Looking forward to launching this new @sdsulibrary.bsky.social Faculty Grant program as part of a broader set of new data-informed and sustainable collection strategies library.sdsu.edu/news/2026/fa...

True @laloalcaraz.bsky.social www.gocomics.com/lacucaracha/...

La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for August 4, 2026 | GoComics

Read La Cucaracha—a comic strip by creator Lalo Alcaraz—for today, August 4, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!

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“It doesn’t matter if it’s your first Pokémon or your thousandth Pokémon, that little click of the Pokéball will always bring you joy.” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

‘The language of Pokémon is universal’: why fans are still catching ‘em all after 30 years

As Pokémon Go celebrates its 10th anniversary, its devoted players explain how the game has created a vibrant intergenerational community spanning the globe

theguardian.com

Hey, friends, wanna do me a big favor? If you're still on Instagram, please like and share this thing so we can defeat the algo and get it seen! Thank you!!! www.instagram.com/p/DbgFHLxRR1p/

Greg Pak on Instagram: "Hey, friends! I put my big face in a video like the kids do because "A.i." in education is HORRIBLY DESTRUCTIVE and DANGEROUS FOR KIDS! Time to join the @aim_coalition_nyc and...

65 likes, 2 comments - gregpaknet on August 1, 2026: "Hey, friends! I put my big face in a video like the kids do because "A.i." in education is HORRIBLY DESTRUCTIVE and DANGEROUS FOR KIDS! Time to j...

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Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 4d ago

Hey, friends! I put my big face in a video like the kids do! Time to join the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social and tell @mayor.nyc.gov to enact a moratorium on "A.i." in the schools! Please share - and please tell the mayor you want a moratorium! www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

Dang! This was one of the best Marvel shows in years - just one more poor choice by the folks currently residing in the "House of Ideas" @ew.com ew.com/wonder-man-c...

‘Wonder Man’ canceled 4 months after Marvel’s season 2 renewal

Disney+’s ‘Wonder Man’ has been surprisingly canceled 4 months after Marvel’s season 2 renewal.

ew.com

“This is only going to deter other scientific experts from public service” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Fauci invokes fifth amendment and declines to testify in Senate Covid hearing

Adviser to Trump and Biden for pandemic says Republican senator has ‘unhinged obsession’ with him

theguardian.com

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

“It has nothing convincing to say … [and] lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth” - but, other than that, a good movie? @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this’: Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster

Wilson, whose work on Homer’s epic was praised by Nolan, said his film was grandiose and superficial with ‘nothing convincing to say’

theguardian.com

High-quality media preservation content @japantimes.co.jp www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026...

Inside Toho Archive’s mission to save Japan’s cinematic memory

Formed in 2023 as the direct successor to a film processing lab, Toho Archive is at the forefront of preserving Japan’s cinematic heritage.

japantimes.co.jp

The Percy Jackson off-site at San Diego Comic-Con is asking questions equally relevant to the story as they are to politics in the U.S.

As always @robertloerzel.bsky.social understands the implications of loss of access to historical materials. Thanks, Robert!

Chicago magazine@chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 2w ago

At a time when dubious information runs rampant, we need more — not less — access to our history.

Listen to @jonathaneig.bsky.social and join us in the fight for our past by fighting for the future of the National Archives (and the Smithsonian Institution, and the Library of Congress, while we’re at it) www.chicagoarchivists.org/news/13656330

They may be illegal, but we love them @sandiegouniontribune.com www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/07/21/c...

Colorful (and illegal) Comic-Con building wraps take over downtown San Diego

“I like to see how everyone goes all out,” said one passerby.

sandiegouniontribune.com

This is a great read, and it's also a lesson. This is what everyone could be doing, at every level. This is the possibility open to every one of us, while every single cry of "we had no choice" was and is a cowardly lie.

Kyle Goon@kylegoon.bsky.social · 2w ago

In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...

