SB
@stephestellar.bsky.social
she/her. Archivist, rabblerouser, general life enthusiast
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I'm thankful for all the technologists, FOIA officers, parks workers, public health researchers, criminal investigators, and countless other civil servants who have kept diligently doing their jobs under extreme duress. This year has been bad but it could have been so, so much worse.
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm thankful for all the technologists, FOIA officers, parks workers, public health researchers, criminal investigators, and countless other civil servants who have kept diligently doing their jobs under extreme duress. This year has been bad but it could have been so, so much worse.
Archivist Q: is there such a thing as a series that is arranged intellectually AND physically? I can't square it. Like, sure you can put it physically in alpha order but if you end up adding to the series, phys arrangement is out the window
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Archivist Q: is there such a thing as a series that is arranged intellectually AND physically? I can't square it. Like, sure you can put it physically in alpha order but if you end up adding to the series, phys arrangement is out the window
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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The German holidaye pastryes disappeared mysteriouslye --
Authorityes are prettye sure thei were
stollen
Authorityes are prettye sure thei were
stollen
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The German holidaye pastryes disappeared mysteriouslye --
Authorityes are prettye sure thei were
stollen
Authorityes are prettye sure thei were
stollen
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The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
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"Authoritarian gov'ts view culture as a threat bc in [art] you can 👀 alternatives to the current reality. We live in a timeline that says AI domination is inevitable [+] the ppl with the most 💰 will get to decide who + what survives. The arts remind us that none of the current truisms are absolutes"
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
"Authoritarian gov'ts view culture as a threat bc in [art] you can 👀 alternatives to the current reality. We live in a timeline that says AI domination is inevitable [+] the ppl with the most 💰 will get to decide who + what survives. The arts remind us that none of the current truisms are absolutes"
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"'Catching a nation in its prime': Archival Evidence of the Real People Featured in the Musical 'Ragtime'" By Douglas Reside, Lewis and Dorothy Cullman Curator, Theatre Collection NYPL www.nypl.org/blog/2025/11... @dougreside.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
"'Catching a nation in its prime': Archival Evidence of the Real People Featured in the Musical 'Ragtime'" By Douglas Reside, Lewis and Dorothy Cullman Curator, Theatre Collection NYPL www.nypl.org/blog/2025/11... @dougreside.bsky.social
Laying in bed thinking how how I wish I were sleeping OR cleaning my apt
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Laying in bed thinking how how I wish I were sleeping OR cleaning my apt
Going to make turkey breast, sweet potatoes, and maybe gf mac and cheese on Thursday. Feeling empowered by Melissa Clark's one pot one pan instructions cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021...
One-Pan, One-Pot Thanksgiving Dinner (Published 2020)
cooking.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Going to make turkey breast, sweet potatoes, and maybe gf mac and cheese on Thursday. Feeling empowered by Melissa Clark's one pot one pan instructions cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021...
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I highly recommend watching this documentary.
From the new HBO documentary Thoughts & Prayers that looks into the impact of the $3 billion active shooter preparedness industry on schools and communities.
If you're not American/don't live in the US, I'm asking you to please not comment.
If you're not American/don't live in the US, I'm asking you to please not comment.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I highly recommend watching this documentary.
Oh this is extremely cute!
I love the library. My kid loves the library. We max out all our cards getting books for her every month. I am sometimes overwhelmed by the sheer volume of picture books tho and I just found out LAPL has a form you can fill out and a librarian will select 5 books for your kid and put them on hold. 😎
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Oh this is extremely cute!
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Spoke to @melodyschreiber.com about the only story that matters re Olivia Nuzzi--her role in elevating RFK Jr, a man who is doing and will do so much harm to global health, even for decades after he leaves this position.
I don't care about her hikes in the desert, her exile or her terrible prose.
I don't care about her hikes in the desert, her exile or her terrible prose.
Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Spoke to @melodyschreiber.com about the only story that matters re Olivia Nuzzi--her role in elevating RFK Jr, a man who is doing and will do so much harm to global health, even for decades after he leaves this position.
I don't care about her hikes in the desert, her exile or her terrible prose.
I don't care about her hikes in the desert, her exile or her terrible prose.
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Someone give me $500,000 so I can offer 1 year fellowships to young people in 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Someone give me $500,000 so I can offer 1 year fellowships to young people in 2026.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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i love my illegal union 🥰
We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’… | Maryland Today
UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More
today.umd.edu
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
i love my illegal union 🥰
TFW after months of trying to get someone to explain an esoteric process, you get a flurry of emails indicating you've been doing it wrong. Ok thanks!!
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
TFW after months of trying to get someone to explain an esoteric process, you get a flurry of emails indicating you've been doing it wrong. Ok thanks!!
Just saw a job add that wants the role to "organize and prepare materials for long term access with an emphasis on refining and structuring archival content into formats optimized at AI tool such as GPTs" Okay...
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Just saw a job add that wants the role to "organize and prepare materials for long term access with an emphasis on refining and structuring archival content into formats optimized at AI tool such as GPTs" Okay...
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Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
Annoyed that there apparently will always be part of my brain that thinks I can buy a thing, possibly 1 thing, that will bring me pure happiness/a fixed life
a woman says " don 't buy that " while wearing glasses
Alt: Liz Lemon says "don't buy that" while wearing glasses
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Annoyed that there apparently will always be part of my brain that thinks I can buy a thing, possibly 1 thing, that will bring me pure happiness/a fixed life
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This is how we know that the list of professions anger is breaking through. A big issue, that at least one person foresaw, is that it's not enough to consider a historical list of professions. You have to consider the professions that we have, currently, in 2025.
ED is feeling enough pressure about the graduate vs. professional program distinction that they put out a press release (correctly) stating that nursing was never technically classified as professional. This probably won't gain much traction with the general public.
Myth vs. Fact: The Definition of Professional Degrees
President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act placed commonsense limits on federal student loans for graduate degrees. This fact sheet sets the record straight regarding the proposed treatment of nursi...
www.ed.gov
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is how we know that the list of professions anger is breaking through. A big issue, that at least one person foresaw, is that it's not enough to consider a historical list of professions. You have to consider the professions that we have, currently, in 2025.
I canNOT believe that James Carville's opinions are allowed anywhere anymore. Get a dog and go awayyyyyy
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I canNOT believe that James Carville's opinions are allowed anywhere anymore. Get a dog and go awayyyyyy
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When I say Waymo "doesn't scale," this is what I mean.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
When I say Waymo "doesn't scale," this is what I mean.
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Children are not therapy
Wives are not therapy
Marriage is not therapy
only therapy is therapy
Wives are not therapy
Marriage is not therapy
only therapy is therapy
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Children are not therapy
Wives are not therapy
Marriage is not therapy
only therapy is therapy
Wives are not therapy
Marriage is not therapy
only therapy is therapy
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