Ayanna Gaines
@ayannag.bsky.social
Academic librarian and pop culture scholar. D & G’s mom. Rosie & Luna’s human. Book reader & collector. Lives in SoCal but knows how to drive in the rain.
So it’s been a little over a month since I became Director of the academic library where I’ve worked since 2020. I’m so thankful to have supportive colleagues both inside and outside of the library.
September 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
So it’s been a little over a month since I became Director of the academic library where I’ve worked since 2020. I’m so thankful to have supportive colleagues both inside and outside of the library.
You know who you are…
September 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
You know who you are…
Am currently lying on the couch with two cats draped over me like competing afghan blankets. Can’t complain (about this, anyway).
September 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Am currently lying on the couch with two cats draped over me like competing afghan blankets. Can’t complain (about this, anyway).
Lounging on the bed with the kitties. Luna is asleep while Rosie licks her own belly.
July 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Lounging on the bed with the kitties. Luna is asleep while Rosie licks her own belly.
I love hearing the Stellar’s jays scolding each other in the morning.
July 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I love hearing the Stellar’s jays scolding each other in the morning.
This is frightening…
Small government!
Border patrol walking McArthur park here in LA
July 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This is frightening…
Too damn cute…
The most majestic thing you will see on #bluesky today. 😇
July 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Too damn cute…
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I knew it was a matter of time before the dismantling of NLM started. Still, it's very depressing. Read this important blog post: eagledawg.blogspot.com/2025/06/bias... #medlibs #healthequity #healthliteracy #consumerhealth
Bias by exclusion: MedlinePlus & more
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July 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I knew it was a matter of time before the dismantling of NLM started. Still, it's very depressing. Read this important blog post: eagledawg.blogspot.com/2025/06/bias... #medlibs #healthequity #healthliteracy #consumerhealth
I changed my profile pic this morning. I wanted it to reflect my current self.
June 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I changed my profile pic this morning. I wanted it to reflect my current self.
Hi gang! I hope y’all are hanging in there. We are in a weird timeline. I’m trying to juggle all my various flavors of social media and it’s getting to be a bit overwhelming. Pepperidge Farms remembers when there was only one Milano cookie flavor…
June 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Hi gang! I hope y’all are hanging in there. We are in a weird timeline. I’m trying to juggle all my various flavors of social media and it’s getting to be a bit overwhelming. Pepperidge Farms remembers when there was only one Milano cookie flavor…
Y’all! Go see Sinners. It’s an amazing film, with so much truth in it, and a beautiful soundtrack, and such great characters.
May 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Y’all! Go see Sinners. It’s an amazing film, with so much truth in it, and a beautiful soundtrack, and such great characters.
I’m so cranky over DOGE busting into IMLS. I really hope everyone over there is alright. How awful to have your life’s work denigrated by some reckless tech boys…
March 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I’m so cranky over DOGE busting into IMLS. I really hope everyone over there is alright. How awful to have your life’s work denigrated by some reckless tech boys…
What’s the difference between Gardenscapes and Gossip Harbor? Both games make me sad.
March 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
What’s the difference between Gardenscapes and Gossip Harbor? Both games make me sad.
Ok, hear me out: Rick-roll the people at your wedding by making “Never Gonna Let You Down” your first dance.
What? It’s pretty good as a first dance song…
What? It’s pretty good as a first dance song…
March 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Ok, hear me out: Rick-roll the people at your wedding by making “Never Gonna Let You Down” your first dance.
What? It’s pretty good as a first dance song…
What? It’s pretty good as a first dance song…
Wow, that last one makes me sound completely dissolute. I blame the cats, who were mostly innocent.
March 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Wow, that last one makes me sound completely dissolute. I blame the cats, who were mostly innocent.
Listening to instrumental jazz, sucking on a Zofran, wishing I could get back to sleep…
March 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Listening to instrumental jazz, sucking on a Zofran, wishing I could get back to sleep…
I just realized that not only do I have on my bed a pillow shaped like a cat, but I also have cats shaped like pillows.
February 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I just realized that not only do I have on my bed a pillow shaped like a cat, but I also have cats shaped like pillows.
February 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Had my two infected teeth yeeted Monday morning. I can’t lie down until the bleeding stops, and I’m still bleeding and almost out of gauze. Currently biting on a decaf green tea bag. Only Tylenol for pain relief (no NSAIDs allowed for me).
February 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Had my two infected teeth yeeted Monday morning. I can’t lie down until the bleeding stops, and I’m still bleeding and almost out of gauze. Currently biting on a decaf green tea bag. Only Tylenol for pain relief (no NSAIDs allowed for me).
This is what academic librarians are wrestling with: teaching students to adjust their bullshit sensors appropriately.
AI is only as good as the person who knows whether its results are bullshit or not
February 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is what academic librarians are wrestling with: teaching students to adjust their bullshit sensors appropriately.
There’s a song by Bad Company called “I Feel Like Makin’ Love.” When my older son was about 6, he heard the song on my car radio. “Bacon?” He asked. “Is he singing that he feels like bacon glove?” Now, when I hear the song, I start laughing. youtu.be/OEPvv9pjIoQ?...
Bad Company - Feel Like Makin' Love (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bad Company
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February 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
There’s a song by Bad Company called “I Feel Like Makin’ Love.” When my older son was about 6, he heard the song on my car radio. “Bacon?” He asked. “Is he singing that he feels like bacon glove?” Now, when I hear the song, I start laughing. youtu.be/OEPvv9pjIoQ?...
So an update on the swollen lymph nodes: turns out it was a dentist who had the answer… I have two abscessed teeth which is probably what is causing all the neck and jaw pain. They’ll be yeeted once I get doctor authorization. I’m also on a new antibiotic.
February 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
So an update on the swollen lymph nodes: turns out it was a dentist who had the answer… I have two abscessed teeth which is probably what is causing all the neck and jaw pain. They’ll be yeeted once I get doctor authorization. I’m also on a new antibiotic.
Oh, and Happy Black History Month (bwa ha ha)!!!!!
February 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Oh, and Happy Black History Month (bwa ha ha)!!!!!
I put up a display of books written by, about, and for people of the African diaspora on Friday. It’s so sad that the action made me feel like a rebel.
February 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I put up a display of books written by, about, and for people of the African diaspora on Friday. It’s so sad that the action made me feel like a rebel.