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Patrick Stewart Reads All 156 of Shakespeare’s Sonnets in New Audiobook Sir Patrick Stewart, in a forthcoming audiobook, reads all of William Shakespeare's 154 sonnets and provides his personal reflections of the works.

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Weekend reads: The LLMs ‘willing to commit academic fraud’; ‘peer replication’ instead of review; a ‘spam filter’ for predatory journals If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: Preprint server removes study attributing increased infant mortality …

Weekend reads: The LLMs ‘willing to commit academic fraud’; ‘peer replication’ instead of review; a ‘spam filter’ for predatory journals

Don’t let mega-constellation-building billionaires steal your night sky Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet

Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet

A color photo of Eiser

A front page of the Spirit newspaper supplement, a cover to the Spirit comic book, a cover to PS: The Preventative Maintenance Monthly, and the cover to his graphic novel Contract to God.

Today is the birthday of Will Eisner (March 6, 1917-Jan. 3, 2005), one of the most influential American comic creators of all time.

Get ready mission control, because tonight's Oscar goes…to space! 🪐🚀

Blast off with stories of far away galaxies and unforeseen futures as we explore Oscar-winning and nominated films set in the cosmos.

Launching with Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY (’68) at 8pm ET.

5 Library Wins Worth Celebrating | American Libraries Magazine American Libraries highlights five recent victories for libraries, library workers, and their communities.

Bad-news fatigue is real for library workers and advocates, but there are also examples of voters, courts, and candidates across the country affirming the profession. Read "5 Library Wins Worth Celebrating." https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2026/03/02/5-library-wins-worth-celebrating/

I'm not okay with this news. All of the best to Mr. Campbell is family.

‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Wins Emmy Award For Animation This is the second Emmy for the series.

‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Wins Emmy Award For Animation https://bit.ly/pros2emmy

Black and white photograph shows Adelia M. Hoyt, librarian in the Reading Room for the Blind, typing on a typewriter. She wears a dark dress with full length sleeves, and dark glasses. Her hair is in a braid arranged on top of her head. Bookshelves can be seen in the background. Between 1913 and 1920. Underwood & Underwood.

Black and white photograph of John Russell Young, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left. His short hair is parted in the center and he has a handlebar mustache. He wears a collared jacket and shirt. 1897.

#OTD in 1931, Congress voted to create a national library service for the blind.

This came decades after 7th Librarian of Congress John Russell Young established the very concept of a national library for the blind, overseeing the creation a reading room for the blind at the Library in 1897. 🧵

How I arrived on Bluesky.

ICYMI: No better way to celebrate the memory of James Doohan, born 126 years ago today, than to dive into our latest TrekRanks, celebrating the miracle worker himself, w/ the "Top 5 Scotty Episodes." From Doohan to Simon Pegg to Martin Quinn, we have it covered.
🔧 www.trekranks.com/trekranks-podcast

A screenshot from Star Trek: The Next Generation shows Data sitting at the desk in his quarters working at a personal terminal. To the right, Gaffer (cat with an eye patch often seen backstage on The Muppet Show) is sitting on the desk beside him in lieu of Spot.

Day 133 of inserting a Muppet into a Star Trek screenshot

#StarTrek #StarTrekTNG
#TheMuppets #TheMuppetShow

W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause - About the documentary | American Masters | PBS Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois, an influential voice of the Harlem Renaissance.

"W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause explores the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. Narrated by Viola Davis and Features Readings by Common, Courtney B. Vance, and Jeffrey Wright" @pbs American Masters www.pbs.org/wnet/america...

Happy #DeLaSoulDay! 3/3 🌼🌼🌼

Celebrate with us at the @npr.org Tiny Desk ☁️🏠⛅️ youtu.be/5AVYDHTOixU?... #TinyDesk #NPRTinyDeskConcert

Same here. Rainy and overcast.

Please don’t forget to vote today! Texas, Arkansas, and North Carolina are kicking off the 2026 midterm cycle with their primary elections.

Did anyone catch the lunar eclipse?

What a great site this was.

Rediscover Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ (1959) | Tribute Music can be transformative and transportative, and ‘Kind of Blue’ accomplishes these feats like few other albums ever have or ever will.

Miles Davis began recording 'Kind of Blue' and completed sessions for album tracks "So What," "Freddie Freeloader" & "Blue in Green" 67 years ago on March 2, 1959

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Happy TOSS Crossover Birthday to Gates McFadden! #TOSSatNight

Bill Kennoch, Ace Counterfeit Detective After the Civil War, the Secret Service took on rampant currency fraud.

MAGAZINE MONDAY | It wasn't until the Civil War that the U.S. government introduced the first national paper currency to help cover wartime expenses. After the war, counterfeit was rampant. Enter Bill Kennoch, and the newly-founded Secret Service. lcm.loc.gov/issue/januar...

"Chain of Command, Part II" is still a tough watch at times, more than thirty years later. However, it's one of the strongest episodes produced by the franchise up to that point.

Thanks to @madonnaots.com for hosting the #TNGSunNight crew tonight. Next week will be much lighter fare.

The audience knew that Picard was about to say he had seen five lights, which makes it more heartbreaking. #TNGSunNight

"USS Enterprise now under command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard."

Punch the air moment number two. #TNGSunNight

"There... are... four lights!"

Punch the air moment number one. #TNGSunNight

Picard's appearance conveys what he's had to endure before he was released. Patrick Stewart's performance is outstanding. #TNGSunNight

In this moment, we can see why Jellico earned the rank of captain. But one has to wonder what his command of the Cairo could have been like. #TNGSunNight