Ken Schutte
@kenschutte.bsky.social
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Ken Schutte
@kenschutte.bsky.social
· Dec 2
I wanted to try out the BlueSky API, so I created @library-bot.bsky.social
Follow that to see posts of random libraries around the world. For now, it will post once every 6 hours.
#BookSky 💙📚 #ilovelibraries #libraries
Follow that to see posts of random libraries around the world. For now, it will post once every 6 hours.
#BookSky 💙📚 #ilovelibraries #libraries
I think someone making this chart Googled this at 8:32am and probably thought - too late to change it now…
April 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I think someone making this chart Googled this at 8:32am and probably thought - too late to change it now…
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
Tough choices at a used bookstore in Antigua, Guatemala.
@jeremyscahill.com
@jeremyscahill.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tough choices at a used bookstore in Antigua, Guatemala.
@jeremyscahill.com
@jeremyscahill.com
I updated my Apple TV app for @democracynow.org Now, in addition to watching recent episodes, you can browse the archives of the now. Search for it in the App Store on the device.
February 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I updated my Apple TV app for @democracynow.org Now, in addition to watching recent episodes, you can browse the archives of the now. Search for it in the App Store on the device.
Science can’t mention “biases” anymore. No more Wx+b, can’t use @weightsbiases.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Science can’t mention “biases” anymore. No more Wx+b, can’t use @weightsbiases.bsky.social
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January 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Do computers “think”? An answer in “Starting Forth” by Leo Brodie from 1981… “let’s just say the computer thinks”
January 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Do computers “think”? An answer in “Starting Forth” by Leo Brodie from 1981… “let’s just say the computer thinks”
Reposted by Ken Schutte
Abrehot Library
4 kilo, አዲስ አበባ, Ethiopia 🇪🇹
4.6/5⭐, 312 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website
#libraries #Ethiopia
4 kilo, አዲስ አበባ, Ethiopia 🇪🇹
4.6/5⭐, 312 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website
#libraries #Ethiopia
December 23, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Abrehot Library
4 kilo, አዲስ አበባ, Ethiopia 🇪🇹
4.6/5⭐, 312 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website
#libraries #Ethiopia
4 kilo, አዲስ አበባ, Ethiopia 🇪🇹
4.6/5⭐, 312 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website
#libraries #Ethiopia
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“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.”
Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.
Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.
Es alucinante cómo ha bajado la contaminación en París en 15 años. Anne Hidalgo lo ha llenado todo de carriles bici y no sólo ha reducido la contaminación en un 40%, sino que ha sido reelegida.
December 18, 2024 at 7:49 PM
“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.”
Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.
Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.
Reposted by Ken Schutte
Sligo Central Library
Stephen St, Rathquarter, Sligo, F91 X264, Ireland 🇮🇪
4.6/5⭐, 28 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website | OpenStreetMap
#libraries #Ireland
Stephen St, Rathquarter, Sligo, F91 X264, Ireland 🇮🇪
4.6/5⭐, 28 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website | OpenStreetMap
#libraries #Ireland
December 18, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Sligo Central Library
Stephen St, Rathquarter, Sligo, F91 X264, Ireland 🇮🇪
4.6/5⭐, 28 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website | OpenStreetMap
#libraries #Ireland
Stephen St, Rathquarter, Sligo, F91 X264, Ireland 🇮🇪
4.6/5⭐, 28 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website | OpenStreetMap
#libraries #Ireland
Mr. Rogers + Einstein (Wholesome + genius): Julian Lage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Nm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Nm...
Julian Lage - What's In My Bag?
YouTube video by Amoeba
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Mr. Rogers + Einstein (Wholesome + genius): Julian Lage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Nm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Nm...
RIP Zakir Hussain
JUST IN: Hussain's career spanned over five decades, during which he was revered as both a national treasure in India and admired worldwide.
Zakir Hussain, legendary tabla virtuoso who defied genres, dies at 73
Hussain's career spanned over five decades, during which he was revered as both a national treasure in India and admired worldwide.
www.npr.org
December 16, 2024 at 12:56 AM
RIP Zakir Hussain
Morning coffee in Ciudad Vieja #guatemala
December 13, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Morning coffee in Ciudad Vieja #guatemala
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Yay. We now have a Random Library Bot here 🙌
Look forward to seeing libraries from around the world.
Look forward to seeing libraries from around the world.
Xanana Gusmão Reading Room
R. Belarmino Lobo No.1, R. de Lecidere, Díli, Timor-Leste 🇹🇱
4.4/5⭐, 15 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website | OpenStreetMap
R. Belarmino Lobo No.1, R. de Lecidere, Díli, Timor-Leste 🇹🇱
4.4/5⭐, 15 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website | OpenStreetMap
December 12, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Yay. We now have a Random Library Bot here 🙌
Look forward to seeing libraries from around the world.
Look forward to seeing libraries from around the world.
Reposted by Ken Schutte
Submarino Amarillo Biblioteca Infantil
26PR+46R, Manta, Ecuador 🇪🇨
4.8/5⭐, 18 Reviews.
maps.google.com | OpenStreetMap
#libraries #Ecuador
26PR+46R, Manta, Ecuador 🇪🇨
4.8/5⭐, 18 Reviews.
maps.google.com | OpenStreetMap
#libraries #Ecuador
December 11, 2024 at 4:55 AM
Submarino Amarillo Biblioteca Infantil
26PR+46R, Manta, Ecuador 🇪🇨
4.8/5⭐, 18 Reviews.
maps.google.com | OpenStreetMap
#libraries #Ecuador
26PR+46R, Manta, Ecuador 🇪🇨
4.8/5⭐, 18 Reviews.
maps.google.com | OpenStreetMap
#libraries #Ecuador
Representative skyline of #Guatemala City - volcano, evangelical church, and McDonalds. Today, waiting at a Transmetro station.
