(looking out the window at fascists goose-stepping down my block) hmm not sure which subscription to cancel over this one

In September, a box of old film reels was donated to the Library's National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. One of them was a nearly 130-year-old, long-lost film by iconic French filmmaker George Méliès. It had not been seen by anyone in likely more than a century. 🧵 blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/...

LOGGING ON

In the past year, metro Atlanta saw more evictions than all of New York City—despite having *one-quarter* the renters. Multiple Atlanta apartment complexes averaged an eviction a day. "The numbers are mind-blowing," said Grace Hartley of Princeton's Eviction Lab.

Aaaand the free memberships are now live, too! forms.gle/oNAxHPH7Nstp...

I realize this amounts to a librarian hot take or whatever, but I just love writing in books so much. Also putting down the date and circumstances under which I got a book. 💗 Also, while I'm here, cutting up books for collages/art is cool and good. Engage with your books in ways that make you happy

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

10 anime that explain why I am like this. Digimon Moyashimon Dennou Coil Princess Tutu Gakuen Alice Rockman.exe Ranma 1/2 FMA Brotherhood Ouran High School Host Club Mushishi ...most of these are over 20 years old. my bones. are dust

What a shame that WorldCat now requires users to log in before they can interact with records. I like to send people to WorldCat when I reference a book, so they can find it at their local library. Unfortunately, Amazon doesn’t require a login—but now WC does.

Congratulations everyone

The Mother of all Segues incoming

Just thought of something and got hit with a flash of anger at the whole learning tech hype cycle. The MOOC revolution, microcredentials (which are coming back?), teaching machines, NFT crap. But you know what did silently hit critical mass and genuinely change how ged ed classes are built? OER.

Zagar died Thursday at age 86 due to complications of heart failure and Parkinson's disease.

why is this one book box goth???

This was inevitable and I really don't know how we can promise privacy in libraries right now

www.vraweb.org/annual-confe... The call for proposals for the VRA 2026 Online (10/05-10/09) is now live! VRA is a multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to image and media management. I am -extremely- biased, but it is the best library conference.

Uses a very simple MarcEdit tool correctly: Surely I am god's gift to librarianship

recorded something made for 1 person (me) on Sunday, so stay tuned I suppose

Happy Lunar New Year! 新年快樂! 🐎

Straight up don’t give a shit anymore

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Weregarurumon! #digimon

In the spirit of love (and bad puns), Happy Valentine's Day! 💗💗💗

Right, another key thing that historians do is working with important records that have not been digitized. And the vast majority of the world’s records *have not been digitized* and thus do not exist in any format that LLMs/AI can work with.

To get to the root of this, I'm pretty sure only baby teeth would be classified as ephemera. Wisdom teeth are official records governed by retention schedules, of course; there seems to be a cavity in our descriptive terms re: other types of teeth. We would need to extract duplicates, of course.

Pokemon Tarot pt.2

I dreamed that the horseshoe curve was destroyed and had to check it still existed. Not destroyed, fyi

She’s kinda like if a mushroom took over a magical girl doll. Also your house is hers now. Fenumon is played by the delightful @planxty.bsky.social on Binary Break! (Did she turn out a little creepier than I intended? Yeah, but I still think she’s neat)

discovered some life-changing ttrpg tech during friday’s session: after taking a mid session break, before getting back into the scene, do a sports style locker room interview with each player (in character). it’s 1) funny 2) focusing 3) immediately and personally characterizing

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

SPREADSHEET SICKOS, I'm asking for help. Andrew, Kam and I share pokemon with the same name but different types. For party composition, we can't have any matching types acrossed the teams unless they share a name. Can I automate a list that says "Here are the possible combinations"?

The work of Fobazi Ettarh was inspired, influential beyond words and has fundamentally changed how (some but growing number) librarians talk about themselves and their profession, her impact was phenomenal. This is a tragic, tragic loss and my thoughts are with those who loved her. What a voice.

Het is woensdag.

I got some commissions from the awesome @shannonmanorart.bsky.social today!! You can get yours at ko-fi.com/shannonmanor...

The most exciting sports game of two seasons! Tune in as Team Baby faces off against Team Hot Topic in the 2026 Digi-Bowl brought to you by Binary Break!

both cats are sitting with me and having a bath what is up

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Bonus Episode 01 - Digi-Bowl 2026 After a twenty-four year hiatus, the Digi-Bowl is back. binarybreak.libsyn.com/site/b...

nah. you can't fool me. 'what if your vape was the cops' is a @trashfuture.bsky.social bit.

wow thanks obama!

Kao Kalia Yang was our keynote speaker for VRA in 2024. She is a powerful writer and speaker, though I wish I was reading her words under better circumstances.

guess who deleted the wrong batch of photos~

Your Libby rental was free for you, but did you know it cost the D.C. Public Library $59.99? The e-book boom (and a complicated pricing model from publishers) has left library systems strapped for cash. But D.C. lawmakers have a plan to fight back. 51st.news/ebooks-are-e...

finally a good dating app

Love that other cities are literally running on "don't let your city become Andre Dickens' Atlanta"

"El Refugio accompanies immigrants at Stewart Detention Center and their loved ones through hospitality, visitation, support, and advocacy." I just gave $30 and I would love if folks who follow me (especially in GA) would match it- elrefugiostewart.org