Julia
@juliagertrud.bsky.social
Librarian. Storytime is the best time.
youth services & rare books and special collections
#librarylife | #bells #changeringing | #neurodivergent #NEISvoid #chronicpain #bendybrain hEDS ADHD
youth services & rare books and special collections
#librarylife | #bells #changeringing | #neurodivergent #NEISvoid #chronicpain #bendybrain hEDS ADHD
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Julia
@juliagertrud.bsky.social
· Feb 1
Storytime books today:
THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats
ELLINGTON WAS NOT A STREET by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson
#saturdaylibrarian (Are we still using that hashtag?) #kidlit #librarylife
THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats
ELLINGTON WAS NOT A STREET by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson
#saturdaylibrarian (Are we still using that hashtag?) #kidlit #librarylife
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I feel once again compelled to emphasis the digitizing in the literal scanning sense is fairly unimportant if it is not accompanied with metadata providing context for discovery. Both humans and AI will make things up when they don't know what they are looking at.
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I feel once again compelled to emphasis the digitizing in the literal scanning sense is fairly unimportant if it is not accompanied with metadata providing context for discovery. Both humans and AI will make things up when they don't know what they are looking at.
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at the christmas revels in Boston which this poem is written for, this is the dance they perform in the shortest night solstice portion and I think about it every single year
youtu.be/jv0wku4LJrI?...
youtu.be/jv0wku4LJrI?...
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
at the christmas revels in Boston which this poem is written for, this is the dance they perform in the shortest night solstice portion and I think about it every single year
youtu.be/jv0wku4LJrI?...
youtu.be/jv0wku4LJrI?...
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The shorteste daye
The longest nighte
Welcome, sun
Welcome, lighte
The longest nighte
Welcome, sun
Welcome, lighte
December 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The shorteste daye
The longest nighte
Welcome, sun
Welcome, lighte
The longest nighte
Welcome, sun
Welcome, lighte
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Why your librarian is exhausted: a thread.
*deep breath*
Okay. I am cranky on a lot of levels today, so.
But I got a comment on another platform that said, "you are going to save us in the future. Libraries and librarians are the backbone of society."
Let me tell you why I hated this seemingly innocuous comment.
Okay. I am cranky on a lot of levels today, so.
But I got a comment on another platform that said, "you are going to save us in the future. Libraries and librarians are the backbone of society."
Let me tell you why I hated this seemingly innocuous comment.
December 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Why your librarian is exhausted: a thread.
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genAI is STOLEN WORK. Using genAI in *any* capacity is trafficking in stolen work, supporting the plunder. Period. These facts aren't even denied by the AI companies, they just find ways to make that plunder seem benevolent. Using their product enables that lie. Stop enabling the theft of our work.
"we only use AI for coming up with ideas" no you don't. you use AI to come up with the a bland version of other people's ideas. there is currently NOBODY more replaceable than you
December 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
genAI is STOLEN WORK. Using genAI in *any* capacity is trafficking in stolen work, supporting the plunder. Period. These facts aren't even denied by the AI companies, they just find ways to make that plunder seem benevolent. Using their product enables that lie. Stop enabling the theft of our work.
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You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
You do not know if someone is able-bodied by looking at them.
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teamwork!
“tests from earlier this year found that AI agents failed to complete tasks up to 70% of the time, making them almost entirely redundant as a workforce replacement tool.”
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Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot :: Extremetech
www.extremetech.com/computing/mi...
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Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot :: Extremetech
www.extremetech.com/computing/mi...
Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot
Google's Gemini is on pace to push Copilot into third place.
www.extremetech.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
teamwork!
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When you make it to another Jewish holiday, before you say any other prayer or start your celebration, you recite the Shehecheyanu, which is essentially a thanksgiving for bringing us to this day. It’s ritual but it’s also a statement of survival on nights like these. A miracle of persistence.
December 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When you make it to another Jewish holiday, before you say any other prayer or start your celebration, you recite the Shehecheyanu, which is essentially a thanksgiving for bringing us to this day. It’s ritual but it’s also a statement of survival on nights like these. A miracle of persistence.
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The Sixth Window. The Feast of Saint Nicholas. Well-wrapped up in an enormous rose-coloured muffler, carrying a sturdy wicker basket in paw, Babcia had taken the early bus into Dorchester to do some Christmas shopping on her own.
