Gideon, MLIS
@gideonthelast.bsky.social
archivist | disabled and radicalized | storytelling; table top; writing | they/them | big Library, its maw devouring | BLM
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Gideon, MLIS
@gideonthelast.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Look, I'm going to be so honest. There is an incredibly high likelihood this will be an anime and Magic: The Gathering account masquerading as an archivist's feed.
I was looking for something regarding the Green Brothers' word game Smush, and Google let me know people are asking "how is @hankgreen.bsky.social doing?"
So, how are you doing, Hank? Hope you're okay - people using Google are apparently concerned.
So, how are you doing, Hank? Hope you're okay - people using Google are apparently concerned.
July 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I was looking for something regarding the Green Brothers' word game Smush, and Google let me know people are asking "how is @hankgreen.bsky.social doing?"
So, how are you doing, Hank? Hope you're okay - people using Google are apparently concerned.
So, how are you doing, Hank? Hope you're okay - people using Google are apparently concerned.
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Tthe Smithson gift is in a quasi public trust administered by a board after the funds were given to the US govt by a wealthy Englishman when he died. Not that not having the authority to do something has ever stopped this man from trying but he doesn't have it.
Trump is preparing to fire the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, one of America's most prestigious scientific and historical research and education organizations.
He wants in particular to censor the Smithonian's American History exhibits:
He wants in particular to censor the Smithonian's American History exhibits:
White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted
The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and hist...
www.pbs.org
July 6, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Tthe Smithson gift is in a quasi public trust administered by a board after the funds were given to the US govt by a wealthy Englishman when he died. Not that not having the authority to do something has ever stopped this man from trying but he doesn't have it.
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Happy 4th of July! Here's an unrelated image!
July 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Happy 4th of July! Here's an unrelated image!
Man relying on community archiving here is like. I am so glad for these folks. Destiny means so much to me. But their job is a losing one because Bungie routinely just dumped all of their data. It's impossible to access huge swaths of the game because the files are just gone. And that sucks.
Destiny’s lore has been routinely saved by preservationists. With support ending on Destiny 2, their work becomes even more crucial.
We speak to some of those responsible for archiving years’ worth of Bungie storytelling, including MyNameIsByf and the people behind the Ishtar Collective.
We speak to some of those responsible for archiving years’ worth of Bungie storytelling, including MyNameIsByf and the people behind the Ishtar Collective.
The Destiny Story is Over, but Community Archivists Ensure the Lore Lives On
“Who knows if they keep the servers running in its current state for 10 years... the realities of capitalism are pretty cruel sometimes.”
thisweekinvideogames.com
June 25, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Man relying on community archiving here is like. I am so glad for these folks. Destiny means so much to me. But their job is a losing one because Bungie routinely just dumped all of their data. It's impossible to access huge swaths of the game because the files are just gone. And that sucks.
This new tingler is not about spending a ridiculous percentage of money on Magic the Gathering Cards, but my commander buds passed it around anyway. Solidarity with our 40k friends on the other side of our local game store.
please enjoy new tingler POUNDED IN THE BUTT BY THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF SPENDING AN IRRESPONSIBLE PORTION OF MY INCOME ON WARPOUNDER 40K MINIATURES out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX38K2DL or true buckaroo tier patreon www.patreon.com/chucktingle/...
June 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This new tingler is not about spending a ridiculous percentage of money on Magic the Gathering Cards, but my commander buds passed it around anyway. Solidarity with our 40k friends on the other side of our local game store.
Hey @michaelhobbes.bsky.social I am really going to need you to do more thorough research into Dissociative disorders before flippantly calling them fake and laughing about it. DID is in the DSM5. There is a NAMI page about dissociative disorders.
www.nami.org/types-of-con...
www.nami.org/types-of-con...
Dissociative Disorders | NAMI
Dissociative disorders are marked by involuntary escape from reality and a disconnect between thoughts, identity, consciousness and memory.
www.nami.org
June 19, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Hey @michaelhobbes.bsky.social I am really going to need you to do more thorough research into Dissociative disorders before flippantly calling them fake and laughing about it. DID is in the DSM5. There is a NAMI page about dissociative disorders.
www.nami.org/types-of-con...
www.nami.org/types-of-con...
We're getting help from one of my partners parents with the new house and let me just say - there's some confusion about the gender of just about everyone who lives here, but it's in a respectful/affirming??? way?? It's weird. Thank God I have a therapist, we're gonna be unpacking this for a while.
June 19, 2026 at 3:08 AM
We're getting help from one of my partners parents with the new house and let me just say - there's some confusion about the gender of just about everyone who lives here, but it's in a respectful/affirming??? way?? It's weird. Thank God I have a therapist, we're gonna be unpacking this for a while.
I'm here nearly two weeks later to say that it was incredibly necessary to my continued well-being to see @chucktingle.bsky.social at AADL on the 6th. This year has been so much but you know what? This happened and it ruled.
June 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I'm here nearly two weeks later to say that it was incredibly necessary to my continued well-being to see @chucktingle.bsky.social at AADL on the 6th. This year has been so much but you know what? This happened and it ruled.
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So amazing to see @chucktingle.bsky.social prove Love Is Real at @aadl.org as part of the library’s #BigGayRead program! Also, if you were wondering which monster Ann Arbor would romance, the city is now in a polycule with Godzilla and the Babadook
June 6, 2026 at 11:50 PM
So amazing to see @chucktingle.bsky.social prove Love Is Real at @aadl.org as part of the library’s #BigGayRead program! Also, if you were wondering which monster Ann Arbor would romance, the city is now in a polycule with Godzilla and the Babadook
It honestly means so much that the magic community always fucking nails this. I just... Things are so shit in the world right now and seeing support for people like me from the MTG community makes things just a little easier to handle.
