Nicholas Schiller
@nnschiller.bsky.social
I'm a big nerd who is currently into libraries, World Tour Cycling and the Women's World Tour, and speculative fiction.
I'm looking for ways to make the world a better place by resisting hegemony & seeking new perspectives. Masc pronouns
I'm looking for ways to make the world a better place by resisting hegemony & seeking new perspectives. Masc pronouns
Seriously. The Reason software in the first Dirk Gently novel NAILED IT.
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decades of cyberpunk fiction, and I don't believe a single writer fully predicted how embarrassingly stupid so much of AI was going to be
May 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Seriously. The Reason software in the first Dirk Gently novel NAILED IT.
Working on being a pleasant and healthy pessimist. I may have to read more mid-20th century Eastern European novels for pointers. Just because we are hopeless does not mean life is without meaning.
May 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Working on being a pleasant and healthy pessimist. I may have to read more mid-20th century Eastern European novels for pointers. Just because we are hopeless does not mean life is without meaning.
At a library conference and the Futurist has a “mandatory optimism” approach I find intolerable. Morally and intellectually bankrupt.
May 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
At a library conference and the Futurist has a “mandatory optimism” approach I find intolerable. Morally and intellectually bankrupt.
Anyone I know at the Massachusetts Library Association conference today? It feels like a decade since my last conference and I’ve lost all my connections.
May 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Anyone I know at the Massachusetts Library Association conference today? It feels like a decade since my last conference and I’ve lost all my connections.
I am not a trained graphic designer, but I used to work with some and I can do basic things in the kinds of software graphic designers use.
I don't know how trained designers deal with the constant requests that are basically: "please make this ugly bad design choice for me."
I don't know how trained designers deal with the constant requests that are basically: "please make this ugly bad design choice for me."
March 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I am not a trained graphic designer, but I used to work with some and I can do basic things in the kinds of software graphic designers use.
I don't know how trained designers deal with the constant requests that are basically: "please make this ugly bad design choice for me."
I don't know how trained designers deal with the constant requests that are basically: "please make this ugly bad design choice for me."
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ah yes, the strong, masculine, non-emotional leadership we've all heard so much about
🚨The Trump administration is considering ending all ongoing shipments of military aid to Ukraine in response to Zelensky’s remarks in the Oval Office on Friday and his perceived intransigence in the peace process, per senior administration official
February 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
ah yes, the strong, masculine, non-emotional leadership we've all heard so much about
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No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.
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I am once again marveling at the A+ design of the Rhode Island Library Association's "Free People Deserve to Read Freely" campaign imagery.
Both of these are just perfection.
Both of these are just perfection.
February 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I am once again marveling at the A+ design of the Rhode Island Library Association's "Free People Deserve to Read Freely" campaign imagery.
Both of these are just perfection.
Both of these are just perfection.
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History is repeating itself.
There were more LGBTQ people removed from government during the lavender scare than were suspected communists during the red scare. They only really taught the latter in history classes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavende...
There were more LGBTQ people removed from government during the lavender scare than were suspected communists during the red scare. They only really taught the latter in history classes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavende...
February 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
History is repeating itself.
There were more LGBTQ people removed from government during the lavender scare than were suspected communists during the red scare. They only really taught the latter in history classes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavende...
There were more LGBTQ people removed from government during the lavender scare than were suspected communists during the red scare. They only really taught the latter in history classes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavende...
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All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.
February 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
February 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
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There's always a Pratchett quote
I find comfort in that
I find comfort in that
Seems like time to quote the Nac Mac Feegles:
“Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willnae be fooled again!”
“Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willnae be fooled again!”
February 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
There's always a Pratchett quote
I find comfort in that
I find comfort in that
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incredible exchange, @marisakabas.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
incredible exchange, @marisakabas.bsky.social
Squeeeeee!!!!!
I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...
Apple’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025
Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård
www.apple.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Squeeeeee!!!!!
