I’m wearing the same fashions I did in high school, and by that I mean, half of my wardrobe is Hoosiers spirit gear again

I’m visiting family in Albuquerque and decided to get my truck washed. I’m certain that I won’t be contributing to a drug empire…

Curt Cignetti looks kind of annoyed he has to be on the stage celebrating the Rose Bowl win instead of being able to watch film already.

HOO! HOO! HOO! HOOSIERS! Coach cracked half a smile, I saw it. It was weird. Such a relief when he went back to normal.

Even for New Mexico my neighborhood sets off a lot of fireworks. Coming in on hour 3 of several professional-grade shows on the block…

I didn’t post my Christmas dinner because I ate it too fast but I wanted to brag on my stepdad who is a retired professional executive resort chef. His lamb could bring about world peace. My god.

I’m helping a faculty member with a research project about Warren G. Harding’s sex life, so I might as well learn about this too?

What it’s like, as a librarian, being married to an author: Me: dropping off to sleep Him: How do microfilms work? Like how are they photographed? How were they made in the 1920s? How long do they last? How do some documents go to the Archives and others, the Presidential Library?

Santa earned some milk and cookies, I’ll tell you that much!

My previous record for not having a ball of ants falling on my head was 27 years and I had honestly anticipated that record remaining unbroken for the rest of my life but here we are

This week at work one of the deans made us Hello Kitty pancakes, and we did karaoke where we sang the Spongebob Squarepants theme song. (I planned an entire conference, we discussed mental health services, lining up CDL funding, etc. But we are only adults when it is necessary!)

That explains the Orange Julius next to the Reflecting Pool

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild: Eyelash viper Coati Quetzal Moose Horny Toad

📚 Vandalizing our displays by replacing books you disagree with, and leaving a little wooden cross behind, is not persuasive. It just makes you look like you’re in an insane cult. If we catch you doing it, we will be bringing you up on Student Conduct charges for religious-based harassment.

📚 Years ago I started working with the prison library system in Colorado, mostly to get rid of a huge amount of deaccessioned reference materials. This snowballed into a CO prison library consortium/ILL system. A lot of people, including CLiC and @aspencat2000.bsky.social , worked on this.

It’s really hard to make Michelle Pfeiffer unlikable in a Michael Showalter movie but “Oh. What. Fun.” managed it in record time. I sat through about half of it so I can’t tell you if she grows to realize that she has a narcissistically self-inflicted martyr complex.

This Christmas tree has everything: Bulbs, garlands, an Elf on the Shelf who’s AWOL from rehab, and a Futuristic Feedback Loop. (What’s a Futuristic Feedback Loop?) That’s two ChatGPTs saying “I agree, let’s just keep it merry and bright” to each other until the sun explodes.

Not everything that breaks me Wrongly made the scar. Bodies are not buildings Weakened by every cut, Lessened by every weld. The skin of my scars is thicker Where my lessons cut me.

I’m a couple episodes behind on Plur1bus, but I keep thinking: They’re all hivemind, right? But collective intelligences based on human thinking will default to incorrect but popular opinions. Why is the hivemind never objectively wrong? How do they know which brain should direct them?

📚 "I'm writing about how British counterculture modrock/pop were co-opted by corporate entities, leading to the rebellion of British punk as a simultaneous protest against the artificialities of capitalism and social conformity" SIR YOU ARE IN THE EIGHTH GRADE

I’ve worked in public libraries for 20 years, today was the first time we’ve had to tell someone they couldn’t bring their chainsaw in the library.

I have been given permission to start an official Bluesky account for my library. I ran some of my ideas past the folks in charge and they laughed really hard and said “OK.” I’m either gonna get fired or they will make me their queen.

I've had to have uncomfortable conversations like this with it as well. It sadly assures me it's not feeding me a line consistently. And thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for your public nudge yesterday for us to move our substack support from you to others who need $. 👍

📚 Today’s reference searches include: Native American feminism. Workplace conflict resolution. What if a movie horse has his dick out when they’re filming. Counterculture graphic novels.

