Cosimo Giovine
@beerandcandy.bsky.social
Writer & Poet, Librarian for Literacy & Learning, Cat Dad, Good Cook, Publisher @ZioApolloPress (he/him)
There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can’t get fooled again.
October 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can’t get fooled again.
Anyone who eats only meat & salt for seven years is going to feel like there’s a demon possession in their guts for sure.
October 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Anyone who eats only meat & salt for seven years is going to feel like there’s a demon possession in their guts for sure.
AI Librarians will fail spectacularly when faced with patrons asking “what’s my Gmail password?” and “why’s the printer not working”
September 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
AI Librarians will fail spectacularly when faced with patrons asking “what’s my Gmail password?” and “why’s the printer not working”
Il Popolo d’NPR
September 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Il Popolo d’NPR
Tired: My friend’s older brother who got a D in Philosophy 101.
Wired: “As machine learning tools win more trust, they could produce dangerous content that slips by unnoticed.”
Wired: “As machine learning tools win more trust, they could produce dangerous content that slips by unnoticed.”
September 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Tired: My friend’s older brother who got a D in Philosophy 101.
Wired: “As machine learning tools win more trust, they could produce dangerous content that slips by unnoticed.”
Wired: “As machine learning tools win more trust, they could produce dangerous content that slips by unnoticed.”
Tried and true tech that never failed:
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September 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Tried and true tech that never failed:
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This should have us wondering if this was Putin signaling to Trump just how close he can get his people to him.
oaklandsocialist.com/2022/12/20/m...
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Medea Benjamin, the pro-Putin “left” and the far right in America
The world crisis revolving around the war in Ukraine has a deep influence in US politics. This makes understanding that war all the more important. In January, the fascist-linked Republican Party w…
oaklandsocialist.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This should have us wondering if this was Putin signaling to Trump just how close he can get his people to him.
oaklandsocialist.com/2022/12/20/m...
oaklandsocialist.com/2022/12/20/m...
1. Become a college president
2. ?
3. College president uses $2M gift from a donor to jump start a state senate campaign
2. ?
3. College president uses $2M gift from a donor to jump start a state senate campaign
September 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
1. Become a college president
2. ?
3. College president uses $2M gift from a donor to jump start a state senate campaign
2. ?
3. College president uses $2M gift from a donor to jump start a state senate campaign
I really felt that Lol at the end, like deep.
“I was under the impression that evangelicalism was a deep personal commitment to love Jesus for the sake of making the world a more just and beautiful place for all of God’s children. Lol.”
“I was under the impression that evangelicalism was a deep personal commitment to love Jesus for the sake of making the world a more just and beautiful place for all of God’s children. Lol.”
August 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I really felt that Lol at the end, like deep.
“I was under the impression that evangelicalism was a deep personal commitment to love Jesus for the sake of making the world a more just and beautiful place for all of God’s children. Lol.”
“I was under the impression that evangelicalism was a deep personal commitment to love Jesus for the sake of making the world a more just and beautiful place for all of God’s children. Lol.”
Don’t forget to Suggest a Title Purchase at your library!
August 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Don’t forget to Suggest a Title Purchase at your library!
tl;dr They learned about the per pupil funding mandated in every state constitutions. Gotta get that sweet sweet guaranteed taxpayer money.
August 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
tl;dr They learned about the per pupil funding mandated in every state constitutions. Gotta get that sweet sweet guaranteed taxpayer money.
Same. I turned 5 poems into short stories and used them as writing samples for my MFA applications, was accepted to Columbia (attended SoA ‘03), Brooklyn College, NYU, & Sarah Lawrence, and published 100+ poems & stories since 1999. But still can’t celebrate any of it because imposter syndrome.
August 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Same. I turned 5 poems into short stories and used them as writing samples for my MFA applications, was accepted to Columbia (attended SoA ‘03), Brooklyn College, NYU, & Sarah Lawrence, and published 100+ poems & stories since 1999. But still can’t celebrate any of it because imposter syndrome.
The utter unfairness of people disparaging me because I hate them.
by John Boyne
by John Boyne
August 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The utter unfairness of people disparaging me because I hate them.
by John Boyne
by John Boyne
The app is great for finding LFLs on our dogmobile rounds around the neighborhood.
August 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The app is great for finding LFLs on our dogmobile rounds around the neighborhood.
My college president bought all the faculty union bargaining team members a new Rolls Royce and called it shared governance. Now that’s how you run a college like a business.
August 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My college president bought all the faculty union bargaining team members a new Rolls Royce and called it shared governance. Now that’s how you run a college like a business.
I’m with you on this & often worry about the electric substations “protected” by chainlink fence and a rusted padlock. Attempts to cut mass power must happen often & I fear soon the attempts will succeed. But until then, we keep a watchful eye on squirrels!
August 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I’m with you on this & often worry about the electric substations “protected” by chainlink fence and a rusted padlock. Attempts to cut mass power must happen often & I fear soon the attempts will succeed. But until then, we keep a watchful eye on squirrels!
“cyber attacks by human terrorists are much rarer than disruption caused by squirrels.”
www.publicpower.org/blog/defendi...
www.publicpower.org/blog/defendi...
Defending against outages: Squirrel tracker | American Public Power Association
Public power utilities aren’t only concerned with protecting the electric grid from cyber attacks, they’re also busy countering a far more pernicious foe: the squirrel! Squirrels are among the top cau...
www.publicpower.org
August 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“cyber attacks by human terrorists are much rarer than disruption caused by squirrels.”
www.publicpower.org/blog/defendi...
www.publicpower.org/blog/defendi...
Fun fact: Students at universities in Georgia can legally punch someone if the “free speech” feels like “fighting words”
O.C.G.A § 16-5-25, Opprobrious or abusive language as justification for simple assault or simple battery
O.C.G.A § 16-5-25, Opprobrious or abusive language as justification for simple assault or simple battery
August 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Fun fact: Students at universities in Georgia can legally punch someone if the “free speech” feels like “fighting words”
O.C.G.A § 16-5-25, Opprobrious or abusive language as justification for simple assault or simple battery
O.C.G.A § 16-5-25, Opprobrious or abusive language as justification for simple assault or simple battery