Megan W
@megawats.bsky.social
Librarian, lapsed scholar, chief gruntler, aspiring gnome.
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2025, a timeline…
1) this is gonna be our year
2) fuck
3) Thanksgiving
1) this is gonna be our year
2) fuck
3) Thanksgiving
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
2025, a timeline…
1) this is gonna be our year
2) fuck
3) Thanksgiving
1) this is gonna be our year
2) fuck
3) Thanksgiving
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It’s a problem when the people who endeavor to run the university hate the university.
October 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
It’s a problem when the people who endeavor to run the university hate the university.
YES.
For all the olde librarians: ChatGPT should be like Dialog, where you have to pay per search. The charge should be equivalent to the environmental damage of the query. 📚
October 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
YES.
Me. My love life. You get it.
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Me. My love life. You get it.
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we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
August 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
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"Academic libraries have evolved far beyond being mere repositories of content..." opens an email from Clarivate.
I always find this dismissal of the core function(s) of the library depressing and frustrating.
As if our primary mission is neither enough nor relevant. Neither is true.
I always find this dismissal of the core function(s) of the library depressing and frustrating.
As if our primary mission is neither enough nor relevant. Neither is true.
August 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Academic libraries have evolved far beyond being mere repositories of content..." opens an email from Clarivate.
I always find this dismissal of the core function(s) of the library depressing and frustrating.
As if our primary mission is neither enough nor relevant. Neither is true.
I always find this dismissal of the core function(s) of the library depressing and frustrating.
As if our primary mission is neither enough nor relevant. Neither is true.
As a Libra, this is true….unless/until we realize it’s the nth time you’ve pulled this nonsense. And once we’re done with you, we’re DONE done. We don’t even remember what you did. Hell, we can’t even remember your NAME. Consider yourself warned 😇
I’m a Scorpio.
Don’t let me play in your face and act like shit squashed—I still don’t like you, UGLY! 😭
Don’t let me play in your face and act like shit squashed—I still don’t like you, UGLY! 😭
August 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
As a Libra, this is true….unless/until we realize it’s the nth time you’ve pulled this nonsense. And once we’re done with you, we’re DONE done. We don’t even remember what you did. Hell, we can’t even remember your NAME. Consider yourself warned 😇
One more time for those in the back!
Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena
gofund.me/c8485b58
gofund.me/c8485b58
Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard
Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant
gofund.me
August 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
One more time for those in the back!
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Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena
gofund.me/c8485b58
gofund.me/c8485b58
Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard
Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant
gofund.me
August 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena
gofund.me/c8485b58
gofund.me/c8485b58
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Glad my graduate alma mater cut 60 degree programs in subjects that require people to think so that they could offer this. Looking forward to living in a world full of Prompt Engineers.
July 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Glad my graduate alma mater cut 60 degree programs in subjects that require people to think so that they could offer this. Looking forward to living in a world full of Prompt Engineers.
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Baruch Dayan HaEmet.
May their memory be a blessing for love.
A revolution for presence.
An insurrection for compassion, for caring, for showing up.
May their memory be a blessing for love.
A revolution for presence.
An insurrection for compassion, for caring, for showing up.
July 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Baruch Dayan HaEmet.
May their memory be a blessing for love.
A revolution for presence.
An insurrection for compassion, for caring, for showing up.
May their memory be a blessing for love.
A revolution for presence.
An insurrection for compassion, for caring, for showing up.
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[worst possible stuff happening everywhere] man why do I feel bad
July 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
[worst possible stuff happening everywhere] man why do I feel bad
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2025 feels like being awake during surgery
July 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
2025 feels like being awake during surgery
Been a librarian since 2011. Last yr, got offered an amazing position that aligned with my skills/goals; thrilled, excited, over the moon. Had to turn it down bc no matter how I did the math, I’d be financially DESTROYED by the housing costs. Big R1. Salary just too low, even as a solid mid-career.
Librarianship has never paid well enough for the education required.
In this moment - where the rent is impossible to cover solo - it is even worse.
📚
In this moment - where the rent is impossible to cover solo - it is even worse.
📚
July 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Been a librarian since 2011. Last yr, got offered an amazing position that aligned with my skills/goals; thrilled, excited, over the moon. Had to turn it down bc no matter how I did the math, I’d be financially DESTROYED by the housing costs. Big R1. Salary just too low, even as a solid mid-career.
<— sad/displeased IU Bloomington alum
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
July 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
<— sad/displeased IU Bloomington alum
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good morning friends 💚✨
June 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
good morning friends 💚✨
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My “you’re over 30” advice is hold onto the bannister. Stairs will kill you and not even look back
June 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My “you’re over 30” advice is hold onto the bannister. Stairs will kill you and not even look back
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Open Letter to College & Research Libraries from the academic wing of #CripLib
Open Letter to CRL from the academic wing of #CripLib - ACRLog
Editor's note: We welcome a guest blog post from the academic librarians of #CripLib, which focuses on the intersection of disability and library work. Note: The focus is on our concerns about the qua...
acrlog.org
May 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Open Letter to College & Research Libraries from the academic wing of #CripLib
French Open captions are capturing the players’ grunts as “oh.” I like to imagine they’re actually uttering surprised/delighted “oh!”s as they observe the quality of their opponent’s shots appreciatively.
May 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
French Open captions are capturing the players’ grunts as “oh.” I like to imagine they’re actually uttering surprised/delighted “oh!”s as they observe the quality of their opponent’s shots appreciatively.
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Musing: one side effect of constantly defending (eg an institution or a political party) against disinformation and bad faith criticism is that you can become habituated to ignoring all criticism (as bad faith), which makes it difficult to learn, adapt, grow, and address your actual weaknesses.
May 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Musing: one side effect of constantly defending (eg an institution or a political party) against disinformation and bad faith criticism is that you can become habituated to ignoring all criticism (as bad faith), which makes it difficult to learn, adapt, grow, and address your actual weaknesses.
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Always feel smugly like Lady No-Kids today
(credit: Will McPhail)
(credit: Will McPhail)
May 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Always feel smugly like Lady No-Kids today
(credit: Will McPhail)
(credit: Will McPhail)
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everytime i talk to someone who's about to start library school i want to be like, hon you seem like a great person; you deserve a chance to follow your dreams; but this is a dying field
May 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
everytime i talk to someone who's about to start library school i want to be like, hon you seem like a great person; you deserve a chance to follow your dreams; but this is a dying field
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Women over 40 do not want 15 friends, we want 6 friends, 2 acquaintances, 3 ex-lovers we occasionally pine for, 2 solid nemeses, 1 animal who understands our soul, and a very important tree.
May 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Women over 40 do not want 15 friends, we want 6 friends, 2 acquaintances, 3 ex-lovers we occasionally pine for, 2 solid nemeses, 1 animal who understands our soul, and a very important tree.
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This meeting could have been a walk in the sunshine
April 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This meeting could have been a walk in the sunshine
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