Beanbag Jolly-Amerika
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Bean (n): An edible, kidney-shaped seed borne in the long pods of a leguminous plant. Dad to two smol humans. Nonpracticing architect, sometimes poet, children's librarian. he/they
Said exactly this to one of my own 4.5yo twins last night when she told a toy that was on a high shelf to “get the fuck down from there.”
I’m a librarian. I tell the kids they can say whatever the fuck they want as long as it isn’t a slur or being used for bullying. (But to keep in mind that many grownups probably aren’t going to feel the same way.)
December 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Said exactly this to one of my own 4.5yo twins last night when she told a toy that was on a high shelf to “get the fuck down from there.”
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🧵 I've been a writer for my entire life, and worked very hard to get where I got by 2022. I was making a 100k a year, though I live in an expensive city. Suddenly it was just gone. I had three careers, really, and they all vanished because of AI, and suddenly I was struggling each month to pay rent.
When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🧵 I've been a writer for my entire life, and worked very hard to get where I got by 2022. I was making a 100k a year, though I live in an expensive city. Suddenly it was just gone. I had three careers, really, and they all vanished because of AI, and suddenly I was struggling each month to pay rent.
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Waving a tiny hammer and sickle flag in the world's saddest celebration as I root for capital against fascism
December 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Waving a tiny hammer and sickle flag in the world's saddest celebration as I root for capital against fascism
I planned (joked about?) running for Congress when I turned 25 (the constitutionally-required minimum age), but went back to college instead. I have thought about it again pretty much every cycle for the 25 years since.
This is my district.
This is my district.
The now open NYC Velazquez district lines up really well with the Commie Corridor! Comrades rise up!
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I planned (joked about?) running for Congress when I turned 25 (the constitutionally-required minimum age), but went back to college instead. I have thought about it again pretty much every cycle for the 25 years since.
This is my district.
This is my district.
Buy Rory’s shirts. I’m wearing this one today.
By popular request I have added this shirt to my reprint store
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Buy Rory’s shirts. I’m wearing this one today.
When your “economic philosophy” leads to this conclusion (inevitably under extractive capitalism), the only moral response is to question the assumptions of your system. Most economists however, are mind numbingly stupid or evil. Or in Larry’s case, seemingly both.
Wow and I always thought the most damning citation of Larry Summers was the epigraph from *Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor* (2011)
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
When your “economic philosophy” leads to this conclusion (inevitably under extractive capitalism), the only moral response is to question the assumptions of your system. Most economists however, are mind numbingly stupid or evil. Or in Larry’s case, seemingly both.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I bought the “eyeball flower” blanket for myself, and one of my twins (before she was a year and a half old) claimed it as her own. So I got this one for the other twin. So soft and so weird.
A blanket with another Jessica Hayworth banger design. This will keep you warm and make all your friends ask "where did you get this???"
buff.ly/IsWzLm9
buff.ly/IsWzLm9
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I bought the “eyeball flower” blanket for myself, and one of my twins (before she was a year and a half old) claimed it as her own. So I got this one for the other twin. So soft and so weird.
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This is the only Bill Ackman I recognize
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is the only Bill Ackman I recognize
Eight years ago today, in Havana, I took what’s maybe the best photo I’ve ever taken.
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Eight years ago today, in Havana, I took what’s maybe the best photo I’ve ever taken.
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Trying to get to 1000 letters by tomorrow... actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
October 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trying to get to 1000 letters by tomorrow... actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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everything goes back to "the internet should only be on a pc and that pc should live in a room like a house god and you should have to go to it"
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
everything goes back to "the internet should only be on a pc and that pc should live in a room like a house god and you should have to go to it"
So fucking tired.
So tired of trying to figure out if any art that looks halfway decent is Ai and tired of verification codes and tired of blocking notifications and not allowing cookies and also paying too much for the whole fucking thing. It's ruined
October 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
So fucking tired.
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I don't know how a large review outlet that purports to take itself seriously can release a video "I don't care about your indie game". It's one thing to be realistic about what you can cover but this is just deeply incurious and unnecessarily cruel.
October 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I don't know how a large review outlet that purports to take itself seriously can release a video "I don't care about your indie game". It's one thing to be realistic about what you can cover but this is just deeply incurious and unnecessarily cruel.
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It actually matters *what* they are lying about, because the issue is their political project, not the dishonesty itself.
September 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It actually matters *what* they are lying about, because the issue is their political project, not the dishonesty itself.
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They are lying about our cities. They are lying about our immigrant neighbors. They are lying about our trans siblings.
September 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
They are lying about our cities. They are lying about our immigrant neighbors. They are lying about our trans siblings.
I really enjoy Amabel’s creative voice in game design and cultural criticism, but as a librarian, I am particularly excited about this research work she’s doing in uncovering authorship that might otherwise be lost to history.
Many 20th Century board game designers remain uncredited. This year I've tracked down designer info for 18 games. It's required artifact acquisition, access to newspaper archives, books, and even a trip from Detroit to Connecticut. My patreon producers made this possible.
patreon.com/amabelholland
patreon.com/amabelholland
Get more from Amabel Holland on Patreon
video essays about the future & history of board games
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September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I really enjoy Amabel’s creative voice in game design and cultural criticism, but as a librarian, I am particularly excited about this research work she’s doing in uncovering authorship that might otherwise be lost to history.
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We can’t fix this world but we can put more books in it. To a lot of people that doesn’t matter but often it’s the things that people think don’t matter that are the most meaningful. I don’t know.
September 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We can’t fix this world but we can put more books in it. To a lot of people that doesn’t matter but often it’s the things that people think don’t matter that are the most meaningful. I don’t know.
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This is trash and any news org that obeys this edict is complying with fascism.
What the actual fuck.
US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”
US Tennis Association: “We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity, including ENG [Electronic News Gathering] coverage.”
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump
An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.
www.benrothenberg.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is trash and any news org that obeys this edict is complying with fascism.
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*commenting on someone's phone screenshot* haha man charge your phone. 7% bro, what are you doing? also lol call your mom. your mom misses you dude, you once depended on her for everything and now you haven't called her in a month lmao.
September 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
*commenting on someone's phone screenshot* haha man charge your phone. 7% bro, what are you doing? also lol call your mom. your mom misses you dude, you once depended on her for everything and now you haven't called her in a month lmao.
Drop an old person you are going to turn into in the future.
September 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Drop an old person you are going to turn into in the future.
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Everybody be cool, remember, you’ve never heard of Donald Trump before today, when you saw him get eaten by a shark full of dynamite that exploded
August 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Everybody be cool, remember, you’ve never heard of Donald Trump before today, when you saw him get eaten by a shark full of dynamite that exploded
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I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump:
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
August 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump:
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...