Brian Greene
@brianlibrarian.bsky.social
Recently retired WY librarian. Proud USF Bull with MLS. Former Library Development head. A reader, seeker, and lover of solitude. Engaged with Catholic spirituality.
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Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
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🔍 Calling All: Authors, Researchers, and Friends of Libraries!
Join @arl.org and @authorsalliance.bsky.social as we unpack how recent landmark court decisions are shaping the landscape of #AI and #copyright law.
📅 Event Date: July 28, 1-2pm ET
🔗 Register and join
www.arl.org/event/unpack...
Join @arl.org and @authorsalliance.bsky.social as we unpack how recent landmark court decisions are shaping the landscape of #AI and #copyright law.
📅 Event Date: July 28, 1-2pm ET
🔗 Register and join
www.arl.org/event/unpack...
AI and Copyright: What Authors and Libraries Need to Know about the Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta Cases — Association of Research Libraries
Join ARL and Authors Alliance for an essential discussion on how recent landmark court decisions are shaping the landscape of AI and copyright law. This webinar is open to the...
www.arl.org
July 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🔍 Calling All: Authors, Researchers, and Friends of Libraries!
Join @arl.org and @authorsalliance.bsky.social as we unpack how recent landmark court decisions are shaping the landscape of #AI and #copyright law.
📅 Event Date: July 28, 1-2pm ET
🔗 Register and join
www.arl.org/event/unpack...
Join @arl.org and @authorsalliance.bsky.social as we unpack how recent landmark court decisions are shaping the landscape of #AI and #copyright law.
📅 Event Date: July 28, 1-2pm ET
🔗 Register and join
www.arl.org/event/unpack...
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We started a new starter pack of active libraries all across the world! We are collecting them like Pokémon. 🎊
go.bsky.app/LKyMo3u
Full list in the link and comments.
go.bsky.app/LKyMo3u
Full list in the link and comments.
July 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We started a new starter pack of active libraries all across the world! We are collecting them like Pokémon. 🎊
go.bsky.app/LKyMo3u
Full list in the link and comments.
go.bsky.app/LKyMo3u
Full list in the link and comments.
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There are 122 National Weather Service offices across the USA, providing critical weather updates and alerts
Click & signup for NWS alert for your region
👇👇👇
nws-bot.us
Seth Miller at @wandrme.paxex.aero has kindly compiled this great map with alerts
Official NWS alerts are at alerts.weather.gov
Click & signup for NWS alert for your region
👇👇👇
nws-bot.us
Seth Miller at @wandrme.paxex.aero has kindly compiled this great map with alerts
Official NWS alerts are at alerts.weather.gov
July 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
There are 122 National Weather Service offices across the USA, providing critical weather updates and alerts
Click & signup for NWS alert for your region
👇👇👇
nws-bot.us
Seth Miller at @wandrme.paxex.aero has kindly compiled this great map with alerts
Official NWS alerts are at alerts.weather.gov
Click & signup for NWS alert for your region
👇👇👇
nws-bot.us
Seth Miller at @wandrme.paxex.aero has kindly compiled this great map with alerts
Official NWS alerts are at alerts.weather.gov
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Working on some of the free handouts for #ThriveLib25 attendees this morning
June 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Working on some of the free handouts for #ThriveLib25 attendees this morning
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Trump fires top US copyright official Democrats are alleging foul play.
stephenslighthouse.com/2025/05/11/t...
stephenslighthouse.com/2025/05/11/t...
Trump fires top US copyright official Democrats are alleging foul play. - Stephen's Lighthouse
Trump fires top US copyright official Democrats are alleging foul play. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/10/trump-u-s-copyright-official-00340306 "President Donald Trump continued a firing spree ...
stephenslighthouse.com
May 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump fires top US copyright official Democrats are alleging foul play.
stephenslighthouse.com/2025/05/11/t...
stephenslighthouse.com/2025/05/11/t...
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Wish that you spent your Friday doing something besides checking if TikTok was banned or not?
Try out @skylight.social — a video app built upon the same open network as Bluesky. You can login with your Bluesky account, and all of your followers seamlessly come with you.
Try out @skylight.social — a video app built upon the same open network as Bluesky. You can login with your Bluesky account, and all of your followers seamlessly come with you.
🎉 150,000+ USERS!! 🎉
Huge thanks to everyone who's supported us as we build this unbannable TikTok!
There's still so much more we want to build— your support makes it possible.
You all are the best 🥰
Join: skylight.social
Follow Skylight Squad:
@reedharmeyer.bsky.social
@buildwithtori.com
Huge thanks to everyone who's supported us as we build this unbannable TikTok!
