F Tyson
@libfifi.bsky.social
Reader, writer, short story maker. Librarian. She/Her. Pākehā. Toitū te tiriti.
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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October 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
Embarassed to be a New Zealander this morning. Same on this spineless government #FreePalestine
September 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Embarassed to be a New Zealander this morning. Same on this spineless government #FreePalestine
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Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
September 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
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Here’s my bottom line on the firehose of AI higher ed discourse: for the vast majority for us it’s over. “It” here is not “college” or “teaching”’per se; rather, “it” is the transactional underpinning of those endeavors. Let me explain: 🧵
August 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Here’s my bottom line on the firehose of AI higher ed discourse: for the vast majority for us it’s over. “It” here is not “college” or “teaching”’per se; rather, “it” is the transactional underpinning of those endeavors. Let me explain: 🧵
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Te Reo words are increasingly part of the standard New Zealand English lexicon. If we’re not teaching kids to recognise and decode Māori words then our reading program is lacking.
August 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Te Reo words are increasingly part of the standard New Zealand English lexicon. If we’re not teaching kids to recognise and decode Māori words then our reading program is lacking.
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Oral submission times for the Regulatory Standards Bill have been slashed. This Government doesn't want to hear from you.
June 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Oral submission times for the Regulatory Standards Bill have been slashed. This Government doesn't want to hear from you.
Watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Mr 11 and genuinely perplexed as to why The Child Catcher was so terrifying to me as a kid. Mr 11 has has sarcastically declared this film 'Peak Cinema'
June 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Mr 11 and genuinely perplexed as to why The Child Catcher was so terrifying to me as a kid. Mr 11 has has sarcastically declared this film 'Peak Cinema'
Very much looking forward to seeing the outcomesnfrom this people's committee. Go Marilyn! thespinoff.co.nz/politics/12-...
Marilyn Waring: Why I convened the people’s select committee on pay equity
The government chose ideology over evidence. We'll uncover what should have been considered – and make it available to all.
thespinoff.co.nz
June 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Very much looking forward to seeing the outcomesnfrom this people's committee. Go Marilyn! thespinoff.co.nz/politics/12-...
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If we don't tell our own stories, we forget who we are. These fresh cuts save relatively little fiscally, but will cost us so much. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
More cuts proposed at Ministry for Culture and Heritage
The axe is hovering over historians and staff who create digital content used by schools and the public.
www.rnz.co.nz
June 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
If we don't tell our own stories, we forget who we are. These fresh cuts save relatively little fiscally, but will cost us so much. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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One of Mountsin Tui's best - and most damning - blogposts yet. This is the kind of insight and analysis missing from msm.
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open.substack.com/pub/mountain...
Nicola Willis's Debt Higher Than All 6 Years of Ardern Government
Current & planned debt will surpass Labour's full term debt in less years. Willis also admitted Budget 2024 had a higher deficit than all of Grant Robertson's bar Covid.
open.substack.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
One of Mountsin Tui's best - and most damning - blogposts yet. This is the kind of insight and analysis missing from msm.
open.substack.com/pub/mountain...
open.substack.com/pub/mountain...
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Unpaid women doing the work that governing MPs wouldn't do before deciding that women should remain underpaid for doing women's work ...
Former MPs unite for ‘people’s select committee’ into pay equity
Women who served for the National, Labour, NZ First and Green parties will form a committee to analyse the Government’s pay equity changes.
www.stuff.co.nz
May 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Unpaid women doing the work that governing MPs wouldn't do before deciding that women should remain underpaid for doing women's work ...
Appalling and sadly not unexpected.
May 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Appalling and sadly not unexpected.
Quality research. Though the method did give me pause. I need more information about how many human injuries were incurred during the application of the lipstick👀 www.upworthy.com/cats-butthol...
6th grader's science experiment answers, 'Do cat buttholes touch every surface they sit on?'
A question no one knew they needed answered.
www.upworthy.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Quality research. Though the method did give me pause. I need more information about how many human injuries were incurred during the application of the lipstick👀 www.upworthy.com/cats-butthol...
A productive start to Easter weekend. Haven't even left the house today, which feels like a treat
April 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A productive start to Easter weekend. Haven't even left the house today, which feels like a treat
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This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
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Don’t change your subject headings. There is no library jail. Keep using the real names not these fake ones.
Obeying in advance is worse than those doing the change because when you obey with soenthing that is clearly wrong you are putting false information into official “fact” places.
Obeying in advance is worse than those doing the change because when you obey with soenthing that is clearly wrong you are putting false information into official “fact” places.
Librarians doing anticipatory obedience 😡 🤢 💔
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151 Denali, Mount (Alaska) CHANGE HEADING
151 McKinley, Mount (Alaska) [sp 85082617 ]
151 Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
151 America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ]
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151 Denali, Mount (Alaska) CHANGE HEADING
151 McKinley, Mount (Alaska) [sp 85082617 ]
151 Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
151 America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ]
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Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (2025)Library of Congress Subject Headings (2025)
classweb.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Don’t change your subject headings. There is no library jail. Keep using the real names not these fake ones.
Obeying in advance is worse than those doing the change because when you obey with soenthing that is clearly wrong you are putting false information into official “fact” places.
Obeying in advance is worse than those doing the change because when you obey with soenthing that is clearly wrong you are putting false information into official “fact” places.
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President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.
Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.
Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
This is so shortsighted. Libraries are more than books - they are safe spaces for students to study, the community to access computers, and for families to visit. They are community hubs, and a book clickncollect for 2 years is no substitute.
No.
Hell, no!
What bullshit are NCC trying now?!!
Napier City Council proposes two-year library closure to limit rates increase
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-t...
Hell, no!
What bullshit are NCC trying now?!!
Napier City Council proposes two-year library closure to limit rates increase
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-t...
Napier library faces two-year closure amid council cost-saving plan
The library closure aims to keep Napier's rates increase below 7.9%.
www.nzherald.co.nz
February 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is so shortsighted. Libraries are more than books - they are safe spaces for students to study, the community to access computers, and for families to visit. They are community hubs, and a book clickncollect for 2 years is no substitute.
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We're currently advertising for our second UC Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence for 2025, co-funded by Creative NZ. 6 months, late July 25 - late Jan 26, $82Kpa pro-rated, a nice office up with me with some of the best views in the city. Happy to answer qs. jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
February 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We're currently advertising for our second UC Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence for 2025, co-funded by Creative NZ. 6 months, late July 25 - late Jan 26, $82Kpa pro-rated, a nice office up with me with some of the best views in the city. Happy to answer qs. jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
Enraging😡
Also encourage people to email LC to oppose this proposed revision, which was announced a few hours ago (with comments deadline of today 😡).
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
LC published a tentative list to change #LCSH Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America & Mt Denali to Mt McKinley. Comments on the proposed changes can be sent to [email protected] by Tues. February 18, 2025 (which is TODAY). If you oppose the change, please email! #critcat (classweb.org/tentative-su...
February 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Enraging😡