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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 17/09/2026

"The union said that its members had rejected Elsevier’s pay offer, which “failed to offer a significant real-terms pay increase to staff” despite the company making an adjusted operating profit of more than £1 billion in 2025."

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Workers at The Lancet to stage first strike in title’s history - Research Professional News

Union members at 200-year-old medical journal vote overwhelmingly to walk out over stagnating pay

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com

NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Especially if you were using them as a GREI repository for your NIH grant materials

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/07/2026

I dunno but it should probably be a bigger deal that the White House announced it wants to slap a 100% tariff on drug imports at the same time it is eliminating Medicare drug subsidies. And we’re talking about critical life-saving drugs like insulin, blood thinners, antibiotics, and heart meds.

India supplies approximately 50% of all U.S. generic drugs, and these face the highest tariff
rates:
• Antibiotics: Penicillin, amoxicillin
• Cardiovascular medications: Generic versions of cholesterol drugs, blood thinners
• Diabetes medications: Metformin, insulin analogs
• Pain relievers: Ibuprofen, acetaminophen
2. China-Dependent Active Ingredients
China supplies active ingredients for:
• >95% of ibuprofen and acetaminophen
• ~45% of penicillin
• Many other commonly used medications' base components

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Rebecca Carlson @carlsonrb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I donated a handmade, one of a kind pottery bowl to the @romancingthevote.com auction to raise money for voting access. Bid now to July 5th: www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Pottery Bowl with Tiny Cat

Auction item 'Pottery Bowl with Tiny Cat' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Rebecca Carlson @carlsonrb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

A team of pharmacy librarians just published a search hedge validation study for pharmacy education in @theajpe.bsky.social. Read our article #medlibs #pharmed: authors.elsevier.com/a/1nIEz_4IN5...

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Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Rather than call it 'hallucination', as these outputs enter wider discourse I think we must call this "data poisoning"

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InfoSecSherpa 🏔️ Lake Ontario 🚣‍♀️ @infosecsherpa.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Use your local data center … by getting a library card and 👏 use 👏 your 👏 public 👏 #library!

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Dr. Amy, PsyD 🎃 @dramypsyd.rmh-therapy.com · 17/05/2026

“You expect me to make sure my citations are real?!” - some guy who just admitted we can’t trust his entire body of work

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 14/05/2026

Two new facts stand out: 1. 85% of hallucinated citations in preprints are also in the subsequent journal version (thanks, peer review!) 2. Fake cites more likely to use the names of (male) scholars who are already highly cited, creating a fake-citation Matthew effect. arxiv.org/abs/2605.07723

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LLM hallucinations in the wild: Large-scale evidence from non-existent citations

Large language models (LLMs) are known to generate plausible but false information across a wide range of contexts, yet the real-world magnitude and consequences of this hallucination problem remain p...

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Rebecca Carlson @carlsonrb.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Support the Chapel Hill Public Library: friendschpl.org/Take-Action-...

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Maggots, Lycanthropes & Ice Skeletons) @hannahshelley.site · 26/03/2026

100% accurate guide to the types of Open Access #academicsky 📚

An infographic titled "The Types of Open Access: A Field Guide," styled with Stardew Valley pixel art icons representing different materials. Ten types are listed:
Gold Open Access (gold ingot icon): The journal has no paywall, generally paid for by authors through APCs (article processing charges).
Diamond Open Access (blue diamond icon): Gold but no APC. Funded by an institution, scholarly society or collective.
Hybrid Open Access (brown lump icon): This journal lets you pay a ransom to open individual articles but still charges subscription fees to the community. What a bargain!
Green Open Access (grass icon): Author self-archives their own copy on a preprint server or research repository. Can usually be done with paywalled articles under certain conditions.
Bronze Open Access (bronze ingot icon): It's freely available on the publisher's website but has no CC license. Is this a mistake? What is this?
Silver Open Access (silver ingot icon): I'm giving a runner up prize. Could have been gold but for some reason the author chose a CC BY-NC-ND license.
Pyrite "Fool's Gold" Open Access (pyrite nuggets icon): Oops! Predatory publishers will take your APC money, but their services are fake. Beware!
Geode Open Access (geode icon): A librarian can break this open for you using the power of interlibrary loan.
Black Open Access (skull and crossbones icon): I don't know who started calling it this, but it just means piracy. They'll steal anything, including OA valor.
Slime Open Access (grey slime icon): Just slide into the author's DMs and ask for a PDF. You'd be surprised how often this works.

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

"This is not efficiency... This is the systematic elimination of scientific stewardship at the world’s largest biomedical research funder. And most people have no idea it is happening." Destroying the research that will power future discoveries and violating the Constitution

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

the thing is that there are lots of modest, tedious, repetitive tasks in many of our jobs and lives where we might be happy to pay a fee for an ethically developed standalone tool to do only that task. but we can’t have that because it won’t make people rich enough

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 15/02/2026

OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.” You can’t trust chatbots.

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OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

im building machines that i keep saying will both throw you out of work and allow masked special police forces in service to a lunatic i bought and paid for to recognize your face and check if i agree with your beliefs. im part of a pedophile ring that put this into motion. why are you rude to me

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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

here in central #NorthCarolina, #weather apps are calling for between 0.02 inches of rain and 25.2 inches of snow with temps between 48 and -9 this weekend

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Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle @carriehbs.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The UNC-CH Health Sciences Library is hiring a Head of Health Academic and Research Engagement (my department!). Please share with your networks and consider applying, or join the info session on 1/23 at 11am ET to learn more #MedLibs library.unc.edu/job-postings...