There's still so much more we want to build— your support makes it possible.
You all are the best 🥰
Join: skylight.social
Follow Skylight Squad:
@reedharmeyer.bsky.social
@buildwithtori.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Wish that you spent your Friday doing something besides checking if TikTok was banned or not?
Try out @skylight.social — a video app built upon the same open network as Bluesky. You can login with your Bluesky account, and all of your followers seamlessly come with you.
Try out @skylight.social — a video app built upon the same open network as Bluesky. You can login with your Bluesky account, and all of your followers seamlessly come with you.
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We're listening to your feedback and updating the character count for posts on Bluesky.
Posts can now be 299 characters long!
Posts can now be 299 characters long!
New Character Limit Now Available! - Bluesky
You asked, we listened.
bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We're listening to your feedback and updating the character count for posts on Bluesky.
Posts can now be 299 characters long!
Posts can now be 299 characters long!
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If you care about fighting book bans, this toolkit from @uabookbans.bsky.social is a great place to start. It's full of tips, talking points, and lots more helpful stuff: buff.ly/TD2ppGI #UniteAgainstBookBans @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
Toolkit - Unite Against Book Bans
How can you and your community unite against book bans? We've put together this action toolkit to help you get started.
buff.ly
March 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you care about fighting book bans, this toolkit from @uabookbans.bsky.social is a great place to start. It's full of tips, talking points, and lots more helpful stuff: buff.ly/TD2ppGI #UniteAgainstBookBans @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
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February 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Happening next week!➡️ Join PLA next Wednesday, Feb. 5th, to learn how libraries can use programming, community resources, and collection development and display to combat loneliness and address mental health issues. Register here: www.ala.org/pla/educatio...
January 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Happening next week!➡️ Join PLA next Wednesday, Feb. 5th, to learn how libraries can use programming, community resources, and collection development and display to combat loneliness and address mental health issues. Register here: www.ala.org/pla/educatio...
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Bookshop.org is launching an ebook store to take on Amazon
The Kindle has a new competitor
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Burnout costs billions annually in lost productivity, healthcare expenses, and turnover. The emotional toll is equally significant, affecting individuals’ relationships, physical health, and overall quality of life.
https://buff.ly/3QgDhQ1
#burnout #workplacewellbeing
https://buff.ly/3QgDhQ1
#burnout #workplacewellbeing
Mental Health Mondays: Occupational Burnout Prevention and Recovery - The Scholarly Kitchen
What is burnout, and how can individuals, as well as companies combat this systemic workplace problem?
buff.ly
January 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Burnout costs billions annually in lost productivity, healthcare expenses, and turnover. The emotional toll is equally significant, affecting individuals’ relationships, physical health, and overall quality of life.
https://buff.ly/3QgDhQ1
#burnout #workplacewellbeing
https://buff.ly/3QgDhQ1
#burnout #workplacewellbeing
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Feels like #UKSGForum2024 was just yesterday 🥲 For the nostalgic of heart—here's a link to the deck for my Keynote on AI, with a few additional slides on pathways forward and resources.
Top of that list—2024 UN Report: Governing AI for humanity
@uksg.bsky.social 💙
www.canva.com/design/DAGYT...
Top of that list—2024 UN Report: Governing AI for humanity
@uksg.bsky.social 💙
www.canva.com/design/DAGYT...
December 18, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Feels like #UKSGForum2024 was just yesterday 🥲 For the nostalgic of heart—here's a link to the deck for my Keynote on AI, with a few additional slides on pathways forward and resources.
Top of that list—2024 UN Report: Governing AI for humanity
@uksg.bsky.social 💙
www.canva.com/design/DAGYT...
Top of that list—2024 UN Report: Governing AI for humanity
@uksg.bsky.social 💙
www.canva.com/design/DAGYT...
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The first videos from the CNI Meeting are live: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
1. Update on Leadership Transition & Survey of Developments and Trends
2. The 4th Paradigm, Open Science and AI
3. Lightning Round
4. Report of the ACLS Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship
1. Update on Leadership Transition & Survey of Developments and Trends
2. The 4th Paradigm, Open Science and AI
3. Lightning Round
4. Report of the ACLS Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship
CNI Fall 2024 Membership Meeting - YouTube
CNI Fall 2024 Membership Meeting
youtube.com
December 23, 2024 at 3:20 PM
The first videos from the CNI Meeting are live: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
1. Update on Leadership Transition & Survey of Developments and Trends
2. The 4th Paradigm, Open Science and AI
3. Lightning Round
4. Report of the ACLS Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship
1. Update on Leadership Transition & Survey of Developments and Trends
2. The 4th Paradigm, Open Science and AI
3. Lightning Round
4. Report of the ACLS Commission on Fostering and Sustaining Diverse Digital Scholarship
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Please respond to the Library Automation Perceptions Survey. It asks about the functionality and support for automation and discovery products used in your library. Responses contribute to an ongoing project that libraries use to make system considerations.
librarytechnology.org/perceptions/...
librarytechnology.org/perceptions/...
