Aurora 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
@saudadedreams.bsky.social
Thus always to tyrants. Simmons SLIS class of '24. Digital Archivist. Believer in the Great American Road Trip. Companion of a rabbit named Fred. (He/She/They)
All views expressed are my own, and do not reflect my employer in any way.
All views expressed are my own, and do not reflect my employer in any way.
Four games that defined my 2025
December 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Four games that defined my 2025
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One thing about being married is your spouse will take your books to read and leave them in odd places 😔
December 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
One thing about being married is your spouse will take your books to read and leave them in odd places 😔
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I *highly* recommend that you avoid reviewing the primary source materials from the Epstien files.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
And as several folks are saying in the comments: curiosity about the Epstein files is understandable, but just for yourself personally, think carefully about what you want in your head forever.
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
It will come to you later in upsetting ways that you may not expect.
bsky.app/profile/sass...
I promise you- people think they want to know the lurid details- they don't. I spent 30 years reading accounts of CA/SA and that shit never leaves your head.
I'm interested in knowing who was on public payroll and didn't do their jobs. And I'm happy to wait for the truth so it sticks.
I'm interested in knowing who was on public payroll and didn't do their jobs. And I'm happy to wait for the truth so it sticks.
December 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I *highly* recommend that you avoid reviewing the primary source materials from the Epstien files.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
As an average joe, you personally do not* need to know the specific details of what went down.
Professionals with training and experience and mental health counseling are already going thru em.
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Fred noticed that my partner is missing. I can tell because he chewed a hole in their side of the bedsheets today
December 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Fred noticed that my partner is missing. I can tell because he chewed a hole in their side of the bedsheets today
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New: archivists have distributed the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss killed. iCloud, Mega, torrent too. Shows won’t be able to keep this episode offline www.404media.co/archivists-p...
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
New: archivists have distributed the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss killed. iCloud, Mega, torrent too. Shows won’t be able to keep this episode offline www.404media.co/archivists-p...
The last time I meet up with friends in my home town will also be the last time I have to go to the one vegan restaurant that has been declining for years but everyone still goes to every holiday and honestly that's an upside to the whole 'loss of home' thingy
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The last time I meet up with friends in my home town will also be the last time I have to go to the one vegan restaurant that has been declining for years but everyone still goes to every holiday and honestly that's an upside to the whole 'loss of home' thingy
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I think it's time we blow this scene.
Get everybody and their stuff together.
Okay- 3, 2, 1, Let's jam.
🎷🎷🎷
Get everybody and their stuff together.
Okay- 3, 2, 1, Let's jam.
🎷🎷🎷
December 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I think it's time we blow this scene.
Get everybody and their stuff together.
Okay- 3, 2, 1, Let's jam.
🎷🎷🎷
Get everybody and their stuff together.
Okay- 3, 2, 1, Let's jam.
🎷🎷🎷
My family is so obsessed with making me watch the Fallout show
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
My family is so obsessed with making me watch the Fallout show
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While ReBoot isn't lost media by any means, the extent to which this restoration project has been going is simply INCREDIBLE.
They got the D-1 master tapes. Then the hardware to read them. Then service manuals to repair/maintain. THEN, CRITICAL REPLACEMENT PARTS. And now they're ERROR CORRECTING.
They got the D-1 master tapes. Then the hardware to read them. Then service manuals to repair/maintain. THEN, CRITICAL REPLACEMENT PARTS. And now they're ERROR CORRECTING.
I am in awe. The folks at ReBoot ReWind have done something astonishing. A remarkable feat of engineering, ingenuity and love. Check it out and give them some ReBooty love in return.
youtu.be/L00jx-GH2w8?...
youtu.be/L00jx-GH2w8?...
WE SAVED REBOOT
YouTube video by ReBoot ReWind
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
While ReBoot isn't lost media by any means, the extent to which this restoration project has been going is simply INCREDIBLE.
They got the D-1 master tapes. Then the hardware to read them. Then service manuals to repair/maintain. THEN, CRITICAL REPLACEMENT PARTS. And now they're ERROR CORRECTING.
They got the D-1 master tapes. Then the hardware to read them. Then service manuals to repair/maintain. THEN, CRITICAL REPLACEMENT PARTS. And now they're ERROR CORRECTING.
Going feral in my office rn over how much I hate Excel I hate it I hate it so much
December 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Going feral in my office rn over how much I hate Excel I hate it I hate it so much
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slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
December 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
In retrospect I think it is especially crappy that my dad stole my cats and then disowned me, like...please return my sons, you are poisoning them against me
December 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In retrospect I think it is especially crappy that my dad stole my cats and then disowned me, like...please return my sons, you are poisoning them against me
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
www.polygon.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.
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You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.
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To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
Every time a new facet of human culture self-immolates in pursuit of profit, I picture the Midgard Serpent gulping down just a little more of its own tail.
December 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Every time a new facet of human culture self-immolates in pursuit of profit, I picture the Midgard Serpent gulping down just a little more of its own tail.
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This is unreal. The 2026 code4lib conference has been cancelled unilaterally by Carnegie Mellon University because the Department of Education raised issues with the diversity scholarships:
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
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merveilles.town
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is unreal. The 2026 code4lib conference has been cancelled unilaterally by Carnegie Mellon University because the Department of Education raised issues with the diversity scholarships:
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
Low key what is actually the proper emotional response when your dad formally disinherits you because I don't think I'm taking it normally
December 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Low key what is actually the proper emotional response when your dad formally disinherits you because I don't think I'm taking it normally
"I feel bad when people yell at me for saying you can do anything in D&D, no other game gets treated like this!"
Alright well no other game medium has one company sucking up 95% of the air. Play a different ttrpg.
Alright well no other game medium has one company sucking up 95% of the air. Play a different ttrpg.
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"I feel bad when people yell at me for saying you can do anything in D&D, no other game gets treated like this!"
Alright well no other game medium has one company sucking up 95% of the air. Play a different ttrpg.
Alright well no other game medium has one company sucking up 95% of the air. Play a different ttrpg.
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In case you were wondering where to send your thoughts on the AI "dub" of Banana Fish, you can do so here.
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
That I can do.
Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."
Search Prime Video for the title (I went with Banana Fish), then click on Details, and scroll past the Cast page to "Send Us Feedback."
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In case you were wondering where to send your thoughts on the AI "dub" of Banana Fish, you can do so here.
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."
Be polite--and I *mean* that--but so long as you're polite, feel free to let them know exactly how you feel about the AI "dub."