Angela Washington
@amwashington.bsky.social
Assistant Museum Librarian @metmuseum | acquisitions, management, critlib | Art, history, pop culture | Bronx Girl, manga fan, knitter.
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Bronx left out of MTA's plan to fix NYC subway signals https://gothamist.com/news/bronx-left-out-of-mtas-plan-to-fix-nyc-subway-signals
Bronx left out of MTA's plan to fix NYC subway signals
The MTA plans to modernize subway signals in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, but not the Bronx.
The MTA has since 2020 approved more than $10 billion for subway signal upgrades. Not a dollar of that money will go towards infrastructure in the Bronx. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Bronx left out of MTA's plan to fix NYC subway signals https://gothamist.com/news/bronx-left-out-of-mtas-plan-to-fix-nyc-subway-signals
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Do you follow baseball? Do you not follow baseball? It does not matter. Please listen to Phillies announcer John Kruk, with the team up by ten runs and not much happening, talking about what he learned at the Franklin Institute. You will not be sorry.
August 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Do you follow baseball? Do you not follow baseball? It does not matter. Please listen to Phillies announcer John Kruk, with the team up by ten runs and not much happening, talking about what he learned at the Franklin Institute. You will not be sorry.
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I try really hard not to judge people‘s preferences and abilities. Just because I like reading books does mean everybody has to like reading books. Although that is what I want. But I’m just wondering if you don’t like books enough to have bought any why do you want them in your house?
"It’s never been easier to build an impressive-looking library, especially if you’re mostly interested in the colour and size of your books. Is this necessarily a bad thing?"
Yes. It says you're shallow, ignorant, too lazy to do anything about either, and too stupid to realise how obvious you are.
Yes. It says you're shallow, ignorant, too lazy to do anything about either, and too stupid to realise how obvious you are.
‘Look how well-read I am!’ How ‘books by the metre’ add the final touch to your home – or your image
It’s never been easier to build an impressive-looking library, especially if you’re mostly interested in the colour and size of your books. Is this necessarily a bad thing?
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I try really hard not to judge people‘s preferences and abilities. Just because I like reading books does mean everybody has to like reading books. Although that is what I want. But I’m just wondering if you don’t like books enough to have bought any why do you want them in your house?
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Digital photography and social media have turned the world into a cornucopia of boundless experiences. Museumgoers increasingly regard the work in art museums as an accoutrement to their existence, their world. All this old stuff lying about is only there to serve their self-absorption. Say cheese!
Enough With the Selfies; Look at the Art
Museum guard Dereck Stafford Mangus urges museumgoers to put their phones down, just for a minute.
hyperallergic.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Digital photography and social media have turned the world into a cornucopia of boundless experiences. Museumgoers increasingly regard the work in art museums as an accoutrement to their existence, their world. All this old stuff lying about is only there to serve their self-absorption. Say cheese!
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Gov. Kathy Hochul says “the charges have been dropped” against Brad Lander.
June 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Gov. Kathy Hochul says “the charges have been dropped” against Brad Lander.
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New Yorkers: If you haven't settled on your five candidates to rank for mayor, here's a simple metric to use:
Rank the guy who was wrongly arrested for attempting to protect an immigrant from ICE, and the four people running against him who showed up to demand his release.
Rank the guy who was wrongly arrested for attempting to protect an immigrant from ICE, and the four people running against him who showed up to demand his release.
In contrast, at least FOUR of Lander's other opponents in the mayoral race—Zohran Mamdani, Adrienne Adams, Scott Stringer, and Michael Blake—have showed up to support Lander at the site where he was arrested.
June 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New Yorkers: If you haven't settled on your five candidates to rank for mayor, here's a simple metric to use:
Rank the guy who was wrongly arrested for attempting to protect an immigrant from ICE, and the four people running against him who showed up to demand his release.
Rank the guy who was wrongly arrested for attempting to protect an immigrant from ICE, and the four people running against him who showed up to demand his release.
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"A reporter from @thecity.nyc had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, 'Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?'"
Brad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents Inside Immigration Court
The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.
www.thecity.nyc
June 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"A reporter from @thecity.nyc had overheard one agent say to another minutes before Lander’s arrest, 'Do you want to arrest the Comptroller?'"
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Smithsonian board to keep institution 'free from political or partisan influence' 📜
www.npr.org/2025/06/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/10/n...
Smithsonian board to keep institution 'free from political or partisan influence'
The Smithsonian has issued a statement supporting Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch following President Trump's claim that he fired the director of the National Portrait Gallery.
www.npr.org
June 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Smithsonian board to keep institution 'free from political or partisan influence' 📜
www.npr.org/2025/06/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/10/n...
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Biggest surprise of the mayoral debate so far:
Am I going to rank…Michael Blake?
Am I going to rank…Michael Blake?
June 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Biggest surprise of the mayoral debate so far:
Am I going to rank…Michael Blake?
