Loather
@loather.bsky.social
I am not, nor have I ever been, a Las Vegas showgirl.
I am a headliner!
I sell vintage: https://finalgirlcurios.etsy.com/
I write newsletter: https://buttondown.com/loather
I am a headliner!
I sell vintage: https://finalgirlcurios.etsy.com/
I write newsletter: https://buttondown.com/loather
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Loather
@loather.bsky.social
· Feb 7
love, the nailbiter
This newsletter is sometimes about work, and sometimes about libraries, and also sometimes about writing, and also sometimes about music, and there is sometimes politics yelling. Love, the nailbiter...
buttondown.com
I’m setting up a newsletter on @buttondown.com. I would like to do more long form writing and I don’t have the capacity for pitching. There are gonna be some essays about bad management and about writing and about my load bearing grudges. It’s called love, the nailbiter. buttondown.com/loather
I look at this and I see American exceptionalism in action
Did the people who designed the airport to be impossible to walk to think that maybe the most predictable thing ever would happen with increasing frequency
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I look at this and I see American exceptionalism in action
Incidentally these are the ingredients for avocado pie if you swap the koolaid for two avocados
November 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Incidentally these are the ingredients for avocado pie if you swap the koolaid for two avocados
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As a parent whose kids have to cross a road that cars turn onto to get to an expressway, I am ready to enlist as a foot soldier in your war on cars, Mr. Mayor.
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
As a parent whose kids have to cross a road that cars turn onto to get to an expressway, I am ready to enlist as a foot soldier in your war on cars, Mr. Mayor.
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"I want history to remember me not just as the first black woman to be elected to Congress, not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and dared to be herself."
Shirley Chisholm, born on this day in 1924
Shirley Chisholm, born on this day in 1924
November 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"I want history to remember me not just as the first black woman to be elected to Congress, not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and dared to be herself."
Shirley Chisholm, born on this day in 1924
Shirley Chisholm, born on this day in 1924
I’m actually more AI agnostic than a lot of people on here but it is funny how the overly credulous media are starting to realize the actual uses for it are deeply limited. What does an LLM actually do? Sycophantic replies, surface level explanations, hallucinate, and lie.
November 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I’m actually more AI agnostic than a lot of people on here but it is funny how the overly credulous media are starting to realize the actual uses for it are deeply limited. What does an LLM actually do? Sycophantic replies, surface level explanations, hallucinate, and lie.
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People will say anything on here. “We used to be a proper country,” no we didn’t. That’s not true.
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
People will say anything on here. “We used to be a proper country,” no we didn’t. That’s not true.
Been trying to stay in bed all morning to match his energy but he’s outlasted me
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Been trying to stay in bed all morning to match his energy but he’s outlasted me
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Another one for the "we are ruled by hollowed-out husks who believe in nothing but their own untouchability" files
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Another one for the "we are ruled by hollowed-out husks who believe in nothing but their own untouchability" files
This Gish gallop remains the only rhetorical tactic anyone on the right knows how to use
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This Gish gallop remains the only rhetorical tactic anyone on the right knows how to use
Oh cool. the president used the r word. I knew it was coming and yet…
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Oh cool. the president used the r word. I knew it was coming and yet…
Successfully got my chocolate pie out of the aluminum foil pie pan and into a real pie dish. Can’t tell me a fucking thing today
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Successfully got my chocolate pie out of the aluminum foil pie pan and into a real pie dish. Can’t tell me a fucking thing today
Why is the Macy’s day parade having MAHA nutcase Jewel on, smh
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Why is the Macy’s day parade having MAHA nutcase Jewel on, smh
This is the fedex truck on Catalina island
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is the fedex truck on Catalina island
You know who else loved collective punishment
The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
You know who else loved collective punishment
5 year old: today we can NOT go anywhere. Because EVERYWHERE is closed.
Grandma: can we go for a walk?
5 year old: well, you can go for a walk but none of the rest of us is gonna walk
Grandma: can we go for a walk?
5 year old: well, you can go for a walk but none of the rest of us is gonna walk
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
5 year old: today we can NOT go anywhere. Because EVERYWHERE is closed.
Grandma: can we go for a walk?
5 year old: well, you can go for a walk but none of the rest of us is gonna walk
Grandma: can we go for a walk?
5 year old: well, you can go for a walk but none of the rest of us is gonna walk
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THE SONG! It’s a song!
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
THE SONG! It’s a song!
Quite a few things are on sale in the shop! Buy shiny objects, you deserve them.
finalgirlcurios.etsy.com
finalgirlcurios.etsy.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Quite a few things are on sale in the shop! Buy shiny objects, you deserve them.
finalgirlcurios.etsy.com
finalgirlcurios.etsy.com
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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to catch a cold you have to think like a cold
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
to catch a cold you have to think like a cold
People will go on this app and say anything. “Apple pie is mid.” No it isn’t. That isn’t true
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
People will go on this app and say anything. “Apple pie is mid.” No it isn’t. That isn’t true
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November 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
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they hate Drag Queen Storytime, but they don’t even know what librarians keep in their desk drawers
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
they hate Drag Queen Storytime, but they don’t even know what librarians keep in their desk drawers
Five year old: you’re not a very good tickler.
Me: thank you for letting me know.
Me: thank you for letting me know.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Five year old: you’re not a very good tickler.
Me: thank you for letting me know.
Me: thank you for letting me know.