Bat-child Librarian
@stopthatadam.bsky.social
Friendly Academic Librarian. Proud former IAM and current UUP union member. Family man. Prog rock/Afro-beat/Knitting Factory skronk/Etc. Bass/Percussion. Socialism. Angling. RPGs. Dobbs Ferry-CT-Iowa City-Minneapolis-Philly—Upstate NY(his)
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Good news everyone I got a digital badge that says I Gained the Ethics of Best Practices
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Just looking at a particular phone and noticed the highest spec model was only available in China, and better start getting used to such things.
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Just looking at a particular phone and noticed the highest spec model was only available in China, and better start getting used to such things.
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Satan: 'This is the river of lava where you'll suffer for all eternity.'
Me: 'We're underground, so this is magma, not lava.'
Satan: 'You do know THAT'S why you're here, don't you?'
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Me: 'We're underground, so this is magma, not lava.'
Satan: 'You do know THAT'S why you're here, don't you?'
🤷
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Satan: 'This is the river of lava where you'll suffer for all eternity.'
Me: 'We're underground, so this is magma, not lava.'
Satan: 'You do know THAT'S why you're here, don't you?'
🤷
Me: 'We're underground, so this is magma, not lava.'
Satan: 'You do know THAT'S why you're here, don't you?'
🤷
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I'm Andrew Cuomo and I DON'T take no for an answer
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I'm Andrew Cuomo and I DON'T take no for an answer
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Multiple witnesses recant statements that help put Quincy Cross in prison.
Kentucky Innocence Project is arguing for a new trial.
www.wkms.org/criminal-jus...
Kentucky Innocence Project is arguing for a new trial.
www.wkms.org/criminal-jus...
Multiple witnesses in Jessica Currin case recant statements during evidentiary hearing
It’s been more than 25 years since 18-year-old Jessica Currin was found dead and burned behind a Mayfield middle school, but the man convicted for her murder still maintains his innocence. An evidenti...
www.wkms.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Multiple witnesses recant statements that help put Quincy Cross in prison.
Kentucky Innocence Project is arguing for a new trial.
www.wkms.org/criminal-jus...
Kentucky Innocence Project is arguing for a new trial.
www.wkms.org/criminal-jus...
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Indigenous actress 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
‘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 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress 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
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times:
Savage Aural Hotbed
Fishbone
Primus
Rage Against the Machine
King Crimson
Savage Aural Hotbed
Fishbone
Primus
Rage Against the Machine
King Crimson
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times:
Massive attack
DJ shadow
Unkle
Cut chemist
Prefuse 73
Massive attack
DJ shadow
Unkle
Cut chemist
Prefuse 73
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
Jawbreaker
Aesop Rock
Green Day
At The Drive-In
Atmosphere
Jawbreaker
Aesop Rock
Green Day
At The Drive-In
Atmosphere
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times:
Savage Aural Hotbed
Fishbone
Primus
Rage Against the Machine
King Crimson
Savage Aural Hotbed
Fishbone
Primus
Rage Against the Machine
King Crimson
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
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We are social creatures, what we engage with and socialize with we become.
The people who think they aren't vulnerable are the MOST susceptible because they are not going to notice warning signs and pull back.
They are not going to RECOGNIZE what they are normalizing to their own brains.
The people who think they aren't vulnerable are the MOST susceptible because they are not going to notice warning signs and pull back.
They are not going to RECOGNIZE what they are normalizing to their own brains.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We are social creatures, what we engage with and socialize with we become.
The people who think they aren't vulnerable are the MOST susceptible because they are not going to notice warning signs and pull back.
They are not going to RECOGNIZE what they are normalizing to their own brains.
The people who think they aren't vulnerable are the MOST susceptible because they are not going to notice warning signs and pull back.
They are not going to RECOGNIZE what they are normalizing to their own brains.
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
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This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
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At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the majority of newsroom workers chose to cross the picket line.
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com/ending-three...
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com/ending-three...
Ending Three-Year Strike, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Union Seeks to Rebuild Trust & Unity with Majority Scab Newspaper
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the majority of newsroom workers chose to cross the picket line.
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com/ending-three...
The strike's ending raises fundamental questions about how the Pittsburgh NewsGuild rebuilds trust and regains majority status at Pittsburgh's marquee newspaper.
paydayreport.com/ending-three...
