Behold the zipper’s first upgrade in over a century. YKK, the Japanese company that makes about half the world’s zippers, has created a zipper that removes the traditional fabric tape, creating a lighter, more flexible, lower-impact closure. buff.ly/5UV5gnr #ShareGoodNewsToo

I didn't see this on BlueSky: shelflifegame.com It's an interactive library simulation management game.

So... actual viability of establishing an externally research program in a Canadian university? (This is a real question, based on actually existing job searches, and has zero to do with immigrating as such.)

Surprise — Katie and Allison Crutchfield's new band with MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook is called Snocaps, and their debut album is out now:

We come to the end of Post a Link to a Song October 2025, it looks like I forgot yesterday's post on Bluesky. I am bringing it full circle today with another KEXP performance, from Cheekface (who we started the month with). This might be how I heard of them. youtu.be/YRggC-U6414?... #PaLtaSO

Day 29 of #PaLtaSO 2025. A KEXP session from six years ago, Stella Donnelly who also has some new music out this month. youtu.be/Q15WlNtx0Po?...

Day 28 of #PaLtaSO 2025! KEXP was my introduction to Biblioteka, a Seattle band who played one set up here in 2024. This is from about 2 years ago. youtu.be/jO94vk61xFk?...

One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France, Spain and Germany. Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com/

#PaLtaSO 2025, Day 27 -- a one day break from KEXP as Choircast have a new video out. This is an online virtual choir that started up early in the pandemic with singers from different countries and this is a Halloween version of a Christmas song. youtu.be/YXPozIAW1bg?...

Day 25 of #PaLtaSO 2025! I think I will do KEXP week for the rest of the year -- they are a listener supported radio station out of Seattle and they get a lot of live bands in the studio. Here is a recent one from Waxahatchee: youtube.com/shorts/E4FPf...

Day 24 of #PaLtaSO 2025. Brandi Carlile has a new album out today. This is "Church and State". youtu.be/1gQ64TD24wo?...

Day 23 of #PaLtaSO 2025 and here are Wine Lips, they are coming to town in November. youtu.be/7bQLSikN53Y?...

#PaLtaSO Day 21, random songs week. I heard this one in the supermarket the other day...it actually kind of sounds like an ad. Sports Team with "Subaru". youtu.be/vU6cOF65lU0?...

Day 21 of #PaLtaSO 2025 and the last day of new music week. I've been listening to this band for a couple of years now, this came out about a month ago. The Paranoid Style youtu.be/KcmHhlA5yII?...

#PaLtaSO Day 20 and more "new" music -- new since last October anyway, early 2025. I don't actually listen to a lot of Lord Huron but this kind of sounds like FOALS. youtu.be/1828lQRbK5o?...

#PaLtaSO 2025 Day 19, new music week continues with the oldest one so far at 11 days old. The Rheostatics first new music in years with new members (one of whom will be touring with his other band Rush next year) youtu.be/oJ0Vv_v0IVQ?...

#PaLtaSO 2025 Day 18. New music from Broken Peach as usual for October. They lost a member earlier this year (she left the band -- she's not dead). Metallica cover with a bit of a mashup. youtu.be/MI8q_bJe4iE?...

HOLY FUCKING SHIT GUYS GUYS THIS IS IS SEISMIC GUYS I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU OPUS DEI IS THE SCIENTOLOGY OF CATHOLICISM THEY ARE THE ONLY THING "THE DA VINCI CODE" GOT RIGHT THEY ARE AWFUL AND THEY ARE EVIL AND THEY HAVE ENORMOUS POWER AND THEY ARE INTEGRAL TO TRADFASH CATHOLICISM

Happy Canadian Library Workers Day everyone!

