * Wightman fades to sixth, Myers takes silver Josh Kerr’s summer of miracle and wonder continued in front of his adoring home fans as he added Commonwealth gold to his glittering collection. In a slowly run race that frequently resembled dodgems, Kerr made a devastating kick for home with 250 metres remaining to eviscerate a high-quality field and take the title in 3:54.12. Continue reading...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
UEFA has given FIFA President Gianni Infantino an ultimatum: resign or face a no-confidence vote, The Telegraph reports . It says all 55 members would back it. Only 43 votes are needed.
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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James Daunt on Bookselling (and IPO)
From Bloomberg: Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt discusses the company's strategy, demand for physical books and the potential for an initial public offering
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Down for the Count. COUNTER needs to move quickly to confirm their important place in library data. #libraries, #publishers #STM #scholarlypublishing open.substack.com/pub/personan...
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Out for the Count. Can Counter Recover?
Topic: Focus Area — Academic Publishers & AI-Driven Usage Metric Decline
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/07/2026
Profits Soar As Taylor Farms Rebrands As Biological Weapons Manufacturer
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Trump keeps wreaking havoc on the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge. Is it related to the $1 million contribution his MAGA Super-PAC received from the owner of the rival bridge? www.freep.com/story/news/p...
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Trump's new tariffs upend planned Gordie Howe Bridge ceremony
The bridge is still set to open to traffic on July 27 but Trump's new tariffs led Canadians to set a Canadians-only opening ceremony on July 24.
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Is negative 23% bad
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Book challenge volumes have grown more than 1,200% over ten years, driven by coordinated campaigns operating across school and public library systems simultaneously. #libraries #library #publishing #books personanondata.substack.com/p/age-censor...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Spain’s players refused to celebrate with Trump after the U.S. president attempted to insert himself into the middle of their victory photo. He was politely pushed aside.
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Next up Eng vs Spain Wembley September 26th. #worldcup26
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This weekend Trump golfed while getting our soldiers killed in a stupid war. If you spent yesterday online attacking progressives, then maybe consider your priorities are fucked or you’re just itching to be maga.
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Rebecca is wearing her Vegas residency outfit.
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Repeat the half time show? #worldcup.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Academic Libraries: Where Reference Goes to Die.
Facing the Most Profound Structural Transformation of Any Library Sector - four of multi-part review of the US library market
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump's teleprompter operator on unpaid leave for alleged prediction market bets on Trump speeches apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump's teleprompter operator on unpaid leave for alleged prediction market bets on Trump speeches
The White House says President Donald Trump's teleprompter operator is on unpaid leave after reports that he used his inside knowledge to make bets about the president's speeches on the online predict...
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Explosive diarrhoea? trump says hold my Pepsi
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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
My 'End of the World According to Jonathan Pie' Live Tour starts in September. Some venues have sold out, but there's still time to book tickets at JonathanPie.com.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“I wish I could tell you the story of a life well led. I cannot. Lindsey Graham made the terrible decision to serve Donald Trump even though he knew better, thereby aiding and abetting a corrupt and hateful operation to destroy our beloved country.” www.americaamerica.news/p/the-choice...
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The Choice That Lindsey Graham Made
The sudden death of the South Carolina senator brings into relief his decision to aid and abet Trump and the march toward fascism
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
2015: “[Donald Trump] is a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. He doesn’t represent my party. He doesn’t represent the values that the men and women who wear the uniform are fighting for.”
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Lindsey Graham was a simple, tragic man to understand. He lacked a moral core. The great empty spaces of his life were filled with an insatiable need for “relevance.” He found it as a cast member in the most malignant reality show ever made. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/lindsey-kn...
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Lindsey knew better. He chose worse.
Lindsey Graham was a lonely and unprincipled man who betrayed his country for power and his decency for attention.
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Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata) @personanondata.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Library budget look OK but have eroded due to inflation. #libraries #publishing #books personanondata.substack.com/p/the-money-...
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The Economist @economist.com · 10/07/2026
A pollster close to the Kremlin reports that 55% of respondents say their colleagues and relatives feel anxious, up from 40% last year. We explain what’s behind the rise in discontent
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Russians are growing anxious and angry
The war has come home and is everyone’s problem
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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
In a National Labor Relations Board election, 89% of 134 eligible employees across the publisher’s divisions, including some warehouse workers, voted to join the Chicago NewsGuild and will soon begin negotiating for their first contract.
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University of Chicago Press Workers Vote to Unionize
In a National Labor Relations Board election, 89% of 134 eligible employees across the publisher’s divisions, including some warehouse workers, voted to join the Chicago NewsGuild and will soon begin...
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