paulatechnic
@paulatechnic.bsky.social
I started a tokusatsu news site once & realized it really was the friends we made along the way ✨️
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I got so annoyed growing up when people couldn't find information themselves (and also, that one line from the 1999 classic, the Mummy).
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I got so annoyed growing up when people couldn't find information themselves (and also, that one line from the 1999 classic, the Mummy).
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no but this time I mean it: oh my God
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 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
no but this time I mean it: oh my God
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Yatta-Tachi's 2025 Reader's Survey
Here's your chance to let us know what you would like to see more or less of on Yatta-Tachi!
Survey closes: Friday, December 19th, 5PM Eastern
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Here's your chance to let us know what you would like to see more or less of on Yatta-Tachi!
Survey closes: Friday, December 19th, 5PM Eastern
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Yatta-Tachi 2025 Reader's Feedback
We wanna know what you want to see more and/or less of on Yatta-Tachi!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Yatta-Tachi's 2025 Reader's Survey
Here's your chance to let us know what you would like to see more or less of on Yatta-Tachi!
Survey closes: Friday, December 19th, 5PM Eastern
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Here's your chance to let us know what you would like to see more or less of on Yatta-Tachi!
Survey closes: Friday, December 19th, 5PM Eastern
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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This is how you know that it's not about the money. Because if it were, then libraries would not keep being defunded.
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
This is how you know that it's not about the money. Because if it were, then libraries would not keep being defunded.
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Remember: NEVER cross a picket line. Don't buy Starbucks at any location as long as @sbworkersunited.org are on strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Remember: NEVER cross a picket line. Don't buy Starbucks at any location as long as @sbworkersunited.org are on strike! #NoContractNoCoffee
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The audience size here is also kinda nuts, the people yearn for Tokusatsu.
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The audience size here is also kinda nuts, the people yearn for Tokusatsu.
My 2014 self just rose from the ashes 🔥 If you ever have a chance to see Hiroyuki Sawano perform live, DO. IT.
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
My 2014 self just rose from the ashes 🔥 If you ever have a chance to see Hiroyuki Sawano perform live, DO. IT.
I don't know if what I have right now is an 'atmospheric pressure' headache, a 'played Hades 2 unblinkingly for 2 hours' headache, or 'the only meal I had today was toast & tuna' headache ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I don't know if what I have right now is an 'atmospheric pressure' headache, a 'played Hades 2 unblinkingly for 2 hours' headache, or 'the only meal I had today was toast & tuna' headache ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The ending of chapter 1161 of One Piece is some romance novel nonsense and I adored every damn panel.
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The ending of chapter 1161 of One Piece is some romance novel nonsense and I adored every damn panel.
To my buddies & mutuals, send me a DM if you'd like a little Happy New Year greeting card from me and Crackers in 2026 💌
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
To my buddies & mutuals, send me a DM if you'd like a little Happy New Year greeting card from me and Crackers in 2026 💌
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Melínoe from Hades 2 🗡️
November 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Melínoe from Hades 2 🗡️
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
When the first three consecutive not-so-legal fireworks boomed in my neighborhood, that's how I knew we won ⚾💙
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
When the first three consecutive not-so-legal fireworks boomed in my neighborhood, that's how I knew we won ⚾💙
just 1 girl & her 10 obsessions ✨
November 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
just 1 girl & her 10 obsessions ✨
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A *LOT* of folks have elections on Tuesday. Here's how to prepare and be a pro-library, pro-public education voter this year (& every year): bookriot.com/library-elec...
Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025
Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.
bookriot.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A *LOT* of folks have elections on Tuesday. Here's how to prepare and be a pro-library, pro-public education voter this year (& every year): bookriot.com/library-elec...
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If you're looking for a list of Anime / Manga Independent journalism sites that pay their folks to follow & support, please check out this starter pack.
The environment for these sites is constantly getting harsher and a struggle to get the reach they so deserve.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
The environment for these sites is constantly getting harsher and a struggle to get the reach they so deserve.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
October 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you're looking for a list of Anime / Manga Independent journalism sites that pay their folks to follow & support, please check out this starter pack.
The environment for these sites is constantly getting harsher and a struggle to get the reach they so deserve.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
The environment for these sites is constantly getting harsher and a struggle to get the reach they so deserve.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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The Straw Hat jolly roger has become a symbol of protest movements across the world.
This week we take a deep dive into the use of #OnePiece across the world with @theonepiecedr.bsky.social and GolferGare, please give it a listen if you can! 🏴☠️
www.onepiecepodcast.com/podcast/onep...
