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SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · 2h

Collection is on deposit. #archives

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

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.

SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · 3h

I was hoping the description of Macronesian uniforms would lead to "red, the blood of angry men...”

SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · 16h

Michael Ironside acted the hell out of the several square miles of exposition that script packed in.

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eviŁrooster @evilrooster.bsky.social · 21h

I have seen Him in the refugees arriving on our shores
And I’ve seen His Pontius Pilates on the House and Senate floors.
Let us build Him up an altar before ICE’s prison doors.

lauraadrian2.bsky.social @lauraadrian2.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 5d

Hey all, I'm trying to get a baseline for how good people are at detecting whether fiction is AI-generated or human-written (most of the research on this is for nonfiction and my hypothesis is we're better with fiction).

If you have time, give it a try?

jlp-experiment.github.io/ai-detection...

AI vs Human Fiction Detection Test

jlp-experiment.github.io

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SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · 4d

I watched Brave New World in prep for tomorrow's @wskrs.bsky.social and "my life is filled with so much more" seriously Bridger? S E R I O U S L Y you couldn't have a huddle with Lucas beforehand to break the news?

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SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · 11d

No lies detected.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 12d

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

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SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · 17d

Does Bridger calling Lucas "kiddo" in the farewell phone call confirm Grant's assessment that the "I love you, kiddo" in Higher Power was to Lucas not Carol? #discuss

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 25d

AHIP members committing to keep paying for all of the vaccines they've been paying for, throughout all of 2025 and all of 2026, with no copay or coinsurance, regardless of the action RFK Jr. takes is what passes for good news in September of 2025.

www.patreon.com/posts/139083...

AHIP: Vaccines will continue to be covered
PUBLISHED SEP 16, 2025 • BY AHIP
WASHINGTON - AHIP released the following statement today regarding vaccine coverage.
"Health plans are committed to maintaining and ensuring affordable access to vaccines. Health plan coverage decisions for immunizations are grounded in each lan's ongoing, rigorous review of scientific and clinical evidence, and continual evaluation of multiple sources of data.
"Health plans will continue to cover all ACIP-recommended immunizations that were recommended as of September 1, 2025, including updated formulations of the COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, with no cost-sharing for patients through the end of 2026.
"While health plans continue to operate in an environment shaped by federal and state laws, as well as program and customer requirements, the evidence-based approach to coverage of immunizations will remain consistent."
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by Matthew Cortland -
09/17/2025
SHOULDN'T NEED TO BE A LAWYER
PATREON.COM/MATTBC

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SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · Sep 11

I feel like I've never seen this one before which is weird considering how devoted a viewer I was in 1995.

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Rabbi Ruti Regan @rutiregan.bsky.social · Sep 9

One thing I think about sometimes is how different the world would be if fancy prestigious places perceived accessibility as fancy and prestigious.

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SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · Sep 7

Roy Scheider AND Patrick Stewart... My 90s fan girl heart can't wait!

SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · Sep 7

@completeworkspod.bsky.social Hi, has the King of Texas episode happened and I missed it? Thanks so much for the deep dive pod!

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SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · Sep 7

Guess we should be grateful she didn't psychic merge with him and pass out doing the eval.

SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · Sep 6

Also, did Wendy diagnose Bridger's concussion with a stethoscope???

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Wifetron 3030 @nebulena.net · Sep 6

why do they call them diy projects when they could be calling them shelf fulfilling fantasies

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SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · Sep 5

As a librarian, I concur with the doctor.

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SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · Sep 5

Bonus for the hurt/comfort kids: Bridger getting injured and Lucas being worried.

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SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · Aug 30

Short-term rental hosts, please add floor layouts to the photos in vacation rental postings. Signed, every large group that learned late at night that certain bedrooms are only accessible by walking through other bedrooms.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her] @alexandraerin.com · Aug 30

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary stops on by,
speaking words of wisdom:
all men die.

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SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · Aug 24

Love this list of reading scenario experiments.

Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · Jul 16

Here you go! I'll write some new ones for this semester too. They loved them. The "read without your phone or screens in the room" was a revelation, and many of them decided to keep doing it. They had NO IDEA (& were horrified) how often they interrupt themselves to look at a phone for no reason.

Reading Scenario Experiments. This series of prompts is designed to get you thinking about how the setting for reading affects concentration, comprehension, and even the existential experience of reading. Every week, one of the following prompts will appear on the syllabus. I encourage you to try all of them that you are able. How does a different reading setting affect your mood? Your receptiveness to the prose? Your pleasure or difficulty reading? What are the particular impacts of changing your lighting or surroundings? What do you notice about yourself and about the work you are reading during this experiment?
1. read by candlelight (use a small lamp in dorms where no candles are allowed!)
2. read for one hour without checking any devices, answering texts, etc.
3. walk out into nature (climb a tree, sit on a rock, grab a spot in a hammock) and read
4. host a reading night with friends & food (sit in companionable silence, reading without chatting)
5. read aloud a chapter to someone else
6. climb into bed at night and read by flashlight under the covers for at least 30 minutes, as if you’ve already been told “lights out” as a kid
7. reread a chapter and see what new things you notice the second time through
8. change your ambient-noise level: add music if you normally read in the quiet; or read without music if you are normally a music-listener
9. read with a sketchpad at hand and sketch scenes, characters, or other elements from the story
10. practice focused listening: have someone read to you
11. make yourself a special, fancy snack on a real plate to nibble while eating: pay attention to the cooking or arranging or choosing of ingredients to make it especially appetizing first
12. make tea (even if you’re not usually a tea drinker), and read and sip
13. invent a new reading scenario for yourself, or repeat the one you liked the best from this term

[writing assignment using these prompts follows; text character limit prevents inclusion of it in full]

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SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · Aug 19

I confess to spending several dozen seconds singing, to an ABBA tune, "Watergate! Why in the fuck call it Watergate?*

SarahThe1001 @sarahthe1001.bsky.social · Aug 11

Also returning: Bridger's beard!