Adam Taves
@ataves.bsky.social
Librarian. Frequently on the move in Toronto with Wyatt the delightful Springer.
The chief scandal of some big academic publisher profit margins is we end up forced to nickle-and-dime good quality independent publishing. Dysfunctional in several respects. Hats off to Australian/New Zealand librarians for helping hold the line. researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l...
Librarians versus the world
Photo of London’s National Art Library by Sebastien LE DEROUT on Unsplash Here at the Research Whisperer, we love librarians. They are smart, dedicated people who want to help you with your researc…
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November 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The chief scandal of some big academic publisher profit margins is we end up forced to nickle-and-dime good quality independent publishing. Dysfunctional in several respects. Hats off to Australian/New Zealand librarians for helping hold the line. researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/l...
Heard about 2 hours ago while walking to lunch on campus, in a kind of blasé voice: "yeah, I think communism is okay, but I like capitalism better." It's got me asking myself some questions.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Heard about 2 hours ago while walking to lunch on campus, in a kind of blasé voice: "yeah, I think communism is okay, but I like capitalism better." It's got me asking myself some questions.
I love olives but this vile trend made me switch to Gibsons.
In matters of dirty martinis, there’s seemingly no limit to how filthy consumers will take them. “There’s not a lot of other drinks like it that are so salty, so savory. It’s like eating a pretzel.” nyti.ms/3Wp4LpB
October 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I love olives but this vile trend made me switch to Gibsons.
Bottom of 8th and I’ve turned on the game. Monitoring blood pressure.
October 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Bottom of 8th and I’ve turned on the game. Monitoring blood pressure.
I’ve been corrected. It’s a state memorial service. Her funeral was in the UK.
Saw Olivia Chow and John Tory en route to Hilary Weston’s funeral at St Paul’s on Bloor. Hope there’s no fisticuffs. Big procession with mounted unit and marching band along Bloor. I went to Loblaws and bought a lime and a tomato, which is how I choose to mourn.
October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I’ve been corrected. It’s a state memorial service. Her funeral was in the UK.
Saw Olivia Chow and John Tory en route to Hilary Weston’s funeral at St Paul’s on Bloor. Hope there’s no fisticuffs. Big procession with mounted unit and marching band along Bloor. I went to Loblaws and bought a lime and a tomato, which is how I choose to mourn.
October 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Saw Olivia Chow and John Tory en route to Hilary Weston’s funeral at St Paul’s on Bloor. Hope there’s no fisticuffs. Big procession with mounted unit and marching band along Bloor. I went to Loblaws and bought a lime and a tomato, which is how I choose to mourn.
Also, post game show so far has 3 fucks and 1 motherfucker broadcast live. No shirtless Clement yet.
For a gay kid who dreaded baseball in gym class, it’s remarkable how invested I am as an adult year over year. #bluejays
October 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Also, post game show so far has 3 fucks and 1 motherfucker broadcast live. No shirtless Clement yet.
Reposted by Adam Taves
I am starting a new service where I slash the tires of expensive cars in Silicon Valley unless their owners specifically opt-out.
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I am starting a new service where I slash the tires of expensive cars in Silicon Valley unless their owners specifically opt-out.
I really need to learn LaTeX. Or some other text markup approach for pdfs. Adobe Acrobat is killing me with formatting headers/footers.
September 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I really need to learn LaTeX. Or some other text markup approach for pdfs. Adobe Acrobat is killing me with formatting headers/footers.
If you're in Toronto and enjoy watching self-entitled middle-aged white men meltdown at a minor inconvenience, I suggest a visit to the Manulife Loblaws. Some of the credit machines down and the 10-minute delay to pay is seemingly too much to bear. I pity the staff and shudder for civilization.
September 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
If you're in Toronto and enjoy watching self-entitled middle-aged white men meltdown at a minor inconvenience, I suggest a visit to the Manulife Loblaws. Some of the credit machines down and the 10-minute delay to pay is seemingly too much to bear. I pity the staff and shudder for civilization.
I run a VPN on my wifi router and it works like a charm with one exception: I can't access WorldCat unless I disable WireGuard. Feels like my librarian status is somewhat compromised.
September 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I run a VPN on my wifi router and it works like a charm with one exception: I can't access WorldCat unless I disable WireGuard. Feels like my librarian status is somewhat compromised.
I do wonder if this might be best approach. Every country leader tell the orange moron to go jump in the lake (or a less polite version). I suspect we would get through whatever is happening right now more quickly.
Brazil Keeps Telling Trump to Get Lost
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September 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I do wonder if this might be best approach. Every country leader tell the orange moron to go jump in the lake (or a less polite version). I suspect we would get through whatever is happening right now more quickly.
Wyatt stops for the camera. All the Great Lakes swimming has boosted his shag factor. It’s a lovely morning here in deep SW Ontario.
September 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Wyatt stops for the camera. All the Great Lakes swimming has boosted his shag factor. It’s a lovely morning here in deep SW Ontario.
