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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · 1d

Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to 'Banned Books Week,' rebrands to 'Freedom to Read'

Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight t...

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Ewepinko @scdemandred.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent real world example of a chilling effect @allusionistshow.bsky.social

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · 3d

New episode is in your podfeed, for Banned Books Week theallusionist.org/bannedbooks

Allusionist 218. Banned Books — The Allusionist

It's Banned Books Week. Honorary youth chair Iris Mogul and Sam Helmick, president of the American Library Association, talk about what it is, why it matters so much, and how you can get involved.

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Dr. Alex Ketchum (she/her) @aketchum22.bsky.social · 17d

So excited to have my work featured on @allusionistshow.bsky.social by @helenzaltzman.bsky.social !! www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/...

Check it out!
@arsenalpulp.bsky.social @concordiapress.bsky.social @mcgillarts.bsky.social @mcgillumedia.bsky.social

Allusionist 217. Feminist coffee houses — The Allusionist

In their heyday of the 1970s and 1980s, there were more than 200 - possibly more than 400 - feminist restaurants and coffee shops in the USA and Canada. These places were aiming to change ways of work...

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Neal Jennings ☮️ @nealjennings.bsky.social · 15d

@allusionistshow.bsky.social I think this might be relevant to a recent episode, 6:27 specifically! youtu.be/yRh6OTPPVwM?...

Let's Look at the Super Sewer!

YouTube video by Jago Hazzard

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · 3d

Omg thanks ever so! Very glad to provide

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · 21d

Happy tenth anniversary of Pig-gate theallusionist.org/gate

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Charlie @charlieedmunds.bsky.social · Sep 9

Really unexpectedly lovely song about Scunthorpe from @martinaustwick.bsky.social on this episode of @allusionistshow.bsky.social
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Allusionist 216. Four Letter Words: Terisk — The Allusionist

Watching the film Legally Blonde one day with the subtitles on, numerous perfectly innocuous words were partially asterisked out, because of a technological problem I can't name here lest this episo...

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · Aug 27

like so many products to come out of silicon valley in the last decade or so, AI is a legal innovation masquerading as a tech innovation. the legal theory seems to be that AI is entitled to everything but liable for nothing.

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Sep 5

The finale of Four Letter Word season is heading to your podfeed this weekend. Which word do you think it’ll be about?

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Sep 5

Maybe it heard what we said about it and stomped off

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sun Hop lost its hillock!

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Aug 30

You really are too kind!

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Amber Devereux | Tin Can Audio @tincanaudio.co.uk · Aug 27

I love The Allusionist, every so often they will casually release something transcendent

The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Aug 27

New episode: all the two-letter words you can play in Scrabble. Listen to become unbeatable/annoying theallusionist.org/two

Allusionist 215. Two-Letter Words — The Allusionist

Listener Erica commented: "Perhaps an idea for a bonus ep of Four Letter Word season would be one on two-letter words: there’s an established list that Scrabble nerds end up memorizing, and it’s ful...

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Megh 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🍉🇺🇦 @wubomei.bsky.social · Aug 27

Funny how many two letter words from Hawai'i aren't allowed in N. American Scrabble.

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Aug 27

New episode: all the two-letter words you can play in Scrabble. Listen to become unbeatable/annoying theallusionist.org/two

Allusionist 215. Two-Letter Words — The Allusionist

Listener Erica commented: "Perhaps an idea for a bonus ep of Four Letter Word season would be one on two-letter words: there’s an established list that Scrabble nerds end up memorizing, and it’s ful...

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Martin Austwick @martinaustwick.bsky.social · Aug 15

Get the song here! Pay what you can! palebird.bandcamp.com/track/poison...

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Aug 14

There was a lot more detail to that controversy than I could include!

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Aug 14

There’s a new episode on your podfeed, featuring placentas, curses and a very catchy new song by @martinaustwick.bsky.social about poisonous plants theallusionist.org/bane

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Aug 14

Omfg you’re right

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Jul 24

There's a new episode in your podfeed! Next in #FourLetterWord season is 'dino', which means 'terrible'. Hannah McGregor of Material Girls podcast joins to talk about Jurassic Park, and humans' relationship with language for dinosaurs. Hear/read via theallusionist.org/dino and the usual podplaces

Allusionist 213. Four Letter Words: Dino — The Allusionist

The latest four letter word of Four Letter Word season is dino . 'Dinosaur' is derived from Greek 'terrible lizard', and they could have called it 'whopping great lizard' or 'sublime lizard' or 'hey ...

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Jul 24

this, in the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, is the first time I saw dinosaurs represented as brightly coloured and with feathers/hair. And also...humping??

Two large models of dinosaurs on display in a museum. One is blue with auburn hair, and it is grasping the hindquarters of a green and red dinosaur with a distraught expression

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Jul 24

There's a new episode in your podfeed! Next in #FourLetterWord season is 'dino', which means 'terrible'. Hannah McGregor of Material Girls podcast joins to talk about Jurassic Park, and humans' relationship with language for dinosaurs. Hear/read via theallusionist.org/dino and the usual podplaces

Allusionist 213. Four Letter Words: Dino — The Allusionist

The latest four letter word of Four Letter Word season is dino . 'Dinosaur' is derived from Greek 'terrible lizard', and they could have called it 'whopping great lizard' or 'sublime lizard' or 'hey ...

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Victoria Redfern @victoriaredfern.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is TODAY and sounds fascinating:

The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Jul 21

Hey! Our piece #souvenirs is being broadcast on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow, 22 July at 4pm UK time (also available on the internet for a while thereafter), I’d love for you to listen! Especially if you enjoy tales of hurt feelings & petty revenge.

Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · Jul 21

Broken friendship, typefaces, lost words, self-destruction and the legacies we didn’t intend to leave…

Listen to Souvenirs (produced by @allusionistshow.bsky.social’s @helenzaltzman.bsky.social and @martinaustwick.bsky.social) in tomorrow’s Artworks on BBC Radio 4

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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The Allusionist @allusionistshow.bsky.social · Jul 21

Look mum, I’m in the Radio Times! [Falls back down to Earth] Oh, no, it was that Helen Zatlzman again

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