jkshields (she/they)
@jkshields.bsky.social
💙📚 #ReligionNerd #OA #ScholComm #Ekkies
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks~Dorothy Sayers
🏳️🌈. BLM. Protect 🏳️⚧️.
Open borders. End Prisons.
How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks~Dorothy Sayers
🏳️🌈. BLM. Protect 🏳️⚧️.
Open borders. End Prisons.
Pinned
⬆️interaction lately so here's a 📌 intro...
I'm a library worker, former religion/ethics prof, queer ✝️ parent. I post about library stuff, schol comm, politics, religion, the Berkshires 🏠, and daily life.
ISO: remote OA, OER, or library instruction internship (unpaid is fine) for spring/summer '26
I'm a library worker, former religion/ethics prof, queer ✝️ parent. I post about library stuff, schol comm, politics, religion, the Berkshires 🏠, and daily life.
ISO: remote OA, OER, or library instruction internship (unpaid is fine) for spring/summer '26
December 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Family assembly tree up
December 25, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Family assembly tree up
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My favorite thing about being a reviewer for library publications is relying on the third law of library science, so whether I like the book or not, I focus on who WILL like it.
Bullseye.
So many confuse "This did not appeal to my specific sensibilities, and did not do what I would have done, therefore it is terrible" and "This didn't work for me, and that's okay."
So many confuse "This did not appeal to my specific sensibilities, and did not do what I would have done, therefore it is terrible" and "This didn't work for me, and that's okay."
The paragraph about TV Tropes is spot on. I can't bear that approach to criticism where the main aim seems to be asserting superiority to the work. People who'll identify an influence and be like "Ah, rumbled!" episodes.ghost.io/art-criticis...
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My favorite thing about being a reviewer for library publications is relying on the third law of library science, so whether I like the book or not, I focus on who WILL like it.
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Every billionaire is a policy failure applies to parishes too
December 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Every billionaire is a policy failure applies to parishes too
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Post in Germany for a professorship in Religious Education
🔔 #theologyjobs W2 Professorship in Religious Education with a Focus on Interreligious and Ethical Learning @tu-braunschweig.de
www.academics.com/jobs/w2-prof...
#theology #theologie #religiousstudies #relpäd #practicaltheology #praktischetheologie #BibleStudy #ichbinhanna #AcademicChatter
www.academics.com/jobs/w2-prof...
#theology #theologie #religiousstudies #relpäd #practicaltheology #praktischetheologie #BibleStudy #ichbinhanna #AcademicChatter
W2 Professorship in Religious Education with a Focus on Interreligious and Ethical Learning - Technische Universität Braunschweig
Technische Universität Braunschweig looks for W2 Professorship in Religious Education with a Focus on Interreligious and Ethical Learning in Braunschweig - apply now!
www.academics.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Post in Germany for a professorship in Religious Education
I really thought it was just a tv trope that villains would try to have everything named after themselves...
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I really thought it was just a tv trope that villains would try to have everything named after themselves...
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
To be fair, the author was working at Yale at the time and I can only find an English copy from Yale as well... and they are much better resourced. This English revised copy from 2018 is not in the Yale catalogue... and could disappear on me at any time probably.
December 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
To be fair, the author was working at Yale at the time and I can only find an English copy from Yale as well... and they are much better resourced. This English revised copy from 2018 is not in the Yale catalogue... and could disappear on me at any time probably.
Frustrated that I can only find the English version of a resource that was originally translated into Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean and Swahili as well.
I wish the Overseas Ministry Center and the IAMs had better regular electronic archive maintenance and preservation.
I wish the Overseas Ministry Center and the IAMs had better regular electronic archive maintenance and preservation.
Key documents – IAMS
missionstudies.org
December 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Frustrated that I can only find the English version of a resource that was originally translated into Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean and Swahili as well.
I wish the Overseas Ministry Center and the IAMs had better regular electronic archive maintenance and preservation.
I wish the Overseas Ministry Center and the IAMs had better regular electronic archive maintenance and preservation.
I found this striking today.
"For the Sake of Her"
Patton, Mikayla
(Oglala Lakota Nation and American dual citizen)
gallery.collectorsystems.com/public/Unive...
