Sara S
@gracefulhope.bsky.social
Health sci librarian/informationist and mom in Ann Arbor, MI. Will mostly likely post about data management & sharing, med libs, research impact, board games, cats, scifi & fantasy books, etc.
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
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Let's talk about #polio!
The virus can invade our nervous system and cause paralysis in just hours. Remember: 1 in 200 cases leads to irreversible paralysis (usually in the legs). However, thanks to vaccines polio can be prevented! #VaccinesWork
Stay informed and protect yourself and loved ones!
The virus can invade our nervous system and cause paralysis in just hours. Remember: 1 in 200 cases leads to irreversible paralysis (usually in the legs). However, thanks to vaccines polio can be prevented! #VaccinesWork
Stay informed and protect yourself and loved ones!
January 26, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Let's talk about #polio!
The virus can invade our nervous system and cause paralysis in just hours. Remember: 1 in 200 cases leads to irreversible paralysis (usually in the legs). However, thanks to vaccines polio can be prevented! #VaccinesWork
Stay informed and protect yourself and loved ones!
The virus can invade our nervous system and cause paralysis in just hours. Remember: 1 in 200 cases leads to irreversible paralysis (usually in the legs). However, thanks to vaccines polio can be prevented! #VaccinesWork
Stay informed and protect yourself and loved ones!
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage by Cory Doctorow www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:20 PM
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage by Cory Doctorow www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"...the idea that emerging AI models are so appealing to us that it’s hard to resist inviting them into our cognitive lives, even though we still don’t know how they might potentially influence our thinking..." open.substack.com/pub/andrewma... h/t @pfanderson.bsky.social
Is AI a Cognitive Trojan Horse?
Could on-demand, seductively responsive and highly fluent AI models bypass our "epistemic vigilance" mechanisms, and present a novel cognitive risk?
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
"...the idea that emerging AI models are so appealing to us that it’s hard to resist inviting them into our cognitive lives, even though we still don’t know how they might potentially influence our thinking..." open.substack.com/pub/andrewma... h/t @pfanderson.bsky.social
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I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
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In today’s ‘Vaccines Work, You Idiots’ news.
Incredible and enviable and with alt-text
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In today’s ‘Vaccines Work, You Idiots’ news.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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A note from the @acluofmichigan.bsky.social to start the day.
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A note from the @acluofmichigan.bsky.social to start the day.
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straight to jail www.404media.co/a-researcher...
(I'm joking, but god what another horrible stake to the heart for the future of science.)
(I'm joking, but god what another horrible stake to the heart for the future of science.)
A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
straight to jail www.404media.co/a-researcher...
(I'm joking, but god what another horrible stake to the heart for the future of science.)
(I'm joking, but god what another horrible stake to the heart for the future of science.)
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In an ironic and possibly predictable turn of events, the conference has received “an unusually large proportion” of off-topic abstracts that show signs of being written by generative AI.
Research integrity conference hit with AI-generated abstracts
The first of three themes for next year’s World Conference on Research Integrity will be the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence for research integrity. In an ironic and possibly predicta…
retractionwatch.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
In an ironic and possibly predictable turn of events, the conference has received “an unusually large proportion” of off-topic abstracts that show signs of being written by generative AI.
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NIH is hiring a new Director for NLM.
I would love to see an actual librarian in this role
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
I would love to see an actual librarian in this role
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
hr.nih.gov
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
NIH is hiring a new Director for NLM.
I would love to see an actual librarian in this role
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
I would love to see an actual librarian in this role
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
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It's very concerning that the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee was terminated and there's little awareness of it. This has me concerned that more predatory/crap science will become part of PubMed. #medlibs
PubMed is running on autopilot during shutdown, but key independent committee has been abolished #medlibs www.bmj.com/content/391/...
PubMed is running on autopilot during shutdown, but key independent committee has been abolished
PubMed, the life sciences search engine maintained by the US government and relied upon by researchers worldwide, is still performing its basic automated functions during the federal shutdown, but new...
www.bmj.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's very concerning that the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee was terminated and there's little awareness of it. This has me concerned that more predatory/crap science will become part of PubMed. #medlibs
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I try to be empathetic and see other people’s biases and mistakes and compare them to my own. We’re all human.
But I find it really hard to understand taking Mel Gibson’s medical advice over my own oncologist.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
But I find it really hard to understand taking Mel Gibson’s medical advice over my own oncologist.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
In rural America, scarce doctors battle misinformation as they practice medicine
Conspiracy theories about health fill a vacuum created by the lack of doctors in many rural communities. Meanwhile, doctors in these areas say patients have become increasingly distrustful and sometim...
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I try to be empathetic and see other people’s biases and mistakes and compare them to my own. We’re all human.
