Starshadow
@starshadowvt.bsky.social
Just a librarian relaxing after a long day of work and family duties... at least, in this timeline! (I'm a librarian in those others too.) Also, I'm a Librarian V-tuber. Man, I need a new gimmick...
Also, I have a daughter and three orange cats.
Also, I have a daughter and three orange cats.
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Starshadow
@starshadowvt.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Topics I post about (as a reminder and for #promosky):
🎮Gaming
📖Manga and books
🐈Cats
📚Library-related stuff (medical/data is my work area)
📝Worldbuilding/writing
📺V-tubing/streaming (occasionally)
🏈Sports (esp. U of M sports)
🤔Everyday/family/random thoughts
My mind: in my 20s
My body: in my 40s
🎮Gaming
📖Manga and books
🐈Cats
📚Library-related stuff (medical/data is my work area)
📝Worldbuilding/writing
📺V-tubing/streaming (occasionally)
🏈Sports (esp. U of M sports)
🤔Everyday/family/random thoughts
My mind: in my 20s
My body: in my 40s
Awesome #Umamusume run where Riko date event didn't proc until Late Nov, Senior Year! 🤦🏽♂️
Thanks for nothing, girl. You could've just said you hated me back in Junior Year so that we could move on.
Thanks for nothing, girl. You could've just said you hated me back in Junior Year so that we could move on.
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Awesome #Umamusume run where Riko date event didn't proc until Late Nov, Senior Year! 🤦🏽♂️
Thanks for nothing, girl. You could've just said you hated me back in Junior Year so that we could move on.
Thanks for nothing, girl. You could've just said you hated me back in Junior Year so that we could move on.
Making progress. That's about all we can do at this point, right?
It'll feel all too real once I pack up my computers and accessories this week. 😭
It'll feel all too real once I pack up my computers and accessories this week. 😭
December 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Making progress. That's about all we can do at this point, right?
It'll feel all too real once I pack up my computers and accessories this week. 😭
It'll feel all too real once I pack up my computers and accessories this week. 😭
Man, so much extra stuff is popping up as we prepare to move. Mostly little things, but each takes up a bit of time we don't necessarily have.
Also, I feel like moving is all I'm talking about anymore. 🤷🏽♂️
Also, I feel like moving is all I'm talking about anymore. 🤷🏽♂️
December 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Man, so much extra stuff is popping up as we prepare to move. Mostly little things, but each takes up a bit of time we don't necessarily have.
Also, I feel like moving is all I'm talking about anymore. 🤷🏽♂️
Also, I feel like moving is all I'm talking about anymore. 🤷🏽♂️
Having just gone through a job search myself, I found myself nodding along pretty much the whole way.
I also only saw one application that mentioned being able to opt out of AI, and it not affecting the status of the application.
It makes me wonder how some of the application sites work re: AI.
I also only saw one application that mentioned being able to opt out of AI, and it not affecting the status of the application.
It makes me wonder how some of the application sites work re: AI.
Let’s Talk About It: AI and the Academic Librarian Job Search by Eleanor Ball. 📚
acrlog.org/2025/12/09/a...
acrlog.org/2025/12/09/a...
Let’s Talk About It: AI and the Academic Librarian Job Search - ACRLog
Last week in the credit-bearing course I co-teach, we asked students to listen to a podcast episode from MIT Technology Review about how AI is impacting the job application process. Listening to the s...
acrlog.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Having just gone through a job search myself, I found myself nodding along pretty much the whole way.
I also only saw one application that mentioned being able to opt out of AI, and it not affecting the status of the application.
It makes me wonder how some of the application sites work re: AI.
I also only saw one application that mentioned being able to opt out of AI, and it not affecting the status of the application.
It makes me wonder how some of the application sites work re: AI.
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There is a lot to think about in this article, but one thing that really stands out is how wide the gap is between # of new graduates in a region and # of early career #medlibs jobs.
This is just one specialty area but... still.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BT4XC...
This is just one specialty area but... still.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BT4XC...
December 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
There is a lot to think about in this article, but one thing that really stands out is how wide the gap is between # of new graduates in a region and # of early career #medlibs jobs.
This is just one specialty area but... still.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BT4XC...
This is just one specialty area but... still.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BT4XC...
Goddamn it's cold outside! 🥶
Can we bring summer back again?
Can we bring summer back again?
December 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Goddamn it's cold outside! 🥶
Can we bring summer back again?
Can we bring summer back again?
Arrgghhh... where did all this stuff come from? There's so much, everywhere!
Curse past me and his collecting ways! (Also, thank you, past me, you got some cool stuff).
Curse past me and his collecting ways! (Also, thank you, past me, you got some cool stuff).
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Arrgghhh... where did all this stuff come from? There's so much, everywhere!
Curse past me and his collecting ways! (Also, thank you, past me, you got some cool stuff).
Curse past me and his collecting ways! (Also, thank you, past me, you got some cool stuff).
It's crazy how little things make me realize that I'm leaving soon. Realizing that it might be my last ride of the Metro, last time seeing a landmark in person (at least for a while), stuff like that. I guess I'm sentimental. 😢
I'm even thinking of taking some pics of the house before we go.
I'm even thinking of taking some pics of the house before we go.
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
It's crazy how little things make me realize that I'm leaving soon. Realizing that it might be my last ride of the Metro, last time seeing a landmark in person (at least for a while), stuff like that. I guess I'm sentimental. 😢
I'm even thinking of taking some pics of the house before we go.
I'm even thinking of taking some pics of the house before we go.
Whew, made it back home. Well, at least what will be home for a few weeks longer...
