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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Maybe I’m just feeling hopeful or something - but perhaps this is the start of an internet that de-centers Google as a fundamental connection point of discovery. Tangentially I wonder what this will do to websites that use Google search as their website search? I hate it already. Sounds worse now!

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

You mean to tell me that witnessing voters be redisenfranchised in real time within hours and days of a Supreme Court ruling by a bunch of conservatives with hard ons for the past ISNT supposed to convince me of partisan allegiance

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Pretty sure our pet insurance is less of a scam than our dental insurance. 🤡🤡🤡

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Ew seeing bezos and wife at the met gala makes me understand why old money used to hate new money.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Made this nemesis by phone. To be clear, I did not get mouthy back. She never even let me ask my real question. I get it. Working for an institution being openly sabotaged from the top does not make for a good workplace. So go in-person to pick up my never-delivered package. Criminal understaffing.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Oh no I’ve made a nemesis at the post office. But I don’t like being gaslit before noon 😤

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I have new neighbors across the hall in my apt building and they’ve put a ring camera on their door. Obvious concerns aside, my issue is that there is really nothing to capture but my door. 24/7. Now I have to decide if I want to have an antagonistic relationship with a new neighbor.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Technologies the left would be excited about: everyday items that, in addition to masks, would render these stupid fucking glasses ineffective. Although I’m sure at some point, defensive personal gear will be considered obstruction or resisting or some bullshit.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I am still reeling from Tuesday’s civilizational destruction threats.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Sort of genius for wmata to do market testing on April fools day, I gotta say. There’s enough folks there with just enough money and plenty of kids with train and bus hyperfixations that they might just be able to make real bus lanes.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Things that surprise librarians NOT AT ALL for 100 please.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Now I am not the best source on these sorts of things - I’ve been in the house all weekend resting a doozy of a rolled ankle - but I saw my first daffodil today and I think that’s good.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 29/03/2026

@bradlander.bsky.social marching with @bkindivisible.bsky.social. He knew the lyrics to the protest song! Dude loves a march. Appreciate that energy and appreciate him always showing up. He's running in the D primary for NY-10 - vote for him, friends!

Brad Lander smiles and sings as he marches with Indivisible Brooklyn at the No Kings Manhattan march. People smiling/singing behind him. Signs around him have flower designs. It's pretty adorable!

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I am now up to two definite nemeses: the trash train on the F line. And Duo Mobile. I hope whoever invented that steps on a Lego everyday.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

In my info lit sessions, I practice verbalizing/normalizing feeling frustration & that they actually have to read the material they find lol BUT I think we have to reckon with the fact that assignment flows are not designed to facilitate deep reading & synthesis. Everything moves too fast.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Recession indicator this; recession indicator that. Yadda yadda. But was there a guy stripping copper out of an old window AC unit that had been left out for garbage pick up from 3-5am outside your appt building last night?

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

This was my mom’s philosophy with reading I think. She censored nothing. The limits in my vocabulary & imagination at various ages act as protection. And as we get older, we learn to make judgments about what is comfortable/appropriate for us as individuals. I put many books down in my youth bc 1/

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

And yet, drs always seem to frown and write furiously whenever I say I spent my youth binge drinking, despite only having a cider or glass of wine here or there now 😂 I know it was not healthy, but I just assume most of their millennial patients say the same thing

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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

"Britannica’s lawsuit said that OpenAI unlawfully copied nearly 100,000 of its articles... The complaint said that ChatGPT produces “near-verbatim” copies of Britannica’s encyclopedia entries, dictionary definitions and other content, diverting users who would otherwise visit its websites."

theglobeandmail.com

Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI over alleged AI training

Case is one of many high-stakes lawsuits filed by copyright owners against tech giants

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Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

the catholic church finds itself with the incredibly rare opportunity to return to 13th century levels of popularity

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/03/2026

Breaking News: A New Jersey woman who took part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University in 2024 has been released from a federal detention center in Texas, where she had been held for more than a year. She has not been charged with a crime. nyti.ms/4sJs8In

Leqaa Kordia is seen wearing a mask and carrying a Palestinian flag. A headline reads: ICE Releases Columbia Protester Who Was Held For 1 Year

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

So this explains why I woke up with a headache 🙃 gotta love having a body that knows the weather before I do 😤

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I have learned from a very trustworthy source that a trans employee was fired from this library district yesterday for refusing to remove their flags. They used the policy immediately to terminate an employee for their “politics” as if it wasn’t also their self.

