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I was late arriving to my first Cubs game ever when I was 10. My favorite player, Sandberg, was at bat, and hit it into the left field bleachers for me. I lost interest in baseball after he retired and the strike in '94, but was pulled back in when he returned a couple years later. Thanks, Ryno
Ryne Sandberg was my favorite player. Tonight, as I sat in my office under a couple of his cards and a faded yellow postcard of his HOF plaque, I worked to post his Chicago Tribune obituary, remembrances and photos. It was sad and surreal, but it is an honor to have played a part in this work.
Ryne Sandberg, a Hall of Fame second baseman who redefined the position with a rare blend of power, speed and defense during his 15-year Chicago Cubs career, died Monday at age 65.
He passed away surrounded by family at his home in Illinois, the Cubs announced.
He passed away surrounded by family at his home in Illinois, the Cubs announced.
July 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I was late arriving to my first Cubs game ever when I was 10. My favorite player, Sandberg, was at bat, and hit it into the left field bleachers for me. I lost interest in baseball after he retired and the strike in '94, but was pulled back in when he returned a couple years later. Thanks, Ryno
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#veraPDF 1.28.2 is out now! This release sees updated dependencies with vulnerability warnings, updates to (PDF/UA-2, WTPDF) and fixed validation of Unicode ✍️🧑💻 Read more: openpreservation.org/news/verapdf... #digipres
July 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#veraPDF 1.28.2 is out now! This release sees updated dependencies with vulnerability warnings, updates to (PDF/UA-2, WTPDF) and fixed validation of Unicode ✍️🧑💻 Read more: openpreservation.org/news/verapdf... #digipres
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Strategies for supporting neurodivergent nursing students in practice placements
Strategies for supporting neurodivergent nursing students in practice placements
Strategies for supporting neurodivergent nursing students in practice placements
journals.rcni.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Strategies for supporting neurodivergent nursing students in practice placements
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H7N9 avian flu strikes Mississippi broiler farm
The North American lineage H7N9 virus was last detected in US poultry in 2017.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
The North American lineage H7N9 virus was last detected in US poultry in 2017.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
March 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
H7N9 avian flu strikes Mississippi broiler farm
The North American lineage H7N9 virus was last detected in US poultry in 2017.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
The North American lineage H7N9 virus was last detected in US poultry in 2017.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
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One day left to apply for your free inclusive membership 📆
We recognise the barriers faced by individuals with protected characteristics in the workplace, and this year our Members Support Fund is offering 235 fully-funded MA memberships to new members.
Apply for yours by 11.59pm on 17 March 👇
We recognise the barriers faced by individuals with protected characteristics in the workplace, and this year our Members Support Fund is offering 235 fully-funded MA memberships to new members.
Apply for yours by 11.59pm on 17 March 👇
Inclusive memberships - Museums Association
Funded essential memberships for individuals facing barriers to access
www.museumsassociation.org
March 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One day left to apply for your free inclusive membership 📆
We recognise the barriers faced by individuals with protected characteristics in the workplace, and this year our Members Support Fund is offering 235 fully-funded MA memberships to new members.
Apply for yours by 11.59pm on 17 March 👇
We recognise the barriers faced by individuals with protected characteristics in the workplace, and this year our Members Support Fund is offering 235 fully-funded MA memberships to new members.
Apply for yours by 11.59pm on 17 March 👇
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You know how much you love the "magic" of ILL?
Defend it by defending IMLS.
Defend it by defending IMLS.
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
You know how much you love the "magic" of ILL?
Defend it by defending IMLS.
Defend it by defending IMLS.
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Following a devastating year of violence against children, our deepest hope is that these 40 outstanding international titles, and the words within them, can inspire bridges of understanding and peace.
40 Outstanding International Books for Children from USBBY
Following a devastating year of violence against children, our deepest hope is that these 40 outstanding international titles, and the words within them, can inspire bridges of understanding and peace...
www.slj.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Following a devastating year of violence against children, our deepest hope is that these 40 outstanding international titles, and the words within them, can inspire bridges of understanding and peace.
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Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
March 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
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If this is real - and we should verify it is - we all really HAVE to demonstrate we have Senate Dems' backs. Next week is congressional recess. If this holds, be ready with a loud and enthusiastic THANK YOU if you have a Dem Senator. This is how we build a unified opposition party.
"Our caucus is unified," says Schumer.
Team Fight has won the CR battle in the Senate Democratic caucus.
Team Fight has won the CR battle in the Senate Democratic caucus.
Schumer on Senate floor: "Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path"
"Because of that Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR. Our caucus is unified" on the month-long CR
"Because of that Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR. Our caucus is unified" on the month-long CR
March 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If this is real - and we should verify it is - we all really HAVE to demonstrate we have Senate Dems' backs. Next week is congressional recess. If this holds, be ready with a loud and enthusiastic THANK YOU if you have a Dem Senator. This is how we build a unified opposition party.
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5-strain meningitis vaccine shows promise in very young kids
In a phase 3 trial in Mali, the NmCV-5 vaccine was found to be safe and effective for use in young children beginning at 9 months of age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: WHO / Flickr cc
In a phase 3 trial in Mali, the NmCV-5 vaccine was found to be safe and effective for use in young children beginning at 9 months of age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: WHO / Flickr cc
March 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
5-strain meningitis vaccine shows promise in very young kids
In a phase 3 trial in Mali, the NmCV-5 vaccine was found to be safe and effective for use in young children beginning at 9 months of age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: WHO / Flickr cc
In a phase 3 trial in Mali, the NmCV-5 vaccine was found to be safe and effective for use in young children beginning at 9 months of age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
Photo: WHO / Flickr cc
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The CMA has stopped posting on X.
With Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration, the platform has become a tool for the U.S government and its attacks on Canadians and our sovereignty.
With Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration, the platform has become a tool for the U.S government and its attacks on Canadians and our sovereignty.
CMA leaving X
The CMA has stopped posting on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, as of Mar. 12.
www.cma.ca
March 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The CMA has stopped posting on X.
With Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration, the platform has become a tool for the U.S government and its attacks on Canadians and our sovereignty.
With Elon Musk's role in the Trump administration, the platform has become a tool for the U.S government and its attacks on Canadians and our sovereignty.
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The fact congressional Democrats have not hired three dozen D&D rules lawyers with oppositional defiant disorder and turned them loose on parliamentary procedure with the goal of maximum obstruction is such a fucking missed opportunity
I’m bringing this up because this is a simple procedural way to fuck with republicans even if they’re in the majority. Call them out of order, rise to a point of personal privilege, use the very procedural rules that organize their meetings to strangle them. It fucking works.
March 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The fact congressional Democrats have not hired three dozen D&D rules lawyers with oppositional defiant disorder and turned them loose on parliamentary procedure with the goal of maximum obstruction is such a fucking missed opportunity
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Meta-analysis: Prone positioning benefits awake #COVID patients in respiratory failure
Prone positioning improved survival without intubation, cut the odds of intubation and in-hospital death, and lengthened the interval from enrollment to intubation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Prone positioning improved survival without intubation, cut the odds of intubation and in-hospital death, and lengthened the interval from enrollment to intubation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
March 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Meta-analysis: Prone positioning benefits awake #COVID patients in respiratory failure
Prone positioning improved survival without intubation, cut the odds of intubation and in-hospital death, and lengthened the interval from enrollment to intubation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Prone positioning improved survival without intubation, cut the odds of intubation and in-hospital death, and lengthened the interval from enrollment to intubation.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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CDC: 13% of kids who died from flu this year had brain damage
Sixty-eight US children had been confirmed to have died from seasonal influenza this season.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
Sixty-eight US children had been confirmed to have died from seasonal influenza this season.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
CDC: 13% of kids who died from flu this year had brain damage
Sixty-eight US children had been confirmed to have died from seasonal influenza this season.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
Sixty-eight US children had been confirmed to have died from seasonal influenza this season.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
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You can bypass DeepSeek AI's censorship by requesting responses in ASCII code instead of plain text.
I've tested various inputs and observed numerous instances of answer post-processing.
I've tested various inputs and observed numerous instances of answer post-processing.
February 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
You can bypass DeepSeek AI's censorship by requesting responses in ASCII code instead of plain text.
I've tested various inputs and observed numerous instances of answer post-processing.
I've tested various inputs and observed numerous instances of answer post-processing.
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February 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests
The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and has been considering destroying 160 million tests.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Also encourage people to email LC to oppose this proposed revision, which was announced a few hours ago (with comments deadline of today 😡).
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
LC published a tentative list to change #LCSH Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America & Mt Denali to Mt McKinley. Comments on the proposed changes can be sent to listcomments@loc.gov by Tues. February 18, 2025 (which is TODAY). If you oppose the change, please email! #critcat (classweb.org/tentative-su...
Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org
February 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Also encourage people to email LC to oppose this proposed revision, which was announced a few hours ago (with comments deadline of today 😡).
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
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February 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Texas measles outbreak rises to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/world/texas-... @apnews.com
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Texas measles outbreak rises to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/world/texas-... @apnews.com
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
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My evening with Judy Blume is coming up!!! I might faint. Tween me never imagined I’d have my own book and be in conversation with the legend herself at her bookstore. I dedicated my book to her and two chapters are named after her. What a full circle moment.
booksandbookskw.com/events/amand...
booksandbookskw.com/events/amand...
Amanda Jones and Judy Blume
Books & Books presents
AMANDA JONESauthor of THE LIBRARIANin conversation with store
booksandbookskw.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
My evening with Judy Blume is coming up!!! I might faint. Tween me never imagined I’d have my own book and be in conversation with the legend herself at her bookstore. I dedicated my book to her and two chapters are named after her. What a full circle moment.
booksandbookskw.com/events/amand...
booksandbookskw.com/events/amand...
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Watch SINGIN’ IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN! Hundreds from around the 🌍️ joined our virtual celebration of the works entering the public domain in 2025! 🎶📖🎬
👀 it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/singin-in-the-public-domain
#InternetArchive @libraryfutures.bsky.social #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay
👀 it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/singin-in-the-public-domain
#InternetArchive @libraryfutures.bsky.social #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay
February 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Watch SINGIN’ IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN! Hundreds from around the 🌍️ joined our virtual celebration of the works entering the public domain in 2025! 🎶📖🎬
👀 it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/singin-in-the-public-domain
#InternetArchive @libraryfutures.bsky.social #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay
👀 it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/singin-in-the-public-domain
#InternetArchive @libraryfutures.bsky.social #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay
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Two more Arkansas counties note #CWD in deer for first time
The two 2.5-year-old bucks in Cleburne County and a 3.5-year-old buck in Baxter were harvested during the hunting season.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Tom Koerner, USFWS / Flickr cc
The two 2.5-year-old bucks in Cleburne County and a 3.5-year-old buck in Baxter were harvested during the hunting season.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Tom Koerner, USFWS / Flickr cc
February 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Two more Arkansas counties note #CWD in deer for first time
The two 2.5-year-old bucks in Cleburne County and a 3.5-year-old buck in Baxter were harvested during the hunting season.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Tom Koerner, USFWS / Flickr cc
The two 2.5-year-old bucks in Cleburne County and a 3.5-year-old buck in Baxter were harvested during the hunting season.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Tom Koerner, USFWS / Flickr cc