anna claire weber
@annaclaireweber.bsky.social
She/her. Marketing & communications at Words Without Borders. Formerly events director at White Whale Bookstore in Pittsburgh. Writes occasionally (not enough!). Yells about books (often!). Frit Flagey over Barrière.
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In 2013, Whole Foods workers in Chicago staged a “Strikesgiving” walkout to demand Thanksgiving off.
A year later, they won: no more mandatory shifts, voluntary sign-ups, and double pay for those who work.
Proof that organizing works.
inthesetimes.com/article/want...
A year later, they won: no more mandatory shifts, voluntary sign-ups, and double pay for those who work.
Proof that organizing works.
inthesetimes.com/article/want...
November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In 2013, Whole Foods workers in Chicago staged a “Strikesgiving” walkout to demand Thanksgiving off.
A year later, they won: no more mandatory shifts, voluntary sign-ups, and double pay for those who work.
Proof that organizing works.
inthesetimes.com/article/want...
A year later, they won: no more mandatory shifts, voluntary sign-ups, and double pay for those who work.
Proof that organizing works.
inthesetimes.com/article/want...
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The Chotiner
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The Chotiner is out
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The Chotiner is out
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The Chotiner
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The Chotiner is out
He destroyed his cage
Yes
YES
The Chotiner is out
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I keep coming back to this
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I keep coming back to this
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It is a sobering thought to realize that we're watching the leaders of American universities determine whether critical thinking-- and by extension, the #humanities --are still worthwhile investments.
Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It is a sobering thought to realize that we're watching the leaders of American universities determine whether critical thinking-- and by extension, the #humanities --are still worthwhile investments.
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We need it. Not only are the classes full, but also concert halls, libraries - we've gone to a bunch of classical concerts this year as an antidote to despair and guess what - they are full. They were not as full before, but they are now.
"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We need it. Not only are the classes full, but also concert halls, libraries - we've gone to a bunch of classical concerts this year as an antidote to despair and guess what - they are full. They were not as full before, but they are now.
"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
"Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.
Been peer-pressuring everyone I know to read SKYDADDY for the last few months and no one has regretted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Been peer-pressuring everyone I know to read SKYDADDY for the last few months and no one has regretted it
Are any of us even able to work today with the Cloudflare outage?
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Are any of us even able to work today with the Cloudflare outage?
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Happy ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME day! Let's stay here forever 💙
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Happy ON THE CALCULATION OF VOLUME day! Let's stay here forever 💙
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Finally started this series today, because obviously I did — very much enjoying and wondering kind of idly (and I suppose rhetorically) why these books aren't in the genre-awards conversation, as they're unequivocally speculative!
Most stories in the time-loop genre build to a moment of escape. “On the Calculation of Volume” imagines a woman making a life inside an infinitely repeating November 18th. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/17/on-the-calculation-of-volume-solvej-balle-book-review
Solvej Balle’s Novels Rewire the Time Loop
Most stories in the genre build to a moment of escape. “On the Calculation of Volume” imagines a woman making a life inside an infinitely repeating November 18th.
www.newyorker.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Finally started this series today, because obviously I did — very much enjoying and wondering kind of idly (and I suppose rhetorically) why these books aren't in the genre-awards conversation, as they're unequivocally speculative!
Anyway I better not see any of you in the B&N in East Liberty
(I won't because I also won't be in there)
(I won't because I also won't be in there)
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Anyway I better not see any of you in the B&N in East Liberty
(I won't because I also won't be in there)
(I won't because I also won't be in there)
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It will never not shock me, the number of self-pub writers (many of them white) who seem to believe that they are owed something by bookstores, booksellers, readers, etc.
(I want to say worse things, but shall be responsible on main.)
(I want to say worse things, but shall be responsible on main.)
Self-pub writers (many of them white) on threads are fully co-opting the language of marginalization and I think we all need to recognize how gross it is.
September 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It will never not shock me, the number of self-pub writers (many of them white) who seem to believe that they are owed something by bookstores, booksellers, readers, etc.
(I want to say worse things, but shall be responsible on main.)
(I want to say worse things, but shall be responsible on main.)
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I think this is the best summary of written of it to date.
September 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I think this is the best summary of written of it to date.