December 4, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Representative skyline of #Guatemala City - volcano, evangelical church, and McDonalds. Today, waiting at a Transmetro station.
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Xanana Gusmão Reading Room
R. Belarmino Lobo No.1, R. de Lecidere, Díli, Timor-Leste 🇹🇱
4.4/5⭐, 15 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website | OpenStreetMap
R. Belarmino Lobo No.1, R. de Lecidere, Díli, Timor-Leste 🇹🇱
4.4/5⭐, 15 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website | OpenStreetMap
December 4, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Xanana Gusmão Reading Room
R. Belarmino Lobo No.1, R. de Lecidere, Díli, Timor-Leste 🇹🇱
4.4/5⭐, 15 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website | OpenStreetMap
R. Belarmino Lobo No.1, R. de Lecidere, Díli, Timor-Leste 🇹🇱
4.4/5⭐, 15 Reviews.
maps.google.com | website | OpenStreetMap
I love this math problem, "Moving sofa problem": What's the largest shape that can fit through a 90-degree turn in a unit-width hallway?
A new proof may have solved it after nearly 60 years. (arxiv.org/abs/2411.19826)
Source of animation: www.math.ucdavis.edu/~romik/movin...
A new proof may have solved it after nearly 60 years. (arxiv.org/abs/2411.19826)
Source of animation: www.math.ucdavis.edu/~romik/movin...
December 3, 2024 at 8:41 PM
I love this math problem, "Moving sofa problem": What's the largest shape that can fit through a 90-degree turn in a unit-width hallway?
A new proof may have solved it after nearly 60 years. (arxiv.org/abs/2411.19826)
Source of animation: www.math.ucdavis.edu/~romik/movin...
A new proof may have solved it after nearly 60 years. (arxiv.org/abs/2411.19826)
Source of animation: www.math.ucdavis.edu/~romik/movin...
Love seeing PostScript code in the wild.
December 3, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Love seeing PostScript code in the wild.
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La Teca
B, 12 Calle 6-25, Cdad. de Guatemala, Guatemala 🇬🇹
4.9/5⭐, 70 Reviews.
maps.google.com | OpenStreetMap | website
B, 12 Calle 6-25, Cdad. de Guatemala, Guatemala 🇬🇹
4.9/5⭐, 70 Reviews.
maps.google.com | OpenStreetMap | website
December 3, 2024 at 9:00 AM
La Teca
B, 12 Calle 6-25, Cdad. de Guatemala, Guatemala 🇬🇹
4.9/5⭐, 70 Reviews.
maps.google.com | OpenStreetMap | website
B, 12 Calle 6-25, Cdad. de Guatemala, Guatemala 🇬🇹
4.9/5⭐, 70 Reviews.
maps.google.com | OpenStreetMap | website
“Any jackass can knock down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build something.”
@rickperlstein.bsky.social (quoting Sam Rayburn) on the unseriousness of RFK/DOGE doing anything useful, even accidentally.
On today’s @majorityreport.bsky.social
@rickperlstein.bsky.social (quoting Sam Rayburn) on the unseriousness of RFK/DOGE doing anything useful, even accidentally.
On today’s @majorityreport.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 5:15 AM
“Any jackass can knock down a barn. It takes a carpenter to build something.”
@rickperlstein.bsky.social (quoting Sam Rayburn) on the unseriousness of RFK/DOGE doing anything useful, even accidentally.
On today’s @majorityreport.bsky.social
@rickperlstein.bsky.social (quoting Sam Rayburn) on the unseriousness of RFK/DOGE doing anything useful, even accidentally.
On today’s @majorityreport.bsky.social
I wanted to try out the BlueSky API, so I created @library-bot.bsky.social
Follow that to see posts of random libraries around the world. For now, it will post once every 6 hours.
#BookSky 💙📚 #ilovelibraries #libraries
Follow that to see posts of random libraries around the world. For now, it will post once every 6 hours.
#BookSky 💙📚 #ilovelibraries #libraries
December 2, 2024 at 9:53 PM
I wanted to try out the BlueSky API, so I created @library-bot.bsky.social
Follow that to see posts of random libraries around the world. For now, it will post once every 6 hours.
#BookSky 💙📚 #ilovelibraries #libraries
Follow that to see posts of random libraries around the world. For now, it will post once every 6 hours.
#BookSky 💙📚 #ilovelibraries #libraries
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Climate change just gets worse & worse as temps go up. Drawing the line at *any* particular temp would be arbitrary. The reason it was done is that policymakers need something firm to work backward from, to gauge & measure their efforts. The political economy needs some kind of anchor.
December 2, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Climate change just gets worse & worse as temps go up. Drawing the line at *any* particular temp would be arbitrary. The reason it was done is that policymakers need something firm to work backward from, to gauge & measure their efforts. The political economy needs some kind of anchor.
I don’t read Spanish well enough to prefer it over English for reading most books. But for this one, I think I need to do Spanish. Great pictures too.
December 2, 2024 at 12:56 AM
I don’t read Spanish well enough to prefer it over English for reading most books. But for this one, I think I need to do Spanish. Great pictures too.