This week we take a deep dive into the use of #OnePiece across the world with @theonepiecedr.bsky.social and GolferGare, please give it a listen if you can! 🏴☠️
www.onepiecepodcast.com/podcast/onep...
Episode 889, “Raise The Flag” (with GolferGareBear & Dr. Raylene Bentlin) — The One Piece Podcast
Today we’re breaking down the Straw Hat flag’s presence at international protests with GolferGareBear and Dr. Raylene Bentlin!
www.onepiecepodcast.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Straw Hat jolly roger has become a symbol of protest movements across the world.
This week we take a deep dive into the use of #OnePiece across the world with @theonepiecedr.bsky.social and GolferGare, please give it a listen if you can! 🏴☠️
www.onepiecepodcast.com/podcast/onep...
This week we take a deep dive into the use of #OnePiece across the world with @theonepiecedr.bsky.social and GolferGare, please give it a listen if you can! 🏴☠️
www.onepiecepodcast.com/podcast/onep...
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Gen Z protesters from Indonesia and Nepal to Madagascar and Morocco, are rallying behind an unexpected banner: a grinning skull in a straw hat.
Why Gen Z protesters worldwide are flying an anime pirate flag
Gen Z protesters from Indonesia and Nepal to Madagascar and Morocco, are rallying behind an unexpected banner: a grinning skull in a straw hat.
n.pr
October 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Gen Z protesters from Indonesia and Nepal to Madagascar and Morocco, are rallying behind an unexpected banner: a grinning skull in a straw hat.
You know, I don't think I give my younger self enough credit for doing hard things.
If I could get to max Level 60 playing an Alliance paladin on a PVP server in 2004 vanilla WoW, I can do anything ✨️
If I could get to max Level 60 playing an Alliance paladin on a PVP server in 2004 vanilla WoW, I can do anything ✨️
October 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
You know, I don't think I give my younger self enough credit for doing hard things.
If I could get to max Level 60 playing an Alliance paladin on a PVP server in 2004 vanilla WoW, I can do anything ✨️
If I could get to max Level 60 playing an Alliance paladin on a PVP server in 2004 vanilla WoW, I can do anything ✨️
Just putting it out there that if you developed some terrible time management & study habits as a student, they don't magically go away if you become a professor 🥲
October 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Just putting it out there that if you developed some terrible time management & study habits as a student, they don't magically go away if you become a professor 🥲
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It’s me. Your favorite #bannedbooksweek curmudgeon. Just popping in to rain all over your caution tape.
#tlsky #tlskychat #librarians #skybrarians #edusky
#tlsky #tlskychat #librarians #skybrarians #edusky
October 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It’s me. Your favorite #bannedbooksweek curmudgeon. Just popping in to rain all over your caution tape.
#tlsky #tlskychat #librarians #skybrarians #edusky
#tlsky #tlskychat #librarians #skybrarians #edusky
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Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider – Episode 1
The premise could be mean-spirited, but for now it's embracing the right level of heart and enthusiasm
www.animefeminist.com/tojima-wants...
The premise could be mean-spirited, but for now it's embracing the right level of heart and enthusiasm
www.animefeminist.com/tojima-wants...
October 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider – Episode 1
The premise could be mean-spirited, but for now it's embracing the right level of heart and enthusiasm
www.animefeminist.com/tojima-wants...
The premise could be mean-spirited, but for now it's embracing the right level of heart and enthusiasm
www.animefeminist.com/tojima-wants...
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“When you get a suspicious book, “you look it up to see what else the [author] has written. And you see there's 30 things, and none of them have any reviews, and they were all written in the last two years,” DeMeester-Lane says.”
How Local Librarians Keep AI Slop Off the Shelves
AI is being used to create nonsensical, sometimes dangerously inaccurate books. Local librarians are tasked with keeping these volumes out of their collections.
www.governing.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“When you get a suspicious book, “you look it up to see what else the [author] has written. And you see there's 30 things, and none of them have any reviews, and they were all written in the last two years,” DeMeester-Lane says.”
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Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most.
October 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most.
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Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar
A huge win for trans people in California: the state legislature passed five bills protecting our rights!
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Now it's time to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to sign them. Contact him before October 12th: transfamilysos.org/action-neede...
#TransRights #TransYouth #TransCalifornia
Action Needed: Urge Governor Newsom to Sign Five Critical Trans Rights Bills
TransFamily Support Services is proud to co-sponsor five critical trans rights bills that have officially passed the California Legislature. This is a major victory—one made possible through a powerfu...
transfamilysos.org
September 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar