Selfie of Matthew throwing a peace sign in front of a mug saying Libraries work because we dk
From a fellow librarian, trustee, and patron, sending solidarity to library workers across the world on National Library Workers Day
Libraries work because we do ✊️
It’s a welcome original IP for sure. They really did it right!
Much deserved. I’m obsessed with this game lol
"A California man cooked up a scheme that called for buying thousands of dollars worth of Lego kits, replacing Lego pieces and minifigures with bags of uncooked pasta, and returning the sets to stores for refunds, the police said on Thursday." 🎁🔗
LMAO
Came up with 11 projects to write and research. That is to say, I added 11 titles to my works in progress section of my CV. 😂
Is this what people with power and money think?
“I really need you to hear my deepest thoughts; I believe they will fix everything that’s wrong with our society.”
Groundbreaking.
What Palantir looks like right now
Via @marcwatkins.bsky.social, this is what I take to be what amounts to a pre-print of abDOJ order to be issued on April 20 rolling back ADA title II compliance by a full year. www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
I study racism for a living and can still manage to be shocked by how institutionalized it is. What do you mean they were giving tax-breaks to white supremacists celebrating treason?
just a wild country
“Musk’s data centers will probably bring in only a few hundred jobs while consuming millions of gallons of water a day and more electricity than is needed to power all of the homes in Memphis.”
Re-designing (read taking a template from my fav scholar) my CV. Me looking at my work and thinking “damn I kinda know stuff.”
this new series is actually disappointing…
"“I hate that I have to worry about passing a machine’s arbitrary and unknowable tests before anyone considers my human capability and what I could bring to a given position as an individual.”"
Spider-Man by Chris Bachalo
Just spent part of the morning listening to Professor Paris talk about her book. This is a really important contribution to critical Internet studies, especially for folks interested in infrastructure, materiality, and other networks. The case studies are unique, and the storytelling is wonderful.
Growing data center development is putting new pressure on Texas' power grid, as lawmakers confront how to meet rising demand without pushing costs onto consumers or risking reliability.
The conservatives on the court are segregationists.
WIRED sat down with “Democracy Now!” host Amy Goodman to talk politics, AI, and the future of media. A documentary about her rise hits theaters today. www.wired.com/story/the-in...
I am convinced that the extreme polarization we’re dealing with in the U.S. has led to a level of cognitive offloading that suggests there are two choices with respect to genAI: personalized agents from birth or living off the grid. Can we at least not make genAI a default condition of *childhood.*
Four books stacked on top of each other showing the spine: the spine reads Black Tech Ecosystems
Four books showing the front cover
A year ago next month my book Black Tech Ecosystems was published as an open access PDF. I’m happy to share that the physical copy of the book is now available for purchase!
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A set of screenshots from DEEP SPACE NINE. An old Klingon throws his arms around Dax and shouts "Curzon, my beloved old friend!" Dax returns the hug and says "I'm Jadzia now." The Klingon grabs her shoulders, smiles, and says "Jadzia, my beloved old friend!"
Star Trek figured this out thirty years ago. It's not hard. Even an old, drunk Klingon got it.
Yes, this is real.
i swear this gov is a TV show. the head of intelligence got hacked and used his real name for a porn account. the head of dept of war accidentally texted war plans to a journalist. and now former head of homeland security grappling with husband's secret cross-dressing double life in anti-LGBTQ admin
An orange kitten sits in a window
The only orange king who was ever worth a damn
I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.
