Cait
@sparklecait.bsky.social
Librarian by day, dork by night. 😷
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The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.
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Indiana beat Ohio State
a woman in a white shirt is sitting on a couch and says `` god is real '' .
ALT: a woman in a white shirt is sitting on a couch and says `` god is real '' .
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Indiana beat Ohio State
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Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
What if the A.I. bubble “is an inevitable part of developing and adopting a revolutionary tool that will fundamentally improve productivity and growth?” Mohamed El-Erian writes.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
Investors’ excitement rightly reflects the potential transformation of the entire economy.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
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*shakily removing glasses*
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
*shakily removing glasses*
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Nothing religious Christians hate more than the actual teachings of Christ.
His first major text describes protecting the climate, welcoming migrants and pursuing economic justice as sacred obligations. To admirers Pope Leo XIV is a compassionate reformer; to critics, the “commie” or “woke pope” econ.st/47Lk2pM
Pope Leo XIV is infuriating MAGA Catholics
Concern for the poor and the planet rubs some the wrong way
econ.st
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Nothing religious Christians hate more than the actual teachings of Christ.
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The question to ask all young men is 'how many people have you helped this week? how many have you cared for?"
October 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The question to ask all young men is 'how many people have you helped this week? how many have you cared for?"
Not me boldly drinking coffee at 3pm like a 20 year old
October 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Not me boldly drinking coffee at 3pm like a 20 year old
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The person being quoted is shitty but he is not wrong; I did not work in tv for 45 years, but I’ve worked news/mag advertising and/or digital marketing for 25 or so - and if you want to grab a media company’s attention by the short hairs, yes: bitch to their advertisers, not their inboxes.
September 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The person being quoted is shitty but he is not wrong; I did not work in tv for 45 years, but I’ve worked news/mag advertising and/or digital marketing for 25 or so - and if you want to grab a media company’s attention by the short hairs, yes: bitch to their advertisers, not their inboxes.
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I met recently with a student who only a few years ago applied to college by submitting materials on paper in an envelope through the mail. Today my university's admission process—and 500 other colleges—runs on the Slate CRM system ("customer relationship management"). 5/
Colleges — Slate.org
slate.org
August 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I met recently with a student who only a few years ago applied to college by submitting materials on paper in an envelope through the mail. Today my university's admission process—and 500 other colleges—runs on the Slate CRM system ("customer relationship management"). 5/
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Do you remember when a university library catalog was on index cards stored in wooden drawers? Now your catalog may well sit on the digital platforms of Ex Libris (part of Clarivate). 4/
Ex Libris | Library Software and Management Systems
Discover Ex Libris library software, empowering libraries to enhance education and research, expand collaboration, and increase productivity
exlibrisgroup.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Do you remember when a university library catalog was on index cards stored in wooden drawers? Now your catalog may well sit on the digital platforms of Ex Libris (part of Clarivate). 4/
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People working in universities know a lot of the work that makes the organization function is outsourced to for-profit companies (catering, landscaping) or runs on platforms requiring payments to such companies: Workday, Canvas, Microsoft, Zoom.
This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/
This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/
August 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
People working in universities know a lot of the work that makes the organization function is outsourced to for-profit companies (catering, landscaping) or runs on platforms requiring payments to such companies: Workday, Canvas, Microsoft, Zoom.
This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/
This thread will be for less obvious examples. 1/
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There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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3/4ths of The Atlantic would love to write this well
Oh don’t mind me, I’m just reading the reviews of the local bikini barista drive-thru coffee stand
August 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
3/4ths of The Atlantic would love to write this well
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my dad was always saying this
August 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
my dad was always saying this
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This is a canary in the coal mine. Humanities programs are highly endangered, even the departments with reputations for discipline-defining job placement are treading water. What’s tragic about the University of Chicago case is that cuts are almost certainly elective and ideological.
This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
August 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This is a canary in the coal mine. Humanities programs are highly endangered, even the departments with reputations for discipline-defining job placement are treading water. What’s tragic about the University of Chicago case is that cuts are almost certainly elective and ideological.
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Spring Me: Let's just let this little plant grow and see what it is.
Summer Me: Oh crud, it's mint.
Summer Me: Oh crud, it's mint.
June 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Spring Me: Let's just let this little plant grow and see what it is.
Summer Me: Oh crud, it's mint.
Summer Me: Oh crud, it's mint.
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My first foray into foundation paper piecing, which it turns out is really challenging for my brain to understand but I’m going to keep trying because I am stubborn and also like to challenge my brain in new ways.
June 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
My first foray into foundation paper piecing, which it turns out is really challenging for my brain to understand but I’m going to keep trying because I am stubborn and also like to challenge my brain in new ways.
Watching Jacques Cousteau with the 4 year old, and omg this slaps
June 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Watching Jacques Cousteau with the 4 year old, and omg this slaps
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Just hours after the Copyright Office released its report on AI training—stating the obvious, that much unlicensed commercial training of AI on copyright-protected material is unlikely to qualify as fair use—President Trump has fired the Register of Copyrights. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter was appointed to the post by now former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who herself was fired by President Trump earlier this week.
www.cbsnews.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Just hours after the Copyright Office released its report on AI training—stating the obvious, that much unlicensed commercial training of AI on copyright-protected material is unlikely to qualify as fair use—President Trump has fired the Register of Copyrights. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
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NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
![The American Library Association praises servic of Dr. Carla Hayden, decries 'unjust dismissal' of Librarian of Congress. [Image of Dr. Carla Hayden standing in the stacks in a library]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q5qyswhppr7tiskw43xhcv7f/bafkreicwqv4vszkknu4dvsdfhmrzzmtscjx5eg64gykfmrgynrnhup6sai@jpeg)
May 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
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5+ years ago, my wife was eating a peach and tossed the pit into an old flower pot. She did not care about plants or gardens at all, but declared she would grow a peach tree. OK.
That pit actually grew without her doing a thing, for years, and now has buds on it and ALL I HEAR ABOUT IS HER SKILL.
That pit actually grew without her doing a thing, for years, and now has buds on it and ALL I HEAR ABOUT IS HER SKILL.
May 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
5+ years ago, my wife was eating a peach and tossed the pit into an old flower pot. She did not care about plants or gardens at all, but declared she would grow a peach tree. OK.
That pit actually grew without her doing a thing, for years, and now has buds on it and ALL I HEAR ABOUT IS HER SKILL.
That pit actually grew without her doing a thing, for years, and now has buds on it and ALL I HEAR ABOUT IS HER SKILL.
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They are all bad but losing Carla Hayden really hurts because she is inspiring to me. She was a public librarian who worked with teens. She told me how valuable the work of a teen librarian is. I hate he fired her. She is a legend in our field.
May 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
They are all bad but losing Carla Hayden really hurts because she is inspiring to me. She was a public librarian who worked with teens. She told me how valuable the work of a teen librarian is. I hate he fired her. She is a legend in our field.