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Matthew Murray 🦇

@midnitelibrary.bsky.social

Data Librarian. Co-Host of Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast. Editor of Two-Fisted Library Stories. Spooky Librarian. Goth. Comics. Manga. Zines. Games. ScholComm. OA. RDM. Social Justice. He/They. "A known human friend" - Graham Stark

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Matthew Murray 🦇@midnitelibrary.bsky.social · yesterday

It’s episode 235 and time for us to talk about Celebrity Memoirs! We discuss who counts as a celebrity, non-celebrity memoirs, creative non-fiction, memory, success, survivorship bias, and more! bookclub4m.libsyn.com/episode-235-... 📚

Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast: Episode 235 - Celebrity Memoirs

It’s episode 235 and time for us to talk about Celebrity Memoirs! We discuss who counts as a celebrity, non-celebrity memoirs, creative non-fiction, memory, success, survivorship bias, and more! You c...

bookclub4m.libsyn.com

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · yesterday

BRACKET BRACKET BRACKET It’s the Battle of Hope in the Search for B.C.’s Best Roadside Attraction! Four famous stops near everyone’s favourite highway hub city versus four Southwest B.C. entries closer to Vancouver! these may be my favourite gimmick matchups ever so VOTE NOW

Search for B.C.'s best roadside attraction: Round 1, southwest B.C. | CBC News

From more than 300 nominations, we're asking you to pick between 32 finalists in this month-long competition to determine the best of this province's roadside attractions.

cbc.ca

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 21h ago

amazing how so few of the gazillion think pieces criticizing women for not dating straight men fail to mention the whole “many of them literally don’t wash their asses” thing:

Nikolaj Bill@nikolajbill.bsky.social · 21h ago

I remember a coworker in her late twenties saying this on how dating was so difficult. I was not surprised by her first two complaints: general anger issues and having few outside hobbies. I WAS surprised at her mention of how many men apparently don’t wash their hair or butts.

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

VT musical director of planned 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' created fake threats, police say

The director of a planned production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" admitted to sending himself threatening texts that eventually got the play canceled out of safety concerns.

mynbc5.com

A Thousand Autumns @wellsbe.bsky.social · yesterday

Microsoft, and big tech more generally, has fucked up so bad that comedy podcast hosts are doing "How To Install Linux" videos. They have sapped the fun and wonder out of technology and permeated it with terrible and unwanted AI "features" chained to you through extractive subscription models.

Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · yesterday

And this is worse because it's not, "Wow, that ignores the burger-eating demographic," it's "wow, this ignores the Nazi, trans-hating, ICE-loving, white-pride demographic, so now we make sure they're welcome here, wait, where is everyone going--"

Matthew Murray 🦇@midnitelibrary.bsky.social · yesterday

It’s episode 235 and time for us to talk about Celebrity Memoirs! We discuss who counts as a celebrity, non-celebrity memoirs, creative non-fiction, memory, success, survivorship bias, and more! bookclub4m.libsyn.com/episode-235-... 📚

Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast: Episode 235 - Celebrity Memoirs

It’s episode 235 and time for us to talk about Celebrity Memoirs! We discuss who counts as a celebrity, non-celebrity memoirs, creative non-fiction, memory, success, survivorship bias, and more! You c...

bookclub4m.libsyn.com

Trung Le Nguyen@trungles.com · 3d ago

This is just a personal thing! It’s fine that other people feel differently. For me, when I make a comic book, I’ve told the story in its intended medium. I’m all done! I did the thing. That’s the thing I wanted to make.

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 3d ago

Maybe I'm wrong abt this feeling but "human-caused climate change" seems to have lost its political and physical relevance to decision making and policy So when an article mentions that phrase re wildfires, it's treated like an asteroid hurtling towards us that no one caused and no one can stop

jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d ago

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.
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 6d ago

A very serious Rural Politico once told me "Dems have to go to farmer meetings! We gotta be where the people are!" I was in fact in a farmer meeting at that very moment! So I live-texted him the meeting. They were complaining that they want indentured workers that they don't have to pay or feed.

Lucas Tieman@lucastieman.bsky.social · 6d ago

There would be more pushback if folks left of center were more serious about outreach. But folks aren't despite the fact that our system does give disproportionate power to rural areas. But instead of taking that as the rules of the game as it exists, and actually organizing, we complain about it.