nanaslugdiva
@nanaslugdiva.blacksky.app
The gold standard of Black. Also an academic in the social sciences.
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Thousands of people protested in Nuuk, Greenland against Trump's threats to take over their country.
Just over 55,000 people live in Greenland, which means that this was a significant portion of the country's population.
Details: abc7ny.com/post/thousan...
Just over 55,000 people live in Greenland, which means that this was a significant portion of the country's population.
Details: abc7ny.com/post/thousan...
January 17, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Thousands of people protested in Nuuk, Greenland against Trump's threats to take over their country.
Just over 55,000 people live in Greenland, which means that this was a significant portion of the country's population.
Details: abc7ny.com/post/thousan...
Just over 55,000 people live in Greenland, which means that this was a significant portion of the country's population.
Details: abc7ny.com/post/thousan...
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i think about this every time i look at the latest Overdrive or Hoopla or Kanopy invoice. unless prices or demand stabilize, our budget and thus our library will soon be describable as “lessee of digital content with a legacy dead-tree side concern.” 📚
No surprise to librarians, but perhaps surprising to users, demands/prices for ebooks /audiobooks are killing public library budgets. David Szalay's book, Flesh,” costs DCPL:
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan.
The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.
51st.news
January 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
i think about this every time i look at the latest Overdrive or Hoopla or Kanopy invoice. unless prices or demand stabilize, our budget and thus our library will soon be describable as “lessee of digital content with a legacy dead-tree side concern.” 📚
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a hot take: there is real overlap between spanberger’s first set of executive orders and mamdani’s www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
Money, Education, Immigration: Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed 10 executive orders
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed 10 executive orders on her first day, targeting cost of living, healthcare, housing and education issues.
www.wtvr.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
a hot take: there is real overlap between spanberger’s first set of executive orders and mamdani’s www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
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Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Uhhhhhhhhhh
“A California-based company [General Matter] with ties to …Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in far western Kentucky.“ Thiel sits on the board and invests via Founders Fund. 7/25/25 … 1/
Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah
A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...
www.wkms.org
January 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Uhhhhhhhhhh
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This essay by @alexanderchee.bsky.social about Heated Rivalry is so great and I have a lot of thoughts about it I should not publish on Al Gore's internet: querent.substack.com/p/i-would-st...
I Would Start A War In Your Arms
A Heated Rivalry Notebook
querent.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This essay by @alexanderchee.bsky.social about Heated Rivalry is so great and I have a lot of thoughts about it I should not publish on Al Gore's internet: querent.substack.com/p/i-would-st...
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Folks saying this is just as bad, I need you to reread about reconstruction. Not holding people accountable is how we get into this position. Removing people who colluded with the administration in an authoritarian takeover of higher ed from their position is the most reasonable thing to do.
January 17, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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We saw this when everyone was excited about Dragon Dictation for transcribing interviews and other audio…until we realized we would have to meticulously re-edit the entire transcript after it was processed.
This is why I laugh when people ask if AI will take over education.
This is why I laugh when people ask if AI will take over education.
January 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
We saw this when everyone was excited about Dragon Dictation for transcribing interviews and other audio…until we realized we would have to meticulously re-edit the entire transcript after it was processed.
This is why I laugh when people ask if AI will take over education.
This is why I laugh when people ask if AI will take over education.
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They didn’t want a university without cancel culture. They didn’t want to be criticized for their retrograde views so they created a pretend school funding by their rich friends. The only people surprised that this failed were credulous enough to believe the fairy tales these folks told.
They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted.
Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss.
www.politico.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
They didn’t want a university without cancel culture. They didn’t want to be criticized for their retrograde views so they created a pretend school funding by their rich friends. The only people surprised that this failed were credulous enough to believe the fairy tales these folks told.
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someone popped into my comments and was like “is anyone doing laundry for folks afraid to leave their house?” because their laundromat is usually full and is empty.
what an amazing idea. make a google form. send the link to people with a resource directory. start doing laundry.
what an amazing idea. make a google form. send the link to people with a resource directory. start doing laundry.
January 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
someone popped into my comments and was like “is anyone doing laundry for folks afraid to leave their house?” because their laundromat is usually full and is empty.
what an amazing idea. make a google form. send the link to people with a resource directory. start doing laundry.
what an amazing idea. make a google form. send the link to people with a resource directory. start doing laundry.
