Laura Pearle
@vennlibrarian.bsky.social
Then: Director of Library Services
Now: Archivist
Always: Reader, researcher, tea-drinker, friend
Now: Archivist
Always: Reader, researcher, tea-drinker, friend
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Nothing says ‘authoritarian’ quite like trying to shut down anyone who doesn’t praise you.
December 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Nothing says ‘authoritarian’ quite like trying to shut down anyone who doesn’t praise you.
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[Just to painfully spell it out for those not paying attention...What they're "sometimes disagreeing" on that Jew-controlled drones have no tolerance for is e.g. whether the Holocaust happened]
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
[Just to painfully spell it out for those not paying attention...What they're "sometimes disagreeing" on that Jew-controlled drones have no tolerance for is e.g. whether the Holocaust happened]
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Congrats again to everyone for pretending the far right authoritarian party’s assault on higher education was really about fighting antisemitism
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Congrats again to everyone for pretending the far right authoritarian party’s assault on higher education was really about fighting antisemitism
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JFC.
The screen-shotted dipshit has clearly never done research, because some of the best discoveries you make in that process are "the garbage that you don't need to read." I don't need a dumbfuck computer to tell me what's "relevant."
My god, I can feel our collective IQ lowering BY THE SECOND
The screen-shotted dipshit has clearly never done research, because some of the best discoveries you make in that process are "the garbage that you don't need to read." I don't need a dumbfuck computer to tell me what's "relevant."
My god, I can feel our collective IQ lowering BY THE SECOND
(standing in the NARA reading room, “feeding” a raft of unpublished government documents into AI somehow, as the archivists are definitely applauding me, telling it to find the important stuff)
“Look at me, I’m a historicalian!”
“Look at me, I’m a historicalian!”
December 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
JFC.
The screen-shotted dipshit has clearly never done research, because some of the best discoveries you make in that process are "the garbage that you don't need to read." I don't need a dumbfuck computer to tell me what's "relevant."
My god, I can feel our collective IQ lowering BY THE SECOND
The screen-shotted dipshit has clearly never done research, because some of the best discoveries you make in that process are "the garbage that you don't need to read." I don't need a dumbfuck computer to tell me what's "relevant."
My god, I can feel our collective IQ lowering BY THE SECOND
We need more people like this.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We need more people like this.
A subsidiary of HarperCollins
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A subsidiary of HarperCollins
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The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to a fallen president and named for President Kennedy by federal law. It can no sooner be renamed than can someone rename the Lincoln Memorial, no matter what anyone says.
~ Joseph Kennedy III
~ Joseph Kennedy III
December 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to a fallen president and named for President Kennedy by federal law. It can no sooner be renamed than can someone rename the Lincoln Memorial, no matter what anyone says.
~ Joseph Kennedy III
~ Joseph Kennedy III
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Can tv commentators go back to using the word “timeline” instead of “tick tock” (looking at you today @lawofruby.bsky.social)
December 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Can tv commentators go back to using the word “timeline” instead of “tick tock” (looking at you today @lawofruby.bsky.social)
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Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
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Dearest Republicans:
We told you Trump was a piece of shit. Guess what, he's a fucking criminal too.
Love and ballots,
-x
We told you Trump was a piece of shit. Guess what, he's a fucking criminal too.
Love and ballots,
-x
December 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Dearest Republicans:
We told you Trump was a piece of shit. Guess what, he's a fucking criminal too.
Love and ballots,
-x
We told you Trump was a piece of shit. Guess what, he's a fucking criminal too.
Love and ballots,
-x
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on this day in 2012, 20 children and 6 adults are killed in mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. And with the awful shooting at Brown University yesterday, we still haven't done anything on meaningful national gun laws. Enough is enough.
December 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
on this day in 2012, 20 children and 6 adults are killed in mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. And with the awful shooting at Brown University yesterday, we still haven't done anything on meaningful national gun laws. Enough is enough.
Assumes they follow the court’s ruling.
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Assumes they follow the court’s ruling.
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In case you have never seen this.
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In case you have never seen this.
OR someone is upset documents don’t look typed. (I worked for someone who clung to the daisy wheel printer for that reason: it showed we cared/took the time to type rather than use a laser jet printer 🙄)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered U.S. diplomats to use Times New Roman in official communications and drop Calibri.
