SKD
@slknightdavis.bsky.social
#medlibs, higher ed, academic librarian, rural Illinois, prairie, generally unusual
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SKD
@slknightdavis.bsky.social
· Feb 17
I am on here to get the news about libraries and authors that I don't hear in other spaces. I also follow library-related tech. I don't post much, but I occasionally comment.
Most of this is miles above my ability to understand, but the core concept delights me.
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Most of this is miles above my ability to understand, but the core concept delights me.
This is important. This has affected researchers at my university. The staff at BL are doing the best they can with what is left. They need more resources to rebuild what was lost.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is important. This has affected researchers at my university. The staff at BL are doing the best they can with what is left. They need more resources to rebuild what was lost.
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is a sandwich a speech act
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
is a sandwich a speech act
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
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COMIC: The Reformation of the Unnecessary Pedant
August 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
COMIC: The Reformation of the Unnecessary Pedant
I am worried about this bookworm. It looks unwell.
August 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I am worried about this bookworm. It looks unwell.
It's Butterfly Blitz week! It's also ridiculous hot, so I will not be stalking butterflies for long today.
July 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It's Butterfly Blitz week! It's also ridiculous hot, so I will not be stalking butterflies for long today.
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One of the worst things therapy ever did was allow very privileged people to believe that because they FELT ashamed
That someone was shaming them on purpose
And that someone who had the power to impact their emotions was the same as someone who had power over them
That someone was shaming them on purpose
And that someone who had the power to impact their emotions was the same as someone who had power over them
July 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
One of the worst things therapy ever did was allow very privileged people to believe that because they FELT ashamed
That someone was shaming them on purpose
And that someone who had the power to impact their emotions was the same as someone who had power over them
That someone was shaming them on purpose
And that someone who had the power to impact their emotions was the same as someone who had power over them
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Every discussion of AGI
May 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Every discussion of AGI
Quote skeet with the most inexplicable thing in your gallery
May 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Quote skeet with the most inexplicable thing in your gallery
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“Intelligence” may be the most regressive and dangerous concept in modern history. Every time it’s systems are measured they reveal that is NOT a measure of capability but a measure of preexisting access to the system of measurement.
April 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“Intelligence” may be the most regressive and dangerous concept in modern history. Every time it’s systems are measured they reveal that is NOT a measure of capability but a measure of preexisting access to the system of measurement.
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Democrats don’t give a fuck about us, but they’ll never reach the level of fuck-all-yall that has Republicans in Congress rescinding the rule limiting bank overdraft fees to $5
March 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Democrats don’t give a fuck about us, but they’ll never reach the level of fuck-all-yall that has Republicans in Congress rescinding the rule limiting bank overdraft fees to $5
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When an institution cuts a job, or, even more likely, doesn’t fill a position, what they are doing is quietly spreading that amount of additional labor to every other worker.
March 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
When an institution cuts a job, or, even more likely, doesn’t fill a position, what they are doing is quietly spreading that amount of additional labor to every other worker.
@shelleybwoke.bsky.social also this! Rabbi Ruttenberg is a great follow.
And then
a) the coping skills that had worked for a chunk of their life just suddenly aren't enough as stress / obligations compound
b) they have a kid who gets dx and they wind up learning about it and have a lightbulb moment
and/or
c) symptoms go haywire during perimenopause &/or menopause
a) the coping skills that had worked for a chunk of their life just suddenly aren't enough as stress / obligations compound
b) they have a kid who gets dx and they wind up learning about it and have a lightbulb moment
and/or
c) symptoms go haywire during perimenopause &/or menopause
This is because ADHD was not diagnosed in women. I have several friends who definitely have ADHD and some neighbors growing up who definitely had it too. But because women present their symptoms differently, it was written off.
March 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
@shelleybwoke.bsky.social also this! Rabbi Ruttenberg is a great follow.
Be sure to give you house floof a good airing when the weather warms in spring.
March 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Be sure to give you house floof a good airing when the weather warms in spring.
•Well, I got up and walked around
•And up and down the lonesome town
•I stood a-wondering which way to go
•I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
•And walked on down the road
It was a normal day
•And up and down the lonesome town
•I stood a-wondering which way to go
•I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
•And walked on down the road
It was a normal day
February 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
•Well, I got up and walked around
•And up and down the lonesome town
•I stood a-wondering which way to go
•I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
•And walked on down the road
It was a normal day
•And up and down the lonesome town
•I stood a-wondering which way to go
•I lit a cigarette on a parking meter
•And walked on down the road
It was a normal day
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If you want to control the price of eggs, you need to control bird flu.
And the worst thing you can do if you want to control bird flu is censor scientists and scrub CDC data.
And the worst thing you can do if you want to control bird flu is censor scientists and scrub CDC data.
February 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If you want to control the price of eggs, you need to control bird flu.
And the worst thing you can do if you want to control bird flu is censor scientists and scrub CDC data.
And the worst thing you can do if you want to control bird flu is censor scientists and scrub CDC data.
I've been converting linear feet to cubic yards today, and I think my shoulder is going to remind me about it tomorrow.
January 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I've been converting linear feet to cubic yards today, and I think my shoulder is going to remind me about it tomorrow.
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Maybe we should amend LOCKSS (Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) to LOCKSSFF (Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe From Fascism)
January 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Maybe we should amend LOCKSS (Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) to LOCKSSFF (Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe From Fascism)
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I just assume everyone does, but I'll say it anyway: If you're a union member, now's a REALLY good time to actually study that contract at your workplace and things like grievance processes, etc. Make sure you have contact info handy. Know what your union can do with/for you.
January 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I just assume everyone does, but I'll say it anyway: If you're a union member, now's a REALLY good time to actually study that contract at your workplace and things like grievance processes, etc. Make sure you have contact info handy. Know what your union can do with/for you.
Sunscreen, moisturizer, and deeply comprehending that all of human society is a construct will help you keep that dewy glow.
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
January 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sunscreen, moisturizer, and deeply comprehending that all of human society is a construct will help you keep that dewy glow.
I just read "siloed" as "soiled" and I was very concerned about the soiled state of library systems until my brain put the letters in the right order again.
January 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I just read "siloed" as "soiled" and I was very concerned about the soiled state of library systems until my brain put the letters in the right order again.