Professionally Nosy
@professionallynosy.bsky.social
Librarian/Archivist, knitter, possibly 2 kids in a trench coat. She/her. New York
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Keep yourself and Shatner safe.
William Shatner Turkey Fryer
YouTube video by Tom Taylor (Citrus Tools)
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Keep yourself and Shatner safe.
"… No generation has ever had such quick access to the amount of information now available through AI. But again, access to data — however extensive — must not be confused with intelligence.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"… No generation has ever had such quick access to the amount of information now available through AI. But again, access to data — however extensive — must not be confused with intelligence.”
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Today I’m recommending that NYC’s pension fund boards drop BlackRock and 2 other (out of 49) public markets asset managers due to inadequate decarbonization plans.
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today I’m recommending that NYC’s pension fund boards drop BlackRock and 2 other (out of 49) public markets asset managers due to inadequate decarbonization plans.
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Just gonna say that the entire US White House press corps could set themselves up for a similar moment of satisfaction if they could be arsed.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Just gonna say that the entire US White House press corps could set themselves up for a similar moment of satisfaction if they could be arsed.
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Ok, high-brow art world. What are you doing for public broadcasting?
'Cuz right now Bob Ross and GWAR appear to be takign the lead.
'Cuz right now Bob Ross and GWAR appear to be takign the lead.
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Ok, high-brow art world. What are you doing for public broadcasting?
'Cuz right now Bob Ross and GWAR appear to be takign the lead.
'Cuz right now Bob Ross and GWAR appear to be takign the lead.
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harold's auto center, horizontal view, sinclair gas station, route 19, spring hill, florida, 1979
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
harold's auto center, horizontal view, sinclair gas station, route 19, spring hill, florida, 1979
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I! M! L! S!
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I! M! L! S!
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Looking at the projected availability dates and waitlist number for my library holds queue:
an advertisement for disney + shows a group of storm trooper soldiers
ALT: an advertisement for disney + shows a group of storm trooper soldiers
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Looking at the projected availability dates and waitlist number for my library holds queue:
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my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
Bringing this back.
“I asked you please email a list of specific information or materials you were interested in. You responded by copying and pasting your original slack message. Assignment considered incomplete, revise and resubmit.”
“I asked you please email a list of specific information or materials you were interested in. You responded by copying and pasting your original slack message. Assignment considered incomplete, revise and resubmit.”
Sometimes I wish I could send back emails marked up like a school assignment.
“Missing questions or request. Objective is unclear. Lacking thesis statement. Please revise.”
“Missing questions or request. Objective is unclear. Lacking thesis statement. Please revise.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Bringing this back.
“I asked you please email a list of specific information or materials you were interested in. You responded by copying and pasting your original slack message. Assignment considered incomplete, revise and resubmit.”
“I asked you please email a list of specific information or materials you were interested in. You responded by copying and pasting your original slack message. Assignment considered incomplete, revise and resubmit.”
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This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is Scotchy. He is here to collect the belly rub toll. Would like to remind you that failing to pay results in a fine of even more belly rubs. 12/10 (TT: scotchythedoxie)
Physically I am at work, but mentally I’m several films deep in the MST3K Turkey Day Marathon.
a man in a pilgrim hat says it is 30 straight hours and it 's called turkey day
Alt: a man in a pilgrim hat says it is 30 straight hours and it 's called turkey day
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Physically I am at work, but mentally I’m several films deep in the MST3K Turkey Day Marathon.
I need a @hdtgm.bsky.social episode on “Revenge of the Ninja” that film has everything up to and including this gang of hardened criminals
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I need a @hdtgm.bsky.social episode on “Revenge of the Ninja” that film has everything up to and including this gang of hardened criminals
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hey #DressHistory - or i guess #TextileHistory too - this interview is really great, talking about material history and reconstructing a particular type of cloth, and why this kind of work is so valuable for historians.
(i need to read his book now!)
(i need to read his book now!)
An interview with a historian who set out to weave a textile of the type that would have been sold to plantations for use by enslaved people, using period equipment.
www.publicbooks.org/cloth-and-co...
www.publicbooks.org/cloth-and-co...
Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving - Public Books
“But I had found a set of instructions in the archives of one of New England's leading manufacturers of low-end woollen cloth for enslaved wearers.”
www.publicbooks.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
hey #DressHistory - or i guess #TextileHistory too - this interview is really great, talking about material history and reconstructing a particular type of cloth, and why this kind of work is so valuable for historians.
(i need to read his book now!)
(i need to read his book now!)
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The arc of the moral universe was like
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The arc of the moral universe was like
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*FLAILS*
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
*FLAILS*
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not sure who comes off worse
dem leadership or the whiny billionaires
dem leadership or the whiny billionaires
November 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
not sure who comes off worse
dem leadership or the whiny billionaires
dem leadership or the whiny billionaires
The photos and videos are wild but I really enjoy that Mamdani has more than a hint of the New Yorker "you fucking seeing this" conversation through eye contact that happens when something wild, but not in need of any intervention, is happening on the subway.
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The photos and videos are wild but I really enjoy that Mamdani has more than a hint of the New Yorker "you fucking seeing this" conversation through eye contact that happens when something wild, but not in need of any intervention, is happening on the subway.