Matthew Murray 🦇
@midnitelibrary.bsky.social
Data Librarian. Co-Host of Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast. Editor of Two-Fisted Library Stories. Spooky Librarian. Goth. Comics. Manga. Zines. Games. ScholComm. OA. RDM. Social Justice. He/They.
"A known human friend" - Graham Stark
"A known human friend" - Graham Stark
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Yeah man lean in on this position it makes you look fucking great
Dershowitz: The predecessor on your show described Epstein as a convicted pedophile. He pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. That’s not a pedophile.
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Yeah man lean in on this position it makes you look fucking great
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I wonder if the “REALLY senior people at the BBC who are SO far over on the JK Rowling camp” could be BBC Non-Exec Board Director, JKR friend, and ‘gender critical’ transphobe, Muriel Gray - who was re-appointed to the BBC board 2 weeks before the “Prescott memo” was ‘leaked’!? 🤔🤔🤔
#BBCcapturedbyGC
#BBCcapturedbyGC
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I wonder if the “REALLY senior people at the BBC who are SO far over on the JK Rowling camp” could be BBC Non-Exec Board Director, JKR friend, and ‘gender critical’ transphobe, Muriel Gray - who was re-appointed to the BBC board 2 weeks before the “Prescott memo” was ‘leaked’!? 🤔🤔🤔
#BBCcapturedbyGC
#BBCcapturedbyGC
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@bsky.app why are you censoring my wholesome and adorable gay sheep fashion show story! It’s literally not sexually suggestive??? TikTok is even fine with it. Ridiculous.
Knitwear made with wool from a sanctuary for gay sheep was sent down the runway this week in NYC as part of “I Wool Survive,” a campy knitwear fashion show that event sponsor Grindr describes as the “world’s first truly gay fashion collection.”
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
@bsky.app why are you censoring my wholesome and adorable gay sheep fashion show story! It’s literally not sexually suggestive??? TikTok is even fine with it. Ridiculous.
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THAT'S NOT WHAT LOST MEDIA MEANS FFS
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
THAT'S NOT WHAT LOST MEDIA MEANS FFS
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No justice, no peace is a fact, not a threat.
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
No justice, no peace is a fact, not a threat.
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Exactly this.
One of the old-timers at the school I used to teach at (a k-8 building) used to say that he could predict low test scores and behavior problems simply by looking at the student-teacher ratios in kindergarten.
Class sizes matter when it comes to k-12 classrooms.
One of the old-timers at the school I used to teach at (a k-8 building) used to say that he could predict low test scores and behavior problems simply by looking at the student-teacher ratios in kindergarten.
Class sizes matter when it comes to k-12 classrooms.
Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Exactly this.
One of the old-timers at the school I used to teach at (a k-8 building) used to say that he could predict low test scores and behavior problems simply by looking at the student-teacher ratios in kindergarten.
Class sizes matter when it comes to k-12 classrooms.
One of the old-timers at the school I used to teach at (a k-8 building) used to say that he could predict low test scores and behavior problems simply by looking at the student-teacher ratios in kindergarten.
Class sizes matter when it comes to k-12 classrooms.
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It's Friday night baby
July 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
It's Friday night baby
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Similar to the US right, the Brazilian right is also telling young people that university degrees are worthless and that you should go to trade school instead.
Just as in the US, these conservative elites will tell their *own* children to go to university and to never work in the trades.
Just as in the US, these conservative elites will tell their *own* children to go to university and to never work in the trades.
Durante evento para anunciara expansão do ensino técnico no estado de São Paulo, o governador Tarcísio de Freitas afirmou “diploma tem cada vez menos relevância”. Segundo ele, a justificativa seria que o mercado está cada "vez menos interessado" na formação acadêmica.
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Similar to the US right, the Brazilian right is also telling young people that university degrees are worthless and that you should go to trade school instead.
Just as in the US, these conservative elites will tell their *own* children to go to university and to never work in the trades.
Just as in the US, these conservative elites will tell their *own* children to go to university and to never work in the trades.
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YOU HAVE TURNED MY FATHER'S HOUSE INTO A DEN OF THIEVES
Jesus having the term “in-app purchases” explained to him and just wordlessly filling a sock with nickels
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
YOU HAVE TURNED MY FATHER'S HOUSE INTO A DEN OF THIEVES
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Things people tell me. Seriously:
"My kid couldn't get that job because they only hire immigrants"
"My kid didn't get into her program because she's white."
"I can't find a home because all the immigrants took them."
Oh fuck off, all of you.
"My kid couldn't get that job because they only hire immigrants"
"My kid didn't get into her program because she's white."
"I can't find a home because all the immigrants took them."
Oh fuck off, all of you.
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Things people tell me. Seriously:
"My kid couldn't get that job because they only hire immigrants"
"My kid didn't get into her program because she's white."
"I can't find a home because all the immigrants took them."
Oh fuck off, all of you.
"My kid couldn't get that job because they only hire immigrants"
"My kid didn't get into her program because she's white."
"I can't find a home because all the immigrants took them."
Oh fuck off, all of you.
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lmao
That's ridiculous and can only be correct with horribly skewed averages + very biased sampling (both, in this case).
I was making $150k as a Senior Designer at Bungie with 15 years of industry experience in one of the highest-paying job markets in a high cost-of-living area with geopay
That's ridiculous and can only be correct with horribly skewed averages + very biased sampling (both, in this case).
I was making $150k as a Senior Designer at Bungie with 15 years of industry experience in one of the highest-paying job markets in a high cost-of-living area with geopay
The average salary for games industry professionals based in the United States was $142,000 in 2025, according to a new report from GDC Festival of Gaming.
