@pjnewwest.bsky.social can you pass on thanks to the city staff who cut back the weeds and grass overtaking the sidewalk on Duncan, eastbound just past Mercer on Qborough? I put in a req for it on SeeClickFix app, and mentioned it to the city staff at the farmers market last week, & they delivered!

I got the results of my Freedom of Information Request back from Worksafe BC looking for more info about claims made broken out by gender, industry, nature of injury, and outcome, and they sent me a spreadsheet with 200,000 rows, so that's neat.

Wellllll @hankgreen.bsky.social and @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social and @projectforawesome.bsky.social, I'm happy to announce that our car's inaugural decor is the (very lovely) P4A bumper magnet! Happy to rep nerd fighters across all of British Columbia :D

The only things getting me through this hellscape year are a) my library's exceedingly healthy ebook budget and b) my child's desperate need for me to stop narrating the news to him in silly voices

So, do we think that members of congress have started filtering their emails for innocuous words like "spine" and "grow" and "pair" yet?

popping in to say "woohoo I filed my first freedom of information request since becoming canadian!" Something something informed population something bulwark something democracy!

Amazing set of #RDM (research data management) workshops this fall by @ubclibrary.bsky.social -- free and online! libcal.library.ubc.ca/calendar/van...

Expected AI ethics discussion aside: GOOD hecking RIDDANCE! Workers Deserve Rest, and productivity mindset can calm TF down.

Just voted in the nature semi-finals for CBC's best symbol (you should too!) and I just wanna say, thanks @jmcelroy.bsky.social for organizing this. It's been a really nice break from everything, and fun hearing the various guests come on to defend their picks. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

things are hard and wild and chaotic, but fwiw tonight I'm making chocolate chip cookies with my 3 year old so get what joy you can from that

Want to help encourage folks to (finally) move over to Bluesky? @butow.bsky.social and I wrote something that might help. #booksky

I will voluntarily drop off a bunch of my #BlueskyForDummies books at City Hall, TransLink, BC Ferries, who else?

I just... every time I think about it, I sigh that That Guy is the head of the FDA.

This isn't what I had in mind when someone suggested a threesome

Stopped in my tracks by this sign pointing out the IMLS absence from #ALAAC25

Yeah, I'm gonna just say that I wouldn't recommend getting Norovirus if you can help it. Not particularly enjoyable.

TransLink has launched 50 local transit-friendly tours (with maps, a rewards passport, and more) so you can go car-free and explore Metro #Vancouver this summer. There's even a HIDDEN GEMS tour 🚨 #transit #cities #bus #train #cars #canada

Ok, well, the good news is the norovirus symptoms kicked in BEFORE I left for the airport to fly to #alaac25.

(Pace salsa voice) NEW YORK CITY!

crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants

We don’t know exactly what this means, but if it means what it seems like it means, it's very bad. "Effective July 7, 2025, the National Archives will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need..." www.archives.gov/college-park

For those of us coming to #alaac25 from out of town/places where you might enjoy a dry heat at home: Philly's heat wave is humid, which makes it harder for your body to cool down. Pack light colors/breathable fabrics, drink water, make sure you're getting salt/electrolytes, and enjoy AC as needed!

As we head to Philly for #alaac25, this is my annual reminder that you should block people who target librarians immediately, have a plan for what you/your workplace will do should you become a target for harassment, and please prioritize your wellbeing.

🚨 ATTN: Journalists crossing through a U.S. border 🚨 Alongside @eff.org, we now have an extensive guide on preparing your devices for travel through a U.S. border, including a digital security checklist and additional resources. Read, bookmark and share:

I just finished Ancillary Justice by @annleckie.com and it is SO GOOD, so of course I immediately started Ancillary Sword and will start Mercy right after. I think those two will carry me through some 10-hour travel days this coming as I head to/from #ALAAC25; what else are folks reading?

