Sarah
@sarahdancepants.bsky.social
Unruly hair, frowny face. I do stuff with metadata.
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Literal perfection. ;) www.youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJ...
We Have AI Now
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
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October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Literal perfection. ;) www.youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJ...
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Remember: this is $20, supports a library in a city under attack by the federal government right now, and it makes Matt Yglesias mad 😹
What's more Punk? Adult T-Shirt
Shirts are unisex sizes. Printed on 100% cotton black shirts (Next Level Brand). This design was inspired by the DC Punk Archive, hosted by the DC...
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September 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Remember: this is $20, supports a library in a city under attack by the federal government right now, and it makes Matt Yglesias mad 😹
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"No bookstore that PW has reached out to has been as adversely impacted as @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, which specializes in diverse and intersectional literature ... Sales are down 65% since August 11."
you can shop at Loyalty at loyaltybookstores.com or through Bookshop bookshop.org/shop/loyalty
you can shop at Loyalty at loyaltybookstores.com or through Bookshop bookshop.org/shop/loyalty
Washington D.C. Indies Contend With Police and Military Presence
The Trump administration’s military takeover in Washington, D.C., last month is impacting sales and foot traffic to various degrees at indie bookstores across the city.
www.publishersweekly.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"No bookstore that PW has reached out to has been as adversely impacted as @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, which specializes in diverse and intersectional literature ... Sales are down 65% since August 11."
you can shop at Loyalty at loyaltybookstores.com or through Bookshop bookshop.org/shop/loyalty
you can shop at Loyalty at loyaltybookstores.com or through Bookshop bookshop.org/shop/loyalty
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CLIR is now accepting applications for Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices! Grants from $50K to $300K support the digitization of rare materials that center on underrepresented communities. Initial apps due Oct. 20.
🌐 www.clir.org/2025/08/auv4...
🌐 www.clir.org/2025/08/auv4...
CLIR Now Accepting Applications for Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices Grant Program
CLIR Now Accepting Applications for Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices Grant Program August 5, 2025, Alexandria, VA: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is no...
www.clir.org
August 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
CLIR is now accepting applications for Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices! Grants from $50K to $300K support the digitization of rare materials that center on underrepresented communities. Initial apps due Oct. 20.
🌐 www.clir.org/2025/08/auv4...
🌐 www.clir.org/2025/08/auv4...
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Chat GPT is not your lawyer, your doctor, your librarian, your accountant, your therapist, your lover, nor your friend.
All of those roles require a level of complex judgement that a word calculator is not capable of.
All of those roles require a level of complex judgement that a word calculator is not capable of.
I have three hearings at three different courthouses today. At the second, someone was sobbing outside the courtroom. They'd asked ChatGPT what to say in Court. They believed what it told them.
They lost because it hallucinated, and they didn't know there were no do-overs.
They lost because it hallucinated, and they didn't know there were no do-overs.
July 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Chat GPT is not your lawyer, your doctor, your librarian, your accountant, your therapist, your lover, nor your friend.
All of those roles require a level of complex judgement that a word calculator is not capable of.
All of those roles require a level of complex judgement that a word calculator is not capable of.
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When did spinsters spin?
Amy Erickson has a handy blogpost explaining how the ubiquity of spinning wool and other textiles in medieval and early modern England related to the marital status meaning of 'spinster': www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...
Amy Erickson has a handy blogpost explaining how the ubiquity of spinning wool and other textiles in medieval and early modern England related to the marital status meaning of 'spinster': www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...
June 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
When did spinsters spin?
Amy Erickson has a handy blogpost explaining how the ubiquity of spinning wool and other textiles in medieval and early modern England related to the marital status meaning of 'spinster': www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...
Amy Erickson has a handy blogpost explaining how the ubiquity of spinning wool and other textiles in medieval and early modern England related to the marital status meaning of 'spinster': www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/06...
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For #NationalPigeonDay, photographs taken by Dr Julius Neubronner’s ingenious "pigeon camera", circa 1908. More pics, and the story, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dr-julius-neubronner-s-miniature-pigeon-camera
June 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
For #NationalPigeonDay, photographs taken by Dr Julius Neubronner’s ingenious "pigeon camera", circa 1908. More pics, and the story, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dr-julius-neubronner-s-miniature-pigeon-camera
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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New blog post at ACRLog: Targeting Books for Removal at U.S. Military Libraries acrlog.org/2025/05/11/t.... I talk about how painful it is that LCSH are being used for this dirty work. #critcat 📚
Targeting Books for Removal at U.S. Military Libraries - ACRLog
In the course of looking for resources relating to critical cataloging, I stumbled on a new memorandum from the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense, dated May 9th and titled “Reviewing the Departm...
acrlog.org
May 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
New blog post at ACRLog: Targeting Books for Removal at U.S. Military Libraries acrlog.org/2025/05/11/t.... I talk about how painful it is that LCSH are being used for this dirty work. #critcat 📚
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More than a hundred libraries on federally recognized tribal lands across the country were notified that their congressionally appropriated grant had been terminated midcycle.
Those communities are at risk of losing their local libraries and the history they hold.
Those communities are at risk of losing their local libraries and the history they hold.
Tribal communities risk losing local libraries and the history they hold amid DOGE cuts
Federally recognized tribes say the Trump administration cut the grant money they use to sustain the local libraries that serve as anchors in their most rural communities.
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May 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
More than a hundred libraries on federally recognized tribal lands across the country were notified that their congressionally appropriated grant had been terminated midcycle.
Those communities are at risk of losing their local libraries and the history they hold.
Those communities are at risk of losing their local libraries and the history they hold.
May be getting my hands on local colored Romney x Wensleydale raw fleece??? Really curious about what it is like, hoping to get some photos soon -- sounds dreamy
#fiberprep
#sheep
#fiberprep
#sheep
May 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
May be getting my hands on local colored Romney x Wensleydale raw fleece??? Really curious about what it is like, hoping to get some photos soon -- sounds dreamy
#fiberprep
#sheep
#fiberprep
#sheep
Yayyyyy! Excited to dive into this & see what I can do with yarn! (& gather lichen responsibly)
#dyeing
#fiberprep
#handspinning
#handspun
#dyeing
#fiberprep
#handspinning
#handspun
April 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yayyyyy! Excited to dive into this & see what I can do with yarn! (& gather lichen responsibly)
#dyeing
#fiberprep
#handspinning
#handspun
#dyeing
#fiberprep
#handspinning
#handspun
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No matter how you voted in last year's election, no one voted to destroy the Postal Service. But the new administration plans to break up the Postal Service and sell it off to private corps. Here's what you need to know + how you can help save the public Postal Service.
Let's Get to The Truth: Myths and Facts about Postal Privatization
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April 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
No matter how you voted in last year's election, no one voted to destroy the Postal Service. But the new administration plans to break up the Postal Service and sell it off to private corps. Here's what you need to know + how you can help save the public Postal Service.
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Link Love: Tariff-ying Future
(*Featured image from Selvedge by Donovan Beeson on Patreon) Last week, Paper & Pencil (the Chicago-based stationery shop) posted about the new tariffs and how they have been directly affected. Because the tariffs are changing day-by-day, some vendors might receive a…
(*Featured image from Selvedge by Donovan Beeson on Patreon) Last week, Paper & Pencil (the Chicago-based stationery shop) posted about the new tariffs and how they have been directly affected. Because the tariffs are changing day-by-day, some vendors might receive a…
Link Love: Tariff-ying Future
(*Featured image from Selvedge by Donovan Beeson on Patreon) Last week, Paper & Pencil (the Chicago-based stationery shop) posted about the new tariffs and how they have been directly affected. Because the tariffs are changing day-by-day, some vendors might receive a bill for astronomical fees one day and the next, the tariffs are on hold for 90 days. I fret for how this will effect small shops and small businesses.
