Leah | hedge scientista arc 🍠
@maplewashed.bsky.social
MLIS. Multimodal sensemaking theorist/info designer ideocene.net. Information flows in complex systems. Game design. Editor CJILS + https://bylines.scot/author/leahbrown; @ fediscience.org. Writer. she/they/banshee 🇨🇦
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So, speaking of the plea for cultural criticism, I guess I'll announce this here.
The first season of "Maplewashed" launches in 2026. I'll share more soon. Hope you'll come along for the ride. ♥️
The first season of "Maplewashed" launches in 2026. I'll share more soon. Hope you'll come along for the ride. ♥️
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Nova Scotia is cracking down on cannabis stores in the province. What sparked the decision and how some First Nations are fighting back, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
December 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Nova Scotia is cracking down on cannabis stores in the province. What sparked the decision and how some First Nations are fighting back, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
So, speaking of the plea for cultural criticism, I guess I'll announce this here.
The first season of "Maplewashed" launches in 2026. I'll share more soon. Hope you'll come along for the ride. ♥️
The first season of "Maplewashed" launches in 2026. I'll share more soon. Hope you'll come along for the ride. ♥️
December 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
So, speaking of the plea for cultural criticism, I guess I'll announce this here.
The first season of "Maplewashed" launches in 2026. I'll share more soon. Hope you'll come along for the ride. ♥️
The first season of "Maplewashed" launches in 2026. I'll share more soon. Hope you'll come along for the ride. ♥️
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The loss of cultural criticism and criticism as a professional field is making society manifestly worse.
Is the Internet Making Culture Worse?—Asterisk
The decline of criticism might explain the sense that our culture is stagnating. How can we bring it back?
asteriskmag.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The loss of cultural criticism and criticism as a professional field is making society manifestly worse.
I'm working on a new track for my next project and I got into this out of necessity when I wanted sound assets for my gaming projects.
Here's a thread of some of my electronic music from the last decade:
on.soundcloud.com/0o16OH6kmZg0...
Here's a thread of some of my electronic music from the last decade:
on.soundcloud.com/0o16OH6kmZg0...
untitled (WIP)
Listen to untitled (WIP) by shadowymaus #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I'm working on a new track for my next project and I got into this out of necessity when I wanted sound assets for my gaming projects.
Here's a thread of some of my electronic music from the last decade:
on.soundcloud.com/0o16OH6kmZg0...
Here's a thread of some of my electronic music from the last decade:
on.soundcloud.com/0o16OH6kmZg0...
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ICYMI! Reading 2025 fiction?
Try the short story "To Speak in Silence" by Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/wHCae3w
Try the short story "To Speak in Silence" by Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/wHCae3w
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
ICYMI! Reading 2025 fiction?
Try the short story "To Speak in Silence" by Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/wHCae3w
Try the short story "To Speak in Silence" by Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/wHCae3w
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"For them the questions are not rooted in biology or ecology but existence: If such a fate could overtake a beloved companion, the more-than-human beings, what might become of the people who depend on them?"
Nobody Knows Why the Caribou Are Disappearing
From this spot on the barren lands, Caribou trails run off like railways over the emerald hills. The paths are innumerable, deep and straight, suggesting mass transit and common purpose—timetables,…
lithub.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"For them the questions are not rooted in biology or ecology but existence: If such a fate could overtake a beloved companion, the more-than-human beings, what might become of the people who depend on them?"
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Question for bee knowledgeable folk:
I had to toss out some wet chicken feed from high wind & heavy rain here in PNW. Until I have room in the trash, it is sitting in a bucket under cover.
I found a bee scavenging for food in there. I don't usually see them this time of year. Is this typical?
I had to toss out some wet chicken feed from high wind & heavy rain here in PNW. Until I have room in the trash, it is sitting in a bucket under cover.
I found a bee scavenging for food in there. I don't usually see them this time of year. Is this typical?
December 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Question for bee knowledgeable folk:
I had to toss out some wet chicken feed from high wind & heavy rain here in PNW. Until I have room in the trash, it is sitting in a bucket under cover.
I found a bee scavenging for food in there. I don't usually see them this time of year. Is this typical?
I had to toss out some wet chicken feed from high wind & heavy rain here in PNW. Until I have room in the trash, it is sitting in a bucket under cover.
I found a bee scavenging for food in there. I don't usually see them this time of year. Is this typical?
I can't take it. It's bad enough the Reiners struggled to love their child and met their ends at his hands. If you can't have empathy for them, please say nothing. I refuse to read the gross comments made about this tragedy.
