Believe everything is online? Feel AI solve everything? Think libraries are antiquated? My chum, you are wrong! I mean, libraries do so much that I've got a whole 50-slide deck on it! Interest piqued? Join me for my FREE presentation on Nov 25 at 11 a.m. EST!

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New awareness campaign

Holy cats! Snow is on the horizon up here in N. Michigan!

This is such a BRILLIANT idea. Interviews would be streamlined, candidates could speak intelligently with the facts in front of them. But of course, it'll never happen but ah to dream.

as fake videos become harder to spot (and honestly I've seen audio desync in a similar way on real footage posted here) it really is important to consider sources, find originals, and think critically. the social media tendency to glance briefly then repost can't survive this onslaught of bullshit.

Looking for something to do this winter? I've got you covered! Here is a list of upcoming Austen and Brontës virtual events scheduled for the next few months. excessivelydiverting.substack.com/p/austen-bro...

My Lego MINI is done! ❤️ Considering the pieces were loose in a bag for nearly a decade and I didn’t lose one is amazing. I have a few more Lego sets to do but need to clean off some space off a few bookshelves first.

Cozy Saturday has begun! Wearing my velour track suit and fuzzy slippers. Drinking hot cocoa with mini marshmallows, planning on finishing my LEGO MINI, fireplace is going, Kristin is here, and we are watching cozy mysteries. I have been looking forward to this weekend all week!

How does this only have 16K views? How is this not reposted more? How are y’all not listening?

Forest is 18 w/ -12 so relegation table. I forget who 17 is, but they have -5 which means we need to win a zillion games to get out. We’re on our third head coach and this is game 10 this season. We’re playing ManU today and they scored at 35:00. I AM TRYING TO HAVE HOPE. #EPL

In the year of our lord, 2025, our insurance agent had me listed as "unmarried" because Mr. Lisa and I have different last names.

This was super fun!

Trick or treat

It's the government's job to make sure everyone has enough to eat

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Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from Georgie!

I attended a workshop for a writer's group on Canva. The presenter, also a writer, spent 10 minutes on how to use Canva's AI features to "outline" and get ideas for your work. I came for the graphics, ma'am, not some BS on using AI.

If you want some vintage Cavill, before he became a pop cultural lightning rod for various factions, you must watch him in The Tudors. It's one of the best historical bodice-rippers ever filmed, and by the end, Cavill, who plays the Duke of Suffolk, is basically carrying the entire show by himself.

Please do *not* circulate this story that the NC GOP does not want circulated.

Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.

Wiley has published their "guide" to using Gen AI "ethically:" www.wiley.com/en-us/publis.... The tl;dr of the over 10K word screed: It's a crock of shit.

Netscape .96 for LIFE!

Because people think you're a bitch if you don't.

See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.

This is, in imho, a crock of shit. You have my resume. You have my cover letter. You've asked me to do free labor. If you can't ask the questions that require more discussion, then fuck off.

And if you're a librarian or bookseller or book reviewer (or similar), it's on Netgalley!