I asked Perplexity a question and here’s the answer: The combined wealth of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, and Sam Altman (over $1.1 trillion) is greater than the total household wealth of most individual European countries except the big four.

Gmail is offering AI summaries of my email. No. Go away.

Wanna reduce crime? Open more libraries. "we find within the nearby proximity of the library; there is a substantial reduction in frequency of burglaries, vandalism, robberies, fraud, and assaults." link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Why is a president allowed unlimited executive orders? This is bananas. I’d like to suggest a limit! One day would be a good start! How many executive orders did previous presidents make. Honestly I’d like no more than a couple a year.

Because I am constantly contemplating, “How did we get here?” This is a good read: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...

Thinking about when I saw this Smashing Pumpkins concert—and how few people were there. Sometimes I’m nostalgic for the great music scene in Omaha in the late 80s and early 90s.

SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source. They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).

www.choice360.org/libtech-insi... #libraries #librarians #Wikipedia #books

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."

Article about the #EveryBookItsReader campaign by Lilian Viana, a librarian in Brazil. diff.wikimedia.org/2025/03/10/e...

I bought the “Killing Me Softly” album at a garage sale down the street in 1978 (abt). I was in kindergarten or 1st grade. I loved the album cover with its cut out piano. I played it many times on my children’s record player in my bedroom. RIP Roberta Flack

I support Ukraine. 🇺🇦

“The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities expresses grave concern over the escalating threats to academic freedom, both in the United States and beyond” 🧪 European academies have isssued a joint statement on what is going on in US here: allea.org/wp-content/u...

Today I encountered my first AI-generated news article that included a manufactured quote from me on a topic I did not speak or post about, just in case you're wondering how AI is going.

Given the news of the day I am doubling-down on my dedication to Wikipedia. New way to enjoy Wikipedia: WikiTok!! arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

As a Wikipedian I can tell you there is no way EM will ever purchase Wikipedia. It’s worldwide, in over 300 languages, and supported by thousands upon thousands of editors and volunteers who feel passionately about its place in the world. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

I’m watching “The Net”. A 1995 classic! (The year I graduated from college).

A professor was lecturing to his English class: “In English, a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, a double negative is still a negative. However, there's no language where in a double positive can form a negative.” A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right.”

It always tickles me when undergraduate students ask how many books they can check out at one time.

My first op-ed! thefulcrum.us/ai-literacy-...

Great op-ed from OSU assistant professor, Joel Zapata. thefulcrum.us/american-exp...

“Extreme behavior”? Are they talking about people, wind, fire, all?

Curiosity, searching behavior, and Wikipedia. m.slashdot.org/story/437465

…wrote a script to remove copyright info, including the word “copyright” and “acknowledgments,” from e-books in LibGen. Separately, Meta allegedly stripped copyright markers from science journal articles and “source metadata” in the training data it used for Llama. techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...

Another great article by professor @eyatesd.bsky.social! This one has it all: South Dakota, nuclear weapons, mistrust in government, librarians and archivists! lithub.com/from-red-dus...

Today I participated in my first-ever hula fitness class. I may not be able to lift my arms tomorrow.

Outraged by Jan 6, he spent two years getting inside the top ranks of militias like the Oath Keepers. He was stunningly successful. He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors, cops & government attorneys. This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...

“When I talked to people about my topic, many disregarded the story and said that events like these surely could not be happening in our current time,” said history major Phoebe England. Learn why the aspiring professor plans to teach with the Wikipedia assignment: wikiedu.org/blog/2025/01...

My mom is sending me good podcast episodes!

I’m being followed by a lot of fake profiles here. For some reason I thought that wouldn’t happen on Bluesky? #Dreams

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/t... What will happen to these Washington towns after the boom?

I’m halfway through reading The Fox Wife and I think it’s going to be my favorite-read of 2024!! A perfect book over the winter break!

Listening to this podcast makes me wonder, “How could booktokers support their favorite books and authors on Wikipedia for #EveryBookItsReader?” #BookTok #books #publishing open.spotify.com/episode/6qVn...

This backs up all my non-scientific opinions about WalMart superstores. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Save Googie design! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/r...

I am officially addicted to overnight oats. I tried making them for the first time a week ago, and I already know I’ll be eating them every morning for forever. Oats+Chia+Cinnamon+Almond/Oat milk+Banana slices+Chopped walnuts

What? Many of these were a surprise to me. 🤔 www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...

So adding -ai to Google searches actually works? I’ve tried it a few times and so far no AI results at the top! Is it a fluke?

Perfection. I’ll be adding this to future presentations about #hallucinations.

Today I pitched an OpEd to the Washington Post. 😆 I figure I’ll start where I’m sure to get rejected and move on from there.

The purpose of product liability law is to put the cost of safety in the hands of the party most capable of bearing it,” said founding attorney with the legal advocacy group Social Media Victims Law Center. “Here there’s a huge risk, and the cost of that risk is not being borne by the companies.”

#EveryBookItsReader coming again in April!

This is my first post. I’ve been trying out Threads for a few months. It’s friendly over there, but I’m looking for something more engaging, like Twitter circa 2018.