A handful of prominent commentators on the right have risen in support of Trump’s unhinged reaction to the deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife.
Here’s who is justifying Trump’s deranged response to Rob Reiner’s murder
President Donald Trump’s unhinged reaction to the stabbing deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, which the president gleefully attributed to “the anger” the legendary director “caus...
www.mediamatters.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I can't take it. It's bad enough the Reiners struggled to love their child and met their ends at his hands. If you can't have empathy for them, please say nothing. I refuse to read the gross comments made about this tragedy.
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I refuse to pretend it's normal to exclude the most oppressed people from this platform, further endangering their lives
Please help me spread Ruaa's message
bsky.app/profile/merr...
Please help me spread Ruaa's message
bsky.app/profile/merr...
A message from Ruaa:
Don’t forget my family
Keep sharing my link
She also sent this terrifying video
Supporting them is restorative justice, climate justice, a moral imperative, our responsibility as humanity, and it is URGENT
Don’t forget my family
Keep sharing my link
She also sent this terrifying video
Supporting them is restorative justice, climate justice, a moral imperative, our responsibility as humanity, and it is URGENT
December 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I refuse to pretend it's normal to exclude the most oppressed people from this platform, further endangering their lives
Please help me spread Ruaa's message
bsky.app/profile/merr...
Please help me spread Ruaa's message
bsky.app/profile/merr...
I know I post a lot of asks for myself and others but Marla is a lovely woman and I'd love it if you could throw some support her way for the holidays if at all possible. Anything helps. (Shares help, too). ♥️
@fairshare.help
@fairshare.help
I'm good with rent until this coming Saturday but I'm behind on other bills and an xmas present for my daughter.
I'm at 0/600 for car payments which takes priority right now
I'm at 0/600 for car payments which takes priority right now
It's been impossible for me to get work lately. Between health issues and being removed from the main app i use for work. I need help constantly right now ♥️
www.paypal.me/marlahsmith
Venmo: @Marla-Smith-79
cash.app/$marlahsmith
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #TransCrowdfund #HelpSky
www.paypal.me/marlahsmith
Venmo: @Marla-Smith-79
cash.app/$marlahsmith
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #TransCrowdfund #HelpSky
December 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I know I post a lot of asks for myself and others but Marla is a lovely woman and I'd love it if you could throw some support her way for the holidays if at all possible. Anything helps. (Shares help, too). ♥️
@fairshare.help
@fairshare.help
I worry that human eyes aren't getting a look at these critical stories before they get disseminated, seriously.
I am losing my mind
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC
THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC
THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR
WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC
PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
December 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I worry that human eyes aren't getting a look at these critical stories before they get disseminated, seriously.
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Tesla’s 29 Austin Robotaxis have crashed 8 times since June, as data suggests they perform much worse than human drivers
Meanwhile, Tesla announced it now has 2 cyber cabs on the road *without* human minders
sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...
Meanwhile, Tesla announced it now has 2 cyber cabs on the road *without* human minders
sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...
Tesla’s 29 Austin Robotaxis have crashed 8 times since June, as data suggests they perform much worse than human drivers
That’s a lot of crashes for such a small fleet....
sherwood.news
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Tesla’s 29 Austin Robotaxis have crashed 8 times since June, as data suggests they perform much worse than human drivers
Meanwhile, Tesla announced it now has 2 cyber cabs on the road *without* human minders
sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...
Meanwhile, Tesla announced it now has 2 cyber cabs on the road *without* human minders
sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...
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In a time when histories are being removed, hidden, and made illegal to teach in schools, your support for The People’s Graphic Design Archive is more important than ever. This is your archive and it survives on your support.
Donate from link in bio!
Donate from link in bio!
December 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In a time when histories are being removed, hidden, and made illegal to teach in schools, your support for The People’s Graphic Design Archive is more important than ever. This is your archive and it survives on your support.
Donate from link in bio!
Donate from link in bio!
CW: food
I'm having this for lunch with some hot coffee and listening to J Dilla's "Last Donut of the Night"
I'm having this for lunch with some hot coffee and listening to J Dilla's "Last Donut of the Night"
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
CW: food
I'm having this for lunch with some hot coffee and listening to J Dilla's "Last Donut of the Night"
I'm having this for lunch with some hot coffee and listening to J Dilla's "Last Donut of the Night"
LOOK AT THIS GORGEOUS GAME.
Alt text: Four images of a top-down view of plant shop done in the most lovely tones of soft greens and browns. The journal UI matches the game's palette. There are lush plants everywhere. I want to live in this game.
