trying to think

The debate about kids using AI reminds me of when I was studying to be a teacher and parents would blame the English teacher when their kid didn’t like reading even though the parents themselves never read in their free time

I’m a political moderate; I think everyone except for me is equally to blame

Pretty funny that the guy who wrote How to Lie With Statistics went on to get paid by tobacco companies to lie with statistics

Doing the right thing might be easy for the average joe, but once you get a lot of political power it’s really up to Pew Research to decide

Searching for info about a new book I’m cataloging published by “BG Sky Publishing” and the Google AI summary helpfully tells me this is not a book publisher. Literally holding the book in my hands lol

Classic democrat move is saying something is a “distraction” and then doing nothing about both the distraction and thing they say we are being distracted from

Sebastian Gorka and Scott Bessent stand awkwardly in front of a portrait of a man from the 18th century

Just three guys standing normal

Cataloging a collection of translated speeches from a meeting of Soviet women (published 1942). One was by a local government official. Googled her name to see the spelling in Cyrillic and the AI summary said neither she nor the district she worked for existed lol

It’s perfect that El Salvador’s government is known for two things: recognizing bitcoin as legal currency and building the world’s most draconian super prison

There has been so much uncertainty — things are evolving by the day — that businesses just don’t know what to do or how to plan,” Bart Watson, president of the Brewers Association, a trade association for the craft beer industry, said Tuesday. “Every time things change, it’s another straw on a camel’s back that already has a lot of straws on it.”

Love the linguistic innovation that comes from trying to modify idioms.

Adopting a policy of strategic ambiguity with the bank regarding my mortgage

Copy of advertisement from Postel Manufacturing with tagline “FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF”

“Mr Postel I appreciate your efforts marketing war bonds, but are you open to some constructive feedback?”

Despite recent market turmoil, books at your local library remain free to borrow

“For reasons unknown to mankind” lol

Finally America has a leader strong enough to take on Tuvalu

the right wing conspiracy theories for why the economy going down in flames isn't trump's fault are going to be off the chain. "antifa gangs poured all the coffee down the drain at the coffee factory" type shit

Cover of handbook called “Manual of Guerilla Tactics”

Diagram of a human body showing the location of arteries and the estimated time of death should one be severed

This British manual from 1943 on guerrilla tactics isn’t fucking around

Terrible news, IMLS maintains and helps to build new infrastructure for libraries and informational access. I’ve had the pleasure of working with them many times and they are super important and great colleagues.

Every pitch Martín Pérez threw today was under 90 mph. bsky.app/profile/aaro...

Remember the guy whose fiancée was deported but said he still didn’t regret voting for Trump? Guess where he’s from

Right wingers are dumb everywhere but the richest man in the world standing on stage and lamenting billionaire influence on elections while literally bribing voters is something that only could only work in Wisconsin

Bodies of missing aid workers found in Gaza ‘mass grave’ following Israeli attacks | CNN The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a “mass grave,” a week after they went missing following attacks by Isra...

The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a "mass grave," a week after they went missing following attacks by Israeli forces.

100% sourdough bagels. I’ve got the best starter I’ve ever had right now. This must be how Phil Jackson felt coaching MJ

Blugrass covers of pop songs are gimmicks but the cover of modest mouse’s interstate 8 singlehandedly justifies the genre

Lord I am not worthy to receive you but only say the word and I will launch missiles at the poor 🙏

I don’t care about national security information! Other countries should be hacking our shit daily!

(lighting a candle while somber monks chant in unison)

Can already feel “Well, I’m off to do insane deeds” burrowing into my lexicon

Fun little comic from a 1982 zine titled Living Treasures of Minneapolis that proves people were shitposting long before the computer (spoiler: the answer is not revealed on page 25)

The intolerant left wants to just shut down debate because they’re afraid of bold conservative ideas like 19th century race science, Gilded Age economics, and rigid sex and gender binaries