Eddie Kristan
@giantlibrarian.bsky.social
He/Him, BookSky, public librarian, pie baker, audio-drama nerd, fantasy reader, Ren Faire attender, Star Wars fan, & therapy advocate. 2020 LJ Mover & Shaker.
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Eddie Kristan
@giantlibrarian.bsky.social
· Nov 25
If you're wondering if you've seen me before, it's probably this one:
Halloween is also John Candy's Birthday so every year I dress up as a different character of his. 2025 is The Polka King of the Midwest, Gus Polinski:
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Halloween is also John Candy's Birthday so every year I dress up as a different character of his. 2025 is The Polka King of the Midwest, Gus Polinski:
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New reporting about AI slop in libraries from rockstar reporter @clurrese.bsky.social featuring some rockstar librarians! 🥰
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books
It’s a trippy time to have a library card.
www.404media.co
September 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New reporting about AI slop in libraries from rockstar reporter @clurrese.bsky.social featuring some rockstar librarians! 🥰
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
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Icymi new from me 🫠 s/o @giantlibrarian.bsky.social for putting this on my radar like two years ago. Sorry to report it's much worse now. Ty @404media.co & @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social for picking this up!
New reporting about AI slop in libraries from rockstar reporter @clurrese.bsky.social featuring some rockstar librarians! 🥰
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books
It’s a trippy time to have a library card.
www.404media.co
September 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Icymi new from me 🫠 s/o @giantlibrarian.bsky.social for putting this on my radar like two years ago. Sorry to report it's much worse now. Ty @404media.co & @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social for picking this up!
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"It always made me feel less alone." I've heard this said by other MST3K fans, and I think it's just about the most gratifying thing you can hear about something you worked on.
Recently I got to talk to Bill Hader about his love of bad late-night movies and #MST3K in particular. Find out his surprising connection to MITCHELL, and whether he was going to be involved with the most recent incarnation of the show, in this fascinating and very funny Q&A.
The Silver Screen Interview: BILL HADER | Hooked to the Silver Screen
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September 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
"It always made me feel less alone." I've heard this said by other MST3K fans, and I think it's just about the most gratifying thing you can hear about something you worked on.
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You know what we need?
We need there to be a legal requirement for AI-generated works to indicate that they are, in fact, AI-generated.
Barring that, vendors and libraries could explore a required metadata field indicating yes/no.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/b...
We need there to be a legal requirement for AI-generated works to indicate that they are, in fact, AI-generated.
Barring that, vendors and libraries could explore a required metadata field indicating yes/no.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/b...
Books by Bots | American Libraries Magazine
Librarians grapple with AI-generated material in their library collections.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org
September 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
You know what we need?
We need there to be a legal requirement for AI-generated works to indicate that they are, in fact, AI-generated.
Barring that, vendors and libraries could explore a required metadata field indicating yes/no.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/b...
We need there to be a legal requirement for AI-generated works to indicate that they are, in fact, AI-generated.
Barring that, vendors and libraries could explore a required metadata field indicating yes/no.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/b...
Instead of black block, I propose Illinois protestors don Blues Block where we all dress like Jake and Elwood. Equally unidentifiable, twice as scary to the Illinois N-z-s.
September 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Instead of black block, I propose Illinois protestors don Blues Block where we all dress like Jake and Elwood. Equally unidentifiable, twice as scary to the Illinois N-z-s.
I did a presentation on zoom tonight and I was absolutely cooking until about 44-50 minutes in when Zoom started acting up and kept dropping my 50+ attendees until I struggled across the finish line. Now I don't even have the sense of accomplishment and I'm in a bad mood about it.
September 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I did a presentation on zoom tonight and I was absolutely cooking until about 44-50 minutes in when Zoom started acting up and kept dropping my 50+ attendees until I struggled across the finish line. Now I don't even have the sense of accomplishment and I'm in a bad mood about it.
Bristol Ren Faire 2025 was as good as always. I'm gonna try to have that history written by next season opener.
September 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Bristol Ren Faire 2025 was as good as always. I'm gonna try to have that history written by next season opener.
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The Book That Changed My Life gailcarriger.com/2013/09/27/t...
August 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Book That Changed My Life gailcarriger.com/2013/09/27/t...
Since every brand of jeans now needs a celebrity ambassador, I'm proud to announce that I am the face of the 5.99 (after rebate) jeans that they sell at Menards in case you split your pants on the work site.