Alt text: Four images of a top-down view of plant shop done in the most lovely tones of soft greens and browns. The journal UI matches the game's palette. There are lush plants everywhere. I want to live in this game.
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
LOOK AT THIS GORGEOUS GAME.
Alt text: Four images of a top-down view of plant shop done in the most lovely tones of soft greens and browns. The journal UI matches the game's palette. There are lush plants everywhere. I want to live in this game.
Alt text: Four images of a top-down view of plant shop done in the most lovely tones of soft greens and browns. The journal UI matches the game's palette. There are lush plants everywhere. I want to live in this game.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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1 JOUR SANS DON !
#SolidaritéGaza
cagnotte de la famille de Abdul Karim
faites un don si vous pouvez - même un tout petit 💸
repartagez pour élargir le cercle des donateurices 🔂
chuffed.org/project/1532...
#SolidaritéGaza
cagnotte de la famille de Abdul Karim
faites un don si vous pouvez - même un tout petit 💸
repartagez pour élargir le cercle des donateurices 🔂
chuffed.org/project/1532...
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
1 JOUR SANS DON !
#SolidaritéGaza
cagnotte de la famille de Abdul Karim
faites un don si vous pouvez - même un tout petit 💸
repartagez pour élargir le cercle des donateurices 🔂
chuffed.org/project/1532...
#SolidaritéGaza
cagnotte de la famille de Abdul Karim
faites un don si vous pouvez - même un tout petit 💸
repartagez pour élargir le cercle des donateurices 🔂
chuffed.org/project/1532...
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NEW: A Discord community for gay gamers is in disarray after one of its moderators and an executive at Anthropic forced the company’s AI chatbot, Claude, on the Discord, despite protests from members.
Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot.
www.404media.co
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEW: A Discord community for gay gamers is in disarray after one of its moderators and an executive at Anthropic forced the company’s AI chatbot, Claude, on the Discord, despite protests from members.
Boosting again for Hosam and Noor's family. Please donate or share.
@fairshare.help
chuffed.org/project/1360...
@fairshare.help
chuffed.org/project/1360...
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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This is Mohammed's son Badr, begging for help. He asks me to share it with you (IDK who the person is after Badr's message but she appears to know Mohammed and Nesma as well).
If you can donate to help them endure the winter, thank you. If you can't, please consider sharing.
@fairshare.help
If you can donate to help them endure the winter, thank you. If you can't, please consider sharing.
@fairshare.help
December 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is Mohammed's son Badr, begging for help. He asks me to share it with you (IDK who the person is after Badr's message but she appears to know Mohammed and Nesma as well).
If you can donate to help them endure the winter, thank you. If you can't, please consider sharing.
@fairshare.help
If you can donate to help them endure the winter, thank you. If you can't, please consider sharing.
@fairshare.help
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This was a really important session. Immensely heartening to hear people in the LIS spaces articulate the case against LLM AI in education, search and reference, writing, etc. etc., especially when certain other foresight organizations seem to be embracing it.
We will NOT be recording Information Literacy in the Age of GenAI, the last session of our 2025 AI series. Be there on 12/11--or atl least register so you can get a writeup and all the links from the chat!
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This was a really important session. Immensely heartening to hear people in the LIS spaces articulate the case against LLM AI in education, search and reference, writing, etc. etc., especially when certain other foresight organizations seem to be embracing it.
#SolidaritéGaza
cagnotte de la famille de Latifah
faites un don si vous pouvez - même un tout petit 💸
repartagez pour élargir le cercle des donateurices 🔂
chuffed.org/project/help...
cagnotte de la famille de Latifah
faites un don si vous pouvez - même un tout petit 💸
repartagez pour élargir le cercle des donateurices 🔂
chuffed.org/project/help...
Remembering Hani & Helping his family to survive
To the generous souls who have come to this page: I am so sorry to inform you that Hani was marytered on September 22, 2025 while driving a truck in Northern Gaza, in order to raise money to support h...
chuffed.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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"Ensuring equitable access to digital information remains one of the main challenges for libraries."
From our friends @knowledgerights21.org
www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/f...
From our friends @knowledgerights21.org
www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/f...
A Boost for Digital Access in Libraries: The Importance of Training on e-Books
Learn more about a KR21-supported hybrid course organised earlier this year by Spanish partner FESABID
www.knowledgerights21.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Ensuring equitable access to digital information remains one of the main challenges for libraries."
From our friends @knowledgerights21.org
www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/f...
From our friends @knowledgerights21.org
www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/f...
Experiment: replace "AI" with "Smurfs" every time you read about it in media
December 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Experiment: replace "AI" with "Smurfs" every time you read about it in media