JM Romig
@jmroaming.bsky.social
Librarian, Professional GM, Poet, and co-owner of Puzzlebox Events - a business that creates and runs bespoke immersive party games. Book your party at puzzleboxevents.com.
A friend of mine is having a rough go of it. Any little bit helps. gofund.me/2910c2dd
Donate to Please Help My Dog and I Stay Housed and Afford Repairs, organized by Karey Marlow
It is a very long story, but I wanna try and keep it short and si… Karey Marlow needs your support for Please Help My Dog and I Stay Housed and Afford Repairs
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All these "AI gone crazy" articles out there sound like this to me: "Machine that tells people what it thinks they want to hear tells people what it thinks they want to hear when they ask leading questions to get it to tell them the thing they want to hear."
youtu.be/tfknaPNWFIw?... Pitch me the premise of the sitcom this should be the theme song for.
Andy Frasco & The U.N. - "Try Not to Die" (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Andy Frasco
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“Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” - Carl Sagan
It didn't matter what the author meant by "the curtains are blue". What mattered was your ability to have an idea that's yours and prove you can defend it with evidence. It was not about getting the right answer, no more than going to the gym is. The exercise is the point. Your brain is a muscle.
Ya know, when Google+ came out I was like "we have Facebook already, no one needs this! But if Google+ came out today, I'd be like "sure, why not?" There just isn't a solid FB replacement out there. Bsky is alright, but it's more Twitter than FB and I wasn't ever a big Twitter person.
In other news, The Trump Admin is outlawing ice cream and making it mandatory that a puppy is kicked at least once a day. Because the only policy this regime has is "Americans can't have nice things".
NPR@npr.org · last yr.Katherine Maher, president and CEO of National Public Radio, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media.
NEW: The Supreme Court took 6 months to decide immunity, but just 6 days to effectively strip the rest of us of due process. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-corrup...
The Corrupt Supreme Court Strikes Again
The Supreme Court took 6 months to decide immunity, but just 6 days to effectively strip the rest of us of due process.
muellershewrote.com
If this story didn't have today's date, I would've thought it was a Depression-era headline.
The @financialtimes.com is not mincing words "America’s astonishing act of self-harm" on.ft.com/3YjtOLV
app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag... Use this tool to tell your reps why libraries are important.
Call on Congress to Protect Federal Library Funding
Call on Congress to Protect Federal Library Funding
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JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
npr.org
