pdavislibrarian
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Libraries are for everyone!
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Another thing that the demise of MMPB has resulted in is the death of the midlist. Publishers used MMPB to break new authors, because readers would be more willing to take a chance on them if they only had to pay $4-5. With everything now only HC or trade, fewer titles are being released overall.
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Another thing that the demise of MMPB has resulted in is the death of the midlist. Publishers used MMPB to break new authors, because readers would be more willing to take a chance on them if they only had to pay $4-5. With everything now only HC or trade, fewer titles are being released overall.
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Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons
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EVERY HOUSE SHOULD HAVE A DEMON SUCKING BOWL
This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.
February 8, 2026 at 5:18 PM
EVERY HOUSE SHOULD HAVE A DEMON SUCKING BOWL
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"Early in his proprietorship, Bezos endorsed a new motto for the paper: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” It turns out that one of democracy’s most celebrated media institutions can be strangled in broad daylight." --David Remnick
February 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
"Early in his proprietorship, Bezos endorsed a new motto for the paper: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” It turns out that one of democracy’s most celebrated media institutions can be strangled in broad daylight." --David Remnick
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Would you like to press the button to turn on the train?"
"Would you like to press the button to turn on the train?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"It begins with a capital, ends with a period, and has s/v agreement. It is a valid sentence."
"It begins with a capital, ends with a period, and has s/v agreement. It is a valid sentence."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
February 8, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Would you like to press the button to turn on the train?"
"Would you like to press the button to turn on the train?"
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Tatiani Elliot was brave today.
She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and gave her testimony in front of Washington state legislators. And they silenced her.
“Now that some of us are finally speaking, the rules are changing.” ~ Tatiani
“Can you please wrap up?” ~ Committee
1/2
She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and gave her testimony in front of Washington state legislators. And they silenced her.
“Now that some of us are finally speaking, the rules are changing.” ~ Tatiani
“Can you please wrap up?” ~ Committee
1/2
February 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Tatiani Elliot was brave today.
She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and gave her testimony in front of Washington state legislators. And they silenced her.
“Now that some of us are finally speaking, the rules are changing.” ~ Tatiani
“Can you please wrap up?” ~ Committee
1/2
She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and gave her testimony in front of Washington state legislators. And they silenced her.
“Now that some of us are finally speaking, the rules are changing.” ~ Tatiani
“Can you please wrap up?” ~ Committee
1/2
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DHS smashed an apartment window. Who pays for the repair, DHS (essentially taxpayers) or the building owner? What law is DHS following that says they can indiscriminately damage property? Mass property damage seems to be the current policy of DHS and we need to know what statute allows this.
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
DHS smashed an apartment window. Who pays for the repair, DHS (essentially taxpayers) or the building owner? What law is DHS following that says they can indiscriminately damage property? Mass property damage seems to be the current policy of DHS and we need to know what statute allows this.
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Happy World Read Aloud Day! #kidlit
a cartoon drawing of a woman reading a book to her baby
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a woman reading a book to her baby
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February 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Happy World Read Aloud Day! #kidlit
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It’s almost like tech bros “disrupted” a perfectly functional system for no good reason and then complained when they weren’t making money because they screwed up, I repeat, a *perfectly functional system!*
February 2, 2026 at 7:19 PM
It’s almost like tech bros “disrupted” a perfectly functional system for no good reason and then complained when they weren’t making money because they screwed up, I repeat, a *perfectly functional system!*
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Once again, the tech sector destroyed a working system and now that previous system serms genius and innovative. What the hell.
February 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Once again, the tech sector destroyed a working system and now that previous system serms genius and innovative. What the hell.
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Again we don't give Netflix nearly enough shit for how they fucked with tv.
February 2, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Again we don't give Netflix nearly enough shit for how they fucked with tv.
I started off Black History Month by finishing All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson. 5 stars! Now starting Positive Obsession by Susana M. Morris.
February 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I started off Black History Month by finishing All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson. 5 stars! Now starting Positive Obsession by Susana M. Morris.
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Just a reminder…
Black history, pass it on.
Black history, pass it on.
