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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 44m

In her defence, she's probably telling the truth. They reserve the right to reverse themselves the second a Democrat gets sworn into office.

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 2h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 2h

The problem with centrist punditry is that the middle ground between the truth and a lie is a lie.

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The Wiggles

Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 1d

What would be the wildest concert for a fight to break out at?

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 1d

Not as much as I've wasted mine. (But it was a fun waste.)

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 1d

Pro tip for teachers: It's always a good idea to destabilize your students early. When I tell mine that I got my PhD at 48, that I might walk into a wall at any time because I have no peripheral vision, and that their parents may have watched me on TV in drag, it tends to capture their attention.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 1d

Always a good idea to destabilize the students early. When I tell mine that I got my PhD in my late forties, that I may walk into a wall at any time because I have no peripheral vision, and that their parents may have watched me on TV in drag, it tends to draw their attention.

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Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscriptions @sffmagazines.bsky.social · 1d

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Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscription Database - Jeff Reynolds

Listing of Genre Magazines with links to Subscription pages

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her

The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen with her

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Important thread:

Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 2d

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2d

What is the name of your least favorite child?

In what year did you abandon your dreams?

What is the maiden name of your father's mistress?

Nihilistic Password Security Questions

What is the name of your least favorite child? In what year did you abandon your dreams? What is the maiden name of your father’s mistress? At what...

buff.ly

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Data Bear 🏳️‍🌈 @dataandpolitics.net · 4d

South Korea has lost 858 terabytes of government data after a fire destroyed its government data center and there were no backups.

quasa.io/media/south-...

South Korea's Catastrophic Data Center Fire: 858 Terabytes of Government Data Lost Forever Due to No Backup

The fire has ignited calls for overhaul - stricter battery protocols, mandatory offsite backups, and lithium-ion audits worldwide.

quasa.io

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 2d

Grima Wormbrain is saying the quiet part loud.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 3d

a) Hoffman ain't reliable, but he ain't boring.

b) I'd pay good money for boring right now.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 3d

Found several freelance clients, including one for whom I covered my last E3 in Los Angeles and with whom I kept working for almost a decade.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 4d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 3d

Found several freelance clients, including one for whom I covered my last E3 in Los Angeles and with whom I kept working for almost a decade.

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 4d

PASSIVE AGGRESSION TRANSLATED

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 4d

Streaky guy. Sometimes he'll lose his way for five weeks at a time. But when he's on, he's darn near superhuman.

François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 4d

That, and napalm.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 4d

Today's loot is somewhat eclectic.

@courtney-floyd.com
@markwaddell.bsky.social
@badancient.bsky.social

The covers of four books: Enshittification by Cory Doctorow, Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd, Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell, and The Far Edges of the Known World by Owen Rees.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 5d

On my way to pick up my preorder (as well as, in all likelihood, an unreasonable number of other books) right now!

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Torsten Kathke @kathke.com · 5d

LLMs out to gaslight authors about their own writing.

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 5d

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

#AIisnotresearch

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 5d

Stop. Sanewashing. Fascism!

What, are you afraid that he's going to take away all your funding if you're not servile enough? Oh, about that...

NPR @npr.org · 5d

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

Trump's power to deploy National Guard, explained

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities like Portland, Oregon, and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and to support his crackdown on illegal immigration.

n.pr

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 5d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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