Michele
@foodbrarian.bsky.social
Allow myself to introduce myself: librarian, curmudgeon, taxonomist, glutton, cat lady, proud spinster
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It sounds like comically specific hyperbole but it is verifiably true that in the same year Elon Musk predicted fully autonomous taxis serving half the nation, what actually happened was his chatbot became a pedophile
January 2, 2026 at 1:21 AM
It sounds like comically specific hyperbole but it is verifiably true that in the same year Elon Musk predicted fully autonomous taxis serving half the nation, what actually happened was his chatbot became a pedophile
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anyway, when you're wondering why AI can't do the job of historians, think about this image. none of this future collection is accessible to any LLM now; perhaps five decades from now, perhaps, 1% of this might be machine-readable. perhaps.
December 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
anyway, when you're wondering why AI can't do the job of historians, think about this image. none of this future collection is accessible to any LLM now; perhaps five decades from now, perhaps, 1% of this might be machine-readable. perhaps.
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hard to overstate how bad this is for discrimination against everyone but white people.
I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people.
Let me explain:
I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people.
Let me explain:
This makes facially neutral policies--like poll taxes and literacy tests--that we know were adopted for discriminatory purposes legal. Organizations can now simply claim there was no discriminatory intent regardless of outcome. It's unconstrained institutionalized racism.
They're just taking an ax to the Civil Rights Act
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
hard to overstate how bad this is for discrimination against everyone but white people.
I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people.
Let me explain:
I'm saying we are undergoing a wholesale revision of equal protection and anti-discrimination law so that it only protects white people.
Let me explain:
Trump is the only person with Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) and, yes, it is because whatever is left in his head is a steaming pile of crazy shit-for-brains.
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Trump is the only person with Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) and, yes, it is because whatever is left in his head is a steaming pile of crazy shit-for-brains.
AI is NOT data hygiene
AI is NOT data management
AI is NOT governance
Neither does it solve or replace any of the above
AI is NOT data management
AI is NOT governance
Neither does it solve or replace any of the above
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
AI is NOT data hygiene
AI is NOT data management
AI is NOT governance
Neither does it solve or replace any of the above
AI is NOT data management
AI is NOT governance
Neither does it solve or replace any of the above
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
The "gold" signs at the WH are there to help Trump find his way. He gets lost like any old, senile, psychopath. Very helpful!
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The "gold" signs at the WH are there to help Trump find his way. He gets lost like any old, senile, psychopath. Very helpful!
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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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Librarians or others, would you like a helpful one-pager zine that you can print to let people know how to report ICE?
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
SALUTE zines **BE SURE TO PRINT AT 100%!** - Google Drive
drive.google.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Librarians or others, would you like a helpful one-pager zine that you can print to let people know how to report ICE?
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Available for Chicago, DC, Philly, Portland, NYC, CA, CO, FL, DE, MA, MD, RI, VA, WA, WI, WY & other metro areas. Thanks @meganpiont.bsky.social
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen
October 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen
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🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
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My dearest wife,
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
Letter from the Portland War Front (humor about something deadly serious)
My dearest wife,
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
My dearest wife,
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
It is week two of the Siege of Portland, and still these barbarians will not yield to our troops. We have severed the cords of their latte machines but they are making cowboy coffee in their camps, where loud ukulele songs of resistance even now drift in on the breeze.
Take chicken pee shot separately
Take chicken, pee, shot, separately
Take chicken pee, shot separately
Take chicken pee shot, separately
Pee man is at it again
Take chicken, pee, shot, separately
Take chicken pee, shot separately
Take chicken pee shot, separately
Pee man is at it again
September 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Take chicken pee shot separately
Take chicken, pee, shot, separately
Take chicken pee, shot separately
Take chicken pee shot, separately
Pee man is at it again
Take chicken, pee, shot, separately
Take chicken pee, shot separately
Take chicken pee shot, separately
Pee man is at it again
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Irony died yesterday
September 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Irony died yesterday
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My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
September 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...
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Sharing for this strong opening graf.
“President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...”
newrepublic.com/post/200749/...
“President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...”
newrepublic.com/post/200749/...
Whistleblowers Sound Alarm on Trump’s Assault on Fair Housing Act
The Trump administration is eroding enforcement of the landmark civil rights law, claiming it’s DEI nonsense.
newrepublic.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Sharing for this strong opening graf.
“President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...”
newrepublic.com/post/200749/...
“President Trump, a slumlord at heart, is quietly halting enforcement of the Fair Housing Act...”
newrepublic.com/post/200749/...
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Nevir shal Ich give thee up
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
September 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Nevir shal Ich give thee up
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorrowe
Free speech for me, but not for thee in full effect on the right.
September 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Free speech for me, but not for thee in full effect on the right.
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It is entirely possible to be respectful about the death of a person you disagreed with without “honoring” him by vowing to continue his disagreeable, hateful “work.”
The best way to honor Charlie's memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It is entirely possible to be respectful about the death of a person you disagreed with without “honoring” him by vowing to continue his disagreeable, hateful “work.”
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Attention International Court of Justice.
Admission to war crimes.
Admission to war crimes.
September 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Attention International Court of Justice.
Admission to war crimes.
Admission to war crimes.
The trump administration is ONLY about politics... and money... and white
September 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The trump administration is ONLY about politics... and money... and white
Who will protect us from trump?
September 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Who will protect us from trump?
Trump is a hard-core criminal
September 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Trump is a hard-core criminal
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#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM