How to tell the generations apart: Millennials - locked into downward social mobility through no fault of their own Gen Z - locked into downward social mobility through no fault of their own Gen Alpha - locked into downward social mobility through no fault of their own

HELLO! HAVE YOU HEARD THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT CORGI?

me this morning:

speaking of The Good Paper, we are sending a book from 1826 through ILL because between The Good Paper and a good quality library rebinding, it's honestly in better shape than most of our new books

Surround yourself with the kind of people who find the Oxford comma to be illuminative, beautiful, and necessary.

parents told me a wild story out of the hometown today where it seems there was a traffic cop who busted the same guy like a dozen times over the last 2 yrs so as revenge the guy started an affair with the cops wife but his own wife found out told the cop & now they're all in divorce court together

FWIW this is exactly the experience any modern person has the first time they hold a piece of 16th C paper. You never realize just how garbage today's pulp paper is until you've held proper linen rag that is as strong and supple now as it was 500 years ago. Paper the way it was meant to be.

shrews are known above all else for their great mirth and even greater hubris. godspeed brother

A pneumatic goblet designed by Ismail al-Jazari in the 13th century. When the goblet is filled with wine, the duck on top begins to scream and rotate before stopping with its beak pointed at a random partygoer. It doesn't stop screaming until the chosen person has drained the goblet completely.

The Fellowship Departs Rivendell, traditional Chinese ink painting #Tolkien #art I will have prints of these at Westmoot 2026!

This is key to why most SFF readers start in childhood, and it can be a struggle to learn how to read SFF as an adult if you didn’t start teen you still knew how to read like a kid.

MOST CHALLENGING "STAR WARS POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2" LEVELS -Huge Birtheday Partye Doth Leave Secret Rebel Base on Hoth coverid yn Sillye String -Bantha! Rodeo! -Star Destroyer Dagobah Landing -Porg Nest Incident -Palpatine lefte hys speeder collectinge dust yn the drivewaye until he somehow returned

People are not starving because of high fashion, they are starving because of structural and distribution issues that are the sorts of things governments are supposed to solve.

whew, I was worried she wouldn't be here.

Saw someone express disbelief that people who vote for the Hugos actually did the reading and I'm like my sibling in Christ these are nerds and reading is their actual hyperfocus, they'll complete the whole assignment with weeks to spare

Storytime! My dad was a landscaper in the Hamptons. Our customers were THAT kind of rich. He's talking with the customer who lives in the 29m house built in 1914, and the two AKC poodles are romping on the lawn. Which is directly next to Shinneycock Bay. Which has all kinds of LOVELY, / 1

The sourdough He destroyed his cage Yes YES The sourdough is out

Not Chrome OS. Chrome, the internet browser. Installs a whole-ass AI model onto your computer. The instant you open the browser. No matter what OS you have.

As an Ancient Greek linguist I can tell you it’s absolutely accurate that Matt Damon shouted “Let’s Go!” At his soldiers, but I am INFURIATED they cut out the “Hey! Ho!”

Reading essay drafts and gifted with an autocorrect for the ages: 'the herring of God's wrath'. Almost as good as our best one ever from many years ago: 'the ghost of Hamlet's father hoovered in the background'.

This question can be asked/answered the same way for just about every industry, frankly. Libraries would be so much better off if we spent funds on staff and core services rather than chasing shiny objects. But funders never want to pony up for the core stuff; it doesn't get you a spotlight. 📚

“Amateurs talk tactics; Professionals talk PANCAKES!” —Niccolo Machiavelli, probably

hey @juliethecranky.bsky.social this one doesn't need a necklace, right?

the line might go up either way, but if you want busy high streets and nightlife, younger poorer people need more after-rent money, if you want more yacht building and private jet travel, keep shoveling it all to rich people. I don't know why this is hard for our greatest minds to comprehend

one must exercise discretion and inner peace when attempting to procure the proper gherkin from its holy vessel

what, in the end, is there to say

Doctor: I’m sorry to tell you that the best option for you is a hysterectomy. Middle-aged cis woman, hope slowly dawning in her eyes: …Yeeterus? Middle-aged cis woman’s friends, leaping out from behind the furniture and dangling from the ceiling: YEETERUS! YEETERUS! YEETERUS! YEETERUS!

Verses on Obi Wan (threade) Ther was a beardid man, an oolde EREMITE, Who knew the crafte of armes more than a lite; He lovid the Force syn he a youngling was, And eek trouthe and honour, and kickinge arse. Ful worthy was he in the auncient werres, For in thos tymes he foughte on manye sterres:

I'm not high but I just had a vision of ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING taking place in the same Coruscant high rise that Mon Mothma lives in in ANDOR, just playing out in the background. Same cast but Martin Short's various overcoats are robes instead etc. I am not high

OOH I WAS WONDERING WHAT THEY’D WEAR

I hope this generally disappointing gala leads to a surge of Robert Wun at other events

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH OKAY

let’s look at the back

I saw her in the background of another photo and ignored like twelve other people to find this pic

dress uniform for the Wicked Witch of the West's guards (complimentary)

OFFICIAL MET GALA THREAD STARTS HERE

"Why weren't the Cullens homeschooled when that would have solved so many logistical problems with raising immortal vampire offspring" is now my Big Question. I mean these are Mormon vampires for fuck's sake.

"The often very obvious use of LLMs to draft literature reviews suggests a lack of curiosity and engagement with the discipline and your colleagues – if you aren’t reading and engaging with your peers, why are you producing materials that you expect them to read? "

"Would kyber crystals fall under CPSC jurisdiction?" email to lawyers thread locked by mods after 0 replies.

EMILY DICKINSON, JEDI KNIGHT Not so clumsy, nor so random - As a blaster - in its rage More elegant - the weapon More civilized - the age

Tracking the spike in wiffle ball bat injuries every May 4th.

Some prime BS the now-retracted paper propagated: "broad use of ChatGPT...should be encouraged...ChatGPT should be actively integrated...continuous use of ChatGPT should be ensured...ChatGPT should be flexibly integrated into teaching as an intelligent tutor, learning partner, and educational tool"

May the 4th be with you(r baby).

may the floors be with you.

Friday was a big day! For only the 5th time in CPSC's 50+ year history, the agency was mentioned on Jeopardy! This puts us only 343 mentions behind the Smithsonian museums and only 365 mentions behind NASA. Let's go!

That’s the wild thing about AI. There’s never really a sales pitch. It’s just, “It’s here, don’t get left behind.” Every other innovation sells itself — we want them, thus they happen. Here? Not so much. The dangers are high, the value unclear, but rich people want more, so away we go?

the herbalist

Back on Twitter if I wanted to save a post, I used to DM it to Rudy Giuliani because his DMs were open. I saved a lot of Animal Crossing song/flag ideas and Minecraft builds. I did that for like a year and then one day it said “read” and a few hours later he blocked me and they were gone. RIP tho.

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