Is there a super significant difference between a July Leo and an August Leo? This is critical to my burgeoning Herman Melville impersonation career.

Ok, ok. So Lake Ontario become Lake America, which means HOMES doesn’t work anymore. But SHAME does. And that makes sense.

Told my chair I’m giving him my “too weak” notice today. I’m simply too tired and must be allowed to convalesce.

stop making me know about joe rogan jesus christ!!! i am a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN i shouldn’t have to KNOW about that my GOD

Now you must choose.

Starting to feel pretty hurt by how many of you are surprised by this good and correct statue.

The new Herman Melville statue in New Bedford is . . . hot - The Boston Globe

The statue, from sculptor Stefanie Rocknak, stands in front of the Seamen's Bethel.

bostonglobe.com

I bought a loom this summer and immediately hired a child laborer. Have I become an industrialist?

Are you in New England and looking for a big couch potato? Well, I’m happy to report that Franklin is officially heartworm free and looking for someone to scratch his big, square head forever! www.petfinder.com/dog/franklin...

Hey @melville-society.bsky.social, you have the chance to do something truly amazing with @kassiejo.bsky.social

Or maybe, hear me out, someone making s’mores in Wieland.

Kassie Jo@kassiejo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

All books should have flip book animations in the corner. Animorphs did not corner this market. I would like to add a little guy doing the Cha Cha Slide to Course in General Linguistics.

All books should have flip book animations in the corner. Animorphs did not corner this market. I would like to add a little guy doing the Cha Cha Slide to Course in General Linguistics.

Are you in New England and in need of a delightful dog companion? Check out Gigi, currently in Kentucky but ready to move north. She's currently with @kassiejo.bsky.social who can give you more details. Get this pup! www.petfinder.com/dog/gigi-had...

When I die, I want to be a tiny ghost and haunt little free libraries.

This season of Love Island is really going all in on feet.

Slippery dog acquired. You know what they say, when the strays start coming they don’t stop coming.

Kassie Jo@kassiejo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NOTHING HAS GONE ACCORDING TO PLAN! Relatedly, DMs are open if you want to adopt this dog or send me money for his shots. Or help me catch the other dog he was with (but she is very slippery).

NOTHING HAS GONE ACCORDING TO PLAN! Relatedly, DMs are open if you want to adopt this dog or send me money for his shots. Or help me catch the other dog he was with (but she is very slippery).

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New: Researchers have quantified how easy AI search is to manipulate. Just 13 words buried in a random Reddit comment can poison AI search results. They suggest this is not easy to stop: "The way you can attack these systems is so much dumber than you think it is" www.404media.co/it-is-trivia...

Those objectively correct children belong to the sea.

martha shearer@marthashearer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

okay but what if a 10-year-old thinks moby dick is better than middlemarch, what then. where are they supposed to go

I’m reading @silviamg.bsky.social ‘s The Bewitching for fun (for once!) and what do I get? SURPRISE NEW ENGLAND TEXTILE MILLS! I’ve brought this curse on myself.

Before you get warm feelings about this story, keep in mind it was **labour and contract protections** that got these people back. Not some grand realization that Librarianship is necessary. Get unionized people. 1 / 2

A Regional College Laid Off All Its Librarians in 2024. Now It Has to Hire Them Back.

Western Illinois University claimed the library was not an academic program when it essentially was, an arbitrator has ruled, and therefore failed to follow the correct process for eliminating the job...

chronicle.com

After ironing out a few more wrinkles on her brain, Kim Reynolds signed off on compulsory freedom classes.

Courses will be required at University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom

University of Iowa Students will now be required to take classes from the new Center for Intellectual Freedom in order to graduate.

kcrg.com

Tech CEOs keep saying “AI is the next Industrial Revolution” like that isn’t one of the things I hate most about it.

I’m at the Casey Jones Museum and I just have to believe this is a coincidence.

Going to pick up my new car tomorrow ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CASEY JONES MUSEUM. Watch this space.

The mechanic told me “this car is dangerous. I want you to drive it home and never start it again.” If anyone wants to Venmo me a car quick, that would be sick.

Today, students were horrified I knew what AO3 and Wattpad are. I immediately transformed into the Bane meme.

I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED

What are some easy beginner steps to becoming a bigger dirtbag?

Of course everyone lives rent free in my head. Sounds like it’s time for you to unlearn your landlord mentality.

I’m going to the Tennessee Fiber Festival tomorrow where I expect to feel immediately validated and cured of all ailments, physical and mental.