Amanda Ross-White
@amandarosswhite.bsky.social
Medical Librarian. Writer. Mom. Moved over fully from the Bird app. Loves: Jesus, gin, swearing. Hates: Racism. Anti-vaxxers. All tweets my own and not always coherent. Highly eclectic. Already appreciate longer character limits. #canmedlibs #medlibs
Another reason I miss CDs and DVDs. They made great, low-cost gifts.
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Another reason I miss CDs and DVDs. They made great, low-cost gifts.
OMG, we need our own gin!
“Oxford University Library Launches Its Own Gin For Sale”
BRB, seeing if I can buy a pot still for Countway
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BRB, seeing if I can buy a pot still for Countway
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Report: “Oxford University Library Launches Its Own Gin For Sale”
From the Oxford Mail: Sky Wave Distillery at Bicester Motion has produced a premium London Dry gin for the world-famous Oxford University library. Distillers say the gin has been inspired by the intri...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
OMG, we need our own gin!
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
#medlibs #canmedlibs Time to take your links to CDC as an appropriate source down.
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#medlibs #canmedlibs Time to take your links to CDC as an appropriate source down.
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ICYMI: We're hiring for a new role at OCUL.
Deadline for applications is coming up fast!
Deadline for applications is coming up fast!
We're hiring: Network Zone Collections Coordinator.
Join the collaborative OCUL team and support shared library systems, licensing workflows and consortial resource access across Ont. academic libraries.
Applications due Nov. 27 @ 5 p.m. ET.
Full job & application info: ocul.on.ca/job-network-...
Join the collaborative OCUL team and support shared library systems, licensing workflows and consortial resource access across Ont. academic libraries.
Applications due Nov. 27 @ 5 p.m. ET.
Full job & application info: ocul.on.ca/job-network-...
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
ICYMI: We're hiring for a new role at OCUL.
Deadline for applications is coming up fast!
Deadline for applications is coming up fast!
A ridiculous question. I don't *want* to get an updated Covid vaccine, just like I don't *want* to go to the dentist, or get a colonoscopy or a Pap smear, or eat parsnips. It isn't about what you want. That's not how this works. Being an adult means sometimes doing things you'd really prefer not to.
A majority of U.S. adults (59%) say they don’t want to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine. This is roughly identical to the share who said in October 2024 that they probably wouldn’t get the updated vaccine.
November 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A ridiculous question. I don't *want* to get an updated Covid vaccine, just like I don't *want* to go to the dentist, or get a colonoscopy or a Pap smear, or eat parsnips. It isn't about what you want. That's not how this works. Being an adult means sometimes doing things you'd really prefer not to.
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This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
Watching my husband try to get PBS on our tv so he can watch the Ken burns doc is all the entertainment I need tonight
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Watching my husband try to get PBS on our tv so he can watch the Ken burns doc is all the entertainment I need tonight
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Really sad to hear stories from friends working in HE at the moment. An awful lot of fantastic, talented, enthusiastic people being overworked to the point of burnout, ill health, and having to quit to get their lives back. It's ridiculous, employers should be cherishing their amazing employees.
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Really sad to hear stories from friends working in HE at the moment. An awful lot of fantastic, talented, enthusiastic people being overworked to the point of burnout, ill health, and having to quit to get their lives back. It's ridiculous, employers should be cherishing their amazing employees.
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For those posting about #CanKidLit, pls consider including my newest solo picture book, I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS? 🙏🏽📚🇨🇦 I also feature real-life Toronto libraries in my book, including one where I worked.
I am Canadian & live in Toronto. Thank you so much!
#KidLit #IReadCanadian
I am Canadian & live in Toronto. Thank you so much!
#KidLit #IReadCanadian
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
For those posting about #CanKidLit, pls consider including my newest solo picture book, I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS? 🙏🏽📚🇨🇦 I also feature real-life Toronto libraries in my book, including one where I worked.
I am Canadian & live in Toronto. Thank you so much!
#KidLit #IReadCanadian
I am Canadian & live in Toronto. Thank you so much!
#KidLit #IReadCanadian
If you think my son and I need to get to work and school safely then share this: nwmd.social/s/copylink/4...
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If you think my son and I need to get to work and school safely then share this: nwmd.social/s/copylink/4...
It's giving dot matrix banner vibes
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It's giving dot matrix banner vibes
#medlibs #canmedlibs Calling all Embase users (esp on Ovid). Anyone know what's up with subject headings that seemingly don't exist? I was demonstrating how you can use an indexed article for finding additional terms and clicked on the link for mechanical cpr, which brought me 22 new articles.
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#medlibs #canmedlibs Calling all Embase users (esp on Ovid). Anyone know what's up with subject headings that seemingly don't exist? I was demonstrating how you can use an indexed article for finding additional terms and clicked on the link for mechanical cpr, which brought me 22 new articles.
It’s time to get your flu and Covid shots for the season! #ygk both have been reported in our area (incl Covid outbreak at KHSC). Drop into your pharmacy today!
a kitten with a pink nose is laying on a blanket on a bed .
Alt: a kitten with a pink nose is laying on a blanket on a bed .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It’s time to get your flu and Covid shots for the season! #ygk both have been reported in our area (incl Covid outbreak at KHSC). Drop into your pharmacy today!
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
I think my password for the 500 iterations of Editorial Manager I have should be 'louvre'
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I think my password for the 500 iterations of Editorial Manager I have should be 'louvre'
We were robbed!
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
We were robbed!
Why is my fucking sportsnet frozen!!!
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Why is my fucking sportsnet frozen!!!
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All four Blue Jays relievers in Game 6 of the World Series had written "51" on the side of their caps, a tribute to Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia. He's missed the World Series as his family navigates a deeply personal situation. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
Dodgers players and manager appreciate Blue Jays’ tribute to L.A. reliever Alex Vesia
TORONTO - When Kike Hernandez was struck out by Toronto Blue Jays reliever Chris Bassitt in the ninth inning of Game 6 of the World Series, he watched the Jumbotron
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November 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
All four Blue Jays relievers in Game 6 of the World Series had written "51" on the side of their caps, a tribute to Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia. He's missed the World Series as his family navigates a deeply personal situation. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
Vladdy is King.
November 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Vladdy is King.
Come and knock on my door! We’ve been waiting for you
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Come and knock on my door! We’ve been waiting for you
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Good morning, faculty colleagues of all ranks and types of employment. By show of hands, comments, puke emoji, etc., how many of of you are experiencing claims that your institution is in a “budget crisis,” that is going under- or unexplained, yet has resulted in austerity?
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Good morning, faculty colleagues of all ranks and types of employment. By show of hands, comments, puke emoji, etc., how many of of you are experiencing claims that your institution is in a “budget crisis,” that is going under- or unexplained, yet has resulted in austerity?
You can't challenge everything. The umps will hate you. We are not the Yankees. We win fair.
October 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
You can't challenge everything. The umps will hate you. We are not the Yankees. We win fair.
Reminds me, I need to plant my tulips
Breaking News: Nvidia, the A.I. chip maker, became the first publicly traded company to be valued at $5 trillion. The company has become a linchpin in the Trump administration’s trade negotiations in Asia.
Nvidia Is Now Worth $5 Trillion as It Consolidates Power in A.I. Boom
The A.I. chip maker has become a linchpin in the Trump administration’s trade negotiations in Asia.
nyti.ms
October 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Reminds me, I need to plant my tulips