The Bard

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Disaster Time Lord in exile. Mind Wanderer. Master of Library Science, Stories, Games, Daydreaming, Mysteries, & Hope. Older than you think. (He/him/they/them) https://linktr.ee/joshuamneff

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Neurodivergent is such a fun label to have. Makes me feel like a sci-fi kind of mutant instead of a failure kind of mutant. Its inspiring!

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Neurodivergent is such a fun label to have. Makes me feel like a sci-fi kind of mutant instead of a failure kind of mutant. Its inspiring!

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Once again, Teen Vogue and People Magazine doing the work that the Washington Post and NY Times refuses to do.

Vance is a Theil-backed bag of shit in a man suit. But Teen Vogue went ahead and did an explainer on all the reasons why. (And is it just me or does he look like a colorized Bela Lugosi character here?)

Every Gen Z Issue JD Vance Is Againstwww.teenvogue.com From guns, and climate change to abortion and LGBTQ rights, the Republican VP is being called “Anti-Gen Z.”

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That’s right people, Black people only point out racism for the attention points. When I get 50 points I get a free McFlurry wherever the machine is working (if you harass them I will see it, plz don’t)

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JD Vance going from 'Trump is America's Hitler and that's why I oppose him' to 'Trump is America's Hitler and that's why I'm running to be his Vice President' -- truly, what an arc

I finished the Portuguese course on Duolingo. I got to the end of that road. I wasn't expecting that and I don't know what to do now. (And no, I'm not even close to being fluent in Portuguese. You can only go so far with solo studying of any language.)

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In an ideal world, there would be arts funding. There'd be grants and universal income for everyone to help artists art harder. That's not the real world. The arts are undervalued, they're trying to replace us with robots. We're struggling and a lot of people think that's just fine.

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There is never any shame in using the library, and much benefit in doing so. They are the closest thing to an unmitigated social good that we have in these United States, which is why the hard right is gunning so fervently for them these days. A world without libraries and librarians is a poor one.

My book-buying budget is not what it once was, which is precisely why I’m using the library more. It also gives me the opportunity to read books that I’m not sure I want to add to the home library (not that there’s a lot of room to do that anyway).

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I’m a simple woman with simple needs and I like it when terrible people who used their power and resources to cause enormous harm get everything taken away from them see also: Alex Jones

Rudy Giuliani is no longer entitled to bankruptcy protection, a judge has decided, making it possible for creditors to immediately pursue his assets within days.

Judge dismisses Giuliani’s bankruptcy case, allowing creditors to try to seize his assets | CNN Politicswww.cnn.com Rudy Giuliani is no longer entitled to bankruptcy protection, a judge decided Friday, making it possible for creditors to immediately pursue his assets within days.

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Honest to God: this is an accessible, reasonably thorough overview you can share with your mom that also does a solid job shooting down the campaign’s attempts to distance themselves from the plan

PEOPLE Magazine! What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Education people.com/what-is-proj...

What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Educationpeople.com Donald Trump's far-right allies created Project 2025 as a blueprint for his possible second term. The controversial plan would push a Christian nationalist agenda that dramatically reshapes the U.S. g...

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Rudy Giuliani is no longer entitled to bankruptcy protection, a judge has decided, making it possible for creditors to immediately pursue his assets within days.

I didn't have "People magazine is part of the woke media" on my 2024 bingo card.

PEOPLE Magazine! What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Education people.com/what-is-proj...

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PEOPLE Magazine! What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Education people.com/what-is-proj...

Today has been kind of raggedy day, emotionally. What I *should* do is go to bed early and try to get a good night's sleep. What I *want* to do is stay up late watching comfort TV or reading a comfort book.

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“We’re going to exploit you one way or another.”

CEO of Chase bank says that if overdraft and late fees get capped, they'll have to start charging to have a checking account. Why? “It is not practical for many of the services to be free if we won’t be able to draw from those profit pools,” said Marianne Lake. www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

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Here's exactly why this matters: the GOP knows that the country is quickly becoming more diverse. Democracy -- allowing more people to vote -- means that they are out of office. Being anti-democracy is a fancy way of saying you would like the return of John C. Calhoun.

Republicans are literally running against democracy: www.al.com/news/2024/07...

Alabama GOP chairman says democracy ‘leads to socialism’www.al.com America is not a democracy, John Wahl argues.

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Huge mistake not to have put this guy in cuffs after he participated in Jan 6.

Sen. Josh @HawleyMO: "Some will say now that I am calling America a Christian Nation. So I am. And some will say that I am advocating Christian Nationalism. And so I do." Christian nationalism is fascism and Nazism as politics-and hawley is a proud fascist.

Vimeo says it won't let AI scrape your videos and AI use in videos must be labeled: vimeo.com/blog/post/vi...

Vimeo's position on AIvimeo.com A message from our CEO on Vimeo's use of AI.

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Alice Munro's daughter coming forward about the abuse her mother alternately blamed her for and ignored is an incredibly brave thing. archive.is/2024.07.07-1...

archive.is

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This is a useful summary and assessment of the journalism issues at play, both the problems of the podcast and its strengths. At the end: "Let us not lose sight of the main news here: Neil Gaiman took advantage of two vulnerable young women sexually, and this is likely the tip of the iceberg."

I'm still catching up on the Gaiman allegations, but when I first heard of them, I thought about how every form of sexual abuse I've experienced has been within a consenting encounter or relationship. open.substack.com/pub/politics...

Manufacturing consentopen.substack.com Untangling the Neil Gaiman sexual assault allegations, and the Tortoise Media investigation that is both flawed and important

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anyway here’s a baby raccoon sleeping in a hammock

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Are you a neurodivergent librarian or supervisor at a US public or academic library? Do you identify as autistic and/or ADHD? Please consider participating in our survey! This IMLS-funded study investigates the workplace experiences of neurodivergent librarians. For details, visit our website! 📚

Call for Participation – Neurodiversity Researchbit.ly

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Jfc people with periods just can't fuckin win can we?

There was lead in EVERY tampon they tested. There was less lead in organic tampons, but those had higher concentrations of arsenic. Also fun: It's 2024. This is the first ever study testing metals in tampons. Great. 🙃 www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tox... Study: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It just hit me that I've been pretty anti-social lately and that's not healthy for me.

"Let's get medical, medical I wanna get medical Let's get into medical Help me make my body work My body work Help me make my body work" -- me singing as I got my meds this morning

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Still boggles my mind that, mere hours after your wife hires a live-in nanny, you walk in while she's bathing, strip naked, and insist on hopping in with her - and then willingly offer that information up because you think it's exonerating.

to gaiman’s credit he was very forthcoming with details about “consensually” hooking up with the nanny who was dependent on him for money and housing

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to gaiman’s credit he was very forthcoming with details about “consensually” hooking up with the nanny who was dependent on him for money and housing

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My personal feeling is that in cases of sexual assault "I'm going to wait to see what else develops" is a fine, but if you loudly announce that what you're seeing is inadequate and not enough and should not be believed by anyone, that's not waiting to see what else develops.

I'm pretty sure my Venn diagram of "best friends" and "ace-aro polycule" is just a circle.

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