i’m sorry are we really running back ‘unhinged megalomaniac feuds with the pope’ as a historical narrative? of all possible storylines to rerun?

Darth, in case you wonder if this kind of post makes a difference, I want you to know that I buy books for a whole library system, & I added a bunch of books from this thread to our order lists (that had not come to my attention otherwise) that our readers are really going to enjoy.

This is catastrophic.

Have we forgotten Patrick O'Brian already

we already invented this, it is called Brandon Sanderson

as I am always shouting about The Young Pope and The New Pope:

Identify which country has purchased each conservative and you’ll be able to follow the plot lines better.

Slotkin is so gross with her "what works in the middle of the country will work on the coasts, but not in reverse" bullshit

The zionist media mantra: Everything is antisemitism except actual antisemitism which is not that bad.

A politics of white reconciliation based on a foundation of anti-Blackness.

It’s such an insult to have to know who Sam Altman is

Mamdani’s New York 🫡

While killing dozens of people in Lebanon (MOPH says 112, civil defense counts 250+, until now), Israel still found time to kill another one of our colleagues in Gaza.

This is such a good idea. We should do this in NYC. "All Chicago Public Schools students now have access to nearly everything the city’s libraries have to offer — including physical items like books as well as extensive digital resources." blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/08/c...

a “ceasefire” that lasted 17 hours and killed 254 people in lebanon is not a ceasefire and referring to it as one is inaccurate

Unapologetic win for us all

I do think it’s interesting to ponder how the tech CEO-inventor myth emerged at the end of the 20th century from the snake oil salesmen at the start of the 20th century, both of whom used spectacle and media manipulation to extract money with fraudulent promises and lies. But that’s another thread.

Elizabeth Holmes or Travis Kalnick cannot exist without a deep cultural history of journalism reinforcing the image of the eccentric genius inventor, personified by the CEO even if they invented nothing, because it’s an easy story to tell that resonates with our cultural history. They’re totems.

400 dead so far, over 1000 injured, dozens and dozens missing. This is one hour into the massacre. I have no idea what the death toll will be in the end. Also, they have announced “another wave” of attacks coming

WE DID IT! Our illegal union @uam-umd.bsky.social is a lot less illegal today. 12,000 contingent faculty in MD just won the right to collectively bargain. Life-changing win for teachers and students. Only happened bc thousands of people worked together to beat our bosses in the statehouse.

Today is (the very first) National Black Bookstore day! Celebrate with a treat from a Black-owned indie bookstore. Brittany Allen lithub.com/today-is-the... #books #literature #blacklivesmatter #NationalBlackBookstoreDay

One of the reasons we used to get metaphor of the "con" in our book title is the way that we collectively are being made marks

It's crazy to think that amid all the planets encircling all those stars, we probably live on the only one that has penguins or a lemonade that kills you

RIP. I will never forget the police brutalizing him — and then that one cop stopping the other cop from helping him

some people you can recruit, other people you have to simply defeat. politics makes more sense when you accept this

The very fact that the officers were fired in the first place matters. Jettisoning senior officers without explanation/cause creates perverse incentives for the rest of the officer corps. It potentially undercuts their willingness/ability to meet their professional obligations. 2/

I appreciate @kschake.bsky.social's efforts to shed light on these vital issues, but I am less sanguine Politicization operates through multiple mechanisms not captured by analyzing the credentials or past partisan commentary of senior officers replacing those who have been fired. 1/

all I can say is without sufficient family + community support, childhood near-death experiences can have cataclysmic repercussions throughout one’s life

I know it's late, but I need you all to realize that as soon as we started paying attention to these races, Moms for Liberty & their ilk, started losing. They exploited a window of apathy & did a lot of damage, but they just cannot win when actually opposed. No unopposed elections anywhere.

Oracle just hired a new CFO who will get a total pay package that could reach nearly $30 million. This comes immediately after Larry Ellison's company fired 30,000 workers.

I love all of your footnotes. I’m reading all of them! No footnotes left behind.

The administration is pivoting from Iran to doing everything possible to ensure the Epstein stuff drags on forever

You can start by signing the petition here! action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661

Thou art a most pernicious usurer, Froward by nature, enemy to peace, Lascivious, wanton, more than well beseems A man of thy profession and degree; And for thy treachery, what’s more manifest?

Listen, take three minutes and listen to this life-affirming cheese. This song rules and we need it right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7-...

Port Washington, Wisconsin residents just voted to restrict restricting future data centers in a first-of-its-kind referendum. Approved by a 2-1 margin, the ballot measure requires leaders to gain voter approval before granting tax incentives to date center developers.

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Brutal.

Boooooo

Holy fucking shit it's real lol Olivia Reingold of the Free Press asks Abdul El-Sayed "does Israel have a right to exist as a Jewish state?" AES: "What do you mean by a Jewish state?" [...] "If you can't define the question, I'm not gonna answer it.

I understand the impulse for people to say things like “and we forgot about Epstein” but rest assured some of us have not and will never forget about Epstein

I have not forgotten about Jeffrey Epstein since 2019 and trust that I will not be forgetting or “moving on” from the Epstein Files anytime soon or probably ever

There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel has been bombing Lebanon non-stop since last night. If anything Israel is expanding its war on Lebanon. You are being lied to

New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more. They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom. www.theverge.com/news/908401/...

a functional press would explain to the reader that these are all propagandists and rank opportunists who hold no real fixed values outside of the pursuit of wealth, attention, and white supremacy

OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

I hate that contract negotiations are not going better, but this is where we are. Today my colleagues and I @propublica.org are walking out. We need management to come to the table with more serious contract proposals that address our real concerns about discipline, job protections and fair wages.

Surprised that ProPublica is on strike? SO ARE WE! The contract we're being offered is NOT in line with the values of the place we love. For me, this is about job protections and AI protections for future generations of journalists. Read more about how we got here: www.propublicaguild.org

truly, fuck Kevin o'leary. stop treating him like hes some fun, quirky guy you see on tv.