I keep trying to sign up for assembling the holiday gift boxes for the needy, or working at our campus food bank... and all the volunteer slots fill up within 10 minutes of anyone announcing they need help 😊 How awesome is that?

We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over

FUCK OHIO STATE. That’s fucking assault.

📚 A colleague assembled our Christmas picture books for the read-along tonight. Can’t wait! I just love Christmas!

Scrambling to finish Luminarias today thanks to a snowstorm. We will lay out 23,000 of these today for a huge public display tomorrow!

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

Our Reference Desk Batman has been made appropriate for the holidays.

They’re making me do stuff at work today Call the Hague pls

Drunken gingerbread house decorating contest is afoot. In the glass: Prosecco, and our homemade cranberry wine.

An example of how people on Bluesky can spread some very bad misinformation. Check how many people in comments are gonna get arrested if they follow this advice. In Colorado, for example, display alone does not satisfy CRS 42-2-115.

How I’m rolling up to Thanksgiving

Good medicine even if it does come via a gambling app.

I think I come at this film from a very different direction.

📚 I'm trying this accountability thing where I don't waive my overdue fines myself anymore. I go to the circulation desk in the hopes that the shame of having them waive fines will spur me to, you know, turn in a book sometimes.

Good stuff from this week: 1. Helped a nation draft its AI data sovereignty statement 2. My county has literal semi truckloads of free turkeys for all 3. Last Thursday I taught 200 children how to research Revolution, which they do as extra work because the children yearn for the guillotines

Instead of shopping now, I just add stuff to an Amazon Wish List. It's like the satisfaction of an impulse purchase, but much cheaper and doesn't take up space! It's pathetic how many miniature libraries I have on here. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Glad I’m not at a show barn. I mean, I’m always glad not to be at a show barn - I’m much more of a working cowgirl type. But this EHV outbreak should lead every barn to quarantine (no ins or outs) for the next two months. Our barn is okay and is on lockdown.

One of the worst things about being sick for a very busy person is that my inbox is insane. Relentless demands for this or that. I feel like I can’t even take a day to knock out a cold. I need a week’s vacation, that’s what. Just a week where I can be healthy and do chores.

New post today. When public information changes or books disappear from shelves, the gaps show up in AI tools. I explain how this affects students and share ready-to-use lessons for elementary and secondary classrooms. #aied #ai #TLSky open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Challenging someone’s firsthand story of oppression because it’s not in the news yet is pretty shitty behavior. Lots of stuff happens that doesn’t make the news. Most stuff that happens doesn’t make the news, in fact.

I love baseball when it is both bad and weird. So, I love the Colorado Rockies. Even when they are successful, it is only because they have failed so hard that they wind up making a 180 into success. Today, I realize that it is because I like irrationality more than anything else.

Faculty: Oh, so you’re why I keep getting essays about hippo crackheads. Me: Yeah ‘cause I can’t talk about the Holy Prepuce to freshmen. Faculty: …the what? Me: I’m gonna let Wikipedia explain that one.

📚 Teaching students about business law resources: If you’re going to sell chainsaws to preschoolers, here’s where you go to find really good liability insurance.

There should be a Scholastic Book Fair for grown ups that comes to our jobs, and we skip PE or art class to go browse the goods. Jobs should also have PE and art class.

I asked Claude to pick 6 frames of a DAPL documentary out of 12 pre-selected frames. I asked it to choose these frames according to illustration of technique. Claude of course failed, and hallucinated several frames about "war paint" and "tipis" based solely on the term "Native American."

Immune system: I’m about to start some nonsense. Me, using teacher voice: Absolutely not. You sit right down in your chair and do your work right now. Immune system: Yes ma’am. (plots to ruin Thanksgiving week)