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Samuel Reiji Mayworm
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🏳️‍⚧️he/him | PhD student @ the University of Michigan School of Information | online communities + trans tech | librarian sometimes | mayworms.info
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Samuel Reiji Mayworm @mayworms.info · Nov 15
To all the new BlueSky users joining lately — hello, I'm Samuel Mayworm! 👋 I'm a 1st year PhD student at the University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) studying content moderation, folk theories, trans tech, online communities. Pleasure to meet you all 😄

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“Two years ago, Lia was a talented young swimmer at Middlebury; now, her name is almost entirely absent from the college’s athletics website, and her roster profile has been removed entirely.”
assignedmedia.org Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 7d
The death of Lia Smith shook many in the trans community to their cores, while online it seemed like the top priority of non-trans people was to insist there's no proof that the 21-year-old's ban from her beloved swim team caused her suicide.

Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Transgender Student-Athlete Lia Smith Remembered as a Friend and Fierce Advocate — Assigned
Lia Smith, a 21-year-old trans student-athlete in Vermont, took her own life last week. Her friends, family and community mourn, and remember her as a bright young woman who spoke on behalf of her com...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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rowanclair.bsky.social
Aurora borealis on a winter night ✨

#art #illustration
Illustration of the aurora borealis, in vibrant colours against a starry winter night sky, with dark silhouettes of trees in the foreground.
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory. In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities. "The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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IMLS announces "upon further review" that it is reinstating all federal grants to libraries. It leaves out that it's doing this because a federal court told them a few weeks ago that the Trump admin's decision to destroy libraries was not legal.

www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Washington, DC– Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersede...
www.imls.gov
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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been here several times
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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theverge.com
Alright we cropped the thumbnail on this one so the Bluesky modbot wouldn’t censor a 500 year old painting
The rise of Hoto and Fanttik
How two Chinese tool brands are becoming household names.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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theathletic.com
NEWS: The Detroit Lions announced that former All-Pro center Frank Ragnow is coming out of retirement to join the team.
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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nws.noaa.gov
Here are the latest key messages for the current storm impacting the Great Lakes.
Keep up to date with the latest forecast at weather.gov and find the latest storm summary here: www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/...
Key Messages for Thanksgiving Week Winter Storm issued on Wed, Nov 26, 2025, 3:25 AM CST. - A storm will move into the western Great Lakes today, bringing blizzard conditions, strong winds, intense snowfall rates (primarily along the southern shore of Lake Superior), & lake effect snow. - Snowfall will end over Minnesota later today. Heavy snow with rates of 1-2 in/hr will continue over far northern Wisconsin and especially into the western portions of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Lake effect snow will start over Lower Michigan and then downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario later today and overnight. - Blizzard conditions will make travel impossible at times across portions of the western Great Lakes this morning and overnight. Lake effect snow of 1-2ft, and locally higher, is forecast downwind of western Lake Superior over northern Wisconsin into the western U.P. of Michigan. Heavy snow and gusty winds will commence downwind of Lake Erie between Cleveland and Buffalo tomorrow.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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ypsilibrary.org
Libraries just won a major court victory! 🎉 A federal court ruled that the administration's attempt to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was unlawful.

What does the IMLS actually do? It's the only federal agency dedicated to libraries and museums.
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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peaches, painted by royal charles steadman, 1924
peaches, painted by royal charles steadman, 1924
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.

Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.

This is great news. 📚
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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When eliminating dropbacks with quick pressures (under 2.5 seconds), J.J. McCarthy's performance against the Packers this week ranked 344th of 346 QB performances this year in EPA per dropback (-0.813) and 331st in success rate (26.7%)
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Screenshot from King of the Hill Season 3, Episode 19
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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erininthemorning.com
1. Following EITM reporting, Michigan State Medical Society has said that anti-trans, SPLC-designated hate group Genspect has lost their CME credentials, as well as the parent organization that was supporting it.

Incredible reporting by staff writer S. Baum.

Subscribe to support our journalism.
Anti-Trans Hate Group Genspect Loses Its CME Certification, Michigan State Medical Society Says
The for-credit lessons included a Moms for Liberty-sponsored panel as well as a lecture from a renowned anti-trans activist on how to politically organize against “gender ideology.”
www.erininthemorning.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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driven through here many times
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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my grandpa grew up here
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Heading to Edinburgh next week for this exciting event on 🤖🏳️‍⚧️Gender and the Machine🧟‍♀️🧑‍💻, where @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and I will be talking about our research!

Thanks to @sj-bennett.bsky.social and @kevinguyan.bsky.social for organizing!

Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...
Gender and the Machine: Trans Tech, Emotion and AI
Join us for this afternoon of events discussing gender, marginalisation and emotion in AI and digital technologies
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Frog looked at Toad's calendar. The November page was still on top.
Frog looks at Toad's calendar. The November page is still on top. From "Spring" In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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this is very cool: Kodak quietly relisted Kodak Gold and Ultramax on its website and confirmed to me it is selling the films directly to photography stores again. this is a big deal because for the last decade, Kodak has not controlled distribution of its own film

www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
Kodak Quietly Begins Directly Selling Kodak Gold and Ultramax Film Again
Kodak appears to be taking back control over the distribution of its film.
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
mayworms.info
ruining my sleep schedule until daylight savings comes and fixes it (I will learn nothing from this; I will be punished doubly come March)
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”

“But we can open the box,” said Toad.

“That is true,” said Frog.
Frog and Toad hide the cookies in a box. From "Cookies" In *Frog and Toad Together*
October 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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been here many, many, many, many times
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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The Lions and star edge Aidan Hutchinson have agreed to terms on a 4-year, mega-extension, according to his agent Mike McCartney.

It’s a 4-year, $180M deal with $141M guarantee. Another star edge rusher paid.
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM