Michelle Boule
@mboule.bsky.social
librarian, beer nerd, bibliophile, geek, maker of trouble, and writes as Michelle Boule and half of S.M. Leigh
formally wanderingeyre on Twitter
formally wanderingeyre on Twitter
The stories I have heard from friends and neighbors are heartbreaking and also make me proud to live in Chicagoland.
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The stories I have heard from friends and neighbors are heartbreaking and also make me proud to live in Chicagoland.
TFW you don't feel like you can professionally or ethically refer people to what should be a non-partisan website for information because of the racist, hateful, and false information placed on the banner of every @usdagov.bsky.social website.
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
TFW you don't feel like you can professionally or ethically refer people to what should be a non-partisan website for information because of the racist, hateful, and false information placed on the banner of every @usdagov.bsky.social website.
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The executive committee of the University Faculty Senate for the SUNY system issued a strong statement this week urging university leaders to reject the Trump compact. It's worth a read.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The executive committee of the University Faculty Senate for the SUNY system issued a strong statement this week urging university leaders to reject the Trump compact. It's worth a read.
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OMG yes!
You know what is a weird thing I miss about regular TV seasons?
Obligatory seasonal holiday episodes.
Like, no one dropping 8 episodes in July is going to give you an unhinged Halloween ep, a totally inappropriate murder on Christmas ep, and probably some weird Valentine's Day nonsense.
Obligatory seasonal holiday episodes.
Like, no one dropping 8 episodes in July is going to give you an unhinged Halloween ep, a totally inappropriate murder on Christmas ep, and probably some weird Valentine's Day nonsense.
October 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
OMG yes!
PEN reported 6,870 instances of book bans last year alone, meaning 6,870 times a books was removed from shelves or access was restricted. That number is not a typo. The number has tripled since 2021.
U.S. Faces ‘Expanded and Escalated’ Book Censorship, PEN America Reports www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... via @publisherswkly.bsky.social
U.S. Faces ‘Expanded and Escalated’ Book Censorship, PEN America Reports
PEN America has released its annual report on the book banning crisis in K–12 public schools, naming the top five most banned titles and authors. PEN found censorship increasingly routine; Florida, Te...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
PEN reported 6,870 instances of book bans last year alone, meaning 6,870 times a books was removed from shelves or access was restricted. That number is not a typo. The number has tripled since 2021.
Hahaha truth
Same. I mean my answer would be something very antisocial like, "I have the requisite skill set to not pollute an entire community and boil the Great Lakes for something I will have to then edit anyway because the output is shit."
Anyway, may have just whiffed a job interview because they were like "Please tell us how you use AI in your daily work and how you would integrate it into the workflow of this position" and my reply was "Hard no"
September 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hahaha truth
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Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban trans Americans from owning guns. Since 2018:
•4 trans shooters means 2A is null & void
•4193 NON-trans shooters means 2A needs expansion
Here's a better idea: Solo men commit 94.6% of all mass shootings. Let's ban firearms from solo men & see how it goes.
•4 trans shooters means 2A is null & void
•4193 NON-trans shooters means 2A needs expansion
Here's a better idea: Solo men commit 94.6% of all mass shootings. Let's ban firearms from solo men & see how it goes.
September 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban trans Americans from owning guns. Since 2018:
•4 trans shooters means 2A is null & void
•4193 NON-trans shooters means 2A needs expansion
Here's a better idea: Solo men commit 94.6% of all mass shootings. Let's ban firearms from solo men & see how it goes.
•4 trans shooters means 2A is null & void
•4193 NON-trans shooters means 2A needs expansion
Here's a better idea: Solo men commit 94.6% of all mass shootings. Let's ban firearms from solo men & see how it goes.
This is not how any of this works FFS
Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "At its essence, artificial intelligence takes electricity and turns it into intelligence, empowering Americans."
September 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is not how any of this works FFS
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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If you’re writing an older character, you are not contractually obligated to make them:
•cranky
•incompetent
•hilariously baffled by technology
If they’re a woman, they don’t HAVE to call everyone “dear.”
If they are sexual, it doesn’t have to be played for laughs.
#writingcommunity #ageism
•cranky
•incompetent
•hilariously baffled by technology
If they’re a woman, they don’t HAVE to call everyone “dear.”
If they are sexual, it doesn’t have to be played for laughs.
#writingcommunity #ageism
July 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
If you’re writing an older character, you are not contractually obligated to make them:
•cranky
•incompetent
•hilariously baffled by technology
If they’re a woman, they don’t HAVE to call everyone “dear.”
If they are sexual, it doesn’t have to be played for laughs.
#writingcommunity #ageism
•cranky
•incompetent
•hilariously baffled by technology
If they’re a woman, they don’t HAVE to call everyone “dear.”
If they are sexual, it doesn’t have to be played for laughs.
