Tony Corsentino
@notalegalrecord.net
Boring and useless. Librarian; abolitionist adoptee; bicyclist; Southerner in New England; erstwhile philosophy prof, current LIS adjunct prof. Cis. Trans rights are human rights.
Pinned
abolishing the private #adoption industry and ending the legal practice of plenary adoption—the irreversible rewriting of a child’s legal identity and falsification of their natal kinship relations—does *not* mean abolishing long-term custodial care for a child who needs it. +
then i guess we’d better take down the first photo that appears on the Wikipedia page on fascism
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
then i guess we’d better take down the first photo that appears on the Wikipedia page on fascism
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New band name dropped:
McDonald's Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery
McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
New band name dropped:
booked a flight to my adad’s hometown for his funeral.
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
booked a flight to my adad’s hometown for his funeral.
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A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
Iron Circus Comics
Iron Circus Comics is the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in the American Midwest, a small-mid house built from the ground up by founder C. Spike Trotman.
store.ironcircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
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NY child welfare authority referred someone to ICE when she requested help. Police are everywhere.
documentedny.com/2025/12/09/i...
documentedny.com/2025/12/09/i...
New Yorkers Rally to Strengthen Sanctuary Protections - Documented
Immigration advocates and elected officials gathered at City Council in support of four bills meant to strengthen sanctuary policies. The Adams administration was noticeably absent.
documentedny.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
NY child welfare authority referred someone to ICE when she requested help. Police are everywhere.
documentedny.com/2025/12/09/i...
documentedny.com/2025/12/09/i...
guy in a pickup truck this morning: "buy yourself a car!"
then i think he added (couldn't quite make it out, we were headed in different directions): "hemhorrage money, and get so angry sitting in traffic and hunting for parking that you act like a total dick to strangers, like me"
then i think he added (couldn't quite make it out, we were headed in different directions): "hemhorrage money, and get so angry sitting in traffic and hunting for parking that you act like a total dick to strangers, like me"
December 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
guy in a pickup truck this morning: "buy yourself a car!"
then i think he added (couldn't quite make it out, we were headed in different directions): "hemhorrage money, and get so angry sitting in traffic and hunting for parking that you act like a total dick to strangers, like me"
then i think he added (couldn't quite make it out, we were headed in different directions): "hemhorrage money, and get so angry sitting in traffic and hunting for parking that you act like a total dick to strangers, like me"
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The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
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Anyway, friends, if you're pushing 40, you should ask to get a mammogram soon.
It hurts, no lies. (Though nothing hurts any more)
But the hurt of a mammogram is so minor compared to the agony of breast cancer.
And the sooner you catch it, the sooner you can go on with your life.
It hurts, no lies. (Though nothing hurts any more)
But the hurt of a mammogram is so minor compared to the agony of breast cancer.
And the sooner you catch it, the sooner you can go on with your life.
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Anyway, friends, if you're pushing 40, you should ask to get a mammogram soon.
It hurts, no lies. (Though nothing hurts any more)
But the hurt of a mammogram is so minor compared to the agony of breast cancer.
And the sooner you catch it, the sooner you can go on with your life.
It hurts, no lies. (Though nothing hurts any more)
But the hurt of a mammogram is so minor compared to the agony of breast cancer.
And the sooner you catch it, the sooner you can go on with your life.
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I worked on a project a few years ago that involved interviewing recent graduates from low-income backgrounds. It was so eye-opening for me on this issue. Please listen to students before you shout over them about how education is so much more than a consumer experience.
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I worked on a project a few years ago that involved interviewing recent graduates from low-income backgrounds. It was so eye-opening for me on this issue. Please listen to students before you shout over them about how education is so much more than a consumer experience.
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When I was 10 or 12, my adoptive mom commented that the change to open adoptions (ie relationship/involvement w/ birth parents) would've prevented her from applying. My mind was blown! Open adoption??? I wanted that so deeply, but even as a child I understood it wasn't safe to say so. 💔 🥚
December 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
When I was 10 or 12, my adoptive mom commented that the change to open adoptions (ie relationship/involvement w/ birth parents) would've prevented her from applying. My mind was blown! Open adoption??? I wanted that so deeply, but even as a child I understood it wasn't safe to say so. 💔 🥚
i think what i said here underdescribes the problem adopted people face. for me it has proved impossible, both before and after reunion, to talk honestly with my adoptive family about #adoption, because i have always sensed that to do that is to threaten psychic violence: to reject their love.
this passage from Nicole Chung's recent article about open adoptions stood out to me. we adoptees face enormous social/cultural pressure to voice nothing but good feelings about #adoption, lest we be sanctioned for letting our "bad experiences" "speak for everyone," or be depicted as ungrateful.
