Tom M
@tomamoose.bsky.social
Professional nerd. Lover of museums, libraries, parks, and Oxford commas
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over
RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
October 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over
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RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.
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The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
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October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.
Sorry to be corny but the aerial shots of these crowds are almost indescribably moving and hopeful
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.
Blood donation and Foreigner really need a collab...
I want to hear "Type O Hero" blasted every time I check in
I want to hear "Type O Hero" blasted every time I check in
August 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Blood donation and Foreigner really need a collab...
I want to hear "Type O Hero" blasted every time I check in
I want to hear "Type O Hero" blasted every time I check in
This budget is such a corrupt pile of shit
The latest Ohio budget proposal threatens food banks (while giving the wealthy owners of the Cleveland Browns $600 million for a new stadium)
Ohio food banks could lose millions in funding under proposed state budget
Food banks across Ohio are dealing with a major increase in need, but each Republican budget passed in the state cuts their funding from 2025 to 2026 by millions.
www.news5cleveland.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This budget is such a corrupt pile of shit
Only a gotdammed Frankenstein or Vampire or Creature from the Black Lagoon would dare to trespass on the literary range of Dalton Wilcox @showmanandydaly.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Only a gotdammed Frankenstein or Vampire or Creature from the Black Lagoon would dare to trespass on the literary range of Dalton Wilcox @showmanandydaly.bsky.social
A beautiful essay from a wonderful coworker from years back
Looking back on all the things I became because of libraries, it stands to reason that some people might see them as a threat. I would hope that anyone who does is seen for what they are. Anyone who would diminish a library diminishes democracy, builds a wall around freedom.
New from Scott Woods.
New from Scott Woods.
The Other Columbus: Never cut money for libraries – Matter News
Anyone who would diminish a library diminishes democracy.
matternews.org
April 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A beautiful essay from a wonderful coworker from years back
OH House Legislature put forward its version of the state budget, which guts funding for Ohio’s Public Libraries. This budget eliminates the Public Library Fund (PLF). It takes millions from OH's libraries
Contact your state Reps to share what the libraries mean to you chpl.org/dont-cut-ohi...
Contact your state Reps to share what the libraries mean to you chpl.org/dont-cut-ohi...
Tell the Ohio House Now: Don’t Cut My Library!
Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library stands to lose $14.5 million of our state funding and we need your help. Use the links below…
chpl.org
April 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
OH House Legislature put forward its version of the state budget, which guts funding for Ohio’s Public Libraries. This budget eliminates the Public Library Fund (PLF). It takes millions from OH's libraries
Contact your state Reps to share what the libraries mean to you chpl.org/dont-cut-ohi...
Contact your state Reps to share what the libraries mean to you chpl.org/dont-cut-ohi...
I'm only surprised that it took this long to attack libraries. These fucks want America to be as ignorant, incurious, and bigoted as they are, so they will attempt to destroy anything that allows people to expand their perspectives and knowledge. Gotta channel that Ides of March energy... #booksky
March 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'm only surprised that it took this long to attack libraries. These fucks want America to be as ignorant, incurious, and bigoted as they are, so they will attempt to destroy anything that allows people to expand their perspectives and knowledge. Gotta channel that Ides of March energy... #booksky
Another fine example of how problematic Dewey is. Dewey Decimal is so entrenched it'll be hard to correct, but it can be done! Hurrah for Dorothy B. Parker!
Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
February 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Another fine example of how problematic Dewey is. Dewey Decimal is so entrenched it'll be hard to correct, but it can be done! Hurrah for Dorothy B. Parker!
Books of 2025, #6
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - hopeful sci-fi and a great exploration of ennui and "what do people need" #booksky
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - hopeful sci-fi and a great exploration of ennui and "what do people need" #booksky
A psalm for the wild-built | WorldCat.org
"In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness
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January 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Books of 2025, #6
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - hopeful sci-fi and a great exploration of ennui and "what do people need" #booksky
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - hopeful sci-fi and a great exploration of ennui and "what do people need" #booksky
Books of 2025, #5
The Wood at Midwinter - a sweet fable by Susanna Clarke that reminded me of O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi #booksky
The Wood at Midwinter - a sweet fable by Susanna Clarke that reminded me of O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi #booksky
The wood at midwinter | WorldCat.org
"Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scot is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees--and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods. One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple th
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January 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Books of 2025, #5
The Wood at Midwinter - a sweet fable by Susanna Clarke that reminded me of O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi #booksky
The Wood at Midwinter - a sweet fable by Susanna Clarke that reminded me of O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi #booksky
Books of 2025, #4
The Prisons - gorgeous prints by Piranesi that seem to have inspired the Susanna Clarke novel #booksky
The Prisons - gorgeous prints by Piranesi that seem to have inspired the Susanna Clarke novel #booksky
The prisons (Le carceri) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete first and second states | WorldCat.org
The prisons (Le carceri) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete first and second states | WorldCat.org
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January 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Books of 2025, #4
The Prisons - gorgeous prints by Piranesi that seem to have inspired the Susanna Clarke novel #booksky
The Prisons - gorgeous prints by Piranesi that seem to have inspired the Susanna Clarke novel #booksky
Books of 2025, #3
Annihilator - gave me some Barton Fink vibes, but a bit too navel-gazing for my taste #booksky
Annihilator - gave me some Barton Fink vibes, but a bit too navel-gazing for my taste #booksky
Annihilator | WorldCat.org
Washed-up Hollywood screenwriter Ray Spass is caught in a downward spiral of broken relationships, wild parties and self-destruction. Out of luck and out of chances, he's one failed script away from f
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January 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Books of 2025, #3
Annihilator - gave me some Barton Fink vibes, but a bit too navel-gazing for my taste #booksky
Annihilator - gave me some Barton Fink vibes, but a bit too navel-gazing for my taste #booksky
Books of 2025, #2
There's Always This Year - a reread since it's the best book I've read in a while #basketball #columbus #ohio #booksky
There's Always This Year - a reread since it's the best book I've read in a while #basketball #columbus #ohio #booksky
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January 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Books of 2025, #2
There's Always This Year - a reread since it's the best book I've read in a while #basketball #columbus #ohio #booksky
There's Always This Year - a reread since it's the best book I've read in a while #basketball #columbus #ohio #booksky
Books of 2025, #1
Buzzkill - interesting use of a superhero to explore addiction #booksky
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Buzzkill - interesting use of a superhero to explore addiction #booksky
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January 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Books of 2025, #1
Buzzkill - interesting use of a superhero to explore addiction #booksky
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Buzzkill - interesting use of a superhero to explore addiction #booksky
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Before these fucks get pardoned, check out if anyone in your community was involved in #jan6
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The Jan. 6 attack: The cases behind the biggest criminal investigation in U.S. history
More than 1,570 people have been federally charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. NPR is tracking each case from the initial charges through sentencing.
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January 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Before these fucks get pardoned, check out if anyone in your community was involved in #jan6
www.npr.org/2021/02/09/9...
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This Cavs season has been so awesome! The only downside is not getting to hear @zachlowenba.bsky.social break down their offense #cavs
January 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This Cavs season has been so awesome! The only downside is not getting to hear @zachlowenba.bsky.social break down their offense #cavs
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Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
One glorious successful year of cat husbandry
January 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
One glorious successful year of cat husbandry