Why is staff morale low? Carpets on our floor and office are being cleaned today so when we arrive to work we learn we need to work in the basement on public computers without access to our coffee, lunch, supplies, projects, resources.

Why is staff morale so low? Why did [college leader] just imply custodians can’t read during this staff training?

Why is staff morale so low? Leadership: ban remote work, require staff to work on ground during Spring Break, turn off HVAC system because campus is closed 🙃

I didn’t realize there were broadcasts of SCOTUS hearings now and I really prefer hearing their voices through Nina Totenberg.

It’s Spring Break so enjoying the time by going to a library where the carpets are being cleaned, everything is stacked on tables, and the air has been turned off because why would anyone be in the building?

My grandmother who is in her 90s with dementia has flourished with hospice care after pneumonia nearly took her out last summer - now she may be “graduating” and it’s horrifying to think about losing those services.

Most days my ADHD is an annoyance but it is feeling very disabling this week.

Is it a positive indicator of my mental health at this point in the fiscal year when someone asks me if we have money in the budget for something and I say “just buy it, I don’t care - money is made up, nothing matters”.

The Pokopia storyline is surprisingly dark and political for a game about meeting little guys.

Whenever coworkers from various areas are recounting conversations with their managers or leadership and I start hearing common phrases or words I just desperately want to email our exec team to find out what book they all just read.

It’s cute that people I work with hear me say I’m a little overwhelmed by the work I’ll need to do to update our ERM procedures to be prepare for Title II and respond: “oh, I have a great training on creating accessible documents!”

The only good thing about Women’s “HERstory” month is when someone pulls some bullshit on us at work we can add “during women’s HERstory month????!!!” to our rants.

I gasped when reading Dolores Huerta’s story yesterday and I’ve felt a weight on my heart trying to process it. I think of all of the women and people whose names we don’t know who also suffered in silence for movements run by people who either abused them or refused to protect them from abuse.

Our apartment is 89 degrees except for the bedroom with our portable AC so during this heatwave we’ve just been eating dinner in bed.

Working on July 1 renewals, rolled my ledgers over and am mentally straddling 2026 and 2027. Please be patient with me - I am basically Dr. Manhattan.

Did all of our vendors purposefully wait until the week before our spending deadline to start fucking with me?

The good place cactus meme but it’s me asking vendors if they need us to sign an updated license before invoicing us and they say no and then a week after I submit the invoice for payment they send me a new license 🤦‍♀️

Today’s Strands forces me to remind everyone that Bluegrass was created in Western Kentucky where there are no mountains.

It’s a good sign when I’m looking at order lines I made last year and comparing to my upcoming renewal list and thinking “what the fuck is that???” Like I’ve never seen that title IN. MY. LIFE.

Mass transit is good for planet, national security, and our pockets. There was a time I lived close enough to a line I could ride to work - but not home because it stopped running before my shift ended. But those mornings were a dream.

On international women’s day - during women’s HERstory month - I went to a mall to buy pants and found nothing while my husband found two pairs within 15 minutes and had time to go to his video game store (which closed in solidarity with women who just want pants that fit).

Cute how I thought I'd get a tax refund this year - but if I don't pay in, how will the billionaires get their tax credits?

Found out we have a regular student who has a whole setup for her library study space - she even brings in a portable standing desk to use. Packs it in and out every day. She’s an icon.

Sometimes I think this is the year I go to the opera/ballet and then I find out tickets are like $200-400. 😵‍💫

Amazon has MARC records now?

Every few years I pay for a one off webinar and remember why I don’t pay for one off webinars.

The topic of this keynote is so important but I find it interesting to hear people in leadership positions tell us to speak frankly and honestly while they're also not speaking specifically. Lots of hedging and hinting at issues that have impacted them. Maybe they'll get to it by the end.

I miss when Library Twitter was active enough that you could easily find people subtweeting a conference and find out about all the drama.

I love finding out the conference DJ is also in LA and realizing they're trying to get people hyped up at 8AM. 😅

I love watching sessions on improving workflow and communication but also laugh because most libraries presenting have a team of people doing each step in the flow and I'm like step one: me, step two: me, etc...

An actual critical discussion about the ethics of AI in libraries? 🔥

I love when conferences just make me realize how much work my job requires and all of it is invisible 😭

Oh finally - my grocery store has AI now! So few spaces left where I don’t get to use AI! So glad to use AI to help me buy my green beans!

There should be DJs at all conferences for in-between sessions.

I am so glad I'm not the only one upset by this! Bring back Boolean!

Learning about Electronic Resources while my country enters another forever war.

Not convinced this guy isn’t AI generated.

As a lifelong PBS viewer, Tom Silva is one of my heart me outs.

We have two historically stinky study rooms that get no airflow because our HVAC was installed wrong and can’t cool any of the rooms on half our building. I bought air purifiers and they seemed to help but after getting reheated by the east facing windows they reek again this morning.

Pretending I’m in the Pitt during this stressful period leading up to the spending deadline and end of fiscal year.

I’ll never get used to logging into Disney to watch a show like “The Torso Killer”. Brand identity who?

Instead of investing in AI could Ex Libris just invest a little bit into an Acquisitions module that loads?

It’s that time of year just before the spending deadline when I’m waiting on people to get back to me so I can’t start any projects but am otherwise twiddling my thumbs. Time to reorganize the Tech Services work room! 🔥

After hearing about James Van Der Beek I texted a friend to express my sadness that another perfectly fine person died too soon when there are so many other people just continuing on - she sent me this and it did NOT help.

Do you ever feel like a party balloon drifting through wind over El Paso? 🎈

You’re in her committee. I’m in her work group for the subcommittee that split off from the original committee.

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