@fredzannarbor.bsky.social
"They gutted ... Teen Vogue."
I know TV has done a lot of good reporting, but still...
I know TV has done a lot of good reporting, but still...
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 AM
"They gutted ... Teen Vogue."
I know TV has done a lot of good reporting, but still...
I know TV has done a lot of good reporting, but still...
I know this is going to be unpopular on Bluesky, but I think book people here deserve the chance to hear the case for why AI can make the world better for book-lovers.
🧵 I've been working towards algorithmic book publishing since 2006 (Nimble Books, PageKicker, AI Lab for Book-Lovers).
🧵 I've been working towards algorithmic book publishing since 2006 (Nimble Books, PageKicker, AI Lab for Book-Lovers).
September 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I know this is going to be unpopular on Bluesky, but I think book people here deserve the chance to hear the case for why AI can make the world better for book-lovers.
🧵 I've been working towards algorithmic book publishing since 2006 (Nimble Books, PageKicker, AI Lab for Book-Lovers).
🧵 I've been working towards algorithmic book publishing since 2006 (Nimble Books, PageKicker, AI Lab for Book-Lovers).
My great-great-grandfather, William Frederick Zimmerman Sr., was a key executive at the Chicago publishing firm of A.C. McClurg & Co. from ~1880 to ~1914. Among his responsibilities there was the relationship with McClurg author W.E.B. Dubois.
August 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My great-great-grandfather, William Frederick Zimmerman Sr., was a key executive at the Chicago publishing firm of A.C. McClurg & Co. from ~1880 to ~1914. Among his responsibilities there was the relationship with McClurg author W.E.B. Dubois.
I want to help the world of book-lovers survive the advent of Artificial Superintelligence (ASI).
August 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I want to help the world of book-lovers survive the advent of Artificial Superintelligence (ASI).
필사 pilsa: Korean transcriptive meditation meets high tech content
August 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
필사 pilsa: Korean transcriptive meditation meets high tech content
AI Safety Event: DOGE is analyzing the entire Code of Federal Regulations this month with the goal of reducing it by 50% by Jan 20, 2026. [WaPo 7/26/25].
--This is an actual AI governance crisis that is happening today.--
Mitigation: Enable OSS analysis of CFR by
--This is an actual AI governance crisis that is happening today.--
Mitigation: Enable OSS analysis of CFR by
github.com
August 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
AI Safety Event: DOGE is analyzing the entire Code of Federal Regulations this month with the goal of reducing it by 50% by Jan 20, 2026. [WaPo 7/26/25].
--This is an actual AI governance crisis that is happening today.--
Mitigation: Enable OSS analysis of CFR by
--This is an actual AI governance crisis that is happening today.--
Mitigation: Enable OSS analysis of CFR by
- this month, per the Washington post, the DOGE program is running a series of prompts against the 5-billion token Code of Federal Regulations aimed at cutting the number of regulations in half
- they have their own set of criteria and plan to implement results by Jan 20, 2026
- they have their own set of criteria and plan to implement results by Jan 20, 2026
July 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
- this month, per the Washington post, the DOGE program is running a series of prompts against the 5-billion token Code of Federal Regulations aimed at cutting the number of regulations in half
- they have their own set of criteria and plan to implement results by Jan 20, 2026
- they have their own set of criteria and plan to implement results by Jan 20, 2026
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We ALL need "the right book at the right time". I sometimes think the publishing industry should do focus groups with ACTUAL children.
Children don’t need aggressive gatekeeping by adults. They need positive enthusiasm, encouragement and discovery.
What matters isn’t whether a book is old or new – it’s that it sparks joy, confidence and curiosity. That’s how lifelong readers are born.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
What matters isn’t whether a book is old or new – it’s that it sparks joy, confidence and curiosity. That’s how lifelong readers are born.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Children’s reading enjoyment falls to lowest recorded level in UK
Annual survey of young people’s reading habits which began two decades ago shows its lowest-ever result, most pronounced among boys aged 11 to 16
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We ALL need "the right book at the right time". I sometimes think the publishing industry should do focus groups with ACTUAL children.
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Well it’s officially listed as an Interstellar Object now!
🧪🔭 #3iatlas #a11pl3z
minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25...
