if you see this post a ship WWI era dazzle camouflaged ships www.history.com/articles/daz...

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Apropos of nothing in particular, here's Walt Disney's testimony to HUAC in 1947, where he named employees he believed were communists, condemned labor unions, and accused "commie" groups, including the League of Women Voters, of smearing him. 🗃️ archive.org/details/walt...

A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48. Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.

We spoke with @chicagoreader.com @thetriibe.com and @unraveledpress.com about the lessons and strategies they learned from media in L.A. and D.C. for their coverage. By @afroxander.bsky.social Find the story (sans paywall) here: lataco.com/chicago-ice-...

come watch a bug breathe with me

A healthy public health response would have expanded, rather than narrowed, the tools in our anti-COVID toolkit since 2021. Instead, institutional mitigations like clean air were never implemented, and now the last tool standing is under attack. www.thegauntlet.news/p/with-rfks-...

I really don’t want to read the new bsky TOS at this point 🫥 But I guess I should

Your library offers SO MUCH! They likely have physical copies of movies, shows, and music, too. I can get into zoos and museums for free/cheap with mine. I can rent a Chromebook, longterm, for FREE! There are also other library-collab apps, like Hoopla— tv, movies, ebooks, audiobooks, etc.

A tutorial on how to use the “notify me” tag to request that your library add a title. Here’s me requesting an audiobook by @charliejane.bsky.social: 1) Use “deep search” at the bottom of the author’s page 2) Click “notify me” 3) Click through info page 4) The bell icon means you did it right!

As we boycott vile companies, a reminder that many US public libraries offer: 1) Ebooks & audiobooks via the Libby app. Pro tip: use the “notify me” tag to request your library add books by trans, disabled, & BIPOC authors! 2) TV & film streaming via Kanopy 3) Language learning via Mango 💙📚 And:

My kids went to the McIntire skate park all three days this weekend. Such a great example of how investing in quality infrastructure benefits the community.

my Hulu subscription was just Hulu, not including Disney+, but honestly, fuck them, I canceled it anyway I could use the money since our entire country is headed for an economic meltdown 🤷 why not recoup some of my dollars while sending a small message

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

Associate Professor of Data Science Mar Hicks spoke with Fast Company about AI hype & why nothing about AI is inevitable. To read @histoftech.bsky.social's interview with @rachelauslander.bsky.social, click here: https://bit.ly/4mrhzWZ

tired of everything

"Social media is so awful", blah blah gripe. Okay. But do you know the story of how this wonderful award-winning SF book won the sales jackpot for the second time? Gather round, kids, if you want reminding how wonderfully good things can happen in this world. 1/

Hey bsky, I’m homeless after eviction. Me, a friend, and three dogs are living in a rental van. We need help with gas and meals, as we drive to find food and camp spots daily. Anything helps! Please share. #mutualaid Cashapp: $brixandbats Venmo: @elohelexe

Thank you to all who have already given. @jasoncomix.bsky.social is a dear friend of mine going back over 20 years; they are a person who will dance with you on the speakers at a party & will show up in the hard times too. Jason is so committed to us all: let’s reciprocate💜 gofund.me/d38aed30c

In 3.7: "LLMs do not improve one's writing ability much like taking a taxi does not improve one's driving ability." Love this! I tell my physics students, watching a football game doesn't make them better at playing, and watching me do examples isn't enough to build their problem solving abilities.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @libdemdaisy.bsky.social Help restore vaccines for 13 million Save lives #CleanAirinhealthcare Ffp3 respirators #Covidisairborne www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5-u... Please watch this thread of videos 🧵

Section 3.3 on AI hype cycles ("AI Summers") reminds me of a point from Adam Becker's More Everything Forever that I wrote a thread on as I read it. The history of this stuff is long ang interwoven with many bad actors.

“The disruption began on Friday night and continued throughout yesterday, with flights cancelled or delayed as the impacted airlines had to carry out check-in and boarding operations manually.”

NEW: In a break from decades of history, the Trump administration has started detaining virtually everyone facing deportation — even if they’ve lived in the U.S. for decades. Dozens of judges, with increasing alarm, have ruled the policy shift illegal. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

tired of everything

“who needs history academics, when chatGPT can write me history to order?” — guy who thinks napoleon said a lot of stuff that was, in fact, invented on the internet

“who needs engineering departments and degrees in architecture when i can just ask chatGPT to design me this infrastructure?” -- guy who is absolutely going to die in a bridge collapse

I mean, it’s one country. What could it cost?

The day after Dutch parliament voted to get Antifa activists earmarked as 'terrorist organization', copying Trump, the Fa side shows its colors at an anti-immigrant rally in The Hague: windows smashed at D66 (liberal) party office, violence against police. nos.nl/l/2583298

the cringe vanguard takes many forms

I suspect a lot of execs thought it was going to be like the first Trump admin where people couldn't look away, but they really blew up their trust.

CNBC the only one with an uptick because he's tanking the economy.

pictured is gavin newsom ransacking someone's shit. in the upper left corner, in a white shirt, is a former war correspondent who is now the governor's "director of photography", for which the state of california pays $200,000 per year.

I have also been added to the "drama" moderation list by someone the CEO is following. I have not been hostile or derogatory towards the bsky mods, only disagreed with their terms. This is a very childish and irresponsible response to widespread concern over the new rules from their userbase

Excuse me, what now?

If you’re capable but refuse to mask re: COVID, you’re doing MAGA-style anti-science & anti-justice bullshit. Research shows the longterm effects are grim & it most harms vulnerable groups. Harming & discarding them is fascist, whether done via policy or via a maskless face. Mask up. Mutual aid:

Who’s the tenth?

Now that we’re deep in it, I hope nondisabled people are finally realizing that what disabled folks have been saying all along is correct. And that it affects you too. No matter how “healthy” you think you are. I hope that starts to shift nondisabled people’s actions, not just what they say online😷

Absolutely shattering details in this Sun-Times piece chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/09...

Been thinking about this, as I tried to use my healthcare coverage last week to get, you know, healthcare coverage. I wasn’t able to. I had to pay out of pocket.

The orcas are back at it😎 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMd6LXgu/

WHAT? *and it's not just Chicago. The Kirk drink order scheme is happening around the country as a way to target barista's. COME ON blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/v...

That might be the best part - there are no instructions on how to pay. It’s anyone’s guess what would actually work.

If you are currently abroad and on a valid H-1b visa, starting Sunday you'll be barred from re-entering the U.S. - unless you or your employer pay $100,000 to the U.S. government. This de facto travel ban will cause chaos throughout tech and the entire economy. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

撮られまくる犬🐶 Good morning! I upgraded to an iPhone 17, so I'm testing the camera with Masuke. It really takes adorable photos. Do you think this is because of the camera's performance, or just because Masuke is cute?

These protesters and journalists at the ICE facility in Chicago were arrested and thrown on the ground and had tear gas blasted at them and ICE agents trying to run them over with their cars

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