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Media specialist. Birdwatcher. Trekkie. Lover of the human imagination. In grad school now.
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Media specialist. Birdwatcher. Trekkie. Lover of the human imagination. In grad school now.
In Honor of Banned Books week, as much as I love it, I think that the framework that it comes from could use some updates.
#librariansky #bannedbooks
imagination-sprouts.blogspot.com/2025/10/thou...
#librariansky #bannedbooks
imagination-sprouts.blogspot.com/2025/10/thou...
Thoughts on Information Loss
In Honor of Banned Books week, as much as I love it, I think that the framework that it comes from could use some updates. We all studied WW...
imagination-sprouts.blogspot.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In Honor of Banned Books week, as much as I love it, I think that the framework that it comes from could use some updates.
#librariansky #bannedbooks
imagination-sprouts.blogspot.com/2025/10/thou...
#librariansky #bannedbooks
imagination-sprouts.blogspot.com/2025/10/thou...
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Body horror non-fiction???
TIL that for some people with irreparably damaged corneas, you can pull one of their teeth, drill a hole in it, install an artificial lens, sew it into their cheek (so tissue attaches), then pull it out and stick it in their damaged eye, and ... it works fine!?! www.nbcboston.com/news/health/...
Man, 34, is no longer blind after tooth is implanted in eye in 'crazy' surgery
Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.
www.nbcboston.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Body horror non-fiction???
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YOUR ENEMIES LAMENT YOUR VERY EXISTENCE. DOES YOUR BODY NEED STRETCHING?
September 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
YOUR ENEMIES LAMENT YOUR VERY EXISTENCE. DOES YOUR BODY NEED STRETCHING?
Started my first ever media specialist job, and first ever education job, today. Trying to get this new space into shape! Going to need some student volunteers to catalog the books, they're still boxed up. So much to do! #librarian #mediaspecialist #schoollibrarian #educator
September 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Started my first ever media specialist job, and first ever education job, today. Trying to get this new space into shape! Going to need some student volunteers to catalog the books, they're still boxed up. So much to do! #librarian #mediaspecialist #schoollibrarian #educator
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TOMORROW YOU WILL GRAB THE SUN WITH BOTH HANDS AND DEVOUR IT. FOR NOW DO YOU NEED TO ASK FOR HELP?
September 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
TOMORROW YOU WILL GRAB THE SUN WITH BOTH HANDS AND DEVOUR IT. FOR NOW DO YOU NEED TO ASK FOR HELP?
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Tech startup idea: instead of starting your car with your key, you get in, turn on the display panel, enter your password, get your phone out, open the authenticator app, enter your pin, enter the timed passcode, then open the start menu, then helpdesk, then "request engine start", then submit a tic
September 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Tech startup idea: instead of starting your car with your key, you get in, turn on the display panel, enter your password, get your phone out, open the authenticator app, enter your pin, enter the timed passcode, then open the start menu, then helpdesk, then "request engine start", then submit a tic
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There are four main arguments for AI in education:
1. Efficiency, saving teachers time
2. Equity, making education inclusive
3. Improving outcomes by personalizing learning
4. It's inevitable
Is it true?
Nope.
Micro 🧵
1. Efficiency, saving teachers time
2. Equity, making education inclusive
3. Improving outcomes by personalizing learning
4. It's inevitable
Is it true?
Nope.
Micro 🧵
August 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
There are four main arguments for AI in education:
1. Efficiency, saving teachers time
2. Equity, making education inclusive
3. Improving outcomes by personalizing learning
4. It's inevitable
Is it true?
Nope.
Micro 🧵
1. Efficiency, saving teachers time
2. Equity, making education inclusive
3. Improving outcomes by personalizing learning
4. It's inevitable
Is it true?
Nope.
Micro 🧵
Most children's books this old (1936) don't hold up to modern audiences.
But this one does. "The Story of Ferdinand" by Leaf and Lawson.
It still has so much to say about gender and peace, ~90 years later.
