sierra
@sierrajay.bsky.social
Library grad student, homebody. Based in Southern Appalachia. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
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📡 The #livestream doesn’t stop when we're off for a holiday or weekend.
When the microfiche scanning team powers down overnight & on weekends, the feed shifts to silent films, home movies & other gems from the #InternetArchive.
Catch the stream ➡️
When the microfiche scanning team powers down overnight & on weekends, the feed shifts to silent films, home movies & other gems from the #InternetArchive.
Catch the stream ➡️
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
Off Hours? Watch a 2hr stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gibUecoF1bEEver wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, b...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📡 The #livestream doesn’t stop when we're off for a holiday or weekend.
When the microfiche scanning team powers down overnight & on weekends, the feed shifts to silent films, home movies & other gems from the #InternetArchive.
Catch the stream ➡️
When the microfiche scanning team powers down overnight & on weekends, the feed shifts to silent films, home movies & other gems from the #InternetArchive.
Catch the stream ➡️
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as seminaries reliably produce atheists, so does librarianship disabuse you of the notion that the book-as-object is sacred
June 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
as seminaries reliably produce atheists, so does librarianship disabuse you of the notion that the book-as-object is sacred
I saw this on my Outlook app (iOS) too. I hate that the logo is so shiny and colorful compared to everything else, you just WANT to click on it.
Android Outlook app either just auto enabled Copilot and/or my workplace allowed that to auto activate.
Luckily there's a way to turn it off but I am so tired of having to hunt for off switches and opt outs for every f'ing thing.
Stop trying to make GenAI happen. It sucks and we do not want it.
Luckily there's a way to turn it off but I am so tired of having to hunt for off switches and opt outs for every f'ing thing.
Stop trying to make GenAI happen. It sucks and we do not want it.
June 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I saw this on my Outlook app (iOS) too. I hate that the logo is so shiny and colorful compared to everything else, you just WANT to click on it.
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Anyone looking for American exceptionalism need look no further than America's libraries. 📚 Their multitude, their structure, their funding, their services; unmatched. And MAGA is about to throw it all away with the elimination of the IMLS and nationwide book bans and defunding efforts. Pathetic.
June 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Anyone looking for American exceptionalism need look no further than America's libraries. 📚 Their multitude, their structure, their funding, their services; unmatched. And MAGA is about to throw it all away with the elimination of the IMLS and nationwide book bans and defunding efforts. Pathetic.
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
I went to get new glasses today and the optician told me I’m the youngest person with progressive lenses she’d ever seen. Guess I’m winning at having bad vision 💅
May 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I went to get new glasses today and the optician told me I’m the youngest person with progressive lenses she’d ever seen. Guess I’m winning at having bad vision 💅
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You are now required to have a cellphone to citizen.
That should not be allowed.
You should not be required to have a cellphone to work.
But many employers make a cellphone a de facto requirement.
It’s anti-poor. But it’s also anti-democratic.
That should not be allowed.
You should not be required to have a cellphone to work.
But many employers make a cellphone a de facto requirement.
It’s anti-poor. But it’s also anti-democratic.
I know it wouldn’t fix all consumer hostility but a right to an analog life would be such an improvement. So much of this hostility is mediated through technology and it’s constant churn of updates and “enhancements”
An example of what I mean when I say everyday consumer interactions for basic needs are hostile.
A utility company services 8 million ppl in my state.
They changed payment platforms. Just changed.
Every customer has to create a new account, Re-enter payment info, set up billing, auto draft
A utility company services 8 million ppl in my state.
They changed payment platforms. Just changed.
Every customer has to create a new account, Re-enter payment info, set up billing, auto draft
May 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
You are now required to have a cellphone to citizen.
That should not be allowed.
You should not be required to have a cellphone to work.
But many employers make a cellphone a de facto requirement.
It’s anti-poor. But it’s also anti-democratic.
That should not be allowed.
You should not be required to have a cellphone to work.
But many employers make a cellphone a de facto requirement.
It’s anti-poor. But it’s also anti-democratic.
