Info Lit Goblin
@emmawritenow.bsky.social
Academic librarian - Writer - Information Literacy Enthusiast (she/her/hers)
All opinions are my own.
All opinions are my own.
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This is true for writers of every age and experience, and recognizing this truth and applying it to how I framed the practice of writing for students transformed the experience for them and me. It also explains why the LLM enthusiasts who can't think don't value writing. It's foreign to them.
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is true for writers of every age and experience, and recognizing this truth and applying it to how I framed the practice of writing for students transformed the experience for them and me. It also explains why the LLM enthusiasts who can't think don't value writing. It's foreign to them.
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i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Finally someone is asking the real questions around here.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Finally someone is asking the real questions around here.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
This is blood donor Pac Man. He is my best friend. #giveblood
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is blood donor Pac Man. He is my best friend. #giveblood
Totally fine that these guys are running around masked, breaking into people's homes.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Twin Cities ICE employee among 16 arrested in child sex trafficking sting
A Twin Cities-based employee of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is among 16 men arrested on suspicion of soliciting a minor following a sting operation by police in suburban Minneapolis.
www.mprnews.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Totally fine that these guys are running around masked, breaking into people's homes.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
I have a special asset in my job known as, "We teach information literacy to primarily Gen Z and I'm the only one of us who's used TikTok." And that's what we call job security.
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I have a special asset in my job known as, "We teach information literacy to primarily Gen Z and I'm the only one of us who's used TikTok." And that's what we call job security.
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An investigation into an online pedophile ring fell apart because the trump admin diverted investigators to the deportation spree. archive.today/Hsrkt
They literally had to stop investigating a child porn ring to go to immigration enforcement.
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
An investigation into an online pedophile ring fell apart because the trump admin diverted investigators to the deportation spree. archive.today/Hsrkt
I am begging Bog Iger to Google "Elsagate"
Disney boss Bob Iger has said the company's streaming service will soon allow subscribers to create and view AI-generated content. https://bit.ly/44alrVU
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I am begging Bog Iger to Google "Elsagate"
Hardly the most shocking revelation of the files but too many people are way too comfortable emailing sex criminals.
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hardly the most shocking revelation of the files but too many people are way too comfortable emailing sex criminals.
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
Turns out my childhood walkman still works so I was not even kidding
Welp, time to buy a CD player
Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Turns out my childhood walkman still works so I was not even kidding
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I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re an uncataloged book someone tried to rebind with duct tape
October 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re an uncataloged book someone tried to rebind with duct tape
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Portland dance group offers free Latin dance lessons at ICE facility 💃🏽
October 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Portland dance group offers free Latin dance lessons at ICE facility 💃🏽
Shout out to the educators who have been saying for years do not become dependent upon (like superseding all your writing and critical thinking skills to) one single tool because the operators of that tool can make whatever decisions they want whether you agree or not, cuz now you're hooked.
Breaking News: OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has adopted a for-profit structure, allowing it to operate like a more traditional company while it raises the billions of dollars it needs to develop artificial intelligence.
OpenAI Restructures as For-Profit Company
The artificial intelligence company said that the nonprofit that controlled the organization would receive a $130 billion stake in the new company.
nyti.ms
October 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Shout out to the educators who have been saying for years do not become dependent upon (like superseding all your writing and critical thinking skills to) one single tool because the operators of that tool can make whatever decisions they want whether you agree or not, cuz now you're hooked.
First time as a #saturdaylibrarian what is up my people
October 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
First time as a #saturdaylibrarian what is up my people
They blew up the chicken man in Philly last night? AND they blew up his house too?? Damn.
October 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
They blew up the chicken man in Philly last night? AND they blew up his house too?? Damn.
Spending my entire morning trying to maybe potentially see a doctor sometime in the future but I’m glad single-payer healthcare would be too complicated for us to even think about.
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Spending my entire morning trying to maybe potentially see a doctor sometime in the future but I’m glad single-payer healthcare would be too complicated for us to even think about.
Welp, time to buy a CD player
Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Welp, time to buy a CD player
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@propublica.org found more than 170 U.S. citizens who have been held against their will by immigration agents. They’ve been kicked, dragged and detained for days.
Full story by immigration reporter @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by me here: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Full story by immigration reporter @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by me here: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
@propublica.org found more than 170 U.S. citizens who have been held against their will by immigration agents. They’ve been kicked, dragged and detained for days.
Full story by immigration reporter @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by me here: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Full story by immigration reporter @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by me here: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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*looks directly at camera*
“[T]he job cuts are aimed at cleaning up the organizational bloat that resulted from three years of building up Meta’s A.I. efforts too quickly…”
Meta Plans to Cut 600 Jobs at A.I. Superintelligence Labs
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
*looks directly at camera*
I am not a lawyer but I am witch.
Someone called me a Copyright Witch today.
October 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I am not a lawyer but I am witch.
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I call it “joyful rigor” when I explain this effort to my students. I don’t believe in or rather, I’m not a “suffering poet.” I’m a writer who enjoys writing. The work works on me and I’m grateful for the opportunity to delve into the process at my own pace and to be changed by it.
That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I call it “joyful rigor” when I explain this effort to my students. I don’t believe in or rather, I’m not a “suffering poet.” I’m a writer who enjoys writing. The work works on me and I’m grateful for the opportunity to delve into the process at my own pace and to be changed by it.