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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 2h

Today marks the 154th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. Nine square kilometers of Chicago burned to ground.

As the city rebuilt, they decided to create a public library and, on January 1, 1873, the Chicago Public Library opened up in a water tank that survived the inferno.

Book room in the Old Water Tank

Measuring 58 feet in diameter and 28 feet high, the Book Room in the water tank was originally able to accommodate 3,157 volumes. Its most important feature, however, was that it was fireproof.

cdm16818.contentdm.oclc.org

Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 16h

I seem to have a bunch of new followers so I figured I'd say hello! I'm Dan. I'm a Polaris ILS administrator, systems librarian, database admin, data analyst, podcaster, cyberpunk, and professional weirdo.

Sometimes I swear. I hope y'all are okay with that.

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 16h

Well... fuck.

www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

www.reuters.com

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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · 1d

Cool cool
📜📚

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

Man, I am so sorry. The way this went down with B&T was absurd, and totally unnecessary. 😔

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Luke W. Henderson @lukewhenderson.bsky.social · 1d

www.shawlocal.com/daily-journa...

Momence’s Baker & Taylor to close

The book is being closed on a Momence employment fixture as book publisher Baker & Taylor informed workers Monday the site is being closed.

www.shawlocal.com

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Luke W. Henderson @lukewhenderson.bsky.social · 1d

Official news now

www.shawlocal.com/daily-journa...

Momence’s Baker & Taylor to close

The book is being closed on a Momence employment fixture as book publisher Baker & Taylor informed workers Monday the site is being closed.

www.shawlocal.com

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, ReaderLink called off the acquisition and that was pretty much their last hope of pulling out of the spiral. Word on the wires is that B&T is drowning in debt.

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

Baker & Taylor appears to be shutting down. A post on the r/libraries subreddit from an employee of B&T breaks the news and there appear to be other employees in the comments confirming the situation.

From the Libraries community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Libraries community

www.reddit.com

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 8d

Reading Rainbow is returning! And it'll be hosted by Mychal Threets!

www.reddit.com/r/Libraries/...

From the Libraries community on Reddit: Reading Rainbow is making a comeback with a new host- viral wholesome librarian Mychal Threets!

Explore this post and more from the Libraries community

www.reddit.com

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 14d

This is a song called Megalodon with Laser Eyes. Within the lyrics, they address the human condition, and what it means to live, and to love that which you cannot have.

No, not really. The contents are exactly as the title suggests.

Megalodon with Laser Eyes

YouTube video by Alamo Station - Topic

www.youtube.com

Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 22d

Since this episode was originally a presentation, I threw together a video with the accompanying slide deck if that's something you'd want to see. Check it out over on my PeerTube channel. (It's on YouTube too, but feh...)

Cyberpunk Librarian - Episode 69 - Electric Libraryland

It’s time for something a little different and this time around, Dan brings you a presentation from IUG 2025! We’re going to dive into AI, copyright, and data ownership and how the times are changi...

makertube.net

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 22d

Back again yes, it's the vulgarian
The Cyberpunk... Librarian

It's time for something different and this time around, Dan brings you a presentation from IUG 2025! We’re going to dive into AI, copyright, and data ownership and how the times are changing… and what that might mean for libraries. 📚

Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 69 – Electric Libraryland

It’s time for something a little different and this time around, Dan brings you a presentation from IUG 2025! We’re going to dive into AI, copyright, and data ownership and how the times are changi…

cyberpunklibrarian.com

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 26d

Hell yeah! A new tune from Le Vent du Nord dropped today!

I assume that this will be one of the tracks on their upcoming album, Voisinages. But in the meantime, I'm gonna be adding this catchy little tune to my daily rotation!

Par-dessus le pont, by Le Vent du Nord

track by Le Vent du Nord

leventdunord.bandcamp.com

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 28d

Yes! This cool idea I have for a library project is working out! The code is coming together, only a few small errors, so no big issues! Holy crap! Look at that! It even takes a CSV import! Hell yeah!

Now all I need to do is make it... print... properly.

.....

.....

fuck

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 28d

It is the year of our goddess 2025, and almost every SQL Server IDE app out there can save the results of a query as an Excel spreadsheet.

Every app except Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 29d

There's this library server where access to SQL Server has fallen off the VPN.

Which means I have to login to the server.

And use SSMS.

When I use SSMS for basic SQL and data work, I feel like I'm hammering nails with a circular saw. It works, but it certainly isn't the right tool for the job. 📚

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 29d

In this society, and in this America.... Whenever you encounter a problem that just won't go away, a problem that no other country seems to have, and it's a problem that politicians just can't solve.

Then your problem is capitalism. Follow the money, Bob.

The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing

The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.

www.npr.org

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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · Sep 8

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · Sep 7

I am continually wanting to grab certain people by their shirts and shake them while screaming THANKS FOR NOTICING THAT WE CALLED THIS ONE, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT WE MIGHT BE RIGHT ABOUT OTHER THINGS TOO

Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · Sep 7

So I'm grumpy that we seem to be once again creating a dynamic in our party where the people who got to the right answer sooner are marginalized for doing so, while people who were wrong get credit for changing their minds once it became obvious they were wrong. (See also NAFTA, Iraq War, Gaza.)

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · Sep 8

I need you to understand something.

The thing I need you to understand is that librarians like these are heroes. They've been slandered. They've been libeled. They've been threatened. They've been put in harm's way.

And they keep fighting. 📚

THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer

YouTube video by The Librarians Film

www.youtube.com

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · Sep 8

And ya know, ya know what I was thinking? Just yesterday I was thinking to myself "Dan, you know what you need more of in your cross-platform open source web browser? You need more Microsoft and more AI. That's truly what's missing from Firefox."

Firefox Nightly Adds CoPilot AI Chatbot + New Tab Widgets

Firefox Nightly builds add CoPilot to the chatbot sidebar, expanding the browser's range of third-party AI service integrations. Plus: new New Tab Page widgets.

www.omgubuntu.co.uk

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · Sep 5

My dear, lovely, wonderful library people:

I need y'all to do about ten minutes of research on Melville Dewey and then please... stop naming library related things after him.

To say that he was an odious person is merely a starting point in a proper description of his character.

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Having a creative job is basically a never ending loop of getting incrementally better while also shitting on yourself. So I really hope you're into that."

Jim Caddick aka Caddicarus. From "The Exhausting World of Making a Caddicarus Video"

youtu.be/Lz13cxZNTCo?...