Library Lagomorph
@bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social
Imagine a hobbit herbalist librarian. Libraries, books, herbs, gardens, pre-1650, fantasy-sf, middle grade fiction, tech support/training, Victoriana. Omnivorish interests & reposts. [She/her cis, trans-affirming]
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I have found the Best Doggo* in museum pictures.
(1777, Sir Joshua Reynolds (English), Portrait of Mrs. Elisha Mathew, Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas)
*(There is not actually competition. All good doggos are Best Doggos)
(1777, Sir Joshua Reynolds (English), Portrait of Mrs. Elisha Mathew, Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas)
*(There is not actually competition. All good doggos are Best Doggos)
December 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I have found the Best Doggo* in museum pictures.
(1777, Sir Joshua Reynolds (English), Portrait of Mrs. Elisha Mathew, Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas)
*(There is not actually competition. All good doggos are Best Doggos)
(1777, Sir Joshua Reynolds (English), Portrait of Mrs. Elisha Mathew, Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas)
*(There is not actually competition. All good doggos are Best Doggos)
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So this person got harassed by a straight up police impersonator; someone else who dealt with an ICE kidnapper climbing into their car after someone by driving everyone to a police station is facing federal charges.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
So this person got harassed by a straight up police impersonator; someone else who dealt with an ICE kidnapper climbing into their car after someone by driving everyone to a police station is facing federal charges.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Archives departments are never overstaffed and I can imagine the potentially ugly confrontations when patrons are told the "perfect item" they have a citation for doesn't exist
My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
December 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Archives departments are never overstaffed and I can imagine the potentially ugly confrontations when patrons are told the "perfect item" they have a citation for doesn't exist
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i have been thinking about what, if my public library’s collection development practices constitute “government speech,” the content of that “speech” would be. And (here i go again) i don’t see how to improve upon Ranganathan’s Laws. 📚
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
i have been thinking about what, if my public library’s collection development practices constitute “government speech,” the content of that “speech” would be. And (here i go again) i don’t see how to improve upon Ranganathan’s Laws. 📚
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Prasad, Makary and others who claim that COVID19 vaccines killed 10 children are not telling the truth.
According to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, the committee that worked on this question reported that there were ZERO deaths that they were certain were caused by the vaccines.
Well worth reading.
According to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, the committee that worked on this question reported that there were ZERO deaths that they were certain were caused by the vaccines.
Well worth reading.
Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7.
Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found.
insidemedicine.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Prasad, Makary and others who claim that COVID19 vaccines killed 10 children are not telling the truth.
According to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, the committee that worked on this question reported that there were ZERO deaths that they were certain were caused by the vaccines.
Well worth reading.
According to @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, the committee that worked on this question reported that there were ZERO deaths that they were certain were caused by the vaccines.
Well worth reading.
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Oh hell yeah
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Oh hell yeah
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Early 14th century stained glass in the Peruzzi Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence.
Twelve apostles
Twelve apostles
December 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Early 14th century stained glass in the Peruzzi Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence.
Twelve apostles
Twelve apostles
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
I don't understand the hatred for the word 'moist' but it must be contextual. I on the other hand have always found that the word 'dank' conjures up horrors and also sounds daft, so the years it was popular as positive slang were extremely irritating.
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I don't understand the hatred for the word 'moist' but it must be contextual. I on the other hand have always found that the word 'dank' conjures up horrors and also sounds daft, so the years it was popular as positive slang were extremely irritating.
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This GERMAN book was printed in Strasbourg, though I'm not there today. I'm amused and appalled by this book, dedicated to the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, which tells your fortune by dice. Most pages lack gender specific outcomes, but here women get the last few rows... And two dice, not three!
December 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This GERMAN book was printed in Strasbourg, though I'm not there today. I'm amused and appalled by this book, dedicated to the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, which tells your fortune by dice. Most pages lack gender specific outcomes, but here women get the last few rows... And two dice, not three!
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To friends overseas, please don't visit the US right now unless it's an unavoidable necessity.
US plans to start checking tourists’ social media over last five years
US plans to start checking tourists’ social media over last five years
The proposal would be part of the screening process for travellers entering the US under the Visa Waiver Program
www.irishtimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
To friends overseas, please don't visit the US right now unless it's an unavoidable necessity.
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Discworld QOTD, from Unseen Academicals
"The Office of Master of The Traditions had fallen inevitably on Ponder Stibbons, who tended to get all the jobs that required someone who thought that things should happen on time and that numbers should add up."
"The Office of Master of The Traditions had fallen inevitably on Ponder Stibbons, who tended to get all the jobs that required someone who thought that things should happen on time and that numbers should add up."
Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music
"‘mumblemumblemumble,’ said the Dean defiantly, a rebel without a pause."
