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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Jul 20

Restocked little free library at 45th & L. Happy reading, Galveston neighbors.

Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Jul 1

Well that was a fun month. I'm on target for my annual books goal, but staring down some 800+ page monsters that are going to destroy my pace.

Also, I love how these stat reports inspire me to talk about reading like I'm training for a marathon. 📚

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Jul 1

The CIA Book Club looks fascinating!

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Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · Jun 30

libraries’ services and resources amount to a drop in the bucket for most public budgets. the bang-to-buck ratio is huge. killing the IMLS alters the federal government’s fiscal situation not one bit.

cruelty is the *only possible* point. 📚

Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · Jun 30

among the losses are genealogy databases, test-prep databases, a variety of scholarly databases from Gale, and--of particular local significance--the archive of Boston Globe articles.

60% of usage is from schools. there were 9 million full-text downloads last year, a 12% increase.

this is sick. 📚

Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · Jun 30

From a fellow department head's weekly update:

"Next Tuesday, July 1, we’ll be losing all of the databases provided by the state. Funding for the Institute of Museum & Library Services was cut by the Trump administration and the Mass Library Association is no longer receiving federal grants. (1/2)

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Jul 1

This *might* be why I have six unfinished manuscripts stored in my cloud. 🤷‍♀️

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Jul 1

This.

Kelly @ellarebee.bsky.social · Jul 1

Elected and appointed town officials should be held liable for negligence of the buildings the town own when there is repeated and years-long documentation of issues and repairs needed, especially when there is money earmarked for said repairs and said money is hoarded.

#law #government #publibs 📚

Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Jul 1

Don't know if this makes it better or worse, but it hates me too.

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Colleen [Redacted] @librarycolleen.bsky.social · Jun 28

The more library books per capita, the fewer residents require nursing care: Japan study 📚
mainichi.jp/english/arti...

The more library books per capita, the fewer residents require nursing care: Japan study - The Mainichi

TOKYO -- Researchers in Japan have found that the more public library books a municipality has, the fewer residents require long-term nursing care. Wh

mainichi.jp

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Feb 19

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-76900-1.pdf

#aipoetry #creativewriting #concerned

Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Feb 19

This raises questions: Have we entered an era in which algorithms rivals human ingenuity? Or does this study reveal a shift in aesthetic sensibilities, where accessibility and spoon-fed polish eclipse the virtues of interpretive depth and linguistic challenge?

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Feb 19

The implication is that AI’s structural clarity and rhythmic precision may render it more immediately gratifying to the reader, whereas the depth and complexity of human verse risk being misconstrued as artificial incoherence.

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Feb 19

Participants misidentified machine-authored poetry as human at rates suggesting that conventional heuristics for evaluating poetic authenticity may no longer hold.

What does this revelation imply for our understanding of poetic arts?

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Feb 19

A study by Brian Porter and Edouard Machery signals a disruption in the realm of literary artistry: A.I. now produces poetry so indistinguishable from human verse that readers fail to discern the difference and frequently ascribe greater aesthetic merit to AI-generated compositions.

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Dec 8

Well damn, this is going to keep me up tonight, isn't it?

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Nancy A. Collins @nancyacollins.bsky.social · Dec 8

You helped make this country a hellhole, now fucking live in it.

CEOs made this country a hellhole, now they have to live with it. Just like grade school kids practicing active shooter drills.

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Sep 16

They're brash, they're irreverent, and I tune in nearly every week.
open.spotify.com/episode/1UVV...

Episode 510: The Demon House of Gary, Indiana - Portal to Hell

Episode · Last Podcast On The Left · Halloween is finally here and it's time to get spooky-ooky as the boys break down the story behind one of the most supposedly haunted locations in the United State...

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Sep 16

I'm not saying it's *good*. I'm just pointing out that it's there. I watched it, so someone needs to share my annoyance with the "Guys Who Yell At Ghosts" brand.
www.imdb.com/title/tt4130...

Demon House (2019) ⭐ 4.8 | Documentary, Horror, Mystery

1h 35m | TV-14

www.imdb.com

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Sep 16

A little bit of this, a little dab of that...

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Sep 16

Bauer, N. M., & Doole, J. A. (2022). The (Re) Invention of biblical exorcism in contemporary Roman Catholic discourses. Religion and Theology, 29(1-2), 1-33.
brill.com/view/journal...

brill.com

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Sep 16

Pietkiewicz, I. J., Kłosińska, U., & Tomalski, R. (2021). Delusions of possession and religious coping in schizophrenia: a qualitative study of four cases. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 628925.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Frontiers | Delusions of Possession and Religious Coping in Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Study of Four Cases

The notion of evil spirits influencing human behavior or mental processes is used in many cultures to justify various symptoms or experiences. It is also exp...

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Sep 16

Rashed, M. A. (2020). More things in heaven and earth: Spirit possession, mental disorder, and intentionality. Journal of Medical Humanities, 41, 363-378.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

More Things in Heaven and Earth: Spirit Possession, Mental Disorder, and Intentionality - Journal of Medical Humanities

Spirit possession is a common phenomenon around the world in which a non-corporeal agent is involved with a human host. This manifests in a range of maladies or in displacement of the host's agency an...

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Sep 16

Hill, S. A., O'Keeffe, C., Laythe, B., Dagnall, N., Drinkwater, K., Ventola, A., & Houran, J. (2018). " Meme-spirited": I. The VAPUS model for understanding the prevalence and potency of ghost narratives. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 18(2), 117-152.
idoubtit.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

idoubtit.wordpress.com

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Sep 16

Chavez, W. S. (2021). Modern practice, archaic ritual: Catholic exorcism in America. Religions, 12(10), 811.
www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12...

Modern Practice, Archaic Ritual: Catholic Exorcism in America

The following ethnographic and folkloric analysis of American exorcism practices post-1998 centers on four Catholic priest-exorcists currently active in the United States. After a brief commentary reg...

www.mdpi.com

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Sep 16

Note: I try to select free and Open Access scholarly lit articles. If you can't access something, be sure to yell at me for being an ivory tower elitist. Yes, they're in APA format. Because of course they are.

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Kerri Farrell Foley @kerrilibrary.bsky.social · Sep 16

Scholarly literature: I can't resist. Because if you're truly interested in a topic, this is the way to deepen a true understanding. Unlike general sources, scholarly work provides comprehensive insights, critical evaluations, and advances in knowledge essential for informed discussion and study.

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