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Elisa Coghlan
@esilentio.bsky.social
uni librarian • open knowledge partisan • visual design amateur • linguaphile • fetishizer of old paper & shellac • insect friend • phl-dc-den-sea-mke • she
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Hugo-finalist filmmaker Boots Riley has a new science fiction movie coming out in May of 2026, and I for one cannot wait.

Sorry To Bother You is one of my all-time favourite Hugo finalists. That movie is a goddamned delight.

www.complex.com/pop-culture/...
Here's Your First Look at Boots Riley's 'I Love Boosters'...
Boots Riley's 'I Love Boosters,' his first feature film s...
www.complex.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Pizza King
Winamac, IN
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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[Exit King.]
October 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Current* conditions near Milwaukee, WI:
October 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
October 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Milwaukee, 2025
September 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Current* conditions near Two Rivers, WI:
October 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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The Oatmeal, ladies and gents. Really thoughtful illustrated essay on the use and misuse of AI art and why it often feels…bad
October 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Roller derby librarians feels like the most Milwaukee thing ever. Incredible www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMkWcQ3t/
Why skate around the subject? 📚 Books belong in libraries and readers have the right to decide what they want to read. Libraries protect your Right to Read this week and every other. This #BannedBook...
TikTok video by Milwaukee Public Library
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October 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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I got back to my hotel and saw the foreground involved FALL FOLIAGE! In California! I had to stay up to finish the edit.

Glad to live in this universe with you all ❤️
September 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
😖 “…despite Internet Archive arguing that there were comparably low downloads and streams on the Great 78 recordings—as well as a music publishing industry vet suggesting that damages were likely no more than $41,000—the labels intensified their attacks”

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s big battle with music publishers ends in settlement
The true cost of keeping the Internet Archive alive will likely remain unknown.
arstechnica.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Even if you missed the Kickstarter you can still pre-order @matratype.bsky.social 's INDIA STREET LETTERING! At a discount, for a limited time!

www.blaft.com/products/ind...

Check out her Blag article for a sneak preview!

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A Type Designer's Take on Indian Sign Painting
Through her India Street Lettering project, Pooja Saxena re-examines the craft and its clichés.
bl.ag
September 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Good News for the TL!

The Milwaukee Public Library opened a new branch and it’s all very wholesome!
September 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Visiting a National Park this summer? Consider photographing the educational signs you read and upload the images to the Data Rescue Project (www.datarescueproject.org/save-our-sig...)
Muir Woods exhibit is first casualty of White House directive to erase history
"In order to know your role in history, you need to see yourself in it."
www.sfgate.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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In my debut for @theatlantic.com, I wrote about the disappearance of cultural listings from major New York media outlets, and what it portends for artists, audiences, institutions, and journalists. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why No One Knows What’s Happening Tonight
A love letter to music listings
www.theatlantic.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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“People who leave parties without saying goodbye save up to two days per year.”
July 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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From @internetarchive.eu: "Internet Archive Europe proudly announces the launch of Our Future Memory, a global campaign dedicated to safeguarding the digital rights of libraries, archives, and museums worldwide." www.internetarchive.eu/protecting-t...
www.internetarchive.eu
July 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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The microfiche digitization livestream from the Internet Archive also includes silent films, home movies, and other random things with lofi archive radio playing in the background for your listening pleasure. On a day like today, how cool is that?

www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R... via @archive.org
July 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The sunlit backside of the Chicago Theater, laced with the shadows of fire escapes and a ghost sign, make for high drama, watched by cooing pigeons below.

The quiet dioramas of city alleys are sometimes breathtaking, especially when spied from a noisy busy streetside.
July 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Gritty's a librarian now thx.
#ALAAC25
June 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Reading Aldo Leopold in summer sun on a warm summer morning is a lovely way to start the day.
June 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Few pleasures are a delectable as inhaling the dense earthy aroma of freshly cut herbs. Sublime garden moment.
June 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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BREAKING: Justice Jackson cites the Colored Conventions Project Digital Archive her dissent in Medina v. Planned Parenthood. These public collective digital projects MATTER and they WILL be heard. 👏👏👏

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There's something really interesting going on here methodologically in Justice Jackson's Medina v. Planned Parenthood dissent. You can see it in one footnote.

In short, Jackson is emphasizing that Black Americans are part of the original "public" about which "originalists" should be concerned.
June 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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If you're a member of the Democratic gerontocracy, the chances of you catching a primary challenger just went up 1000%.
June 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
First fireflies of the season. Just magical, every year.
June 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM