M T Doherty
@bakerlibrarian.bsky.social
Academic librarian, Cooks Illustrated recipe follower, reader. She/her
Bringing my Positivity Potato back, because we could all use their support.
My crafty friend made me a positive potato recently, and I had to share! This delightful desk companion is holding a little whiteboard, but I messed up and used a permanent marker on it. 🤷 It's still perfect!
September 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Bringing my Positivity Potato back, because we could all use their support.
September 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I didn't have this on my 2025 bingo card, an unsolicited gen AI review in a podcast style of my paper, voiced by an AI with a British accent. weird. also no.
June 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I didn't have this on my 2025 bingo card, an unsolicited gen AI review in a podcast style of my paper, voiced by an AI with a British accent. weird. also no.
Taking required security training today; have to love the metacognition that describes this image as "bad representation of a cyber criminal"
March 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Taking required security training today; have to love the metacognition that describes this image as "bad representation of a cyber criminal"
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As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address:
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
March 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address:
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
If you missed out on the 'smell influencer' discussion on Twitter, you should definitely learn about the very cool Dr Ally Louks. You don't have to visit Twitter, Rolling Stone's got you covered: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
They Attacked Her PhD. Now This Smell Expert Is Making X Her Classroom
After a viral response to her “woke” PhD, Dr. Ally Louks has become a beloved fixture of curiosity on an app known for platforming the worst of people.
www.rollingstone.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If you missed out on the 'smell influencer' discussion on Twitter, you should definitely learn about the very cool Dr Ally Louks. You don't have to visit Twitter, Rolling Stone's got you covered: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
A literal palette cleanser, courtesy of a Fb post from 2013: lemon pudding cake, a traditional favorite in my family
March 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A literal palette cleanser, courtesy of a Fb post from 2013: lemon pudding cake, a traditional favorite in my family
February 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Looking for ways to oppose government censorship of scholarly research? Here's one opportunity -- read and sign this declaration: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Looking for ways to oppose government censorship of scholarly research? Here's one opportunity -- read and sign this declaration: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
My crafty friend made me a positive potato recently, and I had to share! This delightful desk companion is holding a little whiteboard, but I messed up and used a permanent marker on it. 🤷 It's still perfect!
December 9, 2024 at 9:44 PM
My crafty friend made me a positive potato recently, and I had to share! This delightful desk companion is holding a little whiteboard, but I messed up and used a permanent marker on it. 🤷 It's still perfect!
Oh, nothing much, just greyhounds in sweaters taking a walk through campus.
December 6, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Oh, nothing much, just greyhounds in sweaters taking a walk through campus.
Stumbled upon a thank you note that I tucked into prize bags for randomly-selected students who completed a post-instruction session evaluation. What kind of swag? Whatever's on hand: yo-yos, temporary tattoos, clicky pens, phone wallets... Incentives make a difference in results!
December 6, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Stumbled upon a thank you note that I tucked into prize bags for randomly-selected students who completed a post-instruction session evaluation. What kind of swag? Whatever's on hand: yo-yos, temporary tattoos, clicky pens, phone wallets... Incentives make a difference in results!
What's the best advice our students say they've ever received? LOTS! #LibraryWhiteboards
November 21, 2024 at 9:08 PM
What's the best advice our students say they've ever received? LOTS! #LibraryWhiteboards
I’ve been following the Jorts saga since the start and it’s been a balm to my soul 💗
This is my back story. The Jorts Lore, if you will. It’s a pretty funny story actually even if people were upset at the time www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedd...
Reddit - Dive into anything
**What happened to people who ask reddit for advice or help?** Did they take Reddit's advice? How did it turn out? Read the best updates by redditors and find out what happened after their original post. Join the BORU discord server: https://discord.gg/Hx2hym2juy
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November 14, 2024 at 12:21 PM
I’ve been following the Jorts saga since the start and it’s been a balm to my soul 💗
#AcademicLibraries Today's task: helping our libraries' social media intern take photos of our new assessment tool which we hope will provide us with good feedback from students attending our events. Vocab was tested with current students (1=meh, 2=mid, 3=slay)
November 13, 2024 at 8:00 PM
#AcademicLibraries Today's task: helping our libraries' social media intern take photos of our new assessment tool which we hope will provide us with good feedback from students attending our events. Vocab was tested with current students (1=meh, 2=mid, 3=slay)
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1. event assessment using 'gems and jars' scale of 1-3
2. F1 drivers have to do more promotion than other athletes; at what cost?
1. event assessment using 'gems and jars' scale of 1-3
2. F1 drivers have to do more promotion than other athletes; at what cost?
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) non binary as methodology
2) when someone is lonely it's assumed to be their fault, but social privilege plays a huge part
1) non binary as methodology
2) when someone is lonely it's assumed to be their fault, but social privilege plays a huge part
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1) New book on robots, labor, and gender
2) Alien Santa erotica
1) New book on robots, labor, and gender
2) Alien Santa erotica
November 13, 2024 at 6:40 PM
#AcademicSky, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
1. event assessment using 'gems and jars' scale of 1-3
2. F1 drivers have to do more promotion than other athletes; at what cost?
1. event assessment using 'gems and jars' scale of 1-3
2. F1 drivers have to do more promotion than other athletes; at what cost?
Still finding my way here, and sad that I've lost the community of folks over on the previous platform. Send cat photos and recipes for lemon or chocolate desserts.
November 12, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Still finding my way here, and sad that I've lost the community of folks over on the previous platform. Send cat photos and recipes for lemon or chocolate desserts.
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The second letter that @questauthority.bsky.social sent to LAPD reps on my behalf. Even more savage than “LOL, no.” I’ve highlighted my fave parts. What are yours?
May 13, 2024 at 7:30 PM
The second letter that @questauthority.bsky.social sent to LAPD reps on my behalf. Even more savage than “LOL, no.” I’ve highlighted my fave parts. What are yours?
So proud to call Lisa my colleague! www.libraryjournal.com/story/speaki...
January 2, 2024 at 5:53 PM
So proud to call Lisa my colleague! www.libraryjournal.com/story/speaki...
Hands down best office gift exchange! Filled with original Hershey kisses (as indicated on my "what I like" slip) in silver foil.
December 18, 2023 at 3:55 PM
Hands down best office gift exchange! Filled with original Hershey kisses (as indicated on my "what I like" slip) in silver foil.
Seen at this weekend's December #VCU graduation ceremony: a decorated mortar board which says "I read banned books." Shout out to that smart grad! vcu.exposure.co/23c779e9356f...
December 11, 2023 at 9:25 PM
Seen at this weekend's December #VCU graduation ceremony: a decorated mortar board which says "I read banned books." Shout out to that smart grad! vcu.exposure.co/23c779e9356f...
Helping a student find sources for her research on Beyoncé's impact on culture; she was concerned that it might be too niche a subject. Showed her an entire issue of Popular Music & Society dedicated to Beyoncé, and she couldn't believe it. #NothingIsTooNiche #Libraries😀
December 8, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Helping a student find sources for her research on Beyoncé's impact on culture; she was concerned that it might be too niche a subject. Showed her an entire issue of Popular Music & Society dedicated to Beyoncé, and she couldn't believe it. #NothingIsTooNiche #Libraries😀
Out of the mouths (and creative hands and minds) of students: t.co/jxIppIAQkK. Winning submission for the VCU Libraries #JurgenComicsContest is "The Right to Read: Censorship in America’s Prisons."
December 6, 2023 at 3:59 PM
Out of the mouths (and creative hands and minds) of students: t.co/jxIppIAQkK. Winning submission for the VCU Libraries #JurgenComicsContest is "The Right to Read: Censorship in America’s Prisons."
List 5 famous people you've met, but one is a lie:
Darrell Green
Mark Walberg (Antiques Roadshow)
Tim Kaine
Barack Obama
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Darrell Green
Mark Walberg (Antiques Roadshow)
Tim Kaine
Barack Obama
Tressie McMillan Cottom
List 5 famous people you've met, but one is a lie:
Antonin Scalia
Amartya Sen
Tony Blair
Jurgen Habermas
John Rawls
Antonin Scalia
Amartya Sen
Tony Blair
Jurgen Habermas
John Rawls
November 27, 2023 at 11:03 PM
List 5 famous people you've met, but one is a lie:
Darrell Green
Mark Walberg (Antiques Roadshow)
Tim Kaine
Barack Obama
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Darrell Green
Mark Walberg (Antiques Roadshow)
Tim Kaine
Barack Obama
Tressie McMillan Cottom