Abigail Goben
@hedgielib.bsky.social
Data, Open Scholarship, Libraries, Knitting, Cats. I named Executive Function Theft. The opinions of the Hedgehog Librarian, Professor. Chicago-based. She/her
#knitting #data #executivefunctiontheft
https://hedgehoglibrarian.com/
#knitting #data #executivefunctiontheft
https://hedgehoglibrarian.com/
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Abigail Goben
@hedgielib.bsky.social
· Aug 14
Executive Function Theft
The phrase arrived in my head so completely formed and concrete that I couldn't believe it wasn't already established in the lexicon, but at least preliminary searches suggest it is not. Of the people...
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New Blog Post: Executive Function Theft
https://hedgehoglibrarian.com/2023/08/14/executive-function-theft/
In which I name something that's been bothering me.
https://hedgehoglibrarian.com/2023/08/14/executive-function-theft/
In which I name something that's been bothering me.
Me on the phone: oh sure that book sounds interesting let me put it on hold at work
Me today: uhhhh this guy is in the headlines and not for good reasons nope nope nope nope
Me today: uhhhh this guy is in the headlines and not for good reasons nope nope nope nope
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Me on the phone: oh sure that book sounds interesting let me put it on hold at work
Me today: uhhhh this guy is in the headlines and not for good reasons nope nope nope nope
Me today: uhhhh this guy is in the headlines and not for good reasons nope nope nope nope
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Grad students asked me recently why I write collaboratively, and I struggled to give an answer better than “I have extremely smart friends and I love to hang out and talk about books with them,” but that’s really it.
Lots of fun presenting with @lbmcgrath.bsky.social and @jdporter.bsky.social at this week’s fabulous conference on the world of audiobooks! Thanks to @corinnanorue.bsky.social and @millicentweber.bsky.social for organizing. And watch this space for more on “Echoing: A Theory of the Audiobook”!
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Grad students asked me recently why I write collaboratively, and I struggled to give an answer better than “I have extremely smart friends and I love to hang out and talk about books with them,” but that’s really it.
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Hi, it's me again. I'm reposting this today because a whole lot of people who saw this yesterday told me they appreciated it.
Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3
Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3
Hi. It's me. I'm here to gently ask if you've been giving yourself grace? Patience? Self-care?
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hi, it's me again. I'm reposting this today because a whole lot of people who saw this yesterday told me they appreciated it.
Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3
Know this: I believe in you. If you need permission to have some quiet space for yourself, here it is. <3
hahahahahahhaa.... *glances at my Friday calendars/inbox* bwahahahahahahahhaa
No, no I don't see less work on Fridays
Hybrid workers working 90 fewer minutes on Fridays—a shift toward custom schedules could be undercutting collaboration phys.org/news/2025-11...
No, no I don't see less work on Fridays
Hybrid workers working 90 fewer minutes on Fridays—a shift toward custom schedules could be undercutting collaboration phys.org/news/2025-11...
Hybrid workers working 90 fewer minutes on Fridays—a shift toward custom schedules could be undercutting collaboration
Do your office, inbox and calendar feel like a ghost town on Friday afternoons? You're not alone.
phys.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
hahahahahahhaa.... *glances at my Friday calendars/inbox* bwahahahahahahahhaa
No, no I don't see less work on Fridays
Hybrid workers working 90 fewer minutes on Fridays—a shift toward custom schedules could be undercutting collaboration phys.org/news/2025-11...
No, no I don't see less work on Fridays
Hybrid workers working 90 fewer minutes on Fridays—a shift toward custom schedules could be undercutting collaboration phys.org/news/2025-11...
But you know, your journal citation reports
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
But you know, your journal citation reports
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Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Want to walk into and through an actual Iron Age house…and UP THE STAIRS?
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
Of course you bloody do.
Come with me.
Carn Liath broch, just sitting quietly beside the A9 as thousands whizz by without stopping. Their mistake.
Far too excited to wait for #HillfortsWednesday
The "theoretical/possible" floating around this morning reminds me of a federal employee about 12 years ago telling a room of data librarians that the fedgov was "pre-decisional" about any kind of implementation of a policy already in place
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The "theoretical/possible" floating around this morning reminds me of a federal employee about 12 years ago telling a room of data librarians that the fedgov was "pre-decisional" about any kind of implementation of a policy already in place
Friends who travel thru DCA terminal 2, C gates. Restaurant suggestions? I should have about 30-40 minutes and if I can find something entirely potato based that'd be for preference
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Friends who travel thru DCA terminal 2, C gates. Restaurant suggestions? I should have about 30-40 minutes and if I can find something entirely potato based that'd be for preference
I even made a list ! hedgehoglibrarian.com/2025/10/27/2...
AI in education is not saving time but the subject of unbelievably time-consuming efforts, paperwork and rule-setting
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I even made a list ! hedgehoglibrarian.com/2025/10/27/2...
