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I read a lot. I write things. I library for a living, and I love it. And I spend a lot of time trudging around nice parks and such places.
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My weekend plans involved a lot of "mowing the yard" and such tasks. But, maybe the pouring rain today will stop me??? So sad! 😂
October 13, 2023 at 3:14 PM
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My favorite part about Steve Scalise’s speech at a white supremacist convention hosted by David Duke is that afterwards he claimed to have no idea that something called the “European-American Unity and Rights Organization” wouldn’t involve a lot of racists www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hou...
October 12, 2023 at 12:15 AM
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tiffanycli.bsky.social
I love academia because it’s full of people who are so, so smart about one specific thing and so, so dumb at all other aspects of life
October 10, 2023 at 9:39 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
I've added five new limited edition prints to the shop at tomgauld.com/shop. This is one of them:
A signed and numbered print of the following cartoon: Night. A child reads under the covers with a torch. Father: Ok, buddy. Time to stop reading. Child: Why? Father: we all like spending time in a fantasy world, but we need to sleep so that tomorrow we can go out and confront all the challenges that the real world throws at us. Child: Tomorrow sounds a lot less fun than staying up late reading a book. CUT TO They are both reading under the covers with the torch.
October 9, 2023 at 9:45 AM
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burmanphd.bsky.social
Five million documents from the Dutch East India Company will be searchable starting on Wednesday, with an improved version of the database expected next year #archives
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Millions of archived VOC documents now searchable online, including slavery records
From Wednesday, five million scanned documents from the archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) will be digitally searchable at the click of a button thanks to a text recognition project by the...
nltimes.nl
October 8, 2023 at 9:31 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A recent cartoon for New Scientist 🧪
Panel one Two scientists walk across the campus. A man in a scarf and a woman who is walking her dog.j “So, everyone’s talking about this new project in your department…” Says the man. “Are they?” Replies the woman. Panel two “Something about non-human communication enhancement, I heard…” Continues the man. “We’re not supposed to talk about it.” Says the woman. Panel three. “Can’t you tell me anything?” Asks the man “You’ll find out when we publish, but it’s pretty big news.” Replies the dog.
October 8, 2023 at 1:45 PM
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akalhan.bsky.social
Congratulations to the Roberts Court and its conservative legal movement patrons: even the Sunday comics are now dunking on them for their corruption
Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 08, 2023 | GoComics.com
October 08, 2023
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October 8, 2023 at 2:41 PM
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From The Athletic: Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya broke the marathon world record on Sunday in Chicago, becoming the first athlete to run under 2:01 in an eligible race. nyti.ms/48H8yU6
Kelvin Kiptum is celebrating after winning the 2023 Chicago Marathon professional men's division. He is smiling wide, hugging someone at the finish line and holding the Kenyan flag. Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images.
October 8, 2023 at 6:58 PM
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jonathan apples, painted by ellen isham schutt, 1912
jonathan apples, painted by ellen isham schutt, 1912
October 9, 2023 at 1:18 AM
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edyong209.bsky.social
A gathering of shorebirds at sunrise. The most obvious one is a long-billed curlew, and there are marbled godwits and willets in the mix too. 🪶
A long-billed curlew stands in the foreground with various shorebirds in the background. Splotches of brown and grey against deep teal water
October 9, 2023 at 1:20 AM
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tkingfisher.com
There ought to be a word for when you have resisted upgrading a thing for years and then you finally grudgingly give in and it’s so much better that it makes you angry.
October 8, 2023 at 8:52 PM
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Dubious Islands xkcd.com/2838
October 8, 2023 at 1:31 PM
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ethankocak.com
In this house we celebrate Columbo’s Day, where we watch as many episodes as we can and in the evening we say “just one more thing” and light up a cigar
October 8, 2023 at 10:41 PM
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Pizza by the slice restaurants should open for breakfast with the previous night's leftovers from the fridge.
October 8, 2023 at 3:59 PM
Had a good camping weekend!

Thanks, Lake Carlos State Park. It's always nice to visit.

#GetOutside
Yellow fall leaves Green, orange, and red fall leaves Cabin at Lake Carlos State Park
October 9, 2023 at 2:48 AM
I'm usually lousy at games, and have zero ability to spell things. But I'm enjoying Connections, after recently finding it!

Connections
Puzzle #119
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October 9, 2023 at 2:43 AM
A beautiful day of hiking around Lake Carlos State Park!

In Minnesota you can trudge a club tail at every park, and find the hidden word along the way. I like having a small goal, in addition to the hiking fun!
Fall leaves and trees Yellow fall leaves and trees
October 7, 2023 at 8:02 PM
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misterabk.bsky.social
Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?
A spoof of an infographic showing a map of Europe, colour-coded by which countries will offer food to visitors. The caption is "Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?" The Nordic territories are labelled "sad", Northern Europe is labelled "sad & wet", Eastern Europe, Southern France and Northern Italy are labelled "sad and drunk" and the Mediterranean nations are labelled "sexy". It's less funny when you explain it, to be honest.
October 7, 2023 at 5:22 PM
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othingstodo.bsky.social
The colors of autumn.
October 7, 2023 at 5:30 PM
I know I'm a crabby old lady scholar, but: endnotes at the end of a book? Tools of the devil! No, I'm not going to search out a random page. Put a footnote right there, where we can all see it as we read!

#DyingOnTheFootnoteHill
October 7, 2023 at 7:38 PM
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jaketapper.bsky.social
Write with magic marker on a combine?

I mean… yes?
Tweet from Trump aide showing a picture of Trump autographing a John Deere combine with a quote of him asking if Biden can do that
October 1, 2023 at 11:18 PM
I'm finally watching Grace and Frankie. Is the Sol character supposed to be so incredibly stupid and annoying????? I'm muting every scene he's in because he drives me crazy.

It's like Schitt Creek; the parents were so annoying I fast-forwarded every scene they were in.

Ugh. Sol. 🤬
October 1, 2023 at 8:39 PM
I went to see the re-release of Stop Making Sense yesterday! A fun nostalgia adventure. And true to the instructions, it was played LOUD!
September 24, 2023 at 2:30 PM
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bannedlibrary.com
The library has a Friday tradition in which we don't give a fuck until Monday.
The weekend librarian never gives much of a shit either.
September 22, 2023 at 6:16 PM