Mþ. Kestrel (pronounced Myth)
@kestrelsward.bsky.social
They/them. Early-career librarian/archivist living in FL & working in higher ed archives & OER. Nonbinary, queer, disabled, white, divorced, parent
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going to get rich by selling courses on how to shitpost to mock grifters
This is the ur-grift: it’s not the get-rich-quick scheme that makes you rich, it’s teaching other people how to sell it to someone else.
To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
February 8, 2026 at 11:08 PM
going to get rich by selling courses on how to shitpost to mock grifters
Ok. Men’s WAS wild as predicted. But SHUN WAS ROBBED WTF!! That skate was fucking FLAWLESS! His PCS should have been so much higher! Like I’m happy for Team USA, but I’m mad on Shun’s behalf. He did so good. #MilanoCortina #FigureSkating
February 8, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Ok. Men’s WAS wild as predicted. But SHUN WAS ROBBED WTF!! That skate was fucking FLAWLESS! His PCS should have been so much higher! Like I’m happy for Team USA, but I’m mad on Shun’s behalf. He did so good. #MilanoCortina #FigureSkating
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#MilanoCortina2026 Team standings after 7 events
1 🇯🇵Team Japan 59
2 🇺🇸Team United States 59
3 🇮🇹Team Italy 52
4 🇬🇪Team Georgia 50
5 🇨🇦Team Canada 47
bit.ly/4rBhoLC #Olympics
1 🇯🇵Team Japan 59
2 🇺🇸Team United States 59
3 🇮🇹Team Italy 52
4 🇬🇪Team Georgia 50
5 🇨🇦Team Canada 47
bit.ly/4rBhoLC #Olympics
2026 Winter Olympics play-by-play/results: Team Event free programs — Rocker Skating - Figure Skating Analysis by Jackie Wong
Live stream and play-by-play of the Figure Skating Team Event free programs at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano-Cortina
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February 8, 2026 at 8:36 PM
#MilanoCortina2026 Team standings after 7 events
1 🇯🇵Team Japan 59
2 🇺🇸Team United States 59
3 🇮🇹Team Italy 52
4 🇬🇪Team Georgia 50
5 🇨🇦Team Canada 47
bit.ly/4rBhoLC #Olympics
1 🇯🇵Team Japan 59
2 🇺🇸Team United States 59
3 🇮🇹Team Italy 52
4 🇬🇪Team Georgia 50
5 🇨🇦Team Canada 47
bit.ly/4rBhoLC #Olympics
Missed the first part of Women’s Free, but caught my two faves Amber and Kaori and wow! Amber is gonna come back fighting in the individual I know. But men’s free is gonna be WILD with that US/JPN tie going in!!! #MilanoCortina
February 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Missed the first part of Women’s Free, but caught my two faves Amber and Kaori and wow! Amber is gonna come back fighting in the individual I know. But men’s free is gonna be WILD with that US/JPN tie going in!!! #MilanoCortina
Something I can’t believe just occurred to me, but figure skating judging panels are absolutely using AI to help determine technical elements like synchronization rates between pairs & angles of under rotation & such aren’t they? & probably have been for years.
February 8, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Something I can’t believe just occurred to me, but figure skating judging panels are absolutely using AI to help determine technical elements like synchronization rates between pairs & angles of under rotation & such aren’t they? & probably have been for years.
It pisses me off enough that I still get ads on Peacock when I pay a subscription (1 of many reasons I cancelled, but Olys are easier to watch with it). But then when they insert those commercials IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ICE SKATING ROUTINE I AM LIVID!! Fucking NBC.
February 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
It pisses me off enough that I still get ads on Peacock when I pay a subscription (1 of many reasons I cancelled, but Olys are easier to watch with it). But then when they insert those commercials IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ICE SKATING ROUTINE I AM LIVID!! Fucking NBC.
Ah I’m glad you’re on the list! Here’s a way to help a trans Girl Scout AND help a Minneapolis family against ICE at the same time! I’d already ordered the max I can afford, but maybe some of my followers still need some cookies?
We're on her list & thankful for the help!
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February 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Ah I’m glad you’re on the list! Here’s a way to help a trans Girl Scout AND help a Minneapolis family against ICE at the same time! I’d already ordered the max I can afford, but maybe some of my followers still need some cookies?
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This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
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February 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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I stand corrected, you could still hear the boos when they cut to Vance during the entrance of team USA. 😈
So Peacock definitely cut the booing of Vance out of the replays, unless it was later in the program….
