Stephanie Leary

Front end developer @EquinoxOLI. Previously: MLIS @UW_iSchool, some WordPress books and stuff. AO3 tagging and fiction classification nerd. She/her

[Stephanie Leary @sleary]

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[Non-Ironically T.V.'s B. Dave Walters - EVERYWHERE @BDaveWalters]

New meme format just dropped 😅

[Chelsea Handler @chelseahandler]

Childless Cat and Dog Ladies for Harris

[Rep. Vikki Goodwin @VikkiGoodwinTX]

After learning about TX sending school tax $$ to Colorado, based on an investigative report from Spectrum News 1 Texas, I wrote a letter asking the Texas House Investigating Committee to open an investigation.

Texas public school tax dollars have been going to the charter school network "Third Future Schools." This network has ties to Mike Miles, the Houston ISD Superintendent, who defends the practice of sending Texas taxes to Colorado. This is unconscionable, and should not be allowed. Our schools are strapped for money, can't pay teachers competitive salaries, and are struggling to do a great job for our kids.

My colleagues and I agree we need to have the Legislature investigate the money that has been transferred out of state through the Third Future School network and any other charter networks that could be doing the same thing. We also need to create a law to keep Texas public school tax dollars here. #txlege

[Kat Louise @Trina_Lou_]

@thisone0verhere Maybe add in a restorer too who could help save some books if they’ve fallen in to disrepair

[Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere]

I am once again asking for a TV show where a librarian and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their book collections - discuss their favorites, their histories, their value, then build amazing shelves and book nooks and libraries in their homes to organize them

[Stephanie Leary @sleary]

@giselle_slash Oh no, I’m so sorry to hear you’re dealing with this. I hope things stabilize quickly and you get to go home! Zen hugs 💗

[Stephanie Leary @sleary]

@christinemmoe Congratulations!! I hope you can get some rest soon!

[Derek Krissoff @DerekKrissoff]

The Atlantic has a particularly thorough and damning story about the self-inflicted catastrophe at a poor state's flagship university. I think it's the last one I'll read. They make me too sad. (h/t @ameliaknisely) https://t.co/7g2QZH53Vu

[carina adly mackenzie @cadlymack]

“I met this man, and then kept meeting him for some reason. I didn’t like the words he said. And after he retired he kept on saying words! (Like… why?) Anyway, I’m sure other people are sad he’s dead. I acknowledge that. ✌️”

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

OpenAI says the board will have women but they just can’t find them! It’s so hard because the natural makeup of a board is all white men, and it is especially important to include the men who had to step down from previous positions for their statements about women’s aptitude.

[Ash Dylan @AshDylanLit]

“I trained the AI on romance novelists. How litigious could they be?”

[Stephanie Leary @sleary]

🤝 all the people in the comments who are like, “Thanks for mentioning the title! It sounds great; ordering it immediately!”

[Stephanie Leary @sleary]

Listen, I have also recommended @freyamarske’s books to people without checking their comfort levels with smoking hot queer sex scenes first. It’s a known hazard with this series.

[Ask a Manager @AskAManager]

the prize for our tree decorating contest is baby clothes, I accidentally recommended a smutty book to my boss, and more https://t.co/0gM4XCCHHF

[Moira Donegan @MoiraDonegan]

Could it be that there’s a ubiquitous form of violence that is overwhelmingly committed against women and girls, the healing from which is inhibited by stigma, victim blaming, and widespread social indifference to or support for perpetrators? No; it’s that women have bad brains.

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

"Before we get going, are there any Moms for Liberty in the house? No? Good. then hands will not need to be thrown tonight."

Host LeVar Burton kicks off this year's National Book Awards ceremony. #NBAwards

[Edward McKinley @ByEdMcKinley]

New: The Republican-led State Board of Education preliminarily rejected several new science textbooks on Tuesday over their presentation of climate change and evolution, a sign the books may be watered down before a final vote later this week.

https://t.co/U53f5LcL6U

[zeynep tufekci @zeynep]

And link to the effort today by Long Covid patients to call their reps to ask for sustained funding. Despite seeming activity, there is very little.

Without proper research, the patients are left to suffer—and are preyed upon by quacks and opportunists.
https://t.co/qNVJucV62B

[zeynep tufekci @zeynep]

Significant new analysis of Long Covid impact in the @UpshotNYT.

About a million people are *NEWLY* reporting cognitive difficulties, and it's driven by ages 18-49.

No other explanation besides pandemic impact makes sense — I was also looking at the same data. Details below.🧵