Amber Sewell (she/her)
@ambersewell13.bsky.social
Just a cat lady librarian existing. I do things with games, fandom, and podcasting.
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The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,
Like… it's kind of right there, no?
October 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,
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Like… it's kind of right there, no?
October 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Like… it's kind of right there, no?
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Just went to a pretty interesting webinar about designing AI-resistant assignments for meaningful learning, but the instructor mentioned she uses AI for all her communication but doesn't disclose that to students. How can you do that while talking about students being transparent about AI usage?
September 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Just went to a pretty interesting webinar about designing AI-resistant assignments for meaningful learning, but the instructor mentioned she uses AI for all her communication but doesn't disclose that to students. How can you do that while talking about students being transparent about AI usage?
Concluded Rebel Ready Week by hosting round 2 of my identity exploration with TTRPGs and safety tools workshop; students loved the Katie gif, and they were all so wonderful and lovely! And then a second escape room for a grand finale. I love getting to create spaces where nerds can find each other.
August 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Concluded Rebel Ready Week by hosting round 2 of my identity exploration with TTRPGs and safety tools workshop; students loved the Katie gif, and they were all so wonderful and lovely! And then a second escape room for a grand finale. I love getting to create spaces where nerds can find each other.
Today’s Rebel Ready Week day was a whirlwind of awesome students! Co-led a silly workshop about podcasts with some amazing colleagues, talked to students about how to incorporate their fandoms into research, and had a jam-packed workshop about using safety tools, identity exploration, and TTRPGs. 💚
August 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Today’s Rebel Ready Week day was a whirlwind of awesome students! Co-led a silly workshop about podcasts with some amazing colleagues, talked to students about how to incorporate their fandoms into research, and had a jam-packed workshop about using safety tools, identity exploration, and TTRPGs. 💚
Rebel Ready Week is one of my favorite weeks of the year. I get to do the kind of instruction and programming that brings me so much joy (largely bringing nerds together). Today was Locked in the Library, an escape room experience, and Game Changer: Libraries Edition, and it was so wonderful.
August 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Rebel Ready Week is one of my favorite weeks of the year. I get to do the kind of instruction and programming that brings me so much joy (largely bringing nerds together). Today was Locked in the Library, an escape room experience, and Game Changer: Libraries Edition, and it was so wonderful.
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I'm putting a panel together for my class, LIS 581, to have a variety of library workers talk about instruction. I have academic 4yr and community college set, looking for a public, school, and/or special librarian to join us. Message me if interested!
August 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm putting a panel together for my class, LIS 581, to have a variety of library workers talk about instruction. I have academic 4yr and community college set, looking for a public, school, and/or special librarian to join us. Message me if interested!
It is me, giving a short presentation on a workshop I’m hosting for first-year students this month! At the best conference of the year; can’t wait to return to the Transformative Play Institute Seminar sometime!
youtu.be/o2H0FYzxeYA
youtu.be/o2H0FYzxeYA
Lines Veils & the Library: A TTRPG Identity Exploration Workshop for 1st Year Students—Amber Sewell
YouTube video by Transformative Play Initiative
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August 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
It is me, giving a short presentation on a workshop I’m hosting for first-year students this month! At the best conference of the year; can’t wait to return to the Transformative Play Institute Seminar sometime!
youtu.be/o2H0FYzxeYA
youtu.be/o2H0FYzxeYA
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Weeding is something that gardeners, your neighbors, and even librarians have in common. And we're not talking about crabgrass.
This week, we're talking books, getting rid of them, and what happened when one library had to downsize.
Full episode 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/weed...
This week, we're talking books, getting rid of them, and what happened when one library had to downsize.
Full episode 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/weed...
August 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Weeding is something that gardeners, your neighbors, and even librarians have in common. And we're not talking about crabgrass.
This week, we're talking books, getting rid of them, and what happened when one library had to downsize.
Full episode 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/weed...
This week, we're talking books, getting rid of them, and what happened when one library had to downsize.
Full episode 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/weed...
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The new TTRPG collection is on the shelves at Oesterle Library! I just put in another order with @ipr.bsky.social on Friday using their library support program, so we'll add to this soon. 💙 We're also starting a new gaming club on campus to support the collection! #GamingInLibraries #PlayIsAValidEnd
August 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The new TTRPG collection is on the shelves at Oesterle Library! I just put in another order with @ipr.bsky.social on Friday using their library support program, so we'll add to this soon. 💙 We're also starting a new gaming club on campus to support the collection! #GamingInLibraries #PlayIsAValidEnd
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Real bad. I have a whole class on this, btw.
