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stevesigety.bsky.social

@stevesigety.bsky.social
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Librarian, cataloger, information literacy instructor, student of history, cinephile, tabletop gamer. he/him “There are no ‘old’ movies really – only movies you have already seen and ones you haven’t.” — Peter Bogdanovich

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Hope For The Planet @h4tp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We now have rigorous pooled data showing that even without active restoration efforts, cleared rainforest can rebound to 75% of their former species composition and 90% of species diversity within just thirty years. #goodnews
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Rainforest biodiversity rebounds within a single generation | The Optimist Daily
A major Ecuador study finds cleared rainforests can recover 90 percent of their species diversity in just 30 years, as long as humans leave the land alone.
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stevesigety.bsky.social @stevesigety.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Get all the info about the GRIDSHOCK tabletop RPG here (now funding on Gamefound):
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.
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ivory1.bsky.social @ivory1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Bradbury's classic tale could be one of those short stories @tarawinequeen.bsky.social was talking about.
Tara's post: Good morning to all the English teachers gleefully selecting short stories for their students to read that reveal disturbing truth about the human condition that will still wake them up in the middle of the night decades from now.
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
When you leave the new Oval Office, you have to choose which chalice or adornment is the real one
Crusader knight in the grail room in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
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Colleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Archivists: Closure of Chicago National Archives threatens our right to access history 📜📚 www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-...
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Archivists: Closure of Chicago National Archives threatens our right to access history
The National Archives at Chicago is a resource for residents and researchers including historians, genealogists and librarians.
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Writers Write @writers-write.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Read more books #writingmemes #readingmemes #writingsky #booksky
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stevesigety.bsky.social @stevesigety.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
5/5! 🏛️ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Can You Spot the Classic Greek Originals in These Film Adaptations? (Gift Article)
Homer’s “Odyssey” is back in the headlines with this summer’s movie production, but how many other ancient works do you recognize on the big screen?
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026
Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.
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stevesigety.bsky.social @stevesigety.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"...librarians are among the few professionals explicitly trained to ask critical questions about authority, provenance, access, bias, privacy and intellectual freedom....they help people evaluate, contextualize, preserve and ethically engage with it." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Librarianship Should Resist Credential Erosion (opinion)
We should resist calls for credential erosion. If anything, the need for a foundational M.L.S. has only grown in this era of information abundance.
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Samantha Mackenzie Greer @sammgreer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
incredible of playstation to announce the end of physical disc production the week after they deleted all the movies you bought digitally from your account
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is Bryan. Once a week, he takes a shelter pup on a New York City adventure in his ‘Adopt Me’ backpack, hoping someone will fall in love. He films their big day out, and almost every dog he’s featured has found a forever home. [📹 madmax_fluffyroad] Original post
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The Verge @theverge.com · 12/06/2026
If you need to cool down for a bit this summer, allow me to sing the praises of the library. If your local library system is anything like mine, it probably offers a lot of great things for you to do, both tech-related and not, at no extra cost. Read more from @jaypeters.net:
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The library rules (and so do library streaming services)
Borrow ebooks and stream TV and film for free from home.
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Paul VX2: Back GRIDSHOCK on Gamefound @letsdamage.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
GRIDSHOCK 20XX is a post-superhero-apocalypse TTRPG setting I crowdfunded and released as a set of zines in 2023. Now you can get it for 40% off at Exalted Funeral, print or PDF. Automatically apply the discount code: www.exaltedfuneral.com/discount/gri... Or enter GRIDSHOCK40 at checkout.
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
There used to be DATELINE, and PRIMETIME, 20/20 and 48 Hours … and now they’re all dead or true crime novellas. ‘60 Minutes’, the first, the top of the mountain, was the last one standing. And to get nuked even though it still makes money, wins truckloads of Emmys, gets ratings? It’s cultural arson.
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
An experienced, well-connected investigative reporter with a great reputation, personal loyalty, and nothing but time is a formidable enemy to assign yourself.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
It's inexcusable, and it's remarkable there's not more pushback. Y'know what ETFs like SPY & VOO do when they add a stock? They rebalance by selling all the other stocks in proportion. They are literally changing the rules to take value from shareholders of every S&P 500 company to give it to Musk.
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries. For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..." fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...
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Lament for the MIT Libraries - MIT Faculty Newsletter
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
It is wrong and criminal for government agents to kidnap someone, send them to die in a concentration camp, and disappear them, regardless of immigration status. But it's still worth noting she has a green card. The government doesn't even pretend this is about deporting undocumented people.
