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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
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I want to do a family feud style thing. Please reply with the first Greek God that you think of.
Please reskeet for increased sample size.
Please reskeet for increased sample size.
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I want to do a family feud style thing. Please reply with the first Greek God that you think of.
Please reskeet for increased sample size.
Please reskeet for increased sample size.
For no particular reason, here's a murder ballad:
Neko Case - Poor Ellen Smith
YouTube video by sleepyasthesouth
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
For no particular reason, here's a murder ballad:
"House Republicans on Wednesday released a trove of 23,000 pages of documents... shortly after Democrats released several emails included in the trove that suggested that President Trump knew more about Mr. Epstein’s sex trafficking than he has previously acknowledged."
Epstein Files Live Updates: G.O.P. Lawmakers Release Thousands of Files
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"House Republicans on Wednesday released a trove of 23,000 pages of documents... shortly after Democrats released several emails included in the trove that suggested that President Trump knew more about Mr. Epstein’s sex trafficking than he has previously acknowledged."
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1. I don't think anybody argues that... INFANTICIDE... should be irrelevant in college admissions.
2. Conflating SEXUAL ASSAULT with "hit on" is the problem.
3. People who won't use proper capitalization in their emails are telling you they're selfish and lazy.
FEEL FREE TO REPEAT THESE INSIGHTS
2. Conflating SEXUAL ASSAULT with "hit on" is the problem.
3. People who won't use proper capitalization in their emails are telling you they're selfish and lazy.
FEEL FREE TO REPEAT THESE INSIGHTS
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
1. I don't think anybody argues that... INFANTICIDE... should be irrelevant in college admissions.
2. Conflating SEXUAL ASSAULT with "hit on" is the problem.
3. People who won't use proper capitalization in their emails are telling you they're selfish and lazy.
FEEL FREE TO REPEAT THESE INSIGHTS
2. Conflating SEXUAL ASSAULT with "hit on" is the problem.
3. People who won't use proper capitalization in their emails are telling you they're selfish and lazy.
FEEL FREE TO REPEAT THESE INSIGHTS
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I take it all back!!! UTF-8 was a mistake! A miiiiiistaaaaaake!!!!!
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I take it all back!!! UTF-8 was a mistake! A miiiiiistaaaaaake!!!!!
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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"Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartments—many of them affordable units—have been built in complexes that combine new housing with new libraries. These projects can both address a communities’ housing needs + improve local infrastructure by replacing aging library complexes..." (see also: Inwood)
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartments—many of them affordable units—have been built in complexes that combine new housing with new libraries. These projects can both address a communities’ housing needs + improve local infrastructure by replacing aging library complexes..." (see also: Inwood)
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A treasure trove of rare and historic American music—including songs by Memphis Minnie, the Carter Family, Blind Willie Johnson, and more—is now freely available to the public thanks to a new collaboration between the UC Santa Barbara Library and Dust-to-Digital Foundation https://ow.ly/J8Bg50Xpuf2
Vast collection of historic American music released via UCSB Library partnership with Dust-to-Digital Foundation
Thousands of rare and uniquely American songs from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression are available for free listening thanks to a partnership between UCSB and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.
ow.ly
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A treasure trove of rare and historic American music—including songs by Memphis Minnie, the Carter Family, Blind Willie Johnson, and more—is now freely available to the public thanks to a new collaboration between the UC Santa Barbara Library and Dust-to-Digital Foundation https://ow.ly/J8Bg50Xpuf2
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November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
When interviewing people for jobs at the public library, we often ask them about a favorite book, or one that means a lot to them.
Answering with the name of a book from the assigned reading list, or a wildly-off-base interpretation of a well-known text, is at least a yellow flag.
Answering with the name of a book from the assigned reading list, or a wildly-off-base interpretation of a well-known text, is at least a yellow flag.
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
When interviewing people for jobs at the public library, we often ask them about a favorite book, or one that means a lot to them.