I think the use of chatbots for stuff like this is intended to train people to use it to avoid everything that’s painful or hard. It can write the obituary, the breakup text, the complaint letter. It’s meant to separate humans from their difficult feelings. Seems bad.
New: A few weeks ago, when my father-in-law died, the funeral home asked if we wanted to use AI to write his obituary. So I dug into it and found that it's the biggest new trend in "death care." Tens of thousands of AI obits have been made already. Often the families don't even know wapo.st/4okuxIg
August 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Real bad. I have a whole class on this, btw.
My friends are cool and smart and awesome.
Earlier this month I did an AMA facilitated by @stickydoodler.bsky.social with indie TTRPG designers who want to learn about how some libraries with TTRPG collections collect and process indie titles. This is a thread with notes and photos of the games in the collection at my academic library.
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Would you like to see your games in libraries around North America? Watch this video to learn 📕👁️ SECRETS 👁️📕.
youtu.be/vkhrBwimb6Y?...
(and also: read the thread after the jump...)
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youtu.be/vkhrBwimb6Y?...
(and also: read the thread after the jump...)
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July 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
My friends are cool and smart and awesome.
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The battle is not keeping AI out of Canvas— that’s already been lost. The battle is giving individual faculty (not administrators, not campus IT, not ed tech consultants) the power to turn it off at will. That can happen through governance and advocacy.
July 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The battle is not keeping AI out of Canvas— that’s already been lost. The battle is giving individual faculty (not administrators, not campus IT, not ed tech consultants) the power to turn it off at will. That can happen through governance and advocacy.
In the midst of all the fuckery going on, I’m glad I have finally been reunited with my beloved Wimbledon after so long. I forgot how much I love watching tennis. 🎾
July 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
In the midst of all the fuckery going on, I’m glad I have finally been reunited with my beloved Wimbledon after so long. I forgot how much I love watching tennis. 🎾
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I used em-dashes before ChatGPT crawled out of math's asshole and I'll use them once LLMs join pet rocks and Betamax in the dustbin of history--God willing.
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I used em-dashes before ChatGPT crawled out of math's asshole and I'll use them once LLMs join pet rocks and Betamax in the dustbin of history--God willing.
Another successful Annual down! What a great team. 😊
As we close our our volunteer year, thanks to all the GameRT members who have served on committees and made our work possible! Thanks as well to the leadership of GameRT's board: George, Danielle, Amber, Thomas, Liz, Carl, Rebecca, Jennifer, Joshua, Molly, Terri, and Hannah.
July 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Another successful Annual down! What a great team. 😊
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Imagine being so limited in your process as to not know that research is a creative act.
June 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Imagine being so limited in your process as to not know that research is a creative act.
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I really hope that every writer who doesn’t use AI is so enraged that you work on your poem or your essay or your novel tonight. I want a whole library of incredible original writing to come out this
June 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I really hope that every writer who doesn’t use AI is so enraged that you work on your poem or your essay or your novel tonight. I want a whole library of incredible original writing to come out this
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New blog post on ACRLog, "AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide." Got a lot of comments during a recent presentation that people hadn't heard of the concept of AI refusal, so here's some places to start. 📚 acrlog.org/2025/06/11/a...
AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide - ACRLog
This week I was on a panel at the Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) virtual conference. Along with my fellow panelists Andrea Baer and Emily Zerrenner, I joined moderator Sarah Appedu to discuss the c...
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June 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
New blog post on ACRLog, "AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide." Got a lot of comments during a recent presentation that people hadn't heard of the concept of AI refusal, so here's some places to start. 📚 acrlog.org/2025/06/11/a...
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In Visby to listen to a bunch of great folks chat about using games in teaching. And very briefly chatting myself about a workshop I’m doing in the fall.
June 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
In Visby to listen to a bunch of great folks chat about using games in teaching. And very briefly chatting myself about a workshop I’m doing in the fall.
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this is an interesting way to describe piracy and kidnapping
BREAKING: A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel, Israel's Foreign Ministry says.
A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel
Israel’s Foreign Ministry says a Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel.
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June 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
this is an interesting way to describe piracy and kidnapping
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Known fans of violence LAPD says it was a peaceful protest today. Everybody mark this press release.
When the LA police says you are overreaching, you are overreaching.
June 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Known fans of violence LAPD says it was a peaceful protest today. Everybody mark this press release.
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cats don't obey in advance and no one else should, either
June 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
cats don't obey in advance and no one else should, either