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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 1d

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

#AIisnotresearch

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 1d

Has your library curtailed or outright banned anything related to Banned Books Week this year? I'm not talking that you're doing something else (i.e., freedom to read week). I'm talking YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING related to the topic.

Tell me about it anonymously --> tinyurl.com/banning-bbw25

Black text on a red and black background. It reads "Has your library banned events, displays, talks, or anything else related to banned books week this year? Share your story anonymously." It includes the survey link: https://tinyurl.com/banning-bbw-25

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 1d

Based on the experience of countries that have tried this, there’s overwhelming evidence that it is utterly unnecessary.

Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 1d

This serves absolutely no purpose other than to reduce vaccine uptake:
www.reuters.com/business/hea...

www.reuters.com

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

avian influenza
autoinducer
Appreciative Inquiry
Atmospheric Inlet
Ai as a name
AI-92, a brand of gasoline

Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

If you find yourself working on a systematic review or related methodology on Artificial Intelligence, know that AI is also used for...
Aromatase Inhibitors
American Indian
Autobiographical Interview
autoinjector
acne inversa
ancestry inference
Autoimmune
adequate intake
anterior insula
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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

Never a doubt. 🥴 #vikings

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

I kind of like watching football in my pajamas.. more 8:30 games please

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

It's mum season babyyyyyyy

Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · Jul 30

My tomatoes are popping which means that it's BLT season BABYYYY 🍅

a woman in a striped shirt is dancing on a plane and says i 'm ready to

ALT: a woman in a striped shirt is dancing on a plane and says i 'm ready to

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 4d

Cathy Engelbert vibes #WNBA

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 4d

I'll read the full article when it's added to our newspaper database, but my hope 🤞 is that this all occurred after the funeral in the church basement in a long line for bars.

taber @kvetch.gay · 4d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 4d

Help me with the media vocabulary. Is this called wrap around programming (pre and post game shows)??? This should be in all future media rights deals. I need proper vocabulary for my rage

Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 4d

Infuriating. I need a post-game show

Dana Holtzbert @danaholtzbert.bsky.social · 4d

When an mNBA Finals game ends, we get at least a lengthy postgame show and then SportsCenter takes it from there with extra coverage.

When a WNBA Finals game ends, we get College Football Scoreboard.

So that's where we're at. #WNBA

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 4d

Infuriating. I need a post-game show

Dana Holtzbert @danaholtzbert.bsky.social · 4d

When an mNBA Finals game ends, we get at least a lengthy postgame show and then SportsCenter takes it from there with extra coverage.

When a WNBA Finals game ends, we get College Football Scoreboard.

So that's where we're at. #WNBA

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 5d

Very good, and to protect your peace, I do not recommend reading the comments.

David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 5d

Wrote this for the New York Times today (hope this link works!)

W.N.B.A. is doing immensely well! Time to pay the players!!

Thanks to Sara Chodosh for asking me to write this (helping with the writing) and making the cool graphics!!

urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Opinion | The W.N.B.A. Is Making More Money Than Ever. Why Aren’t the Players? (Gift Article)

Other professional sports leagues give their players roughly 50 percent of the revenue, but the W.N.B.A. players get less than 10 percent.

urldefense.com

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 5d

I have started critiquing the search strategy. Spoiler alert: Woof, it's bad. Not adhering to conducting and reporting best practices

Paul Whaley @dangerwhale.bsky.social · 14d

I have edited 500 systematic reviews and this is one of the worst pieces of work I have ever seen published - certainly in terms of salience to quality. I don't know where to begin. What was the journal thinking? (Probably not much.) Utterly egregious. ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Evaluation of the evidence on acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders using the Navigation Guide methodology - Environmental Health

Background Acetaminophen is the most commonly used over-the-counter pain and fever medication taken during pregnancy, with > 50% of pregnant women using acetaminophen worldwide. Numerous well-designed...

ehjournal.biomedcentral.com

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 5d

Get Kelsey a period product sponsor! 🩸

Nicholas Smith @therealnickelass.bsky.social · 5d

Kelsey Mitchell "I played literally til my wheels fell off..." #IndianaFever

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuHT...