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We've been using our AC/ heating company for a decade. I've scheduled three HVAC service appts with them since they installed an AI assistant. The first one was scheduled for the wrong day, the second one they sent a plumber, the third one they sent someone who didn't know how to service radiators.
January 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
We've been using our AC/ heating company for a decade. I've scheduled three HVAC service appts with them since they installed an AI assistant. The first one was scheduled for the wrong day, the second one they sent a plumber, the third one they sent someone who didn't know how to service radiators.
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you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
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Put me on every single anti-AI list you want. If AI has no haters, it is because I have died. Fuck every single one of you snake oil peddling phonies.
January 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Put me on every single anti-AI list you want. If AI has no haters, it is because I have died. Fuck every single one of you snake oil peddling phonies.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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"If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than artificial intelligence." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How AI Destroys Institutions
Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies
papers.ssrn.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:12 AM
"If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than artificial intelligence." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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BREAKING: This dog is named Susan From Accounting
January 17, 2026 at 3:49 AM
BREAKING: This dog is named Susan From Accounting
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And politicians have to be willing to use their power to fight political repression so that those elections can matter
January 17, 2026 at 12:07 AM
And politicians have to be willing to use their power to fight political repression so that those elections can matter
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Again I think VA could be a model for the nation, a purple state where Dems aren’t afraid to use power and where bad actors are removed from power, instead of keeping them there to protect conservative feelings
Let's gooooooooo
With alt
With alt
January 17, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Again I think VA could be a model for the nation, a purple state where Dems aren’t afraid to use power and where bad actors are removed from power, instead of keeping them there to protect conservative feelings
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VA has moved hard blue and Kaine and Warner are now significantly to the right of their state.
January 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM
VA has moved hard blue and Kaine and Warner are now significantly to the right of their state.
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Alright, y'all. It is Fund Me Friday.
In honor of Link, who remains unjustly banned, I am doing a thread of mutual aid. Post your links below and I will repost them for as long as I am able.
Let's help some folks survive a dystopian capitalist hellscape not of our making.
In honor of Link, who remains unjustly banned, I am doing a thread of mutual aid. Post your links below and I will repost them for as long as I am able.
Let's help some folks survive a dystopian capitalist hellscape not of our making.
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Alright, y'all. It is Fund Me Friday.
In honor of Link, who remains unjustly banned, I am doing a thread of mutual aid. Post your links below and I will repost them for as long as I am able.
Let's help some folks survive a dystopian capitalist hellscape not of our making.
In honor of Link, who remains unjustly banned, I am doing a thread of mutual aid. Post your links below and I will repost them for as long as I am able.
Let's help some folks survive a dystopian capitalist hellscape not of our making.
I also want a feature where if someone follows me I can force unfollow.
bluesky really needs easy, accessible controls that allow folks to remove themselves from lists—or even better, give us an option between opt-in & out. there hasn't been any movement on any of this for over a year :( shouldn't preventing harassment take precedence over some other stuff?
January 17, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I also want a feature where if someone follows me I can force unfollow.
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✨bluesky tip✨
i use the free, native @unsub.blocks.listifications.app to help monitor for harassment—it notifies me via DM if i get added to a list, feed, starter pack, or mod list. i've used it for years and found it helpful. (there's also one w/ block alerts, but it's guaranteed poster's madness)
i use the free, native @unsub.blocks.listifications.app to help monitor for harassment—it notifies me via DM if i get added to a list, feed, starter pack, or mod list. i've used it for years and found it helpful. (there's also one w/ block alerts, but it's guaranteed poster's madness)
January 17, 2026 at 2:28 AM
✨bluesky tip✨
i use the free, native @unsub.blocks.listifications.app to help monitor for harassment—it notifies me via DM if i get added to a list, feed, starter pack, or mod list. i've used it for years and found it helpful. (there's also one w/ block alerts, but it's guaranteed poster's madness)
i use the free, native @unsub.blocks.listifications.app to help monitor for harassment—it notifies me via DM if i get added to a list, feed, starter pack, or mod list. i've used it for years and found it helpful. (there's also one w/ block alerts, but it's guaranteed poster's madness)
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.