Barb
@randygenner.bsky.social
Homebound Librarian. Left is best. UCB English, Syracuse MLIS. Comedy, linguistics, homelessness, AI, parenting, psychosis, crafts. ☸️/acc.
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Barb
@randygenner.bsky.social
· Dec 22
crochet projects.
(for my son, chose 3 patterns that felt like ocean/beach/sky;
for our schizophrenic neighbor who talked about being a band roadie and might have put me in his will)
(for my son, chose 3 patterns that felt like ocean/beach/sky;
for our schizophrenic neighbor who talked about being a band roadie and might have put me in his will)
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if you're still offline, stay offline
May 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
if you're still offline, stay offline
It's both, and failing to accept use cases also misses the mark. AI in Lit Crit functions like Sparknotes before it.
If anything it *strengthens* the human in humanities by showing the limitations of machines so people have easier access to the knowledge gaps that only their minds can fill.
If anything it *strengthens* the human in humanities by showing the limitations of machines so people have easier access to the knowledge gaps that only their minds can fill.
I’m going to say it again, generative AI and the push for it to be used in every Avenue of learning and education is because generative AI literally is a weapon for knowledge destruction not a knowledge creation tool and silicon valleys goal is to monetize and gate off all of human knowledge
The more this is explained the worse it appears.
May 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's both, and failing to accept use cases also misses the mark. AI in Lit Crit functions like Sparknotes before it.
If anything it *strengthens* the human in humanities by showing the limitations of machines so people have easier access to the knowledge gaps that only their minds can fill.
If anything it *strengthens* the human in humanities by showing the limitations of machines so people have easier access to the knowledge gaps that only their minds can fill.
How's the economy going
April 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
How's the economy going
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Pam Bondi says ICE agents can enter ANYBODY’S home without a warrant to find “illegals.”
Baby girl fuck you. Grown men are NOT coming into my house looking for a goddamn thing. I’ll sue you bitches to the STRATOSPHERE
Signed,
Someone who already sued the Dept. of Corrections and won.
Baby girl fuck you. Grown men are NOT coming into my house looking for a goddamn thing. I’ll sue you bitches to the STRATOSPHERE
Signed,
Someone who already sued the Dept. of Corrections and won.
April 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Pam Bondi says ICE agents can enter ANYBODY’S home without a warrant to find “illegals.”
Baby girl fuck you. Grown men are NOT coming into my house looking for a goddamn thing. I’ll sue you bitches to the STRATOSPHERE
Signed,
Someone who already sued the Dept. of Corrections and won.
Baby girl fuck you. Grown men are NOT coming into my house looking for a goddamn thing. I’ll sue you bitches to the STRATOSPHERE
Signed,
Someone who already sued the Dept. of Corrections and won.
This is cracking me tf up he's so knowledgeable but can't do numbers. I suppose there are different types of computer smart it's ok bud
April 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is cracking me tf up he's so knowledgeable but can't do numbers. I suppose there are different types of computer smart it's ok bud
I just listened to blowback.show s2 bonus 5 "Massive Retaliation", including the Eisenhower era provisional plan to semi-descriminantly drop dozens of nuclear bombs throughout the world as a deterrent to communism. It's reminding me of something? Current? hm
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-hdt5j...
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-hdt5j...
Blowback Season 6's trailer is out and its going to be about Angola- I'm very excited. I'm a big fan of the program and Noah Kulwin is a good friend. No one seems to have posted it on Bluesky both because it has only appeared on twitter and its more than a minute long (damn Bluesky!), so I will
April 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I just listened to blowback.show s2 bonus 5 "Massive Retaliation", including the Eisenhower era provisional plan to semi-descriminantly drop dozens of nuclear bombs throughout the world as a deterrent to communism. It's reminding me of something? Current? hm
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-hdt5j...
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-hdt5j...
Hummingbird in the kitchen. I feel like i deal with this situation more frequently than genpop
March 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hummingbird in the kitchen. I feel like i deal with this situation more frequently than genpop
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US Government Websites: Jan 5th, 2025.
March 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
US Government Websites: Jan 5th, 2025.
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I’m going to start publishing the pieces I’m a little shy about for paid subscribers. Welcome to the hole in the wall where you can see it all ❤️
This one is about how sometimes you can serve and be served at the same time.
I’ll still publish public ones too!
open.substack.com/pub/amberrol...
This one is about how sometimes you can serve and be served at the same time.
I’ll still publish public ones too!
open.substack.com/pub/amberrol...
