Ken Alba
@especiallygreatliterature.com
he's just this guy, you know? * Formerly: BU (PhD, English Lit), MIT DH Lab. * Now: CPO @ electropath.io, VP of Product @ Ander. He/him.
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having lived through the last 10 years of american politics i cordially invite anyone who would dismiss the idea of the death drive to chew rocks
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
having lived through the last 10 years of american politics i cordially invite anyone who would dismiss the idea of the death drive to chew rocks
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I spent much of 2025 reading every novel by the terrific, prolific @aptshadow.bsky.social and enjoyed almost every one of them! I'll be reviewing my favorites in detail on here, but was esp. excited to find signed copies of SPIDERLIGHT and LORDS OF UNCREATION at The Strand this weekend!
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I spent much of 2025 reading every novel by the terrific, prolific @aptshadow.bsky.social and enjoyed almost every one of them! I'll be reviewing my favorites in detail on here, but was esp. excited to find signed copies of SPIDERLIGHT and LORDS OF UNCREATION at The Strand this weekend!
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Bro I know it's a bummer sometimes but I think it's actually pretty fucking tight that your bonny lies over the ocean
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Bro I know it's a bummer sometimes but I think it's actually pretty fucking tight that your bonny lies over the ocean
@pftompkins.bsky.social can I ask what muppet you are going to read for in THE MUPPET SCRIPTMAS CAROL?
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
@pftompkins.bsky.social can I ask what muppet you are going to read for in THE MUPPET SCRIPTMAS CAROL?
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sorry Coen brothers but I am forcing you by presidential decree out of your semi-retirement to finally make that adaptation of THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
sorry Coen brothers but I am forcing you by presidential decree out of your semi-retirement to finally make that adaptation of THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION
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Caleb Williams has to have better awareness in that situation. He should never have trusted Falkland.
Things as they are, 14; things as they should be, 0.
Things as they are, 14; things as they should be, 0.
Caleb Williams has to have better awareness in that situation. Just gave Pittsburgh 7 points.
Steelers 14, Bears 7
Steelers 14, Bears 7
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Caleb Williams has to have better awareness in that situation. He should never have trusted Falkland.
Things as they are, 14; things as they should be, 0.
Things as they are, 14; things as they should be, 0.
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would this be a setup for an I,Jedi movie? hell yeah it would
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
would this be a setup for an I,Jedi movie? hell yeah it would
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if you let me write a star wars movie it would be an adaptation of the rogue squadron/wraith squadron books. post-jedi, early new republic. captains wedge antilles and tycho celchu must assemble a team of pilot/commandos to take out a gathering of high-ranking officers among the imperial remnant
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
if you let me write a star wars movie it would be an adaptation of the rogue squadron/wraith squadron books. post-jedi, early new republic. captains wedge antilles and tycho celchu must assemble a team of pilot/commandos to take out a gathering of high-ranking officers among the imperial remnant
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Excited for it just to mean Magic the Gathering again. A return to basics
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Excited for it just to mean Magic the Gathering again. A return to basics
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a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
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“Adversarial Poetry, an efficient single-turn general-purpose attack where the poetic structure functions as a high-leverage stylistic adversary.” This is almost too good. arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
arxiv.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“Adversarial Poetry, an efficient single-turn general-purpose attack where the poetic structure functions as a high-leverage stylistic adversary.” This is almost too good. arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
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Are there any catalogers/libraries with documentation for cataloging tarot decks using MARC? I’m writing documentation for our collection and want to make sure that I’m following best practices.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Are there any catalogers/libraries with documentation for cataloging tarot decks using MARC? I’m writing documentation for our collection and want to make sure that I’m following best practices.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
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Paul F Tompkins has officially hit 3000 hours of podcasting
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@pftompkins.bsky.social
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The Paul F. Tompkins podcast appearance master list
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November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Paul F Tompkins has officially hit 3000 hours of podcasting
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@pftompkins.bsky.social
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@pftompkins.bsky.social
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*setting out for revenge* yeah it's fine I got two funeral urns in my backpack
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
*setting out for revenge* yeah it's fine I got two funeral urns in my backpack
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Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.
Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
(CNN) — Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble
www.wkow.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.
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As Adams' Term Winds Down, New York's Leprechaun Community Breathes a Sigh of Relief
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
As Adams' Term Winds Down, New York's Leprechaun Community Breathes a Sigh of Relief
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I do not know how many people I had to ask to finally find my way to S— Street, which is indicated on no map of the major metropolis in which I spent those inquiring months, but now that I have been there and seen for myself what dwells among their trashcans, I do not believe I shall return.
August 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I do not know how many people I had to ask to finally find my way to S— Street, which is indicated on no map of the major metropolis in which I spent those inquiring months, but now that I have been there and seen for myself what dwells among their trashcans, I do not believe I shall return.
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my first article for unwinnable is about @neal.fun 's i'm not a robot!
"The state of modern technology is overwhelmingly miserable, and I’m Not a Robot works so well because it laughs with you about it."
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
The Absurdity of Proving You're Not a Robot - Unwinnable
When tasked with breaking up with your AI girlfriend, the chatbot repeatedly gaslights you.
unwinnable.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
my first article for unwinnable is about @neal.fun 's i'm not a robot!
This world is so goddam stupid
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This world is so goddam stupid
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do you like ebooks
do you like ebooks about haunted architecture
did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?
just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
do you like ebooks about haunted architecture
did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?
just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Rose/House
Rose/House is a breathtaking and taut sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire.“I’m a piece of arc...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
do you like ebooks
do you like ebooks about haunted architecture
did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?
just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
do you like ebooks about haunted architecture
did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?
just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...