Richard Naples
@drastician.bsky.social
My blood type may be B+ but my brain never got the memo 📚📊🍲🎨
It’s me! See the presentation here docs.google.com/presentation...
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It’s me! See the presentation here docs.google.com/presentation...
It’s called therapeutic lying to in dementia care circles
I know this is an obvious and old point, but it still shocks me how quickly the culture of the GOP has come to defined by the absurd personality type of the "toad-licking, ass kissing alpha." Amazing that they've built an audience that finds such deportment appealing, rather than disqualifying.
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s called therapeutic lying to in dementia care circles
Don’t like the idea of poor people eating? Just think of SNAP as handouts to big ag and supermarket conglomerates! That’ll make your cold dead heart warm a little, right?
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Don’t like the idea of poor people eating? Just think of SNAP as handouts to big ag and supermarket conglomerates! That’ll make your cold dead heart warm a little, right?
Hope everyone is doing ok! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/n...
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Hope everyone is doing ok! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/n...
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"Authoritarian leaders topple democracy faster than you can imagine. If you wait to speak out against them, you have already lost."
“Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America,” writes @adriennelaf.bsky.social. If you wait to speak out against autocrats, you have already lost:
A Ticking Clock on American Freedom
It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.
bit.ly
April 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"Authoritarian leaders topple democracy faster than you can imagine. If you wait to speak out against them, you have already lost."
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“The use cases for artificial intelligence across every domain of work and life have started to get silly really fast,” our columnist @tressiemcphd.bsky.social writes. “Most of us aren’t using A.I. to save lives faster and better. We are using A.I. to make mediocre improvements.”
Opinion | Actually, A.I. Is Pretty Mid
A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“The use cases for artificial intelligence across every domain of work and life have started to get silly really fast,” our columnist @tressiemcphd.bsky.social writes. “Most of us aren’t using A.I. to save lives faster and better. We are using A.I. to make mediocre improvements.”
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Today, we're releasing our folio and retrospective on Wilhelm Reich, featured in Issue 05: Economies.
The folio's brilliant intro—"Too Communist, Too Freudian—was written by @hzeavin.bsky.social
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/too...
The folio's brilliant intro—"Too Communist, Too Freudian—was written by @hzeavin.bsky.social
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/too...
Too Communist, Too Freudian — Parapraxis
The life and times of Wilhelm Reich Hannah Zeavin
www.parapraxismagazine.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Today, we're releasing our folio and retrospective on Wilhelm Reich, featured in Issue 05: Economies.
The folio's brilliant intro—"Too Communist, Too Freudian—was written by @hzeavin.bsky.social
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/too...
The folio's brilliant intro—"Too Communist, Too Freudian—was written by @hzeavin.bsky.social
www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/too...
Has anyone checked if members of Congress have invested in iron lungs?
Has anyone checked if members of Congress have invested in Xanax recently?
February 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Has anyone checked if members of Congress have invested in iron lungs?
Has anyone checked if members of Congress have invested in Xanax recently?
February 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Has anyone checked if members of Congress have invested in Xanax recently?
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they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.
February 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
they are stealing data from the american people and depriving us of the transparency that we are entitled to by law. none of this is legal and not a single federal employee has any reason to comply.
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The crash in DC highlights the dangers of a push for efficiency-by-austerity, because it shows that much of what gets misperceived as government "inefficiency" is just the result of chronic underinvestment and neglect.
January 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The crash in DC highlights the dangers of a push for efficiency-by-austerity, because it shows that much of what gets misperceived as government "inefficiency" is just the result of chronic underinvestment and neglect.
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Apropros of nothing, I’m reupping my @theemancipator.org article arguing that the so-called “anti-DEI movement” is a segregationist movement, and journalists should state this clearly.
There is no need to help evil by adopting their language.
theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/t...
There is no need to help evil by adopting their language.
theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/t...
Eliminating DEI isn't just racist — it's segregationist
New segregationists’ need to use euphemisms shows the weakness of their intellectual position and the Civil Rights Movement’s moral clarity.
theemancipator.org
January 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Apropros of nothing, I’m reupping my @theemancipator.org article arguing that the so-called “anti-DEI movement” is a segregationist movement, and journalists should state this clearly.
There is no need to help evil by adopting their language.
theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/t...
There is no need to help evil by adopting their language.
theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/t...
In the coming media hellstorm of disinfo and bad takes, at least I will find succor in this
Actually, they stopped running Pamela Paul several months ago, replacing her column with "lorem ipsum," and not a single person noticed. nymag.com/intelligence...
Pamela Paul Is Out at the Times Opinion Section
A surprise departure that appears to be part of a shake-up.
nymag.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In the coming media hellstorm of disinfo and bad takes, at least I will find succor in this
My mother told me to only speak good of the dead. She’s dead. Good. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...
Anita Bryant, Singer and Crusader Against Gay Rights, Dies at 84
She has hits with songs like "Paper Roses" and served as a spokesperson for Florida orange juice before her career came crashing down.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My mother told me to only speak good of the dead. She’s dead. Good. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-n...
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You can read more about it on a blogpost on the PDR site: publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/01...
Or just dive straight into the PDIA: pdimagearchive.org
And follow on BlueSky here: @pdimagearchive.bsky.social
Or just dive straight into the PDIA: pdimagearchive.org
And follow on BlueSky here: @pdimagearchive.bsky.social
Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive
After a year of quiet labour, we are launching our new image-forward PDR sister-site!
publicdomainreview.org
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
You can read more about it on a blogpost on the PDR site: publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/01...
