Agnes
@lisafilipek.bsky.social
I’m too lazy to create a new profile just yet.
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If you know families in the Crown Heights area in BK who need some toys/gifts for their children & teens, please let them know about our Toy Giveaway on Saturday from 2 to 6 pm. It will be a festive time & some of you generously donated toys.
December 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
If you know families in the Crown Heights area in BK who need some toys/gifts for their children & teens, please let them know about our Toy Giveaway on Saturday from 2 to 6 pm. It will be a festive time & some of you generously donated toys.
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Abby sits down with our friend Kate Rotunda to talk about the intersection of feminism and horror. We start out by discussing Frankenhooker (1990) and go from there. CW: Discussion of violence against women and SA. Lunatics Radio Hour - episode 166, anywhere you listen to podcasts. buff.ly/nHkbRbh
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Abby sits down with our friend Kate Rotunda to talk about the intersection of feminism and horror. We start out by discussing Frankenhooker (1990) and go from there. CW: Discussion of violence against women and SA. Lunatics Radio Hour - episode 166, anywhere you listen to podcasts. buff.ly/nHkbRbh
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It would be so incredible if at least 12 people wrote to @librariesftp.bsky.social about why they love their library :) 100 words! Take fifteen minutes this weekend to send us something?: forms.gle/oqTvmGJreEeU...
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
It would be so incredible if at least 12 people wrote to @librariesftp.bsky.social about why they love their library :) 100 words! Take fifteen minutes this weekend to send us something?: forms.gle/oqTvmGJreEeU...
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Events and activities offered at no cost to participants still cost money to produce. That money has to come from somewhere.
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Events and activities offered at no cost to participants still cost money to produce. That money has to come from somewhere.
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DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
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I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
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The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
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*moderate* means in the pocket of the banks and NYC real estate among other things. This is not good at all.
Menin, who represents the Upper East Side, said she had the support of at least 34 current and incoming City Council members, more than the 26 votes needed to become the Council’s speaker, considered the second most powerful job in city government.
A Moderate From Manhattan Claims Enough Support to Lead City Council
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
*moderate* means in the pocket of the banks and NYC real estate among other things. This is not good at all.
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I will forever be mad that mass market paperbacks don’t really exist anymore & if they do, they’re hideously expensive.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I will forever be mad that mass market paperbacks don’t really exist anymore & if they do, they’re hideously expensive.
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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.”
That cardigan is the only thing I remember about the sequel.
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
It’s not the sexiest of garments. It arguably looks more like a discarded fishing net. And yet it has cast a spell over the internet
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
That cardigan is the only thing I remember about the sequel.
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One time I wished Johnny Cash would sing Nine Inch Nails and then it actually happened and I didn’t like it, so I don’t want this power. I don’t deserve to have it.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
One time I wished Johnny Cash would sing Nine Inch Nails and then it actually happened and I didn’t like it, so I don’t want this power. I don’t deserve to have it.
Honestly I’m more of a 500 - 2,000 pages gal, but I can make it work.
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Honestly I’m more of a 500 - 2,000 pages gal, but I can make it work.
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My grand unified theory of suburbia is that camera doorbells are like SUVs, they provide an illusion of security while making you more paranoid
“Camera doorbells are social cancer as a technology, breaking down social solidarity and further encouraging people to see strangers with suspicion.”
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My grand unified theory of suburbia is that camera doorbells are like SUVs, they provide an illusion of security while making you more paranoid
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I talk about her in my Black abolitionists of NYC walking tour and usually no one has heard of her but she was Rosa Parks on the bus 100 years before that incident.
In 1855 Elizabeth Jennings Graham brought a suit that initiated the desegregation of NYC transit. Raised by politically active parents (her was mother formerly enslaved, her entrepreneur father was awarded a patent in 1821) Ms. Graham was a teacher, organist, & kindergarten founder.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I talk about her in my Black abolitionists of NYC walking tour and usually no one has heard of her but she was Rosa Parks on the bus 100 years before that incident.
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Everything seems so much harder lately. Just hard, hard, hard. (IT'S FINE IT'S FINE)
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Everything seems so much harder lately. Just hard, hard, hard. (IT'S FINE IT'S FINE)
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Trying to get 50 more people to send a letter to your City Council member in NYC demanding that they increase and stabilize public library funding. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Trying to get 50 more people to send a letter to your City Council member in NYC demanding that they increase and stabilize public library funding. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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Perhaps if you live in NYC, you will be moved to take action in support of increased and STABLE funding for our public libraries after reading this: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Perhaps if you live in NYC, you will be moved to take action in support of increased and STABLE funding for our public libraries after reading this: actionnetwork.org/letters/city...