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The university is so bad at letting us know a staff or faculty member has passed away. The man been here 25 years! I should’ve had email in my inbox today at 8am.

Thrilled to announce this ground-breaking new book, Area X: The Southern Reach Files! The Central agent in question is, of course, Hargraves from Absolution. The book includes some new ways of approaching storytelling, and also I hope will be satisfying in lots of other ways. More in a thread. 1/?

"Barnard College has made a “painful” announcement that it will lay off nearly 80 full-time employees as part of a “college-wide staff restructuring,” school officials said." - NY Post Note the quotation marks around the word "painful." Are they questioning the suffering of the school officials? 😆

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"...the culprit is a content‑filtering layer imposed by Azure OpenAI, the service that underpins Summon Research Assistant and its Primo cousin." 📚 aarontay.substack.com/p/the-ai-pow...

Considering submitting which meant reading that privacy of thought article in its entirety and taking notes. It exhausted me. I still have so many pages left 😭

Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K. thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...

Some great resources here from @injusticewatch.org. We have come to rely on their judicial guides. Now they have other helpful resources all in one place—including a guide to immigration court that you can republish for free.

July 21st is Zine Library Day, one of the celebrations happening during International Zine Month! #IZM2025 #zines Ways to celebrate: *visit your local zine library *check out an online zine library *donate $ or zines to a zine library *bring your closest zine librarian a delicious treat 🍩

"Pregnancy has increasingly become a weapon to be wielded against domestic violence victims—and those who help them." Read an excerpt from journalist @kylietcheung.bsky.social's new book on reproductive coercion:

The ridiculousness of that one article in CRL for May 2025 overshadowed this excellent article in the same issue “Assessing the State of Publicly Available Library Accessibility Information: Guidelines Based on a Review of Policies at SUNY Libraries”. #Skybrarians #AcademicLibraries

This is exactly the book I wrote (with amazing art by @littledozerbaby.bsky.social and lettering by @micahmyers.bsky.social ) Every single one of these types is in here, and it's very much based on shenanigans I've seen while playing.

If you like horror comedies + queer representation you have to watch The Parenting on HBO Max. I’ve been cackling this entire movie 😂

When I met Ryan Coogler several years ago, we were standing in a group of people chatting, when a woman with visible hearing aids walked up, and he casually began to sign the whole conversation so she could participate. She mouthed “thank you”. He nodded and just kept doing his thing.

#ALAAC25 It was an honor to celebrate Dr. Carla Hayden at ALA Annual—a visionary who has shown us, time and again, what it means to lead with wisdom, purpose, and grace. Learn "What Gives Carla Hayden Hope" at American Libraries. bit.ly/4eskLzf

Why would the post office close at 1pm when that’s when all the book giveaways start? Please make it make sense! #ALAAC25

Diverse representation matters so much. Excited to see Puzzles in Color at the Gaming Pavilion. If you put puzzles out at your library, coloring sheets, etc. Consider supporting and showcasing underrepresented creators #ALAAC25

Today is my last chance to get some gluten free funnel cake from here!!! #ALAAC25

"I want to thank all librarians, because you guys are the pillars of our democracy." — The fabulous George Takei at ALA (yes, it rhymes) Check out "It Rhymes With Takei." #ALAAC25 #itrhymeswithtakei

🌈 Missed part of our #Pride2025 spotlight? There’s so much more to discover. Explore a wide range of LGBTQ+ research on Open Research Online (ORO) - The Open University's open access repository, freely showcasing research from its academic community: oro.open.ac.uk

Day 4 of being away from my home which means I’m actively considering an earlier flight and missing the close of the library marketplace.

Last week at Broken Frontier… Don’t Forget to Check Out Broken Frontier’s LGBTQIA Resource Lists for Pride Month! www.brokenfrontier.com/lgbtqia-reso...

Not the lil ALA Conference Copyright Help for 5 cents booth better staffed than the U.S Copyright Office!!!!! #ALAAC25

Back for Council II (a little late but ya'll 9am is so early!!!) #ALAAC25. So far the vote on reunification of ALSC and YALSA passed again with good discussion around the timeline for reunification.

A new report from ALA on the importance of prison libraries from the perspective of those of us on the outside... /1 www.ala.org/news/2025/06...

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One of the most interesting part of any conference is listening in to the convos going on around you. And what I am hearing from librarians is uncertainty. Budget cuts. “I hope I’ll still have a job later this year.” SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARIES! #ALAAC25

University at Buffalo is never at ALA and I need to talk to them real real bad about their Information Science Ph.D. #ALAAC25

Did anyone make it to the Homosaurus Unleashed panel this morning and posted some notes? I really wanted to make it but this time zone change is rough along with the early mornings 😫 #ALAAC25

Made it to the ALA-APA Council meeting (I’m an observer today). First resolution presented by Immediate Past President Drabinski - dissolution of the ALA-APA Council. #ALAAC25

There is nothing more disappointing than seeing what looks like a cool TTRPG project then you dig a little into it and all the art is "supported by Midjourney/AI" If you can't be bothered to make it I can't be bothered to invest in it ✌️

Me vs. American Airlines all day today because I left my home at 5:30am and I’m still only in Norfolk:

you know shit's serious when NYT is using the actual words to describe what's happening

Thank you to all of those that attended the #ALAAC25 read-in. #FeistyFightersofFreedom

I’m so tired I’m considering skipping the library marketplace opening reception. Things I’ve literally never done before!!! #ALAAC25

I neeeedddd the Dr. Hayden one and the Wicked one real real bad #ALAAC25

Me trying to figure out how to attend the JCLC Reception, Spectrum Alumni Reception, and UIUC iSchool Reception in the same evening: #ALAAC25

We’ve entered that stage where it’s 90 degrees outside but the library is a literal freezer so how does one dress for this (questions I’ve been asking for 15 years worth of summers working in libraries 😂)

Big change but unfortunately sounds necessary 😕

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I am excited to be presenting "Adaptive Arcade at the Library: Video Games are for Everyone" with @stevenspohn.bsky.social at #ALAAC25. If you are attending, check out our session: cdmcd.co/8YnyBB. Hope to see you there!

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reminder, bsky has a clever way to display pronouns that's built in! but you only see them if you yourself opt in, so please feel free to here by subscribing and then choosing which applies!! @pronouns.diy

This is Bodie. He’s here to celebrate the start of Pride Month. Been working on this pose for weeks. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾 (IG: hellobodie)

The Black Alumni Association of Dartmouth's email was suspended by the college after they shared this message of concern over the treatment of student protesters. As a result, they asked us to share their message widely. dartmouth.imodules.com/controls/ema...

I recently received two very intriguing #ttrpg from @ravensridgeco.bsky.social and wanted to share the bounty. A solo mystery "Caught in the Rain": the-ravensridge-press.itch.io/caught-in-th... And a two-player epistolary "In the Shadow of Glory": the-ravensridge-press.itch.io/in-the-shado...

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