As we near #ALAAC25, I will remind presenters and anyone doing Q&A to Use. The. Mics. It not only benefits those with hearing difficulties, but also individuals like me who have auditory processing issues and whose brains can't prioritize multiple sounds well. #CripLib

📣 Attending #ALAAC25 in Philadelphia this month? Find us in the exhibit hall with our literacy partners, Better World Books. Join us to talk about the future of libraries. And grab yourself a sweet #WaybackMachine sticker! 📅 June 26–30 #InternetArchive #BWBooks

Would it be over the top if i got a marc record tattoo on my arm, or should i just stick with a full size recreation of a "the only thing worse than a wet cat is a wet book" poster I saw when I was twelve on my back?

I can't give you any snacks, but here's some food for thought. paulstacey.global/blog/the-tra...

god what kind of bizarro world timeline have we found ourselves in where paint is trying to compete with photoshop IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR PAINT TO HAVE NOT EVOLVED AT ALL SINCE 1996

ah yes, good old "does the usa entering into armed conflict with a country that has been enriching uranium for multiple decades cross my 'travel to the us for a conference' risk tolerance threshold" internal debate. honestly I don't know that we have very many fresh hells left, y'all

Ever since recorded music attained fidelity on-par with live performances, it could be argued that nobody "needs" to learn to play an instrument. But luckily we decided the world is a better place when we teach each other how to play instruments so we still do it. I feel the same about writing.

Things are a mess so here's a photo of my child being a goof on our way to daycare

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

my partner got a tattoo of one of the tools of her trade at a conference out of town a few weeks ago so I might do the similar when I'm in philly doe #ala2025 right now, I'm thinking knuckle tattoos that spell out R E A D B O O K with a tiny little 'a' on the tip of my nose

Tomorrow's #Juneteenth: a great day to take some time and learn about 'now' and 'then' are deeply connected. The podcast "Running on Juneteenth" (CC-BY-NC) by Samantha White talks about the intersection of running, historical memory, racial trauma, & social action. oercommons.org/courses/runn...

uh oh I think I'm entering my sad tired phase of being a tired gay librarian always in search of answers that might explain the state of things. I guess you might say I'm world-queery

I did not realize that the AT Proto dev community has already created alternatives to every platform I use for my community. I'm going to create this thread to explain what each one does and what it replaces. Why should you care? No ads. No corporate owner. Open source. Free, no strings attached.

It could just be the state of the world, but I'm scrolling through the #ALA2025 schedule and ... it's overwhelming in a way it wasn't last year? Anyway, if you'll be at ALA2025 in Philly let me know and I'll buy you a tiny liberty bell or something

YOU: Spent an hour getting a chatbot to give you a superficial and inaccurate book summary. ME: Spent an hour rereading a single paragraph by Jackson, McCarthy, Atwood, or DeLillo, seething in ecstasy and envy that somebody found perfect words and put them in perfect order. We are not the same.

Moment of Gratitude: CloudFlare CloudFlare saved the Internet Archive servers from a DDOS yesterday. Max rate of this DDOS attack was 525 Gbps (44.93 Mpps) of a "TCP flood" @archive.org does not have enough bandwidth to fend off that kind of attack = wouldbe bad saturday. Thank you #CloudFlare

pretending LASD is a typo for LAUSD makes this righteously entertaining in a different way

I like bee butts and I cannot fly. Some other flowers might deny. When a bee flies in with its pollen covered legs and that stinger in your face, SPRING GETS SPRUNG

uh my child just started singing the canadian national anthem he's 3

As an aside from whatever all is going wrong in the world, I just found privacylibrary.ca and that's FREAKING NEAT. *scrolls to bottom* Oh, @linkletter.org I see you're behind this, I guess I should not be surprised

"sure things aren't great, but it's not like the insurrection act has been invoked yet, so I can probably still travel to Philly for the librarian conference" is such a surreal place for me to be mentally

Setting aside the absurdity of the whole situation, if there were actually a need to have troops in LA there are some 300,000 other national guard servicemembers in the US for the job. Bringing Marines in is intimidation at best, stirring for a fight at worst, and shitty either way.

Still disappointed that this didn't gain more traction. @lemonde.fr la fenetre est toujours ouverte!

I take my kid to daycare on transit every morning, and he tends to just ask questions and I tend to just answer them, as one does! But today when we got off the bus the driver called me over and was like "I need to tell you something" & I'm like "oh okay what's going on?" Thinking I was in trouble 😵‍💫