"I'm really angry that this scifi writer whose work was stolen to train a probability machine that depletes water tables and raises electricity prices and is accelerating the transfer of wealth and capital toward men who actively hate other humans doesn't like 'AI," what a lack of vision they have"

Normalize sayinge "behold!" more yn everyedaye conversacioun

Wait, why does Oxford get one? We want a comma.

The Batte Man doth knowe the trouthe

I had a nightmare about building complex adjacency combined with wildcards and truncation. I guess I spent too much time in Ovid this week.

Thys ys Major Tom to Ground Control Ich steppe now thurgh the door And Ich floate now yn a most merveilous waye And the starres looke verye different todaye

Come on then, and remove him.

I also had an ARC, and I could not agree more. A fantastic book in every way.

ARC sign ups are officially OPEN for The Boyfriend Setup! ❤️ Fake Dating ❤️ Small Town Romance ❤️ Best Friends to Lovers ❤️ He Falls First ❤️ Forced Proximity ❤️ Only One Towel docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #booksky #romancelandia #romancebooks #arcreaders

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

OK for fun: top funniest tweet ever? I am torn between "moon's haunted" and "Denise I was at your wedding."

Wher ys the horse and the rydere? Wher ys the horne that was blowinge? Gen AI Chatbot Response: 𝙸𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝!

“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.” -Terry Pratchett #booksky #skybrarian

Star Shipped, Cat Sebastian’s first contemporary romance, is out today, and I can’t say enough good things. The universe is filled with stars, but alas, rating systems only allow me to give this book five. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Focus Friend is such a great app. It makes me feel good about getting work done, and also is completely adorable. Here is my bean’s current home:

"With Nexus, Clarivate are essentially integrity-washing synthetic text, giving it an academic sheen without any academic rigour." www.hughrundle.net/does-clariva...

Hurriedly retitling my script about the Defenestration of Prague to “Yeeted Rivalry”

Gen A.I. barons want us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to build hell and have us pay for it.

Calling MLA #medlibs! Unleash your search superpowers & inspire your colleagues! MLA's UX and Systematic Review Caucuses welcome proposals from expert searchers to present at the March 2026 Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions event! More info and link to submit: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love [twangy, moody lute arpeggio] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love

All these CEOs stompinge around graspinge for moneye and biohacks and powere but the best way to lyve forevir ys to make people laugh and be part of unforgettable storyes that make them feel less alone. Love and art and comedye are cosmic and eternal. The worlde will remembir the true stars.

Proud to donate. Thank you to my favorite author for the heads-up!

Romance is stepping up for Minnesota! Please check out the website, make a donation, enter for one of an incredible list of prizes, and share the link! #romancelandia

The snow is already coming down steadily and it looks like it’ll be a shovel, read, shovel, repeat kind of day. Topped off the charge on my Kobo. Safety first!

Just when you thought it was safe to dive into MeSH terms... I'm popping up a bit late to give a peek at what I've found for new #2026MeSH descriptors. Behold, a #medlibs and adjacent #expertsearching thread!

Tip #62: EBSCOhost Idea Exchange: A Synthesis of Reported Issues #MLAUXCaucus #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews "Bite-size tips for expert searchers." uxcaucustips.blogspot.com/2026/01/tip-...

#medlibs Submit your proposal by January 28 to show off your database wisdom at the 2026 Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: Database Tips Lightning Round! MLA membership required to present, but all are welcome to attend or watch the recording. Learn more at go.brown.edu/database_tip...

the entire population of England in 1086 will return in... Avengers Domesday

#medlibs Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#medlibs Show off your database wisdom at the MLA UX and SR Caucus's 2026 Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: Database Tips Lightning Round! MLA membership required to present, but all are welcome to attend or watch the recording. Learn more at go.brown.edu/database_tip...

#SystematicReview #EvidenceSynthesis

#medlibs Show off your database wisdom at the MLA UX and SR Caucus's 2026 Favorite Features & Sneaky Solutions: Database Tips Lightning Round! MLA membership required to present, but all are welcome to attend or watch the recording. Learn more at go.brown.edu/database_tip...

My old pal @eniiler.bsky.social with a killer story. What we save defines us as a culture—the archive is our memory and our future. And we’re throwing it away? Madness. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...

You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.

This is just a note to say that I have eaten the falcon in a widening gyre and that you were probably saving for anarchy Forgive me it was delicious so rough and full of passionate intensity

You knowe the useful thinge about LLMs? Aye, me neither.

Truly touched by the number of people who've checked in to offer support at a terrible and scary time. Feeling very lucky in my friends, family, and colleagues.

This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.

Factory resetting my Kobo because it's been freezing a lot and I can feel my soul leaving my body.

Oh, and it's free today. KOBO www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... B&N www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-magpie... APPLE books.apple.com/us/book/the-... AMAZON amzn.to/48HyBv1

Mr. Collins in Love by @leewelchwriter.bsky.social. Truly a “hold my beer” romance premise — what if one of the most annoying characters in literature was the hero and he’s still Mr. Collins but now you loved him and wanted him to get the queer HEA he deserves? Landscapes Tolkien would die for.

Top romance of the year, possibly of the decade: After Hours at Dooryard Books by @catswrites.bsky.social. Listen, you need this one. This is what historical romance is fucking for: to look back into times that are like and unlike our own, and find clarity and courage. You’ll cry and thank me.

I could not agree more with her recs for After Hours at Dooryard Books and Mr Collins in Love. ❤️🥰❤️

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me. Here's the speech I delivered last night: buttondown.com/charliejane/...

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

Print dictionaries: the original large language models 11/18/25

The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Boolean thought of the day: Tuesday OR ("screaming into the void" N5 "library database*") Boolean answer: OMG yes, both Gemini: The specific proximity search you constructed is highly specialized and is unlikely to yield direct, factual results in a library database search.

An Amazon Web Services outage on Monday disrupted many online platforms, affecting banking services, chat apps, and more. What, if anything, can you do to prepare for disruptions? Here are a few tips.