clair dunlap
@smallgourd.bsky.social
🌫️🐦⬛🌲 youth librarian, poetry editor at vagabond city lit, probably petting my dog | olympic peninsula
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Two more sonnets of my drought crown have appeared! This time in 32 Poems, a very favorite. The whole issue hits, as usual, and you should absolutely subscribe if you don't already, but they've got a couple picks of the latest issue online too, plz go read ❤️
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Two more sonnets of my drought crown have appeared! This time in 32 Poems, a very favorite. The whole issue hits, as usual, and you should absolutely subscribe if you don't already, but they've got a couple picks of the latest issue online too, plz go read ❤️
my partner & i are reading The Mabinogion (Davies translation) out loud before bed and "it is unfortunate that I spent one hundred and forty pounds worth of precious ointment on a man without knowing who he is" had me crying laughing reading The Lady of the Well the other night
One of the hardest things about so many surviving medieval texts—particularly in Arthurian Legend—is you don’t know if they were meant to be taken seriously, or if they were meant to be jokes, told to drunk people, while drunk
This is one reason Monty Python is FR one of the best retellings
This is one reason Monty Python is FR one of the best retellings
Most "classics" are boring as fuck to a modern reader in no small part because the context of the story is not understood by them and so many of the allusions and "inside jokes" known to then-contemporary readers have been lost in time and in translation
October 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
my partner & i are reading The Mabinogion (Davies translation) out loud before bed and "it is unfortunate that I spent one hundred and forty pounds worth of precious ointment on a man without knowing who he is" had me crying laughing reading The Lady of the Well the other night
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children are human beings. that's what almost everybody refuses to acknowledge. they are /people/. and hating people for who they are is actually pretty uncool at best
September 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
children are human beings. that's what almost everybody refuses to acknowledge. they are /people/. and hating people for who they are is actually pretty uncool at best
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“You can tell [the book] was made by some early-gen AI bot, because it can’t even spell monetization correctly” Clayton Cheever, Sarah Manning, @tuphlos.bsky.social @sonderbooks.com & others talk about the thorny problem of LLM-made books in libraries.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/b...
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/b...
September 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“You can tell [the book] was made by some early-gen AI bot, because it can’t even spell monetization correctly” Clayton Cheever, Sarah Manning, @tuphlos.bsky.social @sonderbooks.com & others talk about the thorny problem of LLM-made books in libraries.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/b...
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/b...
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It’s possible you might want to read my poem in the new issue of Bennington Review taken almost entirely from lines in the @nytimes.com that begin with “Scientists say…”? www.benningtonreview.org/fourteen-mei... #ecopoetry #poetry
Erika Meitner — Bennington Review
www.benningtonreview.org
August 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It’s possible you might want to read my poem in the new issue of Bennington Review taken almost entirely from lines in the @nytimes.com that begin with “Scientists say…”? www.benningtonreview.org/fourteen-mei... #ecopoetry #poetry
oh!!! very excited vagabond city is the home of a finalist this year! go read Teddy L. Friedline's "self portrait as roadkill" in issue 92!
The 2025 Best of the Net Anthology is now live! Read work from this year's winners and see the full list of finalists here! bestofthenetanthology.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
oh!!! very excited vagabond city is the home of a finalist this year! go read Teddy L. Friedline's "self portrait as roadkill" in issue 92!
highly recommend playing board games with library teenagers for two hours to recover from having your conference proposal rejected~
August 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
highly recommend playing board games with library teenagers for two hours to recover from having your conference proposal rejected~
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WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
August 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
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"messages that librarians should be enthusiastic + optimistic about technological changes... frequently described as inevitable, often imply or outright assert that those who question or resist certain tech developments are simply overwhelmed by irrational fear + anxiety that they need to overcome."
Investigating the “Feeling Rules” of Generative AI and Imagining Alternative Futures by Andrea Baer
"rather than rushing to adopt and promote new technologies whose ethical implications raise major questions, we might slow down and claim more time & space for considering .... implications of GenAI"
"rather than rushing to adopt and promote new technologies whose ethical implications raise major questions, we might slow down and claim more time & space for considering .... implications of GenAI"
Investigating the “Feeling Rules” of Generative AI and Imagining Alternative Futures – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
July 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"messages that librarians should be enthusiastic + optimistic about technological changes... frequently described as inevitable, often imply or outright assert that those who question or resist certain tech developments are simply overwhelmed by irrational fear + anxiety that they need to overcome."
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Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.
June 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.
absolutely stoked that my prints from @tommyarnoldart.com came in the mail today! unfortunately impossible to capture print + my abhorsen tattoo (on the other side of my arm ha)
June 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
absolutely stoked that my prints from @tommyarnoldart.com came in the mail today! unfortunately impossible to capture print + my abhorsen tattoo (on the other side of my arm ha)
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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
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Alice Notley got it. She GOT it.
