Kristin Briney
@kbriney.bsky.social
Biology librarian, data nerd, ISO 8601 enthusiast, privacy advocate, tea drinker, author
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Kristin Briney
@kbriney.bsky.social
· Dec 2
It’s publication day for “The Data Management Workbook”! 🎉
If you want to improve your data management but don’t know how, this is the book for you. It contains 24 hands-on exercises to customize data management strategies to fit in your research workflows. 📚
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If you want to improve your data management but don’t know how, this is the book for you. It contains 24 hands-on exercises to customize data management strategies to fit in your research workflows. 📚
pelagicpublishing.com/products/the...
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Happy Love Data Week!
My webinar today was about the Data Departure Checklist authors.library.caltech.edu/records/kynw... that @kbriney.bsky.social and I created. It's a customizable word document to help you offload remembering what all you need to get back from a research team colleague📚
My webinar today was about the Data Departure Checklist authors.library.caltech.edu/records/kynw... that @kbriney.bsky.social and I created. It's a customizable word document to help you offload remembering what all you need to get back from a research team colleague📚
Data Departure Checklist
The Data Departure Checklist (DDC) helps research teams and individuals plan for when a team member is leaving a project, lab, team, or institution. By providing a series of prompts for the departing ...
authors.library.caltech.edu
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Happy Love Data Week!
My webinar today was about the Data Departure Checklist authors.library.caltech.edu/records/kynw... that @kbriney.bsky.social and I created. It's a customizable word document to help you offload remembering what all you need to get back from a research team colleague📚
My webinar today was about the Data Departure Checklist authors.library.caltech.edu/records/kynw... that @kbriney.bsky.social and I created. It's a customizable word document to help you offload remembering what all you need to get back from a research team colleague📚
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Luckily markdown is a fairly easy language to learn, and there many tool options, but it's definitely not the low barrier to entry that opening a TXT file is.
Really appreciate this thought provoking post!
Really appreciate this thought provoking post!
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Luckily markdown is a fairly easy language to learn, and there many tool options, but it's definitely not the low barrier to entry that opening a TXT file is.
Really appreciate this thought provoking post!
Really appreciate this thought provoking post!
This #LoveDataWeek, I'm thinking about making our shared data more accessible. This involves rethinking the README.txt as the default recommended documentation file.
Is there a better file format that .txt? I've written up a few thoughts: dataabinitio.com?p=1235
Is there a better file format that .txt? I've written up a few thoughts: dataabinitio.com?p=1235
Rethinking TXT Files » Data Ab Initio
dataabinitio.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This #LoveDataWeek, I'm thinking about making our shared data more accessible. This involves rethinking the README.txt as the default recommended documentation file.
Is there a better file format that .txt? I've written up a few thoughts: dataabinitio.com?p=1235
Is there a better file format that .txt? I've written up a few thoughts: dataabinitio.com?p=1235
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ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.
They hate the helpers.
Which is why must keep helping.
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I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Well deserved recognition for this amazing project.
🎉Congrats to the winners of the 2025 RDAP Work of the Year Award, The Data Rescue Project! (@datarescueproject.org)🛟🏆
This award acknowledges the work’s impact on the wider research and scholarly communication ecosystem in support of RDAP’s mission and values.
rdapassociation.org/news/13593532
This award acknowledges the work’s impact on the wider research and scholarly communication ecosystem in support of RDAP’s mission and values.
rdapassociation.org/news/13593532
Research Data Access and Preservation Association - 2025 RDAP Work of the Year Award
rdapassociation.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Well deserved recognition for this amazing project.
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Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Anne Frank died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen
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ICE are an existential threat to you to your family to your neighbors to your city to your state to your country.
January 29, 2026 at 7:13 PM
ICE are an existential threat to you to your family to your neighbors to your city to your state to your country.
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On May 13, 1985 in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania State Police dropped a bomb from a helicopter onto a Black neighborhood.
11 people were killed, 5 of whom were children.
As we see ICE terrorize communities, understand that saying “this isn’t who we are” is false.
11 people were killed, 5 of whom were children.
As we see ICE terrorize communities, understand that saying “this isn’t who we are” is false.
January 28, 2026 at 5:13 PM
On May 13, 1985 in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania State Police dropped a bomb from a helicopter onto a Black neighborhood.
11 people were killed, 5 of whom were children.
As we see ICE terrorize communities, understand that saying “this isn’t who we are” is false.
11 people were killed, 5 of whom were children.
As we see ICE terrorize communities, understand that saying “this isn’t who we are” is false.
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“We are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...”
And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.
And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.
A friend shared with me a girl scout cookie link from a group that's having a hard time selling in Minneapolis right now.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop5...
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:00 AM
“We are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...”
And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.
And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.
Well this looks terrible. Don't even talk to me about AI anything until, at the very least, it stops hallucinating information and making up citations. Until then, this librarian is going to sort these tools into the slop pile.
“The idea is to put ChatGPT front and center inside software that scientists use to write up their work in much the same way that chatbots are now embedded into popular programming editors.