I think about it whenever I think about my type of masculinity. #librariansky #childrenslit
But this one does. "The Story of Ferdinand" by Leaf and Lawson.
It still has so much to say about gender and peace, ~90 years later.
I think about it whenever I think about my type of masculinity. #librariansky #childrenslit
August 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Most children's books this old (1936) don't hold up to modern audiences.
But this one does. "The Story of Ferdinand" by Leaf and Lawson.
It still has so much to say about gender and peace, ~90 years later.
I think about it whenever I think about my type of masculinity. #librariansky #childrenslit
But this one does. "The Story of Ferdinand" by Leaf and Lawson.
It still has so much to say about gender and peace, ~90 years later.
I think about it whenever I think about my type of masculinity. #librariansky #childrenslit
Retweeting so I can read any replies... I could use this too.
Other than John Warner's More Than Words, are there other good critical AI books about education and teaching? I really want to push these at my school. CRITICAL is key. I don't want any pro- or centrist-AI in the classroom books. No Teaching With AI nonsense.
August 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Retweeting so I can read any replies... I could use this too.
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“Students should understand AI’s numerous social, economic, health, and environmental costs. Giving lip service to these big ethical issues while hastily integrating AI sends kids a strong message — the adults don’t really care and neither should you.”
I wrote about the fantasy that we can teach children how to use AI responsibly in schools when the adults outside them are not.
Asking Students to Use AI Responsibly When The Adults Aren't
Kids can't be expected to learn what adults haven't — or can't — learn
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
August 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Students should understand AI’s numerous social, economic, health, and environmental costs. Giving lip service to these big ethical issues while hastily integrating AI sends kids a strong message — the adults don’t really care and neither should you.”
Looking for dopamine in all the wrong places
July 31, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Looking for dopamine in all the wrong places
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Bug rundown at the pollinator plot today. We got:
🪲 Masked bee
🪲 Tarnished plant bug
🪲 Bumblebee (brown belted?)
🪲 Texas leaf cutter bee
🪲 Another bumblebee (there were one zillion bumblebees today)
🪲 A leafhopper of some kind
🪲 Masked bee
🪲 Tarnished plant bug
🪲 Bumblebee (brown belted?)
🪲 Texas leaf cutter bee
🪲 Another bumblebee (there were one zillion bumblebees today)
🪲 A leafhopper of some kind
July 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Bug rundown at the pollinator plot today. We got:
🪲 Masked bee
🪲 Tarnished plant bug
🪲 Bumblebee (brown belted?)
🪲 Texas leaf cutter bee
🪲 Another bumblebee (there were one zillion bumblebees today)
🪲 A leafhopper of some kind
🪲 Masked bee
🪲 Tarnished plant bug
🪲 Bumblebee (brown belted?)
🪲 Texas leaf cutter bee
🪲 Another bumblebee (there were one zillion bumblebees today)
🪲 A leafhopper of some kind
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🧵 addressing the argument: “Schools need to prepare students for the jobs of the future.”
1. The skills employers seek haven’t changed much over the decades—and include a lot of “soft skills” like initiative, problem-solving, communication, and critical thinking.
1. The skills employers seek haven’t changed much over the decades—and include a lot of “soft skills” like initiative, problem-solving, communication, and critical thinking.
8 Sought-After Skills Employers Look For
A look at eight skills employers look for that will help you stand out when applying for a job. These skills are often important additions to your CV.
uk.indeed.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🧵 addressing the argument: “Schools need to prepare students for the jobs of the future.”
1. The skills employers seek haven’t changed much over the decades—and include a lot of “soft skills” like initiative, problem-solving, communication, and critical thinking.
1. The skills employers seek haven’t changed much over the decades—and include a lot of “soft skills” like initiative, problem-solving, communication, and critical thinking.
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This is part of digital literacy curriculum that school librarians teach. We teach evaluating sources. You want better digital literacy? Fund and support school librarians.
This is the core of it. In the 20th century, verification happened inside institutions.
