Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome)
@hannahshelley.bsky.social
Librarian, creative technologist, aspiring shitposter
📍 Dharug country (Sydney, Australia)
Blog/Shrine to the 2000s internet hannahshelley.neocities.org
Bot that compliments you with nonsense https://bsky.app/profile/absurdcompliments.bsky.social
📍 Dharug country (Sydney, Australia)
Blog/Shrine to the 2000s internet hannahshelley.neocities.org
Bot that compliments you with nonsense https://bsky.app/profile/absurdcompliments.bsky.social
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Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
New blog post talking about how I became a librarian, vocational awe, and Christianity
Ikigai for people with no calling
Some personal reflections on work and purpose.
hannahshelley.neocities.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
New blog post talking about how I became a librarian, vocational awe, and Christianity
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A good magician never reveals his terrible loneliness
June 29, 2023 at 3:01 PM
A good magician never reveals his terrible loneliness
I cringe every time someone says "librarians should run the world!" like they're a whimsical moral caste of people instead of just people in a regular job, and who may think your cutesy praise is patronizing, actually.
November 26, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I cringe every time someone says "librarians should run the world!" like they're a whimsical moral caste of people instead of just people in a regular job, and who may think your cutesy praise is patronizing, actually.
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when you call console.log() this is what happens
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
when you call console.log() this is what happens
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I get the feeling that "the students" are an entity that, to academics, is similar to what "the children" are to politicians.
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I get the feeling that "the students" are an entity that, to academics, is similar to what "the children" are to politicians.
Pepsi Max > Coke > Coke Zero > Pepsi
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Pepsi Max > Coke > Coke Zero > Pepsi
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darkly funny that the first movie personally greenlit by trump is about a guy who would be barred from entering the country and a cop who would be fired in an anti-DEI purge.
‘Rush Hour 4’ is officially in the works.
This comes after Donald Trump personally requested Paramount to revive the franchise.
This comes after Donald Trump personally requested Paramount to revive the franchise.
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
darkly funny that the first movie personally greenlit by trump is about a guy who would be barred from entering the country and a cop who would be fired in an anti-DEI purge.
On more than one occassion I have used Skyfeed builder as an advanced search tool. It's good for tracking down posts when you don't remember the exact phrase but you remember a few words you can put into a simple regex. It can also retrieve from people's reposts, not just original posts.
SkyFeed
Real-time app for Bluesky with a powerful Feed Builder
skyfeed.app
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
On more than one occassion I have used Skyfeed builder as an advanced search tool. It's good for tracking down posts when you don't remember the exact phrase but you remember a few words you can put into a simple regex. It can also retrieve from people's reposts, not just original posts.
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RSS rules. RSS never became less relevant. RSS is a way to claw your agency back from silicon valley algorithmic timelines. That said if you use it you really are a sicko
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
RSS rules. RSS never became less relevant. RSS is a way to claw your agency back from silicon valley algorithmic timelines. That said if you use it you really are a sicko
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Hey ARC DPers with career interruptions- take a "print screen" of what you enter in your career interruptions boxes- seems like the ARC will never make this info roll over so do your future self a favour if it's a complicated set of dates 😭 (yes I have it saved elsewhere) @arc-tracker.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Hey ARC DPers with career interruptions- take a "print screen" of what you enter in your career interruptions boxes- seems like the ARC will never make this info roll over so do your future self a favour if it's a complicated set of dates 😭 (yes I have it saved elsewhere) @arc-tracker.bsky.social
What the shit. This cannot be real tiktokentcent.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
What the shit. This cannot be real tiktokentcent.com
Disgusting. Just a reminder nobody voted for this bloke
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Disgusting. Just a reminder nobody voted for this bloke
After years of useless posture advice ("imagine a string pulling you up"???), the only technique that's ever worked for me is to imagine there are laser beams coming out of your nipples and aim for people's heads. It works, and people cannot tell you're doing it
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
After years of useless posture advice ("imagine a string pulling you up"???), the only technique that's ever worked for me is to imagine there are laser beams coming out of your nipples and aim for people's heads. It works, and people cannot tell you're doing it
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Earlier this month, the House Oversight Committee released a flotilla of Epstein emails—more than 20,000 in total. What if you were able to read them like emails?
That’s the simple premise behind “Jmail,” a re-skinning of the documents programmed to look and feel like an everyday Gmail account.
That’s the simple premise behind “Jmail,” a re-skinning of the documents programmed to look and feel like an everyday Gmail account.
