Bat-child Librarian
@stopthatadam.bsky.social
Friendly Academic Librarian. Proud former IAM and current UUP union member. Family man. Prog rock/Afro-beat/Knitting Factory skronk/Etc. Bass/Percussion. Socialism. Angling. RPGs. Dobbs Ferry-CT-Iowa City-Minneapolis-Philly—Upstate NY(his)
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
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At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the majority of newsroom workers chose to cross the picket line.
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com/ending-three...
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com/ending-three...
Ending Three-Year Strike, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Union Seeks to Rebuild Trust & Unity with Majority Scab Newspaper
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the majority of newsroom workers chose to cross the picket line.
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com/ending-three...
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com/ending-three...
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“Employees Rally Around [the University of Pennsylvania’s] Refusal to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names *** The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs & organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department.” 11/25/25 … 1/
Penn Refuses to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names
The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs and organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department.
www.insidehighered.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“Employees Rally Around [the University of Pennsylvania’s] Refusal to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names *** The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs & organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department.” 11/25/25 … 1/
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We're drowning in passwords & multi-factor authentication & chatbots & "unusually high call volume" & robots ignoring "representative!"
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
Ain't No Party Like an Administrative Burden Party
You are cordially invited to Admin Night - bring your paperwork
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We're drowning in passwords & multi-factor authentication & chatbots & "unusually high call volume" & robots ignoring "representative!"
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
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my unifying theory of AI is that the people in Silicon Valley with the most concentration of wealth and power have never done real human activities. They've never written a note. They've never tried to cook. So they think this shit is both a miracle and something everyone who does things desires.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
my unifying theory of AI is that the people in Silicon Valley with the most concentration of wealth and power have never done real human activities. They've never written a note. They've never tried to cook. So they think this shit is both a miracle and something everyone who does things desires.
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U.S. home delistings surged 28% in Sept according to new Redfin data. 85k sellers pulled listings rather than cut prices amid high rates. FL & TX are seeing the most delistings. It’s a standoff: buyers can't afford to buy and sellers won't drop prices, keeping the housing market frozen.
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
U.S. home delistings surged 28% in Sept according to new Redfin data. 85k sellers pulled listings rather than cut prices amid high rates. FL & TX are seeing the most delistings. It’s a standoff: buyers can't afford to buy and sellers won't drop prices, keeping the housing market frozen.
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The BBC censoring criticism of Trump from one of their Reith Lectures is seriously worrying.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The BBC censoring criticism of Trump from one of their Reith Lectures is seriously worrying.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
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Commentary: The right-wing
media apparatus is again whipping up a torrent of vitriol against the Somali community with shoddy vulture journalism and racist social media rhetoric. It's all piped straight to the White House, with real consequences. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
media apparatus is again whipping up a torrent of vitriol against the Somali community with shoddy vulture journalism and racist social media rhetoric. It's all piped straight to the White House, with real consequences. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
Right-wing reporting on Somali money going to al-Shabaab is not new, still misses the mark • Minnesota Reformer
Thorpe and Rufo’s vulture journalism provides an opening to those who seek to dismiss the problem of fraud in Minnesota as right-wing demagoguery.
minnesotareformer.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Commentary: The right-wing
media apparatus is again whipping up a torrent of vitriol against the Somali community with shoddy vulture journalism and racist social media rhetoric. It's all piped straight to the White House, with real consequences. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
media apparatus is again whipping up a torrent of vitriol against the Somali community with shoddy vulture journalism and racist social media rhetoric. It's all piped straight to the White House, with real consequences. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
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A councilmember who won his primary last year with 23.7% of the vote wants to delay implementing ranked choice voting. The at-large CM who won her last primary with 35.9% agrees that making her run for reelection next year under RCV would be a bad idea.
Felder continues to be critical of the election board's capacity to pull off ranked-choice voting in 2026.
