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@maxlibris.bsky.social

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#cycling, #tattoos, #photography, #horror, #travel sunshine, rainbows, kind people, #podcasts, #edtech - #Chicago is where my heart lives. #Miami is where I work. 🏳️‍🌈 Personal account.

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Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to this Wondery / American Scandal series of episodes on Deepwater Horizon. I kind of remember it but there have been so many environmental disasters related to oil, how can one keep up?

An overhead image of an oil platform thingy is on fire and there’s red liquid streaming from it along the top of the water. It says DEEPWATER HORIZON, AMERICAN SCANDAL, and WONDERY

Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t want to jinx anything but I’m having a productive day at work.

Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · 3d

Another #bouquet of beautiful dead leaves with a treatment by #prequel

A hand outstretched holds multiple dead large leaves as a bouquet.

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 5d

Magnificent Morning at Millennium Park. Today in Chicago at the Bean.

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Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · 8d

A dried leaf from a #dieffenbachia plant.

A dried plant leaf from a dieffenbachia plant is held by a hand. The background is out of focus.

Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · 8d

Shadow from a light and shade

A half-shadow from a lamp. The shadow shows the shade.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 13d

Chicago - no kings

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Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · Sep 30

#1sed #1secondeveryday for September 2025.

Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · Sep 28

The main part has been taken up by another store chain called At Home.#Miami #Florida #kendall

Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · Sep 28

This is the very last #Kmart in the United States. I think also in the world, but I’ll need to verify it. It’s literally a shell of its former self. This is where the garden department for a much larger former location of this store.

A small store with the name Kmart above the door.

An open passageway into another part of a store.

Various goods such as casual dresses, washers and dryers are on display in a small brightly lit store.

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Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · Sep 28

Listening to this original fiction #podcast from @amahnke - it’s excellent, like all his podcasts. I also really like pods from @qcodemedia. This is set in New Hampshire and involves 🧛🏻‍♀️

Image of a human skull against a black background with the words Havoc Town across the forehead.

Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · Sep 27

#AI doom and gloom? What's your take on the (near) and (far) futures of AI and how it will affect humans? www.vox.com/future-perfe...

“AI will kill everyone” is not an argument. It’s a worldview.

How rational is Eliezer Yudkowsky’s prophecy?

www.vox.com

Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · Sep 27

And yet, the University is 'exploring' the possibility of requiring staff to be on campus 5 days a week. I would lose 5 out of 9 on my staff. They will not travel those long distances and I don't blame them.

Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · Sep 27

Most of my staff at the University of Miami do not live in Miami and commute long distances because it's so unaffordable. Salaries have not been adjusted for the high cost of living here.

Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · Sep 27

This is no joke. #Miami has become unaffordable for over half the population (54%) in the city / county. "They might have to choose between food and child care or car insurance and a medical procedure. Many are just a crisis or two away from financial ruin."

More than half of Miamians can barely make ends meet, new report finds

Rising housing costs and lagging wage growth have pushed more than a half-million local families to the financial brink.

www.miamiherald.com

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Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · Sep 21

Just finished watching the magnificent A Room With a View (1985). I forgot the operatic voice was Kiri Te Kanawa - what an amazing voice.

Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · Sep 21

Apparently, it’s a thing. There’s no directions for people who get a new phone to deregister their old phone first before they set up a new phone. IT helped me fix it.

Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · Sep 20

I got a new phone today. As I was setting up all the apps, I opened MS Authenticator to make sure I can get into all my work accounts. It prompted me to type in a code in itself, which did nothing. It is maddening circular logic and I still can’t get it working.

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Max @maxlibris.bsky.social · Sep 19

If I were @jimmykimmel.com I wouldn’t go back to #Disney, even if they apologize and want him back. Maybe the era of late night tv has run its course anyway and needs to migrate to other avenues like Substack.