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When I was a working librarian, I took patron confidentiality very seriously and taught those I supervised the same. Don't talk about patrons with your friends or family; don't post about them on social media.
What happens in the library stays in the library.
What happens in the library stays in the library.
December 7, 2025 at 4:41 AM
When I was a working librarian, I took patron confidentiality very seriously and taught those I supervised the same. Don't talk about patrons with your friends or family; don't post about them on social media.
What happens in the library stays in the library.
What happens in the library stays in the library.
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However insane you remember The Tempest being, it is more insane than that.
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
However insane you remember The Tempest being, it is more insane than that.
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Fun fact: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a bunch of science fiction books.
They feature an impossibly annoying, arrogant asshole named Professor Challenger, who keeps saving the world from various cosmic horrors while being an insufferable prick about it the whole time.
They feature an impossibly annoying, arrogant asshole named Professor Challenger, who keeps saving the world from various cosmic horrors while being an insufferable prick about it the whole time.
June 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Fun fact: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a bunch of science fiction books.
They feature an impossibly annoying, arrogant asshole named Professor Challenger, who keeps saving the world from various cosmic horrors while being an insufferable prick about it the whole time.
They feature an impossibly annoying, arrogant asshole named Professor Challenger, who keeps saving the world from various cosmic horrors while being an insufferable prick about it the whole time.
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Wow. This is a shock.
The oldest homebrew shop in America is closing. FH Steinbart was not just a small business, though—it was a critical part of the connective tissue that helped make Portland Beervana.
FH Steinbart, America’s Oldest Homebrew Store, 1918-2025 — Beervana
The oldest homebrew shop in America is closing. FH Steinbart was not just a small business, though—it was a critical part of the connective tissue that helped make Portland Beervana.
www.beervanablog.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Wow. This is a shock.
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Cowards.
The Women's Institute has been forced into excluding trans women too
"Not doing so would leave us at risk of costly legal challenge and potential regulatory action from the Charity Commission. We have a public duty to ensure our charity is not in breach of the law."
www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre...
"Not doing so would leave us at risk of costly legal challenge and potential regulatory action from the Charity Commission. We have a public duty to ensure our charity is not in breach of the law."
www.thewi.org.uk/media-centre...
Press Releases
www.thewi.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Cowards.
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Trump has been quietly targeting the Democratic infrastructure with his DOJ going after Act Blue, Indivisible and other ways we organize. Trump is trying to rig the 2026 election right in front of us. We need Democrats--esp AGs-to take steps now to stop this! My Daily Dean youtu.be/tbtBQaDwvxs?...
Democrats need to channel their inner Sicilian to stop Trump from rigging 2026 midterms!
YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Trump has been quietly targeting the Democratic infrastructure with his DOJ going after Act Blue, Indivisible and other ways we organize. Trump is trying to rig the 2026 election right in front of us. We need Democrats--esp AGs-to take steps now to stop this! My Daily Dean youtu.be/tbtBQaDwvxs?...
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Just wait till some biologist professor gets in trouble because a student claims a religious belief that evolution doesn't exist or a physicist professor because a student says the world is only 6,000 years old. It'll be the death of higher education in the US and the start of a theocracy.
November 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Just wait till some biologist professor gets in trouble because a student claims a religious belief that evolution doesn't exist or a physicist professor because a student says the world is only 6,000 years old. It'll be the death of higher education in the US and the start of a theocracy.
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I also can't help but believe that this is targeted against the professor because they're queer. This is exactly what happened in Texas. It's a witch hunt to push LGBTQ people out of academia.
November 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I also can't help but believe that this is targeted against the professor because they're queer. This is exactly what happened in Texas. It's a witch hunt to push LGBTQ people out of academia.
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Beautiful to see grassroots creativity fighting back! Protesters are brilliantly targeting corporations like Home Depot and AT&T that enable Trump's cruel deportation machine.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Beautiful to see grassroots creativity fighting back! Protesters are brilliantly targeting corporations like Home Depot and AT&T that enable Trump's cruel deportation machine.
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Authors win discovery ruling in lawsuit against Open AI that could help prove willful copyright infringement (over the use of pirated datasets for AI training)
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Authors win discovery ruling in lawsuit against Open AI that could help prove willful copyright infringement (over the use of pirated datasets for AI training)
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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HAPPY GAMERA DAY! 60th anniversary!!! The first Gamera movie, directed by Noriaki Yuasa, came out on this day in 1965.
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
HAPPY GAMERA DAY! 60th anniversary!!! The first Gamera movie, directed by Noriaki Yuasa, came out on this day in 1965.
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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15 years ago today, Willie Nelson was arrested in Texas for 6 oz of Cannabis.
God, who produces it naturally across the globe, remains at large.
God, who produces it naturally across the globe, remains at large.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
15 years ago today, Willie Nelson was arrested in Texas for 6 oz of Cannabis.
God, who produces it naturally across the globe, remains at large.
God, who produces it naturally across the globe, remains at large.
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You know how they say immigration is fine as long as people follow the rules?
Guess what? They’re lying.
Read these heartbreaking stories:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Guess what? They’re lying.
Read these heartbreaking stories:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
You know how they say immigration is fine as long as people follow the rules?
Guess what? They’re lying.
Read these heartbreaking stories:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Guess what? They’re lying.
Read these heartbreaking stories:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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I want to be buried at sea. Not when I die, just whenever. Surprise me
July 12, 2023 at 4:52 AM
I want to be buried at sea. Not when I die, just whenever. Surprise me
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I miss when the worst thing NVIDIA did was make all the laptops fail in 2007-2008
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I miss when the worst thing NVIDIA did was make all the laptops fail in 2007-2008
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#OBS 2.10.29 is out. There are #security updates you shouldn’t skip. Multiple #CVEs were addressed in #RubyGem. If you’re running your own instance, update as soon as possible. openbuildservice.org/download/
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Create and Distribute Software Packages for all Major Linux Distributions with all the Tools to Work Together!
openbuildservice.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
#OBS 2.10.29 is out. There are #security updates you shouldn’t skip. Multiple #CVEs were addressed in #RubyGem. If you’re running your own instance, update as soon as possible. openbuildservice.org/download/
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Udo Kier, the German actor who starred in over 200 films, portrayed Yuri in Command and Conquer: Red Alert, and was set to star in Hideo Kojima's OD, has died aged 81. https://bit.ly/4plJCci
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Udo Kier, the German actor who starred in over 200 films, portrayed Yuri in Command and Conquer: Red Alert, and was set to star in Hideo Kojima's OD, has died aged 81. https://bit.ly/4plJCci
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I do not drink because I have almost no tolerance for it anymore (one margarita is too much).
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I do not drink because I have almost no tolerance for it anymore (one margarita is too much).
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
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The party that firmly defined womanhood can’t decide what a child is
What is a Pedophile?
The party that firmly defined womanhood can’t decide what a child is
medium.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The party that firmly defined womanhood can’t decide what a child is
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Abolish ICE is the absolute minimum acceptable policy.
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Abolish ICE is the absolute minimum acceptable policy.
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
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And that’s not even half of the corruption and chaos‼️
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
And that’s not even half of the corruption and chaos‼️
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All stories are retellings of Zardoz, but most aren't brave enough to use the costumes.
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
All stories are retellings of Zardoz, but most aren't brave enough to use the costumes.