Did you need Planet Money using Weyland-Yutani from the Alien franchise to explain monopsonies? I didn't realize it, but I TOTALLY did. www.npr.org/sections/pla...

I need to refresh my memory on the document object model (or just code something that doesn't use it that will be a little less slick but work just fine) and take a shower and have some mid-afternoon caffeine so of course I'm doing none of those things.

Just noting that the wild popularity of The Pitt, Project Hail Mary, and Artemis 2 are all signs of a culture that's overwhelmed by anti-science quackery, ignorant influencers, AI-pilled slop, and decreasing literacy, clearly starving for examples of expertise, knowledge, and expert leadership.

In case you want to look at MORE bags for knitting and crafting projects, here's @alisakbeer.bsky.social with some recent cat-related ones!

it's my sister's bday and I have sent her a 5 kilo bag of rice that will be delivered at some point today because I'm not a good brother

@halle-burns.bsky.social and I regularly say that this is our legacy. Memes.

We are excited to talk with #RDAP26 today! Let us know your questions. We ❤️ questions.

It's a bit off topic but I'm wondering about research data management publications already out there that are in need of an index. I'm looking for book or long report indexing projects for practice, as a new book indexer.

Happy RDAP Summit to all who celebrate! 🎉 #RDAP26 All RDAP Summit presenters & attendees are encouraged to submit proposals for our special issue. More information will be shared after the summit. For now, enjoy the summit & start thinking about the amazing work you will share! #DataLibs 👏🏼👏🏽👏🏿👏🏻👏

Listening to Data Rescue Project give the keynote at #RDAP26 and really enjoying it. Plus, this meme: Learn more about their work at www.datarescueproject.org

Thinking of everyone I know who has worked or studied at Hampshire and feeling thankful for the institution and the things it has done for me, even as I understand and feel sad about the closing. www.hampshire.edu/closure-info...

I just did 2.5 days at ISC virtual conference and RDAP 2026 is this week. I WILL be finishing my taxes or designing my next business cards while listening to sessions, this week. RDM people, hope to see you there!

For anyone who's missed this very frustrating news... Re-preorder here: books2read.com/waltzSinister #romancelandia

The US grid scale battery storage capacity is projected to match nuclear and hydropower capacity by 2027. You can see this if you re-plot the data from Fig30 of the EIA STEO. But battery storage is currently lumped in with "Other Sources", a mix of renewable and non-renewable capacity. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

The Pope is weak on crime, just like my dog is weak on quantum physics.

I am sorry for the way I am going to start saying "the Pope is weak on crime" in response to things. So sorry. But not sorry enough not to say it.

Thanks very much to @indexerscanada.bsky.social for an excellent conference over the weekend. I'm now itching to try indexing in LaTeX and it was great to hear about @asindexing.bsky.social's research in to AI and indexing (it doesn't do a good job) from Elizabeth Bartmess #IndexSky

Very tired post ISC conference, plus some social activities in person today, and feeling really thankful for colleagues and friends and loved ones. I have so many plans and such renewed confidence.

I have a silly poll. For the purposes of using it as a business logo, and a website favicon, is this letter too trypophobia adjacent or is it cool? Considering it for the Oelker Data Services logo. Please reshare. ꙮ 1 No problem, I love it. 2 I like it. 3 Meh. 4 Absolutely not.

Feels relevant #Artemis

This is one of my favorite pieces of space trivia.

And the NSF and the NIH cuts…

I have a silly poll. For the purposes of using it as a business logo, and a website favicon, is this letter too trypophobia adjacent or is it cool? Considering it for the Oelker Data Services logo. Please reshare. ꙮ 1 No problem, I love it. 2 I like it. 3 Meh. 4 Absolutely not.

WE NEED BAD IRRELEVANT TAKES IMMEDIATELY FLOOD THE TIMELINE

Trying to behave myself while listening to a talk on the history of the order of the alphabet, but I absolutely have the sillies and am thinking about translating Hwaet! as "bro!" and multiocular O, my favorite Unicode character.