February 2, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Just a reminder…
Black history, pass it on.
Black history, pass it on.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
@keezyyoung.bsky.social deserves all the awards for this amazing book!
Last week at Broken Frontier... Hello Sunshine – Keezy Young’s Teen Drama Blends Queer Romance, Explorations of Schizoaffective Disorder, and Horror to Outstanding Effect.
www.brokenfrontier.com/hello-sunshi...
www.brokenfrontier.com/hello-sunshi...
Hello Sunshine - Keezy Young's Teen Drama Blends Queer Romance, Explorations of Schizoaffective Disorder, and Horror to Outstanding Effect – Broken Frontier
The winner of the 2025 Broken Frontier Award for Best Artist, 'Hello Sunshine' is a stunningly illustrated graohic novel from Keezy Young.
www.brokenfrontier.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:27 AM
@keezyyoung.bsky.social deserves all the awards for this amazing book!
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
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Replace your trips at Target and go to Little India, Super Mercado Latino, Holyland, Eastside Co-op and many other actual community stores instead.
January 31, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Replace your trips at Target and go to Little India, Super Mercado Latino, Holyland, Eastside Co-op and many other actual community stores instead.
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Abolishing ICE should be easy. ICE hasn't been around that long, and anything it does that ought to be done can be passed along to other agencies or institutions.
The Border Patrol has been around for 101 years, and it should probably also be torn down and its useful functions rebuilt from scratch.
The Border Patrol has been around for 101 years, and it should probably also be torn down and its useful functions rebuilt from scratch.
February 1, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Abolishing ICE should be easy. ICE hasn't been around that long, and anything it does that ought to be done can be passed along to other agencies or institutions.
The Border Patrol has been around for 101 years, and it should probably also be torn down and its useful functions rebuilt from scratch.
The Border Patrol has been around for 101 years, and it should probably also be torn down and its useful functions rebuilt from scratch.
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Dems should demand a full ICE withdrawal from Minneapolis as a condition for any deal. Please, just give us this. Get them out
February 1, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Dems should demand a full ICE withdrawal from Minneapolis as a condition for any deal. Please, just give us this. Get them out
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Using tear gas on unarmed civilians is a war crime.
February 1, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Using tear gas on unarmed civilians is a war crime.
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vegas is a union town, cwu members don’t fuck around, and this lil’ fash-ionista has to eat at some point. enjoy the spit greg!
bottle of white
bottle of red
perhaps a slew of war crimes instead
bottle of red
perhaps a slew of war crimes instead
January 31, 2026 at 6:34 PM
vegas is a union town, cwu members don’t fuck around, and this lil’ fash-ionista has to eat at some point. enjoy the spit greg!
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This is the winter of our rage. Bless the protesters in Minneapolis.
January 31, 2026 at 6:34 PM
This is the winter of our rage. Bless the protesters in Minneapolis.
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FULL STORY: The order directs members of the Chicago Police Department to document actions by agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection and attempt to identify those responsible for suspected misconduct or criminal violations. @wttw.bsky.social
Mayor Johnson Signs Executive Order Designed to Lay ‘Groundwork’ to Prosecute Federal Agents for Actions During Immigration Raids
“If the federal government will not hold these rogue actors accountable, then Chicago will do everything in our power to bring these agents to justice,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said.
news.wttw.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:35 PM
FULL STORY: The order directs members of the Chicago Police Department to document actions by agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection and attempt to identify those responsible for suspected misconduct or criminal violations. @wttw.bsky.social
Thank you for the big belly laughs, @danacorn.bsky.social !
Sure. 1 like=1 random line from one of my works, in progress or published, until I get bored with doing that.
I'm game as well.
1 like = 1 random line from one of my works, in progress or published.
1 like = 1 random line from one of my works, in progress or published.
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Thank you for the big belly laughs, @danacorn.bsky.social !
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“I just mean that, like, our friendship transcends conventional notions of identity, gender, and sandwiches.”
January 30, 2026 at 3:50 AM
“I just mean that, like, our friendship transcends conventional notions of identity, gender, and sandwiches.”