this was the day @louisbien.bsky.social and I were supposed to go to a basketball game and I had to cancel because I couldn’t sit down without extreme pain

was telling someone the other day that it’s been great having time off but i cannot wait to get back to the thing that actually grounds me haha we’re fine

I want to write about all of this outside of the data, though, so that'll happen sometime! I'd love to put something out every month of 2026, but we'll see.

also, #DHmakes (for the above thread)

I kept very sparse data, but here are some highlights:

- gender: 213 women, 119 men, 33 n/a
- how I know them (highlights): 130 friends/ex-friends, 81 classmates, 46 coworkers (these were mutually exclusive, so if a coworker became a friend, they were tagged as "friend")
- 343 unsent, 22 sent

I'm a ~storygraph librarian~ so I've been around a lot of their justification for adding these things and it's just such a bummer, they're trying to walk the "ethical AI" line and I'm like but what if you didn't do that at allllll

I had an extremely good time working with you this year and I can't wait to read your version of the hours of audio I got to listen to (how I am marketing this book to people)

and here's where you can find all of my zines (that are currently available to download): christinesalek.com/zines

Nontraditional 🍎

"I went back for a second bachelor's degree at 25, where I ended up being the oldest undergrad ever to set foot on the campus of a massive state university!"

English Major Starter Pack ✍️

"When I started college, I declared an English major. This is everything that I thought made me a good English major."

Morning Person ☀️

"Am I a morning person? What is gender? How much does the time zone in which you were born impact the rest of your life? Did anyone else watch the 2007 CBS show 'Kid Nation'?"

I submit that “saint” (aloysius gonzaga) is close enough

gonna miss classic gonzaga wcc moments like this

wondering how this got ripped out of my brain and posted here

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