Cam Colton
@camcolton.bsky.social
It's a pen name & might've been my real name, if documents didn't lie. Writing Lost California & also academic book 2, having dumped book 1, tho publisher still advertises it. Ready for a transatlantic research trip & five year sojourn in UK & Oslo & Paris
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I have books on my shelf right now that are nearly 300 years old. There is absolutely no way that any digital media that exists today will be accessible in 300 years.
Any updates on the "downsizing" of space for physical books in academic and public libraries?
theconversation.com/turning-a-pa...
theconversation.com/turning-a-pa...
Turning a page: downsizing the campus book collections
Keeping a printed book in a campus library comes with steep costs. How are campus libraries evolving?
theconversation.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I have books on my shelf right now that are nearly 300 years old. There is absolutely no way that any digital media that exists today will be accessible in 300 years.
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Every major Dem politician needs to realize that, in this environment, they can schedule a "speech to the nation," like Newsom did, and get tons of media coverage.
Just do it.
Just do it.
June 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Every major Dem politician needs to realize that, in this environment, they can schedule a "speech to the nation," like Newsom did, and get tons of media coverage.
Just do it.
Just do it.
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This Nazi-esque bullshit being carried out by the fascist authoritarian Trump regime needs to stop right fucking now. 😳👇
June 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This Nazi-esque bullshit being carried out by the fascist authoritarian Trump regime needs to stop right fucking now. 😳👇
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President of the Mexican Senate,
"We'll build the wall and pay for it.
But we'll do it according to the 1830 map of Mexico... Mexicans were settled in these territories before the U.S. The Mexicans living there are in what has always been their homeland."
"We'll build the wall and pay for it.
But we'll do it according to the 1830 map of Mexico... Mexicans were settled in these territories before the U.S. The Mexicans living there are in what has always been their homeland."
June 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
President of the Mexican Senate,
"We'll build the wall and pay for it.
But we'll do it according to the 1830 map of Mexico... Mexicans were settled in these territories before the U.S. The Mexicans living there are in what has always been their homeland."
"We'll build the wall and pay for it.
But we'll do it according to the 1830 map of Mexico... Mexicans were settled in these territories before the U.S. The Mexicans living there are in what has always been their homeland."
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They are now estimating 2.3 million across the country. Keep it going folks.
#handsoff #50501protests
#handsoff #50501protests
April 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
They are now estimating 2.3 million across the country. Keep it going folks.
#handsoff #50501protests
#handsoff #50501protests
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The memes are still coming many days later.
February 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The memes are still coming many days later.
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"What's past is prologue"
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
February 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"What's past is prologue"
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
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Kinda funny that MAGA wants us to “get over” January 6th and “look forward not back”, when they still haven’t gotten over the Civil fucking War.
January 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Kinda funny that MAGA wants us to “get over” January 6th and “look forward not back”, when they still haven’t gotten over the Civil fucking War.
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If you're stressing out about tomorrow, there are now over 400 local immigration groups listed on this spreadsheet across all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico - take a minute, find one near you, and commit to spending an hour volunteering with them.
To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
January 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
If you're stressing out about tomorrow, there are now over 400 local immigration groups listed on this spreadsheet across all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico - take a minute, find one near you, and commit to spending an hour volunteering with them.
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Not everyone can run or sit on a board.
Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools!
Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools!
Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
56 Small Tasks to Be Proactive Against Book Censorship in 2025 and Beyond: Book Censorship News, January 3, 2025
Choose one task each week of 2025 for a year full of anti-book censorship activism and advocacy.
bookriot.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Not everyone can run or sit on a board.
Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools!
Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools!
Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
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Referred to my utterly obnoxious ADHD habit of interrupting others with what I *think* they’re going say as “Chat GPTing people” while talking to my therapist the other day
autocompletion as an incredibly annoying expression of neurodivergence
autocompletion as an incredibly annoying expression of neurodivergence
January 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Referred to my utterly obnoxious ADHD habit of interrupting others with what I *think* they’re going say as “Chat GPTing people” while talking to my therapist the other day
autocompletion as an incredibly annoying expression of neurodivergence
autocompletion as an incredibly annoying expression of neurodivergence
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Incapable of hearing "who do you think you are??" without thinking "I am"
January 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Incapable of hearing "who do you think you are??" without thinking "I am"
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It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID
Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries.
www.pbs.org
January 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
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1) @bootsriley.bsky.social posted this really interesting thread over at the other place but not here I think. Agree or disagree, I found it thoughtful and interesting so I’m sharing here. It’s longish.
January 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
1) @bootsriley.bsky.social posted this really interesting thread over at the other place but not here I think. Agree or disagree, I found it thoughtful and interesting so I’m sharing here. It’s longish.
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I finished the Briana capelet from Outlander this week (Capa Briana by Katia Alaska on Ravelry). I used 2-1/2 skeins of Patons Classic wool, 2 strands together to make bulky weight. It's a quick/easy knit and very cozy. 🧶 Glass buttons.
#knitsky #knit #knitting #brianacapelet #outlander #capabriana
#knitsky #knit #knitting #brianacapelet #outlander #capabriana
December 29, 2024 at 6:37 PM
I finished the Briana capelet from Outlander this week (Capa Briana by Katia Alaska on Ravelry). I used 2-1/2 skeins of Patons Classic wool, 2 strands together to make bulky weight. It's a quick/easy knit and very cozy. 🧶 Glass buttons.
#knitsky #knit #knitting #brianacapelet #outlander #capabriana
#knitsky #knit #knitting #brianacapelet #outlander #capabriana
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With Tintin going into the public domain, I can finally release "The Apartheid Shitheel," in which Tintin investigates cars catching fire, rocketships exploding, and his phone filled with Nazis.
Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2024 at 10:03 AM
With Tintin going into the public domain, I can finally release "The Apartheid Shitheel," in which Tintin investigates cars catching fire, rocketships exploding, and his phone filled with Nazis.
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This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media
December 27, 2024 at 8:27 PM
This remains, and I say this advisedly, one of the best exchanges I have ever seen on social media
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I want to thank Elon Musk for attacking Wikipedia for being a part of the internet he can't currently control. It reminded me to donate to support Wikipedia, the best remaining thing about the internet. You can donate here: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
December 26, 2024 at 5:22 PM
I want to thank Elon Musk for attacking Wikipedia for being a part of the internet he can't currently control. It reminded me to donate to support Wikipedia, the best remaining thing about the internet. You can donate here: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...