Lori Packer
@loripa.bsky.social
Social media specialist at @urochester. Digital Collegium (formerly HighEdWeb) volunteer.
Web. Higher ed. Rochester. Philly. Libraries. Baseball. History. Geek stuff. With drinks. And cats. (she/her)
Web. Higher ed. Rochester. Philly. Libraries. Baseball. History. Geek stuff. With drinks. And cats. (she/her)
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October 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"Never ask for permission to do the right thing."
My #Digicol25 golden nugget so far, in reference to starting a user testing program when your school doesn't support one.
But applies to everything, really.
My #Digicol25 golden nugget so far, in reference to starting a user testing program when your school doesn't support one.
But applies to everything, really.
September 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Never ask for permission to do the right thing."
My #Digicol25 golden nugget so far, in reference to starting a user testing program when your school doesn't support one.
But applies to everything, really.
My #Digicol25 golden nugget so far, in reference to starting a user testing program when your school doesn't support one.
But applies to everything, really.
This will never not be true.
"This week is the simpler time you'll look back on wistfully next week."
That one hits, @jonlovett.bsky.social
That one hits, @jonlovett.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This will never not be true.
I very much care about our new undeclared war with Iran, but the Phillies-Mets game is nationally televised tonite and if Fox cuts away at 10pm so Trump can be all "we bombed them with our bombiest bombs" I'm gonna be pissed
Follow real journalists in real time at www.reuters.com/world/israel...
Follow real journalists in real time at www.reuters.com/world/israel...
Israel-Iran live updates: Trump to address the nation after US bombs nuclear sites in Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said a "very successful attack" on three nuclear sites in Iran had been carried out.
www.reuters.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I very much care about our new undeclared war with Iran, but the Phillies-Mets game is nationally televised tonite and if Fox cuts away at 10pm so Trump can be all "we bombed them with our bombiest bombs" I'm gonna be pissed
Follow real journalists in real time at www.reuters.com/world/israel...
Follow real journalists in real time at www.reuters.com/world/israel...
x∨y
where X = "start a new fantasy series"
and y = "re-read a favorite one"
where X = "start a new fantasy series"
and y = "re-read a favorite one"
June 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
x∨y
where X = "start a new fantasy series"
and y = "re-read a favorite one"
where X = "start a new fantasy series"
and y = "re-read a favorite one"
The president doesn't just get to declare things
"Trump is using tax dollars as a weapon to enact his social policy without the hassle of having to get Congress to pass a law. He would prefer to bombastically state what the law is & bully everyone into complying rather than test out his fantastical legal theories in court." — @lizdye.bsky.social
Maine fought the law, and Maine won
The Trump administration can't defend the indefensible.
www.publicnotice.co
May 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The president doesn't just get to declare things
With an hour of each other I was served up an ad on my Roku for Raymour & Flanigan promoting furniture at "PRE-TARRIFF PRICING!" and then an ad on Spotify offering discounts on ChatGPT Plus for college students through finals and graduation
I remain unimpressed by this timeline
I remain unimpressed by this timeline
May 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
With an hour of each other I was served up an ad on my Roku for Raymour & Flanigan promoting furniture at "PRE-TARRIFF PRICING!" and then an ad on Spotify offering discounts on ChatGPT Plus for college students through finals and graduation
I remain unimpressed by this timeline
I remain unimpressed by this timeline
Killer asteroids from space.
Seems like another good reason not to defund science.
Seems like another good reason not to defund science.
“This is why you have science! It’s amazing...the dinosaurs didn’t have this. That’s why they’re gone. We can do this and it requires funding science over long periods of time.”
Rochester astrophysicist @adamfrank4.bsky.social on @cnn.com discussing the chance of an #asteroid hitting the Earth.
Rochester astrophysicist @adamfrank4.bsky.social on @cnn.com discussing the chance of an #asteroid hitting the Earth.
February 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Killer asteroids from space.
Seems like another good reason not to defund science.
Seems like another good reason not to defund science.
"This week is the simpler time you'll look back on wistfully next week."
That one hits, @jonlovett.bsky.social
That one hits, @jonlovett.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"This week is the simpler time you'll look back on wistfully next week."
That one hits, @jonlovett.bsky.social
That one hits, @jonlovett.bsky.social
Good thread from a prof at my UW alma mater explaining NIH overhead rates, what this move to cap them means for research universities (brought to you by Project 2025)
(plus my own reminder to myself that Trumpies can announce whatever they like but that doesn't make it real. At least not yet.)
(plus my own reminder to myself that Trumpies can announce whatever they like but that doesn't make it real. At least not yet.)
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Good thread from a prof at my UW alma mater explaining NIH overhead rates, what this move to cap them means for research universities (brought to you by Project 2025)
(plus my own reminder to myself that Trumpies can announce whatever they like but that doesn't make it real. At least not yet.)
(plus my own reminder to myself that Trumpies can announce whatever they like but that doesn't make it real. At least not yet.)
Ooooo, yay!
They're also working on getting their e-books on Kindle, which is awesome
They're also working on getting their e-books on Kindle, which is awesome
February 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Ooooo, yay!
They're also working on getting their e-books on Kindle, which is awesome
They're also working on getting their e-books on Kindle, which is awesome
I was there! If you find the Smithsonian Castle on the right, then follow over to the large screen on the left, I was right there.
I wore jeans (bad choice) and by the end of the day they had frozen to my thighs before I managed to walk back to an open Metro station.
Best inauguration ever.
I wore jeans (bad choice) and by the end of the day they had frozen to my thighs before I managed to walk back to an open Metro station.