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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This great assignment is an example of what would likely be banned under IA House Study Bill 714, which mandates civics content while “prohibit[ing] civics courses from including requirements related to political activism or “action civics.”

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

For what it’s worth, my favorite social media site right now is one where folks share their garment sewing projects. It’s so nice there. The site developers are so transparent, don’t hate the users, and use the site themselves. Refreshing!!

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I’ll tell you what (in my best Hank hill voice) that there tech oligarchy has ruined the experience of social media so much that it has nearly broken my unhealthy scrolling habits. Bravo to the rich losers for making everything suck!

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I wanna know which AI decided to send all my CVS prescription notifications to my husband via voicemail when he isn’t listed as a secondary contact for me nor I for him, we both set our notif to texts, I am the policy holder, & there’s nothing on the back end to explain how this change was codified

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors. Great work everyone.

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None.
Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law?
Zachary: Correct.
Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

DOD and intelligence agencies were also very invested in the associative possibilities of academic citation resources, like the precursor to Web of Science. Imagine if Eugene Garfield’s Institute for Scientific Info had been available during the height of McCarthyism/trials of academics.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Back to this transcript this morning bc I’m befuddled. This exchange between the judge & the lawyer could be a case study for the brain-hooked-on-AI. Instead of correcting/writing a new brief w/out AI, he decides to write something which wouldn’t use citations at all - but still uses NotebookLM!

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/02/2026

NEW: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle. But this time, it has unusually specific criteria: It “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America.

propublica.org

Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump

Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

This thread, which has SO many posts before this one, is BONKERS. And if I was a law school librarian I’d be mining this transcript for teaching material for every topic under the fucking sun. I am speechless.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

If you have ever wanted a piano and live in New York, this is the time!! Inexplicably, there are three completely separate postings for FREE pianos on Craigslist right now - one is a baby grand. Amazing. I love this town.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Schumer is so out of touch that he doesn’t understand that THIS IS THE TACTIC BEING USED. If every protester a possible “domestic terrorist” then all circumstances are unusual. He doesn’t get it and he doesn’t want to. He is incapable of doing politics in this era.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I hope DMV area university libraries take this as an opportunity to not renew their partnerships w/ WaPo (which allow students, staff, & faculty individual subscriptions to the website, paid via library collections $). It would be fiducially irresponsible to pay for such a compromised publication.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Where’s this gonna fall in your CRAAP list?

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

SO ANGRY, b/c duh. But editorially, WTF! Headline suggests the data was intercepted by an “international group of fringe researchers,” but the lead was HERE & applied for access under false pretenses! Was approved after being banned from NIH data for past misuse! Takes paragraphs to learn his name 🙃

nytimes.com

Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

My husband went out to take pictures in the snow on Sunday when the snow and freezing rain were pouring and the amount of guys on e-bikes in the background of his photos made me livid!!! Just because the service exists doesn’t mean it should be used.

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Alison Macrina @flexlibris.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

New resource from LFP and CoRD: safer communication with Signal. Our best practices based on common threat models and concerns. Feel free to share! PDF downloadable at libraryfreedom.org/wp-content/u...

A guide to safer communication with Signal. Screen readable PDF available here: https://libraryfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/signal-best-practices.pdf

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Anthropic execs in 2024: '“Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal planning document unsealed in legal filings last week said. “We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.”' wapo.st/4rjXAMQ

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Inside one company’s secret plan to ‘destructively scan every book in the world’

Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

And academia! Something has GOT to be done about the make-up and workings of university boards.

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Curlsinthelibrary @curlsinthelibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Minneapolis library peers: this handy tool reminded me that Thomson Reuters has a US location near your city! Might be a good time to let your neighbors know how they contribute to ICE’s efforts.

Screenshot from the Sludge ICE contractor mapping tool, linked in the reskeet, displaying information about Thomson company. This location is technically in Eagan, Minnesota. The prime award was 23,672.28 dollars for “investigative software”

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