Am I going to rank…Michael Blake?
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🎉 Our May piece is live! 🎉 And it's an exciting one—rather than our usual fandom reporting, we've got a virtual tour of a recent fannish art exhibit, "I came to ruin you: The Collecting Practices of K-pop Fandoms," with expanded text from co-curators (and K-pop fans) @reeraw.bsky.social and Bo Shin:
I Came to Ruin You: The Collecting Practices of K-Pop Fandoms — Fansplaining
From photo cards to video art installations, a tour through a recent exhibition showcasing K-pop fans’ communal creativity and cross-cultural exchanges.
www.fansplaining.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🎉 Our May piece is live! 🎉 And it's an exciting one—rather than our usual fandom reporting, we've got a virtual tour of a recent fannish art exhibit, "I came to ruin you: The Collecting Practices of K-pop Fandoms," with expanded text from co-curators (and K-pop fans) @reeraw.bsky.social and Bo Shin:
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This would be about 100000 times more useful than finding some clown with a YT channel and force feeding him money till it pours our every orifice and still does bugger all for the party
Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
NEWS:
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
May 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This would be about 100000 times more useful than finding some clown with a YT channel and force feeding him money till it pours our every orifice and still does bugger all for the party
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This writer just punched his career hard in the face, all for an article that he could have written in ten minutes simply by summarizing jacket copy.
(Also, given the "AI"-generated errors in other articles in the insert he produced, he's, shall we saying, overrepresenting how carefully he checks)
(Also, given the "AI"-generated errors in other articles in the insert he produced, he's, shall we saying, overrepresenting how carefully he checks)
"'"I do use AI for background at times but always check out the material first. This time, I did not and I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses,'" Buscaglia said."
1)THIS IS NOT BACKGROUND! THIS IS MAKING UP ENTIRE BOOKS! WHICH ARE THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE ARTICLE!
1)THIS IS NOT BACKGROUND! THIS IS MAKING UP ENTIRE BOOKS! WHICH ARE THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE ARTICLE!
Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books
Reading list in advertorial supplement contains 66% made up books by real authors.
arstechnica.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This writer just punched his career hard in the face, all for an article that he could have written in ten minutes simply by summarizing jacket copy.
(Also, given the "AI"-generated errors in other articles in the insert he produced, he's, shall we saying, overrepresenting how carefully he checks)
(Also, given the "AI"-generated errors in other articles in the insert he produced, he's, shall we saying, overrepresenting how carefully he checks)
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This likely AI-hallucinated reading list is part of a ~60-page summer supplement, and in an initial spot-check, I'm having trouble confirming any of the quotes. But it's all such transparent filler that I can't help feeling sympathy for the lone freelancer apparently saddled with producing it.
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This likely AI-hallucinated reading list is part of a ~60-page summer supplement, and in an initial spot-check, I'm having trouble confirming any of the quotes. But it's all such transparent filler that I can't help feeling sympathy for the lone freelancer apparently saddled with producing it.
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I said I would paint another one—a pulp scifi cover for Murderbot on Apple TV! Based on the novels by @marthawells.com 🪐
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I said I would paint another one—a pulp scifi cover for Murderbot on Apple TV! Based on the novels by @marthawells.com 🪐
This is wild.
Massive sail ship just hit the Brooklyn Bridge trying to go under it 😳
May 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is wild.
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Might note that this doesn't seem like it's a thing he can actually do and it's like a random person coming to your job and firing you only it's the president
BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.
bit.ly
May 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Might note that this doesn't seem like it's a thing he can actually do and it's like a random person coming to your job and firing you only it's the president
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke pours from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.
May 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke pours from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.
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They’ve still got their fastball when they feel like it
May 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
They’ve still got their fastball when they feel like it
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"The Rose of Versailles" movie by MAPPA is now streaming on Netflix.
April 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"The Rose of Versailles" movie by MAPPA is now streaming on Netflix.
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Why not just…library?
It’s not normal, it’s not acceptable, you’re just an asshole who doesn’t care about harming authors. Fuck you.
April 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Why not just…library?
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Same, Bluesky, same
Bluesky is having an up and down Tuesday morning
Bluesky is having an up and down Tuesday morning
Unless you’re self-hosted, maybe.
buff.ly
April 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Same, Bluesky, same
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30 Women and 1 Man: A Brief History of the Library School at NYPL | The New York Public Library 📚
www.nypl.org/blog/2025/04...
www.nypl.org/blog/2025/04...
30 Women and 1 Man: A Brief History of the Library School at NYPL | The New York Public Library
An exploration of the Library School at NYPL (1911–1926) where "pupils could learn by doing."
www.nypl.org
April 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
30 Women and 1 Man: A Brief History of the Library School at NYPL | The New York Public Library 📚
www.nypl.org/blog/2025/04...
www.nypl.org/blog/2025/04...