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Sarah Oelker (buxuyaojieguo) @buxuyaojieguo.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't done a lot of reading on the closing of Baker & Taylor but it's reminding me of when Faxon Company, a major periodicals supplier to libraries, went out of business abruptly. So much has not changed but simply gotten worse, since then. digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlts_fac_pub...

Reflections about the Faxon Company: Beyond Vision, the Reality of Shatterproof Windows and the Demise of the Faxon Company

Connie Foster, editor of Serials Review, opens this issue with reflections about the Faxon Company. She is joined by several contributors who had close ties with the subscription agency, either as for...

digitalcommons.wku.edu

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 2d

Dhillon is the worst alum of my high school I'm aware of

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 2d

He was handing out flyers at the Midtown Farmers Market on Saturday morning

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Cyberpunk Librarian @cyberpunklibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

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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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

Let’s talk about ‘whoa.’

First of all, ‘woah’ is not yet considered an established spelling variant of ‘whoa.’

While ‘woah’ has grown in prevalence since the late 20th century, ‘whoa’ is still about 5 times as common as ‘woah.’

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Dalmeet Singh Chawla @dalmeet.bsky.social · 2d

Researchers are pleased about the #NIH possibly introducing caps on #OpenAccess fees its grantees can pay from their funding but say the change is imperfect—my latest for @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/policy/publi...

@jeremymberg.bsky.social, @stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca, @pamherd.bsky.social

NIH decision looms about caps on scholarly-journal publishing fees

Researchers are pleased about possible limit to publishers’ profits but say the proposed change is imperfect

cen.acs.org

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Moth @walkingminnesota.com · 2d

Midtown Greenway will be closed (looks like from Bryant to 5th) 10/13-26

A sign detailing the upcoming closure

Nicollet Ave Bridge over Midtown Greenway Upcoming closure
Minneapolis
City of Lakes
27TH ST W
using 28th St W.
detour will go from Bryant Ave S to 5th Ave S
is crews continue to work on the bridge, the 0-13/2gto10/26/.2025
The Midtown Greenway will be closed:
COLFAX AVE S
BRYANT AVE S
ALDRICH AVE S
LYNDALE AVE S
GARFIELD AVE
HARRIET AVE
LAKE ST W
PLEASANT AVE
PILLSBURY AVE
BLAISDELL AVE
29TH ST W
NIGOLLET AVE
27TH STE
STH AVE S
28TH STE.
§
EXTy
EXIT 158
29TH STE
LAKE STE
Legend
^
Detour route
-Nicollet camp will ect be accessible
New Ramp on 1st Ave to be completed Fal 2026

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 3d

I don't like walking past this house

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for the info!

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 4d

It's hotter here than where my sister lives in South Carolina

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 4d

I didn't even know that a fur uprooter was a thing. I might have to investigate for my house

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 4d

In western NC, you know it wasn't that weird. My mom's friend, Margaret, was married to an actual trucker, too (named Sonny)

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 4d

You don't realize how weird certain trends are until you have more years of watching trends come and go

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 4d

This movie was huge for me as a child. My dad mostly doesn't like movies, but this is one of the exceptions

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 4d

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 4d

Truckers and CB radios played a really outsized role in my childhood brain

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 4d

The suggested alt text said this picture depicted a man holding a cell phone. A few decades off!

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 4d

a man in a cowboy hat is holding a cell phone in his hand and says `` 10-4-1 , good buddy ! ''

Alt: Burt Reynolds is wearing a cowboy hat, holding a CB radio in his hand, and yelling, "10-4 , good buddy! ''

media.tenor.com

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Meghan Lafferty @lafferty.bsky.social · 5d

I was in a store, and I overheard a man in his 30s say he wanted to watch Kiss Me Kate, and I was shocked that the older woman he was talking to (probably in her 60s?) had never heard of it

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