Had fun chatting with @raforall.bsky.social for the podcast. If all goes well, the episode should drop on Tuesday, and you can hear us talking about her new book, WHY I LOVE HORROR, and lots of other stuff! (And of course there's some SEEKRIT stuff that will end up on the cutting room floor!)

Yay, my hold came in for FIEND by @almakatsu.bsky.social! Over centuries, the Berisha family has ruthlessly amassed wealth and power, but at what cost to themselves? Will the next generation continue under the dark cloud that follows the family, or can they steer their legacy in a new direction?

My senators, doing good work!

Today is the day! You can read WHY I LOVE HORROR with 18 of today's best Horror authors. In their essays they ALL bring their personal connection to Horror directly to you, their readers. A post to celebrate with the full table of contents is below. raforall.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-...

If you're on #LinkedIn, this is the link for declining their use of your data for training their AI models: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

*clears throat* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

LET IT GO!!! LET IT GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! CAN'T HOLD IT BACK ANYMORE!!!!!!

Circulating Ideas 297: The Library Leader's Guide to Human Resources by Dr. Steve Albrecht circulatingideas.com/2025/09/22/2...

I currently have 24 questions for my interview with @raforall.bsky.social (not a single one is "Why do you love horror, Becky?"). That's way too many questions, and I need to whittle it down so the interview isn't 3 hours long!

Thank you to @brookegladstone.bsky.social and @onthemedia.bsky.social for having me on. It was an honor and a pleasure to discuss @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social film about 37 minutes in. bit.ly/3Vpc8xd

Yoda: yeah hi sorry but I didn’t even like this guy before he was evil and the last time I saw him he was killing children Luke: thank you for your wisdom Master Yoda Yoda: no I’m saying it’s bullshit I have to sit on a log with this guy Obi: yeah I wasn’t going to say anything but he murdered me

What better than chatting with authors for the podcast? Chatting with authors who are, or used to be, librarians!!

Living in 1985A from Back to the Future II is exhausting.

How could the filmmakers get so close to faithfully representing the Fantastic Four's costumes (my only question: why is Reed's collar blue rather than white?), but then completely fall down on the costuming for Mole Man? Yes, I'm having the deepest of thoughts today!

Another year, another reluctant renewal of my ALA membership. I kept my PLA membership but dropped CORE. I also stayed with the Gaming and Graphic Novels roundtables, even though I don't participate much in either, just want to keep supporting them.

CHUNG CHUNG

I was excited to interview Nicole Cooke on her new collection of essays on black women in librarianship. This is on the Circulating Ideas podcast. @circulatingideas.bsky.social circulatingideas.com/2025/09/02/2...

I'm starting to understand why Trump is putting that gold leaf on everything in the White House.

Apologies! You have reached the end of your free trial period of America

I agree with this. COVID is endemic now. "During COVID" is shorthand for "the worst part of the pandemic."

I just backed The Maltese Falcon & Doctor Watson CHOCOLATE BARS on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/geg...

Circulating Ideas 296: Nicole A. Cooke, author of The Legacy of Black Women in Librarianship: When They Dared to Be Powerful circulatingideas.com/2025/09/02/2... @nicolethelibrarian.bsky.social @troy-a-swanson.bsky.social

Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.

For some reason, when I was getting my kids' breakfast ready for them this morning, I started talking to my son in a high-pitched voice but with stereotypical pirate speech patterns: "Yarrr, me name be Patches, tiniest pirate on the seven seas!"

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

My hold came in for @melaniesweeney.bsky.social’s WHERE YOU’RE PLANTED! I read the book in preparation for my interview with her on the podcast, so this copy is going on the Staff Picks shelf!

Same

"Physical inactivity" alone will cover a huge chunk of the population!

My copy of @raforall.bsky.social’s book has arrived! IT’S ALIVE!!!! (Yes, she will be on the podcast soon to chat about it.)

@circulatingideas.bsky.social chats with Michael Hanegan and Chris Rosser about why librarians should play a central role in shaping an ethical future of AI. circulatingideas.com/2025/08/20/2...

I just backed Enshittification: the DRM-free audiobook on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/doc...

Rise of Skywalker is the sole Star Wars movie I have only seen once and will be happy to never see again. Because it's really really really bad.

Five episodes away, and I am still unsure as to who I should ask to be the guest for Episode 300 of my podcast. 🤔

I’m deleting my previous non-podcast-related post bc I don’t want to be in the spotlight.

Circulating Ideas 295: Generative AI and Libraries, by Michael Hanegan and Chris Rosser circulatingideas.com/2025/08/20/2...

Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended: - Nickel Creek - Queen + Adam Lambert - Kelly Clarkson - Idina Menzel - The Laurie Berkner Band

Saying this again: there is a scammer out there targeting newbie authors, claiming I'm one of their clients. They use different names, and I'm already pursuing legal action. But I have never worked with a PR company, editing service, or book packager, so anybody saying so is lying, period full stop.

I haven't read X-Men comics in so long that I don't understand what people are talking about when they refer to "alpha-level" and "omega-level" mutants.

Here are the winners of the 2025 Hugo Awards!! Congratulations to everyone!!! reactormag.com/2025-hugo-aw...

Yes, memes are comics.

JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH! This gave me old Google back! It killed the AI results dead!

Is it just my computer or is the image at the top of this page pixelated, like the forgot to export it at the proper resolution?

ICYMI! PLEASE REPOST! Poets! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26! Poetry Editor Betsy Aoki can't wait to read your poems!!! buff.ly/9AyStcb

I am neither angry nor young, but I think about this song a lot.

"You doing okay?" "Yeah, I'm fine." Find the lie!

Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch “Once you get troops on the streets, it’s only a matter of time before it goes bad. Some kid throws a stone, next minute there’s houses on fire and people getting killed.”

That's my secret, Cap, I'm always anxious.

MY GOD LOOK AT THE HELLSCAPE THEY ARE PATROLLING

Reupping. Please keep Fobazi in your thoughts. Donate if you can. Share if you can. Wear a mask 😷

My wife is in public health and works near the CDC campus but was thankfully working at home when this incident occurred.