Liv fig
@lavinia-fig.bsky.social
Erstwhile librarian. (she/her). 🏳️⚧️
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“'Librarians out in our branches are seeing a lot of young people who are really excited by these collections,' Langlais told 404 Media. 'Folks who are coming in just for the games are picking up program flyers and coming back for something like that.'"
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“'Librarians out in our branches are seeing a lot of young people who are really excited by these collections,' Langlais told 404 Media. 'Folks who are coming in just for the games are picking up program flyers and coming back for something like that.'"
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I’ve heard tale of this long forgotten tweet @ztul.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I’ve heard tale of this long forgotten tweet @ztul.bsky.social
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Also, importantly: guy who is looking from his very safe house at the rest of the city burning and saying “not so bad, hasn’t hit my neighborhood yet.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Also, importantly: guy who is looking from his very safe house at the rest of the city burning and saying “not so bad, hasn’t hit my neighborhood yet.”
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“Actually, it isn’t a ‘house fire’ until at least 51% of the floor plan is in flames. Ideally half the rooms or more. Before that it’s only ‘architectural burning with house fire architectural characteristics.’”
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“Actually, it isn’t a ‘house fire’ until at least 51% of the floor plan is in flames. Ideally half the rooms or more. Before that it’s only ‘architectural burning with house fire architectural characteristics.’”
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If Fascism wasnt thriving i would no longer have to Daily, check on the people vulnerable to kidnapping and make sure their children are not suddenly left all alone.
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
If Fascism wasnt thriving i would no longer have to Daily, check on the people vulnerable to kidnapping and make sure their children are not suddenly left all alone.
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Fascism may not be in control, that doesn't mean fascists aren't trying to take control.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Fascism may not be in control, that doesn't mean fascists aren't trying to take control.
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But, please, do not tell brown US citizens carrying their passports with them, or those locked for days in jail, whose homes have been destroyed from government break-ins, etc. that *they* do not live in a fascist state. *You* may not—yet. 2/
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
But, please, do not tell brown US citizens carrying their passports with them, or those locked for days in jail, whose homes have been destroyed from government break-ins, etc. that *they* do not live in a fascist state. *You* may not—yet. 2/
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Make your gender markers ungovernable
I am older than gender markers on passports! How do you regulate gender? By making it a form of government ID. It has nothing to do with state security, only regulation
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Make your gender markers ungovernable
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Tech wythout heart ys harmful.
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Tech wythout heart ys harmful.
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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Good morning Australia! On Thurs Nov 6 I will be talking about my topics: digital collections, EEBO, ECCO, and my current project, Digital Borderlands In the Classroom. We are live @ Australian National Uni & I believe there will be a zoom link events.humanitix.com/collections-...
Collections as Data for Humanists
Heather Froehlich will discuss some of the affordances of working with digital cultural heritage objects on various platforms.
events.humanitix.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Good morning Australia! On Thurs Nov 6 I will be talking about my topics: digital collections, EEBO, ECCO, and my current project, Digital Borderlands In the Classroom. We are live @ Australian National Uni & I believe there will be a zoom link events.humanitix.com/collections-...
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being a bitch is one of the few remaining joys in this world. and it's free too!
November 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
being a bitch is one of the few remaining joys in this world. and it's free too!
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short version: just about every good outcome in my life is the result of someone somewhere saying something genuine or interesting that stuck with me and gave me cause to approach the world in a better way. so I try to be genuine or interesting in the hope of throwing little life rafts out to others
if blogging still existed I could write an entire mirror-world response to that baffler piece on podcasting talking about my history with and approach to the medium and why for all my sympathies to pisspiggranddad I am in a very different place with it but alas
October 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
short version: just about every good outcome in my life is the result of someone somewhere saying something genuine or interesting that stuck with me and gave me cause to approach the world in a better way. so I try to be genuine or interesting in the hope of throwing little life rafts out to others
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The future of social media is a magic sword that speaks to you telepathically
October 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The future of social media is a magic sword that speaks to you telepathically
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The coming AI winter is gonna take down *everything* it managed to worm its way into.
This is why they are in a frenzy to jam it into everything: the futile hope that it can become too big to fail if it's in everything.
When it fails, it will burn down every host it parasitized no matter how big.
This is why they are in a frenzy to jam it into everything: the futile hope that it can become too big to fail if it's in everything.
When it fails, it will burn down every host it parasitized no matter how big.
April 13, 2024 at 9:04 AM
The coming AI winter is gonna take down *everything* it managed to worm its way into.
This is why they are in a frenzy to jam it into everything: the futile hope that it can become too big to fail if it's in everything.
When it fails, it will burn down every host it parasitized no matter how big.
This is why they are in a frenzy to jam it into everything: the futile hope that it can become too big to fail if it's in everything.
When it fails, it will burn down every host it parasitized no matter how big.
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January 15, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Absolutely floored by the solidarity shown at today's Unite Against Racism Rally.
Racism is not destiny—it is a choice. It is a system built by people, and it can be dismantled by people. And we will.
This anti-racist movement is growing and here to stay.
Racism is not destiny—it is a choice. It is a system built by people, and it can be dismantled by people. And we will.
This anti-racist movement is growing and here to stay.
October 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Absolutely floored by the solidarity shown at today's Unite Against Racism Rally.
Racism is not destiny—it is a choice. It is a system built by people, and it can be dismantled by people. And we will.
This anti-racist movement is growing and here to stay.
Racism is not destiny—it is a choice. It is a system built by people, and it can be dismantled by people. And we will.
This anti-racist movement is growing and here to stay.
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October 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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hello #PortfolioDay! my name is erik and i'm an illustrator in new york enamored with midcentury print media and aesthetics.
my portfolio is at starite.neocities.org! 🖼️🎨
my portfolio is at starite.neocities.org! 🖼️🎨
October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
hello #PortfolioDay! my name is erik and i'm an illustrator in new york enamored with midcentury print media and aesthetics.
my portfolio is at starite.neocities.org! 🖼️🎨
my portfolio is at starite.neocities.org! 🖼️🎨
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please bro just let us sacrifice one more minority. bro please i promise everything will be good bro your material conditions will improve if you let us scapegoat one more minority bro
September 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
please bro just let us sacrifice one more minority. bro please i promise everything will be good bro your material conditions will improve if you let us scapegoat one more minority bro
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reposted an old Cohost post about the moon & about AI & about photography blog.vbuckenham.com/cohost-repos...
Cohost repost: real moon/fake moon
originally posted on Cohost, 12th March 2023. i was reminded of it by this article on YouTube silently editing people's videos with AI, and figured it deserved to live somewhere more permanent
I saw ...
blog.vbuckenham.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
reposted an old Cohost post about the moon & about AI & about photography blog.vbuckenham.com/cohost-repos...
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Realis, seen from the unnamed resting place of the Lovers of Da’Oun
August 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Realis, seen from the unnamed resting place of the Lovers of Da’Oun
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Realis and her Thousand Moons
August 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Realis and her Thousand Moons
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If you've been patreon-curious, now is a great time to join and catch up on Realis before the debut of a new set of characters next week! Here's a little preview of what's cooking in the most recent episode 🌔🌒✨
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August 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If you've been patreon-curious, now is a great time to join and catch up on Realis before the debut of a new set of characters next week! Here's a little preview of what's cooking in the most recent episode 🌔🌒✨
friendsatthetable.cash
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