When you see unhoused people asking for money what you should see is a fracturing of the social contract where an issue (housing) that should be addressed on a municipal or statuary level is instead foisted on individuals in a way designed o put callouses on their souls

The fact that mainstream media stopped covering ICE kidnappings in LA isn't because ICE stopped kidnapping (they didn't) Or ICE slowed down (they have actually increased their tempo) Or that resistance to ICE slowed down (it never stopped, it grew) It's the "political showdown" that stopped.

Fobazi’s work had a profound effect on me and helped me rebuild my relationship with librarianship after burning out early on in my career. I reference vocational awe almost daily and introduce the concept to everyone I work with. I didn’t know her personally but I am so grateful to her. Devastating

Resign you spineless coward.

I’m dead - our payroll department sent certain staff an email saying “we noticed you’re poor - here are some state services you might be eligible for” with links to apply for housing assistance and food stamps. Forwarding to my union while they begin negotiating salary increases.

There are people doing BlueSky watch parties of #antiquesroadshow and I’m just now finding out about it?!?!?

After having norovirus last weekend I still can’t really stomach coffee and also figured I’d made it through the worst of the caffeine withdrawals by the time I recovered and might as well switch to tea permanently. Less money, less reflux - farewell my lovely bean.

ICE hit some food stands on my street this week in case anyone thinks LA isn’t still getting hit - I’m in the Valley.

I can't stop thinking about this. Is *ANY* Democratic senator talking about conditioning their vote on measures that would actually free kidnapped people or even improve the conditions of those in concentration camps?

Yesterday was my first day back at work after getting hit with norovirus the literal second I got home from work Friday. Apparently it took out half the library over the weekend. Please wash your hands out there! (Unless you’re planning to shake hands with an ICE agent)

It will never get bad enough for the Democrats to stop trying to appeal to some imaginary white centrist who still needs to be coddled in the midst of all of this shit.

I saw a dept requested for an AI research assistant they want us to purchase and their justification is just “this AI tool would allow us to use AI”. Is there any other technology where the use is enough justification? Not to do anything with it - just “AI tool would let us use AI tool” money pls 🫴

Writing an expletive filled letter to my senators. I didn’t know I had more anger available for the Democrats but I guess I do.

People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.

If there’s ever been a time for Democrats to stand on principles instead of perceived electability…

Are we going to see ELUNA pricing anytime soon? I’m itching to apply for PD funds before they run out. The delay on pricing is odd. 📚

Don’t understand why anyone is talking about ICE lacking training as if that’s the problem.

I have friends talking about ordering passport cards in case they’re stopped by immigration. I have trans friends who are scared to travel domestically because they worry their documents will be flagged by Homeland Security. And the opposition party worries “Abolish ICE” will alienate voters.

When I was a kid the popular feminism was “girl power, girls can do anything boys can do” According to TERFs in 2026 feminism is “ooh, actually I am very weak and baby and I need the courts to agree that that is true”

Lady - you’re gonna walk into this hotel dining room, yapping at the top of your lungs, disturbing my peace and now that you’re talking shit about people I don’t know you have volume control?

Nearly 10 years since I left Kentucky and visiting Louisville which is still to me the greatest city on Earth - but also missing LA which finally feels like home. Do we have a word for this?!

Big fan of when my cool friends have cool kids. Extra big fan of getting them riled up before bed on a school night.

I introduce colleagues to Fobazi’s work regularly - she radically changed how I relate to the library profession and labor.

We’re heading to Kentucky for almost a month starting tomorrow and starting to feel overwhelmed by the promise of seeing so many people I love and miss.

Clean Coal 🤝 Responsible AI

Insane how leadership always wants us to go through the chain of command when most issues I encounter are solved as soon as I stumble upon the classified staff member who will just give me a solution. But if we could all just talk to each other directly what would management even do?

📚 Our study rooms notoriously stink - probably the old carpeting and it doesn’t see like they get much air circulation. Anyone use air purifiers in their rooms and recommend a brand?

📚Skybrarians, I am finally getting some support in implementing CORAL. Boss wants to know who else uses it. Do you use CORAL and are you willing to let me list your institution on a slide for my boss? Especially if you are in California - bonus if you’re a CA community college library.

Many tragedies with the closing of B&T but my colleagues were most upset by the loss of the cat calendar so this year we made our own.

Every 2 hour drive from LA is actually a 5 hour drive.

Our rogue board member is making another attempt to pass a gross, transphobic resolution in “support” of Title IX. This guy is exhausting me.

I’ve started reading Complaint! By Sara Ahmed (only through the first chapter so far) and I’ve encountered so many paragraphs trying to describe what library folk know as vocational awe. Lots of validating stories and ideas for higher ed grunts.

I’m so glad I’m not an undergrad right now. Instructors asking students to screen record themselves writing a paper sounds like a nightmare. More surveillance, less freedom for students to figure out their own process.

Too many large vendors treat subscription renewals like it’s their first time working with a public institution. Do not send me a license with Adobe Sign - I have to get a dean, VP and all of our purchasing office to sign it and they all want the document in a different format.

How I feel walking to the empty seats in the back of the plane because I’m flying into Burbank.

Capping off my time at Core Forum by meeting up with a high school friend I haven’t seen in at least 20 years - there are a limited number of people from high school that I would enjoy seeing again but this person is absolutely one of them! Very excited.

The swag game is low here but I do have to recommend the OCLC pens - smooth and dark ink. Fun color outsides. I steal one every time I walk by their unmanned booth. I don’t even know what small talk I would make with them if I had to but I will take their pens.

My big goal for this year is to update our study room furniture for flexibility and accessibility so Core Forum has been excellent for information gathering so I can go home and beg for money.

I’m going to attempt saving some energy to visit Meow Wolf after sessions today - I believe in me.

A per diem doesn’t go nearly as far when there are no free meals at the conference 😭

Love when the conference is in a city with an airport train.

I have been looking forward to nice fall weather in Denver, so why is it going to be warmer there than it is in LA only for the time I'm at Core Forum?

The last operating door to the library is no longer closing/locking. This is probably fine.

Can we finally begin to dismantle the gerontocracy of the DNC?

subscribed to PBS Passport this year to watch all the British procedurals and Antiques Roadshow. My only complaint is I wish they had a deeper catalog of older masterpiece mystery shows and classic children’s shows - sometimes a 39 year old woman needs to see Mr Rogers feed the fish to unwind.

Is it the case in every higher ed institution that every little thing has to be a knock down drag out fight’ Like why am having months long (honestly, years long) conversations to get leadership to tell us what toilets on campus flush in a power outage now requiring a union grievance???

I’m so tired of being paid so little while people who make so much create more work for me because they don’t think I’m important enough to loop in on information that then requires me to redo months of fucking work.

Peanut m&ms on deck, British crime drama streaming - it is book order time.

The Santa Ana winds are here and our campus still doesn’t have an emergency plan for handling power outages despite this being something that happens every year around the same time.

Every year is the year I’m gonna get my data organized so that completing the annual survey is a breeze - last year was not the year.