Michelle Lyons-McFarland
@biblioscholar.bsky.social
Lecturer @ CWRU. Cleveland is my adopted home. 18th-Century Brit Lit, composition, bibliography, material culture, digital humanities, book history, Charlotte Lennox. Knitter, gamer, reader, baker. Married, 2 sons, 2 stepsons, 3 dogs.
Our dog Noodle, excited about dinner time, shook his bed and spilled my nearly full glass of water neatly into my lap.
Noodle: Grrrroooowwwwooo!
Me: Aaaaah! Eeek Cold!
Husband: Use your words...
Me: ...
Husband: Use your words, hon.
Me: I can't, they're too wet!
#mybrain
Noodle: Grrrroooowwwwooo!
Me: Aaaaah! Eeek Cold!
Husband: Use your words...
Me: ...
Husband: Use your words, hon.
Me: I can't, they're too wet!
#mybrain
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Our dog Noodle, excited about dinner time, shook his bed and spilled my nearly full glass of water neatly into my lap.
Noodle: Grrrroooowwwwooo!
Me: Aaaaah! Eeek Cold!
Husband: Use your words...
Me: ...
Husband: Use your words, hon.
Me: I can't, they're too wet!
#mybrain
Noodle: Grrrroooowwwwooo!
Me: Aaaaah! Eeek Cold!
Husband: Use your words...
Me: ...
Husband: Use your words, hon.
Me: I can't, they're too wet!
#mybrain
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VOTE 🚨 share with everyone
It’s an off-year election tomorrow & wherever you live, there are important local races for mayor, school board, local referenda & more. some of those races might hold the key to the future of the Democratic Party & the country.
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It’s an off-year election tomorrow & wherever you live, there are important local races for mayor, school board, local referenda & more. some of those races might hold the key to the future of the Democratic Party & the country.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
VOTE 🚨 share with everyone
It’s an off-year election tomorrow & wherever you live, there are important local races for mayor, school board, local referenda & more. some of those races might hold the key to the future of the Democratic Party & the country.
iwillvote.com
It’s an off-year election tomorrow & wherever you live, there are important local races for mayor, school board, local referenda & more. some of those races might hold the key to the future of the Democratic Party & the country.
iwillvote.com
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon my works and -- *squee* omg puppy! Who's a good puppy. YOU are! Yes YOU Are!
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and thank you for your attention to this matter.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works for I have been trying to contact you about your car warranty.
November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon my works and -- *squee* omg puppy! Who's a good puppy. YOU are! Yes YOU Are!
And we've got the latest update of the Lennox Bibliography Project! lennoxbibliographyproject.com/2025/10/23/s...
State of the Project, October 2025
Letter K (c. 1523) Hans by nationalgalleryofart is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Greetings! This particular post is brought to you by the letter K (and about half of letter L). October is upon us ̵…
lennoxbibliographyproject.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
And we've got the latest update of the Lennox Bibliography Project! lennoxbibliographyproject.com/2025/10/23/s...
Recovering from booster shots for this year's viruses while on break. While I'm doing so, let me be clear: Nazis are terrible, you can't be a Nazi and a good person (some evils outweigh most everything) and you should watch Judgment at Nuremberg (Kramer 1961) if you are unsure about this in any way.
October 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Recovering from booster shots for this year's viruses while on break. While I'm doing so, let me be clear: Nazis are terrible, you can't be a Nazi and a good person (some evils outweigh most everything) and you should watch Judgment at Nuremberg (Kramer 1961) if you are unsure about this in any way.
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a tiny bit of good news is that we have secured funding to digitize john milton's copy of holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587).
the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.
the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.
![A close-up image of a handwritten note in a sixteenth-century book. The note reads: 'Spenser repor / teth otherwise / [o]f this Knight / [D]ialogue of Ire- / [la]nd / [p]. 76.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:glqdunvigi5zxowf6heik65g/bafkreigi4rz7omz3cell5pa7hlyceoxd4fxsjy2ynmcd37fozanjejhsry@jpeg)
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
a tiny bit of good news is that we have secured funding to digitize john milton's copy of holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587).
the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.
the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.
And I’m called up to work the November polls. It’s not a big election as these things go, but if the past decade taught us anything, it’s that every election counts.
