Athena Lathos
@athenalathos.bsky.social
u.s. minister of loneliness
this so pretty & transporting that it makes me feel like not everything is a bleak and hopeless waste
open.spotify.com/track/4KBNhH...
open.spotify.com/track/4KBNhH...
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco moto –
Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfred Brendel, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle · Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5; Piano Sonata Op. 57, "Appassionata" · Song · 1999
open.spotify.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
this so pretty & transporting that it makes me feel like not everything is a bleak and hopeless waste
open.spotify.com/track/4KBNhH...
open.spotify.com/track/4KBNhH...
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“If not gestapo, why gestapo shaped?”
June 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“If not gestapo, why gestapo shaped?”
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starting my new job as king tomorrow. a little nervous obviously but mostly just excited! thinking about hitting the streets to mingle with the hoi polloi, get a feel for what my subjects are up to
June 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
starting my new job as king tomorrow. a little nervous obviously but mostly just excited! thinking about hitting the streets to mingle with the hoi polloi, get a feel for what my subjects are up to
"There are many alternatives to the Kindle store and to Audible, and some of them offer DRM-free e-books and audiobooks... Bookshop.org (which has DRM-free options for e-books), Tor Books (which is entirely DRM-free) and Libro.fm (for DRM-free audiobooks)."
May 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"There are many alternatives to the Kindle store and to Audible, and some of them offer DRM-free e-books and audiobooks... Bookshop.org (which has DRM-free options for e-books), Tor Books (which is entirely DRM-free) and Libro.fm (for DRM-free audiobooks)."
"I would like to know what few inches of the wretched world can be made into an adequate space for you to mourn, or to make a plate of food, or to dance in your living room, or to bury something you’ve finally decided to put down."
May 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
"I would like to know what few inches of the wretched world can be made into an adequate space for you to mourn, or to make a plate of food, or to dance in your living room, or to bury something you’ve finally decided to put down."
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trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
April 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
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This could happen in larger communities too. There’s a rally in support of Salem Public Library on May 4 from 1-3 on Liberty Rd SE. #Library #Read #Booksky #LoveYourLibrary #livability #Salem #Oregon
PBS documentary about public libraries includes a segment on libraries in Douglas County, which faced closure after a tax initiative was voted down:
www.oregonlive.com/entertainmen...
www.oregonlive.com/entertainmen...
Oregon libraries that closed are part of PBS documentary about public library history
"Free For All: The Public Library" premieres on PBS' "Independent Lens" on Tuesday, April 29.
www.oregonlive.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This could happen in larger communities too. There’s a rally in support of Salem Public Library on May 4 from 1-3 on Liberty Rd SE. #Library #Read #Booksky #LoveYourLibrary #livability #Salem #Oregon
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This is how you do it.
April 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is how you do it.
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Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs
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April 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Underfunded Schools Forced To Cut Past Tense From Language Programs
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theonion.com/underfu...
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Map of upcoming actions. HT the incomparable @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Map of Protests | List of Protests - Google My Maps
A map of protests by We (the People) Dissent.
Go so thepeopledissent.substack.com for weekly lists and updates.
April 5 Protests
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April 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Map of upcoming actions. HT the incomparable @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
I'm grateful to see that folks across the U.S. are learning about the gutting of the Salem Public Libary. If you are local and interested in coming out to support Measure 24-514, a rally is being planned for May 4th at 1PM along Liberty Rd.
Ohio selling out LGBTQ+ folks in exchange for state budget, Salem may become the only US capital without a public library, and the IMLS domino effect are three library stories I'm watching right now: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
3 Library & Censorship Stories I'm Watching Right Now
I am currently out of the office on caretaking leave for most of April. Much as I wish I could be a person who completely logs off during periods of time...
buttondown.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'm grateful to see that folks across the U.S. are learning about the gutting of the Salem Public Libary. If you are local and interested in coming out to support Measure 24-514, a rally is being planned for May 4th at 1PM along Liberty Rd.
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So weird to see colleges promoting their USNWR grad school rankings today like grad students aren’t being disappeared by their government.
April 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So weird to see colleges promoting their USNWR grad school rankings today like grad students aren’t being disappeared by their government.
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“I get melancholy if I don't [write]. I need the company of people who don't exist.”
― William Trevor
― William Trevor
April 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“I get melancholy if I don't [write]. I need the company of people who don't exist.”