🧪🔭 #3iatlas #a11pl3z
minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25...
MPEC 2025-N12 : 3I/ATLAS = C/2025 N1 (ATLAS)
We are the official body that deals with
astrometric observations and orbits of minor planets (asteroids) and comets.
minorplanetcenter.net
July 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Well it’s officially listed as an Interstellar Object now!
🧪🔭 #3iatlas #a11pl3z
minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25...
🧪🔭 #3iatlas #a11pl3z
minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25...
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There's this analytical result from the 2nd Ed. Of Stellar Interiors by Hansen, Kawaler, and Trimble, Ch. 9 (plus an aside on the implications for life on Earth!)
June 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
There's this analytical result from the 2nd Ed. Of Stellar Interiors by Hansen, Kawaler, and Trimble, Ch. 9 (plus an aside on the implications for life on Earth!)
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Wrote about Canada's top-secret plan to annex the #USA and
@mcsweeneys.net got ahold of it.
"Imagine a world with 10 times more Canadians, all with free health care, backyard rinks, and near-paralyzing politeness."
#canada #resist #gretzky #humor #news #author
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/can...
@mcsweeneys.net got ahold of it.
"Imagine a world with 10 times more Canadians, all with free health care, backyard rinks, and near-paralyzing politeness."
#canada #resist #gretzky #humor #news #author
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/can...
Canada’s Top-Secret Plan to Annex the United States
“‘The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State,’ Mr. Trump wrote on social media. ‘This would make all T...
www.mcsweeneys.net
March 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Wrote about Canada's top-secret plan to annex the #USA and
@mcsweeneys.net got ahold of it.
"Imagine a world with 10 times more Canadians, all with free health care, backyard rinks, and near-paralyzing politeness."
#canada #resist #gretzky #humor #news #author
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/can...
@mcsweeneys.net got ahold of it.
"Imagine a world with 10 times more Canadians, all with free health care, backyard rinks, and near-paralyzing politeness."
#canada #resist #gretzky #humor #news #author
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/can...
I want to throw out a bit of unexpected support for an idea that most of you probably think is insane: Donald Trump's proposal for "golden visas" costing $5M each. Remember, just because from it came from someone who is insane, does not actually mean the idea itself is insane.
February 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I want to throw out a bit of unexpected support for an idea that most of you probably think is insane: Donald Trump's proposal for "golden visas" costing $5M each. Remember, just because from it came from someone who is insane, does not actually mean the idea itself is insane.
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Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share
Don't let science be hidden
Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share
Don't let science be hidden
February 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share
Don't let science be hidden
Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share
Don't let science be hidden
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A new book about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence during the Cold War reminds us that the history of this esoteric quest is bound up with some of the most profound questions faced by inhabitants of Earth.
The Fraught U.S.-Soviet Search for Alien Life
During the Cold War, American and Soviet scientists embarked on an unprecedented quest to contact extraterrestrials. But communicating across the Iron Curtain could be just as hard as sending messages...
www.newyorker.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A new book about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence during the Cold War reminds us that the history of this esoteric quest is bound up with some of the most profound questions faced by inhabitants of Earth.
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STUNNING new results frm OSIRIS-Rex on Asteroid Bennu!!
2 new Nature papers report:
...Among other molecules, 14 of the 20 amino acids needed by Earthly life & all 5 nucleobases for DNA & RNA!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
...Salts like we've seen in the Enceladus ocean!
🔭🧪🛰️🚀📰 #planetsci
Wow!
2 new Nature papers report:
...Among other molecules, 14 of the 20 amino acids needed by Earthly life & all 5 nucleobases for DNA & RNA!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
...Salts like we've seen in the Enceladus ocean!
🔭🧪🛰️🚀📰 #planetsci
Wow!
An evaporite sequence from ancient brine recorded in Bennu samples - Nature
Samples from the asteroid (101955) Bennu, returned by the OSIRIS-REx mission, include sodium-bearing phosphates and sodium-rich carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides formed during evaporation ...
www.nature.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
STUNNING new results frm OSIRIS-Rex on Asteroid Bennu!!
2 new Nature papers report:
...Among other molecules, 14 of the 20 amino acids needed by Earthly life & all 5 nucleobases for DNA & RNA!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
...Salts like we've seen in the Enceladus ocean!