February 7, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I stand corrected, you could still hear the boos when they cut to Vance during the entrance of team USA. 😈
DONOVAN GOT TO BE A FLAG BEARER!! Im so happy, he so deserves it! #MilanoCortina26
February 7, 2026 at 1:58 AM
DONOVAN GOT TO BE A FLAG BEARER!! Im so happy, he so deserves it! #MilanoCortina26
Holy shit, one of the Team USA flag bearers is apparently from the next moderately sized town south of here, and where I used to work, where my Brother in Law works now. Talk about small worlds. #MilanoCortina26
February 7, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Holy shit, one of the Team USA flag bearers is apparently from the next moderately sized town south of here, and where I used to work, where my Brother in Law works now. Talk about small worlds. #MilanoCortina26
Watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony replay, and I wonder as I always do, WHO ARE THE OTHER PEOPLE MARCHING WITH THE ATHLETES?? You can’t tell w the bigger teams, but the ones w only 1-2 athletes competing it is obvious. I am so curious. #MilanoCortino26
February 7, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Watching the Olympic Opening Ceremony replay, and I wonder as I always do, WHO ARE THE OTHER PEOPLE MARCHING WITH THE ATHLETES?? You can’t tell w the bigger teams, but the ones w only 1-2 athletes competing it is obvious. I am so curious. #MilanoCortino26
So Peacock definitely cut the booing of Vance out of the replays, unless it was later in the program….
February 7, 2026 at 12:56 AM
So Peacock definitely cut the booing of Vance out of the replays, unless it was later in the program….
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This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
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Blueskyese and Xian share an obvious common root as both being Twitteric languages, the difference is that after the split Xian became a hybrid Twitteric/Channer-linkedin tongue, while Blueskyese changed less overall but did pick up some tumbleric and redditor loanwords
yeah Bluesky is primarily a Tumblric language
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Blueskyese and Xian share an obvious common root as both being Twitteric languages, the difference is that after the split Xian became a hybrid Twitteric/Channer-linkedin tongue, while Blueskyese changed less overall but did pick up some tumbleric and redditor loanwords
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Imagine living in a world where people become billionaires by causing human suffering...
writing books so popular you become the rare billionaire who gets rich without causing human suffering...
and then deciding to use those billions to cause human suffering anyway just for the love of the game.
writing books so popular you become the rare billionaire who gets rich without causing human suffering...
and then deciding to use those billions to cause human suffering anyway just for the love of the game.
February 5, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Imagine living in a world where people become billionaires by causing human suffering...
writing books so popular you become the rare billionaire who gets rich without causing human suffering...
and then deciding to use those billions to cause human suffering anyway just for the love of the game.
writing books so popular you become the rare billionaire who gets rich without causing human suffering...
and then deciding to use those billions to cause human suffering anyway just for the love of the game.
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I wrote about some of the unreasonable requests I've gotten as a candidate for library jobs, and how employers might make the interview process less dehumanizing. acrlog.org/2026/02/05/m... 📚
Making the Academic Librarian Interview Less Painful - ACRLog
To be unexpectedly unemployed in the U.S. is to be in a state of desperation. If you haven’t been out of work lately, it’s a particularly challenging time. The labor market is cooling, and people are ...
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February 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I wrote about some of the unreasonable requests I've gotten as a candidate for library jobs, and how employers might make the interview process less dehumanizing. acrlog.org/2026/02/05/m... 📚
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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If you're near Minneapolis on Saturday, please consider coming out to the Twin Cities Zine Fest, where we'll have 80+ zinesters sharing their #zines & free workshops! tczinefest.org/tczf-2026/ #TCZF2026
If you're elsewhere, please send good vibes, we could use some fun.
If you're elsewhere, please send good vibes, we could use some fun.
February 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
If you're near Minneapolis on Saturday, please consider coming out to the Twin Cities Zine Fest, where we'll have 80+ zinesters sharing their #zines & free workshops! tczinefest.org/tczf-2026/ #TCZF2026
If you're elsewhere, please send good vibes, we could use some fun.
If you're elsewhere, please send good vibes, we could use some fun.
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There's a setting that will remind you to add alt text if you attach an image! It's settings > accessibility > require alt text before posting an image. Have heard from a few people that a recent app update switched off this setting for them when they'd previously enabled it, so worth checking!
This place is getting much worse for alt-text recently! Include it for your own images and don't repost images that don't have it (except to add alt text yourself if you feel it's important to share it anyway).
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
There's a setting that will remind you to add alt text if you attach an image! It's settings > accessibility > require alt text before posting an image. Have heard from a few people that a recent app update switched off this setting for them when they'd previously enabled it, so worth checking!
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clip of me talking at length about watches being played at my neurodivergence trial
Episode 49: The Millionaire Next Door
In 1996, two marketing professors revealed the characteristics of America's new elite class: They buy the right kind of watch, marry the right kind of wife and were born the right kind of white.
In 1996, two marketing professors revealed the characteristics of America's new elite class: They buy the right kind of watch, marry the right kind of wife and were born the right kind of white.
The Millionaire Next Door
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 02/05/2026 · 1h 11m
podcasts.apple.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:36 PM
clip of me talking at length about watches being played at my neurodivergence trial
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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The prophecy, fulfilled
I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The prophecy, fulfilled
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Thanks for the support!!! I really appreciate it. I'm currently on break while my Fulfillment Centre is handling most orders. Sales helps me take care of myself especially as I'm recovering from major surgery. So thank you!!
Happy Black History Month!
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It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.
I sell pins, compression gloves, artist gloves, back braces, knee braces, wrist braces, compression socks, cute bags & more!
Store: Bibipins.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Thanks for the support!!! I really appreciate it. I'm currently on break while my Fulfillment Centre is handling most orders. Sales helps me take care of myself especially as I'm recovering from major surgery. So thank you!!