Or just dive straight into the PDIA: pdimagearchive.org
And follow on BlueSky here: @pdimagearchive.bsky.social
Or just dive straight into the PDIA: pdimagearchive.org
And follow on BlueSky here: @pdimagearchive.bsky.social
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What is the impact factor for?
(fm "Replication Crisis", John Whitfield @londonreview.bsky.social 2021)
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
(fm "Replication Crisis", John Whitfield @londonreview.bsky.social 2021)
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
January 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
What is the impact factor for?
(fm "Replication Crisis", John Whitfield @londonreview.bsky.social 2021)
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
(fm "Replication Crisis", John Whitfield @londonreview.bsky.social 2021)
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
I wish this were not so obvious and there were some way to counter it. getpocket.com/explore/item...
How Narcissists Climb the Career Ladder Quickly
People with a high degree of narcissism get promoted faster, new research shows. Why?
getpocket.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I wish this were not so obvious and there were some way to counter it. getpocket.com/explore/item...
Just gave $30 even though I already donate monthly ;)
Elon Musk does not want you to donate to Wikipedia, which is itself a good reason to donate, but the much better reason is that it's Wikipedia. Just donated again last night.
December 27, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Just gave $30 even though I already donate monthly ;)
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Another wild one. Mass resignation after Elsevier implemented AI that introduced errors after acceptance, stripped out capitalization of cities, removed italics of genera, etc. H/t @jo.nny.rip retractionwatch.com/2024/12/27/e...
Evolution journal editors resign en masse to protest Elsevier changes
All but one member of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Evolution (JHE), an Elsevier title, have resigned, saying the “sustained actions of Elsevier are fundamentally incompatible with th…
retractionwatch.com
December 27, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Another wild one. Mass resignation after Elsevier implemented AI that introduced errors after acceptance, stripped out capitalization of cities, removed italics of genera, etc. H/t @jo.nny.rip retractionwatch.com/2024/12/27/e...
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If you're thinking of spending $40K on an MFA, just read "What We Talk About When We Talk About Tariffs" instead (via @mcsweeneys.net). Should provide all you need.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Tariffs
With apologies to Raymond Carver.
- - -My friend Kevin Maddox was talking. Kevin Maddox makes a fortune selling novelty pickleball T-shirts on Etsy...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 5, 2024 at 9:31 PM
If you're thinking of spending $40K on an MFA, just read "What We Talk About When We Talk About Tariffs" instead (via @mcsweeneys.net). Should provide all you need.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
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"The Quilt Index is an open access, digital repository of thousands of images, stories and information about quilts and their makers drawn from hundreds of public and private collections around the world." (via The Syllabus Project) quiltindex.org
November 19, 2024 at 7:57 PM
"The Quilt Index is an open access, digital repository of thousands of images, stories and information about quilts and their makers drawn from hundreds of public and private collections around the world." (via The Syllabus Project) quiltindex.org
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If you have’t seen it yet, I’m working with @rfrank.bsky.social as co-editor of
“Digital Preservation: A Critical Vocabulary” for @mitpress.bsky.social.
You can read and comment on all the draft chapters on PubPub -> digital-preservation-a-critical-vocabulary.pubpub.org
“Digital Preservation: A Critical Vocabulary” for @mitpress.bsky.social.
You can read and comment on all the draft chapters on PubPub -> digital-preservation-a-critical-vocabulary.pubpub.org
Digital Preservation: A Critical Vocabulary
digital-preservation-a-critical-vocabulary.pubpub.org
November 18, 2024 at 11:06 PM
If you have’t seen it yet, I’m working with @rfrank.bsky.social as co-editor of
“Digital Preservation: A Critical Vocabulary” for @mitpress.bsky.social.
You can read and comment on all the draft chapters on PubPub -> digital-preservation-a-critical-vocabulary.pubpub.org
“Digital Preservation: A Critical Vocabulary” for @mitpress.bsky.social.
You can read and comment on all the draft chapters on PubPub -> digital-preservation-a-critical-vocabulary.pubpub.org
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'I must say that in libraries the paid databases are viewed more and more critically. The question is now: what are the essential use cases for which you really need Scopus or Web of Science?'
Jeroen Bosman on the benefits of OpenAlex.
www.uu.nl/en/backgroun...
Jeroen Bosman on the benefits of OpenAlex.
www.uu.nl/en/backgroun...
OpenAlex, a big step towards Open Science?
The new and free database OpenAlex seems to fit in with the Open Science ambitions of Utrecht University. An interview with Jeroen Bosman about the options OpenAlex has to offer.
www.uu.nl
November 18, 2024 at 6:55 AM
'I must say that in libraries the paid databases are viewed more and more critically. The question is now: what are the essential use cases for which you really need Scopus or Web of Science?'
Jeroen Bosman on the benefits of OpenAlex.
www.uu.nl/en/backgroun...
Jeroen Bosman on the benefits of OpenAlex.
www.uu.nl/en/backgroun...
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My sympathies in advance to my colleagues who work in land grants & larger Federal Depository Libraries, as #LibraryLand sees yet another purge of formerly free & accessible data, & the agencies responsible for collecting & disseminating that data are rendered minimally functional. 📚
November 6, 2024 at 11:06 AM
My sympathies in advance to my colleagues who work in land grants & larger Federal Depository Libraries, as #LibraryLand sees yet another purge of formerly free & accessible data, & the agencies responsible for collecting & disseminating that data are rendered minimally functional. 📚