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
GDC Survey: Average salary for US games professionals was $142,000 in 2025
Findings reveal 33% of workers feel employers are "working to close existing pay gaps," while one-tenth report no efforts are being made
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
lmao
That's ridiculous and can only be correct with horribly skewed averages + very biased sampling (both, in this case).
I was making $150k as a Senior Designer at Bungie with 15 years of industry experience in one of the highest-paying job markets in a high cost-of-living area with geopay
That's ridiculous and can only be correct with horribly skewed averages + very biased sampling (both, in this case).
I was making $150k as a Senior Designer at Bungie with 15 years of industry experience in one of the highest-paying job markets in a high cost-of-living area with geopay
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This is is why we look at mean, MEDIAN, and MODE, kids.
If I am in a group of 10 in which 1 person has $1b and the other 9 of us have $0, on average we all have $100m, and yet I still cannot buy groceries.
If I am in a group of 10 in which 1 person has $1b and the other 9 of us have $0, on average we all have $100m, and yet I still cannot buy groceries.
The average salary for games industry professionals based in the United States was $142,000 in 2025, according to a new report from GDC Festival of Gaming.
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
GDC Survey: Average salary for US games professionals was $142,000 in 2025
Findings reveal 33% of workers feel employers are "working to close existing pay gaps," while one-tenth report no efforts are being made
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is is why we look at mean, MEDIAN, and MODE, kids.
If I am in a group of 10 in which 1 person has $1b and the other 9 of us have $0, on average we all have $100m, and yet I still cannot buy groceries.
If I am in a group of 10 in which 1 person has $1b and the other 9 of us have $0, on average we all have $100m, and yet I still cannot buy groceries.
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Double epecially that it's handled almost offhandedly, too - "some of your fellow soldiers are women, now here's 50 pages about tanks".
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Double epecially that it's handled almost offhandedly, too - "some of your fellow soldiers are women, now here's 50 pages about tanks".
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Hurrah! My article on the Twilight 2000 RPG in the Journal of American Studies is now open access (OA), so anyone who wants to can have a read. OA is important to me, as I want my work on RPG history to go beyond the academy and reach the gaming public.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
When You Say, “Thermonuclear War,” I Think You Mean “the Call to Adventure”! The Twilight: 2000 Tabletop Role-Playing Game and the Postapocalyptic World’s Imaginary Spaces | Journal of American Studie...
When You Say, “Thermonuclear War,” I Think You Mean “the Call to Adventure”! The Twilight: 2000 Tabletop Role-Playing Game and the Postapocalyptic World’s Imaginary Spaces
www.cambridge.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Hurrah! My article on the Twilight 2000 RPG in the Journal of American Studies is now open access (OA), so anyone who wants to can have a read. OA is important to me, as I want my work on RPG history to go beyond the academy and reach the gaming public.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
Sharon Camp, Mother of the ‘Plan B’ Contraceptive Pill, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anyone who’s ever used emergency contraception or gains peace of mind by even having it on hand owes Dr Camp a debt of gratitude. What a force.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
(Also, I just learned one reason the FDA rejected it at first was that they said the name Plan B was too glib!)
Great obit—no paywall.
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It's unsettling how many people fell for the claim that an administration that hires open Nazi sympathizers and does a bunch of Nazi-like stuff is "fighting antisemitism."
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
If you thought sending horrific, racist texts was enough to get you shunned from political service, think again! trib.al/v2wPrV0
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's unsettling how many people fell for the claim that an administration that hires open Nazi sympathizers and does a bunch of Nazi-like stuff is "fighting antisemitism."
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
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It is my birthday, please celebrate according to tradition: as a skeleton screaming for 30 seconds
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It is my birthday, please celebrate according to tradition: as a skeleton screaming for 30 seconds
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wearing a mask in, at the very least, public indoor spaces (grocery stores, pharmacies, transit, healthcare) is one of the most basic forms of allyship you can offer disabled people you’re forced share space with.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
wearing a mask in, at the very least, public indoor spaces (grocery stores, pharmacies, transit, healthcare) is one of the most basic forms of allyship you can offer disabled people you’re forced share space with.
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ALT Text benefits everyone
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November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ALT Text benefits everyone
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
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Do you think blu ray will be the last new physical media format?
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Do you think blu ray will be the last new physical media format?
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Wow, what a cynical thing for our mayor to say after all the Vancouverites came together to voice concerns over his budget
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Wow, what a cynical thing for our mayor to say after all the Vancouverites came together to voice concerns over his budget
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"I find the question of robot rights to be a wholly contemptible distraction from the present-day human rights violations already being perpetuated by human executives of automated systems." (Williams, p118)
(I put a book dart by that, @fractalecho.bsky.social & I would have clapped in a live talk)
(I put a book dart by that, @fractalecho.bsky.social & I would have clapped in a live talk)
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"I find the question of robot rights to be a wholly contemptible distraction from the present-day human rights violations already being perpetuated by human executives of automated systems." (Williams, p118)
(I put a book dart by that, @fractalecho.bsky.social & I would have clapped in a live talk)
(I put a book dart by that, @fractalecho.bsky.social & I would have clapped in a live talk)
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Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social please enjoy this woman’s collection of security envelopes HIGHLY RECOMMEND checking out her profile for an incredibly organized taxonomy and in-depth discussion of the finer points of pattern design.
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social please enjoy this woman’s collection of security envelopes HIGHLY RECOMMEND checking out her profile for an incredibly organized taxonomy and in-depth discussion of the finer points of pattern design.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX