Reed C. Hepler
@bringthehuman.bsky.social
Digital Initiatives Librarian, Copyright Agent, Archivist, Instructional Designer, Pianist, AI Consultant. #mormonsky #musicsky #aisky #edusky #frasier #infolit #skybrarian #tolkien
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Reed C. Hepler
@bringthehuman.bsky.social
· Dec 12
If you try to use #ChatGPT, EVEN the "SearchGPT" function, with #Boolean keywords, you will utterly fail. It is a whole different type of searching the web (and again, you ONLY do that with " #SearchGPT," NOT regular ChatGPT). #onlineliteracy #infolit
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Three hours until "Evaluating AI Content!" We are going to talk about not only a "quality spectrum" of human-AI content, but also how to discuss with its "creators" about its nature.
Please come with your questions, concerns, doubts, and possible solutions!
www.library20.com/evaluating-a...
Please come with your questions, concerns, doubts, and possible solutions!
www.library20.com/evaluating-a...
February 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Three hours until "Evaluating AI Content!" We are going to talk about not only a "quality spectrum" of human-AI content, but also how to discuss with its "creators" about its nature.
Please come with your questions, concerns, doubts, and possible solutions!
www.library20.com/evaluating-a...
Please come with your questions, concerns, doubts, and possible solutions!
www.library20.com/evaluating-a...
From a "work culture" evaluation:
"This individual wants problems to solve and may create one in order to have work."
Essentially, I am an academic racketeer?
"This individual wants problems to solve and may create one in order to have work."
Essentially, I am an academic racketeer?
January 30, 2026 at 6:11 PM
From a "work culture" evaluation:
"This individual wants problems to solve and may create one in order to have work."
Essentially, I am an academic racketeer?
"This individual wants problems to solve and may create one in order to have work."
Essentially, I am an academic racketeer?
In a world increasingly filled with AI-generated content, AI-moderated content, and AI-influenced work, librarians and educators need practical skills to evaluate quality, integrity, and the human judgment behind digital resources.
www.library20.com/evaluating-a...
www.library20.com/evaluating-a...
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 AM
In a world increasingly filled with AI-generated content, AI-moderated content, and AI-influenced work, librarians and educators need practical skills to evaluate quality, integrity, and the human judgment behind digital resources.
www.library20.com/evaluating-a...
www.library20.com/evaluating-a...
It did a real number on them, and on ability to perceive propaganda and now that it's transitioned to american oversight... 😬
January 23, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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not to be all it-was-capitalism-all-along abt it but it's almost like no one shld HAVE to create art TO SURVIVE
we'd get better art that way, in whatever format ppl choose to create in
if the platform or medium the artist chooses is built around monetization, it will stifle all decent art in the end
we'd get better art that way, in whatever format ppl choose to create in
if the platform or medium the artist chooses is built around monetization, it will stifle all decent art in the end
January 23, 2026 at 8:14 PM
not to be all it-was-capitalism-all-along abt it but it's almost like no one shld HAVE to create art TO SURVIVE
we'd get better art that way, in whatever format ppl choose to create in
if the platform or medium the artist chooses is built around monetization, it will stifle all decent art in the end
we'd get better art that way, in whatever format ppl choose to create in
if the platform or medium the artist chooses is built around monetization, it will stifle all decent art in the end
Finally someone gets it...! Read this vvv
I know this is an old person opinion but I think TikTok is bad mostly because it, more than almost any other digital platform, has utterly devalued creative media
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Finally someone gets it...! Read this vvv
We forget that feedback, like and assessments, has to be DESIGNED according to the model that we have designed everything else with...
January 23, 2026 at 3:11 AM
We forget that feedback, like and assessments, has to be DESIGNED according to the model that we have designed everything else with...
In two weeks, on February 3, I will talk about the difference between AI Slop and AI "alloys," or "artifacts."
The question "Was this made with AI?" has become ubiquitous—and largely irrelevant. What actually matters is: Was this made well?
www.library20.com/evaluating-a... #boodlebox
The question "Was this made with AI?" has become ubiquitous—and largely irrelevant. What actually matters is: Was this made well?
www.library20.com/evaluating-a... #boodlebox
Evaluating AI Content
Library 2.0 is a social network
www.library20.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:23 PM
In two weeks, on February 3, I will talk about the difference between AI Slop and AI "alloys," or "artifacts."
The question "Was this made with AI?" has become ubiquitous—and largely irrelevant. What actually matters is: Was this made well?
www.library20.com/evaluating-a... #boodlebox
The question "Was this made with AI?" has become ubiquitous—and largely irrelevant. What actually matters is: Was this made well?
www.library20.com/evaluating-a... #boodlebox
Just over three hours until the "AI Does Books" webinar!
There have been multiple webinars and posts (and social media comments, of course!) about "automating book creation," which just results in more AI slop.
This webinar will, hopefully, help people collaborAIte to make AI books the RIGHT way.
There have been multiple webinars and posts (and social media comments, of course!) about "automating book creation," which just results in more AI slop.
This webinar will, hopefully, help people collaborAIte to make AI books the RIGHT way.
January 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Just over three hours until the "AI Does Books" webinar!
There have been multiple webinars and posts (and social media comments, of course!) about "automating book creation," which just results in more AI slop.
This webinar will, hopefully, help people collaborAIte to make AI books the RIGHT way.
There have been multiple webinars and posts (and social media comments, of course!) about "automating book creation," which just results in more AI slop.
This webinar will, hopefully, help people collaborAIte to make AI books the RIGHT way.
Next Tuesday, I will be talking about how "AI Does Books," and one of the main questions (and rightful concerns) people have had about this presentation is how to preserve the human element. This pyramid will help us talk about that.
www.library20.com/ai-does-books
www.library20.com/ai-does-books
January 16, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Next Tuesday, I will be talking about how "AI Does Books," and one of the main questions (and rightful concerns) people have had about this presentation is how to preserve the human element. This pyramid will help us talk about that.
www.library20.com/ai-does-books
www.library20.com/ai-does-books
January 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Reposted by Reed C. Hepler
Music is one of the most human things imaginable. I want music recommendations from humans who understand how special it is. Even advertising agents at Deutsche Grammaphon would be preferable to an algorithm or AI
I found this on Reddit of all places.
"You all need to stop letting an app decide what music you listen to.
"You all need to stop letting an app decide what music you listen to.
January 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Music is one of the most human things imaginable. I want music recommendations from humans who understand how special it is. Even advertising agents at Deutsche Grammaphon would be preferable to an algorithm or AI
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Today it's her 70th birthday so here is WALTRAUD MEIER as Venus 🖤
(Tannhäuser, Bayerische Staatsoper 1995)
(Tannhäuser, Bayerische Staatsoper 1995)
January 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Forget Manus, PopAI, ChatGPT.
#BoodleBox just released the ability to create #PowerPoint files that you can download.
This was one of the things that I was relying on generated code for (which BoodleBox was giving me no problem with, anyway), but this makes it even easier!
#BoodleBox just released the ability to create #PowerPoint files that you can download.
This was one of the things that I was relying on generated code for (which BoodleBox was giving me no problem with, anyway), but this makes it even easier!
January 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Forget Manus, PopAI, ChatGPT.
#BoodleBox just released the ability to create #PowerPoint files that you can download.
This was one of the things that I was relying on generated code for (which BoodleBox was giving me no problem with, anyway), but this makes it even easier!
#BoodleBox just released the ability to create #PowerPoint files that you can download.
This was one of the things that I was relying on generated code for (which BoodleBox was giving me no problem with, anyway), but this makes it even easier!
I love "The Piece of String." One of his most incisive stories.
“Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.”― Guy de Maupassant
This was one of my father's favorite books. I still own his copy, copyright 1917.
This was one of my father's favorite books. I still own his copy, copyright 1917.
January 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I love "The Piece of String." One of his most incisive stories.
Reposted by Reed C. Hepler
Hello Claire, and thank you for writing. I wrote to you via the Witches of Scotland website some time ago and asked if you'd be making a non-wool version of this tartan, as I wanted to purchase it from you but cannot wear wool. I never received a reply, so I bought non-wool fabric elsewhere.
January 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Hello Claire, and thank you for writing. I wrote to you via the Witches of Scotland website some time ago and asked if you'd be making a non-wool version of this tartan, as I wanted to purchase it from you but cannot wear wool. I never received a reply, so I bought non-wool fabric elsewhere.