― William Trevor
― William Trevor
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them: this poem is two poems
me: it absolutely is not
the poem:
me: it absolutely is not
the poem:
March 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
them: this poem is two poems
me: it absolutely is not
the poem:
me: it absolutely is not
the poem:
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“Many of these men fancied themselves to be a cut above the [women] programmers who came before, and they often perceived COBOL as inferior and unattractive, in part because it did not require abstruse knowledge of underlying computer hardware or a computer science qualification.”
Built to Last
Don’t blame COBOL. Blame austerity.
logicmag.io
March 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Many of these men fancied themselves to be a cut above the [women] programmers who came before, and they often perceived COBOL as inferior and unattractive, in part because it did not require abstruse knowledge of underlying computer hardware or a computer science qualification.”
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In so far as it's a sign, it's a sign that elite academics enjoy mobility that 99% of their colleagues do not, given the absurdities of the academic labor market. If you wanted the "direst sign of bad things to come," that was probably when Mahmoud Khalil got detained.
I just found out today that both Jason Stanley and Timothy Snyder have left Yale to move to Canada.
If you know who they are, then you know it’s likely the direst sign of bad things to come.
If you know who they are, then you know it’s likely the direst sign of bad things to come.
March 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In so far as it's a sign, it's a sign that elite academics enjoy mobility that 99% of their colleagues do not, given the absurdities of the academic labor market. If you wanted the "direst sign of bad things to come," that was probably when Mahmoud Khalil got detained.
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I appreciate that one of Moser’s final contributions was outfitting several new or renovated NYPL branches. A satisfying legacy.
March 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I appreciate that one of Moser’s final contributions was outfitting several new or renovated NYPL branches. A satisfying legacy.
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TBC because the OP is framing this like libgen is evil: META are the bad guys here. Libgen is one of the only tools archiving rapidly disappearing digital libraries of ebooks. Now more than ever with banned books on the rise, we need resources like libgen. Meta has no right to scrape that archive.
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
TBC because the OP is framing this like libgen is evil: META are the bad guys here. Libgen is one of the only tools archiving rapidly disappearing digital libraries of ebooks. Now more than ever with banned books on the rise, we need resources like libgen. Meta has no right to scrape that archive.
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Moss Thursday in Portland today, sponsored by Plaid Pantry's new "Experiences Can Vary... And That's OK" initiative...
March 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Moss Thursday in Portland today, sponsored by Plaid Pantry's new "Experiences Can Vary... And That's OK" initiative...
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Digital Preservation in a Time of Disorder
A grant proposal that we have submitted at Knowledge Commons to build an independent and dedicated, not-for-profit, politically and geographically distributed, digital preservation system
@kfitz.info
about.hcommons.org/2025/03/19/d...
A grant proposal that we have submitted at Knowledge Commons to build an independent and dedicated, not-for-profit, politically and geographically distributed, digital preservation system
@kfitz.info
about.hcommons.org/2025/03/19/d...
March 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Digital Preservation in a Time of Disorder
A grant proposal that we have submitted at Knowledge Commons to build an independent and dedicated, not-for-profit, politically and geographically distributed, digital preservation system
@kfitz.info
about.hcommons.org/2025/03/19/d...
A grant proposal that we have submitted at Knowledge Commons to build an independent and dedicated, not-for-profit, politically and geographically distributed, digital preservation system
@kfitz.info
about.hcommons.org/2025/03/19/d...
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a book titled Abundance should be either an is-it-disappointing-or-is-it-a-secret-masterpiece late-career Marilynne Robinson novel or a briefly-wildly-popular novella about polyamory by a niche-famous communist poet
March 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
a book titled Abundance should be either an is-it-disappointing-or-is-it-a-secret-masterpiece late-career Marilynne Robinson novel or a briefly-wildly-popular novella about polyamory by a niche-famous communist poet
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This result isn’t new, but the data is stark (grok is wrong 94% of the time!). But note this tried and true snake oil salesman response of “the technology will only get better” and “if it’s not working you’re doing it wrong.”
They know the product is trash and have no respect their users.
They know the product is trash and have no respect their users.
March 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This result isn’t new, but the data is stark (grok is wrong 94% of the time!). But note this tried and true snake oil salesman response of “the technology will only get better” and “if it’s not working you’re doing it wrong.”
They know the product is trash and have no respect their users.
They know the product is trash and have no respect their users.
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Every time I try to read a Socratic dialogue I’m like how did it take that long to ice this guy
March 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Every time I try to read a Socratic dialogue I’m like how did it take that long to ice this guy
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Seeing "acab includes teachers" being pushed by online leftists is not something I had on my bingo card.
March 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Seeing "acab includes teachers" being pushed by online leftists is not something I had on my bingo card.