Josh
@guybrarianjosh.bsky.social
Law librarian in NYC. Former community organizer. Observing the world from Jackson Heights, Queens.
ADHD. Sober. Gay. Very GenX
ADHD. Sober. Gay. Very GenX
Returning, tentatively, to this platform after a multi-month social media fast. A thread...
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Returning, tentatively, to this platform after a multi-month social media fast. A thread...
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Complete with ace data viz from the crew.:
June 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Complete with ace data viz from the crew.:
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June 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The City is just the best. Go throw them some coins if you can afford to.
June 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The City is just the best. Go throw them some coins if you can afford to.
I stepped in vomit on the 4/5 platform at Grand Central this evening. 🤮
April 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I stepped in vomit on the 4/5 platform at Grand Central this evening. 🤮
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I took my kid through Times Square station just so we could see the Nick Cave mosaics. I love his work and seeing how the mosaic artists had managed to capture it in glass and tile and buttons was great, like how a really awesome cover of a song reinterprets instead of reproducing
March 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I took my kid through Times Square station just so we could see the Nick Cave mosaics. I love his work and seeing how the mosaic artists had managed to capture it in glass and tile and buttons was great, like how a really awesome cover of a song reinterprets instead of reproducing
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Butte des Morts Supper Club
Butte des Morts, WI
Butte des Morts, WI
March 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Butte des Morts Supper Club
Butte des Morts, WI
Butte des Morts, WI
The beginning of Daylight Savings Time always causes a major disruption to my life. It's harder to wake up in the morning, and I find myself staying up later because the signals that the day is ending disappear. I'm going to bed early tonight and setting an early alarm tomorrow.
March 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The beginning of Daylight Savings Time always causes a major disruption to my life. It's harder to wake up in the morning, and I find myself staying up later because the signals that the day is ending disappear. I'm going to bed early tonight and setting an early alarm tomorrow.
I've been thinking that we need products like this to enable the heat pump conversion to happen here in NYC. So glad this is looking so promising!
www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/27/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/27/n...
February 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I've been thinking that we need products like this to enable the heat pump conversion to happen here in NYC. So glad this is looking so promising!
www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/27/n...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/27/n...
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🏳️🌈 www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo... 🏳️🌈
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February 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My favorite Roberta Flack song. Playing on my headphones during my lunch walk
February 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My favorite Roberta Flack song. Playing on my headphones during my lunch walk
I am constantly shocked at how terribly libraries manage their serials records these days. OCLC indicates holdings but when you switch to their local catalog there are no records at all, or the holdings don't match, or the holdings DO match but the publication was deselcted and the record missed.
February 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I am constantly shocked at how terribly libraries manage their serials records these days. OCLC indicates holdings but when you switch to their local catalog there are no records at all, or the holdings don't match, or the holdings DO match but the publication was deselcted and the record missed.
A great day. Half on the beach, half hanging out with a long-time online friend. Glad we were able to connect in person.
January 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
A great day. Half on the beach, half hanging out with a long-time online friend. Glad we were able to connect in person.
I'm a transit geek and have been enjoying exploring Rio de Janeiro by bus and metro. It's remarkably easy to get around, and most of the services are efficient and reliable. They've definitely managed boarding and exiting better than New York.
January 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I'm a transit geek and have been enjoying exploring Rio de Janeiro by bus and metro. It's remarkably easy to get around, and most of the services are efficient and reliable. They've definitely managed boarding and exiting better than New York.
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I've been watching the ways in which search engines have integrated large language models into their results, and the results are just as bad as you would expect.
Disinformation in the era of generative AI — Jessica Kant
In the past two years, large language models have replaced traditional information search and delivery systems in increasingly jarring ways. As they become more integrated into our everday lives, it w...
jessk.org
January 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I've been watching the ways in which search engines have integrated large language models into their results, and the results are just as bad as you would expect.
As a project to focus my mind, I started studying Russian. I am crap at crossword puzzles but enjoy languages.
January 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
As a project to focus my mind, I started studying Russian. I am crap at crossword puzzles but enjoy languages.
The Bluebook is so inscrutible. Just learned that executive orders are cited to their original reprint in 3 CFR, which seems like such an arbitrary choice? Is the CFR somehow more authoritative than the Federal Register? Thank goodness for HeinOnline!
January 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Bluebook is so inscrutible. Just learned that executive orders are cited to their original reprint in 3 CFR, which seems like such an arbitrary choice? Is the CFR somehow more authoritative than the Federal Register? Thank goodness for HeinOnline!
A certain legal research database has been very focused on their AI search product and the performance of their regular search and citator product have taken a nosedive. Not cool.
January 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
A certain legal research database has been very focused on their AI search product and the performance of their regular search and citator product have taken a nosedive. Not cool.
Finished my first book of the year. @mashagessen.bsky.social is one of my favorite essayists and thinkers. This book is complex and tender. Gessen is remarkably prescient.
January 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Finished my first book of the year. @mashagessen.bsky.social is one of my favorite essayists and thinkers. This book is complex and tender. Gessen is remarkably prescient.
I loved this essay in the Times today. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/w...
This Mindfulness Book Actually Helped Soothe My Anxious Mind (Gift Article)
The Thich Nhat Hanh classic is celebrating its 50th year in circulation. It also taught me to be OK with life’s uncertainties.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I loved this essay in the Times today. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/w...
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Who could have seen that coming?
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: 'When you lock things up…you don't sell as many of them’
Walgreens' CEO talked about the flip side of investing in increased security on a recent earnings call.
fortune.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Who could have seen that coming?
This brought me joy
For our annual @nytimes.com “The Lives They Lived” issue, I wrote about how Frankie Beverly created the song that became the Black cookout anthem. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Frankie Beverly’s ‘Before I Let Go’ Became a Cookout Anthem
How the R&B hit ‘Before I Let Go’ became an enduring anthem.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 2:48 PM
This brought me joy
I had to go through the University's annual information security training which was all delivered by video with no read-out or transcription offered. It was painful and I kept having to go and review the video because I missed things.
More text. Less video.
Please and Thank You.
More text. Less video.
Please and Thank You.
I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a
December 20, 2024 at 6:47 PM
I had to go through the University's annual information security training which was all delivered by video with no read-out or transcription offered. It was painful and I kept having to go and review the video because I missed things.
More text. Less video.
Please and Thank You.
More text. Less video.
Please and Thank You.