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Aurora 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

@saudadedreams.bsky.social
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Thus always to tyrants. Simmons SLIS class of '24. Digital Archivist. Believer in the Great American Road Trip. Companion of a rabbit named Fred. (He/She/They) follow≠endorsement All views expressed are my own, and do not reflect my employer in any way.

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
OR, maybe, generative AI keeps stealing my shit and these companies will do anything to avoid paying me for my labor and production.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That's a $96,318 fine for being raped.
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Aurora 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @saudadedreams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The first thing my supervisor did at my job interview was buy me a hot cup of tea.
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"You're on your way to a job interview. Someone gives you an iced coffee."
The Voight-Kampff replicant test at the beginning of Blade Runner
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
there are only three narratives in fiction: 1) the hero's journey 2) a stranger comes to town 3) a greedy developer is going to tear down our beloved community center...UNLESS we put on the greatest breakdance show this town's ever seen
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Aurora 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @saudadedreams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of my best friends from middle school worked on Star Wars: Zero Company and we haven't talked in over a decade but it's so cool to see him living his childhood dreams
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Mr. Moo Sky @bricebowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Disable gambling ads:
Discord Settings. "Sponsored Content" button is pressedSponsored Content settings. "Manage Sponsored Content" button is pressedManage Sponsored Content settings. "Real Money Gambling" radio switch is "off" (disables gambling content)
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.
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c ⁘ kreuzchen @krzchn.net · 23/09/2026
Put my Lancer custom status markers up on krzchn.itch.io/krzchnlancer... if anyone would like to use them! :> It's pay-what-you-want bc I don't like paywalling my stuff. But if you do use them and like them (and can afford it of course) tips are very appreciated since I still have no stable income!
an array of custom status token markers for Lancer, designed by me.3 overlays showing burst areas for Lancer games, designed by me.
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Tom of Tabletop Bookshelf🔜Gamehole Con @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 23/09/2026
This game is made of the memory soup from my childhood and teenage years. Night drives on long roads. Strange places and random violence. That one experience you can't explain.
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Aurora 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @saudadedreams.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The embarrassing thing about this is that Eggers is so historically accurate that I'm nearly certain he didn't say this and the fault is likely on the reporters.
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Aurora 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @saudadedreams.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I love when absolutely anyone tries to confront me about digital authenticity because it gives me an excuse to curl into a fetal position and think about how in absolute terms the concept is inherently illogical and every additional layer of perceived security is largely theatrical
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Operations designed to insist that everything is fine inevitably betray the fact that this is not the case. And indeed, everything is not fine.” newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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Frédéric Lordon, Warning Signs — Sidecar
On the economics of AI.
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
*whispers in analysis of political economy and science and technology studies* Frankly, no. If your technology relies on massive capital consolidation to function at all, then the problem is the technology, not simply who wields it.
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Whimsy is actually a form of resistance against a world that wants us to be miserable. Says Skeletor trying to keep the whimsy even when the world is truly miserable.
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hampterland @the-hampter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Aurora 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @saudadedreams.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I just spent my Saturday afternoon sobbing through Coyote v. Acme in a theater with my husband and I'm home now and the tears are still coming.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 04/09/2026
Words used to mean things, man
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Aurora 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @saudadedreams.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I might have to resign from community moderation due to the urge I constantly feel to tell people to KEEP THEIR CATS INSIDE.
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
the big AI danger is not companies suddenly inventing skynet - that's marketing rubbish, musk promising mars colonies by 2030 type stuff. the danger is companies claiming to have invented skynet and then putting what they actually have, a chatbot, in charge of stuff that's important
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 02/09/2026
The replies are like "I'll just pirate it!" and I'm sure all your trans friends and associates are happy to know you're still a fan of the woman who's made it her life goal to ruin their lives, you just don't want to pay her for it.
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Aurora 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @saudadedreams.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A thing I encounter all over the place, at least once a week in a lot of places, is me offering some sort of resource and being told it isn't helpful because of social anxiety. And every time it's like. Man. You guys don't think I have social anxiety??
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 02/09/2026
The modern conservative project explicitly supports impregnating children. The trans panic, anti-abortion politics, fearmongering about "over-medication" and disability support: it all comes back to a patriarchal freakout about losing control over who they see as their reproductive property.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Jesus Christ, this. Platner was given the benefit of the doubt despite having a fucking Totenkopf tattoo on his own skin, while many of the same people are demanding El-Sayed answer for any random comment from anyone who supports him.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
i guess in a world where it seems like the corruption is truly endless and often unpunished, it's *kinda* funny that George Santos is the one guy who like never gets away with it
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It's not until he says the magic words, that he fears losing control, that it fully clicks. It's not that he believes philanthropy is bad, it's that the risk of someone receiving his money who he doesn't approve of is a bigger problem than the risk that his money helps no one. That speaks volumes.
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Billionaire CEO says charity is a ‘negative’ for the world: ‘I’m not going to do that’
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has a net worth of several billion dollars, but don’t expect him to donate to charity or do any kind of philanthropy anytime soon. During a recent interview, Armstrong exp...
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
There are only two stories that won a Hugo whose screen adaptation also won a Hugo. “All Systems Red” is the second one. The other is “Dune” Congratulations @marthawells.com.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Google Maps app, 10 pm ET. I stand corrected. Google is a disgrace.
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Johanna T 👻 📚 @johannamation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If you’re tempted to use genAI to brainstorm for writing stories, please just talk abt your story to friends instead! Friends who have good story sense that you trust, writer friends who will give you honest feedback, friends who care & get excited about your ideas with you! I know it’s scary +
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Arkansas librarian fired for refusing to buckle under to demands from Republican county leaders to censor books receives $275K settlement: "Librarians should be able to serve their communities according to professional standards." #arpx #arnews #arleg arkansasadvocate.com/2026/08/27/a...
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Arkansas librarian fired after opposing book ban efforts to receive $275K in settlement | Arkansas Advocate
Patty Hector's lawsuit is part of a larger fight over library restrictions playing out in Arkansas and other Republican-led states.
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average scottythered @scottythered.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Guess we're doing this again, huh
Map of Lake Ontario renamed "Lake They Can't Put You in Library Jail For Not Using Their Authority Records"
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 26/08/2026
Free art. Make something with this. exeuntpress.itch.io/rabbits-and-...
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Rabbits & Demons (Art Assets) by Exeunt Press
Traced public domain woodcut prints for use in your games
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Auuuulet 🍂👻 @aulet.es · 26/08/2026
"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are not transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function. This is a deliberate position."
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 26/08/2026
"there's a new star wars game" hard pass, no thank you "it's XCOM 3 in all but name" you son of a bitch i'm in
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Mark Janello @markjanello.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You fuckers made me do it. The Racist Academicals Patter Song.
[RACIST ACADEMICAL]
I am the very model of a racist academical,
With footnotes and citations to make bigotry seem credible,

