Otters
@otterdidact.bsky.social
Systems Librarian and occasional cataloger in Maine.
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Enter the Casablancaverse
Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Enter the Casablancaverse
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Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hands Reaching Up From Hell, Wat Rong Khun Temple, by Chalermchai Kositpipat, 1997
What really gets me about the FIFA thing, as with many aspects of the Trump administration, is how transparently stupid it is. Of course, there's no reason a soccer agency would award a peace prize! We all know this! It's a lie so blatant that it's almost not worth discussing!
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
What really gets me about the FIFA thing, as with many aspects of the Trump administration, is how transparently stupid it is. Of course, there's no reason a soccer agency would award a peace prize! We all know this! It's a lie so blatant that it's almost not worth discussing!
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
happy friday youtu.be/eeTnog5RRQo?...
Black Star - Respiration ft. Common
YouTube video by BlackStarVEVO
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
happy friday youtu.be/eeTnog5RRQo?...
the cat caught a mouse last week and ever since then, she's been glaring at the space underneath the refrigerator as if she can will another one into being
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
the cat caught a mouse last week and ever since then, she's been glaring at the space underneath the refrigerator as if she can will another one into being
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This is unreal. The 2026 code4lib conference has been cancelled unilaterally by Carnegie Mellon University because the Department of Education raised issues with the diversity scholarships:
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
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merveilles.town
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is unreal. The 2026 code4lib conference has been cancelled unilaterally by Carnegie Mellon University because the Department of Education raised issues with the diversity scholarships:
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
My favorite part of cataloging a small periodical is when they just give up and publish v.14:no.3 three months in a row
December 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My favorite part of cataloging a small periodical is when they just give up and publish v.14:no.3 three months in a row
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i think the inability to tell the difference between "i don't like it" and "i don't like it so i have to figure out a way to imply this thing i don't like is morally evil" is the most fundie thing i see people who are aren't technically fundie regularly do these days
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
i think the inability to tell the difference between "i don't like it" and "i don't like it so i have to figure out a way to imply this thing i don't like is morally evil" is the most fundie thing i see people who are aren't technically fundie regularly do these days
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This bird’s greed delights me
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This bird’s greed delights me
This is probably of interest to no one, but it took me forever to figure out what was the experimental rock album about talk shows that an acquaintance lent me in 1998, so here it is: mikelrouse.bandcamp.com/album/dennis...
Dennis Cleveland, by Mikel Rouse
8 track album
mikelrouse.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is probably of interest to no one, but it took me forever to figure out what was the experimental rock album about talk shows that an acquaintance lent me in 1998, so here it is: mikelrouse.bandcamp.com/album/dennis...
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Younger people who didn't witness it cannot fathom the hype around the Segway. Every news station agreed it would revolutionize the entire social fabric of the Earth. That all future humans would divide history between the savage days of the past, and the soon to be new era of zoom zoom scoot scoot.
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Younger people who didn't witness it cannot fathom the hype around the Segway. Every news station agreed it would revolutionize the entire social fabric of the Earth. That all future humans would divide history between the savage days of the past, and the soon to be new era of zoom zoom scoot scoot.
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I wish www.nts.live had a year-end wrap-up, because I'm pretty sure I heard Philip Glass about 473 times this year
NTS | Don't Assume
NTS is a global radio platform broadcasting music from over 50 cities around the globe, live 24/7.
www.nts.live
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I wish www.nts.live had a year-end wrap-up, because I'm pretty sure I heard Philip Glass about 473 times this year
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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A couple weeks ago we got a lovely note from someone on the other side of the country thanking us profusely for ILLing a book to them. Curious, we looked up the book they borrowed.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
Requested a book through ILL over break. It arrived today. Libraries man.
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A couple weeks ago we got a lovely note from someone on the other side of the country thanking us profusely for ILLing a book to them. Curious, we looked up the book they borrowed.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
I realize the answer to "why do I keep getting ads for weird sound objects" is "because you always click on them", but: BALL MAKE NOISE oddballism.com/en-us/pages/...
For Music Lovers
Making music should be fun! Playing drums, synths, guitars, percussions is as easy as bouncing a ball. Jam over your favorite artists, make your own tracks and share them with the ODD community!
oddballism.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I realize the answer to "why do I keep getting ads for weird sound objects" is "because you always click on them", but: BALL MAKE NOISE oddballism.com/en-us/pages/...
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"fell pregnant" is such an unpleasant phrase
December 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"fell pregnant" is such an unpleasant phrase
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another twist to my POV on the Cultural Stagnancy Debate: a friend just posted this article, and while it makes a lot of familiar points (design and culture has gotten repetitive, flattened out and conformist), I think what's worth examining is that one culprit is bottom-line capitalism
The Decline of Deviance
Where has all the weirdness gone?
www.experimental-history.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
another twist to my POV on the Cultural Stagnancy Debate: a friend just posted this article, and while it makes a lot of familiar points (design and culture has gotten repetitive, flattened out and conformist), I think what's worth examining is that one culprit is bottom-line capitalism
I wonder how many American presidents have written poetry? rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/want...
rpo.library.utoronto.ca
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I wonder how many American presidents have written poetry? rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/want...
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As Promised:
part 1
Least functional kitchen ever !
part 1
Least functional kitchen ever !
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
As Promised:
part 1
Least functional kitchen ever !
part 1
Least functional kitchen ever !
WHAT IN THE RAISIN RUCKUS IS GOING ON IN HERE
Keebler Raisin Ruckus (1993-circa 1995): A line of chewy oatmeal raisin cookies from everyone's favorite baking elves. Available in classic oatmeal raisin, or oatmeal with chocolate-covered raisins.
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
WHAT IN THE RAISIN RUCKUS IS GOING ON IN HERE
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Blue Prince (2025)
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Blue Prince (2025)