William T. Perkins
@wtperkins.bsky.social
Former local journalist, current library worker, MLIS.
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We're just six days away from finding out if someone left Snoopy in the vestibule.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We're just six days away from finding out if someone left Snoopy in the vestibule.
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I think one of the problems is that students frequently believe that classes are something to be endured, just obstacle to getting a piece of paper certifying they endured it rather than a genuine opportunity for learning and the exploration of ideas.
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I think one of the problems is that students frequently believe that classes are something to be endured, just obstacle to getting a piece of paper certifying they endured it rather than a genuine opportunity for learning and the exploration of ideas.
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Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
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Getting personal for today's post talking about my struggles to connect with entertainment and how seeing HADESTOWN this week did a lot to help. Like, read and subscribe if only to prove me getting mopey ain't a bad thing.
thefilmmaven.com/hadestown-po...
thefilmmaven.com/hadestown-po...
Revisiting Hadestown in a Week of Nuclear Fears and Mamdani's Win
Who knew a musical about Hell was just what I needed?
thefilmmaven.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Getting personal for today's post talking about my struggles to connect with entertainment and how seeing HADESTOWN this week did a lot to help. Like, read and subscribe if only to prove me getting mopey ain't a bad thing.
thefilmmaven.com/hadestown-po...
thefilmmaven.com/hadestown-po...
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What if we could work with our public libraries to create + sustain convivial infrastructures for local news, local 🎶, digital equity, and more? I wrote abt lots of communities that are doing this work, bldg networks of solidarity + resistance, modeling alternatives to extractive commercial systems.
I wrote about public libraries as spaces of civic solidarity, common knowledge, and public infrastructure — all endangered by commercial and federal saboteurs
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
What if we could work with our public libraries to create + sustain convivial infrastructures for local news, local 🎶, digital equity, and more? I wrote abt lots of communities that are doing this work, bldg networks of solidarity + resistance, modeling alternatives to extractive commercial systems.
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I did not have any of this on my bingo card, because a bingo card is typically just a grid with sets of numbers on it
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I did not have any of this on my bingo card, because a bingo card is typically just a grid with sets of numbers on it
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Substitute teaching a high school classroom today: “Mr. Perkins, I love your hair. It’s very 2000s!” 💀
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Substitute teaching a high school classroom today: “Mr. Perkins, I love your hair. It’s very 2000s!” 💀
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The Power Fantasy of Superman is you still have a staff job on a newspaper.
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The Power Fantasy of Superman is you still have a staff job on a newspaper.
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“we’ve gutted our newspaper, chased off most of the talent, and turned our opinion page into a low rent WSJ clone
somehow this is not attracting new subscribers, better gut it some more”
what a disgrace
somehow this is not attracting new subscribers, better gut it some more”
what a disgrace
Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...
Pain at The Post
As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure a...
www.status.news
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
“we’ve gutted our newspaper, chased off most of the talent, and turned our opinion page into a low rent WSJ clone
somehow this is not attracting new subscribers, better gut it some more”
what a disgrace
somehow this is not attracting new subscribers, better gut it some more”
what a disgrace
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this is accurate along multiple dimensions
they’re getting dumber and more right wing but they are now smarter and more left wing in comparison to the people they see on twitter all day (stupid nazis) which also leads them to be even more prone to dismissing criticism from the left
they’re getting dumber and more right wing but they are now smarter and more left wing in comparison to the people they see on twitter all day (stupid nazis) which also leads them to be even more prone to dismissing criticism from the left
twitter is making mainstream reporters dumber, and because they're all getting dumber together, none of them can recognize it and they actually think they're getting smarter
October 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
this is accurate along multiple dimensions
they’re getting dumber and more right wing but they are now smarter and more left wing in comparison to the people they see on twitter all day (stupid nazis) which also leads them to be even more prone to dismissing criticism from the left
they’re getting dumber and more right wing but they are now smarter and more left wing in comparison to the people they see on twitter all day (stupid nazis) which also leads them to be even more prone to dismissing criticism from the left
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No Country for Old Cows (2007)
October 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
No Country for Old Cows (2007)
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the trust fund brunchlords in charge of modern media have absolutely no idea what they're doing, zero understanding of the modern information environment, and are completely, intractably oblivious to their own class/race/gender bias
Lot of ships abandoned on these shorses. Most recently CNN. (Via @status.news)
October 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
the trust fund brunchlords in charge of modern media have absolutely no idea what they're doing, zero understanding of the modern information environment, and are completely, intractably oblivious to their own class/race/gender bias
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Research and reference CAN be fun lol
The LA Public Library research librarian explaining what is going on with Charli and Taylor is outstanding work
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October 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Research and reference CAN be fun lol
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Calder Gardens, a Light-Filled Museum and Prairie, Houses the Sculptor’s Work in Philadelphia www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/cald...
Calder Gardens, a Light-Filled Museum and Prairie, Houses the Sculptor's Work in Philadelphia
Calder Gardens is designed to bring art, architecture, and nature into a constant and ever-evolving conversation.
www.thisiscolossal.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Calder Gardens, a Light-Filled Museum and Prairie, Houses the Sculptor’s Work in Philadelphia www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/cald...
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Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah
September 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah
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Please sir, may we have another portion?
We're children of the beast that dodged the abortion
Neck placed firm 'tween the floor and the Florsheim
We'll shut your shit down, don't call it extortion
We're children of the beast that dodged the abortion
Neck placed firm 'tween the floor and the Florsheim
We'll shut your shit down, don't call it extortion
The Coup - "The Guillotine"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
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September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Please sir, may we have another portion?
We're children of the beast that dodged the abortion
Neck placed firm 'tween the floor and the Florsheim
We'll shut your shit down, don't call it extortion
We're children of the beast that dodged the abortion
Neck placed firm 'tween the floor and the Florsheim
We'll shut your shit down, don't call it extortion
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Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.
September 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.
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Transgender people are owed a retraction and apology from @wsj.com. The lie has already become canon to millions and it seems the least they could do.
September 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Transgender people are owed a retraction and apology from @wsj.com. The lie has already become canon to millions and it seems the least they could do.
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The Wall Street Journal needs to issue a full retraction and apology to the trans community for this. Nothing less will suffice. They put us all in danger and recklessly put out incorrect information.
September 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Wall Street Journal needs to issue a full retraction and apology to the trans community for this. Nothing less will suffice. They put us all in danger and recklessly put out incorrect information.
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Somehow hit 50k today and so I thought I'd share some advice for growing a large social media following, which is to not do that
September 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Somehow hit 50k today and so I thought I'd share some advice for growing a large social media following, which is to not do that
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"One example of this arrangement can be found in Boston Public Library’s central branch, which has a small studio operated by the local public radio station, GBH. The space opened in 2016 and includes a stage where radio staff host live shows."
www.libraryjournal.com/story/booksh...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/booksh...
Bookshelves to Bylines: When Libraries and Journalists Join Forces
In the quest for new ways to combat misinformation, partnerships between media organizations and libraries are on the rise.
www.libraryjournal.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"One example of this arrangement can be found in Boston Public Library’s central branch, which has a small studio operated by the local public radio station, GBH. The space opened in 2016 and includes a stage where radio staff host live shows."
www.libraryjournal.com/story/booksh...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/booksh...
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I think that if you're a writer and you don't invent a word every now and then you're missing out on a solid chunk of the fun.
July 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I think that if you're a writer and you don't invent a word every now and then you're missing out on a solid chunk of the fun.
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it would appear J.K. has never been to a modern library which is all the things he claims they need to be.
July 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
it would appear J.K. has never been to a modern library which is all the things he claims they need to be.