I traffic in ideas that have long since been discredited,
Like human races being real and IQ is inherited!

I’ll sign an open letter that legitimates my bigotry,
My gender ideology is thuggery and piggery,

If criticized it’s academic freedom I will hide behind,
My high and mighty principles shan’t be questioned by your tiny mind!

[CHORUS OF CHUDS]
His high and mighty principles shan’t be questioned by your tiny mind!
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Jill Lightner @jilllightner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Street art in her honor from SE Seattle
A glittery tinsel-fringed illustrated portrait of Dolly Parton on a telephone pole. There's a cartoon voice bubble with a quote from her that says "find out who you are and do it on purpose."
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This. Libraries are places where HUMANS with EDUCATION and EXPERTISE help you navigate information and connect you with resources. Data centers are warehouses. Libraries are not warehouses. They can be repositories, but they don't just store. They're alive. Support the fuck out of the PEOPLE.
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026
Watching so many people in the last 48 hours across the ideological spectrum insist that gutter racism is an intellectual position open to debate rather than a toxic belief has certainly been clarifying. People lose their lives & you continue to treat this as an intellectual exercise.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
the guy who said he wanted to chair the harvard department of eugenics and race science??? people are signing a letter in support of his right to bully black men to death in pursuit of his dream of eliminating black people entirely?? just making sure i’m reading this right!!
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Fabian Blake(he/him)Rose tint my world @glitzydemon.itch.io · 23/08/2026
OH. MY. FUCKING. GODS. And then this gadje MF goes on to quote-skeet that he wishes more people on the left would sign it... WAKE THE FUCK UP DIN! Anti-racists don't tend to sign letters supporting racists and eugenicists.. do you even know what Left means? Go home. Get off the stage. DNPG 🍅🍅🍅🤮🤮
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Aurora 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @saudadedreams.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
VIDEO EDITORS: If you want to save your work, for the love of god please export your files to a lossless format AND a lossy format (for sharing). Export to MOV, or MKV, and THEN to MP4 or M4V.
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Aurora 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @saudadedreams.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The first episode of the new season of Reacher features a scene in an archive where someone is crushed to death in movable shelving and when I say I cringed harder at that than at anything I've seen on TV in like 9 years -
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Preserve Together @preservetogether.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Check out the new blog post from Paul to read about how we've been encouraging digital preservation innovation through play with a new game we took to the DPASSH conference: www.preservetogether.com/blog/dp-play
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Digital Preservation Innovation Through Play
An introduction to the Digital Preservation Innovation Game which was played tested at the DPASSH 2026 conference in Belfast.
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con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳 @racheledini.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I met Jason Arday in induction week in my first permanent academic job, at the University of Roehampton. We had been appointed during the same mass hiring, and spent a week together in more or less useless training sessions that felt like components of some kind of deranged summer camp. 1/
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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Every single article should include Nathan Cofnas’ name as the instigator of this.
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scare-cadus (is this anything) 🎃 @birdapp.rip · 12/08/2026
remember, if you buy this, you are directly funding a genocide against trans people. your dollars turn into weapons that kill some of the most vulnerable people on earth
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Hogwarts Legacy 2 Officially Announced By Warner Bros.
It's official: a sequel to the hit Harry Potter RPG is coming
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