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TheMeriLibrarian
@bemeredith.bsky.social
Librarian, educator, wife, mother, AuDHD. She/Her. #BeInfoLit. Author of "Master of Information: Skills for Lifelong Learning and Resisting Misinformation." On Substack @themerilibrarian

“Fear dims when you learn things.” -Alys, Lois Lowry, Son.
That’s a great idea but are there no Reference Librarians to do that?
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I’ve been able to enlighten a couple of people, but have plenty of work to do on my crusade.
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Same for me. My students always prefer print to digital.
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
In addition to warning kids off it, I’m trying to get colleagues to see how bad AI is so they stop using it.
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Gross generalizations wrapped in mischaracterizations followed by a chaser of misconceptions - and that’s the recipe for a bad opinion piece cocktail.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
From Merriam-Webster: read (v)
a1: to receive or take in the sense of (letters, symbols, etc.) esp by sight or touch
b: to learn from what one has seen or found in writing or printing

It does not say ONLY by sight or touch nor ONLY letters. And “found” is unspecified as to how.

Audio counts.
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reposted by TheMeriLibrarian
Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic is an animation about those things that people tend to think are just individual quirks, until they realise they're common Autistic experiences.

It's so important to feel seen!

Many of these are very commonly misunderstood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O6h...
Lightbulb Moments: Being Autistic
YouTube video by Thriving Autistic
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Words matter.
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Yes, they have an outsized view of themselves in relation to the everyperson. They view their success like an anointing of a completely unique exceptionalism that only they could possibly attain and is theirs alone to share as they see fit because everyone else is beneath them.
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
When I read the name I immediately understood. Prometheus challenged the Gods for the good of humanity. He is the underdog hero of the story and that’s how these “Titans” of tech see themselves. They believe they are saviors of humanity rather than the cruel powerful gods many of the public see.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It’s really loss of time that can’t made up. It’s like lost sleep. You don’t really catch up because you can’t ever get it back. Students experienced gaps in learning but expectations and many processes remained the same and it’s simply unrealistic.
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
And now I have to live with the shame and discontent of that extra z forever.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I would definitely try thatz
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM