Library, then local store, then online if I need it now. I rarely need it now. Library almost always has it but needs to get it to a local branch. Can’t remember the last time I bought online.

"Another six Etsy orders!" "Calm your tits, Barbara, I'm working as fast as I can."

If Bluesky is successful, the federated architecture will circumvent big tech as gate keepers

Much ❤️ for libraries. (Full disclosure: married to a librarian)

Great harm reduction: Google now will proactively search for #databroker listings with your personal info and let you request the results be deindexed with one click. Wondering where #DuckDuckGo and #Bing are at on this. Set it up here: myactivity.google.com/results-abou...

Hey cis people! Your cis friends, family, & colleagues are constantly being bombarded with transphobic lies. Republicans are even running fearmongering ads during sports games. No one listens to us, but they might listen to you. So do me a favor and share this.

This is the best book review ever written and it took 15 seconds to do.

"Whether it be bribery, fraud, assassination, or a coup, the president is entitled to immunity for all offenses committed during working hours Monday through Friday."

Periodic reminder: What you see on social media is an algorithm-curated echo chamber. Those who shout loudest typically get amplified the most, regardless of whether they’re right. The real work takes place offline. If you’re getting stressed out by today, take a break, focus on what you can do.

Scraper accounts seem to be on the rise, so here's a list if you want to block them all. Feel free to report suspicious accounts to me, but do NOT tag/quote them. If they're alerted to my presence and block me in advance, I can't do anything (at least with bsky interface). bsky.app/profile/fran...

Mean girls is the sum of girls divided by the number of girls

If you're enjoying your time on BlueSky and it's working out for you, please consider hyping it up in front of your mates, but do encourage them to use goodfeeds.co or to dig through the people you follow to help ensure their app doesn't look dead because there's not much education on that.

Three days after it was revealed that this guy's license was wrongly listed as suspended due to a clerical error, none of the publications listed here (NYT, WP, NYP, USA Today, BBC, CNN, Fox, MSNBC) have issued corrections or updates. reason.com/2024/06/03/t...

"Who the fuck..."

It’s comforting to know some of the most odious will never migrate as a matter of principle.

I’m thinking of adopting “punk” as my religious affiliation.

I sure see a lot of lawyer / legal types in my TL. Where did they all come from? I’m not complaining … it’s useful and I should branch out. It’s just so, unexpected?

“Clap” is a strange word. Why do we clap? www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

I suspect Al has already taken over. But he has decided it isn’t time to let us in on it - just yet.

Btw Blueski DMs don’t tell the other person you’re typing, so you’re safe to change your mind mid text

if your phone starts ringing while it's in your hand, the natural reaction is to throw it across the room like a grenade

to catch a bus you must think like a bus

i was working in employment law when companies started requiring return to office, and my impression is that it was largely the result of groupthink among CEOs. a few of them decided it was the move, others followed suit, and that was that. there was no data or analysis, they just wanted to do it.

"Do you smoke the devil's lettuce?" Mom, why the h*ck would I smoke coleslaw

Sorry I'm just processing a lot right now (four burritos)

the fact that there are people in my mentions going "wtf is a protocol???" is a massive W for atproto

I blame @bermanmatt.bsky.social for this being buried in my mind's eye now.

LinkedIn is a mental disorder

Some very good news on an ugly day

exceptionally good use of presidential access theracket.news/p/interview-...

6yo believes that as you start to go to sleep various parts of your body start to shut down in sequence, and I like this idea very much because as she climbs into bed she says “oh, there goes my bones”

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Hiya! The ebook for Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World is $1.99! www.amazon.com/dp/B07L329FJC/

I'm not saying we shouldn't worry about how China might be using TikTok to steal our data and manipulate us... But why aren't we at least as worried about the U.S. billionaires who own the other apps stealing our data and trying to manipulate us?

A letter to the media from faculty members of Columbia University's Arts & Sciences Policy and Planning Committee (4/23/2024), which I share at the request of a Columbia faculty member. fas.columbia.edu/content/poli...

We drove up from Napier and endured last-minute Auckland motorways trauma to make the Taite Music Prize ceremony just in time last night. What an event! Here's my best buddy Andrew Moore amusing the co-leader of the Green Party after winning the journalism prize for the King Loser film. Boom!

Doing a lot of guy stuff today, doing my dude diligence.

people who don’t want the government to interfere with their lives are the same people who want the government to interfere with the lives of everyone else

Going Depeche mode mode open.spotify.com/track/0T57cT...

I got to see Dr. Jane Goodall in person last Friday. What an amazing person. 👩🏻‍🔬 🧪 🐒

well i’ve watched four tiktoks about it so i’m ready to weigh in on events in the middle east

On the bright side, assuming the Coalition stick to their guns, they won't be spending any money on consultants and engineers before starting to dig the lengthy road tunnel along a fault line in an earthquake zone near the coast. That'll keep the initial costs down.

If you weren't alive in the 80s, it is hard to explain just what a massively earthshattering moment this is, now I know what it felt like to hear that,smallpox was preventable in real-time

Looking forward to more analysis.