The Book Shepherd
@thebookshepherd.bsky.social
Canadian Librarian, basket of feelings, east coast ennui. 🏳️🌈🇨🇦🫐
I’ve gotta give it to Americans- you all go way harder about Thanksgiving than anyone else.
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I’ve gotta give it to Americans- you all go way harder about Thanksgiving than anyone else.
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Uggggghhhhjhhhhh... "CBC News asked ChatGPT" is just the worst. "CBC News shook a Magic 8 Ball."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Uggggghhhhjhhhhh... "CBC News asked ChatGPT" is just the worst. "CBC News shook a Magic 8 Ball."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In my memories it is always nighttime in November.
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
In my memories it is always nighttime in November.
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Curious about the documented influenza (or Covid) situation in Newfoundland and Labrador, or our vaccination status? #RespiratoryIllness Click to see full images. Or you can find the info at this link: experience.arcgis.com/experience/3...
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Curious about the documented influenza (or Covid) situation in Newfoundland and Labrador, or our vaccination status? #RespiratoryIllness Click to see full images. Or you can find the info at this link: experience.arcgis.com/experience/3...
Up until two years ago I had an ad free Instagram account through some fluke of being overlooked and the day that changed was the day my Instagram experience went from positive to terrible. Overnight change from good to infuriating to spend time on.
I am so sick of the fact that there are ads everywhere all of the time now and that I’m old enough to remember how much better it was when there wasn’t.
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Up until two years ago I had an ad free Instagram account through some fluke of being overlooked and the day that changed was the day my Instagram experience went from positive to terrible. Overnight change from good to infuriating to spend time on.
I am so sick of the fact that there are ads everywhere all of the time now and that I’m old enough to remember how much better it was when there wasn’t.
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I am so sick of the fact that there are ads everywhere all of the time now and that I’m old enough to remember how much better it was when there wasn’t.
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A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
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Newspaper The Independent in Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting that another major government-commissioned policy report contains false citations likely generated by artificial intelligence. theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Newspaper The Independent in Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting that another major government-commissioned policy report contains false citations likely generated by artificial intelligence. theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
I do love a Newfoundland term of endearment. Me ducky, old trout, my love.
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I do love a Newfoundland term of endearment. Me ducky, old trout, my love.
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A teen told me I am “pretty cool for a millennial” which is both nice and makes me feel old.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A teen told me I am “pretty cool for a millennial” which is both nice and makes me feel old.
As long as there are powerful people whose money buys them access to power to advance their own business and personal interests, the interests of average people will always come second.
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
As long as there are powerful people whose money buys them access to power to advance their own business and personal interests, the interests of average people will always come second.
The most beautiful full double rainbow I’ve ever seen appeared outside my door.
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The most beautiful full double rainbow I’ve ever seen appeared outside my door.
I will not elaborate, but there are people who are like Disney adults, but for Christmas.
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I will not elaborate, but there are people who are like Disney adults, but for Christmas.
Every time I try to come up with a pithy post, I instead start ruminating on how many things that are happening are connected, how things like the pandemic, the widespread adoption of generative AI, loneliness, etc are all a part of the same problem, but it’s too big to even explain well.
November 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Every time I try to come up with a pithy post, I instead start ruminating on how many things that are happening are connected, how things like the pandemic, the widespread adoption of generative AI, loneliness, etc are all a part of the same problem, but it’s too big to even explain well.
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hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!!
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!!
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
I’m going to go to so many craft fairs this month.
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’m going to go to so many craft fairs this month.
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What a terrible, irresponsible headline. The answer is infection is *far* more of risk than vaccination.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Study compares heart risks of COVID-19 infection and vaccination, and the results may surprise you
The risk of children developing rare but serious heart complications is higher after a COVID-19 infection than after vaccination, according to a new study.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
What a terrible, irresponsible headline. The answer is infection is *far* more of risk than vaccination.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
In my small Newfoundland town growing up, Bonfire Night was always something I looked forward to. Brought over by settlers from England, hundreds of years later and hundreds of miles away, we still celebrate here with fires and effigies (unless it’s too windy).
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
In my small Newfoundland town growing up, Bonfire Night was always something I looked forward to. Brought over by settlers from England, hundreds of years later and hundreds of miles away, we still celebrate here with fires and effigies (unless it’s too windy).
I hate to break it to some of you but the way you talk about some women who are right wing is still misogynistic even if their politics are deplorable.
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I hate to break it to some of you but the way you talk about some women who are right wing is still misogynistic even if their politics are deplorable.
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Imagine being wealthy and not building libraries.
Embarrassing.
Embarrassing.
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Imagine being wealthy and not building libraries.
Embarrassing.
Embarrassing.
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“Minds fed diverse knowledge become resilient and can recognize harmful ideas when they see them, because they’ve analyzed the varied ways they are presented. Book bans, if they are successful, will ultimately backfire, fostering a brittle and uninformed foundation for society.”
How Book Bans Control Information and Why They Backfire
The latest moral panic centers on whether your child learns about racism and sexuality in the classroom. Who really benefits?
www.psychologytoday.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Minds fed diverse knowledge become resilient and can recognize harmful ideas when they see them, because they’ve analyzed the varied ways they are presented. Book bans, if they are successful, will ultimately backfire, fostering a brittle and uninformed foundation for society.”
You wake up. It was all a bad dream. The year is 2003. Tonight you’ll do sourpuss shooters with your friends and wear a baby pink and brown going out top to a bar where they will play “Dirty” by Christina Aguilera. Your phone only makes phone calls and social media doesn’t exist yet.
October 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You wake up. It was all a bad dream. The year is 2003. Tonight you’ll do sourpuss shooters with your friends and wear a baby pink and brown going out top to a bar where they will play “Dirty” by Christina Aguilera. Your phone only makes phone calls and social media doesn’t exist yet.
Super don’t recommend reading the comments on local Facebook group posts about the reinstatement of masking in NL Health facilities if you want retain your hope in humanity.
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Super don’t recommend reading the comments on local Facebook group posts about the reinstatement of masking in NL Health facilities if you want retain your hope in humanity.
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"It’s not on us to figure out how to use this technology ethically. It’s on the companies that make it to make sure it’s ethical."
h/t @tracynovick.bsky.social
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h/t @tracynovick.bsky.social
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Perry: How can AI be used ethically when it’s been linked to suicide?
"It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"It’s not on us to figure out how to use this technology ethically. It’s on the companies that make it to make sure it’s ethical."
h/t @tracynovick.bsky.social
www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...
h/t @tracynovick.bsky.social
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