"For the Sake of Her"
Patton, Mikayla
(Oglala Lakota Nation and American dual citizen)
gallery.collectorsystems.com/public/Unive...
December 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I found this striking today.
"For the Sake of Her"
Patton, Mikayla
(Oglala Lakota Nation and American dual citizen)
gallery.collectorsystems.com/public/Unive...
"For the Sake of Her"
Patton, Mikayla
(Oglala Lakota Nation and American dual citizen)
gallery.collectorsystems.com/public/Unive...
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You can get your child vaccinated…
…if they’re not immunocompromised
…but it may not trigger a strong immune response
…but an initially strong immune response may wane over time
Vaccination protocols allow a community to protect its children, collectively. No one can do it alone.
…if they’re not immunocompromised
…but it may not trigger a strong immune response
…but an initially strong immune response may wane over time
Vaccination protocols allow a community to protect its children, collectively. No one can do it alone.
RFK Jr. is going to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It will take a few years before the deaths and disabilities ramp up to a level that even the most vile Republican cannot tolerate.
RFK Jr. will be long gone and unaccountable, as our babies die from preventable illness.
It will take a few years before the deaths and disabilities ramp up to a level that even the most vile Republican cannot tolerate.
RFK Jr. will be long gone and unaccountable, as our babies die from preventable illness.
December 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
You can get your child vaccinated…
…if they’re not immunocompromised
…but it may not trigger a strong immune response
…but an initially strong immune response may wane over time
Vaccination protocols allow a community to protect its children, collectively. No one can do it alone.
…if they’re not immunocompromised
…but it may not trigger a strong immune response
…but an initially strong immune response may wane over time
Vaccination protocols allow a community to protect its children, collectively. No one can do it alone.
Wrong thing to read right before bed.
Wet rat winter? Here's what to do if you find a rat coming through your toilet following heavy Western Washington rain and floods.
First came the rain. Then came the toilet rats.
Wet rat winter? Here's what to do if you find a rat coming through your toilet following heavy Western Washington rain and floods.
www.kuow.org
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Wrong thing to read right before bed.
@andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social FYI you've got a typo in the "Who We Are" section of The Religion Department landing page
"not matter what your experience level" instead of "no matter your"
Best wishes for this venture.
"not matter what your experience level" instead of "no matter your"
Best wishes for this venture.
December 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social FYI you've got a typo in the "Who We Are" section of The Religion Department landing page
"not matter what your experience level" instead of "no matter your"
Best wishes for this venture.
"not matter what your experience level" instead of "no matter your"
Best wishes for this venture.
The American accents in Penelope Rawlins' reading of Winters' Gift is like fingernails on a chalkboard to my ear. Honestly, I think the vast majority of FBI agents probably speak in American newscaster bland...
December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The American accents in Penelope Rawlins' reading of Winters' Gift is like fingernails on a chalkboard to my ear. Honestly, I think the vast majority of FBI agents probably speak in American newscaster bland...
Getting caught up.
I found Aaronovitch's The Masquerades of Spring to be a delightful mix of Wodehouse, an outsider's view of the Harlem Renaissance, and Aaronovitch's wry approach to the magic-touched procedural. Recommended. 🏳️🌈Diverse cast of characters & a short read good for your 🛫 book.
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I found Aaronovitch's The Masquerades of Spring to be a delightful mix of Wodehouse, an outsider's view of the Harlem Renaissance, and Aaronovitch's wry approach to the magic-touched procedural. Recommended. 🏳️🌈Diverse cast of characters & a short read good for your 🛫 book.
💙📚🪐💙
December 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Getting caught up.
I found Aaronovitch's The Masquerades of Spring to be a delightful mix of Wodehouse, an outsider's view of the Harlem Renaissance, and Aaronovitch's wry approach to the magic-touched procedural. Recommended. 🏳️🌈Diverse cast of characters & a short read good for your 🛫 book.
💙📚🪐💙
I found Aaronovitch's The Masquerades of Spring to be a delightful mix of Wodehouse, an outsider's view of the Harlem Renaissance, and Aaronovitch's wry approach to the magic-touched procedural. Recommended. 🏳️🌈Diverse cast of characters & a short read good for your 🛫 book.
