Lynne M. Thomas 🏳️🌈🚀🦄 📜
@lynnemthomas.com
Rare Book #Librarian, bereaved parent of Caitlin, #geek. 12x Hugo Award winner. bi/queer. Head @illinoisrbml.bsky.social; Verity podcast; ex-ed/pub Uncanny Magazine. Baby #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. No auto-follow. #DoctorWho #bookhistory #SFF
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Hello new folks! I see a lot of "Hey, is there a starter pack to help me find [interest/group/my people]?!" Here's a big #directory of #StarterPacks so you don't have to reinvent the wheel! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Water main break on campus means the Main Library (including @illinoisrbml.bsky.social ) is closed effective immediately today and staff have been sent home. Hopefully we will be back as usual tomorrow.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Water main break on campus means the Main Library (including @illinoisrbml.bsky.social ) is closed effective immediately today and staff have been sent home. Hopefully we will be back as usual tomorrow.
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The Jim Henson Company's 70th Anniversary Auction is today. If I had the funds, I would love to expand @ransomcenter.bsky.social's collection of author busts by purchasing these props from The Muppet Christmas Carol.
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
#Muppets #JimHenson #booksky #filmsky 📚📽️
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
#Muppets #JimHenson #booksky #filmsky 📚📽️
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Jim Henson Company's 70th Anniversary Auction is today. If I had the funds, I would love to expand @ransomcenter.bsky.social's collection of author busts by purchasing these props from The Muppet Christmas Carol.
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
#Muppets #JimHenson #booksky #filmsky 📚📽️
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
#Muppets #JimHenson #booksky #filmsky 📚📽️
Finishing page proofs for the book today will be fuelled by a wheat bagel with crunchy peanut butter on one half, and Nutella on the other.
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Finishing page proofs for the book today will be fuelled by a wheat bagel with crunchy peanut butter on one half, and Nutella on the other.
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100%. Think of eg people you were on a panel with recently, someone who asked a great question about your recent conference paper related to the book, someone whose article you cite a lot in the book...the big senior names are never useful as peer reviewers except maybe for books by other big names
if your press asks for names, give 6 to 8--NOT the biggest, most senior stars in your field. None of them will do it. part of the problem is that the ppl best poised are "mid-career"--i.e. have a book, tenure. TWIST: the mid-career folx, IF THEY EXIST, are so fucking overloaded I can't even tell you
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
100%. Think of eg people you were on a panel with recently, someone who asked a great question about your recent conference paper related to the book, someone whose article you cite a lot in the book...the big senior names are never useful as peer reviewers except maybe for books by other big names
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It remains a great modern tragedy that a revolutionary and cheap gene editing tech w/ obv applications in medicine and ag was discovered w/ public grants at public universities 13 years ago, and they've been in a pissing contest ever since to exclusively license it for $100Ms.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It remains a great modern tragedy that a revolutionary and cheap gene editing tech w/ obv applications in medicine and ag was discovered w/ public grants at public universities 13 years ago, and they've been in a pissing contest ever since to exclusively license it for $100Ms.
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The deadline for submitting workshop, panel, or poster proposals for #RBMS26 is December 12, 2025. 📜📚
Need another panelist? There is a spreadsheet for organizing panels here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Need another panelist? There is a spreadsheet for organizing panels here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The deadline for submitting workshop, panel, or poster proposals for #RBMS26 is December 12, 2025. 📜📚
Need another panelist? There is a spreadsheet for organizing panels here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Need another panelist? There is a spreadsheet for organizing panels here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Please share widely! 📜
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Please share widely! 📜
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
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I! M! L! S!
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I! M! L! S!
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
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AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
The AI Invasion of Knitting and Crochet
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here’s why that’s happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
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The wait is over! Booking for JoCo Cruise 2027 is now live. Our mailing list got first crack at it - and cabins are already selling almost as fast as JoCo Cruise 2026... which sold out! Find out why 3k people love our "Summer Camp at Sea." Visit jococruise.com to get started!
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The wait is over! Booking for JoCo Cruise 2027 is now live. Our mailing list got first crack at it - and cabins are already selling almost as fast as JoCo Cruise 2026... which sold out! Find out why 3k people love our "Summer Camp at Sea." Visit jococruise.com to get started!