I took a few weeks of vacation in August where I forced myself to check out from work. The difference in my focus and ability to get stuff done is remarkable. And I'm less cranky. Canada could do better on this front. Eyeing France, Germany, and Sweden. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of minimum annual leave by country - Wikipedia
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September 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I took a few weeks of vacation in August where I forced myself to check out from work. The difference in my focus and ability to get stuff done is remarkable. And I'm less cranky. Canada could do better on this front. Eyeing France, Germany, and Sweden. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
The B, most definitely, does not stand for Brutalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/a...
Trump Signs Executive Order to Make ‘Federal Architecture Beautiful Again’
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August 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The B, most definitely, does not stand for Brutalism. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/a...
Like all common public goods, the post-secondary sector in Ontario is a mess. And this article makes clear what a financial bonanza the university crisis is for consultants. For health, it's nursing temp agencies. For housing, developers. And on and on. ottawacitizen.com/feature/how-...
How to run a university in Canada? Outsource it to this management consulting firm
Nous Group's template for getting out of the red has been adopted by major schools. Critics call it the corporatization of higher education.
ottawacitizen.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Like all common public goods, the post-secondary sector in Ontario is a mess. And this article makes clear what a financial bonanza the university crisis is for consultants. For health, it's nursing temp agencies. For housing, developers. And on and on. ottawacitizen.com/feature/how-...
A regular summer outing when in city on weekends is early morning trips to Toronto Islands. Beaches empty and we go swimming and have great little adventures before the crowds arrive. And park staff look other way re dogs on beach/off-leash rules at that hour.
August 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A regular summer outing when in city on weekends is early morning trips to Toronto Islands. Beaches empty and we go swimming and have great little adventures before the crowds arrive. And park staff look other way re dogs on beach/off-leash rules at that hour.
I had a Golf for a few pandemic years and it was terrific. Nimble in city, powerful and quiet on highway, and cavernous for moving stuff. And bring back stick shifts (although next car will likely be EV).
one of my new pet issues is making canada adopt eu car standards so we can get nicer small cars and hatchbacks
August 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I had a Golf for a few pandemic years and it was terrific. Nimble in city, powerful and quiet on highway, and cavernous for moving stuff. And bring back stick shifts (although next car will likely be EV).
Current perspectives on the history of Italian futurism. Hit all the time zones.
Museums, well known for having exhibits about the future
August 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Current perspectives on the history of Italian futurism. Hit all the time zones.
Today I got to see my pampered charmed-life dog handle two aggressive sibling dogs at the park and he showed his mettle. Maybe we can make a go of it in the woods. <smoke-laden air and a work email have me thinking about societal collapse>
July 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Today I got to see my pampered charmed-life dog handle two aggressive sibling dogs at the park and he showed his mettle. Maybe we can make a go of it in the woods. <smoke-laden air and a work email have me thinking about societal collapse>
Another lesson today on not challenging entitlement. On upside, nasty well-to-do person shifted yelling to me, thus sparing homeless person minding their own business more diatribe. Trying to call out that sort of behaviour more often and encourage others to do likewise if they feel safe doing so.
July 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Another lesson today on not challenging entitlement. On upside, nasty well-to-do person shifted yelling to me, thus sparing homeless person minding their own business more diatribe. Trying to call out that sort of behaviour more often and encourage others to do likewise if they feel safe doing so.
Perhaps a minor detail in the grand scheme of things, but I wonder if the plan is for the US to default on debt payments. Until then, the skies the limit on transferring more wealth to the already wealthy.
July 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Perhaps a minor detail in the grand scheme of things, but I wonder if the plan is for the US to default on debt payments. Until then, the skies the limit on transferring more wealth to the already wealthy.
The Linden trees are in full bloom much to my dismay. They are attractive trees so I forgive the week or so when they are unforgivably pungent. Mitchell/Webb really hit the nail on the head: youtu.be/aoqlYGuZGVM?...
That Mitchell and Webb Look - Smell Off Linden Trees
YouTube video by myLastTears
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June 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The Linden trees are in full bloom much to my dismay. They are attractive trees so I forgive the week or so when they are unforgivably pungent. Mitchell/Webb really hit the nail on the head: youtu.be/aoqlYGuZGVM?...
Physics: Drag queens cool at a rate of 1.6 degrees per minute post show. What is their Δt after 10 min?
Business: Trish and Jenn need to save $10k for their wedding. At 1.5% APR and $400/mo, how long will it take them?
Make it all as gay as possible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
Business: Trish and Jenn need to save $10k for their wedding. At 1.5% APR and $400/mo, how long will it take them?
Make it all as gay as possible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
Justices Let Parents Opt Children Out of Classes With L.G.B.T.Q. Storybooks
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Physics: Drag queens cool at a rate of 1.6 degrees per minute post show. What is their Δt after 10 min?
Business: Trish and Jenn need to save $10k for their wedding. At 1.5% APR and $400/mo, how long will it take them?
Make it all as gay as possible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
Business: Trish and Jenn need to save $10k for their wedding. At 1.5% APR and $400/mo, how long will it take them?
Make it all as gay as possible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...