The uncanny Gmail clone that drops you straight into Epstein’s inbox.
A clever bit of digital wizardry turns the 20,000-plus email dump into a working Gmail parody you can search, sort, and star.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Earlier this month, the House Oversight Committee released a flotilla of Epstein emails—more than 20,000 in total. What if you were able to read them like emails?
That’s the simple premise behind “Jmail,” a re-skinning of the documents programmed to look and feel like an everyday Gmail account.
That’s the simple premise behind “Jmail,” a re-skinning of the documents programmed to look and feel like an everyday Gmail account.
I have 2 bot ideas. One is technically easy but the concept is a bit pretentious (needs work). The other is technically difficult but the concept is cool - useful even. I don't know which one to work on so probably neither
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I have 2 bot ideas. One is technically easy but the concept is a bit pretentious (needs work). The other is technically difficult but the concept is cool - useful even. I don't know which one to work on so probably neither
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
I have seen many times on this website people use the phrase "This is the way" when they repost something they agree with.
All it does is make brain go, " 🎵 this is the way we wash our hands, wash our hands, wash our hands... 🎵"
All it does is make brain go, " 🎵 this is the way we wash our hands, wash our hands, wash our hands... 🎵"
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I have seen many times on this website people use the phrase "This is the way" when they repost something they agree with.
All it does is make brain go, " 🎵 this is the way we wash our hands, wash our hands, wash our hands... 🎵"
All it does is make brain go, " 🎵 this is the way we wash our hands, wash our hands, wash our hands... 🎵"
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nostalgia is a scam invented by big new to sell more old
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
nostalgia is a scam invented by big new to sell more old
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We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
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Interesting unpacking of deepfakes:
- darkfakes
- glowfakes
- foefakes
- fanfakes
“A blanket approach to “fighting deepfakes” risks treating satirical content the same as malicious attacks”
@morganwack.bsky.social & co in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/scrutinizing...
- darkfakes
- glowfakes
- foefakes
- fanfakes
“A blanket approach to “fighting deepfakes” risks treating satirical content the same as malicious attacks”
@morganwack.bsky.social & co in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/scrutinizing...
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Interesting unpacking of deepfakes:
- darkfakes
- glowfakes
- foefakes
- fanfakes
“A blanket approach to “fighting deepfakes” risks treating satirical content the same as malicious attacks”
@morganwack.bsky.social & co in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/scrutinizing...
- darkfakes
- glowfakes
- foefakes
- fanfakes
“A blanket approach to “fighting deepfakes” risks treating satirical content the same as malicious attacks”
@morganwack.bsky.social & co in @techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/scrutinizing...
Libraries have this relationship to the words "patron", "user", "customer", etc. The solution isn't to fight about which one is the perfect word (none of them). It's to focus on the services people want
This is where I landed after a decade of "no you can't say 'user', it's better to say 'customer'."
No it isn't. Find-and-replacing one word with another word just recreates the same problem as before. Get more specific about the user's relationship to the product.
No it isn't. Find-and-replacing one word with another word just recreates the same problem as before. Get more specific about the user's relationship to the product.
Similarly, I'm going to avoid "consumer" when I mean "audience" or "reader" or "viewer." There's an overtone to that word, like a book is no different from pasta or a car, that I find invidious: we all just exist to be marketed to, not to experience things.
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Libraries have this relationship to the words "patron", "user", "customer", etc. The solution isn't to fight about which one is the perfect word (none of them). It's to focus on the services people want
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I feel like everyone on this website is forcing me to know about a bunch of stupid assholes I don’t care about
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I feel like everyone on this website is forcing me to know about a bunch of stupid assholes I don’t care about
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The Nationals: "too dumb to stand in the shade on a hot day."
What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The Nationals: "too dumb to stand in the shade on a hot day."
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Unlinked non-sharing of information resources on social media is such a fascinating (and unhelpful) information behavior. I suspect there are a variety of motivations, social factors, and platform logics/folklores that drive people to do this (but you really should share links to resources).
People on here are constantly sharing screenshots of stories they think are important without linking to the original work, and then wondering why the media ecosystem is so broken. If you can't be bothered to even link to the work you're sharing, you're part of the problem!
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Unlinked non-sharing of information resources on social media is such a fascinating (and unhelpful) information behavior. I suspect there are a variety of motivations, social factors, and platform logics/folklores that drive people to do this (but you really should share links to resources).