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“Employees Rally Around [the University of Pennsylvania’s] Refusal to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names *** The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs & organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department.” 11/25/25 … 1/
Penn Refuses to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names
The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs and organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department.
www.insidehighered.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“Employees Rally Around [the University of Pennsylvania’s] Refusal to Disclose Jewish Faculty, Student Names *** The Trump administration asked the university to hand over personal information for the members of Jewish clubs & organizations as well as the Jewish Studies department.” 11/25/25 … 1/
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We're drowning in passwords & multi-factor authentication & chatbots & "unusually high call volume" & robots ignoring "representative!"
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
Ain't No Party Like an Administrative Burden Party
You are cordially invited to Admin Night - bring your paperwork
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We're drowning in passwords & multi-factor authentication & chatbots & "unusually high call volume" & robots ignoring "representative!"
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
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my unifying theory of AI is that the people in Silicon Valley with the most concentration of wealth and power have never done real human activities. They've never written a note. They've never tried to cook. So they think this shit is both a miracle and something everyone who does things desires.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
my unifying theory of AI is that the people in Silicon Valley with the most concentration of wealth and power have never done real human activities. They've never written a note. They've never tried to cook. So they think this shit is both a miracle and something everyone who does things desires.
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U.S. home delistings surged 28% in Sept according to new Redfin data. 85k sellers pulled listings rather than cut prices amid high rates. FL & TX are seeing the most delistings. It’s a standoff: buyers can't afford to buy and sellers won't drop prices, keeping the housing market frozen.
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
U.S. home delistings surged 28% in Sept according to new Redfin data. 85k sellers pulled listings rather than cut prices amid high rates. FL & TX are seeing the most delistings. It’s a standoff: buyers can't afford to buy and sellers won't drop prices, keeping the housing market frozen.
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The BBC censoring criticism of Trump from one of their Reith Lectures is seriously worrying.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The BBC censoring criticism of Trump from one of their Reith Lectures is seriously worrying.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
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Commentary: The right-wing
media apparatus is again whipping up a torrent of vitriol against the Somali community with shoddy vulture journalism and racist social media rhetoric. It's all piped straight to the White House, with real consequences. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
media apparatus is again whipping up a torrent of vitriol against the Somali community with shoddy vulture journalism and racist social media rhetoric. It's all piped straight to the White House, with real consequences. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
Right-wing reporting on Somali money going to al-Shabaab is not new, still misses the mark • Minnesota Reformer
Thorpe and Rufo’s vulture journalism provides an opening to those who seek to dismiss the problem of fraud in Minnesota as right-wing demagoguery.
minnesotareformer.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Commentary: The right-wing
media apparatus is again whipping up a torrent of vitriol against the Somali community with shoddy vulture journalism and racist social media rhetoric. It's all piped straight to the White House, with real consequences. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
media apparatus is again whipping up a torrent of vitriol against the Somali community with shoddy vulture journalism and racist social media rhetoric. It's all piped straight to the White House, with real consequences. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/25/r...
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A councilmember who won his primary last year with 23.7% of the vote wants to delay implementing ranked choice voting. The at-large CM who won her last primary with 35.9% agrees that making her run for reelection next year under RCV would be a bad idea.
Felder continues to be critical of the election board's capacity to pull off ranked-choice voting in 2026.
"Before we roll out something of this magnitude I would think we need to do a needs assessment," he says to Evans. "You’ve been tasked with an arduous task. It’s unfair."
"Before we roll out something of this magnitude I would think we need to do a needs assessment," he says to Evans. "You’ve been tasked with an arduous task. It’s unfair."
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A councilmember who won his primary last year with 23.7% of the vote wants to delay implementing ranked choice voting. The at-large CM who won her last primary with 35.9% agrees that making her run for reelection next year under RCV would be a bad idea.
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The UAW is known locally for its left-leaning politics and justice-oriented members in academia and legal services. Now two of its rank-and-file members, Dalourny Nemorin and Darializa Avila Chevalier, are mounting Democratic campaigns to the party’s left.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/24/a...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/24/a...
Union Members Take On Congressional Incumbents in Manhattan and The Bronx
The UAW is known locally for its left-leaning politics and justice-oriented members in academia and legal services. Now two of its rank-and-file members, Dalourny Nemorin and Darializa Avila…
www.thecity.nyc
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The UAW is known locally for its left-leaning politics and justice-oriented members in academia and legal services. Now two of its rank-and-file members, Dalourny Nemorin and Darializa Avila Chevalier, are mounting Democratic campaigns to the party’s left.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/24/a...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/24/a...
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Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!