Ken Alba
@especiallygreatliterature.com
he's just this guy, you know? * Formerly: BU (PhD, English Lit), MIT DH Lab. * Now: CPO @ electropath.io, VP of Product @ Ander. He/him.
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“Adversarial Poetry, an efficient single-turn general-purpose attack where the poetic structure functions as a high-leverage stylistic adversary.” This is almost too good. arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
arxiv.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“Adversarial Poetry, an efficient single-turn general-purpose attack where the poetic structure functions as a high-leverage stylistic adversary.” This is almost too good. arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
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Are there any catalogers/libraries with documentation for cataloging tarot decks using MARC? I’m writing documentation for our collection and want to make sure that I’m following best practices.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Are there any catalogers/libraries with documentation for cataloging tarot decks using MARC? I’m writing documentation for our collection and want to make sure that I’m following best practices.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
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Paul F Tompkins has officially hit 3000 hours of podcasting
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@pftompkins.bsky.social
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The Paul F. Tompkins podcast appearance master list
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November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Paul F Tompkins has officially hit 3000 hours of podcasting
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@pftompkins.bsky.social
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@pftompkins.bsky.social
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*setting out for revenge* yeah it's fine I got two funeral urns in my backpack
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
*setting out for revenge* yeah it's fine I got two funeral urns in my backpack
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Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.
Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
(CNN) — Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble
www.wkow.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.
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As Adams' Term Winds Down, New York's Leprechaun Community Breathes a Sigh of Relief
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
As Adams' Term Winds Down, New York's Leprechaun Community Breathes a Sigh of Relief
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I do not know how many people I had to ask to finally find my way to S— Street, which is indicated on no map of the major metropolis in which I spent those inquiring months, but now that I have been there and seen for myself what dwells among their trashcans, I do not believe I shall return.
August 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I do not know how many people I had to ask to finally find my way to S— Street, which is indicated on no map of the major metropolis in which I spent those inquiring months, but now that I have been there and seen for myself what dwells among their trashcans, I do not believe I shall return.
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my first article for unwinnable is about @neal.fun 's i'm not a robot!
"The state of modern technology is overwhelmingly miserable, and I’m Not a Robot works so well because it laughs with you about it."
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
@beewertheimer.com plays I’m Not a Robot, a game that puts you through an absurd CAPTCHA gauntlet:
The Absurdity of Proving You're Not a Robot - Unwinnable
When tasked with breaking up with your AI girlfriend, the chatbot repeatedly gaslights you.
unwinnable.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
my first article for unwinnable is about @neal.fun 's i'm not a robot!
This world is so goddam stupid
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This world is so goddam stupid
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do you like ebooks
do you like ebooks about haunted architecture
did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?
just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
do you like ebooks about haunted architecture
did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?
just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Rose/House
Rose/House is a breathtaking and taut sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire.“I’m a piece of arc...
us.macmillan.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
do you like ebooks
do you like ebooks about haunted architecture
did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?
just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
do you like ebooks about haunted architecture
did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?
just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Rope, The Lady Vanishes, and Rear Window! But there are so many good ones.
3. North by Northwest
2. The Birds
1. Psycho
2. The Birds
1. Psycho
‘The Lady Vanishes’
‘The 39 Steps’
‘The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog’
‘The 39 Steps’
‘The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog’
October 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Rope, The Lady Vanishes, and Rear Window! But there are so many good ones.
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folks, he's done it again
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
folks, he's done it again
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BREAKING: Paris detectives have discovered a planning document from the dastardly thieves who heisted the Royal Crown
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
BREAKING: Paris detectives have discovered a planning document from the dastardly thieves who heisted the Royal Crown
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We have a new website for the Northeast Corridor High-Speed Rail project, with illustrative graphics. nec.transitcosts.com
How to Build High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor
An interactive site presenting the North East Corridor proposal by Marron Institute's Transportation and Land Use Group, authored by Alon Levy.
nec.transitcosts.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We have a new website for the Northeast Corridor High-Speed Rail project, with illustrative graphics. nec.transitcosts.com
I hate rooting for an 80 year old for the Senate, but man Seth Moulton sucks.
October 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I hate rooting for an 80 year old for the Senate, but man Seth Moulton sucks.
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
October 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
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or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle:
“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”
“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”
October 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle:
“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”
“Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”
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CNN reporting No Kings had 7 million people yesterday, up from 5 million in June.
7 million people decided to March despite the administration’s slanders against us. We just keep showing up!
7 million people decided to March despite the administration’s slanders against us. We just keep showing up!
Large crowds rallied against Trump at ‘No Kings’ protests across the US. Here’s why protesters say they attended | CNN
CNN field teams spoke with attendees at “No Kings” rallies across the country. Here’s what protesters had to say.
www.cnn.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
CNN reporting No Kings had 7 million people yesterday, up from 5 million in June.
7 million people decided to March despite the administration’s slanders against us. We just keep showing up!
7 million people decided to March despite the administration’s slanders against us. We just keep showing up!
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No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings