Amy

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librarian | Cleveland | Ohio U. Scripps journalism alum | she/her/hers | GenX | #Crew96 | I will still boo Michael Bradley when he coaches RBNY

Playing through winter weather was a primary concern for the MLS calendar switch, particularly for northern teams. But heat index will hit 110º for tomorrow's Nashville–Miami match. This is bad for fans and objectively much more dangerous for players than the cold. Fewer games in this is good.

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SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that.

"GenX possesses something increasingly valuable in modern America: a point of comparison. We know what the country looked like before the digital revolution transformed everything. We remember when friendships were maintained w/o apps, when news orgs had gatekeepers." spectator.org/a-defense-of...

A Defense of Generation X As Its Moment Approaches – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

I was on A.J. Rice’s Dangerous Laughter podcast recently, and we got into a discussion about Generation X. Actually, that’s not quite right. I’ll explain in a minute. What brought on the subject was t...

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I am still of the mind that for the sake of player safety we should forfeit games in Charlotte. That place is cursed and is nothing but a hellscape on player health. #crew96 In other words, who do you think we are going to lose for a period of time because of that field?

Today's score predictions: Nicole: 4-0 Crew Kali: 3-1 Crew Abby: 2-1 Crew Ryan: 1-0 Crew Joey: 3-1 Crew. Red card. Space station VAR review. 1 blown knee. Carly: 2-1 Crew Chris: 2-1 Charlotte. Derrick Jones red card. 1 season ending injury. Caroline: 1-1. Rudy Camacho own goal. VAMOS #Crew96

bargained for 6.5 hours on a Friday night. it’s a good feeling when your coworkers have your back and appreciate your efforts to make things better for everyone 💪🏼

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management: mandates all staff to sit through training that begins with "The most important asset of any library goes home at night". also management: no you cannot have a living wage are u crazy

If you’re voting by absentee by mail, please consider doing as absolutely quickly as you can. In Ohio, if you send in your application now, your local BOE will mail you your ballot on 10/6. If you mail it back right away, they’ll tell you if it’s accepted & you’ll have ~3 weeks to correct mistakes.

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AkivaMCohen@akivamcohen.bsky.social · 6d ago

Also, "these statistics show that roughly 3% of ballots are rejected over this" is definitionally enough to create standing based on likely future injury.

I emailed a library asking for a small but annoying favour, and they did me a big favour and it's provided absolutely crucial data for a new project and publication, and slopAI could never and yay for humans, and librarians and archivists in particular.