How is it #FiveMinuteFriday again? This is my last one for a little while. I share a simple Excel trick with you to get URLs from your DOIs and PMIDs. Enjoy! #medlibs youtu.be/i-0pxXYLE68?...

News — University of Central Florida (UCF) abruptly shut down two of its three libraries today, plus an important resource desk within the main library. Staff were given no warning. UCF is the 2nd largest public university in the country w/ ~70k students. Library hours page confirming closures:

YOU GO AROUND IN A CIRCLE TO THE RIGHT.

With her widow Elena's encouragement to share, here are the details of the Celebration of Life for Fobazi Ettarh, which is happening this Saturday, June 27th in Chicago. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebratin...

Buy copies for every librarian you know! #medLibs

Seems like something local politicians who run on "affordability" might want to take a hard look at. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Lolllll accurate!! #medLibs

Registration is Open for ThriveLib 2026 thrivelib.com/2026/06/15/r... #thrivelib #skybrarians #publibs #medlibs 📚

Go Mariners!

Anduril is expanding in Seattle. But no word on Glamdring. www.seattletimes.com/business/loc...

Giving strong “I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed” vibes.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you’ve seen live Bob Mould The Pixies The Melvins The Flaming Lips Crowded House Suzanne Vega Thee Oh Sees Guided By Voices Todd Snider (RIP) The Del McCoury Band Faith No More* *You weren’t expecting this one. I was being polite to a boy.

Terrific, maddening @hhansman.bsky.social story. Bots are clicking on outdoor rec permits, so u can't, and not using them. But the contractor running the website profits off every transaction. How much? The Forest Service won't say. More journos should follow this. www.republic.land/wreck-dot-gov/

Incredible. Even the people publishing books *about* these tools don't know the most basic risks of using these tools.

In this evaluation of AI notetakers for doctor's appointments 12 out of the 20 systems reviewed inserted incorrect drug info into patient notes, 9 fabricated info, 17 missed key details about mental health issues, 6 missed mental health issues completely. #medLibs www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/0...

For people who want to see a screen reader in action, it can be helpful to start with this demo from Hadi Rangin of the University of Washington's IT Accessibility Team. Among the things Rangin discusses are ARIA landmarks, headings, and text content. youtu.be/7Rs3YpsnfoI

It seems like a lot of academics using AI don’t know even the most basic of its flaws, which feels like an important gap! Maybe instead of making us take that damn asbestos training for the umpteenth time, they should mandate some training on how LLMs work and what the risks of use are?

Like Bad Bunny in his zaddy era, naloxone is still fiiiiine when it's older. Research shows naloxone is effective long past its expiration date. And in Washington State, it's legal to carry and use expired naloxone. Learn more at: www.networkforphl.org/wp-content/u...

Checked out Threads and every post was women yelling at each other for not being good enough to call themselves “mothers” and, wow, I like it better over here where we just yell at people for being centrists. Anyway, here’s my son. He’s an anarcho-communist. Happy Mother’s Day to all who serve. ❤️

To be fair, many of us have aged 30 years since January 20, 2025.

"Happy birthday to the grounnnnnd!"

Slightly diminish a book Absalom, Absalom. (*It’s possible only my mother will get this joke)

“STOP TRYING TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR ME TO RUN OVER PEDESTRIANS!”

Oh no thank you, I’ve woken up in 1995 a bunch of times already

John Moe’s podcasts are the best of the biz, and you can support them for a mere $5 month! Why wouldn’t you do that? Do you hate learning stuff and laughing? That’s sad. Oh! You know what could help you with that? John Moe’s podcasts. Get some!

This has to be BATS, right? Because “notoriously antisocial”? I have no idea what you’re talking about.

I feel like it's not great to be nearly 100% desensitized to gun violence.

Happy #caturday from a boy reaching for you with a front AND back leg b/c pls hugs yes ok huuuuugs!!!

The first photo here is fake. A still from the same moment shows that Trump's head wasn't drooping like that. Also, he'd just adjusted his tie, which is why the guy two to the left of RFK is looking at him. Actual still at right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ctx...

TIRED: Cocaine Bear WIRED: www.wired.com/story/cocain...

From a fellow librarian, trustee, and patron, sending solidarity to library workers across the world on National Library Workers Day Libraries work because we do ✊️

People have personal preferences on what they consider acceptable length for alt text, but there's no definitive character limit or formula for how long alt text should be. That said, aim to be as detailed as needed but as succinct as possible. Go for both accuracy and precision.

The better I get at coding with PHP, the more likely I am to break a website coding with PHP. Took two down today! New record! Anyway, I call this Meg’s Law of Progressive System Destabilization. Thinking about writing it up for the Proceedings of the Society for Dubious Website Development.

Looks like the DOJ is delaying the #ADA #Title2 implementation by a year. Pre-published rule here, to be formally published on the 20th: www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe... #accessibility #a11y

In hashtags, it helps if each new word starts with a capital letter. Otherwise, sighted users could see a string of letters and not immediately know where one word ends and a new word begins. Capitalized words also help screen readers properly read out the hashtag.

NEW! We surveyed people who use syringe services programs in WA, asking them about their drug use, health behaviors, treatment, and other service needs. Check out our report and join us April 29 (1pm PT) for a webinar to find out what they had to say! adai.uw.edu/syringe-surv... A few key points 👇🧵

Counterpoint: This but it’s great actually.

Someone compiled all of the Calvin and Hobbes strips about Calvin’s polls of his Dad, which is proof that good people do exist on the internet imgur.com/a/poll-resul...

the enemy of my enemy is.... the pope? wait that can't be right.

HOT DAMN, THEY DID IT!!

A UW iSchool student was abruptly deported yesterday with his son. There’s a GoFundMe to support the family while they try to get them back to Seattle: www.gofundme.com/f/9wup9u-hel...

Just watched the NIH Strategic Planning input session... Some observations: (1) I am glad that NIH is doing this (although I do remain skeptical about how seriously they will take input which challenges their existing intentions). PEOPLE SHOULD STILL COMMENT! grants.nih.gov/news-events/... 1/4

Mission: Impossible-ass interlibrary loan system

From www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"i have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working." The Astronauts truly representing us all up there.

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