Day 17 of #PaLtaSO 2025. Today's new music is from the Dead Milkmen and it just came out this week too. Two covers that I didn't know the originals for. thedeadmilkmen1.bandcamp.com/track/janitor

“People Watching” by Sam Fender #nowplaying #6music

Day 16 and PaLtaSO 2025 is half over. Another song released this week, new Courtney Barnett (even though I already posted her older song) Video is a bit gory for Halloween month. youtu.be/IP9TaFDe7qk?...

Day 15 of #PaLtaSO 2025 and welcome to new music week — coincidentally my favourite 90s band Sugar has a new song out for the first time in 30 years. Keep an eye out for my fundraising campaign to go see them in London (only a 2 city “tour”) youtu.be/-S72djtUIFk?...

Day 14 of #PaLtaSO 2025 and the end of guitar week. This one was fun to learn on acoustic. Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” youtu.be/AIOAlaACuv4?...

Day 13 of #PaLtaSO 2025. I can only play this one at about half speed, still fun. The Las with “There She Goes”. youtu.be/CZXLLMbJdZ4?...

#PaLtaSO 2025 Day 12. This is the first Rheostatics song I learned "Legal Age Life" (when I was still only playing acoustic) youtu.be/YGWB55_mHvE?...

Day 11 of #PaLtaSO 2025. One of my inspirations to start playing guitar was a video from I think about 15 years ago of Mick Jones just playing this song by himself. "Train in Vain" by the Clash. youtu.be/aUzBgeI5dpc?...

Part 2 is also up now (of 2)

Day 10 of #PaLtaSO 2025 guitar week. I just started learning this one recently because I read an interview with Robert Smith. The Cure youtu.be/mGgMZpGYiy8?...

Day 8 of #PaLtaSO 2025 and it's the return of guitar week. My youngest has been suggesting some older songs that I didn't know and we almost have this one down. youtu.be/B7encWb7lNQ?...

#PaLtaSO Day 7 and the end of live music week...I did not see very many shows in 2025, I will have to up the game this year. But we did go to Beetlejuice the musical and it was great. youtu.be/sWtbpEB27UE?...

From last month -- does anyone else think it might not be a good time for AI to create viruses? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A break from bands I've seen this year because I found this song today. youtu.be/ETDDGAkXbI8?... Courtney Barnett covers the Breeders. #PaLtaSO Day 5!

Day 4 of #PaLtaSO 2025. This was the opener for Cheekface, Pacing. I had not heard of them before they were listed as the opening act but I like a bunch of their songs now. pacingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/hatema...

PaLtaSO Day 3! I did not see very many shows this year actually. This was a good one though even though it was at a stadium. Great band and good songwriting from Sam Fender. youtu.be/WAifgn2Cvo8?...

Congratulations to Kyanite for winning the Mineral Cup at last

Day two of #PaLtaSO 2025, continuing live music week. We saw Wet Leg last month at Malkin Bowl. They played this song. youtu.be/HeL2M8jBEI4?...

Welcome back to Post a Link to a Song October everyone! I discovered today's band last winter (I think right around New Year's) and they had a new album out _and_ a show in Vancouver last year which was great. #PaLtaSO cheekface.bandcamp.com/track/art-ho...

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶 🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈 #FollowTheRainbow

The real-life girl who inspired the Olivia books: slate.com/culture/2025...

if you're about to use an apostrophe to pluralize a word, don't #copyediting

A tutorial on how to use the “notify me” tag to request that your library add a title. Here’s me requesting an audiobook by @charliejane.bsky.social: 1) Use “deep search” at the bottom of the author’s page 2) Click “notify me” 3) Click through info page 4) The bell icon means you did it right!

#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 2: It's all about how minerals interact with humans as dramatic #stibnite faces off against futuristic #perovskite. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Happy Triple Square day everyone.

#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 16 - It's a battle of the tiny as bright green #paddlewheelite goes up against jet black #mannardite. Both are small yet mighty minerals, but only one can win! Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 14: It's radioactive #cuprosklodowskite vs ephemeral #ikaite for today's match. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

A bit of good news for your timeline today www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...