KM Hoffman
@kimofbooks.bsky.social
Ret. Science Librarian, Civil Engineer, Grandmother, Reader
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That’s one of the most significant @buffalo-bills.bsky.social wins in a long time. That game exorcised a lot of demons. We overcame a bunch of things that usually are permanent de-railers. Go Bills!!! 🦬
December 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
That’s one of the most significant @buffalo-bills.bsky.social wins in a long time. That game exorcised a lot of demons. We overcame a bunch of things that usually are permanent de-railers. Go Bills!!! 🦬
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Happy "let's circle back in the New Year" season to all who celebrate.
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy "let's circle back in the New Year" season to all who celebrate.
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No other meme has been as influential on my life as this one
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
No other meme has been as influential on my life as this one
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Were you a Berenstain Bears reader? At the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at the Strong National Museum of Play, you can find original sketches from their creators—and much more! Read more in our Bookend department. https://bit.ly/47FviUF
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Were you a Berenstain Bears reader? At the Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at the Strong National Museum of Play, you can find original sketches from their creators—and much more! Read more in our Bookend department. https://bit.ly/47FviUF
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It is cause for great joy… and relief!
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It is cause for great joy… and relief!
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“The postseason has been fantastic. And here’s our final reward before the clocks turn back and the days grow darker and Christmas decorations blare, and it feels like spring might never come around again.
Game Seven.”
www.joeposnanski.com/p/the-wonder...
Game Seven.”
www.joeposnanski.com/p/the-wonder...
The Wonder of Game Seven
Baseball’s greatest night, when everything we love about tbaseball — hope, heartbreak, and history — shows up all at once.
www.joeposnanski.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“The postseason has been fantastic. And here’s our final reward before the clocks turn back and the days grow darker and Christmas decorations blare, and it feels like spring might never come around again.
Game Seven.”
www.joeposnanski.com/p/the-wonder...
Game Seven.”
www.joeposnanski.com/p/the-wonder...
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“The bogs, rivers, mountains, and shorelines are more than preservers of old myths, bones, and memories. They are energy banks and time sponges, and what is held within them seeks release.”
― Manchán Magan, Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Beneath Us
― Manchán Magan, Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Beneath Us
October 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“The bogs, rivers, mountains, and shorelines are more than preservers of old myths, bones, and memories. They are energy banks and time sponges, and what is held within them seeks release.”
― Manchán Magan, Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Beneath Us
― Manchán Magan, Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Beneath Us
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When @Tigers lose these big games, I can’t bear to read about it. But when they win, I can’t get enough!🤩🤩🤩
www.freep.com/story/sports...
www.freep.com/story/sports...
Detroit Tigers offense breaks through just in time to grab berth in 2025 ALDS
Winning hasn't come easy for the Detroit Tigers over the past month, but when it matters, they've found a way, most recently in the wild-card series.
www.freep.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
When @Tigers lose these big games, I can’t bear to read about it. But when they win, I can’t get enough!🤩🤩🤩
www.freep.com/story/sports...
www.freep.com/story/sports...
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OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.
September 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.
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With a lot of gratitude to NHC for the safe space to incubate this lecture, CITAP for supporting my Fellowship application, and the Thomas Wolfe Prize committee and UNC English & Creative Writing Department for the honor.
Congratulations to Tressie McMillan Cottom (NHC Fellow, 2025–26), recipient of the 2025 Thomas Wolfe Prize.
As this year’s recipient, Cottom will deliver the annual Thomas Wolfe Lecture on September 30 at UNC-Chapel Hill.
As this year’s recipient, Cottom will deliver the annual Thomas Wolfe Lecture on September 30 at UNC-Chapel Hill.
A tiny announcement about this year’s Thomas Wolfe prize.
englishcomplit.unc.edu/program/wolfe/
Sep. 30.
englishcomplit.unc.edu/program/wolfe/
Sep. 30.
September 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
With a lot of gratitude to NHC for the safe space to incubate this lecture, CITAP for supporting my Fellowship application, and the Thomas Wolfe Prize committee and UNC English & Creative Writing Department for the honor.
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Today is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day recognizing the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. It is normally observed today because it is the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the it in Philadelphia.
September 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day recognizing the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. It is normally observed today because it is the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the it in Philadelphia.
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#ProudBlue #Pinks #RU
Good morning! It’s important to acknowledge our inevitable pain, not deny nor suppress it, & do something healthy with it, such as channeling it outwards, put it somewhere else. Channeling pain constructively, along with anger, helps us to leverage them to overcome obstacles.
Good morning! It’s important to acknowledge our inevitable pain, not deny nor suppress it, & do something healthy with it, such as channeling it outwards, put it somewhere else. Channeling pain constructively, along with anger, helps us to leverage them to overcome obstacles.
September 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#ProudBlue #Pinks #RU
Good morning! It’s important to acknowledge our inevitable pain, not deny nor suppress it, & do something healthy with it, such as channeling it outwards, put it somewhere else. Channeling pain constructively, along with anger, helps us to leverage them to overcome obstacles.
