needleclicker
@needleclicker.bsky.social
Archivist, IR overlord, and doer of ALL THE THINGS. When I'm not sidetracked by books, knitting, chain maille, etc. Opinions my own.
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@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@sbworkersunited.org have launched the biggest open-ended strike in Starbucks history, fighting for fair wages and against unfair labor practices. We all need to stand in solidarity with striking workers. DON'T BUY STARBUCKS FOR THE DURATION OF THE STRIKE. #NoContractNoCoffee
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nobody wants your fucking ai
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
nobody wants your fucking ai
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I’m Alisa, disabled former librarian and academic. Now I make stitch markers and project bags for knitters, and sell at craft fairs in New England.
You can peruse things at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
You can peruse things at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I’m Alisa, disabled former librarian and academic. Now I make stitch markers and project bags for knitters, and sell at craft fairs in New England.
You can peruse things at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
You can peruse things at knitspinquilt.etsy.com
Ugh. Strong "Monday on Tuesday" vibes - forgot my lunch at home and Cloudflare is having issues. All before I walk into a 2+ hr meeting that is likely to be emotionally charged.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Ugh. Strong "Monday on Tuesday" vibes - forgot my lunch at home and Cloudflare is having issues. All before I walk into a 2+ hr meeting that is likely to be emotionally charged.
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender
This semester is reminding me of fall 2019, which was ridiculous. Went up for tenure and promotion, co-organized a conference, was in the middle of a big grant of which I was co-PI, and taught a class I got handed a week before the semester with no syllabus or class materials. Plus my normal job.
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This semester is reminding me of fall 2019, which was ridiculous. Went up for tenure and promotion, co-organized a conference, was in the middle of a big grant of which I was co-PI, and taught a class I got handed a week before the semester with no syllabus or class materials. Plus my normal job.
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BLANCHE: Apparently wealthy men wrote to complain about how hard it is to seduce teenage girls. I also had good taste at a tender age.
DOROTHY: Men are lizards.
ROSE: We had a teacher like that in St Olaf. Mister Lindberg. He had to leave after he fell down the same flight of stairs six times.
DOROTHY: Men are lizards.
ROSE: We had a teacher like that in St Olaf. Mister Lindberg. He had to leave after he fell down the same flight of stairs six times.
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
BLANCHE: Apparently wealthy men wrote to complain about how hard it is to seduce teenage girls. I also had good taste at a tender age.
DOROTHY: Men are lizards.
ROSE: We had a teacher like that in St Olaf. Mister Lindberg. He had to leave after he fell down the same flight of stairs six times.
DOROTHY: Men are lizards.
ROSE: We had a teacher like that in St Olaf. Mister Lindberg. He had to leave after he fell down the same flight of stairs six times.
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The Northern lights were pretty great - some of the best I've seen with naked eyes, despite having grown up further north. Phone pics came out better than my camera (never been great at low light). #NorthernLights #photography
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Northern lights were pretty great - some of the best I've seen with naked eyes, despite having grown up further north. Phone pics came out better than my camera (never been great at low light). #NorthernLights #photography
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There is no appeasing fascists. "I'm going to let you put the boot on my throat, but just a little and just this once, ok?" is not negotiation.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
There is no appeasing fascists. "I'm going to let you put the boot on my throat, but just a little and just this once, ok?" is not negotiation.
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I will never stop being tired of Digital Humanities professors who never approach archivists as peers deeming fit to tell archivists how and why to do their jobs differently. It happens time and time again, rarely with a spirit of collaboration and often with an uncomfortable tech-disruptor energy
October 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I will never stop being tired of Digital Humanities professors who never approach archivists as peers deeming fit to tell archivists how and why to do their jobs differently. It happens time and time again, rarely with a spirit of collaboration and often with an uncomfortable tech-disruptor energy
Made one of my favorite seasonal soups, parsnip pear (a Moosewood recipe). Then, used the leftover Bosc pears in a pear walnut crostata. It leaked a bit but was delicious.
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Made one of my favorite seasonal soups, parsnip pear (a Moosewood recipe). Then, used the leftover Bosc pears in a pear walnut crostata. It leaked a bit but was delicious.
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Here's the staggeringly irresponsible thing: if you put these kinds of keywords into Google even post enshittification it will pop up a hotline and resources before ever pointing you at a how to *even if the surrounding keywords indicate a benign purpose*. This was a solved problem.
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Here's the staggeringly irresponsible thing: if you put these kinds of keywords into Google even post enshittification it will pop up a hotline and resources before ever pointing you at a how to *even if the surrounding keywords indicate a benign purpose*. This was a solved problem.
A "cranky for little reason" day, so pulled out a Voidmerch shirt.
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A "cranky for little reason" day, so pulled out a Voidmerch shirt.
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Two years ago, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration approached the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the original caretakers of the land, with an unheard of proposition: Would they like a piece of their land back?
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to a Tribal nation
"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."
19thnews.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Two years ago, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration approached the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the original caretakers of the land, with an unheard of proposition: Would they like a piece of their land back?
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
19thnews.org/2025/11/cath...
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Really? You're gonna make me do this one?
Thou Shalt Not Starve Your Own People.
There you go.
Thou Shalt Not Starve Your Own People.
There you go.
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Really? You're gonna make me do this one?
Thou Shalt Not Starve Your Own People.
There you go.
Thou Shalt Not Starve Your Own People.
There you go.
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Have you tried uninstalling the app in rage and then using its web version about it?
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Have you tried uninstalling the app in rage and then using its web version about it?
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Edit: unless you’re an archives professional, when leaving behind whacking great known, wide-scale problems for one of your successors to deal with sometime in the next 100 years is basically your job
Picard responsibility tip: Don't leave known, wide-scale problems behind for the next generation to solve.
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Edit: unless you’re an archives professional, when leaving behind whacking great known, wide-scale problems for one of your successors to deal with sometime in the next 100 years is basically your job
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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Your occasional reminder that test audiences for “Good Night, and Good Luck” said the actor playing Senator McCarthy was too over-the-top trying to make him into an obvious villain.
It wasn’t an actor. The film used real archival footage of the real Joseph McCarthy.
It wasn’t an actor. The film used real archival footage of the real Joseph McCarthy.
i'm reminded of that one anecdote where focus groups straight up didn't believe Romney's actual policy positions were real because they were too austere
i think a similar thing is happening for media people who live in denial of what the American right is all about, it's not just Twitter edgelords
i think a similar thing is happening for media people who live in denial of what the American right is all about, it's not just Twitter edgelords
a genuine problem is that a lot of this stuff is just completely alien to the mass media elite
like who else besides weirdos like me take time to analyze what the intellectual righties are saying
like who else besides weirdos like me take time to analyze what the intellectual righties are saying
November 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Your occasional reminder that test audiences for “Good Night, and Good Luck” said the actor playing Senator McCarthy was too over-the-top trying to make him into an obvious villain.
It wasn’t an actor. The film used real archival footage of the real Joseph McCarthy.
It wasn’t an actor. The film used real archival footage of the real Joseph McCarthy.
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I think we should all get the rest of the year off.
October 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I think we should all get the rest of the year off.