"‘mumblemumblemumble,’ said the Dean defiantly, a rebel without a pause."
Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids
"He envied his fellow students who believed in gods that were intangible and lived a long way away on top of some mountain. A fellow could really believe in gods like that. But it was extremely hard to believe in a god when you saw him at breakfast every day."
"He envied his fellow students who believed in gods that were intangible and lived a long way away on top of some mountain. A fellow could really believe in gods like that. But it was extremely hard to believe in a god when you saw him at breakfast every day."
December 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Unseen Academicals
"The Office of Master of The Traditions had fallen inevitably on Ponder Stibbons, who tended to get all the jobs that required someone who thought that things should happen on time and that numbers should add up."
"The Office of Master of The Traditions had fallen inevitably on Ponder Stibbons, who tended to get all the jobs that required someone who thought that things should happen on time and that numbers should add up."
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First Second delivering new (or upcoming, really) comics from @faitherinhicks.bsky.social and @elrevel.bsky.social makes for a very, very good mail day. (Apologies for the dim lighting, Alaska in winter is unforgiving!)
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
First Second delivering new (or upcoming, really) comics from @faitherinhicks.bsky.social and @elrevel.bsky.social makes for a very, very good mail day. (Apologies for the dim lighting, Alaska in winter is unforgiving!)
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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I put a version of this slide at the end of every lesson or PD I do..
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I put a version of this slide at the end of every lesson or PD I do..
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Because the vaccine prevents chronic hepatitis B for which there is no cure and the lifelong treatment costs more than a single birth dose of the vaccine. Insurance companies recognize this is a no brainer.
Brought to you by prevention beats treatment any day.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/h...
Brought to you by prevention beats treatment any day.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/h...
Insurance coverage of hepatitis B vaccine won’t change, industry and officials say | CNN
Parents will still be able to get the hepatitis B vaccine for their children at no cost even though the US Centers for Disease and Control Prevention’s vaccine advisers recommended a major change to t...
www.cnn.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Because the vaccine prevents chronic hepatitis B for which there is no cure and the lifelong treatment costs more than a single birth dose of the vaccine. Insurance companies recognize this is a no brainer.
Brought to you by prevention beats treatment any day.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/h...
Brought to you by prevention beats treatment any day.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/07/h...
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“Satan is in Libraries”
Well if he can provide photo ID with his current address then he is entitled to sign up for a library card. We also have other ways he can sign up if he is currently without identification
Well if he can provide photo ID with his current address then he is entitled to sign up for a library card. We also have other ways he can sign up if he is currently without identification
June 16, 2024 at 3:27 AM
“Satan is in Libraries”
Well if he can provide photo ID with his current address then he is entitled to sign up for a library card. We also have other ways he can sign up if he is currently without identification
Well if he can provide photo ID with his current address then he is entitled to sign up for a library card. We also have other ways he can sign up if he is currently without identification
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Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
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RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”
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“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.
December 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“If it goes away when you take your meds it’s probably not a character flaw” is something I have to tell myself often.
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The little ice robot that could. Great stuff from @chriscmooney.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/reportea...
“They’re not designed for that”: An ocean robot's lucky Antarctic discoveries
One Argo float's unexpected Antarctic voyage, and unprecedented findings, show the importance of serendipity to science.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The little ice robot that could. Great stuff from @chriscmooney.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/reportea...
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here are Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science.
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
here are Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science.
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
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public libraries can play a role in popular resistance to the reduction of culture to bitstreams, but it’s important to remember that public libraries have a mandate to develop their collections, and that means regular weeding. this is why resource sharing (i.e. ILL) is essential. 📚
public libraries can play a role in popular resistance to the reduction of culture to bitstreams, but it’s important to remember that public libraries have a mandate to develop their collections, and that means regular weeding. this is why resource sharing (i.e. ILL) is essential. 📚
Most public libraries are culling their physical media because it doesn’t circulate. If you want libraries to hold something, you need to check it out. Public libraries can’t just be warehouses for physical media you might want someday. Use it or lose it.
When we talk about physical media, we are often only taking about personal collections but a big part of shunning the current digital ecosystem is supporting your local library. Not just for print books and periodicals but for movies, games and other medias too. Get. A. Library. Card.
December 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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public libraries can play a role in popular resistance to the reduction of culture to bitstreams, but it’s important to remember that public libraries have a mandate to develop their collections, and that means regular weeding. this is why resource sharing (i.e. ILL) is essential. 📚
public libraries can play a role in popular resistance to the reduction of culture to bitstreams, but it’s important to remember that public libraries have a mandate to develop their collections, and that means regular weeding. this is why resource sharing (i.e. ILL) is essential. 📚