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Does he think people who are anti ai enjoy using ai????
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterdayGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
There is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
"If something is dead, then you have no choice but to buy the new products or buy-in to the new technologies."
Tart of Darkness@theinfophile.bsky.social · 3d agoNew newsletter is up material-materials.beehiiv.com/p/material-m...
If you're still on Substack, you're helping platform fascists and their enthusiastic minions, such as Bari Weiss, whom they actively partnered with just before her move to CBS. Go check out @buttondown.com and @ghost.org instead. You can even migrate yours subscribers and subscriptions!
s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 3d agoWhat if instead of starting substacks in twenty-fucking-twenty-six people learned to give one iota of a fuck about whether they want to associate themselves with nazis.
What if instead of starting substacks in twenty-fucking-twenty-six people learned to give one iota of a fuck about whether they want to associate themselves with nazis.
This is INCREDIBLY HELPFUL! Please share!
jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d agoI 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
This is TERRIBLE news, y'all.
Arkansas Right to Read@arrighttoread.bsky.social · 6d agoWe've been quiet for a while, as things were in a holding pattern in the state. Unfortunately, today that ended. Librarians in Arkansas are now beholden to Act 372, one of the worst library laws to ever hit the books. To read today's ruling: www.nwahomepage.com/news/state-n...
Tattoo it, if you must. But move with this understanding.
Molly Crabapple@mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 6d ago99% of the time, when someone accuses you of selective outrage, it’s a way of politically demobilizing you and shutting you up “Why are you angry about data centers instead of fast fashion” isn’t about making you care about fast fashion. It’s about shutting you up about data centers And visa versa
They claim the stories are hosted with author consent, but that seems to be a flat out lie. They also tell authors to contact them for removal, but there is no contact on the site, no email or form.
Beth Cato@bethcato.bsky.social · 6d agoHey! If you were published at Daily Science Fiction, be aware that a site called Science Fiction Weekly has stolen the entire story database & posted it on their site. All of my DSF stories are there without my permission. sciencefictionweekly.com
mildly funny that X is having blazing rows about Nolan’s Odyssey because he cast black people in it and Bluesky is having blazing rows about whether a noted Homeric translator’s LRB review of it misses the point or not
BREAKING: Clive Davis, the music impresario who launched the careers of Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys and many other stars, dies at 94.
Clive Davis, music industry starmaker, has died at 94
Clive Davis, who rose from a job as a record company lawyer to become one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, has died at the age of 94.
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"Did you get that photo of Sting reading a book?" "Sure did, boss. Real cunty vampire, just like you asked."
Kendra James@kendrajames.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe American Library Association is auctioning off a bunch of the classic celebrity “READ” posters along with a bunch of other full sized literacy posters. This is going to fix so many of my problems, I just know it. movieposters.ha.com/c/search/res...
Like nobody should die on the streets like this but the fact that Disney makes billions with a capital B off a franchise she was part of the inception of and she passed away like this is fucking beyond comprehension
Maya Media@mayamedia.bsky.social · 2mo ago💔💔 Daveigh Chase, star of ‘The Ring’ and the voice of Lilo in Disney’s ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ dies at 35. She was homeless and living in Los Angeles near the hospital where she died, the Los Angeles General Medical Center, according to her father www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
If it seems like the ALA conference is heavy on boosters and light on critics, it's maybe bc they rejected all the critics
Rain@simplyrain.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur panel critical of AI in school libraries was rejected.
One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?
This is how I've felt for a while. It's this weird thing where I am feeling better about the long range outlook for this country but increasingly stressed about figuring out how to get us all there in one piece.
Micah@rincewind.run · 2mo agomy confidence that these people are going to lose is rising and my estimate of the amount of damage they are going to do on the way out, especially as they realize they're losing, is also rising
Member of @authorsabb.bsky.social @jerroldconnors.bsky.social came through in the best way and assembled this for us all! Know thine shitty bills!
If you are discoursing about the modernizing kid kit NYT piece , you are legally obligated to call your reps today bc there are like 5 FEDERAL book banning bills republicans are trying to advance at any given point in time
Preeti Chhibber@runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2mo agoTime to call your reps again bc they are inexplicably spending time on bullshit book banning bills!!! find your rep here: reps.fyi
“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries. For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..." fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...
Lament for the MIT Libraries - MIT Faculty Newsletter
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The next iteration of the EEDA Newsletter dropped today! Free resources and useful links as always. Email is now required to access 🤷🏾♀️ www.theinfophile.com/archive/eeda...
EEDA Miscellany
Hi friends! In case you missed it, I sent out a special issue of this newsletter earlier this week. Please be sure to read that to get caught up. Something...
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New episode today! Filling the Cup Differently: EEDA's Next Chapter Today we ask, “How do you know something is finished? How do you know you’re done? What's next?" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... eedapod.com/filling-the-...
Filling the Cup Differently: EEDA's Next Chapter
Podcast Episode · Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice · May 20 · 27m
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Yesterday at the plant nursery: Them: Are you moms or is mom present? Me: Both our moms are dead. Do we still get the discount? Them: No, moms have to be present. Me: ??????
Please preorder my next two picture books, perfect for the future scientist or absolute monkey in your family: Bathtime for Snowmonkeys: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/824982... What Do People Do in the Science Museum: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-do-pe...
Bathtime for Snow Monkeys by Maggie Tokuda-Hall: 9781536230895 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
From the critically acclaimed team behind Love in the Library comes a picture book written in haiku, offering a window into the serene and relaxing world of the snow monkeys of Nagano, Japan. Snow fa...
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Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · 3mo agoAuthor, bookseller, and publisher friends: Please keep posting your positive stories about selling books through Bluesky, and I'll package them up and show them to publishers so that we can get more book publishers and even more authors and book conversation here!