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Amy
@amylibrarian.bsky.social
· Oct 1
New pic is my elderly dog trying to help me with with a puzzle 🧩. So helpful
Here in MN we're fully in 'use the outdoors as an overflow refrigerator (and sometimes freezer) season', and I'm here for it! I know how to party.
kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain with the words `` really excited '' written on it .
ALT: kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain with the words `` really excited '' written on it .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Here in MN we're fully in 'use the outdoors as an overflow refrigerator (and sometimes freezer) season', and I'm here for it! I know how to party.
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
Go read Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
The federal Transportation Department has approved a new female crash dummy, replacing an outdated model largely based on male proportions. The new dummy would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said.
U.S. Introduces New Female Crash-Test Dummy Standards
A female crash-test dummy to replace an outdated model largely based on male proportions would improve safety for women, who face higher fatality and injury risks on the road, officials said.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Go read Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
Also by 7:56am today, I had a reference question about seeking a (what I assume to be) hallucinated psychological theory.
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Also by 7:56am today, I had a reference question about seeking a (what I assume to be) hallucinated psychological theory.
Last week me: I'm not peer reviewing for the rest of 2026. I've done enough.
Today me: Gets a request to review a "Systematic Scoping Review". Flips table. Accepts the request just to go off about review types.
Today me: Gets a request to review a "Systematic Scoping Review". Flips table. Accepts the request just to go off about review types.
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Last week me: I'm not peer reviewing for the rest of 2026. I've done enough.
Today me: Gets a request to review a "Systematic Scoping Review". Flips table. Accepts the request just to go off about review types.
Today me: Gets a request to review a "Systematic Scoping Review". Flips table. Accepts the request just to go off about review types.
💙💚
So much to still figure out with the CBA but the Minnesota Lynx — already a top team — landing the No. 2 pick in the WNBA Draft sets them up for a big-time player.
Awa Fam.
Lauren Betts.
Azzi Fudd.
Olivia Miles.
Premier talent.
Awa Fam.
Lauren Betts.
Azzi Fudd.
Olivia Miles.
Premier talent.
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
💙💚
Make this happen! 🤞
A show where they make Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe drive a bus across the country with the Stud Budz, Paige Bueckers, Syd & TP, and Ellie Elephant. And at some point Chennedy Carter is added to the bus for absolutely no reason.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Make this happen! 🤞
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Social media could work differently. We teach digital literacy, but ppl often can’t apply those lessons w/in systems that obscure where info comes from & how it gets to them. What might social media look like if users had better signals of information provenance? www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries
A large number of MAGA social media influencers were exposed over the weekend as being being based in other countries.Podcaster Matt Binder posted screenshots showing that Charlie’s Voice Rising, a po...
www.rawstory.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Social media could work differently. We teach digital literacy, but ppl often can’t apply those lessons w/in systems that obscure where info comes from & how it gets to them. What might social media look like if users had better signals of information provenance? www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
Daughter in her Elphaba costume when we went to Wicked: For Good yesterday 💚🩷🧹
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Daughter in her Elphaba costume when we went to Wicked: For Good yesterday 💚🩷🧹
More unsolicited Christmas movie reviews. I'm now watching Champagne Problems (Netflix). I'm not in the business world. Is a baby-talking corporate executive a normal thing???????? 🤔
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
More unsolicited Christmas movie reviews. I'm now watching Champagne Problems (Netflix). I'm not in the business world. Is a baby-talking corporate executive a normal thing???????? 🤔
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NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
Librarians talking about boolean operators erasure
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Librarians talking about boolean operators erasure
Sad to see Brooks go
a man is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and says that 's a shame .
ALT: a man is sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and says that 's a shame .
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Sad to see Brooks go
OMG welp I know what I'll be nightmaring about tonight
Marjorie Taylor Green is resigning from Congress so she can succeed Cathy Engelbert as WNBA commissioner
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
OMG welp I know what I'll be nightmaring about tonight
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A shift in the WNBA.
