Ed Sperr
@edsperr.bsky.social
Librarian/Developer
Currently serving as a Systems and Discovery Librarian
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https://esperr.github.io/visualizingpubmed/
https://esperr.github.io/collection-view/
Currently serving as a Systems and Discovery Librarian
searchworkbench.info
https://esperr.github.io/visualizingpubmed/
https://esperr.github.io/collection-view/
Weirdly, there is a *lot* more retrieval for the keyword 'ghosts' than 'witches' and almost no overlap between the two: pubvenn.appspot.com?ghosts%20OR%...!
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Weirdly, there is a *lot* more retrieval for the keyword 'ghosts' than 'witches' and almost no overlap between the two: pubvenn.appspot.com?ghosts%20OR%...!
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
Quote post this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribe
May 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Quote post this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribe
Given yesterday's news about the firing of Shira Perlmutter, this article from @davehansen.bsky.social hits a little different (from www.authorsalliance.org/2025/05/09/c...)
May 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Given yesterday's news about the firing of Shira Perlmutter, this article from @davehansen.bsky.social hits a little different (from www.authorsalliance.org/2025/05/09/c...)
This is HLC accreditation standard 3.D.4:
December 11, 2024 at 3:52 PM
This is HLC accreditation standard 3.D.4:
Watching the congratulations pour in...
November 6, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Watching the congratulations pour in...
Maybe someone saw your post and fixed it 😀
pubvenn.appspot.com?(flatulence%...
pubvenn.appspot.com?(flatulence%...
![Venn (Euler) diagram where the flatulence circle is just a *little* bigger than the flatulence AND humans[mesh] circle...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ru6sjrgvntfvejw3b5qaf2qt/bafkreigkmdpd7njgdgjcrfmjyxrciiia7bk6qew445tmmqpahxfcpi5kgq@jpeg)
November 4, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Maybe someone saw your post and fixed it 😀
pubvenn.appspot.com?(flatulence%...
pubvenn.appspot.com?(flatulence%...
This somehow ran for seven-ish seasons! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childre...
October 31, 2024 at 2:40 PM
This somehow ran for seven-ish seasons! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childre...
From this August:
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/business/economy/recession-markets-stocks.html]
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/business/economy/recession-markets-stocks.html]
October 31, 2024 at 2:35 PM
From this August:
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/business/economy/recession-markets-stocks.html]
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/business/economy/recession-markets-stocks.html]
This is real Hot Dog Guy Meme stuff here...
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/business/economy/inflation-prices-economy.html]
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/business/economy/inflation-prices-economy.html]
October 31, 2024 at 2:33 PM
This is real Hot Dog Guy Meme stuff here...
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/business/economy/inflation-prices-economy.html]
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/business/economy/inflation-prices-economy.html]
It's not as bad as you remember; it was actually much worse:
October 23, 2024 at 3:40 PM
It's not as bad as you remember; it was actually much worse:
There's surprisingly little overlap in #PubMed!
(Of course, the diagram only looks like this if you're careful to map both as a field -- otherwise #PubMed just maps "treats" to treatments. See more at pubvenn.appspot.com?tricks%20OR%...)
(Of course, the diagram only looks like this if you're careful to map both as a field -- otherwise #PubMed just maps "treats" to treatments. See more at pubvenn.appspot.com?tricks%20OR%...)
![PubVenn diagram showing almost no overlap between 'treats[tiab]' and 'tricks[tiab'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ru6sjrgvntfvejw3b5qaf2qt/bafkreibgxtacg5xmtfroq2dkosyhhkhmbq5ipqzkg5cplm32qw7nj5okai@jpeg)
October 21, 2024 at 8:59 PM
There's surprisingly little overlap in #PubMed!
(Of course, the diagram only looks like this if you're careful to map both as a field -- otherwise #PubMed just maps "treats" to treatments. See more at pubvenn.appspot.com?tricks%20OR%...)
(Of course, the diagram only looks like this if you're careful to map both as a field -- otherwise #PubMed just maps "treats" to treatments. See more at pubvenn.appspot.com?tricks%20OR%...)
Anxious about the election? Do you live in the one of the 48 states that offers some kind of early voting? Go vote! You might get a cool sticker!
October 21, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Anxious about the election? Do you live in the one of the 48 states that offers some kind of early voting? Go vote! You might get a cool sticker!
2. This response from Mr. Martin says a lot about his idea of the current system and utility of voting. I think it's self-evident that these attitudes (shared by many young people of all races) are fueled in no small part by pessimism about the economy.
October 15, 2024 at 1:34 PM
2. This response from Mr. Martin says a lot about his idea of the current system and utility of voting. I think it's self-evident that these attitudes (shared by many young people of all races) are fueled in no small part by pessimism about the economy.
Ms. Braziel is clearly very negative about both the current situation and equally pessimistic about the future. This does not seem to be ambiguous at all?
October 12, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Ms. Braziel is clearly very negative about both the current situation and equally pessimistic about the future. This does not seem to be ambiguous at all?
I strongly encourage you to go back and listen to this story again if you think I a misrepresenting anything
October 12, 2024 at 7:47 PM
I strongly encourage you to go back and listen to this story again if you think I a misrepresenting anything
Seeing a lot of tut-tutting about this interview in the comments, but this bit here really seems like the best summary of why Nuzzi's behavior is so galling:
September 25, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Seeing a lot of tut-tutting about this interview in the comments, but this bit here really seems like the best summary of why Nuzzi's behavior is so galling:
Yup, that's the issue alright:
March 12, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Yup, that's the issue alright:
Here's one for the #medlibs -- I would have thought that the search terms 'migrant', 'immigrant' and 'emigrant' would have been more-or-less synonymous when searching #PubMed, but that's not the case at all: pubvenn.appspot.com?emigrant%20O...
March 12, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Here's one for the #medlibs -- I would have thought that the search terms 'migrant', 'immigrant' and 'emigrant' would have been more-or-less synonymous when searching #PubMed, but that's not the case at all: pubvenn.appspot.com?emigrant%20O...
For searches that might yield results from way back when, you can graph proportions all the way back to the beginning of OLDMEDLINE. For example, with the search 'influenza', there are multiple peaks instead of just 1918/1919: esperr.github.io/pubmed-by-ye...
February 21, 2024 at 3:48 PM
For searches that might yield results from way back when, you can graph proportions all the way back to the beginning of OLDMEDLINE. For example, with the search 'influenza', there are multiple peaks instead of just 1918/1919: esperr.github.io/pubmed-by-ye...
So if you haven't played around with PubMed by Year before, this is an example of changing the date range to something usable for this particular search. For a search of all dates, you would take the default, as with this one for 'coronavirus':
February 21, 2024 at 3:43 PM
So if you haven't played around with PubMed by Year before, this is an example of changing the date range to something usable for this particular search. For a search of all dates, you would take the default, as with this one for 'coronavirus':
#COVID is still with us, but the tidal wave of articles about it in #PubMed is starting to subside. Proportionally, items found using the search 'covid-19' are about 3.5% of the total (down from nearly 8% of all items in 2021): esperr.github.io/pubmed-by-ye... #MedLibs
February 21, 2024 at 3:30 PM
#COVID is still with us, but the tidal wave of articles about it in #PubMed is starting to subside. Proportionally, items found using the search 'covid-19' are about 3.5% of the total (down from nearly 8% of all items in 2021): esperr.github.io/pubmed-by-ye... #MedLibs