If you hadn't noticed, @404media.co is doing some fantastic reporting around #libraries lately. www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

For #medlibs nerds like me interested in MeSH, an interesting article in JMIR Formative Research: "Representation of Medical Concepts in Emojis Using Medical Subject Headings to Identify Gaps and Opportunities: Cross-Sectional Analysis" formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e70130

Sage too www.sagepub.com/about/sage-p...

Of potential interest to #medlibs and #EvidenceSynthesis / #SystematicReview folks, Wiley has published a guide on using AI for researchers, authors, editors, and reviewers: www.wiley.com/en-us/publis...

Your annual #medlibs Halloween reminder that "Chocolate"[Mesh] has only been in use since 2017. (OK, to be fair previous indexing is "Cacao"[Mesh] 1963-2016, but STILL.) Also, "Spirit Possession"[Mesh] is a thing, with only 28 results in PubMed, "Spirit Possession"[tiab] gets 144 results. 🎃🍫🍬👻

Today's #medlibs snort-at-the-article-title moment: "Ketones: metabolism's ugly duckling" (PMID 14604265) followed closely by "Exercise: the ugly duckling of diabetes treatment?" (PMID 41151796)

These are my emotional support tabs. Please be kind.

Was not expecting a #medlibs to pop up here. 😀 annehelen.substack.com/p/how-a-hosp...

It may no longer be Indigenous Peoples' Day but this is when and where your support truly matters. We have several Native communities devastated by flooding, families have literally lost everything. Link to community fundraiser for people impacted by this storm: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

This looks fantastic! Already registered and looking forward to learning #medlibs

maman has switched out the kale for arugula in the papa's breakfast bowl and it is nowhere near what it was. I am so disappointed.

I haven't been able to stop thinking about this, so here's a quick thread, with some curated #medlibs sources

This press release is wild. Food (in)security is an ongoing issue in the US, whether the govt thinks it is or not. Go grab the past ones while you can: www.ers.usda.gov/publications... www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

Well. That's not a good sign.

🧵I couldn't quite make myself look at the new MAHA report, so I settled for today's opinion piece in the Washington Post: wapo.st/4mf4Ma7 As a #medlibs and #SystematicReview / #EvidenceSynthesis person, I of course had a look at the links/citations they include. Let's go over them, shall we?

In case any #medlibs want to watch live RFK Jr testify to the US Senate Committee on Finance: www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/the...

thread 🧵

making stigmatizing comments about health hurts people who aren't trump. there's your reason to stop

Good grief #PubMed is being temperamental this morning. It's slower than molasses, giving server errors, and generally being a pain. Do not like (for many, many reasons) #medlibs

There's is something so unnerving and unreal when you realize (and accept) that you are "the adult in the room" with a large group of experts, all of them looking to you as the authority and the one who can answer all the questions. Like how did that even happen?!

Oh no! #PubMed is giving an error for anything tagged [tiab] #medlibs Just perfect for a Monday. And yes I tried many, many things before panicking (and writing the help desk). [tw] works, [all] works, [mh] and other tags seem okay - [tiab] is borked, even if you try it through search builder.

#medLibs, if you're familiar with Fobazi Ettarh's work on vocational awe, microaggressions, and intersectionality in libraries, you might be interested in contributing to this fundraiser to support her care during a medical crisis.

I can hear the sound.

This, but tea 🫖

This isn't in reference to any particular job posting, but holy crap, #medlibs salaries are abysmal. I don't want to hear about lack of funding or whatever - given degree, expertise needed, and other requirements, salaries in this field are straight up insulting. There are no more excuses for it.

#medlibs we added an Ovid #medline #searchfilter for #humanitariancrisis and #emergency sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...

Seeing folks on social media talk about a research study "done by the NIH" or "published by the National Library of Medicine" just because they found it on PubMed or PMC and have the screenshot to "prove" it makes me want to rage. THAT 👏 DOES 👏 NOT 👏 MEAN 👏 WHAT 👏 YOU 👏 THINK 👏 IT 👏 MEANS 👏

So many people will die because of this deeply evil and deeply stupid man. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Guess #medlibs and others need to check every reference these days. "Exclusive: US CDC vaccine presentation cites study that does not exist, author says" www.reuters.com/business/fin...

#medlibs Yet another factor to consider when looking at health disparities.

Any #medlibs or other #PubMed users having issues with their myNCBI filters disappearing?

As a (former?) #medlibs who is no longer in a library and now in an org without a formal library for ILL processing, I cannot tell you how essential #OpenAccess is. NIH's public access policy and PMC are lifesavers. This is how getting medical literature should be!

In the PubMed webinar from @zbmed.bsky.social and I really respect how measured they are being about risk. tbh and political things aside, #medlibs and everyone else who use PubMed have been *extremely* lucky that having all this information in one place has been as stable as it has been.

Signed by hundreds of NIH staff: "The Bethesda Declaration: A Call for NIH and HHS Leadership to Deliver on Promises of Academic Freedom and Scientific Excellence" www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

This is Bodie. He’s here to celebrate the start of Pride Month. Been working on this pose for weeks. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾 (IG: hellobodie)

I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.

The what the fuckery continues. As much as I hated leaving my fedlibs job, I appreciate that I can now say things on here and everywhere I couldn't before (no more Hatch Act concerns!). And this? This is fucked up and unconscionable. Feds swear to uphold the Constitution. That should be it.

This thread... 😍

RE LRT, a thread: 🧵 About 10 years ago, I had antiabortion protestors target me based on my car's plates - or at least that is how I assume I was doxxed because nothing else fit. I had recently moved to VA but had not yet replaced my TN plates, which is how I put it together.

Great reporting from @josephcox.bsky.social and @jasonkoebler.bsky.social here. And it confirms @thorbenson.bsky.social's prediction from nearly 3 years ago: www.wired.com/story/licens...

📚💙

Everything you wanted to know about mRNA vaccines. By @jonathanwosen.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/05/21/m...

Thread: there are always ways you can use your specialized skills or time to help. 🙂

This is so exciting! The German National Library of Medicine @zbmed.bsky.social just had its first open meeting on the plan for an open & independent PubMed safety net. Here's my write-up @plos.org on the meeting & how institutions & others can help absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g... #MedLibs

👀 something to watch