Reposted by SBSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 15hRegional baddies are necessary to the baddie ecosystem 1517
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 9hI have enjoyed buying from Bookshop in the past and I enjoyed buying from Bookshop today 💜 010
Reposted by SBStéise @booksparrow.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Yey, I get to post my favourite meme: #archives #heritage #history #SpecialCollections 📚 0518
Reposted by SBProfessionally Nosy @professionallynosy.bsky.social · 16hMy inbox tells me it is a day for my archives memes 24011
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 9hI got a paper cut (??) from a banana peel this weekend WTF. Hope you had a bandaid on hand and enjoyed your processing break 100
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 9hThe Onion called it 20 years agotheonion.comIt Only TuesdayWASHINGTON, DC—After running a thousand errands, working hours of overtime, and being stuck in seemingly endless gridlock traffic commuting to and from their jobs, millions of Americans were dishearte... 000
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 11hLove to get emails from my government employer that say "we're going to go broke if health care costs keep going up." Lmao what do you think is gonna happen, my guy!!! 020
Reposted by SBAlan Henry @halophoenix.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Mental Health in Journalism Summit, an online conference about...it's name, starts tomorrow and goes through the 9th! I'll be on a panel on Thursday at 8am ET discussing intersectionality and minority stress in journalism. Come join us: www.theselfinvestigation.com/summit/ 062
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 21hIn American students' defense, many tried over Gaza and were punished severely. No one protests, or respects protests, like the French 0351
Reposted by SBAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026A new IWPR report confirms that college-educated Black women are more likely to lead in government than in companies. Which is why the DOGE cuts that slashed federal jobs have been particularly devastating for college-educated Black women. #blacksky 3343126
Reposted by SBAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 8438661534
Reposted by SBLangston Blues @dradambanks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026static.klipy.comDenzel Washington Says 'Get Out'ALT: Denzel Washington Says 'Get Out' 329950
Reposted by SBSnowden Becker @snowdenbecker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Me in the streets at the next protest: What do we want? Crowd: Clothes with pockets! Cars with knobs! Me: When do we want it? Crowd: We have always wanted it! 0102
Reposted by SBSteve Ammidown @stegan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I love that everyone’s excited about #bannedbooksweek, but please remember that there’s so much more to it than just buying or reading a banned book. Its also about people- librarians, educators, and readers- Kelly’s body of work is a starting point to understand this more. 14124
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I used to but life's too short to keep a list of 500 books I'll never read 😂 010
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Any suggestions on finding stability? Feeling a little "building a castle on sand" about basically everything these days ha ha ha. if I were a beach, I'd be in line for renourishment, and actually it does feel like it could take millions to reestablish me 030
Reposted by SBDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That this is *not* the trust that has been broken astounds me. I gave feedback earlier this year on some restoring trust projects. I mentioned Cornell's president hitting a student and alum with apparently little regret as the type of damage these projects need to care about. Elite impunity matters. 341785
Reposted by SBGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high. 81893509
Reposted by SBNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out. 821992473
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It does make sense that this could be a paid position and yet is daughter 🤪 000
Reposted by SBPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026NO, NYC PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE NOT "FULLY FUNDED" despite what the influencers on social media are regurgitating. Our libraries remain UNDER-FUNDED. Library workers need to be paid MORE MONEY, we need more funds for collections, we need more funds for programming & for capital expenses. 227890
Reposted by SBKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 04/10/2026The other reason you should read Radium Girls is the lawsuits that came out of the girls being made to eat radium on the job (and a later similar case) helped create OSHA. Remember: safety rules are written in blood.history.comHow the Radium Girls Forced Workplace Safety Reforms | HISTORYThey painted with radium-laced paint—and faced dire consequences. 319261
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026100%. Not sure if Publix is the most expensive option, but they are in abundance just outside FLL. Placing an order in advance totally makes this possible en route to the port 010
Reposted by SBJames Neal @james3neal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"Proposition 40 ... would impose a one-time, 5% tax on California’s 200 billionaires, with 90% of the revenue from the proposed measure going toward the state’s health care program and 10% going toward education, food assistance, and administration" fortune.com/article/how-...fortune.comGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | FortuneThe state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax. 103
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026static.klipy.comKristen Bell Crying LaughingAlt: Kristen Bell laughing and then starting to cry 000
Reposted by SBKEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 03/10/2026Retiring Smithsonian head Lonnie G. Bunch III: "You can run from history, but you can't hide" www.cbsnews.com/news/retirin...cbsnews.comRetiring Smithsonian head Lonnie G. Bunch III: "You can run from history, but you can't hide"In 2019, Bunch became both the first historian and the first African American to serve as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. As he prepares to retire, he talks about the museums' mission to pro... 095
Reposted by SBKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Gen X and Millennials yearn for. personalized Triptiks from CAA and AAA. 1215115
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Trainfector!! "The city of Wuppertal has the population of Stockton, Calif., and twice the rail transit usage of Dallas." Idk Stockton's population but I know America sucks at transit 😭😭 020
Reposted by SBDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026excited to see every catholic university in the US triple down on arts. 430134
Reposted by SBTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons. That was an "existential threat" to humanity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 10411169
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard Gen Z / Gen Alpha say it in the South, the "so" isn't emphasized it's just youresogood 000
Reposted by SBJosh Hadro @hadro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I broke this story in 2011, about the first major publisher-imposed loan restrictions on ebooks (the only truly big story of my trade journalism career). It’s been 15 years, and the only major difference is that public library budgets are lower and what publishers charge libraries has gone up.libraryjournal.comHarperCollins Puts 26 Loan Cap on Ebook Circulations 11815
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You did an amazing job capturing our work in a nutshell! Hope it is a fun appearance and you don't get any weird shit (to even have to say that 😭😭😭) 120
Reposted by SBcarolyn @papersquared.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Also, please read. This is what librarians do. This is who we are. 0185
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ahhh yes totally. Like you, I made a lil HTML site as a kid and later used it to add hyperlinks for work, so XML wasn't a huge leap 010
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hmm. I've included EAD basics in manuals ("here's the code to get bold / insert link" or "when your import has errors, here's what to look for") but I wonder what a deeper cut would look like. So much otj training for archives work! 101
SB @stephestellar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the only thing I know, and that I want/need to know, about Mike Tomlin 000
Reposted by SBRaven Song Farm @ravensongfarm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There is something deeply wrong with trying to kill a person twice, then sending her to a hospital for life saving measures so that they can try to kill her again. 741043294
Reposted by SBDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 01/10/2026that's about £28m a day renewables have saved the UK sending to petrostates since the start of the US-Israel war in Iran 15929
Reposted by SBTove Danovich @tkdano.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’ve become obsessed with the disappearing night sky. I miss going outside wherever I was and seeing the stars! Glad to be able to write about this for @us.theguardian.com. Thanks to the kind readers who have already sent me emails about their own night skies. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comThe night sky is getting 10% brighter every year. We’re forgetting what darkness feels likeIf more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures 721964
