Gideon, MLIS
@gideonthelast.bsky.social
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Gideon, MLIS
@gideonthelast.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Look, I'm going to be so honest. There is an incredibly high likelihood this will be an anime and Magic: The Gathering account masquerading as an archivist's feed.
Also, all of the welcoming and games that died when Adobe Flash was killed. Or video games in general.
But sure, TaySway is also important, I guess.
But sure, TaySway is also important, I guess.
Of course the cautionary tale for digital decay would be… Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s romance. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The internet forgets, but the Wayback Machine remembers ➡️ web.archive.org/web/20231129...
#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
The internet forgets, but the Wayback Machine remembers ➡️ web.archive.org/web/20231129...
#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
August 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Also, all of the welcoming and games that died when Adobe Flash was killed. Or video games in general.
But sure, TaySway is also important, I guess.
But sure, TaySway is also important, I guess.
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Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.
August 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.
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AOL To Discontinue Dial-Up Internet
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August 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
AOL To Discontinue Dial-Up Internet
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theonion.com/aol-to-...
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Thanks to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and Peter Shamshiri for this public service. This book has been widely celebrated by “very serious people“. The problem is that it is scientifically illiterate, and a clear case of motivated reasoning.
Episode 40: In Covid's Wake
Looking back at a pandemic that killed more than 1 million people, two political scientists bravely ask, "Could we have done even less?"
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Looking back at a pandemic that killed more than 1 million people, two political scientists bravely ask, "Could we have done even less?"
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
"In Covid's Wake": Lying About… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thanks to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and Peter Shamshiri for this public service. This book has been widely celebrated by “very serious people“. The problem is that it is scientifically illiterate, and a clear case of motivated reasoning.
Love Hank Green's Smartypants Society presentation except please. The Dewey Decimal System? Not any of the other organizational structures? Please Hank. Please. There are so many that weren't invented by one of the worst men in library science.
June 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Love Hank Green's Smartypants Society presentation except please. The Dewey Decimal System? Not any of the other organizational structures? Please Hank. Please. There are so many that weren't invented by one of the worst men in library science.
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“The labor movement stands with David and we will continue to demand justice for our union brother until he is released.” -AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social
Commentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means?
Unions in California are different from many in the U.S. because they are predominately people of color and immigrants. The arrest of a union president in L.A. will likely activate these unions to bec...
www.latimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“The labor movement stands with David and we will continue to demand justice for our union brother until he is released.” -AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social
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Embarrassing
UPDATED: Ono spent much of the meeting dodging direct answers. When pressed on Covid mandates — with the questioner pointing out that as an immunologist, he must have an opinion — he answered: “I’m a mouse doctor. I’m a test tube kind of guy.” www.chronicle.com/article/stat...
Vying for U. of Florida Presidency, Santa Ono Embraced Conservative Positions. It Didn’t Work.
The former University of Michigan president’s bid to take over the top job in Gainesville ended in dramatic fashion at a contentious meeting of the State University System of Florida’s Board of Govern...
www.chronicle.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Embarrassing
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Time to post it again.
May 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Time to post it again.
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Taking it as a thumbs up from the universe that I happened to finish this project, started on 17 April as fuck you to the Supreme Court and FWS, on #IDAHOBIT
May 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Taking it as a thumbs up from the universe that I happened to finish this project, started on 17 April as fuck you to the Supreme Court and FWS, on #IDAHOBIT
Time for a relisten of @greatesttrek.com I think.
May 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Time for a relisten of @greatesttrek.com I think.
To say morale is low is an understatement
May 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
To say morale is low is an understatement
Today is a day of action to stop an oil line from being dug through the Straits of Mackinac, endangering the Great Lakes. Enbridge Line 5 is a danger to 20% of Earth's fresh water. Sign to send Gov. Whitmer a message: deny the permits to dig this thing! www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/no_oil_tunne...
No Oil Tunnel Petition
SIGN THE PETITION calling on Gov. Whitmer to cut to the chase and decommission Enbridge Line 5 without building a tunnel. A tunnel keeps the threat to the Great Lakes alive for at least another decade...
www.oilandwaterdontmix.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Today is a day of action to stop an oil line from being dug through the Straits of Mackinac, endangering the Great Lakes. Enbridge Line 5 is a danger to 20% of Earth's fresh water. Sign to send Gov. Whitmer a message: deny the permits to dig this thing! www.oilandwaterdontmix.org/no_oil_tunne...
Throwback to when PK (Pirate Kitty) was walking around the house and got distracted by The Horrors.
May 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Throwback to when PK (Pirate Kitty) was walking around the house and got distracted by The Horrors.
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Following yesterday's read-in and months of negotiations, LEO-GLAM union (#librarians, archivists, curators) has announced they will quit their contract with U-M. Faculty and students: let management know how much you value your partnerships with LACs in research, instruction & student engagement!