www.wellappointeddesk.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Link Love: Tariff-ying Future
(*Featured image from Selvedge by Donovan Beeson on Patreon) Last week, Paper & Pencil (the Chicago-based stationery shop) posted about the new tariffs and how they have been directly affected. Because the tariffs are changing day-by-day, some vendors might receive a…
(*Featured image from Selvedge by Donovan Beeson on Patreon) Last week, Paper & Pencil (the Chicago-based stationery shop) posted about the new tariffs and how they have been directly affected. Because the tariffs are changing day-by-day, some vendors might receive a…
Finished blocking crocheted swatches for the 4 (!)(I know 🙃) fleeces I bought last month. Black Shetland, silvery-grey-tan Romney, brown Shetland, white Suffolk
#handspinning
#handspun
#handspinning
#handspun
April 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Finished blocking crocheted swatches for the 4 (!)(I know 🙃) fleeces I bought last month. Black Shetland, silvery-grey-tan Romney, brown Shetland, white Suffolk
#handspinning
#handspun
#handspinning
#handspun
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Hundreds of students and graduates who have protested or shown support for Palestine have had their visas revoked by immigration officials since US President Donald Trump took office for a second time, with several also arrested.
Here's what we know aje.io/f193q0
Here's what we know aje.io/f193q0
April 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hundreds of students and graduates who have protested or shown support for Palestine have had their visas revoked by immigration officials since US President Donald Trump took office for a second time, with several also arrested.
Here's what we know aje.io/f193q0
Here's what we know aje.io/f193q0
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If you're going to watch Murderbot on Apple TV, consider adding it to your watchlist. It's kind of like pre-ordering a book, it tells the streaming service that you're there for our show.
Link for US viewers: tv.apple.com/us/show/murd... (You can also search for it on the app.)
Link for US viewers: tv.apple.com/us/show/murd... (You can also search for it on the app.)
Watch Murderbot - Apple TV+
In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot (Alexander Skarsgård) secretly gains free will. To stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission prote…
tv.apple.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
If you're going to watch Murderbot on Apple TV, consider adding it to your watchlist. It's kind of like pre-ordering a book, it tells the streaming service that you're there for our show.
Link for US viewers: tv.apple.com/us/show/murd... (You can also search for it on the app.)
Link for US viewers: tv.apple.com/us/show/murd... (You can also search for it on the app.)
Forbidden soup -- scouring the last batch of brown Shetland! You know it's a fresh fleece when you find green grass VM
#fiberprep
#handspinning
#handspun
#fiberprep
#handspinning
#handspun
April 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Forbidden soup -- scouring the last batch of brown Shetland! You know it's a fresh fleece when you find green grass VM
#fiberprep
#handspinning
#handspun
#fiberprep
#handspinning
#handspun
Hey-o -- finished sample skeins of a moorit Shetland ewe & a Suffolk yearling ram- two very different spins but both delightful 🧶
#handspun #handspinning
#handspun #handspinning
April 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hey-o -- finished sample skeins of a moorit Shetland ewe & a Suffolk yearling ram- two very different spins but both delightful 🧶
#handspun #handspinning
#handspun #handspinning
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Wet Leg - catch these fists (Official Video)
YouTube video by WetLegVEVO
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April 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
on repeat
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Looking for the perfect yarn or fabric for your next project? I've got you covered with local and online sources! Bookmark it! www.edieeckman.com/2025/03/...
#knit #crochet #weave #sew #quilt #edieeckman
#knit #crochet #weave #sew #quilt #edieeckman
April 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Looking for the perfect yarn or fabric for your next project? I've got you covered with local and online sources! Bookmark it! www.edieeckman.com/2025/03/...
#knit #crochet #weave #sew #quilt #edieeckman
#knit #crochet #weave #sew #quilt #edieeckman
Scoured 6" lock & sample skein of a Romney ram lamb, very happy! :D. #handspinning
April 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Scoured 6" lock & sample skein of a Romney ram lamb, very happy! :D. #handspinning
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There were ARCs at the TXLA #booksky coming from Tor in October, cover art by Cynthia Sheppard, edited by @leeharris.net
April 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
There were ARCs at the TXLA #booksky coming from Tor in October, cover art by Cynthia Sheppard, edited by @leeharris.net