Loather
@loather.bsky.social
I am not, nor have I ever been, a Las Vegas showgirl.
I am a headliner!
I sell vintage: https://finalgirlcurios.etsy.com/
I write newsletter: https://buttondown.com/loather
I am a headliner!
I sell vintage: https://finalgirlcurios.etsy.com/
I write newsletter: https://buttondown.com/loather
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Loather
@loather.bsky.social
· Feb 7
love, the nailbiter
This newsletter is sometimes about work, and sometimes about libraries, and also sometimes about writing, and also sometimes about music, and there is sometimes politics yelling. Love, the nailbiter...
buttondown.com
I’m setting up a newsletter on @buttondown.com. I would like to do more long form writing and I don’t have the capacity for pitching. There are gonna be some essays about bad management and about writing and about my load bearing grudges. It’s called love, the nailbiter. buttondown.com/loather
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People will say anything on here. “We used to be a proper country,” no we didn’t. That’s not true.
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
People will say anything on here. “We used to be a proper country,” no we didn’t. That’s not true.
Been trying to stay in bed all morning to match his energy but he’s outlasted me
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Been trying to stay in bed all morning to match his energy but he’s outlasted me
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Another one for the "we are ruled by hollowed-out husks who believe in nothing but their own untouchability" files
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Another one for the "we are ruled by hollowed-out husks who believe in nothing but their own untouchability" files
This Gish gallop remains the only rhetorical tactic anyone on the right knows how to use
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This Gish gallop remains the only rhetorical tactic anyone on the right knows how to use
Oh cool. the president used the r word. I knew it was coming and yet…
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Oh cool. the president used the r word. I knew it was coming and yet…
Successfully got my chocolate pie out of the aluminum foil pie pan and into a real pie dish. Can’t tell me a fucking thing today
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Successfully got my chocolate pie out of the aluminum foil pie pan and into a real pie dish. Can’t tell me a fucking thing today
Why is the Macy’s day parade having MAHA nutcase Jewel on, smh
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Why is the Macy’s day parade having MAHA nutcase Jewel on, smh
This is the fedex truck on Catalina island
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is the fedex truck on Catalina island
You know who else loved collective punishment
The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
You know who else loved collective punishment
5 year old: today we can NOT go anywhere. Because EVERYWHERE is closed.
Grandma: can we go for a walk?
5 year old: well, you can go for a walk but none of the rest of us is gonna walk
Grandma: can we go for a walk?
5 year old: well, you can go for a walk but none of the rest of us is gonna walk
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
5 year old: today we can NOT go anywhere. Because EVERYWHERE is closed.
Grandma: can we go for a walk?
5 year old: well, you can go for a walk but none of the rest of us is gonna walk
Grandma: can we go for a walk?
5 year old: well, you can go for a walk but none of the rest of us is gonna walk
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THE SONG! It’s a song!
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
THE SONG! It’s a song!
Quite a few things are on sale in the shop! Buy shiny objects, you deserve them.
finalgirlcurios.etsy.com
finalgirlcurios.etsy.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Quite a few things are on sale in the shop! Buy shiny objects, you deserve them.
finalgirlcurios.etsy.com
finalgirlcurios.etsy.com
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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to catch a cold you have to think like a cold
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
to catch a cold you have to think like a cold
People will go on this app and say anything. “Apple pie is mid.” No it isn’t. That isn’t true
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
People will go on this app and say anything. “Apple pie is mid.” No it isn’t. That isn’t true
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November 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
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they hate Drag Queen Storytime, but they don’t even know what librarians keep in their desk drawers
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
they hate Drag Queen Storytime, but they don’t even know what librarians keep in their desk drawers
Five year old: you’re not a very good tickler.
Me: thank you for letting me know.
Me: thank you for letting me know.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Five year old: you’re not a very good tickler.
Me: thank you for letting me know.
Me: thank you for letting me know.
Something that got to me when I was a librarian is how many library directors absolutely shun the limelight. You see a headline when they’re hired and a headline when they retire and that’s it. No interviews, no features, they don’t speak to the press unless they’re in trouble. Great publicity
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Something that got to me when I was a librarian is how many library directors absolutely shun the limelight. You see a headline when they’re hired and a headline when they retire and that’s it. No interviews, no features, they don’t speak to the press unless they’re in trouble. Great publicity
Our HR got an AI assistant. The old adage “HR is not your friend” is especially true of the HR robot!!!
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Our HR got an AI assistant. The old adage “HR is not your friend” is especially true of the HR robot!!!
We don’t want to value or reward creativity and yet our hunger for the products of creative minds is at such an all time high we steal their work and outsource creativity to LLMs that are trained by stealing the work of creative minds
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We don’t want to value or reward creativity and yet our hunger for the products of creative minds is at such an all time high we steal their work and outsource creativity to LLMs that are trained by stealing the work of creative minds
Debated being annoyed by the WSJ “conservative women are having kids first and then career” and then remembered my attention is currency.
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Debated being annoyed by the WSJ “conservative women are having kids first and then career” and then remembered my attention is currency.
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they overturned women’s constitutional right to an abortion three years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they overturned women’s constitutional right to an abortion three years ago