Got forms filled out and got us set with our temporary housing, so things are moving apace! Now to stuff things into boxes as quickly as possible!
Got forms filled out and got us set with our temporary housing, so things are moving apace! Now to stuff things into boxes as quickly as possible!
December 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Whew, made it back home. Well, at least what will be home for a few weeks longer...
Got forms filled out and got us set with our temporary housing, so things are moving apace! Now to stuff things into boxes as quickly as possible!
Got forms filled out and got us set with our temporary housing, so things are moving apace! Now to stuff things into boxes as quickly as possible!
Traveling the rest of the week. It's pretty much the worst time to be gone right now with all the packing we have to do, but it has to be done.
But man, it's going to be cold in Michigan! Really not looking forward to that.
But man, it's going to be cold in Michigan! Really not looking forward to that.
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Traveling the rest of the week. It's pretty much the worst time to be gone right now with all the packing we have to do, but it has to be done.
But man, it's going to be cold in Michigan! Really not looking forward to that.
But man, it's going to be cold in Michigan! Really not looking forward to that.
Today was pretty much my last day of work (on sick leave until the actual day). I didn't want to make a big thing of it, so I basically just bye to people as I saw them. Much easier than a big party that would've messed with my emotions.
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Today was pretty much my last day of work (on sick leave until the actual day). I didn't want to make a big thing of it, so I basically just bye to people as I saw them. Much easier than a big party that would've messed with my emotions.
Not happy with the way that game turned out, but it was a good, not great, season. The young offense showed good improvement (that didn't show today), but we'll have to see what comes about with the defense, especially the d-line.
We've been building for next year, so make those leaps!
#GoBlue
We've been building for next year, so make those leaps!
#GoBlue
November 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Not happy with the way that game turned out, but it was a good, not great, season. The young offense showed good improvement (that didn't show today), but we'll have to see what comes about with the defense, especially the d-line.
We've been building for next year, so make those leaps!
#GoBlue
We've been building for next year, so make those leaps!
#GoBlue
Man, in that light with Eminem, Jack White looked undead pale.
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Man, in that light with Eminem, Jack White looked undead pale.
So we're winning this competition with 100+ point margin of victory? That's pretty ridiculous for it only being three games.
Almost as ridiculous as that Goodman dunk yesterday. 🤣
#GoBlue
Almost as ridiculous as that Goodman dunk yesterday. 🤣
#GoBlue
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
So we're winning this competition with 100+ point margin of victory? That's pretty ridiculous for it only being three games.
Almost as ridiculous as that Goodman dunk yesterday. 🤣
#GoBlue
Almost as ridiculous as that Goodman dunk yesterday. 🤣
#GoBlue
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Man, these refs are terrible. Completely botched the challenge, and then are trying to keep Gonzaga in the game with that flagrant 1. Ball don't lie there.
#GoBlue
#GoBlue
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Man, these refs are terrible. Completely botched the challenge, and then are trying to keep Gonzaga in the game with that flagrant 1. Ball don't lie there.
#GoBlue
#GoBlue
Michigan basketball blasting teams by more than 30+ points on back-to-back nights was not what I was expecting, especially when one of those teams was a top-25 Auburn team.
If they do this tomorrow night against a really good Gonzaga team too...
#GoBlue
If they do this tomorrow night against a really good Gonzaga team too...
#GoBlue
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Michigan basketball blasting teams by more than 30+ points on back-to-back nights was not what I was expecting, especially when one of those teams was a top-25 Auburn team.
If they do this tomorrow night against a really good Gonzaga team too...
#GoBlue
If they do this tomorrow night against a really good Gonzaga team too...
#GoBlue
Hmm... am I going to have more boxes of books or more boxes of Lego? 🤔
Let's not talk about the actual number of boxes though... 🤣
Let's not talk about the actual number of boxes though... 🤣
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Hmm... am I going to have more boxes of books or more boxes of Lego? 🤔
Let's not talk about the actual number of boxes though... 🤣
Let's not talk about the actual number of boxes though... 🤣
Man, figuring out how to pack and move Lego sets is hard.
Guess I can't go wrong with packing paper?
Guess I can't go wrong with packing paper?
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Man, figuring out how to pack and move Lego sets is hard.
Guess I can't go wrong with packing paper?
Guess I can't go wrong with packing paper?
Great win by the boys again today! Underwood looked really good, even with the freshman super mistake INT. You can see he's starting to play again and not overthink.
Now, on to next week for the game of their lives!
#GoBlue
Now, on to next week for the game of their lives!
#GoBlue
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Great win by the boys again today! Underwood looked really good, even with the freshman super mistake INT. You can see he's starting to play again and not overthink.
Now, on to next week for the game of their lives!
#GoBlue
Now, on to next week for the game of their lives!
#GoBlue
One more month then off to a new library!
November 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
One more month then off to a new library!
Man, yesterday was such an exhausting day.
Instead of watching the Michigan game, I had to deal with a dead battery for our only car while my wife stressed out about it, then she decided it was time for a goodwill donation run. And the worst part is I missed the game winning FG!
Instead of watching the Michigan game, I had to deal with a dead battery for our only car while my wife stressed out about it, then she decided it was time for a goodwill donation run. And the worst part is I missed the game winning FG!
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Man, yesterday was such an exhausting day.
Instead of watching the Michigan game, I had to deal with a dead battery for our only car while my wife stressed out about it, then she decided it was time for a goodwill donation run. And the worst part is I missed the game winning FG!
Instead of watching the Michigan game, I had to deal with a dead battery for our only car while my wife stressed out about it, then she decided it was time for a goodwill donation run. And the worst part is I missed the game winning FG!