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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · Jan 21

If I somehow had billions of dollars, I would spend as much as possible funding people’s “unrealistic” dreams. I want you to buy that typewriter repair shop, to become an antiquarian book dealer, to create unimaginable good in this world.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 4d

Same

metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 4d

That’s a gorgeous sunset!

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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 4d

Rare Book School is searching for a detail-oriented, self-motivated, and forward-thinking full-time Program Manager to assist in facilitating excellent educational programming.

Review of applications begins 30 October.

Details at rarebookschool.org/about-rbs/employment/

#Booksky

A vertically oriented rectangular graphic with a blue background has white text reading, “Join our team! Rare Book School at the University of Virginia is searching for a detail-oriented, self-motivated, and forward-thinking full-time Program Manager to assist the Director of Programs & Education in facilitating excellent educational programming. Review of applications will begin 30 October 2025 and continue until the position is filled.” The lower right quadrant has a circular frame with a photo of a group of adults standing around a long table on which a number of books are laid out on foam supports, listening to a man on the right as he gestures over the books. At the bottom of the graphic, white text on a green background reads, “Visit our website to learn more: rarebookschool.org/about-rbs/employment”.

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University of Illinois RBML @illinoisrbml.bsky.social · 4d

What do you get when you cross a peepshow with a petite book? A peti-pshow!

A peepshow, or tunnel book, is a book format that spaces multiple illustrated leaves apart from one another to create an illusion of depth when viewed through a front opening.

A peepshow book depicting a conductor and an orchestra.

A peepshow book depicting people in a library.

A peepshow book depicting a whale in front of a ship.

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Chloe (she/her) @cmisorski.bsky.social · Aug 25

ALA Core Subject Analysis Committee Working Group on $v Retention invites participation in a survey investigating potential impacts of the Library of Congress' omission of form subdivisions ($v) in subject headings. Please share!
tinyurl.com/2792hbkn
#critcat #critlib

Feedback Survey about Form Subdivision ($v) Omission from Subject Headings

The Library of Congress announced in January 2025 that as part of a linked data-friendly “Modern MARC” cataloging practice, they will no longer include form/genre subdivisions (e.g., 600 $v, 650 $v, 6...

docs.google.com

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 6d

This was so perplexing. The person in the video was filming in Arlington MA. Even odder, they didn’t show Arlington’s main library, which is an actual selling point for the town.

metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 6d

A friend shared a local real estate video with me, and I stopped watching after a photo of the supposed Arlington Heights library branch was shown. Um, there isn’t a library in Arlington Heights, MA. The photo was from Arlington Heights, IL.

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Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social · 6d

My latest for Outside is an investigation into forest bathing, which all about finding nature where you can: "At the time, she was working with clients in care facilities. She started bringing in baskets of grass that they could step in with their bare feet." www.outsideonline.com/culture/essa...

Can You Really Forest Bathe in the Middle of a City? I Tried It.

A skeptic set out to see if the Japanese wellness practice works outside of the forest

www.outsideonline.com

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your belief that a bookshelf with a rolling ladder will fix you is a valid one.

Anyone who tells you otherwise is not worthy of your friendship.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 6d

1) American expectations for public transit are depressingly low. 2) I am also surprised/unsettled by how clean and shiny Kendall/MIT is. Kendall Sq. in general is disturbingly clean.

metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 6d

Overheard at Kendall: “This station is so European. They clean the floors!”

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 7d

I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 7d

Portland never stops being Portland.

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 8d

wizard frog is insane

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 7d

As an aside, that parade video will never stop bringing me joy. We need more of that in the world.

metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 7d

From now on, I’m imagining that this is antifa. “Get it, Panda! You better go ahead now!”

Kung Fu Panda and Dora Dancing at the Scotland County Christmas Parade

YouTube video by Mary Elliott

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woketoberpus @woketopus.bsky.social · 16d

giant mech with "student driver" stickers on it

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 7d

I’m impressed by anyone able to do that climb. I turn around and take the Red Line to another stop when both of the main up escalators are not working.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 8d

TIL

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ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 9d

Another Chicago 2 Flat…another vintage tile floor.

A narrow entrance hallway with a 20’s vintage tile floor.

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 10d

Get really into dinosaurs. That's my recommendation for a happier life. Each day, I get news like "Look at this big freak that used roam the Earth!" or "Ya know the big freak you already loved? Fossils show it was even more freakish!" and it's a blessing every time.

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 10d

Antagonizing the military is certainly a choice

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Daryl Green @ilikeoldbooks.bsky.social · 11d

by the way, all those benign AI bots crawling the internet for for-profit LLMs, yeah it turns out when 9,000 hit your archive catalogue or image database all at once they break the system. This is an emerging sector issue.

The last weeks have literally seen humans labouring to feed the machines...

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 11d

😬 I’m afraid to look at it. (Not looking for a new position, I just like knowing what jobs are being posted.)

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 11d

Der IGEL!

Lothar Meggendorfer really knew how to evoke lifelike movement! This book from the Olin Library special collections at Wash U is only one spectacular example! #movablebooksociety
#Hedgehog #paperengineering

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Starshaped Press @starshapedpress.bsky.social · 11d

Our queen Mavis, dropping a line filled with the hope that makes me love Chicago. New print, two different color options, now in the shop. #letterpress www.starshaped.com/chicago

Close up of a print with shades of blue ink on white paper. Cityscape build from modular metal type ornaments. Shows a tiny plane pulling a banner that says ‘it’ll be better in Chicago -Mavis staples’

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metaverity @metaverity.bsky.social · 12d

Vibes from Meta[verity] should be my BlueSky spooky season name

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 12d

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

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