Sam B. Rambling
@sambramble.cryptoanarchy.network
Disabled itinerant archivist moving into chaplain work. Cascadia made me, Third Coast raised me. MLIS Drexel 2014. Former associate prof in archives at Virginia Tech + doc student at UA ischool. rant.li/sambramble
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1-877-447-4487
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*my biggest and most exhausted sigh*
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
*my biggest and most exhausted sigh*
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"As AI Enters the Operating Room, Reports Arise of Botched Surgeries and Misidentified Body Parts"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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I'm "Dimetapp ruined grape candy for me forever" years old.
February 10, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I'm "Dimetapp ruined grape candy for me forever" years old.
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As a literature educator, for me, poetry begins and ends with Audre Lorde. Every student I have has read “Poetry is not a Luxury.” “Litany for Survival” is the poem that reminds us Who and Whose we are, because we were never meant to survive.
28 poems for #blackhistorymonth day 9
28 poems for #blackhistorymonth day 9
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 AM
As a literature educator, for me, poetry begins and ends with Audre Lorde. Every student I have has read “Poetry is not a Luxury.” “Litany for Survival” is the poem that reminds us Who and Whose we are, because we were never meant to survive.
28 poems for #blackhistorymonth day 9
28 poems for #blackhistorymonth day 9
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My colleague points out the equally relevant Luis Figueroa's book Sugar, Slavery, and Freedom in Nineteenth-Century Puerto Rico uncpress.org/978080785610...
For those interested in why Black & Caribbean people are going off about the sugar cane from last night's halftime show: sugar is a plantation commodity that fueled slavery & colonialism
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Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
The Place of Sugar in Modern History
bookshop.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
My colleague points out the equally relevant Luis Figueroa's book Sugar, Slavery, and Freedom in Nineteenth-Century Puerto Rico uncpress.org/978080785610...
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#BHM Day 9: Black Friars 🧶
Not all Black figures in medieval European art are symbolic, allegorical, or exoticized. Some are simply there bc Black people were there.
In the image from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (c. 1416), 3 Black monks appear in a scene of
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#yarnsky #yarnmarket
Not all Black figures in medieval European art are symbolic, allegorical, or exoticized. Some are simply there bc Black people were there.
In the image from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (c. 1416), 3 Black monks appear in a scene of
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#yarnsky #yarnmarket
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
#BHM Day 9: Black Friars 🧶
Not all Black figures in medieval European art are symbolic, allegorical, or exoticized. Some are simply there bc Black people were there.
In the image from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (c. 1416), 3 Black monks appear in a scene of
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#yarnsky #yarnmarket
Not all Black figures in medieval European art are symbolic, allegorical, or exoticized. Some are simply there bc Black people were there.
In the image from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry (c. 1416), 3 Black monks appear in a scene of
1/7
#yarnsky #yarnmarket
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[speaker goes over time]
Miss Piggy: "Hiiiiya!" [chop!]
"And now, Janice will discuss hallucinatory aspects in the music of Hildegard of Bingen."
Miss Piggy: "Hiiiiya!" [chop!]
"And now, Janice will discuss hallucinatory aspects in the music of Hildegard of Bingen."
February 7, 2026 at 8:56 PM
[speaker goes over time]
Miss Piggy: "Hiiiiya!" [chop!]
"And now, Janice will discuss hallucinatory aspects in the music of Hildegard of Bingen."
Miss Piggy: "Hiiiiya!" [chop!]
"And now, Janice will discuss hallucinatory aspects in the music of Hildegard of Bingen."
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It has to be "The Muppets Take Medieval Studies," because Kalamzoo is objectively the funniest place name for anywhere an academic conference takes place.
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
It has to be "The Muppets Take Medieval Studies," because Kalamzoo is objectively the funniest place name for anywhere an academic conference takes place.
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Good thing Virginia Tech ended its religion department! Nothing to see here!
I love that half the ads now are about trying to find meaning in our existential hell world and the product at the end is either AI or Jesus
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Good thing Virginia Tech ended its religion department! Nothing to see here!
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“We are chastised in moments of democratic advance for wanting too much, for trying to do too many things too fast. It’s usually more the case that we didn’t go far enough to secure these democratic changes.“ @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social
Drive racists out of public life forever, and other lessons from Black history
Author Brian Jones on how we win—and protect—social progress for all of us.
www.motherjones.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“We are chastised in moments of democratic advance for wanting too much, for trying to do too many things too fast. It’s usually more the case that we didn’t go far enough to secure these democratic changes.“ @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social
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This was such a special interview to conduct: the first in two episodes with historian Peter Linebaugh on the long histories of commons and commoning, connections between enclosures in Europe and imperial conquest abroad, and writing history from below. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/the-...