March 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I’m going to start publishing the pieces I’m a little shy about for paid subscribers. Welcome to the hole in the wall where you can see it all ❤️
This one is about how sometimes you can serve and be served at the same time.
I’ll still publish public ones too!
open.substack.com/pub/amberrol...
This one is about how sometimes you can serve and be served at the same time.
I’ll still publish public ones too!
open.substack.com/pub/amberrol...
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March 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A lifelong private businessman claiming that eliminating fraud and boosting manufacturing will fix the whole economy is such a perfect self-own
March 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
A lifelong private businessman claiming that eliminating fraud and boosting manufacturing will fix the whole economy is such a perfect self-own
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✨CALL FOR ABSTRACTS✨
We are excited to publish the Call for Abstracts for our 10th annual conference: ABOLITION.
The conference will take place at Aarhus University, Denmark, on 10-11 October 2025.
As usual, we also accept papers outside this year's theme!
marxistiskestudier.com/2025/03/06/c...
We are excited to publish the Call for Abstracts for our 10th annual conference: ABOLITION.
The conference will take place at Aarhus University, Denmark, on 10-11 October 2025.
As usual, we also accept papers outside this year's theme!
marxistiskestudier.com/2025/03/06/c...
Call for Abstracts: 10th annual conference
Abolition Tenth annual conference of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies Aarhus University, Denmark10-11 October 2025 Open call While we particularly encourage engagements with the theme of R…
marxistiskestudier.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
✨CALL FOR ABSTRACTS✨
We are excited to publish the Call for Abstracts for our 10th annual conference: ABOLITION.
The conference will take place at Aarhus University, Denmark, on 10-11 October 2025.
As usual, we also accept papers outside this year's theme!
marxistiskestudier.com/2025/03/06/c...
We are excited to publish the Call for Abstracts for our 10th annual conference: ABOLITION.
The conference will take place at Aarhus University, Denmark, on 10-11 October 2025.
As usual, we also accept papers outside this year's theme!
marxistiskestudier.com/2025/03/06/c...
at this point I'd believe the pandemic did last 15 days
March 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
at this point I'd believe the pandemic did last 15 days
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demanding a return to the office while canceling leases is an inspired bit
February 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
demanding a return to the office while canceling leases is an inspired bit
finally got rid of my old mattress and saw a homeless person in the alley putting down newspaper so it would be clean enough to sleep on
February 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
finally got rid of my old mattress and saw a homeless person in the alley putting down newspaper so it would be clean enough to sleep on
Kissinger would have given it all to have 13 kids
February 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Kissinger would have given it all to have 13 kids
We should all be offered deferred resignations for quitting social media
February 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We should all be offered deferred resignations for quitting social media
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I never understood the musicians playing music while the Titanic sank.
Now I do.
Now I do.
February 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I never understood the musicians playing music while the Titanic sank.
Now I do.
Now I do.
I'm gaining hope that ye is actually pulling off the troll that will save the world from fascism
February 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm gaining hope that ye is actually pulling off the troll that will save the world from fascism
people who have both Watch Duty and Tinder must be on a wild dopamine ride
January 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
people who have both Watch Duty and Tinder must be on a wild dopamine ride
Rhetorical mindset is how we got here. Narcissism breeds projection that serves authoritarianism and bolsters it with a culture of disinformation. We have tech emperors who aim to arbitrate reality by basing policy and economy entirely on models and simulated hypotheticals that validate their status
January 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Rhetorical mindset is how we got here. Narcissism breeds projection that serves authoritarianism and bolsters it with a culture of disinformation. We have tech emperors who aim to arbitrate reality by basing policy and economy entirely on models and simulated hypotheticals that validate their status
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Branches of government
Congress: the weakest branch, as it can only pass messaging bills, give more power to the other branches, or shut down
President: can do anything, if Republican; otherwise checked by the third branch
Fifth Circuit Court: this is the branch that includes the Supreme Court
Congress: the weakest branch, as it can only pass messaging bills, give more power to the other branches, or shut down
President: can do anything, if Republican; otherwise checked by the third branch
Fifth Circuit Court: this is the branch that includes the Supreme Court
January 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Branches of government
Congress: the weakest branch, as it can only pass messaging bills, give more power to the other branches, or shut down
President: can do anything, if Republican; otherwise checked by the third branch
Fifth Circuit Court: this is the branch that includes the Supreme Court
Congress: the weakest branch, as it can only pass messaging bills, give more power to the other branches, or shut down
President: can do anything, if Republican; otherwise checked by the third branch
Fifth Circuit Court: this is the branch that includes the Supreme Court
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The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for.
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
www.usatoday.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.