Now, it has to happen in us.
A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵
Now, it has to happen in us.
A short thread on what that shift really means, and why it has to start in schools. 🧵
Who should do the fact checks with millions and millions of fake news? The nature of social media itself is the problem. However it probably is impossible to get rid of every social network and revert debates to pre 2010-status.
June 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is part of digital literacy curriculum that school librarians teach. We teach evaluating sources. You want better digital literacy? Fund and support school librarians.
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This gull is living a life that most of us can only imagine.
May 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This gull is living a life that most of us can only imagine.
The library of Congress publishes a guide on a database standard used in libraries, MARC. Its web design, according to archive.org, was first implemented in 2004.
MARC was first invented in the 1960's.
I love how delightfully archaic but functional everything about this is.
www.loc.gov/marc/
MARC was first invented in the 1960's.
I love how delightfully archaic but functional everything about this is.
www.loc.gov/marc/
May 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The library of Congress publishes a guide on a database standard used in libraries, MARC. Its web design, according to archive.org, was first implemented in 2004.
MARC was first invented in the 1960's.
I love how delightfully archaic but functional everything about this is.
www.loc.gov/marc/
MARC was first invented in the 1960's.
I love how delightfully archaic but functional everything about this is.
www.loc.gov/marc/
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you’re scared of a bug? afraid of a frogs most delicious treat? fearful of the toads delight?
May 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
you’re scared of a bug? afraid of a frogs most delicious treat? fearful of the toads delight?
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Of course anybody who has done anything ever at any level of competency learns quickly that work is the entire point. The experience is key. Failure is learning. Effort is execution. AI shortcuts all of that. It's for people who care nothing for journey and everything for destination. It's empty.
May 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Of course anybody who has done anything ever at any level of competency learns quickly that work is the entire point. The experience is key. Failure is learning. Effort is execution. AI shortcuts all of that. It's for people who care nothing for journey and everything for destination. It's empty.
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YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT DO YOUR STRETCHES.
May 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT DO YOUR STRETCHES.
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Nonconsensual U2 album as business model
i haven’t seen technology this forced on all of us in my life time. they’re trying to make it so we have no choice to use this shit
Google’s ‘universal AI assistant’ prototype can now do stuff for you — and you don’t even have to ask
May 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Nonconsensual U2 album as business model
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4th grade students are sharing different parts of their identities in zines. There was a digital option, but most opted for paper and colored pencils. They were invested in the book So Much More To Helen where we discovered the many pieces of HER identity.
#TLSky
#SchoolLibraries
#TLSky
#SchoolLibraries
May 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
4th grade students are sharing different parts of their identities in zines. There was a digital option, but most opted for paper and colored pencils. They were invested in the book So Much More To Helen where we discovered the many pieces of HER identity.
#TLSky
#SchoolLibraries
#TLSky
#SchoolLibraries
Why do AI models hallucinate? Interesting read.
Maybe, it's because they're making smoothies.
They're fed Fact A, Fact B, Fact C, and Fact D.
The AI blends this into a Uniform Soup of Facts.
The user then asks the AI a question that real knowledge of Fact A would let the AI answer.
Maybe, it's because they're making smoothies.
They're fed Fact A, Fact B, Fact C, and Fact D.
The AI blends this into a Uniform Soup of Facts.
The user then asks the AI a question that real knowledge of Fact A would let the AI answer.
Here is the gift link
May 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Why do AI models hallucinate? Interesting read.
Maybe, it's because they're making smoothies.
They're fed Fact A, Fact B, Fact C, and Fact D.
The AI blends this into a Uniform Soup of Facts.
The user then asks the AI a question that real knowledge of Fact A would let the AI answer.
Maybe, it's because they're making smoothies.
They're fed Fact A, Fact B, Fact C, and Fact D.
The AI blends this into a Uniform Soup of Facts.
The user then asks the AI a question that real knowledge of Fact A would let the AI answer.
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Here is the gift link
May 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Here is the gift link