Jonathan Bohan

@jonathanbohan.bsky.social

Data Librarian and wannabe Historian. Reader. Baseball fan. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year.

The author of the Democrats’ 2024 autopsy says a key chapter was left out of what was made public. The chair of the DNC says he never saw it. The chapter addressed “the sway of an operative class that had become ‘generationally wealthy off politics’ while steering Democratic strategy.” Gift link:

Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter (Gift Article)

A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.

nytimes.com

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

From the ancient Polyphemus to Jimothy, people have spun stories about real & imagined beings to define the parameters of "normal." Here's an excerpt from HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, a history of the category of the human from antiquity to the present, told through the idea of the monster.

Humans and monsters | Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

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US military commanders are deliberately letting some Iranian missiles and drones through their air defences to conserve dwindling interceptor stocks, NBC reports. They’re only engaging threats headed for US troops, accepting hits on runways, radars, and fuel depots.