April 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Following yesterday's read-in and months of negotiations, LEO-GLAM union (#librarians, archivists, curators) has announced they will quit their contract with U-M. Faculty and students: let management know how much you value your partnerships with LACs in research, instruction & student engagement!
My hip pain is what the kids call, "so excruciating that I woke my partner up with my pathetic sad noises." So Tuesday's going great so far.
April 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
My hip pain is what the kids call, "so excruciating that I woke my partner up with my pathetic sad noises." So Tuesday's going great so far.
Well, I'm clearly getting over whatever illness I had this weekend bit also. Wow. What the hell was that???
April 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Well, I'm clearly getting over whatever illness I had this weekend bit also. Wow. What the hell was that???
One day, I will wake up and realize that everything is happening only a little bit. And I hope I remember how miserable it is for everything to happen so much all the time.
April 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
One day, I will wake up and realize that everything is happening only a little bit. And I hope I remember how miserable it is for everything to happen so much all the time.
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The only thing I want is a definitive statement from WotC that Crypt, Lotus, and Dockside will never be unbanned because the reaction to their banning was abhorrent and inhuman.
What's getting unbanned today? Any guesses?
April 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The only thing I want is a definitive statement from WotC that Crypt, Lotus, and Dockside will never be unbanned because the reaction to their banning was abhorrent and inhuman.
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Hello new followers!
I believe you're here because of this poster (photo @alexsaum.bsky.social).
I wrote a short history of how the poster came to be thanks to @halperta.bsky.social @quinnanya.me @ryancordell.org @skeuomorphpress.org and others not on here
elikaortega.net/blog/2025/th...
I believe you're here because of this poster (photo @alexsaum.bsky.social).
I wrote a short history of how the poster came to be thanks to @halperta.bsky.social @quinnanya.me @ryancordell.org @skeuomorphpress.org and others not on here
elikaortega.net/blog/2025/th...
April 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Hello new followers!
I believe you're here because of this poster (photo @alexsaum.bsky.social).
I wrote a short history of how the poster came to be thanks to @halperta.bsky.social @quinnanya.me @ryancordell.org @skeuomorphpress.org and others not on here
elikaortega.net/blog/2025/th...
I believe you're here because of this poster (photo @alexsaum.bsky.social).
I wrote a short history of how the poster came to be thanks to @halperta.bsky.social @quinnanya.me @ryancordell.org @skeuomorphpress.org and others not on here
elikaortega.net/blog/2025/th...
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This is why I still think that the internet, not the issues, are the root cause of this culture war. People (including journalists…who are people) imagine the loudest, angriest positions as default positions because those are the ones that get eyeballs in an ultra-competitive attention economy.
“Supporters of inclusion view those who hesitate or have questions as bigots.” that’s not fucking true. we keep explaining how transition and athletics works BECAUSE we believe people who don’t know will mostly come around once they do know! if we thought they were all bigots we wouldn’t try!!
NYT actually published this sentence, which asks us to take baseless moral panic bullshit seriously as a reasonable position.
Supporters of the Holocaust considered Jews to be subhuman saboteurs of German society, too. So fucking what??
Supporters of the Holocaust considered Jews to be subhuman saboteurs of German society, too. So fucking what??
April 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is why I still think that the internet, not the issues, are the root cause of this culture war. People (including journalists…who are people) imagine the loudest, angriest positions as default positions because those are the ones that get eyeballs in an ultra-competitive attention economy.
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"The agreement includes meaningful raises, smaller class sizes, and more classroom resources, but it also codifies some of the most comprehensive LGBTQ+ protections ever included in a public school labor deal."
Check out "bargaining for the common good"
www.advocate.com/news/chicago...
Check out "bargaining for the common good"
www.advocate.com/news/chicago...
Chicago Teachers Union ratifies groundbreaking contract cementing LGBTQ+ protections
Discrimination in education isn't welcome in the Windy City.
www.advocate.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"The agreement includes meaningful raises, smaller class sizes, and more classroom resources, but it also codifies some of the most comprehensive LGBTQ+ protections ever included in a public school labor deal."
Check out "bargaining for the common good"
www.advocate.com/news/chicago...
Check out "bargaining for the common good"
www.advocate.com/news/chicago...
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Every time people talk about reading their kids Harry Potter, i look at my copies of Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching books and want to scream.
You don’t have to read your kids the terf books! Stop funding her campaign of hate!
You don’t have to read your kids the terf books! Stop funding her campaign of hate!
April 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Every time people talk about reading their kids Harry Potter, i look at my copies of Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching books and want to scream.
You don’t have to read your kids the terf books! Stop funding her campaign of hate!
You don’t have to read your kids the terf books! Stop funding her campaign of hate!
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