Karen

I just sit and watch my husband play hollow Knight and Silksong, I don't have the patience for the parkour much less the bosses. But so clever and pretty and fun!

If you missed this story, you NEED to see what is happening in Lamar Consolidated ISD, where Pinkalicious and Paperbag Princess have been removed from school shelves. This is how the book banners are protecting OUR kids?

The Middleman - Complete Series : Javier Grillo-Marxuach : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Wendy Watson, a struggling artist, is recruited by a secret agency to fight against evil forces.[3] The pilot episode features a super-intelligent ape who...

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This is exactly how propaganda and disinformation have always worked: You start talking about something that *everyone knows is a lie* as if it’s true, and you repeat it, and you make fun of people who deny it, and you start with “well, it depends on your definition.”

Look at that beautiful blue sky! ⏰☠️ Wake Up Dead Man, the new Benoit Blanc mystery. Thanksgiving in theaters, 12/12 on Netflix. More to come very soon…

Didn't make it to Worldcon this year? No worries, our LIVE #Murderbot episode with @marthawells.com is now free for everyone!

And don't miss the special message the show's cast sent, which we had the privilege to share with her & an audience of fans 👀
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Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

I adore time travel in books, top tier is always and forever To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, more recent good 'uns include The Night Shift by Natalka Burian and The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

Theft or civil disobedience? • New Hampshire Bulletin A local church is urging its members to permanently remove books from the Shelby County Public Library by checking them out and never returning them. The books portray gay characters and historical…

A Kentucky church is urging its members to permanently remove books from the Shelby County Public Library by checking them out and never returning them. The books portray gay characters and historical figures or explore LGBTQ+ themes. From Jack Brammer, via @kentuckylantern.com

The soundtrack of my childhood! I was 7 when it came out and had teenage brothers. I could still sing the whole thing straight through.

Inspire Me in Libby. Inspire Me is a major new feature that encourages Libby users to explore the farthest reaches of your digital collection for their next read. This engaging experience uses artificial intelligence to suggest creative book "inspirations" that lead readers to matching book recommendations at your library. To distribute content discovery across your entire collection, the AI-generated inspirations and recommendations presented by Inspire Me will favor titles that are available to borrow. The primary purpose of Inspire Me is to maximize the value of your library's existing catalog.

Heads up library workers, Overdrive is shoving AI into Libby. It will be making book recommendations and they are rolling it out over the next few weeks. Smoke is pouring out of my ears. 📚

Thorns are doing so much better at not passing back unnecessarily, so much more fun to watch! #baonpdx

of all the books i won't read, this is the book i won't read the most

the one thing i genuinely did not anticipate from this administration was its vicious, know nothing hostility to any and everything that might even be adjacent to science and scientific research. they genuinely one to destroy the entirety of the nation’s research capacity. and for what, exactly?

Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week

Very sorry to hear about the death of Tom Lehrer at age 97. The cleverest, funniest singer/songwriter of all time, even if he lost interest in the whole business pretty quickly? www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ...

Trans issues have been especially divisive for Democrats in the wake of the 2024 election, when Republicans used the subject to cast Kamala Harris and other opponents as out-of-touch. Newsom, another possible 2028 contender who visited South Carolina last week, drew backlash from activists and some liberal colleagues this year when he said “it’s deeply unfair” for trans athletes to participate in women’s sports. In South Carolina, Beshear was eager to talk about how he had handled LGBTQ issues, however. “I vetoed it because it was the right thing to do,” he said of the bill in Kentucky. “I said my faith teaches me that all children are children of God, and I didn’t want people picking on those kids.”

If the (wildly popular) governor of Kentucky can say this with his whole chest then what excuse does the (wildly unpopular) governor of California have?

This Osprey is so majestic…. 🥰
And in the bird world this is considered a sick move….

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Pleased with this one even though it doesn't look especially good

If you ban Calvin and Hobbes you’re a straight up fascist son of a bitch and that’s that

Despite bond being set, Ernesto Manuel-Andres to remain detained - Bowling Green Daily News The Department of Homeland Security has blocked the release of Ernesto Manuel-Andres, despite a federal immigration judge ordering that he be released on bond, according to the nonprofit working with ...

Update on Ernesto, an 18-year-old in Bowling Green, KY who was taken by ICE: “The Department of Homeland Security has blocked the release of Ernesto Manuel-Andres, despite a federal immigration judge ordering that he be released on bond, according to the nonprofit working with him.”

You are strong and sensible! If it makes you smile, it has become a running gag on my library's podcast that Karen's recommendations always include T Kingfisher

Oooh, these covers are so gorgeous 😍😍😍

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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles

Screengrab from Hellgate NYC: "When reached for comment, the Department of Homeland Security emailed Hell Gate a statement attributed to Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin: "New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested for assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer. Our heroic ICE law enforcement officers face a 413 percent increase in assaults against them—it is wrong that politicians seeking higher office undermine law enforcement safety to get a viral moment. No one is above the law, and if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will face consequences." Hell Gate's question about whether the arresting agents had a judicial warrant went unanswered."

THERE IS VIDEO. AGAIN.

Lander didn't lay a hand on anyone. Quite the opposite.

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Tricksy today

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Aw, man. So close to the twordle.