🔭🧪🛰️🚀📰 #planetsci
Wow!
2 new Nature papers report:
...Among other molecules, 14 of the 20 amino acids needed by Earthly life & all 5 nucleobases for DNA & RNA!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
...Salts like we've seen in the Enceladus ocean!
🔭🧪🛰️🚀📰 #planetsci
Wow!
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One tiny, private act of resistance: reading long, old books. Feels subversive to a) pay sustained attention to b) something that can't be monetized.
February 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
One tiny, private act of resistance: reading long, old books. Feels subversive to a) pay sustained attention to b) something that can't be monetized.
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We propose reorganizing the interior and focussing, not on selling subsidized grazing, logging and mining permits, but on removing abandoned barbed wire (600,000 miles of it) opening migration corridors and building thousands of wildlife overpasses and miles of wildlife safe guide fencing.
January 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We propose reorganizing the interior and focussing, not on selling subsidized grazing, logging and mining permits, but on removing abandoned barbed wire (600,000 miles of it) opening migration corridors and building thousands of wildlife overpasses and miles of wildlife safe guide fencing.
PSA: prosecutors' final reports for cases that made it to trial have exactly the same probative and moral value as defense attorney press conferences proclaiming the innocence of their clients, i.e. none.
January 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
PSA: prosecutors' final reports for cases that made it to trial have exactly the same probative and moral value as defense attorney press conferences proclaiming the innocence of their clients, i.e. none.
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Thank you everyone who's helping us regain our following .
We simply can't let some fascist billionaire ruin all our hard work. Together we can build back bigger and better than ever.
Join the park side and lets build a better world, for all of us.
@altyellonatpark.org
We simply can't let some fascist billionaire ruin all our hard work. Together we can build back bigger and better than ever.
Join the park side and lets build a better world, for all of us.
@altyellonatpark.org
December 13, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Thank you everyone who's helping us regain our following .
We simply can't let some fascist billionaire ruin all our hard work. Together we can build back bigger and better than ever.
Join the park side and lets build a better world, for all of us.
@altyellonatpark.org
We simply can't let some fascist billionaire ruin all our hard work. Together we can build back bigger and better than ever.
Join the park side and lets build a better world, for all of us.
@altyellonatpark.org
The block culture at Bluesky is a big turnoff. If I want to talk with people who think differently than I do, I have to sit quietly in the corner.
December 11, 2024 at 10:58 PM
The block culture at Bluesky is a big turnoff. If I want to talk with people who think differently than I do, I have to sit quietly in the corner.
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Moose Monday, ears back means stand back. The manual might say 25 yards, but Moose don't read 🙃
December 2, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Moose Monday, ears back means stand back. The manual might say 25 yards, but Moose don't read 🙃
Today let's celebrate Gerald Ford, whose courageous pardon of Nixon prevented the US from spiraling into an unending cycle of retributive lawfare.
December 2, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Today let's celebrate Gerald Ford, whose courageous pardon of Nixon prevented the US from spiraling into an unending cycle of retributive lawfare.
Welcome new followers! I have diverse interests so here is a short overview.
1/ I own a publishing company, Nimble Books, which has 350+ books in print. amzn.to/3Z8N6Vk
I experiment with the application of artificial intelligence to book publishing; see fredzannarbor.substack.com
more>>
1/ I own a publishing company, Nimble Books, which has 350+ books in print. amzn.to/3Z8N6Vk
I experiment with the application of artificial intelligence to book publishing; see fredzannarbor.substack.com
more>>
The AI Lab for Book-Lovers | Fred Zimmerman | Substack
AI for book reading, writing, and publishing. Click to read The AI Lab for Book-Lovers, by Fred Zimmerman, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
fredzannarbor.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Welcome new followers! I have diverse interests so here is a short overview.
1/ I own a publishing company, Nimble Books, which has 350+ books in print. amzn.to/3Z8N6Vk
I experiment with the application of artificial intelligence to book publishing; see fredzannarbor.substack.com
more>>
1/ I own a publishing company, Nimble Books, which has 350+ books in print. amzn.to/3Z8N6Vk
I experiment with the application of artificial intelligence to book publishing; see fredzannarbor.substack.com
more>>