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Welcome to our three-part series on book rebinding, where Library of Congress advanced book conservation interns Brittany and Devon will take you through all the steps of rebinding a book from the Library's Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Stay tuned for parts two and three!
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Welcome to our three-part series on book rebinding, where Library of Congress advanced book conservation interns Brittany and Devon will take you through all the steps of rebinding a book from the Library's Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Stay tuned for parts two and three!
Baker & Taylor got bought: librarytechnology.org/pr/31979
Lakeside Book Company acquires Baker & Taylor Publisher Services
Press Release: Lakeside Book Company acquires Baker & Taylor Publisher Services. Lakeside Book Company announced that it has acquired Baker & Taylor Publisher Services, the retail division of Baker &...
librarytechnology.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Baker & Taylor got bought: librarytechnology.org/pr/31979
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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Uh…. Was this his Dirty Dancing interview reel? I’m calling it an official prequel
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Uh…. Was this his Dirty Dancing interview reel? I’m calling it an official prequel
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Skimming across the ice #1870s style did not have to be a dull affair. Imagine this absolute cluster of colour whizzing by, on some frozen lake past. Movement was absolutely possible too, just check out YouTube for the proof via various makers #FIDMMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Skimming across the ice #1870s style did not have to be a dull affair. Imagine this absolute cluster of colour whizzing by, on some frozen lake past. Movement was absolutely possible too, just check out YouTube for the proof via various makers #FIDMMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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I very much appreciate research at scale on the representativeness of and biases in digitized archival collections.
Some examples below.
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Some examples below.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I very much appreciate research at scale on the representativeness of and biases in digitized archival collections.
Some examples below.
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Some examples below.
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Apologies about the link. Sometimes Bluesky wont let me paste into a message, so putting a screenshot in here so you can see the URL
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Apologies about the link. Sometimes Bluesky wont let me paste into a message, so putting a screenshot in here so you can see the URL
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Come and apply to be the Professor of Bibliography & Modern Book History @engfacoutreach.bsky.social & @jesusoxford.bsky.social (and work closely with us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk). Following a long line of great scholars: Don McKenzie, Kathryn Sutherland, & Dirk van Hulle ... my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
my.corehr.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Come and apply to be the Professor of Bibliography & Modern Book History @engfacoutreach.bsky.social & @jesusoxford.bsky.social (and work closely with us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk). Following a long line of great scholars: Don McKenzie, Kathryn Sutherland, & Dirk van Hulle ... my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Public land grant universities with a mission to serve the residents of their respective states are the great economic equalizers. So of course Republicans and billionaires want to destroy them. 😖
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Public land grant universities with a mission to serve the residents of their respective states are the great economic equalizers. So of course Republicans and billionaires want to destroy them. 😖
You know, the ones that have been systematically defunded over the past 2 decades, now being gutted by state laws requiring removal of any references to DEIA and the destruction of faculty governance and free speech…
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
You know, the ones that have been systematically defunded over the past 2 decades, now being gutted by state laws requiring removal of any references to DEIA and the destruction of faculty governance and free speech…
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers 📜
www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/a...
www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/a...
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers. - CSMonitor.com
www.csmonitor.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers 📜
www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/a...
www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/a...
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It’s that time of year again
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It’s that time of year again
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It’s a very happy #DoctorWhoDay from us - we’re delighted to announce we’ve successfully acquired the archive of Whoniverse legend Terrance Dicks 😲 Read more at the link:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It’s a very happy #DoctorWhoDay from us - we’re delighted to announce we’ve successfully acquired the archive of Whoniverse legend Terrance Dicks 😲 Read more at the link:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
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Thanksgiving PSA: if you have a turkey in your freezer, move it to your fridge!
Frozen turkeys take about 1 day per 4 lbs to thaw in the fridge, which is by far the easiest method!
Frozen turkeys take about 1 day per 4 lbs to thaw in the fridge, which is by far the easiest method!
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thanksgiving PSA: if you have a turkey in your freezer, move it to your fridge!
Frozen turkeys take about 1 day per 4 lbs to thaw in the fridge, which is by far the easiest method!
Frozen turkeys take about 1 day per 4 lbs to thaw in the fridge, which is by far the easiest method!