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@ptrourke in all the other places. Software developer who likes words more than numbers, commits APIs & ETL. Recovering classicist. Work at a very large library, but these are my posts, not theirs. Mostly here to follow. he/him

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The Year of Four Emperors erasure.

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And now the "liberal" NYTimes publishes an oped saying "lol voting doesn't matter" by a literal revanchist.

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But it is an incredibly useful fiction that can be deployed, with accompanying cherry-picked metrics, when justifying hiring your brother-in-law's brother-in-law or your sorority sister as "the most qualified candidate."

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constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay...

They would just get carved out and admitted as new states, no secession necessary. The "parent" state would need to consent. (The way this consent was secured for WV is very interesting, as it involved a second government of Virginia.)

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Tristan Snell's avatar Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social
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BREAKING -- New York Public Library for the win! After a massive public backlash, NYC's libraries are getting their funding back -- and will be open on Sundays again. Take a bow, folks -- WE did this.

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pam lach's avatar pam lach @plach.bsky.social
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“GPT-5 is set to launch as soon as it finishes grading this pile of papers, which will absolutely happen today. Actually, maybe it should take care of a few other things first, like cleaning the bathroom and doing a load or two of laundry.”

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cha...

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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So not former. Probably the first, occasionally the third, formerly the second.

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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So much "human labor [is] being automated" that eventually the planet will just be three trillionaires living in bunkers surrounded by billions of AI drones reading the dreck their fellows are producing.

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Abby's avatar Abby @arobertswrites.com
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For writers, I think there’s some value in thinking of genre as *the works by other writers that you’re writing in response to,* and for readers, genre might help you find other works you like. But I kinda don’t subscribe to most attempts to define genre.

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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The "a lot of shark attacks lately -- do you notice that?" part makes me ask -- does he think the President can control the frequency of shark attacks?

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Anise K. Strong's avatar Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social
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Anytime the Trump GOP refers to "a Rubicon-crossing moment", it is worth remembering that Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with his legions b/c he was afraid that if he tried to run for reelection without his troops he would be arrested and put on trial for electoral corruption & genocide.

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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The NPV compact requires a majority of the Electoral College, in effect; and it's vulnerable to changes in the state legislatures that approve it.

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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I think @dsalo is a mutual follow.

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Quinn Dombrowski's avatar Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me
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Yesterday's outfit celebrated the end of the quarter with logos of dead DH projects. Plus infinity glasses and Auryn necklace because, let's face it, we're all starting over again in a few months. #DHmakes #DHsewing

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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Didn't realize Volokh Conspiracy has moved over to the Onion. Wait a minute ... they're serious?

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jon crunktian's avatar jon crunktian @jon-christian.bsky.social
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computer scientists: we have invented a virtual dumbass who is constantly wrong tech CEOs: let's add it to every product

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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Now you know what triggered the Butlerian Jihad...

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ACH's avatar ACH @ach.bsky.social
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It's been a difficult Spring. We're extending the submission deadline for #ACH2024 to June 7 to give you more time to get your proposals in: ach2024.ach.org.

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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My concern is that all this rhetoric is to lay the grounds for future action. "We had to stop them before they stopped us" justification.

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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Quaternions still make my head spin.

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If you wondered why the NYT isn't making a bigger deal out of the funding cuts to the NYPL ...

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Trevor Owens's avatar Trevor Owens @tjowens.bsky.social
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Wow, this post is getting a lot of attention! If you are concerned about link rot you may be in in my book The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation -> www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

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Trevor Owens's avatar Trevor Owens @tjowens.bsky.social
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New report from Pew finds 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later. This research underscores how critical web archiving efforts are. www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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As one of those voters -- you're welcome!

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Earn's avatar Earn @nregib.bsky.social
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Adding alt txt bc everyone deserves to see this

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Carlos Noreña's avatar Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social
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Just learned of the death of David Konstan. A major loss. He was both a towering figure in the field and a very warm and generous person. He showed me a signal kindness at a moment of high vulnerability, which I will never forget.

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Glen Layne-Worthey's avatar Glen Layne-Worthey @gworthey.bsky.social
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Thrilled to announce the UIUC iSchool Windsor Lecture, alumna @quinnanya.me (MSLIS '09), academic technology specialist at Stanford, who will present “What Happens After the End? Crafting Sustainable Librarianship in an Age of AI.” This event will be hybrid -- don't miss it! bit.ly/3TD0JYV

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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That's 12 hours, 33 minutes, and 36 seconds for us non-metric users. (This is so transparently "we expect 40 hours of work, but can only pay for 12.")

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Hannah is resting 🟡's avatar Hannah is resting 🟡 @hannah.the-void.social
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bad news everyone, the Correct answer to how to parse html with regular expressions appears to no longer be on the front page of Google search results, replaced by a bunch of "How To" content mill bullshit.

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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The best April Fool's prank I ever participated in involved helping my mother change all the clocks back two hours in her boyfriend's house on the day that April Fools' Day and DST coincided. (Why two hours? So he'd assume that he changed his watch in the wrong direction.)

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Caroline Abbott's avatar Caroline Abbott @cleohott.bsky.social
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It's opening day, and here's a pitch for the Library of Congress. Play ball!

(the linked article is now a free agent, no longer under exclusive contract with the Washington Post)
wapo.st/4cCYGfS

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Roopika Risam's avatar Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social
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Now I’m going to be haunted by the video of the Key Bridge collapsing — a bridge I have driven over many times, and regularly for four years — for the rest of my life. I hope the responders can find the people 💔

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Melissa Terras's avatar Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social
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Fully funded AHRC PhD studentship with me, Chris Elsden, and the Traverse theatre! on the "Pasts, Presents and Futures of Digitally-Mediated Theatre". I would appreciate sharing and signposting this to potential candidates... thanks!

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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Southern Illinois. Very different world from Chicagoland.

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ptrourke's avatar ptrourke @ptrourke.bsky.social
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That over-the-top headline got me to read their article to see what counts as "socialist writer" in WaPo's eyes, which led me to your terrific article, which I'd never have found if it hadn't been pulled.

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DH 2024's avatar DH 2024 @dh2024.bsky.social
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Check your emails! Acceptance notifications for #DH2024 were just sent out! We are looking forward to welcoming you to D.C. this August. 🎉

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Proving once again how good an investment the blockchain is.

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