Our Declassified humor unpacks this American war on woke fonts 👇
www.politico.eu/article/us-w...
Our Declassified humor unpacks this American war on woke fonts 👇
www.politico.eu/article/us-w...
US wages war on woke fonts
It’s goodbye to Calibri and hello (again) to Times New Roman.
www.politico.eu
December 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
OR someone is upset documents don’t look typed. (I worked for someone who clung to the daisy wheel printer for that reason: it showed we cared/took the time to type rather than use a laser jet printer 🙄)
Didn’t Teddy R create the NPS, not George?
There must be a million iconic images of nature they could have chosen, but in a personalist regime you are forced to carry the image of the man damaging the national parks you are visiting
Here's what some of the new National Park Service passes will look like, starting Jan 1
December 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Didn’t Teddy R create the NPS, not George?
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People definitely do not understand this
I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
People definitely do not understand this
Guess all my European friends from non-💩hole countries are the wrong people, then. Because they’re not visiting until he and his ilk are out of power.
Q: Are you concerned that if the proposal to review 5 years of social media to get a tourist visa is implemented that there will be a decline in tourism?
TRUMP: No. We're doing so well. We want to make sure we're not letting the wrong people into our country.
TRUMP: No. We're doing so well. We want to make sure we're not letting the wrong people into our country.
December 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Guess all my European friends from non-💩hole countries are the wrong people, then. Because they’re not visiting until he and his ilk are out of power.
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I double-checked because I literally could not believe this was true, and he actually did say this. I wish I lived in the type of country where the press covered the current President's delusional fantasies with as much zeal as they covered the former President's age.
Trump: Don't see why we can't have 20%, 25% GDP growth.
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I double-checked because I literally could not believe this was true, and he actually did say this. I wish I lived in the type of country where the press covered the current President's delusional fantasies with as much zeal as they covered the former President's age.
I’d be far less upset if it were a decent show!
December 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’d be far less upset if it were a decent show!
If only MTG could make a motion to vacate because we need a Speaker who is aware of what’s going on and who wants the House to have the power enumerated in Article I. It’d be the best thing should could do for our country.
Mike Johnson on video of the second September 2 strike: "My admission here is I was not in the Gang of 8 briefing yesterday because we were working on the healthcare stuff"
December 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
If only MTG could make a motion to vacate because we need a Speaker who is aware of what’s going on and who wants the House to have the power enumerated in Article I. It’d be the best thing should could do for our country.
Says Dozy Don
Trump polls his audience as to whether they prefer "Sleepy Joe" or "Crooked Joe" and then says, "he's a sleepy son of a bitch"
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Says Dozy Don
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There's no evidence Trump has ever driven a damn car.
He has never mowed a lawn.
He has never shoveled a walk.
He has never changed a lightbulb.
He has never washed dishes.
He has said he never ever changed a diaper and he has four children.
He has never mowed a lawn.
He has never shoveled a walk.
He has never changed a lightbulb.
He has never washed dishes.
He has said he never ever changed a diaper and he has four children.
something you have to understand about Trump & his weird comments about the economy is that the dude hasn't paid for anything like a normal person in decades - never pumps gas, never buys groceries - so he's completely & utterly out of touch with what life is like for most of us
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
There's no evidence Trump has ever driven a damn car.
He has never mowed a lawn.
He has never shoveled a walk.
He has never changed a lightbulb.
He has never washed dishes.
He has said he never ever changed a diaper and he has four children.
He has never mowed a lawn.
He has never shoveled a walk.
He has never changed a lightbulb.
He has never washed dishes.
He has said he never ever changed a diaper and he has four children.
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"I'm sorry, sir, we were hoping to get an informed opinion. For that we will go to Congressman Raskin. . ."
Republicans use the "I'm not familiar with that" dodge several times a day now, and if a reporters or anchor isn't ready and willing to shut them down as soon as they try it, that means they're either incompetent at their job or a willing accomplice to the lies.
Either way, never trust them again.
Either way, never trust them again.
If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"I'm sorry, sir, we were hoping to get an informed opinion. For that we will go to Congressman Raskin. . ."