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BREAKING: every goddamn thing
February 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
BREAKING: every goddamn thing
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I hope no one is still teaching that you can largely trust .gov websites.
February 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I hope no one is still teaching that you can largely trust .gov websites.
This reference librarian has learned that the process is more about improving the questions that we are asking and much less about finding one definitive answer.
The answer was not the point. The answer was never the point. The process of searching is the process of learning.
February 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This reference librarian has learned that the process is more about improving the questions that we are asking and much less about finding one definitive answer.
So the LCSH are going to make the new-speak name changes official. (Denali & Mexico are renamed)
Some are asking for comments, despite the fact that the comment period is only one day.
Since they don't care about what we think, I don't understand why responding is useful. Does it serve a purpose?
Some are asking for comments, despite the fact that the comment period is only one day.
Since they don't care about what we think, I don't understand why responding is useful. Does it serve a purpose?
February 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
So the LCSH are going to make the new-speak name changes official. (Denali & Mexico are renamed)
Some are asking for comments, despite the fact that the comment period is only one day.
Since they don't care about what we think, I don't understand why responding is useful. Does it serve a purpose?
Some are asking for comments, despite the fact that the comment period is only one day.
Since they don't care about what we think, I don't understand why responding is useful. Does it serve a purpose?
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No one person is all powerful.
One is only powerful with the cooperation of others.
Lots and lots of people are complicit.
One is only powerful with the cooperation of others.
Lots and lots of people are complicit.
February 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
No one person is all powerful.
One is only powerful with the cooperation of others.
Lots and lots of people are complicit.
One is only powerful with the cooperation of others.
Lots and lots of people are complicit.
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Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window
February 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Big crowd at the SF Tesla dealership protesting our unelected overlord. A tiny sign hangs from an upstairs window
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Eganito 🥹🥹 what if I CRIED 🥹🥹🥹
February 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Eganito 🥹🥹 what if I CRIED 🥹🥹🥹
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If we weren’t in 2025 — with a U.S. government trying to bring Nazi sympathizers to power in Germany — I’d say this article must be in the Onion.
But it’s not the Onion. It’s stone-cold real life in this country.
The Republican Party has a Nazi problem, in addition to an LGBTQ elimination problem.
But it’s not the Onion. It’s stone-cold real life in this country.
The Republican Party has a Nazi problem, in addition to an LGBTQ elimination problem.
February 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If we weren’t in 2025 — with a U.S. government trying to bring Nazi sympathizers to power in Germany — I’d say this article must be in the Onion.
But it’s not the Onion. It’s stone-cold real life in this country.
The Republican Party has a Nazi problem, in addition to an LGBTQ elimination problem.
But it’s not the Onion. It’s stone-cold real life in this country.
The Republican Party has a Nazi problem, in addition to an LGBTQ elimination problem.
I keep reading well written and compelling think-pieces on why it is necessary to move to the center to defeat fascism. I can’t do it. I’d rather lose than abandon LGBTQ+, Palestinian people, and whomever else we’re supposed to strategically abandon.
February 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I keep reading well written and compelling think-pieces on why it is necessary to move to the center to defeat fascism. I can’t do it. I’d rather lose than abandon LGBTQ+, Palestinian people, and whomever else we’re supposed to strategically abandon.
Today's work social media post was pretty low effort on my part, but these are 3 novels I'm looking forward to. After eagerly anticipating and then thoroughly enjoying Rebecca Yarros' Onyx Storm, here are 3 more big releases I'm waiting for.
What are you all waiting for this year?
What are you all waiting for this year?
February 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Today's work social media post was pretty low effort on my part, but these are 3 novels I'm looking forward to. After eagerly anticipating and then thoroughly enjoying Rebecca Yarros' Onyx Storm, here are 3 more big releases I'm waiting for.
What are you all waiting for this year?
What are you all waiting for this year?