The Commons w/ Peter Linebaugh
Featuring Peter Linebaugh on the long histories of commons and commoning, connections between enclosures in Europe and imperial conquest abroad, and writing history from below.
www.thedigradio.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:33 AM
This was such a special interview to conduct: the first in two episodes with historian Peter Linebaugh on the long histories of commons and commoning, connections between enclosures in Europe and imperial conquest abroad, and writing history from below. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/the-...
Love this energy so much
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Love this energy so much
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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
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One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
Dr. Oz urges 'take the vaccine, please' amid measles outbreaks
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
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Ebo Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history.
His son Kweku Taylor:
“The world has lost a giant, a colossus of African music, leaving behind an unmatched artistry legacy. Dad, your light will never fade.”
His son Kweku Taylor:
“The world has lost a giant, a colossus of African music, leaving behind an unmatched artistry legacy. Dad, your light will never fade.”
Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90
Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Ebo Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history.
His son Kweku Taylor:
“The world has lost a giant, a colossus of African music, leaving behind an unmatched artistry legacy. Dad, your light will never fade.”
His son Kweku Taylor:
“The world has lost a giant, a colossus of African music, leaving behind an unmatched artistry legacy. Dad, your light will never fade.”
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Detention Reports has been updated to include a national map of all active ICE detention facilities that link to individual facility reports. Learn about this new feature and other new features at my latest post: austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-best-s...
February 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Detention Reports has been updated to include a national map of all active ICE detention facilities that link to individual facility reports. Learn about this new feature and other new features at my latest post: austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-best-s...
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Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
February 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Another classic post-Homan day where around school dismissal time we get a flurry of ICE vehicles all across our neighborhoods. Today one vehicle led an observer to their own home and pointed at it. This is a sick game to them, but we won’t be intimidated and we won’t stop until DHS is abolished.
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“60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls… 43% of the recalls occurred less than a year after the devices were greenlighted. That’s about twice the recall rate of all devices authorized under similar FDA rules.”findings form: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
February 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
“60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls… 43% of the recalls occurred less than a year after the devices were greenlighted. That’s about twice the recall rate of all devices authorized under similar FDA rules.”findings form: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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The media has to stop covering this grifting. He goes from project to project never delivering.
Elon Musk's ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – sending humans to live on the moon. https://cnn.it/46sbAMm
February 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The media has to stop covering this grifting. He goes from project to project never delivering.
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Anytime someone brings up the haters
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Anytime someone brings up the haters
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Keep going with Spanish.
Chapter below in a FREE online Spanish textbook teaches language and culture through music and focuses on perreo, sexuality, and Bad Bunny.
#LearnSpanish #LearningSpanish
Chapter below in a FREE online Spanish textbook teaches language and culture through music and focuses on perreo, sexuality, and Bad Bunny.
#LearnSpanish #LearningSpanish
Bad Bunny dedicated a song to praise the woman’s ability to dance alone at a club:
“Yo perreo sola” (=I doggy alone).
Esta canción es sobre una mujer who used to beg her novio for perreo in the disco, but he didn’t pay attention to her: antes tú me pichabas (=before, you used to ignore me”).
“Yo perreo sola” (=I doggy alone).
Esta canción es sobre una mujer who used to beg her novio for perreo in the disco, but he didn’t pay attention to her: antes tú me pichabas (=before, you used to ignore me”).
Perreo and sexuality – Multigrade Spanish and Caribbean Music
A multigrade textbook of Spanish through Caribbean music: cumbia, reggaeton, salsa.
pressbooks.fortlewis.edu
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Keep going with Spanish.
Chapter below in a FREE online Spanish textbook teaches language and culture through music and focuses on perreo, sexuality, and Bad Bunny.
#LearnSpanish #LearningSpanish
Chapter below in a FREE online Spanish textbook teaches language and culture through music and focuses on perreo, sexuality, and Bad Bunny.
#LearnSpanish #LearningSpanish
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He wasn’t wrong.
I come back to this open letter (from 2020) a lot, and I’ll give it the last word. amazonemployees4climatejustice.medium.com/amazon-emplo...
February 9, 2026 at 4:38 AM
He wasn’t wrong.
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“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you…What are the words you do not have yet? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence?”
— Audre Lorde
— Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde Taught Us: 'Survival Is Not Theoretical'
Audre Lorde Taught Us: 'Survival Is Not Theoretical'
The poet and author taught generations of Black women to fight for access to the full spectrum of womanhood. The restoration of a documentary about her life and work couldn't come at a better time.
dlvr.it
February 9, 2026 at 6:07 AM
“My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you…What are the words you do not have yet? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence?”
— Audre Lorde
— Audre Lorde
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I do, once again, recommend reading Hugh Gusterson’s “Nuclear Weapons and the “Other” in the Western Imagination.”
In any case I did the meme along those lines:
In any case I did the meme along those lines:
December 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I do, once again, recommend reading Hugh Gusterson’s “Nuclear Weapons and the “Other” in the Western Imagination.”
In any case I did the meme along those lines:
In any case I did the meme along those lines: