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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 06/10/2026

Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.com? And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“HBO removed about 200 episodes of Sesame Street in 2022, so we realised any media we wanted to continue to watch or listen to could be gone, and we’d have no way to get it back" www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...

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‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl

People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

this is my favorite genre of social media post and I am soliciting links or screenshots to your favorites

Jesse Raub @jesseraub.online
King Darius looking down at Daniel in the pit:
Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan....
Man, what are the Lions doing?

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It was a persuasive argument, honestly

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Today a friend had to text-remind me I can't easily read fanfiction if I'm in prison for merking a coworker

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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“This is for my boy Paul mthrfkr!”

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Mia Mingus @miamingus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Recently pulled together an emergency preparedness pod with people who live near me because of the many (worsening) crises that we are in or are heading our way. Can't stress enough for others to do this asap. Even just having a couple of conversations about it is better than nothing and will help.

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I am feeling exhausted and unmotivated today, but I had spam musubi, so that's something.

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Sen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 28/09/2026

The Klingons are great when you realize they're not really a warrior race as much as they are a bunch of theater people with knives

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University.

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Think I can manage getting crowns at the dentist then go to a concert three hours later? Hmmmmm

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

LOL, I handed my Arkansas ID to the venue dude, and he was like, "Don't be embarrassed! You got out! It's all good!"

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Okay, I just subscribed to a year of AMC+ just for #Yaga, DO NOT JUDGE ME.

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.

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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Everyone and especially all the academics on AI task forces and initiatives should read this.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Writing "wisdom" I hate: WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW. This is the worst advice ever. It would be better if it was KNOW MORE SO YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT IT. Every good writer I know is constantly researching and getting new information and asking experts. It's a terrible bit of advice!

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#Lanterns 1×06 "I hope I mattered." Oh, how frickin DARE you, Lindelof

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Guys, the new #ResidentEvil slaaaaaaaps. Silly and also serious, quite gory, and just a dude trying to do his job. I dug it even though I have not watched any of the previous movies or play the games.

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R.R. Virdi | Buy The First Binding (from TOR) @rrvirdi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Has anyone tried kicking the US Constitution...see if it's awake? ...you know? Give it a few nudges? Nudgey-nudge? You seein' this shit, constitution? YOU SEEIN' THIS SHIT?

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ask yourselves why people want panic for you and power for themselves. Who does that serve?

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 20/09/2026

I have been reading the Anne McCaffrey Pern novels for the first time yeah I don't know why I hadn't read them before and I don't know why I'm inhaling them so fast now BUT importantly I know they're not trying to actually do linguistic worldbuilding but BOY do I have linguistics thoughts anyway

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I usually drink wine (at the wine bar) at a leisurely pace, but fruit flies have shown up, so I have to shift to grad school wine-drinking speed

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I brought doughnuts to the office and there are only, like, two of us in the office, lol.

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sorry I was late for the meeting; Hudson Williams

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

important theological question just dropped (nb generally Jews don't tend to go for the heaven/hell construct, but REGARDLESS our focus is on our obligations down here, SO.)

graffiti says do I go 2 heaven if my taxes kill kids

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The PBS showing is tonight, but if you want it via YouTube, that's available as of a couple of hours ago! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLQz...

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Ghost in the Machine | What is Artificial Intelligence? | Full Documentary

YouTube video by PBS Documentaries

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you think about it, rosary beads are like the original fidget spinner

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

But I *did* a thing today already! Wdym I have to do another thing?

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

TFW you're pleased to give someone directions, and then twenty minutes later realize you sent them to the wrong building

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Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I will say some of the push for AI in writing is how a lot of non-AI writers think the point of writing is to get published and no, the point of writing is to remove the weird little thing from your body and teach it tricks

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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 06/09/2026

And the really sad thing that they don't get about it is that Harry Potter will never be that again, either. And a big part of why Harry Potter will never be that again is because JK Rowling poisoned it all on her own.

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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 06/09/2026

The reason that the Harry Potter apologists won't just read better books is because they're not looking for good stories...if they were, they wouldn't have glommed on to Harry Potter. They're looking for the camaraderie and social phenomenon that Harry Potter was in the 2000s.

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Eating rambutan is kind of like being a zombie.

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#TedLasso 4x04 Listen, Keeley, I know you think this whole "dating plan" is a great idea, but trust me, it does NOT end well. #SportsNight

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#Lanterns 1x03 I can't decide if it's better or worse if Hal knew exactly what he was doing when he called the Stewarts "Midwestern Huxtables," holy shit

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Guys, my dad has explained homelessness to me and now he's boosting GLP I just need to survive one more week of this

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E.G. Condé (Author) 🇵🇷✍🏼 @boriscrito.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The best way to support authors you love is to preorder their books. If that isn't an option for you financially, reach out to your local library expressing interest in forthcoming titles. For indie and smaller presses, sales keep the publisher's doors open.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.

Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."

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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Watching the new Harry Potter series is a clear signal that you'll support JK Rowling no matter how many lives she takes. It shows that holocaust denial and destroying human rights groups isn't a deal-breaker for you. It has never been easier to take the right side of history.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I have not been 43 for a very long time, but one thing I remember vividly is that the collective delusion that "some of us look 25" lasts exactly until the moment that an actual 25-year-old enters the room.

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Then T Kingfisher AKA Ursula Vernon, who read from her upcoming Baldur's Gate tie-in! redwombatstudio.com

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Red Wombat Studio – Books by T. Kingfisher & Ursula Vernon

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wrapping up #WorldCon with a quartet of readings! First, Scalzi, who read from the upcoming "Monsters of Ohio." whatever.scalzi.com

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Whatever

DIGITAL CONTENT FROM ANALOG PEOPLE

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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:

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Patti Poblete @voleuseck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So far on this road trip, I have legit bought three books twice. (CB Lee's "Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe," M Stevenson's "Behooved," and India Holton's "An Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love.")

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