Library Automation Survey 2024 : Library Automation Perceptions Survey
librarytechnology.org
December 13, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Please respond to the Library Automation Perceptions Survey. It asks about the functionality and support for automation and discovery products used in your library. Responses contribute to an ongoing project that libraries use to make system considerations.
librarytechnology.org/perceptions/...
librarytechnology.org/perceptions/...
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There’s been a lot of skeeting about public libraries this week! Here are some ways you can support public libraries in these Trying Times™️. www.librariesforthepeople.org #librarysky
November 13, 2024 at 6:50 PM
There’s been a lot of skeeting about public libraries this week! Here are some ways you can support public libraries in these Trying Times™️. www.librariesforthepeople.org #librarysky
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Thanks to David Jay of KTVQ for this report on the Billings group that folded thousands of paper cranes to bring to Heart Mountain on the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that sparked the World War II incarceration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnbc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnbc...
Billings group gifts paper cranes to Heart Mountain
YouTube video by KTVQ News
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Thanks to David Jay of KTVQ for this report on the Billings group that folded thousands of paper cranes to bring to Heart Mountain on the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that sparked the World War II incarceration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnbc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnbc...
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Thanks #nlp #tlsky #edusky
⚠️ Don't let ur echo chamber exclude the facts.
⚠️ Understand the power of confirmation bias and motivated reasoning.
🤔 If you see a post that gets ur head nodding, take a moment to verify it's legit before sharing.
🔗 Educators: Download the poster bit.ly/CognitiveBia...
⚠️ Don't let ur echo chamber exclude the facts.
⚠️ Understand the power of confirmation bias and motivated reasoning.
🤔 If you see a post that gets ur head nodding, take a moment to verify it's legit before sharing.
🔗 Educators: Download the poster bit.ly/CognitiveBia...
November 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Thanks #nlp #tlsky #edusky
⚠️ Don't let ur echo chamber exclude the facts.
⚠️ Understand the power of confirmation bias and motivated reasoning.
🤔 If you see a post that gets ur head nodding, take a moment to verify it's legit before sharing.
🔗 Educators: Download the poster bit.ly/CognitiveBia...
⚠️ Don't let ur echo chamber exclude the facts.
⚠️ Understand the power of confirmation bias and motivated reasoning.
🤔 If you see a post that gets ur head nodding, take a moment to verify it's legit before sharing.
🔗 Educators: Download the poster bit.ly/CognitiveBia...
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If you are interested in building up your book collection, do NOT sleep on library used book sales.
I added another 26 books this week for $20. Two of them were released in the last few months.
I added another 26 books this week for $20. Two of them were released in the last few months.
November 22, 2024 at 1:46 PM
If you are interested in building up your book collection, do NOT sleep on library used book sales.
I added another 26 books this week for $20. Two of them were released in the last few months.
I added another 26 books this week for $20. Two of them were released in the last few months.
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Report: “In Deep Red Alabama, #Libraries Gain Trust of Parents Seeking All-Access Cards For Children” www.infodocket.com/2024/11/17/r...
November 17, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Report: “In Deep Red Alabama, #Libraries Gain Trust of Parents Seeking All-Access Cards For Children” www.infodocket.com/2024/11/17/r...
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It’s giving rainbows and unicorns, like a middle school binder 🦄🌈
Meet NGC 602, a young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, where astronomers using @NASAWebb have found candidates for the first brown dwarfs outside of our galaxy. https://t.co/jdupXcWiAH https://t.co/v4FBxAzulj
Meet NGC 602, a young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, where astronomers using @NASAWebb have found candidates for the first brown dwarfs outside of our galaxy. https://t.co/jdupXcWiAH https://t.co/v4FBxAzulj
October 23, 2024 at 5:38 PM
It’s giving rainbows and unicorns, like a middle school binder 🦄🌈
Meet NGC 602, a young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, where astronomers using @NASAWebb have found candidates for the first brown dwarfs outside of our galaxy. https://t.co/jdupXcWiAH https://t.co/v4FBxAzulj
Meet NGC 602, a young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, where astronomers using @NASAWebb have found candidates for the first brown dwarfs outside of our galaxy. https://t.co/jdupXcWiAH https://t.co/v4FBxAzulj