August 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Since every brand of jeans now needs a celebrity ambassador, I'm proud to announce that I am the face of the 5.99 (after rebate) jeans that they sell at Menards in case you split your pants on the work site.
Small sample size sure but I think it's funny that literally the only crime that has happened to ANY of my friends and family in Chicago this year was perpetrated by rich kids from Naperville during Lollapalooza.
August 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Small sample size sure but I think it's funny that literally the only crime that has happened to ANY of my friends and family in Chicago this year was perpetrated by rich kids from Naperville during Lollapalooza.
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The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
August 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
August 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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"He was oriented to evil, at vast scale, by continual lifelong choice. It was his calling, and he made it his job." defector.com/james-dobson...
James Dobson Is Dead, Was A Monster | Defector
James Dobson was a nasty dude. He liked to beat children and dogs with a belt and to rain misery and punishment on the vulnerable; we know all of this about him because he said as much in public, repe...
defector.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"He was oriented to evil, at vast scale, by continual lifelong choice. It was his calling, and he made it his job." defector.com/james-dobson...
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James Dobson dying is a staring into the middle distance type of event. You have likely directly suffered bc of him. Few have done more to harm humanity at large in the past few decades. A principal architect of our current nightmare. No redeeming aspect. He was a rat made entirely out of plague.
August 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
James Dobson dying is a staring into the middle distance type of event. You have likely directly suffered bc of him. Few have done more to harm humanity at large in the past few decades. A principal architect of our current nightmare. No redeeming aspect. He was a rat made entirely out of plague.
James Dobson and his contemporaries were the Sackler Family of child abuse. It existed before him but he packaged it up nicely, gave it an institutional endorsement, and profited as it evolved and tore lives apart.
August 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
James Dobson and his contemporaries were the Sackler Family of child abuse. It existed before him but he packaged it up nicely, gave it an institutional endorsement, and profited as it evolved and tore lives apart.
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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Bros: CHATGPT IS THE FUTURE IT IS INEVITABLE YAAAAA
chatgpt:
chatgpt:
August 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Bros: CHATGPT IS THE FUTURE IT IS INEVITABLE YAAAAA
chatgpt:
chatgpt:
"Kid loving a library book" by me.
F*ck AI. Make art. Start bad.
F*ck AI. Make art. Start bad.
August 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"Kid loving a library book" by me.
F*ck AI. Make art. Start bad.
F*ck AI. Make art. Start bad.
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Everyone can draw.
Lynda Barry says so.
Listen to her.
Need help?
Ask me!
Lynda Barry says so.
Listen to her.
Need help?
Ask me!
"oh but i can't draw" yes you can. It might not look like how you want it but you absolutely CAN do it. That's why I'm focused on zines and diy publishing right now. You CAN do it, you SHOULD do it, and it looks better and cooler than AI.
August 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Everyone can draw.
Lynda Barry says so.
Listen to her.
Need help?
Ask me!
Lynda Barry says so.
Listen to her.
Need help?
Ask me!
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We really are going to have to stop holding international events in the US.
July 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We really are going to have to stop holding international events in the US.
I've noticed in my current deep dive that Ozzy Osbourne had intense joy watching younger people enjoy the things he did. Kids covering his songs or even just learning metal made him burst with pride and shared excitement. The Prince of Darkness didn't gatekeep or purity test. Fucking cool, man.
July 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I've noticed in my current deep dive that Ozzy Osbourne had intense joy watching younger people enjoy the things he did. Kids covering his songs or even just learning metal made him burst with pride and shared excitement. The Prince of Darkness didn't gatekeep or purity test. Fucking cool, man.
Just think, you could be going about your day and our own American "Death of Stalin" could be happening RIGHT NOW. Like, they could be scrambling, selling each other out, fighting, securing pardons from competing factions... all while we are just Wednesday-ong.
July 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just think, you could be going about your day and our own American "Death of Stalin" could be happening RIGHT NOW. Like, they could be scrambling, selling each other out, fighting, securing pardons from competing factions... all while we are just Wednesday-ong.
Really glad that Ozzy outlived Jimmy Swaggart.
July 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Really glad that Ozzy outlived Jimmy Swaggart.
Writers and pundits need to go hard right now. Don't obey in advance. Don't try to play along to avoid or escape cancellation. Make them do it in the plain light of day instead of gleefully hiding behind financial decisions and working towards the tyrant.
July 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Writers and pundits need to go hard right now. Don't obey in advance. Don't try to play along to avoid or escape cancellation. Make them do it in the plain light of day instead of gleefully hiding behind financial decisions and working towards the tyrant.