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Jesus Zoidberg @jesuszoidberg.bsky.social · 2h

You don't have to understand trans life or why people become trans to understand that their rights are human beings are the same as yours, ya dink.

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Woltergeist II: The Other Side @wolter.bsky.social · 2h

They literally are incapable of imagining another human being who isn’t like them and doesn’t want what they want. I’m not going to be facile and say this is the death of the humanities in action, but I’m not not saying that.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4h

Altman claims the company didn’t anticipate people not wanting their deepfakes to say “offensive things or things that they find deeply problematic,” which sounds like a lie but is also indicative of how they recklessly release tech into the world.

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 12h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 10h

doomscroll break

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 7h

Gonna find Jimmy Hoffa next

CNN @cnn.com · 17h

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.

FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...

www.cnn.com

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 7h

Now reading Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt.

The cover of Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt.

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 17h

If Wells Fargo is your bank perhaps you should change that

Amano Jack @amano-jack.bsky.social · 1d

Just in case someone missed this detail:
Wells Fargo used the ICE orks to clear out a building of lawful residents to make a buck

Again, a military terror purge was carried out with naked children in handcuffs for the benefit of Wells Fargo execs

A corrupt corp that will bleat at any reciprocity

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 17h

A group of slaves decide to liberate themselves with the help of a vampire. Because it's set on a plantation and the main characters are slaves, it does make for some heavy reading.

The cover of Blood Slaves by Marcus Redmond.

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 17h

More a biography of Sonic Youth than Moore himself. It's good but felt somewhat dispassionate. There are no lows or highs. There's no juicy tidbits. Just a straightforward account of the band. Though his passion for noise experiments baffles the hell out of me.

The cover of Sonic Life by Thurston Moore.

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 18h

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 19h

Fantastic job.

Other National Guard leaders should echo these mission remarks.

💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 22h

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 19h

Craving a Crown Burger, which is only available in the Salt Lake area and I haven't had one since 2001

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 1d

Distribution is THE under-reported story in book publishing (outside of the trade publications) and losing B&T is going to have untold ripple effects on the industry, small presses, and authors.

Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 1d

seems very bad www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Baker & Taylor Prepares Plan to Shut Down

At a town hall yesterday, B&T owner and CEO Aman Kochar announced that following the termination of the ReaderLink acquisition deal, he does not see a path to keep the library wholesaler in business.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Leen McBeans 🦇 @leenmcbeans.bsky.social · 1d

Banning language like “suicide” or “rape” only helps soften the language and perpetuate the actual issue

Kids should know what rape is. Calling it “nonconsensual sex” is absolutely 1000% worse. Fuck right off with that bs

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 1d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 1d

Power went out at work for 10 seconds and the instant roller coaster of emotion I went on. I think I have whiplash.

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 1d

Things I wish publishers would do: make it clear somewhere on the verso page that yes, this is a book in a series, the name of the series and what number in the series this book is.

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 1d

I miss hockey in a vague sense but I am too burned out to miss it enough to watch it or follow it specifically.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 1d

What the shit, Clarivate! Anyone using Ebook Central MARC records, be warned. They're jamming those records with AI generated metadata. Auto-enabled but you can disable it.

Dear Alex,
We are writing to share an important update coming to Ebook Central that will help improve ebook discoverability. At the end of October 2025, Ebook Central Express MARC records will include AI-generated metadata when publisher metadata fields are not available.

Why are we introducing AI-generated metadata to Ebook Central records?

Most publishers include subject information in their metadata, but there are times when this information is not included, leading to limited search availability in discovery systems. For this reason, we are providing AI-generated Library of Congress subject headings only when not available from the publisher to improve the completeness of our metadata and discoverability of Ebook Central titles.

Which AI-generated fields are included in Express MARC? 

The AI-generated fields will include Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH) (6XX); Library of Congress Classification (050); Dewey Decimal (082); Description (520); and Source of Description (588). To learn more, please visit our FAQ page.

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Smilner, Community Theater Actor @smilner.bsky.social · 1d

2 panel meme of Kuame Ture with the words, "In order for non-violence to work, your opponent must have a conscience.
The United States has none, has none." Split between both frames

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 1d

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 1d

This man is 12 years old

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 1d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 1d

Pickled herring with Dijon mustard

We won't talk about the butter to bread ratio when I have a really good piece of bread and good salted butter

Frozen peas

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, we'll see if the news drops tomorrow. We were already in the process of cancelling B&T orders but man

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