Molly McArdle
@mollymcardle.bsky.social
Updates Editor, Food & Wine. Once: editor in chief, @roadmapbyallma.bsky.social. (RIP)
As one of its makers, looking at BKMag's 2015 Brooklyn 100 list again is a real brain-melting experience.
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
Library friends (📚📜): I'm seeking examples of digitized books where the "cover image"/first image of the work poorly represents the contents — e.g. maybe there's boring cloth binding that shows as the first image, hiding something like Audubon illustrations just a bit deeper inside. Any examples?
One thing I can't stop thinking about in the Nathan Fielder/Elizabeth Holmes trailer is that she is bouncing her baby in the Baby Bjorn seat with her foot for what appears to be the entire scene.
Happy 60th birthday, Star Trek! One of my favorite pieces ever to report was on the 50th (for @gqmagazine.bsky.social), a whopping 10 whole years ago: www.gq.com/story/this-i...
This Is How Star Trek Invented Fandom
As Star Trek celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in Las Vegas, it also commemorates the origins of modern fan culture.
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We're doing an event September 15 with the brilliant Julia Stoyanovich of NYU, who is trying to get all these bots under control. NYC, free, snacks! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_S... luma.com/aboard-qmfz
Who’s Responsible for AI? A conversation with Julia Stoyanovich and Paul Ford · Luma
Join Aboard for a conversation with Dr. Julia Stoyanovich, NYU professor and director of the Center for Responsible AI, about what it means to build and use AI…
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I also highly recommend @kaytiburt.bsky.social's reporting on the AI in fic situation! We've put it in front of the paywall, so I hope lots more folks give it a read or listen:
Heated Rivalry is at the Center of Fanfic’s AI Reckoning
A controversial anonymous document exposing Claude remnants in fics has collided with a fandom culture of production at hyper-speed.
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WELL. If you wondered why I had zero things to say about the NYT piece on the HR AI fic situation last month...I had zero things to say publicly then. 🥲 Thank you to everyone who discussed this situation with me and read a draft of this. I tried my best to illustrate these longstanding dynamics:
Lessons From a Heated Media Rivalry
How we learned that the New York Times has a Fansplaining account.
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Museum/library/metadata peeps—we're doing an “AI Comes to the Museum” event at our office in NYC August 18—nice folks and snacks, all talking about: The cultural commons, approaching things carefully, projects that work, things to watch out for, subjects of that nature. luma.com/aboard-77hq
AI comes to the museum · Luma
Join Aboard for a conversation with Hélène Alonso of WonderWay, Spencer Kiser of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Danny Reynolds of the Museum of Modern Art…
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New York City's hottest club is Aboard's Office Hours event with @hadro.bsky.social and @ftrain.bsky.social: luma.com/aboard-p9g1 (Is there anything better than a library party?)
Databases for the People: How to use AI to unlock library archives · Luma
Join Aboard for a night of conversation with Josh Hadro, acting chief of the Library of Congress Digital Innovation Division, as he discusses an…
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Dream event! I’ll be talking about my Directory Pipeline work, and some of the projects my data extraction tools have enabled — it will be fun, I promise
Paul Ford@ftrain.com · 3mo agoLibrary-focused event next week @ the Aboard office, featuring @hadro.bsky.social, regarding the intersection of The Most Forbidden Subject (LLM-based AI) and The Most Beloved Subject (librarianship and open access). Free, open, friendly, snacks. luma.com/aboard-p9g1
Library-focused event next week @ the Aboard office, featuring @hadro.bsky.social, regarding the intersection of The Most Forbidden Subject (LLM-based AI) and The Most Beloved Subject (librarianship and open access). Free, open, friendly, snacks. luma.com/aboard-p9g1
Databases for the People: How to use AI to unlock library archives · Luma
Join Aboard for a night of conversation with Josh Hadro, acting chief of the Library of Congress Digital Innovation Division, as he discusses an…
luma.com
Just a normal Friday afternoon in July thinking about Chrestomanci's dressing gowns.
I'm so proud of all the work we've put out in our first month, and SO grateful for everyone who's subscribed so far. We have a ton of amazing stuff in the pipeline—please help us pay these folks for their expertise!! 💞
Fansplaining@fansplaining.bsky.social · 4mo ago🎉 One month of Fansplaining 2.0! 🎉 We launched on April 29th, and what a whirlwind it's been! Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who's supported the project so far. We genuinely could not get off the ground without this early support. Since we launched, we've published some incredible writing:
I have been waiting for this piece for a long time… and it’s worth it!!!
Elizabeth Minkel@elizabethminkel.bsky.social · 5mo agoVery excited to get this one out in the world. I wrote about themes of failure in fictional tech shows vs the real-life industry—and how those read onscreen now that tech has clearly decided they're done failing. With a focus on Halt and Catch Fire, Silicon Valley, and new AMC drama The Audacity:
Very proud of what my friend @elizabethminkel.bsky.social has made! There’s no one from whom I’d rather learn about fandom. I can’t wait to read this.
Fansplaining@fansplaining.bsky.social · 5mo ago🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 WE'RE LIVE!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I am so proud of my friend Liz. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/e...
Ex-teacher at DC's Duke Ellington School sentenced to 16 years after sex abuse conviction
A former teacher at D.C.’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison Friday. Mark Williams was convicted in February of sexually abusing a former student in about 2...
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COYOTE@coyotemedia.org · 6mo agoApril 9 is #LocalNewsDay! Bay Area alt-weekly journalism shouldn’t just be something we’re nostalgic for — it should be thriving, pulsating, alive!! So for today only, you can get your first month of COYOTE for only $4 (usually $8). 👉 www.coyotemedia.org/local-news-day — offer ends April 10.
Subscribed! So many subscription options, so if you’re not sure you can afford this, go take a look.
Rahawa Haile@rahawahaile.bsky.social · 7mo agoWriters of Bsky: Scratch is back! This time as a weekly newsletter/blog about how writers are surviving ~these times~, run by me, @manjula.bsky.social, @maggiemertens.bsky.social, and @latriagraham.bsky.social. You can read more about why/what that means in our announcement post below.
subscriptions to COYOTE have slowed down by a LOT. and yes, I’m worried, but I also know that people are generally terrified out there. I’m just glad we’re still committed to giving people the knowhow to survive. stories like this one will be free to read forever www.coyotemedia.org/i-hosted-a-m...
First Aid Kit: I Hosted a Mutual Aid Swap in My Backyard. So Can You!
It’s time to stop waiting around for those in power to save us. We, the people, can get everyone’s basic needs met.
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