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'So yes, Bealtaine is about butter and blossoms — but also about barricades. About collective bargaining. About housing that doesn’t break us. About reproductive autonomy. About climate justice. About rights—rights not as theory, but as breath. As bone.'
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bealt...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bealt...
Bealtaine in Ireland: May Day rituals for a world on fire
Dr Fiona Murphy catalogues the different Irish pagan traditions around Bealtaine, the Celtic festival.
www.thejournal.ie
May 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
'So yes, Bealtaine is about butter and blossoms — but also about barricades. About collective bargaining. About housing that doesn’t break us. About reproductive autonomy. About climate justice. About rights—rights not as theory, but as breath. As bone.'
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bealt...
www.thejournal.ie/readme/bealt...
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ComCat is Massachusetts’ statewide interlibrary loan system.
people like to say that ILL is a miracle. but we’re reminded here that it’s not a divine gift or given of the landscape; it’s a vulnerable institution we must energetically defend. 📚
people like to say that ILL is a miracle. but we’re reminded here that it’s not a divine gift or given of the landscape; it’s a vulnerable institution we must energetically defend. 📚
April 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
ComCat is Massachusetts’ statewide interlibrary loan system.
people like to say that ILL is a miracle. but we’re reminded here that it’s not a divine gift or given of the landscape; it’s a vulnerable institution we must energetically defend. 📚
people like to say that ILL is a miracle. but we’re reminded here that it’s not a divine gift or given of the landscape; it’s a vulnerable institution we must energetically defend. 📚
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Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx
April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Final_Version_of_Tarrifs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx
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dear machine learners,
“hallucination” are not “incorrect facts”. try “incorrect statements”, “lies” or “made up bs” instead. the very idea of an “incorrect fact” is an oxymoron and intellectually deceptive
thank you!
“hallucination” are not “incorrect facts”. try “incorrect statements”, “lies” or “made up bs” instead. the very idea of an “incorrect fact” is an oxymoron and intellectually deceptive
thank you!
April 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
dear machine learners,
“hallucination” are not “incorrect facts”. try “incorrect statements”, “lies” or “made up bs” instead. the very idea of an “incorrect fact” is an oxymoron and intellectually deceptive
thank you!
“hallucination” are not “incorrect facts”. try “incorrect statements”, “lies” or “made up bs” instead. the very idea of an “incorrect fact” is an oxymoron and intellectually deceptive
thank you!
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Don’t remember where I saw this library flyer a while back but it’s great
April 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Don’t remember where I saw this library flyer a while back but it’s great
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How it started: “protect the children! Remove these pornographic books from the library!”
How it’s going:
How it’s going:
April 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
How it started: “protect the children! Remove these pornographic books from the library!”
How it’s going:
How it’s going:
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What I absolutely love about university marketing is that it has made everywhere sound exactly the same, as if there weren’t individuals with different interests working in universities at all.
April 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
What I absolutely love about university marketing is that it has made everywhere sound exactly the same, as if there weren’t individuals with different interests working in universities at all.
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this article is out of date but unfortunately still correct
February 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
this article is out of date but unfortunately still correct
This is also true of music scores 🙃
Shelving comics is the devil's work.
a man dressed in a devil costume says it is true
Alt: a man dressed in a devil costume says it is true
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is also true of music scores 🙃
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Purging vital public data at CDC. How it started (yesterday from wayback machine), how it's going www.cdc.gov/yrbs/index.h...
January 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Purging vital public data at CDC. How it started (yesterday from wayback machine), how it's going www.cdc.gov/yrbs/index.h...
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context, for anyone who needs it: essential reading for anyone interested in the idea of librarianship 📚
January 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
context, for anyone who needs it: essential reading for anyone interested in the idea of librarianship 📚
Today at the reference desk i taught a patron what a .zip file is and how to make one. It felt like sharing Secret Knowledge™️
#academiclibraries 📚
#academiclibraries 📚
January 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Today at the reference desk i taught a patron what a .zip file is and how to make one. It felt like sharing Secret Knowledge™️
#academiclibraries 📚
#academiclibraries 📚
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Layers of information in an archival document:
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
January 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Layers of information in an archival document:
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...