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3 moar days of work. I can do it!
a r2d2 robot is laying in the dirt next to a rock
ALT: a r2d2 robot is laying in the dirt next to a rock
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
3 moar days of work. I can do it!
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It seems the GOP would rather protect children from hormones than bullets. Why? Because bodily autonomy is more threatening than guns. Because freedom of choice threatens their grip on power, which is supported by untenable claims that God is on their side alone.
December 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It seems the GOP would rather protect children from hormones than bullets. Why? Because bodily autonomy is more threatening than guns. Because freedom of choice threatens their grip on power, which is supported by untenable claims that God is on their side alone.
Things like this make me wish for a commuter viable train-line into the city.
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor: Collection Development & Acquisitions Librarian
CUNY-City College of New York
#libraryjobs metro.org/jobs/assista...
CUNY-City College of New York
#libraryjobs metro.org/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor: Collection Development & Acquisitions Librarian
The City College of New York seeks applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor – Collection Development and Acquisitions Librarian to be appointed in Spring 2026. This is a full time, tenure-...
metro.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Things like this make me wish for a commuter viable train-line into the city.
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor: Collection Development & Acquisitions Librarian
CUNY-City College of New York
#libraryjobs metro.org/jobs/assista...
CUNY-City College of New York
#libraryjobs metro.org/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor: Collection Development & Acquisitions Librarian
The City College of New York seeks applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor – Collection Development and Acquisitions Librarian to be appointed in Spring 2026. This is a full time, tenure-...
metro.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor: Collection Development & Acquisitions Librarian
CUNY-City College of New York
#libraryjobs metro.org/jobs/assista...
CUNY-City College of New York
#libraryjobs metro.org/jobs/assista...
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is seeking a Librarian for Access Services and Outreach
#libraryjobs
careers.umassd.edu/en-us/job/52....
#libraryjobs
careers.umassd.edu/en-us/job/52....
Details - Assistant/Associate Librarian for Access Services and Outreach
Discover exciting career opportunities at UMass Dartmouth. Join our diverse team and make a difference. Explore job openings now at UMassD!
careers.umassd.edu
December 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is seeking a Librarian for Access Services and Outreach
#libraryjobs
careers.umassd.edu/en-us/job/52....
#libraryjobs
careers.umassd.edu/en-us/job/52....
Oh. Well crap.
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Oh. Well crap.
My contribution to the staff holiday party is....
a "2025 year in review" zine template for those of us who would rather sit around crafting than have to make conversation. Feel free to reuse!
drive.google.com/file/d/16BOE...
a "2025 year in review" zine template for those of us who would rather sit around crafting than have to make conversation. Feel free to reuse!
drive.google.com/file/d/16BOE...
December 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My contribution to the staff holiday party is....
a "2025 year in review" zine template for those of us who would rather sit around crafting than have to make conversation. Feel free to reuse!
drive.google.com/file/d/16BOE...
a "2025 year in review" zine template for those of us who would rather sit around crafting than have to make conversation. Feel free to reuse!
drive.google.com/file/d/16BOE...
Now I know where I have heard that cadence and confidence before...
"A COMPLETE SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY IN WHICH AN EVENT OF THIS NATURE CAN BE ACCLAIMED AND ENDORSED AS A SUCCESS."
(Pep-o-gram, 1928)
"A COMPLETE SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY IN WHICH AN EVENT OF THIS NATURE CAN BE ACCLAIMED AND ENDORSED AS A SUCCESS."
(Pep-o-gram, 1928)
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Now I know where I have heard that cadence and confidence before...
"A COMPLETE SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY IN WHICH AN EVENT OF THIS NATURE CAN BE ACCLAIMED AND ENDORSED AS A SUCCESS."
(Pep-o-gram, 1928)
"A COMPLETE SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY IN WHICH AN EVENT OF THIS NATURE CAN BE ACCLAIMED AND ENDORSED AS A SUCCESS."
(Pep-o-gram, 1928)
A [insert any non-STEM field here] PhD: an 8 year journey into how not to write a book
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A [insert any non-STEM field here] PhD: an 8 year journey into how not to write a book