one of my many toxic traits is evangelizing Kingdom Hearts as a series while continuing to make fun of the MCU and the 209 films and tv shows you have to watch in order to understand the next movie

headfallsoff@headfallsoff.com · 9h ago

i have done what many said is impossible. i have made an order guide for playing the entire kingdom hearts series, for normal people. i hope this can be a helpful resource to at least one person out there:

This is where we are on vacation right now and when our Uber driver picked us up from the station she was like “I’m gonna go the other way because things are still backed up from Squidpocalypse” and we were like “excuse me but could you repeat that last part”

Rebecca Brenner Graham@theotherrbg.bsky.social · 2h ago

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i did it. i talked to some very overqualified people about what would happen if you tried to cool data centers with pee. i learned a lot about recycled wastewater. techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/o...

Ok, can we actually cool data centers with our pee? | TechCrunch

Jason Kelce joked that people should cool data centers with their pee, rather than potable water -- his suggestion is not completely ludicrous.

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Amanda Silberling@amanda.omg.lol · yesterday

in light of the liquid death "pee on data centers" satire.... does anyone know a urologist/scientist/data center engineer/something of that nature who would be willing to entertain the question of what would actually happen if people tried to cool data centers with urine......................

Goodreads review: I decided to read this novel, famous for its narrative ambiguity, because it’s so famous. I wasn’t totally sure I understood what was going on the whole time. This is clearly a skill issue on the part of the author. One star

Siskos

Me: I feel so bad that we didn’t bring Agnes to the no-dog beach with us, I hope she forgives us Agnes in doggy day care:

Hey, so, new inventory is on the horizon. Which means everything currently on the shop is 20% off, handmade and sterling/sourced. Check it out, maybe? www.peculiarityshop.com

EXTREME BEACH THIRST TRAP PHOTO INCOMING, PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK

I am headed to the beach and cannot be reached by discourse. If something comes up in my absence please assume I would have been loud and wrong about it

I’m not interested in discussing what “counts” as “reading” on here every few months, because I’ve been ineligible to win a personal pan pizza for decades. let’s yell at each other about what counts as a guitar solo

Amelia Acker and myself just out in Information, Communication & Society. We demonstrate how cloud providers leverage scaling strategies, network effects, and institutional dependencies to extend their control over teaching, research, & service in higher ed. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hyper-scaling from the cloud to the tower: platform enclosure and GenAI capture in higher education

The recent adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) platform services in higher education is notable not just for its speed of implementation but for how it is reshaping academic activities on camp...

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I think I’ve got the core beach reading list settled

Emily Higgs Kopin@ehkopin.bsky.social · 2d ago

I asked for beach reads (for me, specifically) and got two separate recommendations for I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jacqueline Harpman, which is EXACTLY the kind of thing I read at the beach, as both recommenders know

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Redwall Feasts Bot@redwallfeasts.bsky.social · 2d ago

Rye bread, hot and crusty from the ovens, with honey or apple and blackberry preserves to spread on it. Porridge, damson scones, and savory pastries were passed to and fro among the beakers of wild cherry juice and hot rosehip an' mint tea.

AI did almost all of the writing. I remain the psycho and the culpable party behind the manifesto.

me any time I am trusted to represent my place of work

Tim Robinson: You Sure About That? (ITYSL)

Alt: Tim Robinson: You Sure About That? (ITYSL)

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Also, I have a lot of his new work to get posted. You can buy it now, even if it's not on the site yet. Newest thing? Porcelain jasper earrings [cabs courtesy of @beckymew.bsky.social]. These look Goth-y to me, like bare branches in fall just before the storm hits:

the when2meets will continue until morale improves

Frustrating that talk about AI in higher ed is still attuned solely to faculty and student use in research/pedagogy, at the exclusion of staff and infrastructure where 80% of the story is happening

My in-game house in Elder Scrolls Online is extremely well-furnished with many adorable pets, overflowing bookshelves, and a fully stocked kitchen. I probably wouldn’t even have to leave. I’d be in much more danger from further industry layoffs and server shutdowns.

Nina Marotta ☢️💙@mrschief7.bsky.social · 3d ago

You're offered $250,000,000 but to claim it you must enter the last video game you've played and stay there for a full year. How are y'all faring in this deal?

example of why digital preservation as a primarily social issue rather than a technical one. I wish discourse about this focused on that piece, the failures of policy and labor outsourcing and technofeudalism. Preservation is people, it is not a hard drive or a NAS or [insert obvious solution here]

bri watson 🐝@brimwats.com · last wk.

> This wouldn't have been an issue if the organization bought a $1,000 NAS and populated it with a few hard drives. paging @ehkopin.bsky.social for the bad preservation take alert

Librarians are not just bookworms who have good book recommendations, that’s a stereotype that obscures what our actual work looks like. THAT BEING SAID, my coworkers’ recommendations never miss 😇

an email from a gibberish address to notify me that there’s a new message in the insurance portal to notify me that my doctor has uploaded lab results in a third platform. you have to wonder at some point if the systems designers are actually taking inspiration from the phishers and scammers

academic star systems were embarrassing back when there was an academic middle class; now they’re insulting against the background of majority immiseration.

Asheesh Kapur Siddique@asheeshks.org · 4d ago

Our two-tier system in which a few faculty get support for research and teaching, while the majority have to do their research in spite of the institution, is wrong, abusive, and bad for everyone involved. So the right solution is never “hire more adjuncts to exploit.”

I keep trying to tell people that a website is a pony and you either have to keep feeding and cleaning up after it or put it down and there's usually no magic option where someone else handles all that. Same goes for archives, but stakes & responsibility are heavier. Don't take it on lightly.

Dr. Damien P. Williams is just… so tired.@wolven.blacksky.app · last wk.

I'm going to keep saying this until it's rote practice: If you are in official connection with let alone in charge of an archive of data, if is your professional & moral responsibility to secure that archive, as a backup or otherwise, against just such an emergency, so we're not Hoping some kid did.

Metadata would be a beautiful name for a baby girl

I have to re-enter my pets’ full histories and vaccination records etc etc because my doggy day care switched booking platforms. I am resisting the urge to call them and ask why they didn’t have a data migration plan but JUST BARELY

there are a lot of professional orgs and conferences in my field but the landscape becomes much easier to navigate once you figure out which ones are for peer-to-peer learning and which ones are for Thought Leaders and Posturing

If we’re all supposed to be such good little capitalists, why aren’t you clearly telling me what value you are placing on my labor, so I can decide whether to exchange it for your capital? Oh wait—it’s because that imbalance of knowledge gives you a market advantage.