December 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
i think what i said here underdescribes the problem adopted people face. for me it has proved impossible, both before and after reunion, to talk honestly with my adoptive family about #adoption, because i have always sensed that to do that is to threaten psychic violence: to reject their love.
this passage from Nicole Chung's recent article about open adoptions stood out to me. we adoptees face enormous social/cultural pressure to voice nothing but good feelings about #adoption, lest we be sanctioned for letting our "bad experiences" "speak for everyone," or be depicted as ungrateful.
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
this passage from Nicole Chung's recent article about open adoptions stood out to me. we adoptees face enormous social/cultural pressure to voice nothing but good feelings about #adoption, lest we be sanctioned for letting our "bad experiences" "speak for everyone," or be depicted as ungrateful.
i think it is more than poetic symbolism that our tech oligarchs have released upon the world chatbots that are incapable of simulating epistemic humility
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
i think it is more than poetic symbolism that our tech oligarchs have released upon the world chatbots that are incapable of simulating epistemic humility
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Just found this quote and want to tape it to my brain as I wallow in regret over stuff I said:
“If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?”
José Saramago
“If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?”
José Saramago
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Just found this quote and want to tape it to my brain as I wallow in regret over stuff I said:
“If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?”
José Saramago
“If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?”
José Saramago
summary of 80% of everything i use social media to say
and the first step to being a parent is recognizing that your children are their own people, not extensions of you
December 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
summary of 80% of everything i use social media to say
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I see this sort of proud posturing a lot and it's really a wonderful way to loudly demonstrate to everyone you have absolutely no idea what's going on
Music Icon Pharrell Criticizes Political Division: “I Don’t Believe In Either Side”
Pharrell Williams is making his feelings about American politics unmistakably clear.
newzsquare.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I see this sort of proud posturing a lot and it's really a wonderful way to loudly demonstrate to everyone you have absolutely no idea what's going on
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they say they are not making acceptance decisions using this. they say they are using it to "review transcripts" (!!!!!!!)
guys it is a five alarm fire. please shower everyone responsible for this with vitriol. they need to feel like the failures they are
guys it is a five alarm fire. please shower everyone responsible for this with vitriol. they need to feel like the failures they are
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
they say they are not making acceptance decisions using this. they say they are using it to "review transcripts" (!!!!!!!)
guys it is a five alarm fire. please shower everyone responsible for this with vitriol. they need to feel like the failures they are
guys it is a five alarm fire. please shower everyone responsible for this with vitriol. they need to feel like the failures they are
please be aware that i am a bastard. I can’t help it, I was born that way. 🥚
December 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
please be aware that i am a bastard. I can’t help it, I was born that way. 🥚
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What's the one thing you can't help buying, if you accidentally shop on an empty stomach? I'll go first: Cheese. It doesn't matter of I already have cheese at home, I'll buy more.
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What's the one thing you can't help buying, if you accidentally shop on an empty stomach? I'll go first: Cheese. It doesn't matter of I already have cheese at home, I'll buy more.
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Some of you know that I decided to be a brave adult and signed up for a writing class. I shared my first piece of writing last week and people were so kind and generous with their feedback! This is just a little I-stepped-outside-of-my-comfort-zone-and-you-can-too nudge.
December 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Some of you know that I decided to be a brave adult and signed up for a writing class. I shared my first piece of writing last week and people were so kind and generous with their feedback! This is just a little I-stepped-outside-of-my-comfort-zone-and-you-can-too nudge.
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Normalise just shrugging when people ask what you do for work and whether you enjoy it.
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Normalise just shrugging when people ask what you do for work and whether you enjoy it.
😕
Activist and former quarterback Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels.
Colin Kaepernick launches AI storytelling tool at Prince George's County high school
Former quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
😕
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my current (seasonal) fave is Brenda Lee promising that “later we’ll have some fuckin pie”
we haven’t done misheard lyrics in a while and it’s a nice distraction from The Horrors. what’s your favorite mondegreen?
I misheard that lyric for years also but fwiw it’s “Bible’s got psalms”
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
my current (seasonal) fave is Brenda Lee promising that “later we’ll have some fuckin pie”
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Technology, system, profit!
thanks to chatbots we can now do what was once unimaginable: take care of a newborn baby
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Technology, system, profit!