December 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Sixth Window. The Feast of Saint Nicholas. Well-wrapped up in an enormous rose-coloured muffler, carrying a sturdy wicker basket in paw, Babcia had taken the early bus into Dorchester to do some Christmas shopping on her own.
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Day #5 of 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Rhyming Picture Books. Rhymes: They're harder than they look. Wanna know how to write them? Let today's book selection be your guide. #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/05/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Rhyming Picture Books
Rhymes: They're harder than they look. Wanna know how to write them? Let today's book selection be your guide.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Day #5 of 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Rhyming Picture Books. Rhymes: They're harder than they look. Wanna know how to write them? Let today's book selection be your guide. #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/05/3...
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Are you ready to celebrate the books you know, and discover the ones you had no idea about? December's gonna be a WHOLE THING!! afuse8production.slj.com/2025/11/30/i...
It’s Almost Heeeere….
Are you ready to celebrate the books you know and discover the ones you had no idea about? December's gonna be a WHOLE THING!!
afuse8production.slj.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Are you ready to celebrate the books you know, and discover the ones you had no idea about? December's gonna be a WHOLE THING!! afuse8production.slj.com/2025/11/30/i...
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Novels/novellas cont.
Clockbreakers by Kate Ristau
Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
Space Unicorn Blues by TJ Berry
Neighbors by Michael J Payne
My Real Children by Jo Walton
The Truth Teller's Tale by Sharon Shinn
A Daughter of the Trolls by McKenzie Catron-Pichan
Clockbreakers by Kate Ristau
Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
Space Unicorn Blues by TJ Berry
Neighbors by Michael J Payne
My Real Children by Jo Walton
The Truth Teller's Tale by Sharon Shinn
A Daughter of the Trolls by McKenzie Catron-Pichan
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Novels/novellas cont.
Clockbreakers by Kate Ristau
Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
Space Unicorn Blues by TJ Berry
Neighbors by Michael J Payne
My Real Children by Jo Walton
The Truth Teller's Tale by Sharon Shinn
A Daughter of the Trolls by McKenzie Catron-Pichan
Clockbreakers by Kate Ristau
Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
Space Unicorn Blues by TJ Berry
Neighbors by Michael J Payne
My Real Children by Jo Walton
The Truth Teller's Tale by Sharon Shinn
A Daughter of the Trolls by McKenzie Catron-Pichan
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Here's a list of protagonists or major characters who use wheelchairs.
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Here's a list of protagonists or major characters who use wheelchairs.
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
Novels/novellas
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
At the Speed of Lies, Cindy Otis
By Winged Chair by Kendra Merritt
The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan
Casting Nasturtiums by Celia Lake
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Disabled isn't a dirty word, and it's fine to work through internalized ableism if you were raised thinking so. We live in an ableist world.
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Disabled isn't a dirty word, and it's fine to work through internalized ableism if you were raised thinking so. We live in an ableist world.
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Embracing a label of "disabled" made me more confident in asking for accommodations. I can't get through a full work day in person without suffering in pain.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Embracing a label of "disabled" made me more confident in asking for accommodations. I can't get through a full work day in person without suffering in pain.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
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Does anyone have suggestions for SF & F in which the main character is a full time wheelchair user?
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Does anyone have suggestions for SF & F in which the main character is a full time wheelchair user?
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
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'Late Autumn in Kai' - Yamataka Noboru, ca. 1980's.
#JapaneseArt
#JapaneseArt
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'Late Autumn in Kai' - Yamataka Noboru, ca. 1980's.
#JapaneseArt
#JapaneseArt
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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If you want art you need to make sure artists can afford to live.
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
If you want art you need to make sure artists can afford to live.
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
Thread
We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Thread
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YOU COME FOR ME LIKE THIS ON MY OWN FEED?!? *attempts to close cupboard over mountain of rustic pottery*
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
YOU COME FOR ME LIKE THIS ON MY OWN FEED?!? *attempts to close cupboard over mountain of rustic pottery*
Oooh!
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Oooh!
Thread
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Thread
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Baltimore peeps... especially fellow bibliophiles....
Book Thing is open for browsing the second time this month tomorrow, Nov. 22 9-5!
Book donations accepted 9-2.
#Booksky #Baltimore
Book donations accepted 9-2.
#Booksky #Baltimore
November 2025 double opening!
Hello Book Thing friends,
At our October opening, patrons adopted 14,464 books and 1,218 non-books. We also accepted donations of 15,125 books and 2,643 non-books across our two October donation day...
bookthing.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Baltimore peeps... especially fellow bibliophiles....