Dear Authors, A professional indexer is going to do the job way better than you could, and you can spend the time on other things that only you can do. Like getting started on promoting your book!

9 months in and RDM Weekly has hit 700 subscribers! 🎉 I would love to hit 1,000 by July for the 1 year anniversary. rdmweekly.substack.com

Good morning, everyone. Group hug! ❤️ Photo: The Artemis II crew after they looped around the far side of the moon and started for home. ABC news.

I went and saw Project Hail Mary. A guy came in with his service dog and the dog sat there the whole time just concentrating on the movie. Afterwards I told the guy I was amazed your dog watched the movie like that. He replied, me too especially because he hated the book.

Just got out of the ISC fireside chat for new indexers online, and I feel so excited about the rest of the conference. Indexers are such kind people, it's really neat.

Our dear friend Eli just got evicted, possibly illegally by the relative they supported. If you can boost their GFM or even donate, it would really help. If you have leads on a spare room for a kind nonbinary person and their small dog in greater Detroit, also helpful! gofund.me/11978f650

A dear friend was just given (probably illegal) eviction notice by their grandmother. Yes, the one whose property taxes we just fundraised for. Eli paid the taxes and got the boot. For details click below or DM me with questions. And. I know it’s all a lot right now but. Can you signal boost?

Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.

So darn proud of you, Anne and Mimi in particular, but all of the newly elected people on Holyoke city council, and Tessa for weathering all the bad behavior in previous term to get to this day. theshoestring.org/2026/02/13/h...

🎉Congrats to the winners of the 2025 RDAP Work of the Year Award, The Data Rescue Project! (@datarescueproject.org)🛟🏆 This award acknowledges the work’s impact on the wider research and scholarly communication ecosystem in support of RDAP’s mission and values. rdapassociation.org/news/13593532

I was raised by National Guard Armory trained parents who had competed in shooting sports in university. These were the FIRST things they were taught, the first things they taught me, and it's nauseating to see how many people do not obey these goddamn rules.

ERIC NOOOOOOOO We're not in touch now, but I did actually go to college with Eric. And I just like yelling "Eric nooooooooooo!" techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/f...

Jinnie is "helping" me with the Announcement I'm sending to the membership this morning @rdapassociation.bsky.social (ok to reshare)

Flock has done a good job of convincing municipalities that cops need this invasive system. Things they said were done by AI are being done by human annotators. Unsurprising, and see the links from this article to other reasons to tell your town you don't want Flock.

Spent a while digging for an image file, because the map data images use a different common name for a tree (tuliptree) than this guide does (yellowpoplar). For a classic field ID guide, common name section titles can make sense. But oh, scientific names are so helpful. (Liriodendron tulipifera.)

I was told repeatedly that I wasn't giving or tolerating enough, from my teens through my thirties, to mean men, homophobic churches, conservative friends. We gave and tolerated our way into the fascist crisis on this planet that we have now. I'm done, and this article has great examples of why.

This is a thing I want professional societies to think more about, as well, because about 15 years ago I backed away from the large library association I was in, and have gotten much more out of smaller, leaner, more regional groups, before and since.

I'm deeply grateful that @lyndamk.bsky.social wrote a lovely blurb for my book, "The Data Management Workbook," which comes out in just over a month. I really admire Lynda's work, her books, and her recent efforts with the @datarescueproject.org.

Leah Bobet's most recent newsletter has me gasping with laughter over her description of The Wicker Man, a film I enjoy but also really enjoy humor about. Scroll down to the "things watched" section but honestly, I enjoy the whole thing. Leah is great. buttondown.com/leahbobet/ar...

Downside of making fun of the Geongju menu today? Now I want to go make banchan instead of doing my work. Even though I have two quarts of kkakdugi in the fridge.

people are calling this menu trolling from south korea. I beg to differ. in the first trump administration, south korea served trump a dinner that included shrimp from dokdo island. now THAT is trolling. www.theguardian.com/world/2017/n...

the ketchup banchan is fucking destroying me

New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...