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ey/em // tell me abt yr niche interests & i'll tell you about industrial dust disease ✨
just commenting again on how strange i find it to encounter the phrase "shock and awe" used casually. that phrase entered the wider lexicon with the murderous bombing of iraq in 2003
November 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
just commenting again on how strange i find it to encounter the phrase "shock and awe" used casually. that phrase entered the wider lexicon with the murderous bombing of iraq in 2003
it's open access & a great time!! www.ucpress.edu/books/frame-...
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
it's open access & a great time!! www.ucpress.edu/books/frame-...
y'all ever think about the centralia mine disaster
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
y'all ever think about the centralia mine disaster
some people online found my soundcloud. if you have not yet found my soundcloud, please consider spending an hour or so listening to an academic article about the historical labor struggle around black lung, in the dulcet tones of. me soundcloud.com/girdered-nerve
girdered nerve
Listen to girdered nerve | SoundCloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
some people online found my soundcloud. if you have not yet found my soundcloud, please consider spending an hour or so listening to an academic article about the historical labor struggle around black lung, in the dulcet tones of. me soundcloud.com/girdered-nerve
you guys ever think about, darth maul
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
you guys ever think about, darth maul
one thing that happens regularly at work is that children will refer to our computers [small-format lenovo desktops with dell monitors] as "chromebooks." i'm not confused about why this happens i just don't like it + wanted to complain
November 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
one thing that happens regularly at work is that children will refer to our computers [small-format lenovo desktops with dell monitors] as "chromebooks." i'm not confused about why this happens i just don't like it + wanted to complain
so what's the idea with "barrel pants." are you trying to look like a bowlegged cowboy or is there some other artistic vision at work here
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
so what's the idea with "barrel pants." are you trying to look like a bowlegged cowboy or is there some other artistic vision at work here
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
i just want everybody to know that obsessively remembering awkward conversational turns finally came in handy (recalled cringe chat about birthdays with colleague, suddenly figured out why i haven't been able to log into my health insurance) (she put my birthday in wrong). huge day for me
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
i just want everybody to know that obsessively remembering awkward conversational turns finally came in handy (recalled cringe chat about birthdays with colleague, suddenly figured out why i haven't been able to log into my health insurance) (she put my birthday in wrong). huge day for me
shoutout to the person i saw on facebook arguing that their premiums were going up because of democrat waste, obamacare, & socialized medicine, all of which would be fixed if we just paid doctors directly with some support from the government. like a. you know. like a single-payer system
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
shoutout to the person i saw on facebook arguing that their premiums were going up because of democrat waste, obamacare, & socialized medicine, all of which would be fixed if we just paid doctors directly with some support from the government. like a. you know. like a single-payer system
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Am obviously not anywhere near the first person to point this out, but I think it's a pretty useful framework. AI is also a nuts-and-bolts logistical nightmare for a workforce that is constantly being harassed, threatened, and forced to defend their work. They are fixing/fending off AI bullshit
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Am obviously not anywhere near the first person to point this out, but I think it's a pretty useful framework. AI is also a nuts-and-bolts logistical nightmare for a workforce that is constantly being harassed, threatened, and forced to defend their work. They are fixing/fending off AI bullshit
we just had to ask the library's IT for help with facebook ads! we were getting at least a patron a day who clicked on a malicious ad. it's extremely difficult for us to keep ad blockers updated on our machines with our setup, staff, and budget; meanwhile, facebook is exploiting low-income people
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
we just had to ask the library's IT for help with facebook ads! we were getting at least a patron a day who clicked on a malicious ad. it's extremely difficult for us to keep ad blockers updated on our machines with our setup, staff, and budget; meanwhile, facebook is exploiting low-income people
xena: warrior princess contains a truly unimaginable variety of hats
November 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
xena: warrior princess contains a truly unimaginable variety of hats
excellent piece as always!! doesn't mention that the entire state reporting infrastructure in NY is also abruptly offlining with B&T, so every public library in the state is affected whether they buy through B&T or not and nobody knows what's going to happen
One of the largest distributors of print books for libraries is shutting down causing major issues for libraries.
🔗 www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
🔗 www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
excellent piece as always!! doesn't mention that the entire state reporting infrastructure in NY is also abruptly offlining with B&T, so every public library in the state is affected whether they buy through B&T or not and nobody knows what's going to happen
this particular bandana comes from the digital collections of the west virginia mine wars museum, which does vital work to preserve the labor history of west virginia for west virginians, including artifacts from the site of the battle of blair mountain. check it out: wvminewars.org/online-exhib...
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
this particular bandana comes from the digital collections of the west virginia mine wars museum, which does vital work to preserve the labor history of west virginia for west virginians, including artifacts from the site of the battle of blair mountain. check it out: wvminewars.org/online-exhib...
as everyone has already observed the back to back aws & azure outages are bananas dude i'm starting to think that the 'store all your stuff on some other guy's computer' strategy might have some flaws
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
as everyone has already observed the back to back aws & azure outages are bananas dude i'm starting to think that the 'store all your stuff on some other guy's computer' strategy might have some flaws
this whole book is a banger (not without its issues) & i wish people read more twain instead of arguing about huck finn
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
this whole book is a banger (not without its issues) & i wish people read more twain instead of arguing about huck finn
i love you instant noodles
October 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i love you instant noodles
given how complicated & annoying it is to set up a gmail filter to forward some of my mail to a different address i'm really getting the sense that perhaps this feature was not always used with the best of intentions
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
given how complicated & annoying it is to set up a gmail filter to forward some of my mail to a different address i'm really getting the sense that perhaps this feature was not always used with the best of intentions
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Black lung is still killing America’s coal miners. Last week, a group of black lung patients made the long journey to Washington D.C. with a simple plea for Trump’s Department of Labor: enforce the silica rule, and stop this plague.
My report for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My report for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a “Death Sentence.” But They’re Not Going Without a Fight.
After the government betrayed them by refusing to enforce a crucial workplace health rule, a group of coal miners traveled to DC to put Trump on notice.
www.thenation.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Black lung is still killing America’s coal miners. Last week, a group of black lung patients made the long journey to Washington D.C. with a simple plea for Trump’s Department of Labor: enforce the silica rule, and stop this plague.
My report for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My report for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
my favorite pokemon is striped trilby
October 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
my favorite pokemon is striped trilby
fulfilled my true calling at work today: printed out a one piece coloring sheet for a nine year old (was declared "sick"; infinite victory)
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
fulfilled my true calling at work today: printed out a one piece coloring sheet for a nine year old (was declared "sick"; infinite victory)
no idea how anyone works in a public library for more than ten minutes without becoming a revolutionary socialist. everything is so fucking mean
October 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
no idea how anyone works in a public library for more than ten minutes without becoming a revolutionary socialist. everything is so fucking mean
open-source software rocks. i was like "wow i love listening to my bandcamp metal albums but they're a little too loud on my in-ears :(" and there is someone who wrote a lovely little firefox extension that adds a volume slider just to bandcamp pages! it's beautiful it's perfect it's free <3
October 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
open-source software rocks. i was like "wow i love listening to my bandcamp metal albums but they're a little too loud on my in-ears :(" and there is someone who wrote a lovely little firefox extension that adds a volume slider just to bandcamp pages! it's beautiful it's perfect it's free <3
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metal guitar sound so good, are others aware of this
February 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
metal guitar sound so good, are others aware of this