I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.

Didn’t know this was the Marty Supreme blimp…

This came just in time for our rainy week 🙏

Went to see the best show in LA

JCO just showing everyone the value of an education in the humanities

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/...

congrats to nyc! so stoked for you guys 🥲

fuck yes

easiest I got: make annie’s mac and cheese, steam some sweet potatoes, and then mix it all up with some kimchi

I LOVE LAAAA!

I am so very fond of damon albarn

making a new driving playlist since it’ll be dark on my drive to and from work now waaAaaHhhhAaahh

cutest trick or treater of the night was a little boy in an oscar the grouch costume. when his mom said “now what do you say?” he yelled “Scram!” 😭

i’m scrambling around tidying the library before we re-open for the first time in a month and I feel like that lady in the mortuary video

I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum. www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...

Booked my Sentimental Value and Predator: Badlands double feature

CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag? KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag. CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this? KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable. KOKO: Hostility Interviewer

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

I would like to have words with the asshole who put beeping fire alarms in my block’s dumpsters

and dolphins swimming by…a perfect SoCal morning

This story rules www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...

Charles Leclerc, performance artist

Obsessively checking the max and helen’s ig account to see if they’re open yet. I need a nancy silverton breakfast desperately

Just saw del toro’s frankenstein (in 35mm!)…AO3 is not ready

never felt more vindicated than when my MN friend visited me in winter and reluctantly agreed that 60 degrees in LA did feel much colder

nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007

so uhhh the biggest update to my life since I’ve last posted on here is that i’ve started watching star trek: the next generation for the first time. Love it

This news came out last night and I’m not sure how widely it’s been reported so here it is again: 5th circuit court rules patrons have no first amendment right to information (aka “freedom to read”). This directly contradicts well established precedent. www.statesman.com/story/news/p...

Ms.Rachel is showing more humanity than our politicians

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It may have been 98 degrees, but I got to see Bloc Party, TV on the Radio, and Peter, Bjorn, and John live 😭

Thank you @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social and @ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social for a great presentation this morning!

That is correct, Mr. AI Overview.

The subreddit reacts #F1

I am watching the F1 75 Live show and losing it at how OTT it all is 😭

Down with Love and La Chimera Criterion releases WHEN

Lavender Scallops from today’s rain walk.

In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊

such a pretty morning I ventured to the eastside to finally try Courage Bagels and also get my favorite cold brew at Maru

Just Like Heaven ticket purchased ✌️ I can’t miss seeing peter bjorn and john, bloc party, and tv on the radio !!!

it’s raining so i’m watching BARRY LYNDON for the first time

Well, I’M STILL HERE was devastating. Fernanda Torres for the Oscar!!! Also fortified my decision to visit Brazil for an extended visit later this year. Have to stop letting my guilt over not speaking Portuguese keep me from going back!

there are so many people donating items to the Y that I had to wait in a car line. Angelenos always show up for each other!!!!!!

Please send anything you can to Jordan @indiedynamo.bsky.social, who lost his home, brother, and father to the fires here in Los Angeles. If you can’t donate, please share. www.gofundme.com/f/help-jorda...

one of my library teens emailed me to ask how I was doing 😭 the crazy thing is she also worked on an emergency preparedness project thru the library last year. Listen to the fucking youth!!!!!!!