#writingcommunity #ageism
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The lists are weighted by pubs, we all understand this, right? The only possible bestsellers, barring random Bigolus Dickolas activity, are the ones that enough copies were printed and people have heard of.
So what they're saying is "we are going to keep drowning you in this shit."
So what they're saying is "we are going to keep drowning you in this shit."
AI will ’likely’ produce a bestseller by 2030, says Philip Stone, head of publisher account management at NielsenIQ BookData, at #MPConf 👇
AI 'likely' to produce bestseller by 2030, Nielsen's Philip Stone tells Marketing & Publicity Conference
AI will ’likely’ produce a bestseller by 2030, according to Philip Stone, head of publisher account management at NielsenIQ BookData.
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June 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The lists are weighted by pubs, we all understand this, right? The only possible bestsellers, barring random Bigolus Dickolas activity, are the ones that enough copies were printed and people have heard of.
So what they're saying is "we are going to keep drowning you in this shit."
So what they're saying is "we are going to keep drowning you in this shit."
THIS
The position of the Supreme Court's majority is that the state may impose its will on transgender people's private medical decisions but our public existence is an unfair imposition on the lives of others
Sotomayor, in dissent, correctly says that today's decision in Mahmoud will lead public schools to simply censor books featuring LGBTQ characters and themes, creating "chaos" and stigmatizing children with LGBTQ families. This decision will lead to book bans.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
THIS
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June 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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"Unable to condone that grave misjudgement, I dissent," seems like it could be applied to many of the decisions this session.
In her dissent from today's decision—Mahmoud v. Taylor—Justice Sotomayor says that the court's holding "threatens the very essence of public education," and that its "reverberations" will be felt "for generations." This is a very heartfelt and mournful dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Unable to condone that grave misjudgement, I dissent," seems like it could be applied to many of the decisions this session.
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Are YOU going to ALA? If you are, have I got a deal for you....
Come see our amazing panel talk about Readers' Advisory!
Come see our amazing panel talk about Readers' Advisory!
June 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Are YOU going to ALA? If you are, have I got a deal for you....
Come see our amazing panel talk about Readers' Advisory!
Come see our amazing panel talk about Readers' Advisory!
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4. I don’t want to contribute to a harmful industry.
5. I can write better than ChatGPT.
So, in some ways, our question should be: how do we get students to a point where these things are true for them, too?
4. I don’t want to contribute to a harmful industry.
5. I can write better than ChatGPT.
So, in some ways, our question should be: how do we get students to a point where these things are true for them, too?
June 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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4. I don’t want to contribute to a harmful industry.
5. I can write better than ChatGPT.
So, in some ways, our question should be: how do we get students to a point where these things are true for them, too?
4. I don’t want to contribute to a harmful industry.
5. I can write better than ChatGPT.
So, in some ways, our question should be: how do we get students to a point where these things are true for them, too?
Nothing to see here, just further destruction of science and research.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Fulbright Applicants Rejected Over “DEI” Research Proposals
The Trump administration staged an unprecedented intervention in this year’s Fulbright selection process, rejecting finalists whose research deals with race, gender or climate change.
www.insidehighered.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Nothing to see here, just further destruction of science and research.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Absolute truth
Being alive is an absolute farce, especially as a menopausal woman.
In one moment I am thinking about how to smash the patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalism, and the next, I am looking up horny fancams and trying to remember the word for cabinets.
In one moment I am thinking about how to smash the patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalism, and the next, I am looking up horny fancams and trying to remember the word for cabinets.
May 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Absolute truth
*pretends to be shocked*
White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say
The report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was intended to address the reasons for the decline in Americans’ life expectancy.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
*pretends to be shocked*
White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Last call--it's this book's very first price drop! The second Tale of the Underdark, CHAINED KNIGHT, is $2.99USD in ebook until May 27. books2read.com/chainedknight
May 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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The Utah Report shows exactly what the people commissioning it didn’t want to see, that gender affirming care works.
This article brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
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Plentiful Data, No Regret: What the Utah Review on Youth Trans Care Found — Assigned
A 1,000-page report by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah, which found care safe and effective, stands out from others: It’s both independent and an actual review of the evidence.
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May 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Utah Report shows exactly what the people commissioning it didn’t want to see, that gender affirming care works.
This article brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
This article brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
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NPR's What to Read This Summer list is live - and written by actual real humans, including me!
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17 new books our critics can't wait to read this summer
We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.
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May 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
NPR's What to Read This Summer list is live - and written by actual real humans, including me!
www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...
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I literally started college at 16. It was amazing and set me up for success. Teenagers are intelligent and deserve the best.
Teens are uniquely silenced by Tx SB13 and HB3225. They purport to protect children, but don't distinguish between content for five year olds and 16 year olds. Our teens have the constitutional right to access age relevant content - novels, research and health materials, art books and more. #txlege
May 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I literally started college at 16. It was amazing and set me up for success. Teenagers are intelligent and deserve the best.