$150,000 (actually it's now $155,000) for @translifeline.org LET'S GO MAGIC: THE GATHERING PLAYERS!!!!!!
February 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
It honestly means so much that the magic community always fucking nails this. I just... Things are so shit in the world right now and seeing support for people like me from the MTG community makes things just a little easier to handle.
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I'm giving away TEN Collector Booster Boxes of Lorwyn Eclipsed!
I'm giving TEN PEOPLE each one box of Collector Boosters from Lorwyn as a thank you for donating to Trans Lifeline!
Just donate in multiples of $4.00 to @translifeline.org until Feb 7 at 10am PST!
Donate--> give.translifeline.org/tcc
I'm giving TEN PEOPLE each one box of Collector Boosters from Lorwyn as a thank you for donating to Trans Lifeline!
Just donate in multiples of $4.00 to @translifeline.org until Feb 7 at 10am PST!
Donate--> give.translifeline.org/tcc
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I'm giving away TEN Collector Booster Boxes of Lorwyn Eclipsed!
I'm giving TEN PEOPLE each one box of Collector Boosters from Lorwyn as a thank you for donating to Trans Lifeline!
Just donate in multiples of $4.00 to @translifeline.org until Feb 7 at 10am PST!
Donate--> give.translifeline.org/tcc
I'm giving TEN PEOPLE each one box of Collector Boosters from Lorwyn as a thank you for donating to Trans Lifeline!
Just donate in multiples of $4.00 to @translifeline.org until Feb 7 at 10am PST!
Donate--> give.translifeline.org/tcc
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Pros And Cons Of Social Media Bans For Teens https://theonion.com/pros-and-cons-of-social-media-bans-for-teens/
February 2, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Pros And Cons Of Social Media Bans For Teens https://theonion.com/pros-and-cons-of-social-media-bans-for-teens/
Well it's February and I'm alive
February 2, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Well it's February and I'm alive
Also, all of the welcoming and games that died when Adobe Flash was killed. Or video games in general.
But sure, TaySway is also important, I guess.
But sure, TaySway is also important, I guess.
Of course the cautionary tale for digital decay would be… Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s romance. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The internet forgets, but the Wayback Machine remembers ➡️ web.archive.org/web/20231129...
#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
The internet forgets, but the Wayback Machine remembers ➡️ web.archive.org/web/20231129...
#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
August 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Also, all of the welcoming and games that died when Adobe Flash was killed. Or video games in general.
But sure, TaySway is also important, I guess.
But sure, TaySway is also important, I guess.
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Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.
August 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.
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AOL To Discontinue Dial-Up Internet
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theonion.com/aol-to-...
August 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
AOL To Discontinue Dial-Up Internet
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Thanks to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and Peter Shamshiri for this public service. This book has been widely celebrated by “very serious people“. The problem is that it is scientifically illiterate, and a clear case of motivated reasoning.
Episode 40: In Covid's Wake
Looking back at a pandemic that killed more than 1 million people, two political scientists bravely ask, "Could we have done even less?"
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Looking back at a pandemic that killed more than 1 million people, two political scientists bravely ask, "Could we have done even less?"
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
"In Covid's Wake": Lying About… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thanks to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and Peter Shamshiri for this public service. This book has been widely celebrated by “very serious people“. The problem is that it is scientifically illiterate, and a clear case of motivated reasoning.
Love Hank Green's Smartypants Society presentation except please. The Dewey Decimal System? Not any of the other organizational structures? Please Hank. Please. There are so many that weren't invented by one of the worst men in library science.
June 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Love Hank Green's Smartypants Society presentation except please. The Dewey Decimal System? Not any of the other organizational structures? Please Hank. Please. There are so many that weren't invented by one of the worst men in library science.
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“The labor movement stands with David and we will continue to demand justice for our union brother until he is released.” -AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social
Commentary: ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means?
Unions in California are different from many in the U.S. because they are predominately people of color and immigrants. The arrest of a union president in L.A. will likely activate these unions to bec...
www.latimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“The labor movement stands with David and we will continue to demand justice for our union brother until he is released.” -AFL-CIO President @lizshuler.bsky.social
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Embarrassing
UPDATED: Ono spent much of the meeting dodging direct answers. When pressed on Covid mandates — with the questioner pointing out that as an immunologist, he must have an opinion — he answered: “I’m a mouse doctor. I’m a test tube kind of guy.” www.chronicle.com/article/stat...
Vying for U. of Florida Presidency, Santa Ono Embraced Conservative Positions. It Didn’t Work.
The former University of Michigan president’s bid to take over the top job in Gainesville ended in dramatic fashion at a contentious meeting of the State University System of Florida’s Board of Govern...
www.chronicle.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Embarrassing
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Time to post it again.
May 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Time to post it again.
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Taking it as a thumbs up from the universe that I happened to finish this project, started on 17 April as fuck you to the Supreme Court and FWS, on #IDAHOBIT
May 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Taking it as a thumbs up from the universe that I happened to finish this project, started on 17 April as fuck you to the Supreme Court and FWS, on #IDAHOBIT
Time for a relisten of @greatesttrek.com I think.
May 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Time for a relisten of @greatesttrek.com I think.