Hat Full of Sky
@hatfullofsky.bsky.social
Profile pic by Lynda Barry. Nonsense by me.
A great read about a former favorite (and makes sense of the threat to make mincemeat out of somebody)
In honor of the holiday, sharing once again one of my favorite pieces to ever run in the Reader, courtesy of the late Cliff Doerksen. (It's long but so worth it, I promise!) chicagoreader.com/food/food-dr...
The Real American Pie - Chicago Reader
Mince pie was an American staple through the 1940s. So what happened?
chicagoreader.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A great read about a former favorite (and makes sense of the threat to make mincemeat out of somebody)
YES to this! Ask a Librarian Corps!
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
YES to this! Ask a Librarian Corps!
It’s never too early to look at seed catalogs!
The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It’s never too early to look at seed catalogs!
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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“Please sit down before you read the next sentence. The BBC Written Archives Centre has no catalogue of its holdings available to the public…Earlier this year, the BBC suddenly announced that it was altering its archival access policy. Enquiries from the general public are now ignored.”
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Who controls the past
The BBC is restricting access to its archives
app.the-tls.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Please sit down before you read the next sentence. The BBC Written Archives Centre has no catalogue of its holdings available to the public…Earlier this year, the BBC suddenly announced that it was altering its archival access policy. Enquiries from the general public are now ignored.”
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I dislike nostalgia. Also? I remember the joy of being introduced to this song of a true character by a true character, back when radio had room for the offbeat. And it's not me at my desk today, tearing up at the loss of it all. Rest in power, Pierre Robert and Alice Brock.
Hear 'Alice's Restaurant' on Pierre Robert's Thanksgiving Show (Three Unique Versions!)
Listen Thursday as Pierre takes your Thanksgiving requests and plays 'Alice's Restaurant', a WMMR tradition in Philadelphia
wmmr.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I dislike nostalgia. Also? I remember the joy of being introduced to this song of a true character by a true character, back when radio had room for the offbeat. And it's not me at my desk today, tearing up at the loss of it all. Rest in power, Pierre Robert and Alice Brock.
The Wall of Awful is a real thing. (Not my coinage, I just recognize it.)
It's hard to get neurotypicals to understand "I didn't do the task because I was so intensely aware of the need to do this that my brain built a wall around the concept of doing it", so we just say "I didn't do the task because I forgot."
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Wall of Awful is a real thing. (Not my coinage, I just recognize it.)
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
WINTER IS HERE
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
WINTER IS HERE
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NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
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Friday! Lunchtime! Distract yourself from entirely-justifiable pandemic rage with soothing links and emollient words and SO MUCH INTERESTING STUFF. Web Curios! So dense that you could beat a former Tory PM to death with the printout! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-21...
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Friday! Lunchtime! Distract yourself from entirely-justifiable pandemic rage with soothing links and emollient words and SO MUCH INTERESTING STUFF. Web Curios! So dense that you could beat a former Tory PM to death with the printout! webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-21...
Okay, I am having a bad day and I miss my dog and I needed the responses to this post. Your awful dogs are the BEST. Thank you so much!
You ever pay $550 just to watch your dog eat some chicken wings
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Okay, I am having a bad day and I miss my dog and I needed the responses to this post. Your awful dogs are the BEST. Thank you so much!
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on this day we were warned that:
Swastikas and nooses do not betoken hate
&
Reminding the military to abide by the law is punishable by death.
g’night
Swastikas and nooses do not betoken hate
&
Reminding the military to abide by the law is punishable by death.
g’night
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
on this day we were warned that:
Swastikas and nooses do not betoken hate
&
Reminding the military to abide by the law is punishable by death.
g’night
Swastikas and nooses do not betoken hate
&
Reminding the military to abide by the law is punishable by death.
g’night
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I know people think I’m too woo-woo about theory and capitalism and markets. But I sincerely believe this kind of degradation of micro-trust is the real social and economic rot. We constantly feel scammed and then we start reacting like marks instead of mutually reliant humans.
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I know people think I’m too woo-woo about theory and capitalism and markets. But I sincerely believe this kind of degradation of micro-trust is the real social and economic rot. We constantly feel scammed and then we start reacting like marks instead of mutually reliant humans.
“It’s come to shape the way I think about every country, every community: Whose nonexistence is necessary to the self-conception of this place, and how uncontrollable is the rage whenever that nonexistence is violated?”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“It’s come to shape the way I think about every country, every community: Whose nonexistence is necessary to the self-conception of this place, and how uncontrollable is the rage whenever that nonexistence is violated?”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
My God, this thread
I had a terrible relationship with food that was complicated by the fact that I could eat exactly what doctors told me to, and exercise how they told me to, and it didn't matter. Because I had a metabolic disorder.
But I didn't have PROOF of that, so my mind got pretty fucked up over 30 years.
But I didn't have PROOF of that, so my mind got pretty fucked up over 30 years.
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
My God, this thread
If you have similar anti-AI hacks, please add them here.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If you have similar anti-AI hacks, please add them here.
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Happy Unicode 17.0 Day!
Includes seven new emoji that are rolling out on your phones and computers in the coming year:
treasure chest, trombone, avalanche, big foot, bulging face, fight cloud, orca
@jenniferdaniel.bsky.social has the lowdown:
jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/tomorrows-...
Includes seven new emoji that are rolling out on your phones and computers in the coming year:
treasure chest, trombone, avalanche, big foot, bulging face, fight cloud, orca
@jenniferdaniel.bsky.social has the lowdown:
jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/tomorrows-...
September 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Happy Unicode 17.0 Day!
Includes seven new emoji that are rolling out on your phones and computers in the coming year:
treasure chest, trombone, avalanche, big foot, bulging face, fight cloud, orca
@jenniferdaniel.bsky.social has the lowdown:
jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/tomorrows-...
Includes seven new emoji that are rolling out on your phones and computers in the coming year:
treasure chest, trombone, avalanche, big foot, bulging face, fight cloud, orca
@jenniferdaniel.bsky.social has the lowdown:
jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/tomorrows-...
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A whole bunch of things here that I hadn't really thought about. Apparently no one in government has, either.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Are We Going to Do With 300 Billion Pennies?
The government has no plan.
www.theatlantic.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A whole bunch of things here that I hadn't really thought about. Apparently no one in government has, either.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
My non-politics-watching friends tell me that I sound crazy when I try to explain things because That Couldn't Possibly Be True.
Someday when this is all over I need someone to write an encyclopedia of the MAGA era so that future generations don’t think we made all this up
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My non-politics-watching friends tell me that I sound crazy when I try to explain things because That Couldn't Possibly Be True.
Happy Friday, y’all! My sign to get off the doom machine for a while.
I'm going to have a nice peaceful day with no bad news if it kills us all.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy Friday, y’all! My sign to get off the doom machine for a while.
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
A soul man, then and now
Tales of Pope Leo, the Blues Brothers fan ‘on a mission from God’
Friends and family of the young Robert Prevost share tales of his Chicago antics before he became head of the Catholic church
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A soul man, then and now