Good morning! It’s important to acknowledge our inevitable pain, not deny nor suppress it, & do something healthy with it, such as channeling it outwards, put it somewhere else. Channeling pain constructively, along with anger, helps us to leverage them to overcome obstacles.
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My mother always told me that if I was feeling bad about myself, I should go help somebody. I’ll have to tell her about these findings.
Self-care is overrated—helping others has the biggest benefits for everyone involved
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
September 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My mother always told me that if I was feeling bad about myself, I should go help somebody. I’ll have to tell her about these findings.
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happy "fall semester starts tomorrow oh shit my canvas shell isn't finished better do that quickly" day to all who celebrate
August 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
happy "fall semester starts tomorrow oh shit my canvas shell isn't finished better do that quickly" day to all who celebrate
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Huge news out of IRS today.
If you acquire an EV by September 30 - a written binding contract and make a payment (i.e., down payment or a trade-in) - you can take delivery *through the end of 2026.*
45W and 30D will keep on giving into next year.
🔌💡🔌🚗
www.irs.gov/newsroom/tre...
If you acquire an EV by September 30 - a written binding contract and make a payment (i.e., down payment or a trade-in) - you can take delivery *through the end of 2026.*
45W and 30D will keep on giving into next year.
🔌💡🔌🚗
www.irs.gov/newsroom/tre...
Treasury, IRS issue FAQs to address the accelerated termination of several energy provisions under OBBBA | Internal Revenue Service
IR-2025-86, Aug. 21, 2025 — The Internal Revenue Service today issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) in Fact Sheet 2025-05 relating to the modification of sections 25C, 25D, 25E, 30C, 30D, 45L, 45W...
www.irs.gov
August 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Huge news out of IRS today.
If you acquire an EV by September 30 - a written binding contract and make a payment (i.e., down payment or a trade-in) - you can take delivery *through the end of 2026.*
45W and 30D will keep on giving into next year.
🔌💡🔌🚗
www.irs.gov/newsroom/tre...
If you acquire an EV by September 30 - a written binding contract and make a payment (i.e., down payment or a trade-in) - you can take delivery *through the end of 2026.*
45W and 30D will keep on giving into next year.
🔌💡🔌🚗
www.irs.gov/newsroom/tre...
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We must preserve the US Postal Service because UPS or FedEx would never do this.
August 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
We must preserve the US Postal Service because UPS or FedEx would never do this.
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James Lovell, astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 moon mission that nearly ended in disaster, has died. He was 97.
August 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
James Lovell, astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 moon mission that nearly ended in disaster, has died. He was 97.
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The Raw Power of Repentance www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
Opinion | The Raw Power of Repentance
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Raw Power of Repentance www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
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July 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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I’m a longtime @shannonmattern.bsky.social fan. I assign her work not only for its specific insights but also as a model of open attention and care to inhale.
That’s here, too. Along with the heartbreak of how universities break people who do this work so well.
wordsinspace.net/2025/06/30/i...
That’s here, too. Along with the heartbreak of how universities break people who do this work so well.
wordsinspace.net/2025/06/30/i...
I Prefer Weeds to Ivy
Words in Space is the work of Shannon Mattern.
wordsinspace.net
July 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I’m a longtime @shannonmattern.bsky.social fan. I assign her work not only for its specific insights but also as a model of open attention and care to inhale.
That’s here, too. Along with the heartbreak of how universities break people who do this work so well.
wordsinspace.net/2025/06/30/i...
That’s here, too. Along with the heartbreak of how universities break people who do this work so well.
wordsinspace.net/2025/06/30/i...
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Well, #at40 gang, everyone have a great week as we try to remember independence. Me, I had my annual viewing of Gettysburg this week. As a daughter of Maine, I find it inspiring and a rare occasion when Maine gets the spotlight.
July 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Well, #at40 gang, everyone have a great week as we try to remember independence. Me, I had my annual viewing of Gettysburg this week. As a daughter of Maine, I find it inspiring and a rare occasion when Maine gets the spotlight.
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As a follow-up to _Calling Bullshit_, Jevin West and I developed the course about LLMs that we think every college freshman should take.
Yesterday I talked about the course in a seminar at UNSW. And thanks to my colleagues there, 24 hours later the video is already online.
Yesterday I talked about the course in a seminar at UNSW. And thanks to my colleagues there, 24 hours later the video is already online.
Yesterday, @carlbergstrom.com presented his course "Modern-day Oracles or BS Machines? How to thrive in a ChatGPT world". Neat way to make students aware of the capacities and limitations of LLMs👇🎰
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZC0...
Course: thebullshitmachines.com
@unswbabs.bsky.social
Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZC0...
Course: thebullshitmachines.com
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Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Seminar with Prof. Carl Bergstrom, University of Washington
YouTube video by UNSW eLearning
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June 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
As a follow-up to _Calling Bullshit_, Jevin West and I developed the course about LLMs that we think every college freshman should take.
Yesterday I talked about the course in a seminar at UNSW. And thanks to my colleagues there, 24 hours later the video is already online.
Yesterday I talked about the course in a seminar at UNSW. And thanks to my colleagues there, 24 hours later the video is already online.