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
OpenAI’s latest product lets you vibe code science
Prism is a ChatGPT-powered text editor that automates much of the work involved in writing scientific papers.
www.technologyreview.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Well this looks terrible. Don't even talk to me about AI anything until, at the very least, it stops hallucinating information and making up citations. Until then, this librarian is going to sort these tools into the slop pile.
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"The number of downloads...surged by 529% after Mr. Mamdani’s news conference"
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
gifting this article because it made me laugh, which is hard to do in this context. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/n...
After Mamdani Nods to ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Library E-Book Downloads Surge
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 AM
"The number of downloads...surged by 529% after Mr. Mamdani’s news conference"
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
"there had been 3,000 people on a waiting list to access a limited number of e-book copies"
"2,000 people applied for a library card over the weekend, roughly twice as many as had applied by this time last year"
A win!
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👀 Check out this timely article published in C&RL discussing "The Missing Path: Data Librarianship at Mid-Career". Thank you Megan Sapp-Nelson @sappnelson.bsky.social and Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social for sharing your insight into #datalibrarianship! 📝
crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
The Missing Path: Data Librarianship at Mid-Career | Sapp-Nelson | College & Research Libraries News
The Missing Path: Data Librarianship at Mid-Career
crln.acrl.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:57 PM
👀 Check out this timely article published in C&RL discussing "The Missing Path: Data Librarianship at Mid-Career". Thank you Megan Sapp-Nelson @sappnelson.bsky.social and Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social for sharing your insight into #datalibrarianship! 📝
crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
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If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent.
And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…
naomikritzer.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent.
And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
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This. A handful of Americans have the power to stop this NOW, and they are refusing to.
His death is caused by one man and his Republican collaborators. Republicans in Congress could stop this today. Call your Senators today www.5calls.org #DefundICE
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
www.5calls.org
January 24, 2026 at 8:28 PM
This. A handful of Americans have the power to stop this NOW, and they are refusing to.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
It’s good to be reminded, in the midst of so many people being fundamentally evil, that there also many people that are fundamentally good.
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:21 AM
It’s good to be reminded, in the midst of so many people being fundamentally evil, that there also many people that are fundamentally good.
I took a mental health day today, turned off all news, and wrote over 4,000 words for my new book. And I learned how to cite sources that reference specific page numbers using Zotero.
That's probably not a typical mental health day, but honestly I'm feeling really great right now.
That's probably not a typical mental health day, but honestly I'm feeling really great right now.
January 24, 2026 at 12:51 AM
I took a mental health day today, turned off all news, and wrote over 4,000 words for my new book. And I learned how to cite sources that reference specific page numbers using Zotero.
That's probably not a typical mental health day, but honestly I'm feeling really great right now.
That's probably not a typical mental health day, but honestly I'm feeling really great right now.
Between the breakdown of our constitutional rights (see: Minnesota) and NSF just dropping new DMSP requirements (effective today, on a platform that's not working at the moment), I can't even. It's already ridiculous that I'm supposed to work like normal right now and then work implodes.
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Between the breakdown of our constitutional rights (see: Minnesota) and NSF just dropping new DMSP requirements (effective today, on a platform that's not working at the moment), I can't even. It's already ridiculous that I'm supposed to work like normal right now and then work implodes.
I developed a new workshop, "Accessible Data for Everyone," for Love Data Week 2026. It's about making data accessible to people with disabilities.
Anyone is welcome to sign up. The class is on Feb 10 at 2pm PST online. Register here: libcal.caltech.edu/event/16205574
Anyone is welcome to sign up. The class is on Feb 10 at 2pm PST online. Register here: libcal.caltech.edu/event/16205574
Love Data Week: Accessible Data for Everyone
How do you format a dataset so it can be understood by a blind person, deaf person, or other disabled individual? This question is increasingly relevant given new requirements from...
libcal.caltech.edu
January 21, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I developed a new workshop, "Accessible Data for Everyone," for Love Data Week 2026. It's about making data accessible to people with disabilities.
Anyone is welcome to sign up. The class is on Feb 10 at 2pm PST online. Register here: libcal.caltech.edu/event/16205574
Anyone is welcome to sign up. The class is on Feb 10 at 2pm PST online. Register here: libcal.caltech.edu/event/16205574
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Do I need more yarn? No.
Do I want all the colorways in this collection? Yes.
dyemadyarns.com/collections/...
Do I want all the colorways in this collection? Yes.
dyemadyarns.com/collections/...
Fuuuuuuck Collection
dyemadyarns.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Do I need more yarn? No.
Do I want all the colorways in this collection? Yes.
dyemadyarns.com/collections/...
Do I want all the colorways in this collection? Yes.
dyemadyarns.com/collections/...
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Love coming across new libraries that are sharing Data Management in Large-Scale Education Research as a resource, especially along with other great resources like this one from @kbriney.bsky.social!
www.uwyo.edu/libraries/se...
www.uwyo.edu/libraries/se...
January 3, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Love coming across new libraries that are sharing Data Management in Large-Scale Education Research as a resource, especially along with other great resources like this one from @kbriney.bsky.social!
www.uwyo.edu/libraries/se...
www.uwyo.edu/libraries/se...
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Scientists too.
December 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Scientists too.