Answering with the name of a book from the assigned reading list, or a wildly-off-base interpretation of a well-known text, is at least a yellow flag.
Answering with the name of a book from the assigned reading list, or a wildly-off-base interpretation of a well-known text, is at least a yellow flag.
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Looking to call Chuck Schumer? Trying to find a live person? Here's every number he's got.
202-224-6542
212-486-4430
631-753-0978
518-431-4070
607-772-6792
716-846-4111
914-734-1532
585-263-5866
315-423-5471
202-224-6542
212-486-4430
631-753-0978
518-431-4070
607-772-6792
716-846-4111
914-734-1532
585-263-5866
315-423-5471
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Looking to call Chuck Schumer? Trying to find a live person? Here's every number he's got.
202-224-6542
212-486-4430
631-753-0978
518-431-4070
607-772-6792
716-846-4111
914-734-1532
585-263-5866
315-423-5471
202-224-6542
212-486-4430
631-753-0978
518-431-4070
607-772-6792
716-846-4111
914-734-1532
585-263-5866
315-423-5471
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November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Well, guess it’s time to read a book
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Well, guess it’s time to read a book
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just found out that if you listen to his whole spiel at his capitol office, press 4 to speak to someone, listen to his other spiel, and THEN press some other button, you can leave him a voicemail there. better than fucking nothing I guess
it's so evil that Schumer's office won't even let you leave a voicemail while they're "closed" over the weekend, meanwhile it looks like he's about to fuck us all over for the 472685th time this year
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
just found out that if you listen to his whole spiel at his capitol office, press 4 to speak to someone, listen to his other spiel, and THEN press some other button, you can leave him a voicemail there. better than fucking nothing I guess
King Otto and Mike the 2600 King's 'Things Kings Do.' '50s and '60s pop tunes, in a hip-hop quickmix style, from 2007:
King Otto & Mike 2600 present: Things Kings Do! Vol 1
All 50s & 60s Pop tunes cut up and mixed like only Kings would do!
www.mixcloud.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
King Otto and Mike the 2600 King's 'Things Kings Do.' '50s and '60s pop tunes, in a hip-hop quickmix style, from 2007:
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Back in 2017, Trump revealed, in a friendly interview with the NYT, that he literally did not understand how health insurance works. The NYT editors bailed him out instead of following up. I wrote about it then, and I still think about it all the time: www.commonwealmagazine.org/man-who-knew...
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Back in 2017, Trump revealed, in a friendly interview with the NYT, that he literally did not understand how health insurance works. The NYT editors bailed him out instead of following up. I wrote about it then, and I still think about it all the time: www.commonwealmagazine.org/man-who-knew...
Here's an oldie but a goodie from 2019, Nathan J. Robinson on Pete Buttigieg:
All About Pete
Only accept politicians who have proved they actually care about people other than themselves…
www.currentaffairs.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Here's an oldie but a goodie from 2019, Nathan J. Robinson on Pete Buttigieg:
Target executives getting ready to blame the retail workers for not smiling enough instead of blaming themselves for not honoring their own DEI commitments.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Target executives getting ready to blame the retail workers for not smiling enough instead of blaming themselves for not honoring their own DEI commitments.
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Hear me out, maybe libraries ... don't need AI for anything? This is a solution in search of a problem.
Aside from my "was this really written in 2025, not two years ago" snarky response, I couldn't help thinking throughout this entire blog post that a huge part of why so many libraries are STUCK on dealing with AI is because we literally don't have the staff time or funding to deal with it.
Do Academic Libraries Have a Strategy for AI? 📚
"...while two-thirds of libraries are exploring AI features in vendor products, only about half are offering guidance to their communities on how to use AI responsibly in academic work."
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/30/g...
"...while two-thirds of libraries are exploring AI features in vendor products, only about half are offering guidance to their communities on how to use AI responsibly in academic work."
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/30/g...
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hear me out, maybe libraries ... don't need AI for anything? This is a solution in search of a problem.