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The real cure to male loneliness is earnestly giving a shit about literally anything other than being a vague centrist troll
It feels like this is becoming a more common mass shooter profile: Someone who's interested in politics but not as a vehicle to express clear values or a coherent viewpoint. He just wants to mock anyone who takes it seriously.
September 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The real cure to male loneliness is earnestly giving a shit about literally anything other than being a vague centrist troll
In case you needed more reasons not to support The Str*nd (all love to the workers and the union, of course). This is so awful to read.
September 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In case you needed more reasons not to support The Str*nd (all love to the workers and the union, of course). This is so awful to read.
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my husband worked at the Strand for a few years after college and let me tell you, I’m inclined to believe every bad thing I hear about our girl Nancy
September 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
my husband worked at the Strand for a few years after college and let me tell you, I’m inclined to believe every bad thing I hear about our girl Nancy
Going out of town this week and have apparently decided to only pack very large books (I have THE LACK OF LIGHT by Nino Haratischwili, tr. Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, and JONATHAN STRANGE on the way from the library)
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Going out of town this week and have apparently decided to only pack very large books (I have THE LACK OF LIGHT by Nino Haratischwili, tr. Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, and JONATHAN STRANGE on the way from the library)
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To authors thinking of using AI to translate their books instead of hiring a human translator: I strongly recommend you read this excellent article by @averyudagawa.bsky.social on the #SCBWI blog:
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/ai-w...
#KidLit #Translation
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/ai-w...
#KidLit #Translation
AI, World Kid Lit Month, and #scbwiSummer25
Happy World Kid Lit Month! Since 2016, September has been a time of highlighting international children’s and young adult literature. It's a...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
To authors thinking of using AI to translate their books instead of hiring a human translator: I strongly recommend you read this excellent article by @averyudagawa.bsky.social on the #SCBWI blog:
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/ai-w...
#KidLit #Translation
scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/09/ai-w...
#KidLit #Translation
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"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
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This citizen and vet was grabbed by immigration agents--and held for three days
He wasn't allowed to contact anyone, not his lawyer, not his family
"No one told me what I was there for. I thought I was gonna just disappear and never see my fucking kids again"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
He wasn't allowed to contact anyone, not his lawyer, not his family
"No one told me what I was there for. I thought I was gonna just disappear and never see my fucking kids again"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This citizen and vet was grabbed by immigration agents--and held for three days
He wasn't allowed to contact anyone, not his lawyer, not his family
"No one told me what I was there for. I thought I was gonna just disappear and never see my fucking kids again"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
He wasn't allowed to contact anyone, not his lawyer, not his family
"No one told me what I was there for. I thought I was gonna just disappear and never see my fucking kids again"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Ezra Klein isn’t theorizing Charlie Kirk. He is theorizing politics. And he is saying that Charlie Kirk’s brand of white supremacy was a good way of doing politics.
I hope you all recognize now that Ezra is a total fucking ghoul
I hope you all recognize now that Ezra is a total fucking ghoul
September 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Ezra Klein isn’t theorizing Charlie Kirk. He is theorizing politics. And he is saying that Charlie Kirk’s brand of white supremacy was a good way of doing politics.
I hope you all recognize now that Ezra is a total fucking ghoul
I hope you all recognize now that Ezra is a total fucking ghoul
This was wild to hear in real time
NPR’s Michele Martin’s interview of CPAC’s Matt Schlapp this morning is a must listen as he slowly melts down, Michele calmly ends the interview and cutting the audio while Schlapp continues to yell louder and louder and says “I see why you were defunded!”. The audio isn’t available yet
September 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This was wild to hear in real time
Bright light of my day is that my older sister went to the public hearing about the Coney Island development last night (she is against, ofc) and and her comment slayed
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Bright light of my day is that my older sister went to the public hearing about the Coney Island development last night (she is against, ofc) and and her comment slayed
Friends don't let friends purchase an investment property that is riddled with issues! If you or someone you know are considering this pleeeeeeeeeease ask me for details first lol
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5511 Dunkirk St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 | MLS #1720534 | Zillow
This is a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, Multiple Occupancy home. It is located at 5511 Dunkirk St, Pittsburgh, PA.
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September 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Friends don't let friends purchase an investment property that is riddled with issues! If you or someone you know are considering this pleeeeeeeeeease ask me for details first lol
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...