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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · 1d

This potato lives at my desk as my inspiration.

A sticker of an anthropomorphic potato lifting a barbell that is loaded with plates. The potato's smile is joy-filled.

Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · 3d

Absolute, complete, fucking dummies.

Imagine half your new hires being dropped bc they couldn't manage an open-book test.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d

NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting

The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...

www.nbcnews.com

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 8d

Remember our mantra:

Don't Engage, Just Block.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · Sep 22

Just got word from WHA that the great historian Quintard Taylor has passed away. His book, In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West was such a huge inspiration in my own work on the region. Also first Black president of WHA. A legend who will be missed.

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · Sep 19

Welcome to the world of “inclusions,” an ecosystem known to archivists the world over in which they come across all sorts of things readers have purposefully or inadvertently left between a book’s pages. Recently at the Library, the objet du jour was... a snakeskin. 🐍 blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/...

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Sep 19

I think it was yesterday that a private jet's front landing gear failed... perhaps there's still some fallout from that?

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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · Sep 13

One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall.

It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?

Photo of square orange tiles, set into the ground, across one of which several cats footprints are clearly visible.

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Sep 12

The stuff of dreams: a LOC library card!

Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · Sep 12

September is Library Card Sign-up Month. It's easy to get one from the Library of Congress!

Here's how: www.loc.gov/research-cen...

The Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, November 21, 2017. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'll also add too that I *think* you have to do it on your mobile app as well as desktop... when I just updated this setting a bit ago on desktop, and then later checked on my app, it hadn't transferred over.

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Sep 10

No idea about their financial success (other than they're both still around with great podcasts) but @maximumfun.org and Radiotopia come to mind.

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Collective action [aka: our grudge] is the gift that just keeps on giving. Once again, I say:

Eat Shit, Target.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 20

Target's CEO is stepping down after 11 years at the retailer as sales continue to plunge

Target’s CEO is stepping down as customers turn away | CNN Business

Target CEO Brian Cornell is stepping down after 11 years at the retailer, as the company faces slumping sales and backlash to its retreat on DEI.

www.cnn.com

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Sorcha Ní Nia @luiseach.bsky.social · Aug 14

Lads the HONK I just honked

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Jul 30

Do you know of any good starter packs of scientists we could follow on this? Cc: @joshuajfriedman.com

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Jul 20

Eddington is absolutely wild. A favorite of the year, so far. I think the folks who hate it do so because it's a little too close to the bone for them.

Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Jul 12

Looks like CBP/ICE - that just received a $170 BILLION budget upgrade - is in the market for a new CFO.
www.usajobs.gov/job/840604600

Chief Financial Officer

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) oversees the strategic development and maintenance of integrated budget, accounting, financial management, data ana...

www.usajobs.gov

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Jun 26

And the stupidity. I'm constantly stunned by their willful stupidity.

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Jun 26

Encountered my first AI-narrated book on @hoopladigital.bsky.social this morning. Immediately smashed the one-star button & as a possible tip off to others... the "narrator's" very generic name was Jason Smith. Every other public domain book attached to that name is suspect.

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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · Jun 25

Who wants to do a #NICAR26 immigration data panel with me?

Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · Jun 25

This data is legitimately the only way to know exactly what the administration is doing. Go download it, understand it, and start using it to report. Theres more stories in here than any one news outlet can do

MuckRock @muckrock.com · Jun 25

New nationwide, individual-level Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data is now available to the public, thanks to Deportation Data. deportationdata.org/data/ice.html

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · Jun 25

Today is #NationalWritingDay and the theme is ‘Share Your Voice’. So, whether you’re an aspiring writer, a published author, or something in between: tell us what you're working on!

Pictured: Mary Shelley’s first draft of Frankenstein, which is safely stored at the Bodleian.

A page from Mary Shelley's draft of Frankenstein. There's a wide margin on the left dotted with editorial notes, from Mary and her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary's handwriting is an orderly italic. Paragraphs are crossed out, as are individual words and sentences. The page really feels like a glimpse over Shelley's shoulder at a work in progress. You can view the entire manuscript on Digital Bodleian. Search Shelfmark: Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Abinger c. 56.

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Jun 25

YES! Montana book people are *the best* people. Truly.

Yellowstone closures/roads in the fall vary w the weather. Mammoth is always open. And if you go the week before the awards, you should have decent access to some places: Canyon, Norris, Old Faithful, etc. YNP is like nothing else. It's magic.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · Jun 22

Bombing Iran is to distract us from ICE which is to distract us from tariffs which are to distract us from the looting of our country

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Jun 20

These days, the only "sources" I add to Scrivener are footnotes that point to sources in Tropy/Zotero. Very occasionally, on a notes doc in Scrivener, I might list a link. I do this bc in an early Scrivener pjt I added photos and it really bogged the file down. But that could've been newbie error 🤷‍♀️

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Jun 19

What @kathleenbelew.bsky.social said. We Refuse is one of my favorite non-fiction books of ALL TIME.

Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · Jun 19

Anybody need a Juneteenth book? May I recommend We Refuse by @kcarterjackson.bsky.social --it's a stunner.

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Jun 19

We Refuse will be an incredible follow up to This Non-Violent Stuff'll Get You Killed.

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Stacy @teacupwoozy.bsky.social · Jun 13

DJ Morgan & @djjohnrichards.bsky.social have been on air at KEXP.org non-stop for 23 hours raising awareness about the cuts to public media & now rolling into their one-day fund drive. Give if you can. And listen for a dose of joy + community this morning. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

KEXP hosts 27-hour marathon broadcast to protest potential public media cuts

The local radio station is holding the marathon broadcast to bring awareness to the public funding it, as well as many other stations, rely on from being cut as part of a Republican-led rescission pac...

www.seattletimes.com

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