"Before we roll out something of this magnitude I would think we need to do a needs assessment," he says to Evans. "You’ve been tasked with an arduous task. It’s unfair."
"Before we roll out something of this magnitude I would think we need to do a needs assessment," he says to Evans. "You’ve been tasked with an arduous task. It’s unfair."
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A councilmember who won his primary last year with 23.7% of the vote wants to delay implementing ranked choice voting. The at-large CM who won her last primary with 35.9% agrees that making her run for reelection next year under RCV would be a bad idea.
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The UAW is known locally for its left-leaning politics and justice-oriented members in academia and legal services. Now two of its rank-and-file members, Dalourny Nemorin and Darializa Avila Chevalier, are mounting Democratic campaigns to the party’s left.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/24/a...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/24/a...
Union Members Take On Congressional Incumbents in Manhattan and The Bronx
The UAW is known locally for its left-leaning politics and justice-oriented members in academia and legal services. Now two of its rank-and-file members, Dalourny Nemorin and Darializa Avila…
www.thecity.nyc
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The UAW is known locally for its left-leaning politics and justice-oriented members in academia and legal services. Now two of its rank-and-file members, Dalourny Nemorin and Darializa Avila Chevalier, are mounting Democratic campaigns to the party’s left.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/24/a...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/24/a...
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Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
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This guy was left in the library yesterday. 🪵
We don't know much about him but he keeps telling us
1) that he's Stick Man
and
2) that he's trying to get back to the family tree
If you left Stick Man behind you can collect him from reception.
We don't know much about him but he keeps telling us
1) that he's Stick Man
and
2) that he's trying to get back to the family tree
If you left Stick Man behind you can collect him from reception.
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This guy was left in the library yesterday. 🪵
We don't know much about him but he keeps telling us
1) that he's Stick Man
and
2) that he's trying to get back to the family tree
If you left Stick Man behind you can collect him from reception.
We don't know much about him but he keeps telling us
1) that he's Stick Man
and
2) that he's trying to get back to the family tree
If you left Stick Man behind you can collect him from reception.
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We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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WE'VE BEEN PAUSED FOR 16 YEARS ALREADY
This is a deeply sexist take, given that ~2/3 of minimum wage workers in the US are women.
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
WE'VE BEEN PAUSED FOR 16 YEARS ALREADY
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JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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In 2025 I will begin publishing Cairn supplements for third parties, under the moniker Cairn Press.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In 2025 I will begin publishing Cairn supplements for third parties, under the moniker Cairn Press.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
If you're a writer and want help with editing, layout, or printing I should be able to hook you up with the right people.
My goal is to make more Cairn content and get people paid for their work.
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Broke: DOGE is dead
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Broke: DOGE is dead
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
Woke: DOGE was specifically constructed in a way to avoid accountability partially by zombifying the USDS which still exists as an entity
Bespoke: Dead or not, there needs to be a blue ribbon committee and a massive internal cybersecurity review to root out all the damage.
This is the backstory for Rifts
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This is the backstory for Rifts
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"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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37 days in jail for a Facebook post that merely quoted Trump saying, “We have to get over it” following a school shooting in January 2024, posted after the Charlie Kirk killing.
A US citizens spent37 days in prison for exercising his 1st amendment rights.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
A US citizens spent37 days in prison for exercising his 1st amendment rights.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
Opinion | He spent 37 days in jail for a Facebook post. Larry Bushart’s story is a warning to us all.
Daniel Burnett: A 61-year-old Tennessee man was arrested for sharing a meme during the moral panic following Charlie Kirk's assassination.
www.ms.now
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
37 days in jail for a Facebook post that merely quoted Trump saying, “We have to get over it” following a school shooting in January 2024, posted after the Charlie Kirk killing.
A US citizens spent37 days in prison for exercising his 1st amendment rights.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
A US citizens spent37 days in prison for exercising his 1st amendment rights.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
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it's happening dot gif
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
it's happening dot gif