I talked with @prisonculture.bsky.social, Alison Macrina, and Katie Clark about libraries as public infrastructure, contested political terrain, and spaces of possibility—and about what it means to fight for them in this fascistic moment.

Attention Science Communicators! We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences. Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can. umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

A new measurement unit: the Josh Naylor

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Read why NIH colleagues resigned. Brave writing from Sylvia Chou, Alexa Romberg, Paul Grothaus and Vani Pariyadath. 🧪 #science #standupforscience #integrity www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "I don't know, but I bet I can find out."

Yay for library levies! More info here: www.spl.org/about-us/the...

Exciting news - I have actually updated the Library Conferences on BlueSky page, and it now has current and previous 2026 sections! Lots to do to add in events I have noted in screenshots and saved emails, but good progress.

Definitely feeling 60 minutes closer to death this morning, thanks Daylight Saving(s).

Telling people my secret for dealing with time changes

How I arrived on Bluesky

... hired a librarian for his research group to help organize citations and support literature searches. The collaboration was hugely helpful. So helpful, in fact, that his colleagues started asking to ‘borrow’ the information specialist for their own projects. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Don’t you DARE, 2026!!

Is this even satire?

If you know any teenage girls who play sports, pls read this piece! The author's daughter's teammates experienced 19 (life-changing) ACL tears in just 12 girls; there's a way to prevent this injury, but most parents and coaches don't know about it. So important! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/m...

AI enthusiasts thirsting to be the smartest people in the room but instead of gettin good they simply decided to make sure the next generation will be dumber than them

All right, protein people, it’s gone too far. Roll it back. You’re out of control.

Did you know you can't overdose just by touching fentanyl or getting it on your skin? Chase down more facts at StopOverdose.org! #opioidOverdose #WinterOlympics

There is absolutely no way to sum up a life like Jesse Jackson’s, but one of my favorite ways to remember him is his “I am somebody” speech on Sesame Street. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuZV...

Much of my youth revolved around the website ZineLibrary. It went down around Occupy in a massive loss for a movement whose ideas and knowledge mostly doesn't circulate online but in person. Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines: zinelibrary.org

Himb nose cold

Call for Artists: Comics from the Frontline of Abortion Care #GraphicMedicine www.graphicmedicine.org/call-for-art...

No Kings includes Draft Kings

And now to get back to what really matters: Pitchers and catchers report on Thursday! Go #Mariners!!

congratulations to sam darnold super bowl champion!!!

Devastating news. I learned so much from her over the years. The library world just lost a bright and guiding light. 💔 #medLibs

Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her

Resting up for another long day of snuggle-bullying the plumbers.

What you can do right now if you need to do something right now: www.standwithminnesota.com

Kindness-based harm reduction beats tough love based on science, not just feelings and morality. My latest @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/o...

Hmm, I don't remember ordering nitroglycerin but I guess I

This constant whiplash is exhausting. I’m enormously relieved and still so furious this was even considered. Evidence-based solutions to our mental health and substance use challenges should never ever be on the chopping block.

These cuts included the TTC Network, which provides free training to people who work in addiction -- providers, peers, harm reduction folks, etc. For them to say this work isn't in alignment with the administration's goals says everything there is to say about those goals. Shocking loss. #medLibs

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version? I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/ It all started a few years ago... 🧵

Lollllll, welcome to the UW, kid.

What I need is a ringtone that features a calm voice saying "Everything is going to be okay" over and over until voicemail picks up. Is Peter Coyote available for that kind of work?

Oh no, thank you, I actually just had a year.

this time of year brings a mix of emotions, i know. i hope this season, whatever you celebrate or may be struggling through, brings you a bit of peace somewhere. this may be a message for you. maybe just give it a call. 216-361-6772.

We’ve posted an update on Fobazi here: gofund.me/e475efa5c

🎶 I heard there was a secret Ford That bargain shoppers all ignored But you don’t really care for savings, do ya 🎶 Hello. This is the ghost of Leonard Cohen, inviting you to come on down to Ghost of Leonard Cohen Used Cars. I, of course, didn’t expect the afterlife to be this way.

Seattle's ORCA Center is an innovative post-overdose recovery center where people can get care, stabilization, and MOUD treatment w/o judgment. Join us on Jan. 7 to learn how the center works, how it was created, how outcomes will be measured, & more! Register: washington.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

ATTN UW UNDERGRADS! Applications are now being accepted for our (paid!) Summer Internship Program for UW undergrads in Seattle, WA, interested in working in substance use/addictions, public health, science/health communications, and related fields. Learn more & apply here: adai.uw.edu/internship/

Just watched a Reel in which a kid called something “tuff” and their mother explained that they were saying “‘tough’ — 2025 slang for cool” and lord, this is why we never should have let schools pivot away from the humanities.

#medlibs: Join our Info Svcs Team on Dec. 4 (11am PT/2pm ET) to learn about the Empathy Lens project, funded by #NNLM, which aims to reduce stigma against people who use drugs by offering free humanizing images for outreach & dissemination! Register: www.nnlm.gov/training/cla...

The Snuggle Bully woke me up at 3:30am for hugs and is still going strong 4 hours later. Gonna be a long one (worth it).

HAIL, SATAN