It's another big year at San Diego Comic-Con for @comicsatsdsu.bsky.social comics.sdsu.edu/comic-con-2026

It’s one of the best weeks of the year in San Diego and always the right time to remember the King

“the experts identified ten key societal challenges … where libraries across Europe are taking local responsibility to address the needs of their communities” (note: also true in the U.S.) culture.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/ne...

New EU report: the multiple roles of public libraries should be recognised and reinforced

Investing in public libraries benefits society and democracy in the long run, study finds.

culture.ec.europa.eu

“the liberal arts cultivate resilience, adaptability, critical thinking, and ethical discernment— attributes which appreciate over a lifetime and automation cannot replicate.” @scrippscollege.bsky.social www.scrippscollege.edu/news/magazin...

Why the Liberal Arts Matter Now More Than Ever | Scripps College in Claremont, California

Two Scripps faculty members write in defense of the liberal arts.

scrippscollege.edu

Made the trip up to ArtSpace LA to catch the #DeliciousinDungeonLA exhibit and it is an absolute blast

“Thirty-five per cent felt their supervisors did not make time for frank conversations about their future careers and only 27 per cent thought their supervisors had useful advice for careers in other sectors.” @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/phd-stu...

PhD students ‘lack support for careers outside academia’

Universities urged to reassess how they provide professional development amid shift away from academic jobs

timeshighereducation.com

Should the word in the headline be “still” or “ever”?

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w ago

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com The words of the Constitution “mean little if members of Congress do not stand up to dangerous presidential power grabs,” the editorial board writes about Todd Blanche’s impending confirmation hearing to lead the Justice Department.

The fight for our libraries and for intellectual freedom is just as real in California as in other states that we call out more frequently @fresnoland.bsky.social fresnoland.org/2026/06/26/a...

Fresno County to study privatizing its libraries

After debating LGBTQ materials at the Fresno County library, county officials are studying cost saving from a switch to private management.

fresnoland.org

Another giant of comics has left us. From 1965 to 1990, Oliphant was THE dominant political cartoonist in the US (even though he was an Aussie). A generational talent. A complicated guy. Often problematic, often brilliant, always scathing and funny.

Pat Oliphant, Cartoonist Who Skewered the Powerful, Dies at 90 (Gift Article)

The winner of countless awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, he was described in 1990 as “the most influential political cartoonist now working.”

nytimes.com

Today is the last day for public comments! 🚨

Karin Wulf@kawulf.bsky.social · 4w ago

Public conversation about the OMB proposal has focused on science, but make no mistake: this is about ALL research and humanities are just as vulnerable. I'm back @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social w historian & @historians.org exec director Sarah Weicksel. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/07/10/t...

I had to dig up the USA Today story tracking the quotation www.usatoday.com/story/news/f...

Fact check: Clarence Darrow, not Mark Twain, said quote about enjoying some obituaries

The quote "I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure" is misattribute to Mark Twain. Clarence Darrow said it.

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Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · 3w ago

PSA Darrow said it, not Twain. It wears perfectly no matter who said it first, though!

Note to the Field Museum, I 100% would have bought “Windy City Ball” merch in addition to this cookie had it been on offer during Pokemon Fossil Museum

The new One Piece trade dropped yesterday and we have a new hero

“Emphatically no.” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US appeals court strikes down key part of Florida law restricting campus race and gender discussions

Ron DeSantis’s Stop Woke Act suffers another legal setback, with the state accused of ‘puppeteering’

theguardian.com

The Chicago National Archives closure will be a loss for historians and researchers — even deep-sea divers. blockclubchi.co/4papGdE

The inevitable sequel to the attack on the Library of Congress. The fight for our future begins with our readiness to fight for honest inquiry into our past

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.

Breaking news: A new 162-page report from the White House, titled “Saving America’s Story,” accuses the Smithsonian‘s National Museum of American History of “extreme political activism” and blames museum leaders for erasing America’s heritage.