Kelsey Mitchell 2025 Exit Interview | Indiana Fever

YouTube video by Indiana Fever

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Nakisha M. Lewis (she/her) @naklew.bsky.social · 8d

I used to run the Civil Rights department of the North American labor movement and I can tell you that this is one of the best public statements I’ve heard/seen from a labor leader about their working conditions in the midst of negotiations. Well done Phee! 👏🏾👏🏾 #wnba

Daniel Thompson @dr-thompson.bsky.social · 8d

Napheesa Collier's full statement at the beginning of her exit interview.

She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 6d

When luther by Kendrick Lamar & SZA comes on, my 9yo kids sing Phee-Phee, Phee-Phee-Phee, Phee-Phee, Phee instead of Fah-fah, fah-fah-fah, fah-fah, fah

I think they thought those were the lyrics the first time they heard the song.. probably b/c we talk about Phee a lot.. and it just stuck.

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 6d

Oof but hallucinations tho. Library collections/discovery aren't perfect, but..
“AI provides quick references for my research topics. For instance, it helps me understand different viewpoints in literature, which I might not find easily in the library.” Student quote: www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...

www.mdpi.com

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 7d

Today from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social 👏👏👏👏👏
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Opinion | Mourn, or Else

www.nytimes.com

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 7d

Oldie but a goodie, Amy Poehler
bsky.app/profile/kevi...

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

Every time the subject of Jimmy Fallon’s spinelessness comes up, I think of this passage from Tina Fey’s Bossypants

66 Amy Poehler was new to SNL and we were all crowded into the seventeenth-floor writers' room, waiting for the Wednesday night read-through to start.
[...] Amy was in the middle of some such nonsense with Seth Meyers across the table, and she did something vulgar as a joke. I can't remember what it was exactly, except it was dirty and loud and
"unladylike"
Jimmy Fallon [...] turned to her and in a faux-squeamish voice said, "Stop that!
It's not cute! I don't like it." Amy dropped what she was doing, went black in the eyes for a second, and wheeled around on him. "I don't fucking care if you like it." Jimmy was visibly startled. Amy went right back to enjoying her ridiculous bit.
With that exchange, a cosmic shift took place. Amy made it clear that she wasn't there to be cute. She wasn't there to play wives and girlfriends in the boys' scenes.
She was there to do what she wanted to do and she did not fucking care if you like it.

Tina Fey, Bossypants

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

Every time the subject of Jimmy Fallon’s spinelessness comes up, I think of this passage from Tina Fey’s Bossypants

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 7d

New📄! Transition of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities from School to Adulthood: A Scoping Review published in International Journal of Developmental Disabilities doi.org/10.1080/2047...

Transition of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities from school to adulthood: a scoping review

Transition from school to adulthood is important in the lives of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This study seeks to identify what models, policies and trends guide the tran...

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 7d

My colleagues who founded and are leading the Save our Signs efforts. 👏 The federal government is removing content that disparages the U.S. Go to their website, contribute photos, and read how the efforts are being covered in the press sites.google.com/umn.edu/save...

SOS in the News

sites.google.com

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 7d

The power of dissents! 👏 Nikole Hannah-Jones
Relevant lyrics from Make Them Hear You 🎵
How justice was our battle
And how justice was denied
Make them hear you

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Amy @amylibrarian.bsky.social · 15d

Highly recommend listening to this episode. Paraphrasing what stuck with me the most. I listened yesterday.
Dissents are important and are not about today.
We are writing for a future society.
We have a mandate to bear witness.

Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 18d

My friend and colleague Wesley Morris and I had a very sobering conversation about America since the 1619 Project published and how it feels to be falling back under the veil that W.E.B. Du Bois so mournfully wrote about. I hope you’ll listen to this episode of Cannonball @nytimes.com

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