Kate Saylor
@ksaylor.bsky.social
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. | health sciences | informationist | Michigan | she/her | #medlibs
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The AI bros (who clearly don't understand AI) in the comments are hilarious. "ask stupid questions, get stupid answers". LLMs have no concept of how intelligent a question is, and they certainly were not designed to deliberately give stupid responses if they deem your question too stupid. 1/?
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The AI bros (who clearly don't understand AI) in the comments are hilarious. "ask stupid questions, get stupid answers". LLMs have no concept of how intelligent a question is, and they certainly were not designed to deliberately give stupid responses if they deem your question too stupid. 1/?
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
"Even if you patiently iterate—rephrase, expand, steer—today’s tools still tend to reproduce the existing shape of the literature rather than challenge it. And for reflexive, field-shaping work, that’s the whole game." #SystematicReviews #medlibs #EvidenceSynthesis
Are AI Tools Killing Review Articles? Two Failure Modes Suggest Otherwise
arXiv recently restricted review article submissions in computer science, requiring journal or conference acceptance before deposit. They noted specifically that the change was driven by an “unmanagea...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
"Even if you patiently iterate—rephrase, expand, steer—today’s tools still tend to reproduce the existing shape of the literature rather than challenge it. And for reflexive, field-shaping work, that’s the whole game." #SystematicReviews #medlibs #EvidenceSynthesis
Tip #64: Resource links for EBSCOhost's new UI: roadmaps and release notes and help files, oh my! #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/02/tip-...
Tip #64: Resource links for EBSCOhost's new UI: roadmaps and release notes and help files, oh my!
uxcaucustips.blogspot.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Tip #64: Resource links for EBSCOhost's new UI: roadmaps and release notes and help files, oh my! #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/02/tip-...
Tip #63: Customization of the new EBSCOhost UI: turning on EBSCOhost's Advanced Search Results Page #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/02/tip-...
Tip #63: Customization of the new EBSCOhost UI: turning on EBSCOhost's Advanced Search Results Page
uxcaucustips.blogspot.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Tip #63: Customization of the new EBSCOhost UI: turning on EBSCOhost's Advanced Search Results Page #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/02/tip-...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Why do the gov food guidelines look like Cards Against Humanity??
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Why do the gov food guidelines look like Cards Against Humanity??
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Happy Love Data Week to all of my data nerds out there. The theme this year is "Where is my data?" and you can be sure that @datarescueproject.org has some ideas. 😉
#LoveData26 ❤️🛟
#LoveData26 ❤️🛟
February 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Happy Love Data Week to all of my data nerds out there. The theme this year is "Where is my data?" and you can be sure that @datarescueproject.org has some ideas. 😉
#LoveData26 ❤️🛟
#LoveData26 ❤️🛟
#LoveData26 at Taubman Health Sciences Library with @gracefulhope.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
#LoveData26 at Taubman Health Sciences Library with @gracefulhope.bsky.social
Calling MLA #medlibs! Unleash your search superpowers & inspire your colleagues! MLA's UX and Systematic Review Caucuses welcome proposals from expert searchers to present at the March 2026 Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions event! More info and link to submit: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
CFP: Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: Database Tips Lightning Round!
Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions Database Tips Lightning Round! A UX & SR Caucus joint event on Thursday, March 5, 1pm-2:30pm Central (2pm Eastern, 12pm Mountain, 11am Pacific) The User Experience...
docs.google.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Calling MLA #medlibs! Unleash your search superpowers & inspire your colleagues! MLA's UX and Systematic Review Caucuses welcome proposals from expert searchers to present at the March 2026 Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions event! More info and link to submit: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Botany valentine. Another oldie.
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Botany valentine. Another oldie.
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How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
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Anyway yes I AM on a tear today about how our interactions with social media are undermining our ability to engage in critical thinking, community care, and complex conversations.
February 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Anyway yes I AM on a tear today about how our interactions with social media are undermining our ability to engage in critical thinking, community care, and complex conversations.
