Magsaroni and Cheese
@magsaroni.bsky.social
Library worker/fan. Queer leftist. She/her. Hobbyist archer. Beverage goblin. Regularly found arguing/conversing with my small dogs.
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
What won't AI take from us?
I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
What won't AI take from us?
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No sane person wants to "negotiate" for their healthcare.
We want to go to the doctor, have it covered as a publicly funded social good (because it is!), and focus on healing, not further harm through profit-seeking bullshit and bankruptcy.
We want to go to the doctor, have it covered as a publicly funded social good (because it is!), and focus on healing, not further harm through profit-seeking bullshit and bankruptcy.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
No sane person wants to "negotiate" for their healthcare.
We want to go to the doctor, have it covered as a publicly funded social good (because it is!), and focus on healing, not further harm through profit-seeking bullshit and bankruptcy.
We want to go to the doctor, have it covered as a publicly funded social good (because it is!), and focus on healing, not further harm through profit-seeking bullshit and bankruptcy.
This interpretation of Tolkien's work would get an F as a book report, with a "See me" note from the teacher, because they definitely don't believe you read the book or even finished the movie.
October 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This interpretation of Tolkien's work would get an F as a book report, with a "See me" note from the teacher, because they definitely don't believe you read the book or even finished the movie.
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
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Here is the long and short of it.
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here is the long and short of it.
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"But, Matthew, what is "acting right" when it comes to books?"
Here's a handy guide adapted from Ranganathan:
1. Every book its reader
2. Every reader its book
3. Don't like a book, don't read it
4. Let other people read what they want
5. Libraries are for everyone
Here's a handy guide adapted from Ranganathan:
1. Every book its reader
2. Every reader its book
3. Don't like a book, don't read it
4. Let other people read what they want
5. Libraries are for everyone
August 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"But, Matthew, what is "acting right" when it comes to books?"
Here's a handy guide adapted from Ranganathan:
1. Every book its reader
2. Every reader its book
3. Don't like a book, don't read it
4. Let other people read what they want
5. Libraries are for everyone
Here's a handy guide adapted from Ranganathan:
1. Every book its reader
2. Every reader its book
3. Don't like a book, don't read it
4. Let other people read what they want
5. Libraries are for everyone
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As union membership goes down, more wealth gets transferred up to the top 10% from the working class.
There’s a reason why corporations and billionaires spend $400 million per year busting unions.
There’s a reason why corporations and billionaires spend $400 million per year busting unions.
August 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
As union membership goes down, more wealth gets transferred up to the top 10% from the working class.
There’s a reason why corporations and billionaires spend $400 million per year busting unions.
There’s a reason why corporations and billionaires spend $400 million per year busting unions.
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My students, who attend a working-class rust-belt college, openly talk abt how much they hate AI & are afraid of its consequences. I wonder how much of the oft-reported student enthusiasm for the tech is the merely result of the NYT’s Ivy League bias
August 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My students, who attend a working-class rust-belt college, openly talk abt how much they hate AI & are afraid of its consequences. I wonder how much of the oft-reported student enthusiasm for the tech is the merely result of the NYT’s Ivy League bias
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so many people are going to die because not enough people were willing to believe that RFK jr would actually try to do exactly what he has said for decades that he wanted to do
August 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
so many people are going to die because not enough people were willing to believe that RFK jr would actually try to do exactly what he has said for decades that he wanted to do
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If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services. The State Acti…
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August 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
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nobody has seen the president in three days
[burping and rubbing my president shaped tummy] that’s crazy
[burping and rubbing my president shaped tummy] that’s crazy
August 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
nobody has seen the president in three days
[burping and rubbing my president shaped tummy] that’s crazy
[burping and rubbing my president shaped tummy] that’s crazy
What perfect album came out when you were 16?
August 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM
What perfect album came out when you were 16?
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All of the penicillin in use worldwide comes from a strain of mold that was growing on a cantaloupe bought at a grocery store in Peoria, Illinois in 1942.
What’s your favorite food fact that is true but sounds totally made up?
I’ll start: about half of the mushrooms produced across the United States of America each year (more than 300 million pounds of mushrooms in recent years) are produced in *one county* in Pennsylvania.
I’ll start: about half of the mushrooms produced across the United States of America each year (more than 300 million pounds of mushrooms in recent years) are produced in *one county* in Pennsylvania.
August 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
All of the penicillin in use worldwide comes from a strain of mold that was growing on a cantaloupe bought at a grocery store in Peoria, Illinois in 1942.
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When Michael Jordan felt boxed in by his success in basketball he tried baseball. When Gary Brooks became synonymous with country he created Chris Gaines. And when JK Rowling created the most successful kids books of all time she reinvented herself as a petty, weirdo transphobia influencer.
August 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
When Michael Jordan felt boxed in by his success in basketball he tried baseball. When Gary Brooks became synonymous with country he created Chris Gaines. And when JK Rowling created the most successful kids books of all time she reinvented herself as a petty, weirdo transphobia influencer.
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librarians everywhere
August 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
librarians everywhere
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
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Once a rural hospital closes, it’s not coming back. We’re looking at irreversible damage to healthcare for rural Americans. Every story should mention this.
July 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Once a rural hospital closes, it’s not coming back. We’re looking at irreversible damage to healthcare for rural Americans. Every story should mention this.
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Everything they hate is communism even when it is literally liberal democracy
May 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Everything they hate is communism even when it is literally liberal democracy
Because why encourage people to continue to get the safe, inexpensive, and extremely effective vaccine when you can create expensive treatments for a problem that should be all but eradicated by now?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Because why encourage people to continue to get the safe, inexpensive, and extremely effective vaccine when you can create expensive treatments for a problem that should be all but eradicated by now?
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“Libraries are not cute, twee places,” Cottom told the crowd at a talk. “If you did not think libraries were important before today, consider how important they are to the people who want to destroy them.” (@tressiemcphd.bsky.social)
Line Dancing, Accordion Fans, and Reunions: A Dispatch from Biscuits & Banjos
An easy, joyful energy coursed through Durham at the inaugural run of the festival, founded by musician Rhiannon Giddens.
indyweek.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“Libraries are not cute, twee places,” Cottom told the crowd at a talk. “If you did not think libraries were important before today, consider how important they are to the people who want to destroy them.” (@tressiemcphd.bsky.social)
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Yo, the town of Bellingham WA is considering making the city an official transgender sanctuary and they're having a town hall meeting this Monday at about 6:30-7ish! Would mean a lot to me if folks in the area showed support, id love a city close to my heart to be a sanctuary!
April 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Yo, the town of Bellingham WA is considering making the city an official transgender sanctuary and they're having a town hall meeting this Monday at about 6:30-7ish! Would mean a lot to me if folks in the area showed support, id love a city close to my heart to be a sanctuary!
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I think it's bad that the country is led by people who haven't had a real problem in their entire lives and couldn't get a regular job due to being too weird
April 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I think it's bad that the country is led by people who haven't had a real problem in their entire lives and couldn't get a regular job due to being too weird