May 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Alice Notley got it. She GOT it.
as a writer and a librarian, this is so, so deeply insulting.
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
as a writer and a librarian, this is so, so deeply insulting.
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Hey all, here's a post at @ssrc.org about how anti-trans talking points are getting wrapped into Google's AI search results.
AI search not only cites anti-trans disinfo, but sanitizes it, making practices like conversion therapy sound legitimate and safe.
AI search not only cites anti-trans disinfo, but sanitizes it, making practices like conversion therapy sound legitimate and safe.
Anti-Transgender Disinformation in the Age of Algorithmic Search Summaries
Recently Google introduced a feature in its search engine that algorithmically creates summaries of one's search results. Though it could be viewed as a useful tool, researcher Anna Beers argues this ...
just-tech.ssrc.org
May 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hey all, here's a post at @ssrc.org about how anti-trans talking points are getting wrapped into Google's AI search results.
AI search not only cites anti-trans disinfo, but sanitizes it, making practices like conversion therapy sound legitimate and safe.
AI search not only cites anti-trans disinfo, but sanitizes it, making practices like conversion therapy sound legitimate and safe.
dw i 'di bod yn dysgu siarad Cymraeg am bedwar mis rŵan! really proud actually of my progress (dw i'n hapus efo faint dw i 'di dysgu mewn amser byr!)
May 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
dw i 'di bod yn dysgu siarad Cymraeg am bedwar mis rŵan! really proud actually of my progress (dw i'n hapus efo faint dw i 'di dysgu mewn amser byr!)
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"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the rayne, and the wynde, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir.
May 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the rayne, and the wynde, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir.
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The chatbot people are so upset. What are you going to do? Come to my home and force me to use ChatGPT?
May 6, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The chatbot people are so upset. What are you going to do? Come to my home and force me to use ChatGPT?
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Published today: Research on Diversity in Youth Literature (RDYL) 6.2! Check out our peer-reviewed articles + book reviews + art. Many thanks to our writers, artist, co-editors, reviewers!
iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/rdyl
#RDYL #iSchoolUI #iSchoolCCB #YouthLit #ChildLit #YALit #OpenAccess
iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/rdyl
#RDYL #iSchoolUI #iSchoolCCB #YouthLit #ChildLit #YALit #OpenAccess
May 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Published today: Research on Diversity in Youth Literature (RDYL) 6.2! Check out our peer-reviewed articles + book reviews + art. Many thanks to our writers, artist, co-editors, reviewers!
iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/rdyl
#RDYL #iSchoolUI #iSchoolCCB #YouthLit #ChildLit #YALit #OpenAccess
iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/rdyl
#RDYL #iSchoolUI #iSchoolCCB #YouthLit #ChildLit #YALit #OpenAccess
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Some may claim racism has no place in science fiction, but sadly SF has a long history of enabling fascist worldbuilding
That's why you need to read @jordanscarroll.bsky.social's "Speculative Whiteness," a first-rate takedown of racist subtext in sci-fi
Blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
That's why you need to read @jordanscarroll.bsky.social's "Speculative Whiteness," a first-rate takedown of racist subtext in sci-fi
Blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
The Nerd Reich
Discussion of Hugo Award nominees for best novel, other science fiction novels, and analysis of the awards. We read all the nominees before we vote.
hugoclub.blogspot.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Some may claim racism has no place in science fiction, but sadly SF has a long history of enabling fascist worldbuilding
That's why you need to read @jordanscarroll.bsky.social's "Speculative Whiteness," a first-rate takedown of racist subtext in sci-fi
Blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
That's why you need to read @jordanscarroll.bsky.social's "Speculative Whiteness," a first-rate takedown of racist subtext in sci-fi
Blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
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April 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Parents have a responsibility to ENGAGE with what their children are reading and to help GUIDE them in smart choices.
They absolutely do NOT have a right to control their kids' reading. No one does.
They absolutely do NOT have a right to control their kids' reading. No one does.
April 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Parents have a responsibility to ENGAGE with what their children are reading and to help GUIDE them in smart choices.
They absolutely do NOT have a right to control their kids' reading. No one does.
They absolutely do NOT have a right to control their kids' reading. No one does.
my coworker had my teen advisory board make me a birthday card last week when i was off work & 😭 truly cannot express how much i needed a card telling me i'm someone's favorite librarian rn
April 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
my coworker had my teen advisory board make me a birthday card last week when i was off work & 😭 truly cannot express how much i needed a card telling me i'm someone's favorite librarian rn
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'Black lake, black boat,' by Emily Skaja was published in The Poetry Review Spring 2025, which is out now and available for purchase via the link in our bio, and is freely available to read on our website.
April 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
'Black lake, black boat,' by Emily Skaja was published in The Poetry Review Spring 2025, which is out now and available for purchase via the link in our bio, and is freely available to read on our website.