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I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back!
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
Update #33: The lawsuit is over! | Stand Against Proctorio's SLAPP!
linkletter.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I have been dreaming of this day for over five years. Proctorio’s lawsuit against me is forever over. I’ve won my life back!
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
linkletter.org/update-33-th...
This annotated bibliography that @kbriney.bsky.social and I published this spring has come up a few times today.
It's the 14 books we could find addressing data management specifically for researchers.
riojournal.com/article/1548...
It's the 14 books we could find addressing data management specifically for researchers.
riojournal.com/article/1548...
Data Management Books for Researchers - An Annotated Bibliography
While funders and publishers continue to expand requirements for data management planning and sharing, few books have been written for academic researchers and research trainees to help them understan...
riojournal.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This annotated bibliography that @kbriney.bsky.social and I published this spring has come up a few times today.
It's the 14 books we could find addressing data management specifically for researchers.
riojournal.com/article/1548...
It's the 14 books we could find addressing data management specifically for researchers.
riojournal.com/article/1548...
I think it's notable that Javier was the leader at UIC last time our faculty went on strike.
More than 500 days without a contract. Still negotiating. PSU represents Amherst and Boston professional members. Chancellor at Amherst is obstructing negotiating progress - UMass Amherst union rally calls for fair pay and conditions
UMass Amherst union rally calls for fair pay and conditions
A large rally took place at UMass Amherst as the Professional Staff Union continued its efforts to negotiate a new contract.
www.wwlp.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I think it's notable that Javier was the leader at UIC last time our faculty went on strike.
Has anyone checked OpenRefine for accessibliity requirements?
I use it in class for RDM but I'm thinking I need to switch to something else and I'm not sure what.
I use it in class for RDM but I'm thinking I need to switch to something else and I'm not sure what.
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Has anyone checked OpenRefine for accessibliity requirements?
I use it in class for RDM but I'm thinking I need to switch to something else and I'm not sure what.
I use it in class for RDM but I'm thinking I need to switch to something else and I'm not sure what.
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“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
Greetings from the capitol. Well -ish. I'm out in Crystal City. But it's my first time back to this area since the #RunawayWeekend , which was a lifetime and a whole social media platform ago
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Greetings from the capitol. Well -ish. I'm out in Crystal City. But it's my first time back to this area since the #RunawayWeekend , which was a lifetime and a whole social media platform ago
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I'm at the airport!! And it looks like I'll be on my flight to DC. I've got about 20 minutes I til we board if you have any absolutely pressing questions 😎
November 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'm at the airport!! And it looks like I'll be on my flight to DC. I've got about 20 minutes I til we board if you have any absolutely pressing questions 😎
Does this mean we can redeem the fedora ?
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Does this mean we can redeem the fedora ?
This goes for scholars too. I've had conferences try to get me to agree that they can record and resell my presentation forever and that the materials now belong to them
The Medical Library Association contracts are the worst I've ever rejected 📚(and yes I've told them that, I tried multiple times)
The Medical Library Association contracts are the worst I've ever rejected 📚(and yes I've told them that, I tried multiple times)
When you are a new creator, whether in prose, comics, or other media, it can be very tempting to agree to every convention or other event that you're asked to do. Exposure is great, right? And it's wonderful to be wanted.
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This goes for scholars too. I've had conferences try to get me to agree that they can record and resell my presentation forever and that the materials now belong to them
The Medical Library Association contracts are the worst I've ever rejected 📚(and yes I've told them that, I tried multiple times)
The Medical Library Association contracts are the worst I've ever rejected 📚(and yes I've told them that, I tried multiple times)
Chicago area friends
today, a federal judge ordered the release of 615 people wrongfully abducted by ICE / CBP from june to october (yay!). as if they haven't already been through enough trauma and violence, they each still have to pay a $1500 bond (aka ransom & extortion) (boo!).
donate here twd the $900K+ in bond:
donate here twd the $900K+ in bond:
Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
www.mibfc.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Chicago area friends
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Reposting this…for reasons.
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Reposting this…for reasons.
Every data librarian I know just shuddered in horror.📚
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Every data librarian I know just shuddered in horror.📚
I couldn't even get Main Cabin Extra on the grant funded flight I'm supposed to take tomorrow.
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I couldn't even get Main Cabin Extra on the grant funded flight I'm supposed to take tomorrow.
For me it usually comes out in a vague approximation of Nadia May's narration
Like every vague sketch of a white Gen X or Millenial woman, I can recite Pride & Prejudice like a single monologue at will. (Once again there is a disconnect between what Elizabeth thinks, feels, does, & experiences vs what actually is, & the reconciliation of those is her human journey)
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
For me it usually comes out in a vague approximation of Nadia May's narration