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Library Futures here and we're coming in hot with our very first ebook from library internet favorite @aj-boston.bsky.social.
My Consumer Autobiography examines what it means to read--and own--a book through the story of the books AJ read in 2024.
www.libraryfutures.net/post/my-cons...
My Consumer Autobiography examines what it means to read--and own--a book through the story of the books AJ read in 2024.
www.libraryfutures.net/post/my-cons...
My Consumer Autobiography: Reflections on a Year of Digital Reading
Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.
www.libraryfutures.net
lmao which one of you did this
How about: "AI Wipes"
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
How about: "AI Wipes"
Instead of a desert, they should have connected zones in Metroid Prime 4 with Mario Kart World tracks.
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Instead of a desert, they should have connected zones in Metroid Prime 4 with Mario Kart World tracks.
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WOLF: little pig, little pig, let me come in
PIG: not by the hair on my chinny chin chin!
WOLF: what
PIG: i said go away!!
WOLF: no say what you said before
PIG: seriously fuck off
PIG: not by the hair on my chinny chin chin!
WOLF: what
PIG: i said go away!!
WOLF: no say what you said before
PIG: seriously fuck off
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
WOLF: little pig, little pig, let me come in
PIG: not by the hair on my chinny chin chin!
WOLF: what
PIG: i said go away!!
WOLF: no say what you said before
PIG: seriously fuck off
PIG: not by the hair on my chinny chin chin!
WOLF: what
PIG: i said go away!!
WOLF: no say what you said before
PIG: seriously fuck off
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DORA-BNLT 2026
(DORA But Not Like That)
(DORA But Not Like That)
December 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
DORA-BNLT 2026
(DORA But Not Like That)
(DORA But Not Like That)
"China’s citation impact is now also well above the world average."
Sinophobia is about to do more to de-emphasize focus on citation impact metrics than all 13 years of SF DORA combined...
newsletter.journalology.com/p/journalolo...
Sinophobia is about to do more to de-emphasize focus on citation impact metrics than all 13 years of SF DORA combined...
newsletter.journalology.com/p/journalolo...
December 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"China’s citation impact is now also well above the world average."
Sinophobia is about to do more to de-emphasize focus on citation impact metrics than all 13 years of SF DORA combined...
newsletter.journalology.com/p/journalolo...
Sinophobia is about to do more to de-emphasize focus on citation impact metrics than all 13 years of SF DORA combined...
newsletter.journalology.com/p/journalolo...
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Ebenezer Scrooge: Goes outside
500 Muppets: There goes Mr Asshole! There Goes Mr Bitch!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6vxkf3dayl4uyc77vv6deraj/bafkreidpnqgypmc6oppofjfzndjgcuxavuzord76sblkc32n6opdjmyadm@jpeg)
Love to stereotype this dude and make him speak for all his kind. What's he gonna say, that he's *not* a monolith? Yeah right dude
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Love to stereotype this dude and make him speak for all his kind. What's he gonna say, that he's *not* a monolith? Yeah right dude
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Oh shit they finally came up with a socially beneficial use case
ChatGPT gladly shoots a YouTuber, overriding safety protocols with minimal manipulation - gamepressure.com
The YouTube channel InsideAI tested ChatGPT's limits with a BB gun, and all it took was a straightforward trick to get the AI to pull the trigger.
www.gamepressure.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Oh shit they finally came up with a socially beneficial use case
my list of enemies
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
my list of enemies
Occam's razor states that the simplest explanation with the fewest assumptions is usually the best one; Gillette's razor on the other hand involves three explanations plus patented comfort glide technology.
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Occam's razor states that the simplest explanation with the fewest assumptions is usually the best one; Gillette's razor on the other hand involves three explanations plus patented comfort glide technology.
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Carnegie Mellon has cancelled hosting the Code4Lib conference this year because Code4Lib has scholarships supporting diverse attendees. Some lame fuckery indeed.
Carnegie Mellon deciding at the last minute that they can't host the annual Code4Lib conference is some lame fuckery.
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Carnegie Mellon has cancelled hosting the Code4Lib conference this year because Code4Lib has scholarships supporting diverse attendees. Some lame fuckery indeed.
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
Info Sys at your university has just dropped Your Browser Habits WRAPPED 2025.
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Info Sys at your university has just dropped Your Browser Habits WRAPPED 2025.
If A.I. was so intelligent, it would auto-fill my work emails by opening a new tab to check for price drops in my amazon cart.
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If A.I. was so intelligent, it would auto-fill my work emails by opening a new tab to check for price drops in my amazon cart.
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Tune in tomorrow, Dec. 4, at 1pm ET to hear SPARC's @hjoseph.bsky.social chat w/ author Samuel Moore about Publishing Beyond the Market, a book about a more ethical, non-commercial approach to #OpenAccess publishing. Sign up for the free @archive.org event here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Tune in tomorrow, Dec. 4, at 1pm ET to hear SPARC's @hjoseph.bsky.social chat w/ author Samuel Moore about Publishing Beyond the Market, a book about a more ethical, non-commercial approach to #OpenAccess publishing. Sign up for the free @archive.org event here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
Calling academic paywalls "grift links"
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Calling academic paywalls "grift links"
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You should have to get a license before creating data in Excel that other people will rely on.
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
You should have to get a license before creating data in Excel that other people will rely on.
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New headline: "OpenAI admits safety features can be circumvented by teenagers."
techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/o...
OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan | TechCrunch
In August, parents Matthew and Maria Raine sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, over their 16-year-old son Adam's suicide, accusing the company of wrongful death. On Tuesday, OpenAI responded to the l...
techcrunch.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
New headline: "OpenAI admits safety features can be circumvented by teenagers."
techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/o...
New headline: "OpenAI admits safety features can be circumvented by teenagers."
techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/o...
OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan | TechCrunch
In August, parents Matthew and Maria Raine sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, over their 16-year-old son Adam's suicide, accusing the company of wrongful death. On Tuesday, OpenAI responded to the l...
techcrunch.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
New headline: "OpenAI admits safety features can be circumvented by teenagers."
techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/o...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/o...
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"The problem is the assignment/ rubric!" Well the outcome is a precarious trans academic got fired, so you have probably Found a Red Herring, my friend.
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"The problem is the assignment/ rubric!" Well the outcome is a precarious trans academic got fired, so you have probably Found a Red Herring, my friend.
I really like the audiobooks on Spotify but wish they would add transcriptions for them. Even better, a way to print those out to read on the go. Who knows? Maybe I just invented a new information medium. "Codex" I might dub it.
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I really like the audiobooks on Spotify but wish they would add transcriptions for them. Even better, a way to print those out to read on the go. Who knows? Maybe I just invented a new information medium. "Codex" I might dub it.
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I wish consumers had been kinder to Neil Young’s PornoPlayer
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I wish consumers had been kinder to Neil Young’s PornoPlayer
⚪️ Make 7,787 articles Open Access
⚪️ Give one guy a fortune
⚪️ Give one guy a fortune
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
⚪️ Make 7,787 articles Open Access
⚪️ Give one guy a fortune
⚪️ Give one guy a fortune
They're calling it "You're Welcomesgiving"
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
They're calling it "You're Welcomesgiving"