Thomas Patrick Flynn
@thomasflynn.bsky.social
Academic librarian in Minnesota who enjoys horror a normal amount
Spooky stuff, library stuff, queer stuff, politics 🏳️🌈 🍉
Spooky stuff, library stuff, queer stuff, politics 🏳️🌈 🍉
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A whole bunch of horror-y folks recommend the scariest stories they’ve ever read. I wrote about @lairdbarron.bsky.social ‘s “Tiptoe.”
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘It’s insanely sinister’: horror writers on the scariest stories they’ve ever read
Bloodthirsty ghosts, sadistic supercomputers, creepy childhood games ... Mariana Enríquez, Paul Tremblay, Daisy Johnson and others on the tales that kept them up at night
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A whole bunch of horror-y folks recommend the scariest stories they’ve ever read. I wrote about @lairdbarron.bsky.social ‘s “Tiptoe.”
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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I am sorry to say it, but this is probably one of the most important things you can repost today.
April 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I am sorry to say it, but this is probably one of the most important things you can repost today.
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Let's be clear: more universities need to follow this.
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands (Gift Article)
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Let's be clear: more universities need to follow this.
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[at the White House]
Donald Trump: so as i was saying we're putting tariffs on the moon
Trump: i know people like the moon
Trump: it's a beautiful moon
Trump: but it's not pulling its weight
Trump: it's gotta go
Donald Trump: so as i was saying we're putting tariffs on the moon
Trump: i know people like the moon
Trump: it's a beautiful moon
Trump: but it's not pulling its weight
Trump: it's gotta go
April 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
[at the White House]
Donald Trump: so as i was saying we're putting tariffs on the moon
Trump: i know people like the moon
Trump: it's a beautiful moon
Trump: but it's not pulling its weight
Trump: it's gotta go
Donald Trump: so as i was saying we're putting tariffs on the moon
Trump: i know people like the moon
Trump: it's a beautiful moon
Trump: but it's not pulling its weight
Trump: it's gotta go
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Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
April 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.
Are we great again yet?
This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Are we great again yet?
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Repeat after me:
"Fuck you, make me"
"Fuck you, make me"
April 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Repeat after me:
"Fuck you, make me"
"Fuck you, make me"
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Proof of life in smarch Minnesota
March 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Proof of life in smarch Minnesota
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Consumers are being sold an illusion of ownership. "Buy" a digital movie, an e-book, or a game today? Tomorrow, it could vanish. 🕳️
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Wyden to FTC: Stop digital “bait-and-switch” sales | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Consumers are being sold an illusion of ownership. "Buy" a digital movie, an e-book, or a game today? Tomorrow, it could vanish. 🕳️
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
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March 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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I owe an apology to all James Bond movies. I mocked them for having completely unrealistic, cartoonish villains that simply weren't believable.
2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.
2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.
March 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I owe an apology to all James Bond movies. I mocked them for having completely unrealistic, cartoonish villains that simply weren't believable.
2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.
2025 has made it impossible to levy that criticism anymore.
The president of the US is a fucking idiot.
February 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The president of the US is a fucking idiot.
This is one of the best overviews of the current state of AI grifting that I have found.
Newsletter: There is no AI Revolution. Consumer adoption of generative AI outside of ChatGPT is barely 100 million people, every single company in generative AI is deeply unprofitable, Microsoft is pulling capex, and OpenAI spent $9bn in 2024 to lose $5bn.
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
There Is No AI Revolution
Soundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars
Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative AI industry as a cynical con where OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei hav...
www.wheresyoured.at
February 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is one of the best overviews of the current state of AI grifting that I have found.
Got my first session booked with a new therapist and that feeling is 💖💖💖
February 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Got my first session booked with a new therapist and that feeling is 💖💖💖
Find joy where you can, y’all
February 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Find joy where you can, y’all
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Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
February 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on.
Making this my pinned post.
Let's fuckin go
February 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Let's fuckin go
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New on ACRLog... Some Thoughts on Showing Up for Students and Overcoming Discouragement
Some Thoughts on Showing Up for Students and Overcoming Discouragement
I returned to library instruction this week bearing mixed emotions. On the one hand, I was excited to return to teaching after a pause between December and February that was replaced by other work pri...
bit.ly
February 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
New on ACRLog... Some Thoughts on Showing Up for Students and Overcoming Discouragement
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Horror is a transgressive, punk rock genre that is at times VERY political. And a large component of our audience and community is very, very queer. You don't have to share our politics to enjoy horror, but you sure as shit should share the ideals that everyone has a right to exist if you make it.
February 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Horror is a transgressive, punk rock genre that is at times VERY political. And a large component of our audience and community is very, very queer. You don't have to share our politics to enjoy horror, but you sure as shit should share the ideals that everyone has a right to exist if you make it.
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Breaking: Punxsutawney Phil sees the shadow of death and fall of an empire, so there will be 6 more weeks of winter and then groundhogs inherit the earth.
February 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Breaking: Punxsutawney Phil sees the shadow of death and fall of an empire, so there will be 6 more weeks of winter and then groundhogs inherit the earth.
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some america first beers spotted in denmark:
January 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
some america first beers spotted in denmark:
I’m not obsessed, everything is fine
January 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’m not obsessed, everything is fine
This so so so good, check it out!
I wrote an essay for the Barnes & Noble blog about the power of horror and how intensely cathartic the genre can be. I hope you check it out! ❤️
www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/eric-la...
www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/eric-la...
Every Horror Story is About Power: A Guest Post by Eric LaRocca - B&N Reads
Bestselling author Eric LaRocca returns with a dark, decadent story of loneliness and longing, life and death. With claustrophobic rituals and spine-tingling horror you won’t be able to look away from...
www.barnesandnoble.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This so so so good, check it out!