Margaret Guroff

Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.

Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...

I Am Diane Keaton’s Crisp White Shirt I am perfect in shape and form. I am immaculate, woven by gods from fibers of cotton and Nancy Meyers’ discarded screenplays. Sent from above to si...

We LOVED Diane Keaton. RIP.

Thank you @bikenwhisky.bsky.social! So glad you liked the book!

Hello I made a public Google calendar for film revival screenings + special events at the Charles, Senator, and Parkway Theatres here in Baltimore because I figured I create all these calendar events for myself every month anyway so I might as well share it

Social Security, facing pressure from DOGE, weighs big cuts to phone service Agency considers ending phone program that helps with claims processing and is used by millions of elderly and disabled Americans.

BREAKING: DOGE is considering no longer letting senior citizens file Social Security claims over the phone, and requiring them to do it online or in person.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The First Amendment protects speech the government doesn't like. Speech the government likes does not need protection from the government.

Expert insights about storytelling

If you've been yearning for trustworthy vaccine info in this crazy world, here's a great, clear source

This hospital took wonderful care of my Molly when I lived in DC. I am touched to see them doing this for displaced feds.

Roxanne is a song about Sting not understanding what it takes to develop film

ski instructor said the yeti turds I found are moose droppings. am I supposed to be comforted by the fact the yeti is riding a goddamn moose

Thx & happy new year!!

Insightful! Congrats @anecdotal.bsky.social

Every day of #Sharkmas is more adorable/terrifying than the last

Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken:

Vaccines are a miracle and amazing

After an unprecedented Election Week ULP strike, we returned to work today and have called off the NYT Games and Cooking boycotts.

#SolidarityStreak #BreakMyStreak #UnionStrong #UnionMadeNYC #Strike #Union #Unions #Tech #Labor #CollectiveBargaining #Contract #NewsGuild #CWA #Solidarity

The New York Times Tech Guild is on strike Striking workers ask readers not to play Wordle.

Goodbye for now, Wordle, Connections, Strands & my precious NYT recipe database. See you when the strike is settled.

Did you try AARP? It's not my area but I could get the pitch to someone here to consider. mguroff at aarp dot org

Shelves without end Today: Editor and journalist Maria Bustillos. Issue No. 97 The Internet Archive Is a Library Maria Bustillos The Internet Archive Is a Library by Maria Bustillos Five hundred thousand books h...

THE INTERNET ARCHIVE IS A LIBRARY

pass it on

flaminghydra.com/issue-97/

Flaming Hydra is an insanely great worker-owned journalism startup and it is worth my whole annual subscription ($36 -- cheap!) to have access to the cracked humor of @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social flaminghydra.com/contributor/...

Reposting as a public service. A shame that when I needed this advice, I had access to a large photo of Grace Jones but no instructions on how to use it.

A 14k gold stud earring in the shape of a hand, grasping a real AirPod in a person's ear. It looks as if the wearer has a tiny gremlin living in their head that has punched through their neck and earlobe to hold this device up to their ear.

I know there's a lot going on right now, but check out these accursed earrings www.ebay.com/itm/22561188...

Two words: Harris Teeter

@mscribe.bsky.social do you happen to know?

Opportunity to work with great people in a great city!!!

Diagram of a winter coat with two huge basting stitches tacking the vent closed. I’ve typed “remove these stitches” and crudely drawn an arrow pointing to them.

it’s that time of year…. repost to save a life

Yes! Mocha Dick was one of multiple celebrity 19th-century whales -- Melville shouts out a few in the book.

Washington Post journalists are walking off their jobs TODAY in a 24-hour strike. They’re asking readers not to engage with the Post’s content during the strike

The union say management isn't bargaining in good faith—they've failed to reach new contract for 18 months
thehill.com/homenews/med...

Black-and-white mid-sized mutt, lying on a brown carpet in a light-blue room, looking at the camera and panting/smiling

wanted her picture took

Performances thru October 15th only! For tickets visit www.yorktheatre.org It’s March 1965, and a Buick Electra starts a journey from New Jersey. The unlikel... [HD] When We Get There Trailer

Hello my husband's new musical, When We Get There, is playing in NYC for one more week and people like it! Maybe you should go. youtu.be/YeUgrTSiuVM