should maybe not send emails when I have motion sickness

*looking at the almost empty container* i am now more peanut butter filled pretzels than woman

Old Reading Rainbow episodes SHOULD be as relaxing as Levar Burton reads, but I have vague memories of being an anxious kiddo and worrying about germs making Levar Burton sick or whatever that I can’t get rid of

Other departments in art museums are starting to catch up to the work that access teams have been doing for decades, and these programs deserve to be appreciated and centered as part of museum worker education.

I'm not as interested in the accuracy as much I am interested in the direction the AI chooses to go when it gets things wrong. That's the tell. It's no coincidence that the AI chose to go in the direction that has me placing a white woman in a pioneering position of making people of color visible.

The existence of application fees for open calls reveals something deeper than cost. They expose how the art world has come to understand access as something artists should pay for in advance.

Windows and Mirrors: Children's Books and Parallel Cultures: files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED3...

New research shows that you can lengthen your own life by improving someone else’s. As 65-and-over super-volunteers find their postretirement purpose in service, they are also discovering that it improves their health and well-being. https://wapo.st/4bEypA6

Remember the black squares of 2020? Recent social media posts from arts orgs announcing their participation in Friday’s anti-ICE strike reminded Damien Davis of these and other “frictionless” acts of allyship.

What even is time when in grad school

More Product, Less Process: digitalcampus.instructure.com/courses/5512...

i've seen people argue that adult coloring is a waste of time that should be dedicated to actually creating something, but it's become a sensory activity for me. it's relaxing, and i don't think that's a waste of time

Overdue: Collection development and deselection projects for a faculty-selected collection: www-tandfonline-com.du.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10....

parts of this Parable of the Sower are hard to read, and despite the character being a young adult, I'm not sure I would recommend this to all young adults. the book is, however, very apt right now

Something a teacher in Mexico told me, a terribly socially anxious person: showing up for an obligation is most of the challenge

Can the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum share the artist’s vision of the land and represent the story of Tewa country?

Know what's a great audiobook recommendation? Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Just saying.

As someone who relies on an insulin pump to live, I was fascinated by the medical cyborg technology in @nnedi.bsky.social ‘s Death of the Author. Also just a plain ol good book. I picked up another of Okorafor’s novels today!

as a grad student i can confirm that most of my opinions are pretty meh

Water damaging books with my tears

I have named the rabbit living under my porch margarita, daisy for short

Saw a pin to today that said “I have autism and ADHD, please be patient with me.” ❤️❤️

"i didn't become a library grad student just to have AI summarize readings for me," I say as I slowly fall apart

Best reads of 2025 1. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor Genre: Science Fiction Why I Loved it: Loved the disability rep, and the story in a story is done well to make a very powerful point #booktok 🪐📚

@nnedi.bsky.social hello! i'm a library student working on my MLIS and considering going into young adult literature and work. i'm curious; do you consider your Death of the Author YA?

dona a Cruz Roja: www.icrc.org/en/how-you-c...

Folks should compare officials’ enthusiasm for the Venezuela war with their AIPAC donations/prior defense of Israel’s genocide. See if they find a pattern. A little task to occupy time in the eternal Iran-Contra…

not sure how some of my archiving and metadata professors would feel about this, but AO3 is a pretty good archive!

Another warm up sketch of a friend’s dog, he’s an American hairless terrier and an absolute lover boy. An anxious and screaming lover boy, but who isn’t?

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1. n.pr/4scrT9d

los cálculos son muy. terribles.