John Robertson
@jrr1234.bsky.social
Librarian and musician. Lover of books, bourbon, beer, cycling, and SFF
No country that arrested librarians and booksellers was on the right side of history. But that's what's happening in Arkansas. And this is where your whole country is headed with H.R 7661 and S 4925. Via @everylibrary.bsky.social action.everylibrary.org/arkansasact372
Arresting Librarians AND Booksellers in the United States
History has shown that arresting librarians and booksellers has never led to greater freedom or liberty.
action.everylibrary.org
As I've said before: What high-paying long-term jobs do they pretend exist here? A data center isn't a place where execs come and do Big Deals. Go to the server room at your workplace; are there lots of rich people in there spending money?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”
Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives
One Michigan community has been experiencing the reality of a data center next door for a couple of years now, and they say the sound has changed their lives.
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Dead or alive, Mitch McConnell is on extended medical leave — on your dime. This is the same Mitch McConnell who voted against: paid family and medical leave for everyone else.
As an AML patient, I appreciate everyone who donates.
Shematologist, MD@shematologist.medsky.social · 2w agoPSA: Summer is a tough time for the blood supply as regular donors are traveling and schools (where drives occur) are out. At the same time, accidents requiring massive transfusion are more common. Only 3% of the population donates yet any of us could be in need someday. Donate if you can!
Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏
Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝)@seven.eurosky.social · 3w ago
“Because the concrete barriers sit extremely low to the ground, neighbors argue that aggressively driving or distracted motorists simply cannot see them until it is too late.” And what (or who) would these drivers be hitting without real infrastructure protecting bikers?
Harvey J. Miller@mobileharv.bsky.social · 3w agoIn other words they are doing their job
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
Physical discs come with more ownership rights than their digital equivalent— and that needs to change. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Sony Nerfs Videogame Ownership
Playstation’s decision to kill physical game discs is the latest attack on our diminishing rights to access and engage with culture digitally. Rent-seeking corporations and negligent lawmakers share
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When the average score on a take-home midterm was 96, a professor at Brown was concerned students were cheating with AI. Almost 20 students dropped the class after he switched the final to in person. Also, more people have placed a bet in the last year than have read a book. I’m sure it’s fine.
Little drive, and a new venue to see Dave Matthews Band tonight.
Have a Cape Verdean banger from the Pop World Cup 🫡🇨🇻 youtu.be/5p4OWBK4adw?...
Bend'Nobo 83 - Riba Canela
YouTube video by Caldo Verde
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Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming. Could these be the real culprits? The evidence is in--and the answer is NO. This thread explains! 🧵
You can’t own anything physical anymore, everything is digital, you can’t own anything digital now, storage is too expensive, you cant stream anything because they took it off the service once their parent company got bought out, you can’t get a McFlurry because the machine is broken
Weird how this never applies to the Second Amendment.
Kate Riga@kateriga.bsky.social · last mo.Kavanaugh says that Constitution is an "enduring document" and that new exceptions to birthright citizenship can be added for "modern situations that were unknown or unanticipated by the Constitution’s Framers"
Introducing a new tradition: Every year around the summer solstice I will induct a new class of artists and albums into the Patio Hall Music Hall Of Fame. Here is the 2026 class, along with (finally defined) Patio Music criteria. stevenhyden.substack.com/p/lets-offic...
Let's Officially Establish (Finally) The Patio Music Hall Of Fame
Also: Reviews of new albums by Olivia Rodrigo and Styrofoam Winos
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Thanks to this post from @loudpoet.com I learned the Authors Guild totally threw #libraries under the bus claiming they cut into authors' income Then this dude named James Patterson released an article in agreement James. Patterson. The dude who sucks up library budgets both physical and digital
Five Things: June 11, 2026 | As in guillotine...
"One of its rare, serendipitous thematic arcs!" On anti-library authors, selectors vs. readers, the death of search, small things, and a Bronx flashback.
loudpoet.com
I read that JD Vance book and I have some thoughts www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Are You There, God? It’s Me, J. D. Vance, and I Have Some Notes.
A convenient conversion story
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The last son of a U.S. Civil War veteran died yesterday in Bolivar, Missouri. William Pool’s father, Charles Pool, was a member of the 6th West Virginia Infantry. He died in 1933. William served in the U.S. Army in WW2 with 3 ID. He was WIA and taken prisoner. He was 101.
I'll always love Top Chef. It holds a special place in my heart. But the lack of funding this season sure showed and it all felt like 2nd tier TV.
Good driving music on the way to a gig this morning. youtu.be/3p3QgsFxlhU?...
Fust - Mountain Language (Official Video)
YouTube video by Fust
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…Are you kidding me? This country's treatment of voice actors is fucking abysmal. Aqua Teen Hunger Force essentially built Adult Swim, & if there were any justice, Carey Means shouldn't have to work another day in his life. Between this & Andy Merrill's trouble, i just… what the fuck. What the fuck.
'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' star says he is homeless: 'We have no money'
'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' voice actor Carey Means said that he is homeless as he asked for financial help with a GoFundMe campaign: 'We have no money.'
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New Wild Pink album coming out this year. Hell yeah. youtu.be/PabfG_z-upg?...
Wild Pink - Round Of Applause At The End Of The World [Chapter I]
YouTube video by Fire Talk
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Who is playing President Kamala Harris’s Freedom 250 celebration on Earth 2?
Saw an advanced screening of Pressure last night. Really wanted more - it felt like WW2 by the numbers.