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The Librarians Film @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Free streaming window ends THIS SATURDAY! Watch now: tinyurl.com/TheLibrarian...
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stevesigety.bsky.social @stevesigety.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The 200-page adventure book for the BREAK!! RPG is on Kickstarter now!
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Just sobbed hardest I have since my mom died in 2020. She missed these trials by a few months. One of most ruthless cancers. Hard to fathom that maybe she'd still be here. I feel such a hole inside. In case you're wondering if we should fund mRNA research instead of another stupid war ... yes.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The Artemis II mission seems good because it is. People seem excited by it because they are. It looks like a testament to the value of teamwork because it needs many people working together to succeed, and it’s succeeding. One of the best things about this is how straightforward it is. Authentic.
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stevesigety.bsky.social @stevesigety.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The site keeps crashing, so use the instructions in a later post. bsky.app/profile/altn...
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Paul VX2: Back GRIDSHOCK on Gamefound @letsdamage.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Forget April Fool's. The Terminal State beta is live for Kickstarter backers, who are already finding typos (which both I and spell checkers somehow missed). Which is good! We're finally nearing the finish line. After final edits and finishing touches, we'll open the Kickstarter to late backers.
Mockup of the back and front covers of the standard edition of Terminal State, a corporate dystopian future RPG powered by the Year Zero Engine.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 18/03/2026
Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done
Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.
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ALA Games & Gaming Round Table @alagamert.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Excited to share the lightning talk programming line up for GameRT's Miniconference- happening on Twitch/Youtube on Friday, March 20 from 10:00 CT - 3:30 CT: games.ala.org/2026-march-m...
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2026 MARCH MINI CON: Gaming Outside the Box – ALA Games and Gaming Round Table
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 26/02/2026
in 2012, it was six. now it's four.
in 1983, 90% of U.S. media was spread across 50 companies. in 2012, it's these six Comcast, Newscorp, Disney, Viacom, Time Warner, CBS
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The most fraudridden administration in American history will make an argument to the Supreme Court that it will not fund eligible health care claims because it is fighting fraud.
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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
If you have access to institutional library money, make sure you acquire a copy of our 2nd edition Routledge Handbook of Role-Playing Games, the introduction for everyone approaching the topic with fresh eyes. (Some of us will even send y'all our own chapters...) www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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The Routledge Handbook of Role-Playing Game Studies
This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the latest research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in one single, accessible volume. Collaboratively authored by m...
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stevesigety.bsky.social @stevesigety.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Not everything is streaming, and if licensing changes hands even the shows and movies you "purchased" could just disappear from your account.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I was a White House ethics lawyer. I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules. I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
NEWS: The Library of Congress has selected 25 films for the National Film Registry due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage. Highlights in this thread. 🧵 blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/01/... #NatFilmRegistry
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The 2025 National Film Registry: “The Thing,” “Inception,” “Clueless” and More! | Timeless
The 2025 National Film Registry is out today, showcasing a group of 25 films spanning 118 years and including fan favorites such as “The Thing,” “Clueless,” “The Big Chill” and “The Incredibles.” The ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I long for a world in which you can catch up with a month-old unread magazine* without it seeming like a quaint artifact created by people who didn't yet know about the current horrors. *"Magazines" are collections of articles and essays printed on paper and distributed on a regular schedule.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”
Breaking News
The E.P.A. will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Seems to me if voting didn’t matter the people who benefit most from the destruction of democracy wouldn’t be trying so hard to demolish democracy
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/12/2025
This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
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Dan Przygoda @dprzygoda.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Bari Weiss apparently spiked Sharyn Alfonsi’s 60 Minutes segment on CECOT for political reasons. Here’s her email to the news staff. Sharyn Alfonsi has more guts than every single beltway reporter.
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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I, for one, welcome "knowledge of what was signed" as a new metric for acceptable presidential actions. It, um, would not go so well for the current guy.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is. There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
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stevesigety.bsky.social @stevesigety.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Stay curious. Learn as much as you can about everything. Be a lifelong learner.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The president should not be able to take money from taxpayers and put it in his personal bank account. For any reason. Having his personal attorney do it isn’t any better. Glad to see Rep. Jamie Raskin and @gregsargent.bsky.social on this. Dems should hammer it. Most Americans dislike corruption.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The first time the Confederate flag ever paraded through the US Capitol was on January 6, 2021. The first time the White House was damaged in over 200 years since the US rebuilt in the 1820s after the British burned it in the war of 1812 was mid October, 2025.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 20/10/2025
“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972. www.newyorker.com/magazine/1972/06/…
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