Slaughterhouse Five

The Blues Brothers: antiracist, antifascist, ACAB, great soundtrack. Aged better than virtually every other 80s comedy.

DISCWORLD DISCWORLD DISCWORLD DISCWORLD D I S C W O R L D

Convincing you to read my novel F*CKED UP FAIRY TALES with the first sentence (of the first fairy tale).

Going to read theory

You lost me at ChatGPT

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Relevant to your interests, @cosbrarian.bsky.social

@maris.bsky.social knocks it out of the park with this one! 📚

Still thinking about this world record marker I saw on Sunday’s ride

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This account smells like freshly baked sourdough bread

Y'all. I can't believe this. We got 103 subscriptions today, which means we are 56 subs away from our overall goal! You can become a Resident of the Bog for 15% off until the end of the day: the-flytrap.ghost.io/feminist

Rode the Blackstone River Bikeway from Cumberland to Woonsocket today ☀️ 🚲

It's true

They literally ruin everything they touch

Happy ‘Ween y’all

Despite the headline it’s not George RR Martin personally going for them cos he’s rich and famous. It’s all of us. The test case used his work, but it’s about the plain-as-day issue that ANY generative AI ignores and infringes copyright, by passing off. That’s a win for basic law.

Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard, authors of THE DAY THE BOOKS DISAPPEARED, had their elementary school author visit canceled when they arrived and students were waiting for them. Why? Because they wouldn't *not* talk about book bans–inspiration for their book. bookriot.com/the-day-the-...

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More of this. Speaking up for what’s right is a winning strategy

The fact that the US is so focused on AI instead of renewables is going to set our economy back years, if not decades.

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

This is where I’m posting from

Quick cheat code: the answer is always gonna be no! If you’re a person you have rights to be a person and if you have a different presentation or unique needs you still get them! That will always be the answer in a free society!

I just wish that when the chance comes to offer equal rights to a group of people who are somewhat different than the dominant group, we wouldn’t have to start at zero or less than zero every single time.

Someone once told me I was "so fully alive" and I love that. Also a high school teacher told me I was "incorrigible" once; I didn't know the word and took it as a compliment (rather than, I dunno, looking it up??)

YUP

Calvin and Hobbes, seriously one of the best duos of all time. Maybe the highest percentage of human nature in a single duo. Up there with Lila and Lenu.

Another cup of coffee, that should do the trick

Wowww I got my nervous system in a STATE this morning 😵‍💫 (I’m fine)

stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

Host Dave, hey that's me! 😁 📚 It was a supreme joy to chat with Liz and Jade! Take my word for it, you should run out to your local indie and get a copy of F*cked Up Fairy Tales by @cosbrarian.bsky.social. If you're local to PVD may I suggest @heartleafbooks.bsky.social!

I agree we need a big coalition. So if transphobes want to fight fascism, I'd say they need to recognize that antifascism is going to need a big tent, so they're going to have to stop issuing political purity test and let trans people live their lives. We can't afford to shrink the tent for them.

Instagram is littered with gAI "influencers" who post completely fake images of their fake selves having fake vacations and posting unironic captions like, "I'm on an adventure today!" Now you too can sit at home, alone, isolated from the world, and pretend your life is interesting.

Patron with an open umbrella in the library, this is totally fine guys. Vibes are immaculate.

So this is how it went down

“The question of who gets to live as long as they should isn’t moral but systemic. We often say that death is the great unifier as it’s the one thing that we all have in common. But sometimes, I look around and wonder if even the after-life is segregated.”

The best time to put Linux on your PC is right now.

One for the #CrumbBums 🤤 #Sourdough #BreadSky

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand Bananas Once Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime (three deep this one, it’s that bad)

The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for

Drop a song that you must sing out loud whenever you hear it, if you'd like.

The debate.

hey, white friends, in case you thought being white and normie lookin' was gonna keep you safe from our fascist secret police, it will not. it matters that they are coming for ANYBODY we must fight their stealing ANYONE AND: all our liberations are, as always, intertwined.

📚 Join us in celebrating a big win this #BannedBooksWeek! The Rhode Island Legislature just passed one of the strongest Freedom to Read bills in the nation. On our latest episode, @megblack.bsky.social talks to FTR coalition leader Nicole Dyszlewski about building this grassroots movement:

Happy Thursday! Enjoy these affirmations.