In 2022, 6 black head coaches.
In 2026, 2 black head coaches, 0 black women.
There’s been progress — 7/15 are women, including 2 of color — but for a league that’s 60%+ black, does raise questions about why coaching hires don’t better reflect that.
In 2022, 6 black head coaches.
In 2026, 2 black head coaches, 0 black women.
There’s been progress — 7/15 are women, including 2 of color — but for a league that’s 60%+ black, does raise questions about why coaching hires don’t better reflect that.
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A shift in the WNBA.
In 2022, 6 black head coaches.
In 2026, 2 black head coaches, 0 black women.
There’s been progress — 7/15 are women, including 2 of color — but for a league that’s 60%+ black, does raise questions about why coaching hires don’t better reflect that.
In 2022, 6 black head coaches.
In 2026, 2 black head coaches, 0 black women.
There’s been progress — 7/15 are women, including 2 of color — but for a league that’s 60%+ black, does raise questions about why coaching hires don’t better reflect that.
I love the Timberwolves, but I might love Dateline more.... 🥀
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I love the Timberwolves, but I might love Dateline more.... 🥀
I'm so fired up listening to Cory Doctorow talk about Enshittification. I will be reading his new book us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
Enshittification
Enshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can disenshittify it.We’re living through the Enshittocen...
us.macmillan.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm so fired up listening to Cory Doctorow talk about Enshittification. I will be reading his new book us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
Has 'Slop' been considered for Word of the Year? That would be my vote
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Has 'Slop' been considered for Word of the Year? That would be my vote
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New article documenting the #SaveOurSigns campaign and its development. Learn more about the project!
@ahaaamericanart.bsky.social
journalpanorama.org/article/save...
@ahaaamericanart.bsky.social
journalpanorama.org/article/save...
Save Our Signs: A Crowdsourced Project to Combat Censorship at US National Park Sites - Panorama
Panorama is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication dedicated to American art and visual culture (broadly defined). The journal is intended to provide a high-caliber international forum for d...
journalpanorama.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
New article documenting the #SaveOurSigns campaign and its development. Learn more about the project!
@ahaaamericanart.bsky.social
journalpanorama.org/article/save...
@ahaaamericanart.bsky.social
journalpanorama.org/article/save...
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
Have had this song stuck in my head all day 🐺
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Have had this song stuck in my head all day 🐺
My weird opinion:
I don't want to see your signature on emails. I had a handwriting analysis book as a kid, and it scarred me. I am judging you, and I don't want to judge you so please keep your signature private. Thank you!
I don't want to see your signature on emails. I had a handwriting analysis book as a kid, and it scarred me. I am judging you, and I don't want to judge you so please keep your signature private. Thank you!
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My weird opinion:
I don't want to see your signature on emails. I had a handwriting analysis book as a kid, and it scarred me. I am judging you, and I don't want to judge you so please keep your signature private. Thank you!
I don't want to see your signature on emails. I had a handwriting analysis book as a kid, and it scarred me. I am judging you, and I don't want to judge you so please keep your signature private. Thank you!
Anyone else attend ACRL 2025 and now have @ruha9.bsky.social 's Get Real/Be Bold activity as your inner monologue with every news story? That activity was really "sticky" for me.
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Anyone else attend ACRL 2025 and now have @ruha9.bsky.social 's Get Real/Be Bold activity as your inner monologue with every news story? That activity was really "sticky" for me.
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
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I just love this. The University of Minnesota Library has launched book club kits! Students can take out six copies of the same book to read with friends. College kids need this sort of stuff now more than ever. 📚📖💙
libguides.umn.edu/bookclubkits...
libguides.umn.edu/bookclubkits...
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I just love this. The University of Minnesota Library has launched book club kits! Students can take out six copies of the same book to read with friends. College kids need this sort of stuff now more than ever. 📚📖💙
libguides.umn.edu/bookclubkits...
libguides.umn.edu/bookclubkits...