October 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
And I’m called up to work the November polls. It’s not a big election as these things go, but if the past decade taught us anything, it’s that every election counts.
I got my bracelet from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social and I love it so much!
October 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I got my bracelet from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social and I love it so much!
Any Vancouver WA peeps on here? I have a friend looking to relocate up there, and I could use news, connections or suggestions. Thanks!
October 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Any Vancouver WA peeps on here? I have a friend looking to relocate up there, and I could use news, connections or suggestions. Thanks!
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SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
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October 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I have hit the mid-semester slump, except that I've been sort of in that slump since week 2. My students are great, everything is fine on a personal level, but I think the constant background radiation of worry from the ongoing hellscape is burning me out. I am TIRED, and I want everyone to be okay.
October 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I have hit the mid-semester slump, except that I've been sort of in that slump since week 2. My students are great, everything is fine on a personal level, but I think the constant background radiation of worry from the ongoing hellscape is burning me out. I am TIRED, and I want everyone to be okay.
I am unable to attend a No Kings rally on the 18th because I'm traveling to see my son, but if you can, it's super important to do so. That being said, if anywhere asks you to "register," that is highly suspect and should be avoided. You don't have to sign up anywhere to attend. Just go.
October 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I am unable to attend a No Kings rally on the 18th because I'm traveling to see my son, but if you can, it's super important to do so. That being said, if anywhere asks you to "register," that is highly suspect and should be avoided. You don't have to sign up anywhere to attend. Just go.
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Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Vaccines are safe and effective.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
Autism isn't caused by vaccines, and autistic people and their families deserve our support.
When you want information, ask your doctor.
It's more important than ever for all of us to speak plainly, truthfully, and directly about public health.
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Reposted by Michelle Lyons-McFarland
Reposted by Michelle Lyons-McFarland
Tulips, Dutch
AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value.
This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.
Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.
Be warned.
This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.
Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.
Be warned.
October 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tulips, Dutch
Reposted by Michelle Lyons-McFarland
We thought No Kings Day in June would be a good protest. We did not know it would break records, with 2,169 protests in every state and 27 countries.
We need your help to make October 18 even bigger: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
We need your help to make October 18 even bigger: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
September 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We thought No Kings Day in June would be a good protest. We did not know it would break records, with 2,169 protests in every state and 27 countries.
We need your help to make October 18 even bigger: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
We need your help to make October 18 even bigger: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
There's nothing like retrenching the last few lines of your knitting pattern when you realize that you are about to lose your game of yarn chicken, aka "I totally have enough to finish this, no problem -- oh shit, problem."
September 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
There's nothing like retrenching the last few lines of your knitting pattern when you realize that you are about to lose your game of yarn chicken, aka "I totally have enough to finish this, no problem -- oh shit, problem."
One blackberry pie, to be served tomorrow on the occasion of my friend’s birthday. :)
September 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
One blackberry pie, to be served tomorrow on the occasion of my friend’s birthday. :)
The Guardians win it! The Guardians win it! Oh my God, the Guardians win it! #RIPBobUecker
September 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The Guardians win it! The Guardians win it! Oh my God, the Guardians win it! #RIPBobUecker
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September 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Applications are open through December 15th for Folger Institute Long-Term Fellowships -- $70,000 for the 2026-2027 academic year
I am over pie recipes that need a thickener added suggesting that instead of using a reasonable ingredient for the purpose, you use an apple core for the pectin. Friends, I am not a tradwife, and I do not have an interest in "naturally sourced pectin." Get with the 21st century, people.
September 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I am over pie recipes that need a thickener added suggesting that instead of using a reasonable ingredient for the purpose, you use an apple core for the pectin. Friends, I am not a tradwife, and I do not have an interest in "naturally sourced pectin." Get with the 21st century, people.
So I can tell that Fall is officially here because three of the four tires on my car were low when I went to drive in to work this morning. Yay?
September 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
So I can tell that Fall is officially here because three of the four tires on my car were low when I went to drive in to work this morning. Yay?
I am so, so angry at this... clown-shoes show being put on. I knew I would be, but it's just beyond all comprehension. I cannot even with the entire fiction being woven here.
September 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I am so, so angry at this... clown-shoes show being put on. I knew I would be, but it's just beyond all comprehension. I cannot even with the entire fiction being woven here.
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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...