Michael Bradford
@librarian04.bsky.social
(he/him) | Librarian (cataloging/metadata) #tcmmf | Liberal | Michigander | Pissed Off 2x IU Alum | Backyard Birder | Lego Builder | Trekker | #TeamPete
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Michael Bradford
@librarian04.bsky.social
· Jan 19
This guy! Introducing Bluesky folks to Barnaby. We’ve had him nearly a year now. Named after our favorite DCI(s) of the Midsomer Constabulary #midsomermurders
I want a better IU. As a 2-time alum, I want: Whitten out; DEI programs restored; robust free-speech protections restored; and alumni-elected seats to the Board of Trustees restored.
I love IU & lament her fall under Whitten.
Alums, consider signing this letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I love IU & lament her fall under Whitten.
Alums, consider signing this letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Letter to alums
Dear Fellow Alumni, Now that the celebrations of our first-ever football national championship are dying down (Will we ever stop celebrating? Time will tell!), it’s time to get back to the serious m...
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February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I want a better IU. As a 2-time alum, I want: Whitten out; DEI programs restored; robust free-speech protections restored; and alumni-elected seats to the Board of Trustees restored.
I love IU & lament her fall under Whitten.
Alums, consider signing this letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I love IU & lament her fall under Whitten.
Alums, consider signing this letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We didn’t watch the Super Bowl, instead we watched Curtain: #Poirot ‘s Last Case. I was not ready. I already miss mon ami, Hercule and his little gray cells. Luckily I have the books! And I am devising an #AgathaChristie display and LibGuide as March’s Subject of the Month at my Library!
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 AM
We didn’t watch the Super Bowl, instead we watched Curtain: #Poirot ‘s Last Case. I was not ready. I already miss mon ami, Hercule and his little gray cells. Luckily I have the books! And I am devising an #AgathaChristie display and LibGuide as March’s Subject of the Month at my Library!
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The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week. n.pr/3Mq3Y6i
The CIA World Factbook is dead. Here's how I came to love it
The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week. n.pr/3Mq3Y6i
I remember that day. Was in Mrs. Karsten’s 4th grade class at Sister Lakes Elementary
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today. n.pr/49Gfjbo
40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned
Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I remember that day. Was in Mrs. Karsten’s 4th grade class at Sister Lakes Elementary
While I am still pissed at my Alma mater, Indiana University, for their bending the knee to the MAGA-right in Indiana and the White House, I am beyond happy for Hoosiers football for its incredible turnaround from the worst to undefeated and winning the whole shebang.
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 AM
While I am still pissed at my Alma mater, Indiana University, for their bending the knee to the MAGA-right in Indiana and the White House, I am beyond happy for Hoosiers football for its incredible turnaround from the worst to undefeated and winning the whole shebang.
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CIGNETTI DECLINE THE WHITE HOUSE INVITE AND I’LL LOVE YOU FOREVER
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 AM
CIGNETTI DECLINE THE WHITE HOUSE INVITE AND I’LL LOVE YOU FOREVER
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The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 AM
The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.
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This guy went to war to capture someone else’s Nobel Peace Prize. What an incredibly stupid timeline.
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
This guy went to war to capture someone else’s Nobel Peace Prize. What an incredibly stupid timeline.
I love Trek, all Trek.
We canceled our Paramount+ subscription before the latest season of #StrangeNewWorlds streamed. Will not be able to see #StarfleetAcademy, either.
Will not give the knee-benders a dime. #LLAP #TrekSky
We canceled our Paramount+ subscription before the latest season of #StrangeNewWorlds streamed. Will not be able to see #StarfleetAcademy, either.
Will not give the knee-benders a dime. #LLAP #TrekSky
January 12, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I love Trek, all Trek.
We canceled our Paramount+ subscription before the latest season of #StrangeNewWorlds streamed. Will not be able to see #StarfleetAcademy, either.
Will not give the knee-benders a dime. #LLAP #TrekSky
We canceled our Paramount+ subscription before the latest season of #StrangeNewWorlds streamed. Will not be able to see #StarfleetAcademy, either.
Will not give the knee-benders a dime. #LLAP #TrekSky
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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BREAKING: THE CHICAGO CUBS HAVE SIGNED ALEX BREGMAN TO A 5-YEAR $175 MILLION DEAL.
January 11, 2026 at 3:50 AM
BREAKING: THE CHICAGO CUBS HAVE SIGNED ALEX BREGMAN TO A 5-YEAR $175 MILLION DEAL.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT MY ALMA MATER, WHO HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY ATROCIOUS IN DIVISION 1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL, IS GOING TO BE PLAYING FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. #Hoosiers
January 10, 2026 at 4:08 AM
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT MY ALMA MATER, WHO HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY ATROCIOUS IN DIVISION 1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL, IS GOING TO BE PLAYING FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. #Hoosiers
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this sort of dense mixed use urbanism is illegal to build in most of the country
January 7, 2026 at 10:54 PM
this sort of dense mixed use urbanism is illegal to build in most of the country
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Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.
I finished my #Lego Bookstore and Kate and I built the Lego Polaroid Camera while watching classic thrillers “The Damned Don’t Cry!” starring Joan Crawford and Alfred Hitchcock’s “Shadow of a Doubt” — I was in bed by 12:05
January 1, 2026 at 12:41 PM
I finished my #Lego Bookstore and Kate and I built the Lego Polaroid Camera while watching classic thrillers “The Damned Don’t Cry!” starring Joan Crawford and Alfred Hitchcock’s “Shadow of a Doubt” — I was in bed by 12:05
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Speaking of typos, someone should direct Ms. Dhillon to U.S. v. Murphy, 406 F.3d 857, 859 n.1 (7th Cir. 2005), aka the greatest footnote in appellate court history.
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
December 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Speaking of typos, someone should direct Ms. Dhillon to U.S. v. Murphy, 406 F.3d 857, 859 n.1 (7th Cir. 2005), aka the greatest footnote in appellate court history.
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
Bought this #Lego set a couple years ago after Christmas, when I had COVID. Thought it was time to give it a go. I currently have 7 sets in my backlog that I need to build before I get to the #Enterprise
December 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Bought this #Lego set a couple years ago after Christmas, when I had COVID. Thought it was time to give it a go. I currently have 7 sets in my backlog that I need to build before I get to the #Enterprise
December 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄 it’s officially Christmas when Kermit scats on his way home
December 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄 it’s officially Christmas when Kermit scats on his way home
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, aka Star Trek: A Christmas Carol
“And Mr. Spock, who was NOT dead…”
“And Mr. Spock, who was NOT dead…”
December 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, aka Star Trek: A Christmas Carol
“And Mr. Spock, who was NOT dead…”
“And Mr. Spock, who was NOT dead…”
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O holy night
December 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
O holy night
Now it’s Christmas!
The 2025 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog | Defector
[Opens front door while holding a toy corgi in one arm] Merry Christmas! Oh my God, you made it! I thought you might be stuck at the airport for weeks! Well, because it’s such madness out there. Piper...
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December 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Now it’s Christmas!
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On the twelfth day of Christmas, Matt Hall took from Michiganders...
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
On the twelfth day of Christmas, Matt Hall took from Michiganders...