Home for Christmas Maud Lewis c. 1958

An oldie but a goodie.

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

“Winter Morning Blues”

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

"How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian" HT @tjowens.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...

domestic versions of a bad idea are still a bad idea

This is actually the trippiest thing I've ever seen that was not deliberately created by M C Fucking Escher. It straight up took me over a minute to make sense of and now I can't go back. This is the white-and-gold dress on a gram a week of trenbolone.

I swear to fucking god mozilla, *everyone hates this idea*. Do NOT succumb to The Fear & the Monetization Disease. You don't need to have a "modern AI browser", at all, ever. You need to be th comany that respects user privacy, meaningful consent, & choice; the one w/ The Browser That Fucking Works

This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.

I kind of love this. And potatoes 🥔

it’s happening in public libraries too: people are walking up to reference desks with lists of fake articles and books. 📚

Why did I just need to verify my age, @support.bsky.team? I’m in Canada, no VPN.

📣 Our friends at the #ScholCommLab have published a preprint, "The Drain of #ScientificPublishing", and are calling for #research communities, funders, governments, and #universities to "re-communalise publishing to serve #science not the market" doi.org/10.48550/arX... #ScholComm #AcademicSky

I used this as a framing example in a recent talk I gave about the "librarian's dividend" which is my probably-far-too-positive spin on this absolute garbage fire -- that at least maybe we're forced into more appreciation and value for the people and institutions who help us evaluate information.

Housetops in the Ward A.J. Casson 1924

HELLO, FLAMETHROWERS. WE'RE COOKING. 🔥🔥🔥 Stay tuned to our socials for @burnitalldownpod.com show and community updates. @jessicawluther.com @brendaelsey.bsky.social @lindsaygibbs.bsky.social @amirarose.bsky.social @martinkessler.bsky.social

Message home to parents today: “With the dusting of snow on the ground, there has been a dramatic increase in incidents of vigilante justice to settle the scores over stolen snow, missing snow, this snow, that snow, snow balls, forts, and snow people.”

unfuckingreal

Two jobs in a great organisation!

Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.

"Umbrella lip synch" rules apply to this TMBG clip too.

Or a library

Hey.

New Prep & Landing movie!!! (I’m such a sucker for logistics, especially around the holidays. I blame @miriamposner.com.)

I know some great folks at the University of Bergen!

The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts. 📚 Lots of banger quotes in this @commondreams.org article by Rodney Freeman Jr. about how library and archives workers collect and preserve materials, including zines.

TODAY: another big win for libraries - at least for now. The Librarian of Congress chooses the Copyright Register, not the President. www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...

You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.

Who knew scholarly communication librarians would suddenly find themselves with a favourite mayor?

C’est PAS comme ça qu’on vit au Québec.

I! M! L! S! "The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect." www.ala.org/news/2025/11...

SO MUCH THIS.

NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court! A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so. Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)

Trans Day of Remembrance. Pour one out for our trans siblings lost and keep *living* in their honor.

Super bummed to be missing this!!!

I think this is *the* licensing issue of our time. Whether it's prohibiting fascist uses or stopping AI training, liberal open licenses are falling down. I still like CC BY-SA, forcing to share derivatives, but am not sure a license change is the technical solution to this social problem.

Do better, Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Always and forever a fan of @librarian.bsky.social.

www.librarian.net/talks/videot... @librarian.bsky.social’s latest talk “A library putting out useful information in a place where people can see it is a more powerful stance than it may feel like. It shows that people in positions of power CARE.” This is antifa. 📚

Over the past months (and at least 11 versions!), I was lucky to work with 11 amazing colleagues on a call to action to reform academic publishing. Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n

Save the date: the 2026 DH@Guelph Summer Workshops will take place May 19th-22nd! We are looking for folks to run workshops on UX, DataVis, and Videogames, with an emphasis on equity and diversity. Pls see full call here: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/researc... Applications due December 15th. #DH

WHO ASKED FOR THIS?!?!

Opinion: Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing. Buckling of commercial models alongside maturing of community-led efforts promises major shifts, says Caroline Edwards (@theblochian.bsky.social). www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

If you have ever commented on how you love the calendar that is my background during all calls, they are available now and benefit George Brown College BIPOC design students. anaritamorais.com/calendar

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

We gotta a take this energy forward. The election victories tonight need to be the beginning. Organize for the future.