But I find it really hard to understand taking Mel Gibson’s medical advice over my own oncologist.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
But I find it really hard to understand taking Mel Gibson’s medical advice over my own oncologist.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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📣The RDAP Summit call for proposals is now open! This year’s theme: Practical, Personalized, Impactful: Research Data in the Real World 🌎
Summit Dates: April 13 to 16, 2026 (virtual) 📆
Proposal Deadline: November 14, 2025 ⌛
More Information: rdapassociation.org/summit
Summit Dates: April 13 to 16, 2026 (virtual) 📆
Proposal Deadline: November 14, 2025 ⌛
More Information: rdapassociation.org/summit
Research Data Access and Preservation Association - RDAP Summit
rdapassociation.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
📣The RDAP Summit call for proposals is now open! This year’s theme: Practical, Personalized, Impactful: Research Data in the Real World 🌎
Summit Dates: April 13 to 16, 2026 (virtual) 📆
Proposal Deadline: November 14, 2025 ⌛
More Information: rdapassociation.org/summit
Summit Dates: April 13 to 16, 2026 (virtual) 📆
Proposal Deadline: November 14, 2025 ⌛
More Information: rdapassociation.org/summit
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Thanks for breakfast, @iassistdata.bsky.social at Midwest Data Librarian Symposium! #MDLS25 iassistdata.org
IASSIST - International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology
IASSIST is an international organization of professionals working in and with information technology and data services to support research and teaching in the social sciences and beyond.
iassistdata.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Thanks for breakfast, @iassistdata.bsky.social at Midwest Data Librarian Symposium! #MDLS25 iassistdata.org
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A crowd-sourced repository for valuable government data
DataLumos is an ICPSR archive for valuable government data resources. www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/datalu... #MDLS25
DataLumos is an ICPSR archive for valuable government data resources. www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/datalu... #MDLS25
A crowd-sourced repository for valuable government data | DATALUMOS
DataLumos is an ICPSR archive for valuable government data resources.
www.icpsr.umich.edu
October 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A crowd-sourced repository for valuable government data
DataLumos is an ICPSR archive for valuable government data resources. www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/datalu... #MDLS25
DataLumos is an ICPSR archive for valuable government data resources. www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/datalu... #MDLS25
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As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
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This is a tragedy, and so utterly unnecessary and sad 👇 Is this really what people want to go back to?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta baby born prematurely dies due to measles, in province's first death | CBC News
Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother became sick, died shor...
www.cbc.ca
October 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is a tragedy, and so utterly unnecessary and sad 👇 Is this really what people want to go back to?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Great resource from AAMC about fall vaccines and recommendations for who should get them: Fall 2025 vaccination guide www.aamc.org/news/your-fa...
Your fall 2025 vaccine guide
Here’s what academic experts recommend to combat seasonal respiratory illnesses amid conflicting advice from the CDC, medical societies, and state coalitions.
www.aamc.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Great resource from AAMC about fall vaccines and recommendations for who should get them: Fall 2025 vaccination guide www.aamc.org/news/your-fa...
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It’s one thing to withdraw from global health
It’s another thing to block other nations from global initiatives and goals
NO ONE COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE SO MUCH POWER!!!
healthpolicy-watch.news/un-declarati...
It’s another thing to block other nations from global initiatives and goals
NO ONE COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE SO MUCH POWER!!!
healthpolicy-watch.news/un-declarati...
BREAKING: UN Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases Fails To Win Approval After US Foils Consensus - Health Policy Watch
NEW YORK CITY - A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win
healthpolicy-watch.news
September 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It’s one thing to withdraw from global health
It’s another thing to block other nations from global initiatives and goals
NO ONE COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE SO MUCH POWER!!!
healthpolicy-watch.news/un-declarati...
It’s another thing to block other nations from global initiatives and goals
NO ONE COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE SO MUCH POWER!!!
healthpolicy-watch.news/un-declarati...
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I realized I didn't share a gift link. Please read and share! I know you already know about the refrigerator mother myth,* but most people don't, and I really think it's important context for what's happening here.
*actually you might not! Now you do!
www.startribune.com/trump-rfk-jr...
*actually you might not! Now you do!
www.startribune.com/trump-rfk-jr...
September 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I realized I didn't share a gift link. Please read and share! I know you already know about the refrigerator mother myth,* but most people don't, and I really think it's important context for what's happening here.
*actually you might not! Now you do!
www.startribune.com/trump-rfk-jr...
*actually you might not! Now you do!
www.startribune.com/trump-rfk-jr...
Job posting! Data Curation Specialist for Health Sciences - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2... #datalibs #medlibs
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2... #datalibs #medlibs
Data Curation Specialist for Health Sciences | U-M Careers
careers.umich.edu
September 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Job posting! Data Curation Specialist for Health Sciences - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2... #datalibs #medlibs
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2... #datalibs #medlibs