Regarding vocational awe and librarianship: I don’t have it. It’s a good job that needs doing, but ultimately a career like other knowledge worker occupations rather than a higher calling. Other folks may feel differently. I’ll also note that even at the startup, I approached IT this way.

I've donated work, promotion, and money to Atthis Arts "charitable" projects and I absolutely would not do it again. This current round of drama driven by the Bells reminds me of a toddler trying to provoke attention by acting out, only to escalate and escalate when they don't get what they want.

The late @fobettarh.bsky.social's groundbreaking article "Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves" has been printed as a booklet by Public Collectors, with the cooperation of her widow. halfletterpress.com/vocational-a...

NEWS: Senate passes bill to lower housing costs and restrict Wall Street from buying homes The vote is 85-5. A rare bipartisan achievement for this Congress. Now it goes to the House, which plans to pass in the next day or two. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

More than 100 authors who opted out of Anthropic copyright settlement sue Anthropic & its co-founders--not a class action but "joined individual actions" w/ each plaintiff making the same claim of infringement (via @publisherslunch.bsky.social ) lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/wp-content/u...

Tens of millions of voters have had their data run through the Trump administration's revamped SAVE tool. A judge just found it unlawful.

I stole this from the Worldcup subreddit because it makes a very good point.

Use the 3-2-1 rule, folks.

Cool, clean sheets on a hot day are the best.

Chamoy. Flavored. Gummi. Bears.

Using AI to automate aspects of a teacher's job because they have too many students is not a solution to the problem of too many students. It is a choice to accept a degraded atmosphere by using an oxygen mask, rather than working to make the conditions conducive to the humans inside the system.

Valve’s Steam Machine pricing is a tad out of touch.

Final corrected version now published open-access Jacob T. Levy. 2026. Conceptualizing Academic Freedom. Annual Review Political Science. 29:57-72. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

TFW the example you use as a nightmare case of bad application of language technology has actually been implement (and in the works since 2019) in your own city. buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch... w/ @deccamuldowney.bsky.social

The great Rebecca Nagle of "This Land" is back! First America charts the history of the U.S. and Native peoples as a guide for how we ended up *here.* Supported by many Native voices, including Nick Estes @nicke.bsky.social, Phil Deloria, Ned Blackhawk, and me. First episode of six today!

The Nixon Foundation recently launched a campaign to rewrite the history of the disgraced former president, aiming to capture Gen Z in the vacuum of social media disinformation. And prominent republicans are hopping on the messaging machine.

E-book platform Rakuten Kobo was forced to reject 45% of submissions to its platform last year, after a slew of AI-generated books were uploaded. 👇

Oh. So Tulsi Gabbard wrote a report showing that voting machine vulnerabilities didn’t flip any votes. And now she’s not the DNI anymore. Hmm. www.reuters.com/world/white-...

Watching Mass via streaming or on TV is a poor substitute for attending for so many reasons. And, no, I don’t go to Mass for reasons I’ve discussed elsewhere.

This piece by @winterjessica.bsky.social is excellent. Every dig is earned and every insight is dead on.

Correct. This is bullshit. I know a lot of authors and we all fucking hate AI and won't ever use it.

Aaah the live broadcast from Cape Verde being interrupted by the goal

Alexi Lalas's broadcast career is case-in-point evidence that a White man in the US can be leagues below his competitors and still end up getting the job. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Self-driving ... fast enough to go straight through a brick wall & kill someone inside.

“College tuition will cost no more than 10% of parental adjusted gross income. That’s it. Grab the figure from Line 11a of your 1040 form, and divide by 10. Starting today, those are the instructions for anyone interested in applying to Whitman College, a small liberal arts college in Walla Walla”

MAYBE STOP FUCKING WITH HISTORY TEACHING THEN

Reupping this study that debunks the myth about Black fathers’ lack of involvement. Salute to fathers everywhere who hold it down even when the world counts them out. Happy Father’s Day! www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/s...

One time I asked an ichthyologist I knew what their favourite fish is and ended up learning a lot about Manitoba's sturgeon. This article gives me the same feeling of getting a taste of someone's passion for their work.

This (The pronoun for God is God) came from me. It's not transphobic to refuse to use gendered--or human--pronouns for a being/existence that's not embodied. Maimonides calls it idolatry to ascribe human characteristics to Infinity; Cordovero says "all existence is God." More: (+ next skeet)

"How Duncan Jones Made ‘Rogue Trooper’ Look Like a Studio Epic on an Indie Budget" via @variety.com: https://bit.ly/4vX9qP3

Disabled vets who work from home for #Florida VA hospital say VA is discriminating against their disabilities by ordering them to go to work at office despite medical advice. www.tampabay.com/news/florida... via @tampabaytimes.bsky.social

Wasting secret service time investigating GWAR is a pretty perfect example of Trump's fragility

The women have won four World Cups, but absolutely congratulations to the men for making it to the knockout round. Yes, this is a reminder that the USA has, in fact, won a World Cup — four of them. In case you heard otherwise.

Halo Team Clarifies PlayStation Plus Isn’t Needed for Local Co-Op on PS5 insider-gaming.com/halo-team-cl...

Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot, 69, has died in a plane crash on France’s Atlantic coast along with another occupant of a twin-engine Cessna 421.

Book editors! Is there a piece of software out there capable of analyzing whether all cited works in a chapter appear in its bibliography, and vice versa?

Caturday Hester is Not a Cat

"In a review of key claims by the documentary, ABC News found that the majority of the scientific observations made in 'An Inconvenient Truth' have come to fruition or are on track to in the years to come."

Proposal: make The Battle Cry of Freedom the US's soccer song

I do not understand what London is supposed to do with 100 degrees. The whole premise of that city is that the only weather is damp.

Powerful piece. “But when you are dealing with a fascist takeover of the United States, there is no moderate, median policy. You are either opposing the fascists, or you are helping them.” As in 1860s “radical” is conservative when seeking to preserve & protect constitutional democracy from fascism.

Germany getting a second goal seemed unlikely. It’s amazing that the score was close enough that it put them ahead.

Germany finally scored in the 67th minute but seem generally uninspired today.

Not real impressed with Germany’s play this afternoon.

Nice goal by Ivory Coast to go up 1-0.

alright, who did this? #hatm

Let’s see how the U.S. proposes to maintain freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz…

When the U.S. team eventually crashes out of the World Cup, I usually support teams based on family heritage (Canada, France, Scotland, England, Germany). The exception is Russia. I just can’t. Despite no actual connection, I generally root for the Netherlands.