I found this on Reddit of all places.
"You all need to stop letting an app decide what music you listen to.
"You all need to stop letting an app decide what music you listen to.
January 8, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I found this on Reddit of all places.
"You all need to stop letting an app decide what music you listen to.
"You all need to stop letting an app decide what music you listen to.
I have been able to do things with #BoodleBox that I have not been able to do with ANY other tool...
For 2/3 of the price.
I have decided to cancel ALL OTHER AI SUBSCRIPTIONS in favor of this tool. No more ChatGPT, no more Perplexity.
Long live #BoodleBox.
reedhepler.substack.com/p/introducti...
For 2/3 of the price.
I have decided to cancel ALL OTHER AI SUBSCRIPTIONS in favor of this tool. No more ChatGPT, no more Perplexity.
Long live #BoodleBox.
reedhepler.substack.com/p/introducti...
BoodleBox: Deliberately Built for CollaborAItion
Designed for Education, Useful for Everyone
reedhepler.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I have been able to do things with #BoodleBox that I have not been able to do with ANY other tool...
For 2/3 of the price.
I have decided to cancel ALL OTHER AI SUBSCRIPTIONS in favor of this tool. No more ChatGPT, no more Perplexity.
Long live #BoodleBox.
reedhepler.substack.com/p/introducti...
For 2/3 of the price.
I have decided to cancel ALL OTHER AI SUBSCRIPTIONS in favor of this tool. No more ChatGPT, no more Perplexity.
Long live #BoodleBox.
reedhepler.substack.com/p/introducti...
Reposted by Reed C. Hepler
1: "Awake, O sacred instrument! Intone the praises of God, our creator and Father."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9W...
Organist: Olivier Latry
What we hear: Latry begins with heartbeat-like pulses in the pedal. In a slow crescendo, we move from 8' flue stops to higher flues to full reeds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9W...
Organist: Olivier Latry
What we hear: Latry begins with heartbeat-like pulses in the pedal. In a slow crescendo, we move from 8' flue stops to higher flues to full reeds.
December 8, 2024 at 4:51 AM
1: "Awake, O sacred instrument! Intone the praises of God, our creator and Father."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9W...
Organist: Olivier Latry
What we hear: Latry begins with heartbeat-like pulses in the pedal. In a slow crescendo, we move from 8' flue stops to higher flues to full reeds.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9W...
Organist: Olivier Latry
What we hear: Latry begins with heartbeat-like pulses in the pedal. In a slow crescendo, we move from 8' flue stops to higher flues to full reeds.
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Today was a monumental day for the pipe organ: the grand-orgue at Notre-Dame de Paris sounded for the first time since the fire in 2019.
The four organists at Notre-Dame all improvised on the eight invocations at the organ's debut. Let's break it down: 🧵
The four organists at Notre-Dame all improvised on the eight invocations at the organ's debut. Let's break it down: 🧵
December 8, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Today was a monumental day for the pipe organ: the grand-orgue at Notre-Dame de Paris sounded for the first time since the fire in 2019.
The four organists at Notre-Dame all improvised on the eight invocations at the organ's debut. Let's break it down: 🧵
The four organists at Notre-Dame all improvised on the eight invocations at the organ's debut. Let's break it down: 🧵
I just realized that the 12 Days of Christmas is an excellent example of redundancy (the true love is sending backups of previous gifts in case the previous iterations have been corrupted in some way).
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I just realized that the 12 Days of Christmas is an excellent example of redundancy (the true love is sending backups of previous gifts in case the previous iterations have been corrupted in some way).
In a strange twist, people are now irritated about religious buildings in DC/Maryland. They're temples. They don't hurt you...
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In a strange twist, people are now irritated about religious buildings in DC/Maryland. They're temples. They don't hurt you...
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for a long time this was the view of the DC mormon temple approaching westbound on the beltway. sadly the bridge graffiti has been painted over.
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
for a long time this was the view of the DC mormon temple approaching westbound on the beltway. sadly the bridge graffiti has been painted over.
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The last super moon of the year from Anchorage.
December 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The last super moon of the year from Anchorage.