Love to see this! Providing Medical Care for Parents During the Pediatric Visit: AAP Policy Statement. "By providing medical care to parents, pediatricians can reduce barriers to care and improve the timeliness of needed interventions." publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
Providing Medical Care for Parents During the Pediatric Visit: Policy Statement
Pediatricians may be asked or choose to provide care for parents during a child’s visit. This care may include treatment of infectious diseases; immunization; screening, referral, or treatment for men...
publications.aap.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Love to see this! Providing Medical Care for Parents During the Pediatric Visit: AAP Policy Statement. "By providing medical care to parents, pediatricians can reduce barriers to care and improve the timeliness of needed interventions." publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...
@carrieprice.bsky.social Syntax and Sensibility?! I love that title!!! 😍
January 30, 2026 at 5:39 PM
@carrieprice.bsky.social Syntax and Sensibility?! I love that title!!! 😍
"In this charming and incisive coming-of-age short, the Canadian filmmaker Andrea Dorfman recalls her long and complicated relationship with leg hair. Beginning with the story of a first shave gone wrong when she was 13, a series of small yet memorable moments..." psyche.co/videos/whats...
What’s a girl to do about leg hair? A playful exploration | Psyche Videos
‘All I ever wanted was to feel free’: a young woman puzzles over the peculiar social power of keeping her leg hair
psyche.co
January 30, 2026 at 5:26 PM
"In this charming and incisive coming-of-age short, the Canadian filmmaker Andrea Dorfman recalls her long and complicated relationship with leg hair. Beginning with the story of a first shave gone wrong when she was 13, a series of small yet memorable moments..." psyche.co/videos/whats...
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at some point you’re gonna say to yourself “how do I go to work and pretend everything is normal” and the answer is that you can’t and you gotta figure out how to merge the reality you live in vs. the one corporate America is trying to hallucinate where everything is fine
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
at some point you’re gonna say to yourself “how do I go to work and pretend everything is normal” and the answer is that you can’t and you gotta figure out how to merge the reality you live in vs. the one corporate America is trying to hallucinate where everything is fine
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Column: ChatGPT says it can answer personal health questions using data from your fitness tracker and medical records.
I gave ChatGPT Health access to 29 million steps and 6 million heartbeat measurements. The more I used it, the worse things got.
I gave ChatGPT Health access to 29 million steps and 6 million heartbeat measurements. The more I used it, the worse things got.
Column | I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data. Then I called my doctor.
I gave the new ChatGPT Health access to 29 million steps and 6 million heartbeat measurements. It drew questionable conclusions that changed each time I asked.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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in the deep winter i eat braised cabbage like it’s going out of style. my life was changed on nye 2022 at heritage in long beach ca (just before they got their michelin star ok) when i ate their braised cabbage. here is how you can make some, but the fun part is you get to make some stuff up:
it’s not much but it’s honest work. i wish i could have given every single one of you some of this braised cabbage
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 PM
in the deep winter i eat braised cabbage like it’s going out of style. my life was changed on nye 2022 at heritage in long beach ca (just before they got their michelin star ok) when i ate their braised cabbage. here is how you can make some, but the fun part is you get to make some stuff up:
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In the latest issue of College & Research Libraries News: crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
Fixing Work, Not Workers: Burnout as an Organizational Problem | Johnson | College & Research Libraries News
Fixing Work, Not Workers: Burnout as an Organizational Problem
crln.acrl.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:59 PM
In the latest issue of College & Research Libraries News: crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
"People have swapped vulnerability for coherence.
Connection is being performed like it’s customer service.
And no one seems to realise how sterile it’s all become."
Connection is being performed like it’s customer service.
And no one seems to realise how sterile it’s all become."
ChatGPT Is Not Your Therapist (And It’s Starting to Show)
On AI intimacy, emotional outsourcing, and why everyone now talks like a well-trained HR professional.
termsandconditionsapply.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM
"People have swapped vulnerability for coherence.
Connection is being performed like it’s customer service.
And no one seems to realise how sterile it’s all become."
Connection is being performed like it’s customer service.
And no one seems to realise how sterile it’s all become."