imagine hating on striking workers because they “already make too much money.” so interesting to see which jobs are seen as deserving of high wages

ODYSSEUS:

have we not as a world suffered enough

Folks, he's the one who cut the funding that he has restored. Is this difficult to understand?

Hey, doing this kind of human-clearly-not-in-the-loop AI transcription is a complete shirking of our duties as historians, archivists, and allied professions when dealing with records of enslavement especially. If there are records that can be automated ethically, it’s certainly not these, full stop

ewing is tearing the field up since he got here

the geo wash bridge has had two pieces collapse in the last week alone but i think the feds are in charge of upkeep there so what's the over under on it fully collapsing before repairs are made

portland, oregon

5 is actually too late to introduce your kids to LOTR. you should be reading it to them before they're even conceived or they'll have no chance at understanding tom bombadil's wild and wacky ways

what if this is the summer i read miss macintosh, my darling

some really, really exciting news. we're hiring a two-year reporting fellow to cover higher ed in NYC but especially CUNY!! come work with me and dive into an amazing, complicated and under-covered beat

new jersey will not defeat me today

overheard a college student tell their friend “i took an adderall to write a ten page paper,” nature is healing

that one david byrne song that was on every windows pc of a certain era

2nd ave is a chaotic scene. sidewalks no longer exist. three lanes of traffic are now one. every crossing gets a guard who will not hesitate to yell at you for going without permission. i just saw a bunch of mining equipment get hauled by. i’m living la vida loca.

i love my dogshit baseball team and i will never stop loving my dogshit team

the key takeaway here, i think, is that even tho Gen Z uses chatbots heavily, it‘s *not* hypocritical that they also fear / hate AI. that’s because they are facing *material conditions* that compel or even force them to use these tools just to keep their heads above water, and many are just fed up.

haunted by “are you nuke smart”

breaking: 80-student encampment up at Occidental College in California, demanding the Board of Trustees commit to divest from Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Maersk, and Caterpillar amid the war on Iran, Lebanon and Palestine at an upcoming meeting on Monday.

referring to all the people in my life with phds as “my doctor”

I’m the guy in front of you at the supermarket. No I’ve never been to a store before.

This la vida... it's so............ loca...

in gaming news, south of midnight is that bitch

appreciate the mets for doing so badly right out the gate, at least i know how the rest of the season is gonna go now

the gays keep discovering louder songs

switched from a desk chair to a yoga ball on a whim today and i gotta say if i had one of these when i was in school i would be the governor of california rn

heat so bad i can't remember how to spell guillermo

The forces of history are so frightening. Good thing they’ll never affect me

me at the ref desk on a beautiful saturday afternoon

You gotta fight for your right to sit quietly doing nothing

it is me and my electric blanket against the world

*Stockholm Syndrome voice* I love computers!

@neorsd.org getting a shout out on wnyc this morning, this day contains multitudes

ICYMI — I am looking for short abstract submissions for a panel on technosolutionism in higher ed at 4S Submissions are open until 4/30 Please feel free to reach out to co-organizer @hellobrittparis.bsky.social or me with any questions! More info in the quoted post -->

(dark shape looming over you while you lie in bed unable to move) let me help you grow your business

my mta bus driver sliding in n out of traffic

reposting this article i wrote about offline trans networks for TDoV: we have to reject the failed politics of online visibility and commit to a more radical approach that emphasizes proximity, interpersonal relationships, and strategic obscurity.

eatin spaghetti, germany, 15th century

we had a fire drill that sent us all outside so i’m saying close enough

Astoria Trans Collective will be in the space tonight 5-9pm with a raffle/bake sale fundraiser, nail polish meet cute, clothing swap, poetry, binding demo, and more! www.instagram.com/p/DWSnLjFDdjM/ come hang out, say hi, ask yr local trans bookseller for book recommendations (i have so many!)

boss can we have library outside today

"i anticipate a slow day at the reference desk" i say, daringly

Monday status meeting between host and parasites

said "oh it's palm sunday" to my recovering catholic partner and they gave me a high-five where only our palms could touch. can't wait to use that next year.

paulo freire rolling in his grave

I think children should be taught calligraphy. They should be taught how to identify which instruments are in a piece of music. They should learn advanced color theory. And all of this should be the law. This is not a joke