Best inauguration ever.
January 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I was there! If you find the Smithsonian Castle on the right, then follow over to the large screen on the left, I was right there.
I wore jeans (bad choice) and by the end of the day they had frozen to my thighs before I managed to walk back to an open Metro station.
Best inauguration ever.
I wore jeans (bad choice) and by the end of the day they had frozen to my thighs before I managed to walk back to an open Metro station.
Best inauguration ever.
Was just treated more kindly and professionally by the guy at Michaels helping me get my poster framed than I have been by 90% of the people I've gone to for help after my dad suffered a stroke over the holidays.
Thank you, Jared from Michaels.
Thank you, Jared from Michaels.
January 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Was just treated more kindly and professionally by the guy at Michaels helping me get my poster framed than I have been by 90% of the people I've gone to for help after my dad suffered a stroke over the holidays.
Thank you, Jared from Michaels.
Thank you, Jared from Michaels.
The NFL Christmas broadcast/streamer schedule has been a real Grinch!
For folks spending the holiday in hospitals or nursing homes, or anywhere where you don't have total control of the TV situation, it's just that extra little bit of happiness deprived.
For folks spending the holiday in hospitals or nursing homes, or anywhere where you don't have total control of the TV situation, it's just that extra little bit of happiness deprived.
December 28, 2024 at 7:03 PM
The NFL Christmas broadcast/streamer schedule has been a real Grinch!
For folks spending the holiday in hospitals or nursing homes, or anywhere where you don't have total control of the TV situation, it's just that extra little bit of happiness deprived.
For folks spending the holiday in hospitals or nursing homes, or anywhere where you don't have total control of the TV situation, it's just that extra little bit of happiness deprived.
When do YOU reread or rewatch Lord of the Rings each year?
I'll start
I'll start
November 30, 2024 at 4:34 PM
When do YOU reread or rewatch Lord of the Rings each year?
I'll start
I'll start
The cranberry custard has split
November 27, 2024 at 2:44 AM
The cranberry custard has split
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie
November 26, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Social media manager: The cup is trending, but is the cup strategic?
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Social media manager: The cup is trending, but is the cup strategic?
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Historian: The cup, 1789-1914
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Historian: The cup, 1789-1914
November 25, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Social media manager: The cup is trending, but is the cup strategic?
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Social media manager: The cup is trending, but is the cup strategic?
Went to a 9am matinee of Wicked so that I could sit by myself in the dark for 3 hours while still being engaged in a socially acceptable activity
(And I accidentally bought a ticket for one of those 4DX seats that move and shake with the action on screen and my was that ridiculous)
(And I accidentally bought a ticket for one of those 4DX seats that move and shake with the action on screen and my was that ridiculous)
a woman with green hair is standing next to another woman
Alt: Split screen gif of Elphaba and Galinda whipping their hair back and forth in the movie Wicked.
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Went to a 9am matinee of Wicked so that I could sit by myself in the dark for 3 hours while still being engaged in a socially acceptable activity
(And I accidentally bought a ticket for one of those 4DX seats that move and shake with the action on screen and my was that ridiculous)
(And I accidentally bought a ticket for one of those 4DX seats that move and shake with the action on screen and my was that ridiculous)
Our little university account gained 200 followers this week, half of them in 24 hours last Friday and into Saturday. And it's looking like this November will be the first month in 16 years of negative follower growth over on Xwitter.
I don't know what that means, but I'm not mad at it.
I don't know what that means, but I'm not mad at it.
Hello to all our new followers on Bluesky!
We'll be sharing stories from our ground-breaking researchers, our wonderful students, our artists and performers, and our hometown pride. Thanks for the follow!
We'll be sharing stories from our ground-breaking researchers, our wonderful students, our artists and performers, and our hometown pride. Thanks for the follow!
November 22, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Our little university account gained 200 followers this week, half of them in 24 hours last Friday and into Saturday. And it's looking like this November will be the first month in 16 years of negative follower growth over on Xwitter.
I don't know what that means, but I'm not mad at it.
I don't know what that means, but I'm not mad at it.
We do not deserve the grace and dignity of Sarah McBride
November 21, 2024 at 3:12 AM
We do not deserve the grace and dignity of Sarah McBride
13-hr day ending with breaking news headline at 7:45pm saying Trump is appointing the billionaire co-founder of World Wide Wrestling as secretary of education was my throw-my-pen-across-my-desk-and-just-laugh moment for the evening
How 'bout you?
The cocktail pairing: a Boulevardier
How 'bout you?
The cocktail pairing: a Boulevardier
November 20, 2024 at 3:12 AM
13-hr day ending with breaking news headline at 7:45pm saying Trump is appointing the billionaire co-founder of World Wide Wrestling as secretary of education was my throw-my-pen-across-my-desk-and-just-laugh moment for the evening
How 'bout you?
The cocktail pairing: a Boulevardier
How 'bout you?
The cocktail pairing: a Boulevardier
Were the voice actors who read podcast ad copy *that* expensive because holy AI
November 18, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Were the voice actors who read podcast ad copy *that* expensive because holy AI
Ooooo, yes (note to future winter self)
Recommendation:
At your public library, check out gorgeous art books this winter.
You know, that huge type of book you wouldn't necessarily buy -- but is a glory to keep company with for awhile.
At your public library, check out gorgeous art books this winter.
You know, that huge type of book you wouldn't necessarily buy -- but is a glory to keep company with for awhile.
November 17, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Ooooo, yes (note to future winter self)