"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...

HOME SICK unboxing goes wrong 🫣 @solarisbooks.bsky.social

I'm enjoying this tiny word game a whole lot. Maybe you will too? 4x3.fun July 3, 2026 137 points • No mistakes 🟩🌟🟩 🟦🌟🟦 🌟🟨🟨 🟪🌟🟪 #puzzles #fourbythree

I wonder if you can guess the many life lessons that @funkyplaid.bsky.social and I learned by going to Costco for the first time in over a decade on a Sunday afternoon. 😳

I'm looking for bumper stickers as a gift for someone in my life who enjoys them. This one is at the top of the list.

This "wishlist" is coming from the library's current Board of Trustees President. Check out the Libraries For The People project to learn how you can become a part of your community's library board. www.librariesforthepeople.org 📚

I highly recommend the whimsy of tiny birds hopping around your web windows.

So desperate to observe semi-competent people in federal government, I watched three seasons of "The Diplomat", in which Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell play the most charismatic characters I've ever loathed using language to pulp each other's hearts. I don't know how to feel about any of this!

2026 Week 21 Notes: All the yeses it took to get here https://cygnoir.net/2026/05/2026-week-21-notes-all-the-yeses-it-took-to-get-here

I’ll stop writing dystopian fiction about the unethical behavior of stupid inventions of billionaires when the billionaires stop inventing stupid shit. Until then, the bots can choke on my rage. You plagiarized it, you figure it the fuck out. 😊✌️ arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/a...

Moleskine lost their way many years ago and there was already little reason to use paper of such inferior quality, especially when so many alternatives are readily available. Try Maruman/Mnemosyne, Kunisawa, Midori, Leuchtturm 120g, Clairefontaine, etc. Life is too short for shite paper. 🖋️📝📔

My colleagues at ACRLog wrote short tributes to the life and work of Fobazi Ettarh @fobettarh.bsky.social. I wrote about her work on disability, which I think deserves more recognition. acrlog.org/2026/03/04/t... Thanks @ezerrenner.bsky.social for coordinating. #CripLib #VocationalAwe

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Cozy quiet time to break through writer's block https://cygnoir.net/2026/01/cozy-quiet-time-to-break-through-writers-block

2026 Week 2 Notes: I need a lot of quiet time to process things https://cygnoir.net/2026/01/2026-week-2-notes-i-need-a-lot-of-quiet-time-to-process-things

2026 Week 1 Notes: Sigh, me https://cygnoir.net/2026/01/2026-week-1-notes-sigh-me

2025 Week 52 Notes: Monotasking for the holidays https://cygnoir.net/2025/12/2025-week-52-notes-monotasking-for-the-holidays

Printing photos for journaling https://cygnoir.net/2025/12/printing-photos-for-journaling

2025 Week 51 Notes: Definitely Not a Year-End Anything https://cygnoir.net/2025/12/2025-week-51-notes-definitely-not-a-year-end-anything

For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one! 👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

2025 Week 27 Notes: Behind the Baseball https://cygnoir.net/2025/07/2025-week-27-notes-behind-the-baseball

2025 Week 25 Notes: It's got a funny wobble https://cygnoir.net/2025/06/2025-week-25-notes-its-got-a-funny-wobble

2025 Week 24 Notes: Dance like no one's watching Mon Mothma https://cygnoir.net/2025/06/2025-week-24-notes-dance-like-no-ones-watching-mon-mothma

2025 Week 23 Notes: Because I'm only one swan https://cygnoir.net/2025/06/2025-week-23-notes-because-im-only-one-swan

2025 Week 26 Notes: Friendship Material https://cygnoir.net/2025/06/2025-week-26-notes-friendship-material

2025 Week 22 Notes: Overthinking it, as always https://cygnoir.net/2025/06/2025-week-22-notes-overthinking-it-as-always

2025 Week 21 Notes: Surprise hug-by-proxy https://cygnoir.net/2025/05/2025-week-21-notes-surprise-hug-by-proxy

2025 Week 20 Notes: Real people who live in a real city https://cygnoir.net/2025/05/2025-week-20-notes-real-people-who-live-in-a-real-city

Hi, Bluesky pals. Please consider submitting comment on this so people like me who work in public spaces can continue to protect our health by getting vaccinated. Thank you.

2025 Week 19 Notes: All the heartbeats are synonyms https://cygnoir.net/2025/05/2025-week-19-notes-all-the-heartbeats-are-synonyms

2025 Week 18 Notes: Megaphones and tin cans https://cygnoir.net/2025/05/2025-week-18-notes-megaphones-and-tin-cans

2025 Week 17 Notes: Largely-unnoticed nonsense https://cygnoir.net/2025/04/2025-week-17-notes-largely-unnoticed-nonsense

2025 Week 16 Notes: Squat, tired, and ready to fight https://cygnoir.net/2025/04/2025-week-16-notes-squat-tired-and-ready-to-fight

2025 Week 15 Notes: Sing to your cats https://cygnoir.net/2025/04/2025-week-15-notes-sing-to-your-cats

2025 Week 14 Notes: Show up for libraries https://cygnoir.net/2025/04/2025-week-14-notes-show-up-for-libraries

2025 Week 13 Notes: Still writing, still moving https://cygnoir.net/2025/03/2025-week-13-notes-still-writing-still-moving

2025 Week 12 Notes: Lackluster cookies https://cygnoir.net/2025/03/2025-week-12-notes-lackluster-cookies

2025 Week 11 Notes: Tiny hailstones https://cygnoir.net/2025/03/2025-week-11-notes-tiny-hailstones

GET YOUR ASS IN A BOARD MEETING SEAT. SEND A LETTER TO THE BOARD AND TELL THEM WHAT AMAZING WORK IS GOING ON. These things are good and show use. But they are not going to save the library. Your showing up and speaking out and up in places where decisions are made does.

2025 Week 10 Notes: Surprisingly listenable https://cygnoir.net/2025/03/2025-week-10-notes-surprisingly-listenable

2025 Week 9 Notes: The opposite of fussy https://cygnoir.net/2025/03/2025-week-9-notes-the-opposite-of-fussy

2025 Week 8 Notes: Persephone and pouring rain https://cygnoir.net/2025/02/2025-week-8-notes-persephone-and-pouring-rain

2025 Week 7 Notes: Take small steps https://cygnoir.net/2025/02/2025-week-7-notes-take-small-steps

2025 Week 6 Notes: Rodents of Unusual Size https://cygnoir.net/2025/02/2025-week-6-notes-rodents-of-unusual-size

2025 Week 5 Notes: Back in the habit https://cygnoir.net/2025/02/2025-week-5-notes-back-in-the-habit

If you feel overwhelmed about what to do today and in the coming years, a suggestion: Commit to doing one helpful thing for yourself and one helpful thing for others every day. Some days you’ll be able to many big, grand things, and some days the things will be tiny. And they all matter.

Feeling very small and sad about David Lynch leaving. Death seems so mundane for him to experience. The way he saw the world changed how I see the world. I’m glad he left so much weird beauty for me to revisit and cherish. I don’t know what else to say.