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Head of Health Academic and Research Engagement

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/11/2025

"Viruses don’t take vacations. The longest government shutdown ever puts everyone’s health at greater risk because the data and reports that are essential for monitoring the spread of diseases haven’t been updated for weeks." — me in @huffpost.com

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Experts Warn The Government Shutdown Is Affecting You In A Major, Unexpected Way

This lapse is leaving doctors and the public dangerously in the dark.

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AFT @aft.org · 30/10/2025

🍎USDA has the money - but USDA is choosing not to use the money. 🍎Past presidents figured it out. 🍎Working families are already struggling with rising costs. We should all agree: Our children should have the nutrition they need to succeed. @rweingarten.bsky.social

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USDA Is Choosing to Take Food Away from Children

By Randi Weingarten and Crystal FitzSimons

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Cristóbal Palmer @palmerforcarrboro.com · 27/10/2025

Reeling from the scale of the SNAP cliff. In Orange County NC alone: 8700 individual SNAP recipients in 4683 families.

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katiehoskins.bsky.social @katiehoskins.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

It's very concerning that the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee was terminated and there's little awareness of it. This has me concerned that more predatory/crap science will become part of PubMed. #medlibs

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Snitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

If you aren't familiar with how drugs get their labels you may not realize how bonkers this is but this is absolutely shocking, horrifying, and dangerous stuff happening.

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Rebecca Carlson @carlsonrb.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Last two weeks to register for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of @medlibassn.bsky.social Annual Meeting! The 2025 MAC/MLA conference ("Spice Up the Library: Thinking Outside the Box") is October 19-21 in Baltimore, MD. Register here #medlibs: macmla.wildapricot.org/macregistration

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 16/09/2025

Exclusive: Journal bans drug safety database papers as they flood the literature FAERS is one of several publicly available datasets being exploited by paper mills, pumping hundreds of often meaningless and sometimes misleading papers into the scientific literature, @katetravis.bsky.social reports.

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Exclusive: Journal bans drug safety database papers as they flood the literature

celafon/iStockPhoto Starting around 2023, a curious trend took hold in papers on drug safety monitoring. The number of articles published on an individual drug and its link to specific adverse even…

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97.9 The Hill WCHL & Chapelboro.com @wchlchapelboro.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

EXCLUSIVE: Two years and two months after a fire destroyed the interior of Med Deli, the business is preparing to welcome back customers to in-person dining next week. The restaurant will reopen for dinner hours starting on Tuesday, Sep. 9.

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After 2 Years, Mediterranean Deli Set to Reopen Chapel Hill Location With Dinner Hours - Chapelboro.com

Two years and two months after a fire destroyed its interior, Mediterranean Deli will welcome back customers to in-person dining next week.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Wanted to share a critical AI spreadsheet I've been working on for a little bit now. It has a list of resources and links to materials I thought were interesting or that I used in my schools Critical AI LibGuide. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Critical AI Resources - bookjockeyalex.com

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

This from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social hit me over the head like a mallet of truth. This is the thing. This is what I’ve been trying to warn people about perfectly crystallized. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...

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Heather B @hbrarian.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

A program within my university tracks the latest news on global health security and adds summaries. You can subscribe for weekly emails www.unmc.edu/healthsecuri...

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The Transmission

A timely and relevant collection of curated Global Health Security News

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theonollert.bsky.social @theonollert.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro are coordinating with Orange County to support disaster relief: crisiscleanup.org/survivor +19102181569

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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ThriveLib Reclaiming Joy, Balance, and Boundaries in Libraries @thrivelib.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I am thrilled to announce ThriveLib: Reclaiming Joy, Balance, and Boundaries in Libraries, a new virtual conference focused entirely on the emotional and psychological well-being of library workers. Save the Dates August 12, 13, 14 2025 www.thrivelib.com/news/introdu...

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Introducing ThriveLib: A New Virtual Conference Centering Library Worker Well-Being — ThriveLib

I am thrilled to announce ThriveLib: Reclaiming Joy, Balance, and Boundaries in Libraries , a new virtual conference focused entirely on the emotional and psychological well-being of library workers....

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Rebecca Carlson @carlsonrb.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I'm excited to be in Vancouver this week for CHLA and to learn from Canadian medical library colleagues.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/05/2025

Breaking: HHS is canceling a $600 million contract with Moderna to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20/05/2025

🚨 ACTION ITEMS to stop the FDA from limiting Covid vaccine access: 1. Submit a public comment to the FDA www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... 2. Contact your elected officials www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/05/2025

The FDA will permit Covid vaccines only for adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, according to new regulatory standards.

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F.D.A. Poised to Restrict Access to Covid Vaccines

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Rebecca Carlson @carlsonrb.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I'm excited to share my newly published study on the significant correlations between librarian coauthors and higher paper citation counts for pharmacy scholarship! UNC story here: library.unc.edu/news/librari... and full article here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ac....

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T. Green, MLS 💻🧑🏽‍💻📚🇵🇭🇺🇲 @flipinthestacks.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Interested individuals (library workers or librarians), please sign by midnight on May 17, 2025. docs.google.com/document/d/e...

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Statement against Carla Hayden's Firing May 14 2025.docx

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Some DOGE political appointee choosing which grants to fund is oppression of academic freedom and scientific freedom. If the right wants to kill science in the US, the surest way to do that is to take away scientists’ freedom to judge which ideas are meritorious.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🚨 Today, a federal court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the administration’s dismantling of IMLS—a direct result of the lawsuit filed by ALA and @afscme.bsky.social. www.ala.org/news/2025/05... #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries

Federal Court halts dismantling of IMLS in ALA lawsuit. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia grants temporary restraining order.

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