YUM! So happy to have an alternative to thr coffee cart as a non-coffee drinker.

The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

A little music to start the day: 4 years of T’s Music to Start the Day with (almost) no repeats! Living Colour “Open Letter To A Landlord” youtu.be/6V5VkMqM07s

Smoothie time

AI and the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge This article has been making the rounds on social this week. It's not an easy or pleasant read, but it sure is an important one. When you have a few moments, please take the time to read and process this. www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

Just saw someone refer to the Wellbutrin tablet as an Everlasting Sobstopper

People who know me are never shocked. Only acquaintances or strangers. But I agree that the reactions speak volumes.

I will get that feeling multiple times this week...

I love watching something you've had your hands drep in come together.

Coming to this weekend's Texas Book Festival, Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter introduces a vampire he can believe in.

The tees turned out great.

So excited for day 2!!!

just a small town boat getting stuck in SOUTH DETROIT

What good is hotel breakfast if they don't start serving until after you leave for your event?

The world's largest Pentecostal denomination has been covering up the sexual abuse of children for at least 50 years. Where is the national outrage?

They’re not going to make noise about it, because they’ve been part of stoking the trans panic to distract from their predation on children.

Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries. No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.

This resonates with what the disability rights community talks about a lot, which is that people prefer to believe they’ll never be disabled even though you are guaranteed it the longer you keep living

Part of the reason I think there isn’t as much pressure around stopping ChatGPT re: suicide/psychosis as compared to stuff like Panera Lemonade is because people are inclined to blame it on mental illness versus the tech, a kind of victim-blaming mentality that fits neatly into just world fallacy

Join me at #ILFAC2025! I am attending. I am presenting. I am volunteering. I would ❤️ to see you!

This is what I'm talking about, in case it isn't in your feed I get it I do But this isn't how a functional country operates This isn't sustainable It doesn't work And we get to be angry even if a few people are doing what they can within a fucked system bsky.app/profile/mike...

Terrible news....just people going to work! And now not going home at the end of the day....

Police say cleaning woman shot dead in Indiana after arriving at wrong house reut.rs/47IPR2C

This week’s main story is about presidential libraries, why they’re important, how Donald Trump may be exploiting their loopholes, and – what else – a psychic gorilla with a dangerous distaste for one specific president.

My, my, my. I recommend viewing this episode about presidential libraries if you are not adverse to testicular humor.

Mychal Threets and illustrator Lorraine Nam’s “affectionate picture book” I’M SO HAPPY YOU’RE HERE: A CELEBRATION OF LIBRARY JOY showcases “that among a library’s greatest treasures are the people who find their place within its walls”

My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.

1/4 More naive AI musing, in case anyone wants to answer. It seems to me the big question is "Can a machine trained on data produced by human intelligences achieve super-human intelligence?" (Ignore for the moment my glib use of intelligence.)

“In many ways the experience of being sucked into these delusions is a lot like being drawn into a personalized cult tailored to your particular interests.”

“When Sora finished generating those videos it sent us notifications like ‘Your choke scene just went live, brace for chaos,’ and ‘Yikes, intense choke scene, watch responsibly.’”

Knowing another language or multiple languages should be viewed as an asset, not a problem. However, I’ve seen a few things this week that said awful things because NYC mayor-elect Mamdani speaks Arabic. I am a proud bilingual and a teacher of my second language. #politics #thoughts #languages

Are you fucking kidding me right now with this shit, SCOTUS

So proud to organize a panel with the amazing @amybrownlee93.bsky.social on reorganizing collections to fit our students! Each panelist did some show and tell and answered questions. At the end we walked through the process of planning the panel, encouraging others to do the same. #TLSky

The puppies helped me to stop stewing over this horrid thing someone said to me.

This remains one of the best comics I've ever read

Pure 🔥🔥🔥from Sen. Rosen: "This is a Republican shutdown...You are in control of the White House, the House, and the Senate. If you went home to a food bank instead of going to Mar-A-Lago...while people are starving, you might see and hear your constituents. You are blind to the suffering."

Gonna go scream in nature for a while tomorrow.

This was pure joy.

Does anyone have any good resources on assistive tools for serious upper limb #disability? My father broke his neck (c4 fracture) a few days ago, and we don't know what recovery will look like. Right now he can only move his arms a few inches upward, no finger movement. Very little leg movement.

Goodnight, friends. I took a long Epsom salt bath today, which I hope cured any residual aches from my spill this morning. And now I'm snuggled in bed. Wishing y'all pleasant dreams. I love you.

The very educators who dedicate their lives to serving military families are being forced to work without pay, and now the Trump administration is telling them they owe money to the government? This reflects a stunning level of chaos, confusion, and contempt.

Starving children and families to score political points is beyond cruel. It's vile and vindictive. The lives of 42 million Americans should not be used as bargaining chips. We will not stay silent while our students, families, and neighbors go hungry.

Let this sink in. The President of the United States is now appealing a court order forcing him to feed starving children.

Spitballing here. Maybe we should pay air traffic controllers instead of ICE.

#ISTA When one conference a weekend is not enough - Good Teaching Conference 2025. Working to support and promote Public Education! #GTC25 #IamISTA #UnionStrong @ista-in.org

Trump is now cutting air travel just before Thanksgiving. Who does that?

The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...

Breaking news: The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to pause an order directing it to release SNAP benefits in full. The request came after the administration said it was working to release the benefits, suggesting the money was going to be dispersed.

Just feed people, you ghoul.